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Comparing Three books

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The paper 'Comparing Three books' compares the following books: 'The Rise of the Novel' by Ian Watts, 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens and 'Sense and Sensibility' by Jane Austen.... ... ... ... From Watt's seminal, The Rise of the Novel, there is perhaps an effort to try and comprehend the introduction o f the novel as a genre and additionally explain the aspect of realism (Kroll, 2014)....

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Iliad, Antigone, and Bhagavad Gita

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The paper "Iliad, Antigone, and Bhagavad Gita" discusses that in Antigone, Antigone is the little girl of Oedipus and his mother, Jocasta.... Both of them are dead, and her uncle, Creon, tenets Thebes.... There has barely been a war between Antigone's two siblings about who is to control Thebes.... ...

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How Sophocles Oedipus Exemplifies or Refutes Aristotles Definition of a Tragic Hero

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The paper "How Sophocles' Oedipus Exemplifies or Refutes Aristotle's Definition of a Tragic Hero" explores the statement that despite Oedipus' predicament and flaws, his ability to preserve his virtue and wisdom makes him the embodiment of Aristotle's conception of a tragic hero.... ... ... ... Sophocles' Oedipus is one of the most well-known tragic heroes in the history of drama....

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The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

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The paper "The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende" states that Allende has attributed magical realism qualities to Clara for the purpose of showing and educating people of the world's reality.... Clara's magical characters in this include communicating with spirits and being able to predict events....

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Crisis Impact to the Economy of Thailand

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The paper "Crisis Impact to the Economy of Thailand" highlights that the Political turbulence is swept and a new leader that was elected by the people is the new hope to conquer and overcome the financial crisis that Thailand experiences during the year 2008.... ... ... ... The domestic political conflict that made the way to the closure and ends the importance of the airport in around two months further weakens the trust of the consumers and the investors in the country....

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Maya Angelous Work - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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The paper "Maya Angelous Work - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" highlights that Maya feels like a caged bird.... This is because she feels trapped by the racist system.... Just like Maya, the entire black community is trapped by the weight of the racism that is directed towards them.... ... ... ...

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Latin American Stereotypes in Film: Films Analysis A Touch of Evil, Scarface, and Man on Fire

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This essay "Latin American Stereotypes in Film: Films Analysis A Touch of Evil, Scarface, and Man on Fire" is about unique elements of stereotyping and prejudice that will be extrapolated as it relates to existing stereotypes of the Latino community both inside and outside the United States.... ... ...

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Women's Literature of the 19th Century

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The paper "Women's Literature of the 19th Century" discusses The Story of an Hour, The Yellow Wallpaper, and Little Womenstates.... It clears up today most perspectives on gender equality and women's rights have changed and improved throughout the last 100 plus years after these stories were written....

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Is Indian Modernity a Journey Towards Alienation

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The paper "Is Indian Modernity a Journey Towards Alienation" states that Indians have been beneath clutches of the colonial clutches for an exceeding three centuries.... At the same time, India has managed to get vastly educated by the colonial comprehension of fictional modernity.... ... ... ... The Indian literary modernity origins are linked to western literary modernity....

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Health Sciences: Chronic Illness

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This essay "Health Sciences: Chronic Illness" committed to delineating the sociological aspects of will be diabetes.... This is since, it has been stipulated that the current 250 million individuals currently suffering from diabetes in the world, will increase to 380 million individuals.... ... ... ...

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Restaurant Design - Concept, Color, Lighting and Acoustics

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From the paper "Restaurant Design - Concept, Color, Lighting and Acoustics" it is clear that what is important for the designer is to envision a concept and cater the colors, lighting and acoustics to suit this concept.... In this way, the restaurant is sure to stand out in the crowd.... ... ... ...

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Uses and Limitations of Cost Volume Analysis

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This essay "Uses and Limitations of Cost Volume Analysis" focuses on studying the behavior of costs in relation to the given level of activity.... Managers attempt to understand the relationship between cost, revenue, and net income to see how it will influence profitability levels.... ... ... ... Traditional costing can result in an arbitrary allocation of general overheads to products, this can lead to incorrect decisions being made if the costing information isn't particularly accurate and was developed in a manufacturing age that was labor intensive and therefore often driven by labor hours....

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The Study of Anatomy

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The paper "The Study of Anatomy" states that eosinophil was the incorrect choice because they are also associated with allergies.... This is correct because basophils are chiefly responsible for antigen and allergic responses by releasing the chemical histamine causing vasodilation.... ... ... ... The thoracic cavity increases in its volume the lungs get room for expansion, creating a partial vacuum in the lungs....

