The birth of the Khalsa‚ (Summary from p. 56/57 (750 words) of a book entitled “Essence of Sikhism‚ Meditate-Earn honestly-Share” by Kartar Singh Bhalla.) For the annual harvest festival of Baisakhi in 1699‚ Guru Gobind Singh had asked thousands of Sikhs to attend. On the morning of the day‚ The Guru stepped out of his tent holding a sword and asked the audience whether anyone was willing to offer his head. He had to repeat his call three times before someone came forward. A first man came offered
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1. What changes in the production and marketing of watches led to Swatch? Before 1950s - “home-made” effect Starting from 1950s watches were considered as very precious goods that only few people could afford. The production of watches was a craft that required accurate skills and mastery of jewels making techniques. Watches were considered as a luxury good as well as a “financial investment”. People spent a lot on them‚ had great care of them and used to hand them down from generation to generation
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Outline I. It is important to reflect one ’s own national and cultural identity to understand what is different among people of different nations. History teaches us that culture always changes because of internal or external influences‚ even our own cultures and values change over time. Our world today is a world in which people from different nations and cultures are getting closer and closer because of economical and political reasons. Because cultures are becoming closer‚ communication is
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Margaret Atwood’s collection of poems‚ Morning in the Burned House‚ could just as easily have employed morning’s homonym—mourning—in the title. The overriding theme of loss and some of its sources and consequences—aging‚ grief‚ death‚ depression‚ and anger—permeate this collection and‚ in particular‚ Section IV which is a series of elegiac poems about Atwood’s father. The collection is divided into five sections. Section I opens with the poem “You Come Back.” This poem seems to look back on a life
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The Birth of Swatch The continuous decline in demand for the prestigious watches made in Switzerland in the 1970s and early 1980s made the time period devastating for the Swiss watch industry. Before the decline‚ it was master of the watch market‚ shining with its high-end image. However‚ with the evolution of technology in watch making‚ the market began changing rapidly where low-end watches were becoming more accessible and evasive. Nicholas Hayek became the CEO of Societe Suisse de
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Margaret Thatcher was born as Margaret Hilda Roberts on Octobers 13‚ 1925 in Grantham‚ England‚ which is famous by Nuton and Cromvil. Her father was Alfred Roberts‚ who owned a family grocery store and the family often helped him at the store‚ but at the same time he was the active in local politics. He was a very strict man; nobody has right to joke‚ to have a rest during the work hours. Margaret watched only several movies in her childhood and has only few family parties. In such environment Margaret
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allegory of McCarthyism and he used a lot of ironies to express he’s overall message. Through the whole play‚ Miller shows that‚ John Proctor‚ Reverend Hale‚ Judge Danforth are three characters which could mostly represent the overall theme of absolute morality. John Proctor‚ a median age farmer‚ husband of Elizabeth Proctor‚ has been guilty of adultery but is also hesitating to confess. When the hysteria begins‚ he hesitates to expose the secret with Abigail William because he worries his good name
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for social change‚ by accentuating the fundamentality of language and learning‚ through their use of rhetorical devices. Both Doris Lessing’s personal encounters with the Zimbabwe inequities‚ within her speech “On not winning the Nobel Prize” and Margaret Atwood’s “Spotty-handed Villainess”‚ fundamentally highlight the significance of language and learning as a means to encourage and advocate social change within its audience- primarily through the speeches’ clever use of rhetorical devices. Doris
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The Birth Of Sociology The term sociology was coined by French philosopher Auguste Comte in 1838‚ who for this reason is known as the “Father of Sociology.” Comte felt that science could be used to study the social world. Just as there are testable facts regarding gravity and other natural laws‚ Comte thought that scientific analyses could also discover the laws governing our social lives. It was in this context that Comte introduced the concept of positivism to sociology—a way to understand the
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all show morality. In the beginning of the book the morals were all around the place. They started off negative but as the book progresses they turned into positive in the end. Now‚ Dor shows morality because of his punishment. See‚ before Dor’s punishment he did not understand it‚ all he cared about was counting and time. For example‚ he liked to know when the sun was going to come up and go down. But the funny thing is he used water to figure that out. Now‚ Sarah and Victor showed morality by learning
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