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The Death Penalty
The death penalty is a controversial issue, because of its irrevocable and barbaric aspect. This type of sentence leaves no chance for mistake, and the Stat should not have the power of life and death over its citizens. What is unfair about this sentence is that rich people escape more easily to this penalty than the poor ones who cannot afford a good lawyer. And, what is especially unfair, is that the death penalty doesn’t
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The Casbah, fiche en anglais
The Casbah Résultat de recherche d'images pour "the casbah of algiers" Casbah means citadel. It is a place for the local leader to live. Casbah from the Arabic “fortified place” exists in the North Africa. In Algiers, the word once referred to only to the citadel built over the old city, but it came to mean the old city itself. It is 122 meters above the sea. It is a mid-sized city which was built
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Mergers and Acquisitions: The Effect of Defences Erected Against Hostile Takeovers
Mergers and Acquisitions: The Effect of Defences Erected Against Hostile Takeovers Introduction In 2015, the value of announced Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) touched the $5 trillion.[1] The value of such transactions far exceeds the GPD of various countries across the globe which indicates the importance of Mergers and Acquisitions in today’s world of business. Many companies consider M&As as a corporate strategy (Sunder, 2014) and believe that vital growth can be acquired from the use
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Anglais, The purpose of testing the data variables for Group.
The purpose of testing the data variables for Group #3 (4 members) was to check and confirm the main hypothesis that has been raised, which is how the companies CSR, communication to customers, product aesthetics itself and the price factors are influential towards the online purchase decision making process. The SPSS statistics software was used to analyze collected data (quantitative methods-surveys) collected from 662/732 variable samples (70 of them were deleted due the errors in
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Accoutability in the world
“Accountability breeds response-ability” This quote by Dr Stephen Covey an American educator and author, used in numerous academic papers not only has a double meaning with the word “response-ability” but is in a way a short summary of how a leader or a person/institution in a power position often held accountable, should react. First things first let’s start by defining the three key words, to be accountable is as defined by the Cambridge dictionary is
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Accoutability in the world.
“Accountability breeds response-ability” This quote by Dr Stephen Covey an American educator and author, used in numerous academic papers not only has a double meaning with the word “response-ability” but is in a way a short summary of how a leader or a person/institution in a power position often held accountable, should react. First things first let’s start by defining the three key words, to be accountable is as defined by the Cambridge dictionary is
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The idea of progress
The idea of progress My notion is « The idea of progress » and my issue is « Should we fear progress ? ». The deffinition of progress is the positive evolution of the world in therms of science, technology. It's the evolution of civilization to an ideal goal. So, I'm going to deal with the positive aspect of progress first and after, I'm going to talk about that the progress can be dangerous. On
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To what extent is Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony a pivotal point in the history of music?
In the view of many musicians and music analyst, Beethoven’s 3rd Symphony (Eroica) is considered as the first romantic piece in the history of music. Beethoven started composing this symphony after he had written the famous Heiligenstadt Testament. The Heiligenstadt Testament is a Letter that was addressed to his 2 brothers, Karl and Johann. It reflects his despair over his increasing deafness and his desire to overcome his physical and emotional ailments to complete his
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The wall between Mexico and the United States and the reaction of Californians.
We will present our presentation on the wall between Mexico and the United States and the reaction of Californians. Introduction : On 20th , September 2017, Xavier Becerra, the California Attorney General, filed a lawsuit against the US government. In his complaint, which concerns the border counties of San Diego and Imperial, Xavier Becerra believes that the Trump administration violates the US Constitution, California and federal environmental laws, because of the construction of the barrier
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The Minimalist of Suzhou Museum
The Minimalist of Suzhou Museum The Minimalist of Suzhou Museum EE3AH3 CN Architectural Humanities 3 Critical Theory and Interpretation AH-CHOON Clarence 6509878 ________________ Introduction The essay will look at how the Suzhou museum can be seen as a minimalist architecture with the use of the famous quote “less is more” by Mies Van Der Rohe. The definition of this quote will explain two important keywords which are the message and essential. This will be related
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The princess and the frog, 2009
The princess and the frog comes out 2009, which is the year of Obama's election as president. This American animated musical film was produced by Walt Disney Studio and, it was released by Walt Disney Pictures with a budget of 105 million. This movie is based on the novel the frog princess by E.D Baker. That novel was also inspired by the fairy tale “the frog prince” written by the brothers Grimm. This movie represents
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Myths and heroes - impact on the society
The notion I’m going to talk about is Myths and heroes. A myth can have several definitions, first of all, it's an ancient story, often about gods, heroes and magic. It also represents the traditions and popular beliefs that represent the ideals and institutions of society. Sometimes a myth also refers to a rumor or unfounded information. The first definition of the hero is a legendary or mythological character often endowed with great powers or
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In that framework, we focused on loss of inocence and I asked myself if is the loss of inocence necesserily imply badness ?
Introduction : This year, we studied among other themes of Exile, Travel and rite of passage. In that framework, we focused on loss of inocence and I asked myself if is the loss of inocence necesserily imply badness ? is the loss of innocence the opposite of growth? Growing implies that experience take over from innocence → not perceived as a loss ; positive process Loss is a negative process, something lost that cannot be retrieved. Why
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How Mark Zuckerberg represent the American dream ?