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Concept of Risk in the Security of Liberal Government

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The essay "Concept of Risk in the Security of Liberal Government" focuses on the critical analysis of the concept of risk within the context of the security of liberal government as risk management.... Post 9/11 world has become a complex world and the overall risk of governance has increased.... ...

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Long-Run Effect of Budget Cutting in the UK

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The essay "Long-Run Effect of Budget Cutting in the UK" focuses on the critical analysis of the impact of the budget cut on the macroeconomic variables like real wages, investment, national saving, real interest rate, nominal exchange rate, real exchange rate, and trade balance in the long run.... ...

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Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis

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This paper "Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis" discusses Kennedy who became the President of the United States and didn't come into a vacuum, but inherited some problems from the previous administration – not least was the proximity of Cuba and the situation there.... ... ... ... The group could not be considered as either reckless or as disregarding the consequences....

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Niccolo Machiavelli

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The essay "Niccolo Machiavelli" presents a critical analysis of the life and works of Niccolo Machiavelli, one of the best theorists of the political science world, who is considered to be the political genius of all times.... Born in Italy, in 1469, Niccolo Machiavelli faced many hurdles and problems in life....

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The Australian Copyright Act 1968

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The paper "The Australian Copyright Act 1968 " discusses that the Australian Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) protects copyright in original works as well as musical and artistic work, video, or sound recording.... In each case, copyright arises automatically once they are created or published.... ... ... ...

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Comparing the Ideas of Jane Jacobs and Oscar Newman

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The essay "Comparing the Ideas of Jane Jacobs and Oscar Newman" focuses on the critical analysis of the major issues in the comparison of the ideas of Jane Jacobs and Oscar Newman.... There is proximity of urban neighborhoods to cities and cities' tendency to be high-crime areas.... ... ... ... Jacobs and Newman both made valuable contributions to the idea of urban safety by connecting crime control as well as the fear of crime to urban design and the common activities manifested in daily living (Wekerle, 2000)....

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Why Americans Should Embrace Alternative Fuel Vehicles

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The paper "Why Americans Should Embrace Alternative Fuel Vehicles" states that it is essential to state that in order for America to have a sustainable energy future, the emphasis on near-term profit should be replaced by moderate but long-term profits.... .... ... ... Energy sources alternative to fossil-produced oil has been talked about for many years now....

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Western Films

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This paper ''Western Films'' tells that The film industry has seen tremendous development over decades, in this essay, the films that will be discussed are Karate Kid one and Karate Kid two since these are movies that were produced in two different cinematic eras.... Karate Kid one is a film that was produced in the '80s....

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The Aboriginal Embassy Protest of 1972

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From the paper "The Aboriginal Embassy Protest of 1972" it is clear that land rights are essential for the attainment of economic freedom amongst communities and the government bears the responsibility of ensuring that the citizens have access to the factors of production.... ... ... ... The Australian Aboriginal people gained political consciousness by embracing land rights and expressing their views through protests during the decades preceding 1972....

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The Rule of Getulio Vargas in Brazil

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The paper "The Rule of Getulio Vargas in Brazil" discusses that Getulio Vargas is one of the most famous populist leaders in Latin America.... Vargas ruled Brazil for more than a decade after getting to power through a coup and subsequently through democratic elections.... ... ... ... Vargas's rule was also marred by populist politics as was seen when he declared war on corruption....

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Internal and External Communication at Vodafone

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This essay "Internal and External Communication at Vodafone" focuses on Vodafone's focus on effective and efficient communication has made it achieve the highest rank in its industry in terms of revenue.... Hence, they should continue to improve upon the practice and make it a core.... ... ... ... Vodafone should continue to find ways for effective and open communication with its employees....

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Analysis of Health and Healthy for Vibration with Hong Kong Construction Industry

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This essay "Analysis of Health and Healthy for Vibration with Hong Kong Construction Industry" discusses the construction industry, many jobs that involve utilization of the hand-held power tools including pneumatic breakers and disc grinders.... ... ... ... The major feature of the construction industry is high labor turnover, frequently changing working environments, and condition of the working site....

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Urban Waste Presents a Crisis in Sustainable Development

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The paper 'Urban Waste Presents a Crisis in Sustainable Development' analyses some of the effects of urban waste that are a threat to sustainable development hence making urban waste a crisis rather than an opportunity to sustainable development.... ... ... ... Sustainable development has been a subject of debate for a long time....

