Accounting The name that looms largest in early accounting history is Luca Pacioli‚ who in 1494 first described the system of double-entry bookkeeping used by Venetian merchants in his Summa de Arithmetica‚ Geometria‚ Proportioni et Proportionalita. Of course‚ businesses and governments had been recording business information long before the Venetians. But it was Pacioli who was the first to describe the system of debits and credits in journals and ledgers that is still the basis of today’s accounting
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stage on which his figures perform. The greatest of the 15th-century Venetian painters was Giovanni Bellini Mantegna’s friendship with Bellini had a direct influence on Venetian painting. Bellini’s rich‚ mellow color and warm lighting bring out the human qualities of his serene Madonna and saints. He was one of the first Italians to use oil paint on canvas. Two of Giovanni Bellini’s pupils became the most outstanding Venetian painters of the High Renaissance. They were Giorgione and Titian. Giorgione’s
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Should We Return to Complex Chinese Characters? As we all know‚ when we travel to Taiwan‚ Hong Kong or Macao‚ or watch TV plays made there‚ we will find that the local people still use the ancient traditional character system. But the Chinese mainland adopts the simplified Chinese characters have become a part of people’s life in mainland. However‚ recently‚ a number of the national committee of CPPCC has proposed that we should resume the ancient traditional character system. Personally‚ it
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Rizal in Japan (Land of Cherry Blossoms) Feb. 28 – April 13 1888 • Rizal left Hong Kong on board of the Oceanic‚ an American steamer on his way to Japan. Places he went… YOKOHAMA GRAND HOTEL Places he went… TOKYO TOKYO HOTEL People he met JuanPerezCaballero • Secretary of the Spanish legation visited him in the hotel inviting him to stay in the Spanish legation. • Knowing that it is a plot to monitor him‚ Rizal accepted the offer for the following reasons: REASONS WHY HE ACCEPTED CABALLERO’S
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with the statement saying that the main issues of The Merchant of Venice are credited to the development of Shylock and Portia. Throughout the story‚ the characters of Shylock and Portia are the ones who raise many significant matters to do with Venetian society and even our society today. Shylock’s experiences in the story bring up topics of racism and revenge‚ while through the character of Portia‚ issues such as justice‚ mercy and the role of women in a patriarchal society‚ are explored. However
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Develop “take away” style in China. In China‚ McDonald set the “dessert booth” for the take away service‚ they just sell the drinks and ice-cream products in the booth‚ that’s very convenience for the customers who just want to buy a drinks during the shopping time. So‚ Starbucks can use this strategy‚ set a booth for take away‚ and it can expand the distribution channel‚ and the cost of setting a booth is cheaper than a shop. The coffee booth is more convenience for the customers to buy the Starbucks
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Shakespeare’s text Othello’s meaning‚ changes according to a responder’s interpretation. The characters are often viewed through different perspectives‚ as intended to by Shakespeare. The main characters‚ Othello‚ is a noble‚ black man who is marginalised in Venice due to his race and beliefs and whereas Iago is a person who conceals his nature of being manipulative and evil under the guise of “honesty”. These two characters are extremely important to the themes and values that are conveyed in this
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Where a great general is controlling one of the Venetian armies‚ he is unlike any of the other generals in the fact that he is not Venetian. He is a moor‚ a black man controlling an army of soldiers completely different from himself. His fame in battle have bought him the affection of a noble man’s daughter‚ a women who he loves completely and
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Racism is inextricably linked to the story of Othello and presents several universal themes‚ still prominent in modern society. It is this that questions what sort of message Shakespeare intended to convey to his audience; was Othello the black ‘moor’‚ portrayed as a tragic hero? Or did his character eventually come to resemble the prejudices of which he was a victim? A text rich with ethical debate‚ Othello is a story of black and white‚ culture‚ fate‚ and ultimately good versus bad. Racial ‘otherness’
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attempt to make the murder of Desdemona a sacrifice. Othello’s race is crucial to his tragedy not because of what he is‚ innately or culturally‚ but because of how he is perceived‚ by others and by himself. Paragraph 1: Othello is estranged from Venetian society because of his race and is a constant victim of racial prejudice. He is “the Moor of Venice.” For Iago Othello is "an old black ram" (1‚1. 88)‚ "the devil" (1.1.91)‚ and a "Barbary
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