Etymology The English name Switzerland is a compound containing Switzer‚ an obsolete term for the Swiss‚ which was in use during the 16th to 19th centuries.[14] The English adjective Swiss is a loan from French Suisse‚ also in use since the 16th century. The name Switzer is from the Alemannic Schwiizer‚ in origin an inhabitant of Schwyz and its associated territory‚ one of the Waldstätten cantons which formed the nucleus of the Old Swiss Confederacy. The name originates as an exonym‚ applied pars
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The Indian team’s bat handyman Ram Bhandari is the team’s go-to man for bat-related problems. By Qaiser Mohammad Ali | Mail Today – Sat 1 Sep‚ 2012 11:54 AM IST Two days before the India-New Zealand Test began here on Friday‚ Sachin Tendulkar‚ Gautam Gambhir‚ Suresh Raina‚ R Ashwin and a few others got their willows repaired by India’s most trusted one-man bat repair shop. While Tendulkar’s new bat turned out to be slightly longer than the permissible length‚ Gambhir had two of his bats repaired
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Traveling by bus or by train? The second benefit of traveling by bus not by train is you can sing some songs or watch movies during your journey. If you feel bored in the bus‚ you can choose some songs from songbooks to let you feel more fun. You sing whatever you like to distract your dull time during in the bus. On condition that you don’t want to sing some songs‚ watching movies are the best options for you to pick. There are many plots in the movie that will make you laugh sometimes and forget
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Intro to American Cinema The Great Train Robbery The main characters in the film The Great Train Robbery(1999) were slick‚ good-looking criminals. They were very good at what they did and were well-known in the underworld. The main characters involved were Bryan Field‚ Fred Forman‚ Gordon Goody‚ Master Edwards‚ Charlie Wilson‚ Roy Jones‚ Bruce Reynolds‚ and Ronnie Biggs. This included Bruce Reynolds being chief planner‚ who worked among the trains‚ while the mastermind of the plan was Bryan field
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Who are the stakeholders in this case? The stakeholders in this case are the passengers‚ crew and their families‚ aboard the Amtrak train that derailed. They are also the corporate investors who hold stock in Amtrak and all Amtrak employees who have invested their time in employment with the organization. They could easily lose their jobs if a major layoff occurred or the organization filed for bankruptcy due to the millions they would be required to pay in damages. Stakeholders are the members
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What is so super about superconductors? Perhaps the fact that superconductors are materials that have no resistance to the flow of electricity. So they basically will conduct electricity without resistance when the material is at a very cool temperature. Resistance becomes undesirable because it produces losses in the energy flowing through the material. Resistance creates heat which is why‚ when the material is cooled‚ the resistance will no longer be an included factor in the flow of electricity
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the news report. Hopefully‚ people will accept this initiative and allow the journalism industry to go through a change. What is Multimedia Journalism? Multimedia journalism is a new form of news reporting which includes a print or online story supplemented by some other form of media that is more interactive than just the text. Stories or reports in multimedia journalism require additional skills from journalists‚ but provide readers with more choices to interact and be informed. If the readers
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University of Phoenix Material Public Speaking Diagnostic Questionnaire INSTRUCTIONS Answer each of the following questions in complete paragraphs of at least 150 words. QUESTIONs .1 On a scale of 1 to 10‚ with 1 equaling love it‚ and 10 equaling hate it‚ rate your feelings about speaking in front of groups. Explain your reasons for this rating. If I had to rate my feelings for speaking in front of an audience‚ I would have to say that I would give it a five on a scale from one to 10. The
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CHAPTER ONE 1.0. OVERVIEW OF PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT The main aim of private sector is to seek profit‚ their capacity is to earn profit‚ depends on their investment policy among others. Its investment policy‚ return‚ depends on the manner in which it manages its investment portfolio. Thus‚ organizations investment policy emerges from a straight forward application of the theory of portfolio management. Portfolio management therefore‚ refers the prudent management of an organization (banks) assets
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3. MONEY Money is everything that serves as universally excepted medium of exchange or means of payment. Functions of money: Medium of exchange – enables people to exchange goods and services for other commodities Store of value – at home money loses value because of inflation so it is better to deposit financial assets with a bank. Money can also be stored in other forms – securities (cenné papiry)‚ shares‚ or bonds (dluhopisy‚ obligace). We can also invest in properties‚ lands‚ arts‚ jewelry
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