MARK ZUCKERBERG There are many people who inspire us in life and give a definition of the « American dream » for various reasons. It’s the case of Mark Zuckerberg, he went from just a child born into a poor city in a middle class family, to become the youngest billionaire in the world. This article are going to talks about his life of heroe and to answer to the question How Mark Zuckerberg represent
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Mot d’accueil de l’adaptation théâtrale du film The Prophet
Mot d’accueil de l’adaptation théâtrale du film The Prophet Révérendes sœurs, chers parents et amis, Nombreux d’entre vous pourraient se demander quel est l’intérêt d’adapter en 2018 un texte littéraire datant de 1923 ? Malgré les quatre-vingt-quinze ans écoulés, Le Prophète de Gibran Khalil Gibran demeure une des œuvres incontournables à l’échelle internationale, traduite en plus de quarante langues. Le secret de la réussite de l’ouvrage le plus vendu aux États-Unis après la Bible réside
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What might be the future energies ?
HABAB MOHAMED PEIP 1 What might be the future energies ? People are already familiar with solar power, wind power, and even water power. But when it comes to the future of energy, those renewable power sources soon could be old news. Scientists and engineers are now building mashup versions of the renewable sources we’re using today with the goal of generating power with even greater efficiency and sustainability.John Rogers , senior energy analyst for
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Predicting the returns of orders for a retail shoe seller
TSIA-SD 210 Challenge 2018 Predicting the returns of orders for a retail shoe seller Group member: XIA Jin YI Muyang ZHANG Jiwei Data prepossessing 1. Raw training data At first, we only use the data from the train.csv, without products.csv and customers.csv. Using the random forest with default hyper parameter, we get a classifier who has a training accuracy around 65% and test accuracy 60%. In addition, the features such as LineItem, UnitPMPEUR, TotalLineItems have
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Literature Review: The performance of active investment managers
The performance of active investment managers Literature Review May 2017 The performance of active investment managers Author : Lazrek Narjisse Due date: 31.05.2017 13:00 Table of content: Introduction 1.Conventional Performance Measures 1. Sharpe Ratio 2. Treynor Ratio 1.3Jensen’s Alpha 1. Performance 2.1. Conventional performance tests 2.2. Relative performance evaluations 2.3. Performance persistence 1. The Active Managers 3.1. Measuring manager skills 3.2 Accomplishment of Active Managers 3.3. The Performance of active investment managers Conclusion References Introduction
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Alterity in the fiction of Yann Martel
Introduction “Where are you from?” the boy asked. “From many places.” “No one can be from many places,” the boy said. “I’m a shepherd, and I have been to many places, but I come from only one place—from a city near an ancient castle (Coelho 19). The conversation between Santiago and King Melchizedek throws some light on the cosmopolitan nature of English literature and that of the writer Yann Martel. The English literature of the
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Notes de lecture. The round house.
THE ROUND HOUSE Passage in the novel that you found particularly interesting or impactful: “ We were not churchgoers. This was our ritual. Our breaking bread, our communion. And it all began with that trusting moment where my father walked up behind my mother and she smiled at his approach without turning. But now they stood staring at each other helplessly over the broken dish. (…) She took a gasping breath and put her had
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DESTINY 2 : Relics of the golden age quest tutorial
NOM et Prénom (partie 1): ________________________________ NOM et Prénom (partie 2): ________________________________ GROUPE : 5_____ ÉVALUATION : /20 (15% en C2) CORRECTION DU T.E.L Si vous avez fait votre T.E.L. en équipes, vous devez vous séparer la correction ainsi : chaque élève corrige toutes les fautes d’une partie (OSPG). * – 1 pour une « forme corrigée » mal corrigée! * – ½ (- ¼ pour ceux qui ont un très grand nombre de fautes
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Introduction to the British and American Political Institutions
Introduction to the British and American Political Institutions Part 1: The British political system Lecture 1: The monarchy 1. Introduction to the Monarchy Constitutional monarchy: A system of government in which the head of state is a monarch whose power is shared with a constitutionally organised government. Difference from a republic: Head of the state is a president, with more (USA) or less power (Ireland). 1. The sovereign and the branches of government * Executive
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Certaines n’avaient jamais vue la mer, The Buddha in the Attic, Julie Otsuka
Titre : Certaines n’avaient jamais vue la mer Titre original : The Buddha in the Attic Auteur : Julie Otsuka Genre : roman Date de publication : 2011 Caractéristique : utilisation du pronom personnel « nous » Personnage : les japonaise Epoque : XXème siècle Résumé 1: Nous sommes en 1919. Un bateau quitte l’empire du levant avec à son bord plusieurs dizaines de jeunes femme japonaises promises à des japonais travaillant aux Etat-Unis, toute
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The Space
THE SPACE As many news currently because we destroy our planet, thus we need to find an other one to make the same thing. No it is a joke, but really, we have the next destination of humanity in universe. So to start my presentation, I will to introduce some basic notions of the astronomy, then I will present you the next destination: Mars, and why. And finally, we will see the various problems encounter
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Vaccination in the 3rd world countries
Vaccination in the 3rd world Intro Now we have all these information, I think it’s interesting to have a closer look at vaccination in the third world countries. First let me tell you how they see vaccination over there. • While it is very easy to access vaccination for us, it is completely different in countries of the third world because they are not developed and they don’t have money to pay for it. First
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