Consensus/Flat Hierarchy/Right vs Wrong Reflection Before reading and watching this week’s material‚ I knew the rudimentary concept of flat hierarchy. Although‚ I never imagined its level of complexity regarding a physical and mental process as well as philosophically and how it intertwined with other camp concepts. Flat hierarchy differs a lot from how the rest of the world works. I believe that the dynamic between parents and children in western culture is a crucial example of a different structure
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To Change a Flat Tire” speech: Specific Purpose: To inform my audience how to change a flat tire properly and easily. Central Idea: I want to explain how to change a flat tire and provide tips to follow to make it easy and fun. Introduction Attention Getter: What if you happen to get a flat tire in the middle of the night and you don’t know how to do it and no one answers their phone to help you? Have you ever thought that one day you will need to know how to change a flat tire? Thesis:
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World History Notes: Chapter One Intro In 1849‚ William Loftus founded the ruins of the city of Uruk‚ one of the first cities in the world. Loftus found this ancient city in a part of Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia was one of the first places where civilization began. The First Humans The first civilizations began in Western Asia and Egypt. The way we determine how civilization came about is through science. Archaeologists find many signs of civilization in ancient ruins. No records were contained
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Chapter 4 Portuguese - first to begin slave trade slaves‚ manufactured goods were traded for rice‚ sugar‚ tobacco; taken back to Europe and were sold then traded again for manufactured goods Society with slaves - part of labor force were slaves Slave society - majority of laborers are slaves About 300 slaves on a ship‚ 1 in 6 died Bodies thrown overboard Middle Passage - brutal journey from africa to america Auctions losing independence because more are being brought Slaves costed twice
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Finance for managers Chapter 7— Net Present Value and Other Investment Question 1 : List the methods that a firm can use to evaluate a potential investment. There are discounted and non-discounted cash-flow capital budgeting criteria to evaluate proposed investments. They are 1) Net present value: NPV is a discounted cash flow technique‚ which is the difference between an investment’s market value and its cost. NPV = Present value of cash inflow- Present value of cash outflow
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Ulbrich testifies is that a flat tax will redistribute the tax burden for the lower and middle classes. Today‚ a main source of the government’s money gained through taxation is by payroll tax instead of income tax. This source of money‚ in fact‚ directly impacts the middle class
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Naturalism‚ realism‚ and regionalism in the Outcasts of Poker Flat The story fictional story‚ The Outcasts of Poker Flat‚ written by Bret Harte is a filled with abundant examples of naturalism‚ realism‚ and regionalism. Examples of naturalism‚ realism‚ and regionalism are shown many times throughout the story and is important for the development of characters‚ settings‚ and plots. The short story‚ being very naturalistic‚ has multiple examples of naturalism. “Toward the morning he awoke benumbed
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speaks in a particular dialect. “Is this yer a dd picnic?” (128-129)‚ this is local color because it shows how people really talked. In this time period‚ regionalism starts when the people of Poker Flat start discussing about throwing the outcast out of town. In Bret Harte’s "The Outcast of Poker Flat"‚ he uses setting‚ conflict‚ and symbolism. The story is based around a small group of "misfits" who are in a western region‚ struggling to survive obstacles that are yet to come. Bret Harte uses
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Chapter 12 Notes Rebuilding the Imperial Edifice in the Sui-Tang Era p 267 * Splinter states fought for the control of China in the centuries after the fall of the Han * Yang Jian was a member of a prominent northern Chinese noble family that had been active in these contests * Yang Jian struck a marriage alliance with his daughter and the ruler of the northern Zhou empire * The Zhou monarch had recently defeated several rivals‚ which united much of northern China * Yang Jian
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Hot‚ Flat‚ and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman is a book that outlines the causes of climate change‚ argues against those who refuse to believe in climate change‚ proposes solutions to the challenges of climate change‚ and urges the United States to be at the forefront of these solutions. Friedman argues that the United States would be able to overcome the Great Recession if it shifted its focus on finding viable alternatives to fossil fuels and reforming our current energy systems. Freidman begins
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