LENIN Lenin was one of the leading political figures and revolutionary thinkers of the 20th century‚ who masterminded the Bolshevik take-over of power in Russia in 1917‚ and was the architect and first head of the USSR. Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov was born in Simbirsk on the Volga River on 22 April 1870 into a well-educated family. He excelled at school and went on to study law. At university‚ he was exposed to radical thinking‚ and his views were also influenced by the execution of his elder brother
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SCIENCE A BOON OR BANE FOR THE SOCIETY Is Science a Boon or Bane? Science may be called a mixed blessing. It has made our life peaceful and comfortable. But it has also filled it with fears and tears. The invention of the wheel‚ electricity and wonder drug‚ penicillin has revolutionized human life. Now our life has become safer‚ easier and more comfortable than that of our ancestors who lived in precarious conditions‚ stifling heat of the sun‚ wrath of natural calamities were the constant threat
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The predicting of dominant design in MP3 player Yuri Lee‚ Industrial design‚ Chonbuk National Univ. Jong-Youl Yang‚ Industrial design‚ Chonbuk National Univ Abstract This research has the purpose that forecasts MP3 design which can dominates the market by trend analysis. For the purpose of this study‚ we practiced trend analysis of MP3 player. We decided on design factors and levels of the factors after collecting 227 MP3 products released from 2001 from 2007 now‚ and practiced trend analysis
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Geert Hofstede defined that culture is "collective programming of the mind distinguishing the members of one group or category of people from another". (HOFSTEDE‚ 2012a) Human culture derives from people’s background‚ education‚ gender and so on. Therefore‚ different people have various cultures. Culture can influence employees’ relationship in workplaces. (HOFSTEDE‚ 2012b) Geert Hofstede studied this question for more than six years‚ and found six groups of national cultural dimensions. The first
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Treasured ~ Blessings It was another late and stressful night for Mrs Jones in the scummy local motel she was staying in. It had been a few days now‚ since her and Mr jones had been forced out of their farm‚ and all she wanted to do was go back. But whenever she expressed her opinion or tried something on her own‚ Mr Jones always seemed to over power her‚ always seemed to dull her sparkle. She felt like she barely had a voice around him‚ she never had the strength to speak up or even stand up
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TomTom Overview As TomTom‚ one of the largest producers of satellite navigation devices in the world‚ entered 2010 it faced stiff competition from its traditional rivals such as Garmin and from new competition from cell phones. Although its sales reached an all time high of €1.74 billion in 2007 by 2008 sales had slipped to €1.67 billion. That year the company posted a loss of €872 million. The decline in sales continued with 2009 sales slipping to €1.48 billion‚ although the company managed to
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Was The Industrial Revolution a Blessing Or A Curse? Without doubt‚ the Industrial Revolution was a blessing to all of mankind. What are you using to read this article? You computer? Your mini-tablet? Your smart-phone? Without the Industrial Revolution‚ you would have any of that. The Industrial Revolution made our lives easier than ever before. Instead of having to go to factories everyday‚ machines do the harsh conditioned jobs for you‚ while get better jobs that have better conditions with
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away. I was extremely upset. There was a time when I was texting my friend James. We were discussing meeting up to catch a movie downtown. The night before I’d decided we’d meet at 1:00. Mind you I had also left my phone charger at work so I had no way of contacting him due to my phone being dead. The next day I arrived at 1:00 as planned. James was sitting there looking salty at me. I asked him what was wrong. James said he’d been waiting since 11:00. After looking at my text from last night I saw
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BOON OR BANE? TV 5 is now one of the most competitive television stations in the Philippines; providing quality programs of entertainment and information‚ and even finding its way to be on top like the two big networks: ABS-CBN and GMA. It surprises the viewers continuously with the network’s star studded shows‚ as a matter of fact a lot of stars from the two mentioned big networks seem to use TV 5 as their fallback station. Truly‚ it is opening a big passage way of opportunities and an excellent
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Teen “Sexting” Sexting – teens sending sexually explicit photos of themselves via cell phones‚ email‚ or instand message – has become the latest in a line of highly charged issues involving kids and the internet. Sexting has become a widespread occurance that has destroyed lives and has caused emotional distress to many teenagers and young adults. Sexting gives teenagers the feeling of acceptance and the chance to be popular by gaining attention but what they fail to realize is the attention they
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