Etymology The first recorded use of the word “computer” was in 1613 in a book called “The yong mans gleanings” by English writer Richard Braithwait I haue read the truest computer of Times‚ and the best Arithmetician that euer breathed‚ and he reduceth thy dayes into a short number. It referred to a person who carried out calculations‚ or computations‚ and the word continued with the same meaning until the middle of the 20th century. From the end of the 19th century the word began to take on its
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The powerful Medici family had a profound impact on a great many lives‚ but few to the extent of Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527). As a leading political thinker Machiavelli personally dealt with the Medici‚ and as a writer their influence was all the weightier‚ exemplified especially in The Prince and The History of Florence (Hereafter Istorie); both works in which Machiavelli paid considerable attention to the way the Medici would envisage his work. The relationship between Machiavelli and the Medici
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Drama It derived from the Greek verb dran‚ meaning “to act” or “to do”‚ refers to actions or deeds as they are performed in theatrical setting for the benefit of a body spectators. More limited than the related concept of theater‚ which also comprehends such forms as opera and dance‚ the term drama refers essentially to dramatic literature—the text composed by playwrights to be spoken in a theater. Because the heritages of Indian‚ Chinese‚ Japanese‚ and African drama have had little influence on
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1.Introduction | 2.Coffee shops in comparison with restaurants/hotels/fast food joints | 3.Advantage of branded coffee shops versus local ones | 4.Marketing Mix Concept | 5.Leading Brands | 5.1Café Coffee Day | 5.2Barista | 5.3Mocha | 6.Other coffee shops which are not leading | 6.1Costa Coffee | 6.2Gloria Jean | 7.SWOT Analysis | 8.Future of the Coffee
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Chapter I I. Introduction Power electronics converters can be found wherever there is a need to change voltage‚ current of frequency of electric power. The power range of these converters is forming some mill watts (as in mobile phone) to thousands of megawatts in an HVDC transmission system. With classical electronics‚ electrical currents‚ and voltage are used to carry information‚ where as with power electronics‚ they carry power electronics becomes the efficiency An inverter converts DC
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Table of Contents Introduction 1 Question A 3 I. Target Market 3 II. Market Analysis 5 Size of market 6 Growth of Market 8 III. Market Behaviour & Lifestyle of Market 8 Personality & Lifestyle 8 Perception 12 Learning 17 Motivations 20 Attitudes 23 Question B 25 Starbucks and OldTown 26 Lavazza and Illy 26 Crimson Cup Coffee 27 Conclusion 29 Reference 30 Book 30 Journal 30 Online Resource 30 Appendices 34 Introduction Coffee is a drink being consumed from centuries
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Electrochemistry is a branch of chemistry that studies chemical reactions which take place in a solution at the interface of an electron conductor (a metal or a semiconductor) and an ionic conductor (the electrolyte)‚ and which involve electron transfer between the electrode and the electrolyte or species in solution. If a chemical reaction is driven by an external applied voltage‚ as in electrolysis‚ or if a voltage is created by a chemical reaction as in a battery‚ it is an electrochemical reaction
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org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/1999/06/havrylys.htm Hirst‚ P Hoffman‚ S. 2002‚ Clash or Globalizations. Foreign affairs. Lewin‚ J.E.‚ & Johnston‚ W.J. 2000‚ The impact of Downsizing and Restructuring on Organizational Competitiveness‚ Journal of Global Competitiveness‚ 10(1)‚ 45. Pasinetti‚ Luigi L Leon‚ P. 1967‚ Structural Change and Growth in Capitalism‚ Johns Hopkins‚ Baltimore Bakan‚ Joel (2004)‚ The Corporation Hurst E. C. 2009. Social Inequality: Forms‚ Causes‚ and consequences‚ 6th ed. P.41 Banerjee‚ Abhijit V.; Duflo‚ Esther 2003‚
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Benetton Group Annual Report 2004 Benetton Group Annual Report 2004 Benetton Group S.p.A. Villa Minelli Ponzano Veneto [Treviso] - Italy Share Capital: Euro 236‚026‚454.30 fully paid Tax ID/Treviso Company register: 00193320264 The Benetton Group 5 Directors and other officers 7 Letter to Shareholders from the Chairman and Founder of the Benetton Group‚ Luciano Benetton 8 Financial highlights 11 Directors’ report Markets‚ trademarks and licenses 12 Production organization 14 Human resources
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Baroque Art and Architecture I INTRODUCTION Baroque Art and Architecture‚ the style dominating the art and architecture of Europe and certain European colonies in the Americas throughout the 1600s‚ and in some places‚ until 1750. A number of its characteristics continue in the art and architecture of the first half of the 18th century‚ although this period is generally termed rococo (see Rococo Style) and corresponds roughly with King Louis XV of France. Manifestations of baroque art appear
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