History‚ Construction‚ and Controversy Surrounding the Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower is one of France’s most notable landmarks and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. It has been visited by roughly 243‚376‚000 people between its opening in 1889 through the end of 2008 (Official Site‚ 2008). Recently‚ it has averaged over 6.5 million visitors annually. In 2007 alone‚ its visitor total reached an astonishing 6‚822‚000 individuals (Mills‚ 2008). The Eiffel Tower stands next to
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The Controversy Surrounding Gay Marriage The debate of gay marriage is very complex‚ due to the many different feelings people express on the topic. One opinion is that gay marriage should be legalized nationally. Others feel that gay marriage should not be legalized but civil unions should be granted to homosexuals so they have an alternative that allows gays and lesbians to receive something that compares to the same rights as marriage. On the other hand there is a large group that believes
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The iconoclastic controversy began in mid 700 A.D. It was a religious dispute between Christians on whether icons‚ paintings‚ mosaics‚ statues‚ etc. should be allowed in the church. One side felt there was a need for icons in the church while the other side felt that icons in the church turned the focus of worship away from God and into idolatry. Both sides had a point but there was much dispute in the early church as to what was the correct theology. Icons had been a large part of the church
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a person once the child has reached the third trimester of development. Although Canadian standards do not recognize a child as an actual person until they are birthed‚ there should be certain safeguards in place in order to protect the child‚ despite the fact that they have not yet been born. I am aware that there are certain provisions in place to protect unborn children‚ but a child that has reached the third trimester of development should be considered a “person” in my opinion‚ because they
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STANDARD DEVIATION The standard deviation is a popular measure of variability. It is used both as a separate entity and as a part of other analyses‚ such as computing confidence intervals and in hypothesis testing. The standard deviation is the square root of the variance. The population standard devia¬tion is denoted by σ. Like the variance‚ the standard deviation utilizes the sum of the squared deviations about the mean (SSx). It is computed by averaging these squared deviations (SSX/N) and
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1. What is trading standards? What impact can they have on your business? Trading Standards is the name given to local authority departments in the UK formerly known as Weights and Measures. Frequently‚ the Trading Standards enforcement functions of a local authority are performed by a small part of a larger department which enforces a wide range of other legislation: environmental health‚ health and safety‚ licensing and so on. 1 What you sell There are a few general laws that affect all consumer-facing
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Accounting has been around since the beginning of civilization. ¡§Accountants participated in the development of cities‚ trade‚ and the concepts of wealth and numbers.¡¨ (Giroux) The importance of accounting cannot be overemphasized. Equally important are the standards used to guild the application of accounting practice. Without principles and standards‚ financial reporting would not fairly present the financial position of a company. Accounting has changed and evolved vastly over time and continues
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Trinculo has a natural instinct to understand his surroundings and use them to help him survive. Trinculo is wandering around the island looking for life and for people after he swam from the ship. While exploring the seemingly deserted island he TRINCULO: What have we here? A man or a fish? Dead or alive? A fish. He smells like a fish‚ a very ancient and fish-like smell‚ a kind of not-of-the-newest poor-john. A strange fish! Were I in England now‚ as once I was‚ and had but this fish painted‚ not
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1)What is the development and growth ?How differ from each other? Growth is referred to the increase of per capita real gross domestic product over a period of time. Real GDP is a quantitative concept since it involves increased productive capacity in an economy‚ which leads to rising national output‚ incomes and living standards over time. Growth can occur from two main factors: 1. The increased use of resources such as land‚ labour‚ capital and entrepreneurial resources due to improvements in
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The aim of this eassy is to state what is is meant by economic development and growth as while as discussing the why Zambia regardless of th........ The eassy will beginft by defining the key concepts such as economic development and growrth. It will then discuss........... thereafter‚ a conclusion based on the evidence that will be presented in this paper shall be drawn. Economic development is a normative concept i.e. it applies in the context of people’s sense of morality (right and wrong‚ good
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