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Strategic Leadership in a Changing World

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The paper "Strategic Leadership in a Changing World" highlights that the strategic management models provided by the two strategic management theorists bear various similarities in the achievement of the company or the organizational goals and objectives.... ... ... ... Michael Porter and Gary Hamel are notable scholars who contributed greatly in regard to the strategic management approaches....

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Tantric Buddhism in Tibet

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This paper ''Tantric Buddhism in Tibet'' tells that The popularity have probably been much later than its spread in other parts of the world.... Though the origins of Buddhism in Tibet can probably be traced to King Songsten Gampo, it appears to have faced stiff resistance from the practitioners of the pre-Buddhist Bon-Po religion....

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Characteristic of Fan Culture

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This essay "Characteristic of Fan Culture" delves into how the phenomena of celebrities tend to dominate the media.... It establishes the relationship between stardom and consumerism to the Hollywood lifestyle and the star's mythological fulfillment of deep-sited needs that religion can fulfill.... ...

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A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

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The paper "A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving " highlights that Owen's visions of his death are what define his life.... Not just in the broad strokes, but in every particular.... It determines his religious beliefs, the sport he plays, the career he chooses.... ... ... ... Most religions believe in life and death and also some if not all believe in life after death; Christianity is not left behind with this thought too as it clearly talks about death....

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Cathedral by Raymond Carver and What the Ideal Is

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From the paper "Cathedral by Raymond Carver and What the Ideal Is" it is clear that literature is like a mighty mountain.... One, who is on the ascent, sees the beauty of its surroundings from the level of the height of the mountain where he is stationed.... ... ... ... Both the theme of the novel and the author's approach towards the theme educe inquisitiveness....

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Promotion for a Patient with Acute Asthma

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The paper "Promotion for a Patient with Acute Asthma" explains that Asthma is a common chronic illness affecting about 300 million people worldwide.... The British General Household Survey found the prevalence of self-reported asthma in adults aged 16–44 years to be 4.... % in 2004.... ... ...

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The Ways in Which Martin Luther King Jr Influenced the World

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The author of the paper "The Ways in Which Martin Luther King Jr Influenced the World" argues in a well-organized manner that Martin Luther King was a Civil Rights movement leader in the United States of America.... He was a writer, orator, motivator, and pastor.... ... ... ... Martin Luther King was a leader who has brought forth substantial changes in terms of the societal understanding of equity and justice....

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Justifying Demands of France during the Two World Wars

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The paper "Justifying Demands of France during the Two World Wars" states that the fact that France has been failed by treaties in the past, not to mention her inability to defend herself from aggressors, only show that she has the right to fear attacks from Germany.... ... ... ... The reality of a German threat, at least from the point of view of France, the unfortunate experience of having its perceived allies back out on its obligations, the threat of a declining French population vis-à-vis Germany, the strength of Frenchmen's public opinion, and the need for economic recovery....

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Conflict Theory and Functionalism

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The writer of the paper 'Conflict Theory and Functionalism' states that a struggle for dominance among the competing social groups is one of the contributing factors to social change.... The functionalists' theory also believes that social change is caused by distinct factors.... ... ... ... Even though it is evident that most revolutions have been caused by the wake of group/class conflict, functionalist theorists have a different view....

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History of WorldCom

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The paper "History of WorldCom" presents a company that dates back to 1983 when Long Distance Discount Services was formed.... The company reached its peak when it merged with the MCI to form MCI WorldCom but later in 2000 the merger was dissolved and the name again changed back to WorldCom.... ....

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Global Political Economy

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The essay 'Global Political Economy' is devoted to the examination of global economics.... Regardless of one's political stance, when a thorough review is made of the global political system, only a handful of definitions are available with which to fully describe it.... .... ... ... These definitions are as follows: imperialistic, polyarchic, or aristocratic....

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Treaty-Making in Canada

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The paper "Treaty-Making in Canada" concludes Crown was in a better position than aboriginals.... The Crown turned up treaties for their long term goals, whereas aboriginals earned temporary gains in most treaties.... Treaties made a prominent difference in the history of the Crown than for aboriginals....

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Robin Hood and the Medieval Society

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The essay 'Robin Hood and the Medieval Society' is devoted to the analysis of the figure of Robin Hood, a popular hero of medieval English folk ballads, the noble leader of the forest robbers.... The legend of Robin Hood has received much attention from Historians recently.... ... ... ... Many historians have discussed Robin Hood and come up with different conclusions concerning the contents of the stories and the audience....

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What Is Public Opinion

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The paper "What Is Public Opinion" describes that the media provide a channel of debate between the leaders and the governed since it is through the media that dissatisfied society initiates a debate on issues affecting them.... Secondly, the media is a watchdog of the people.... ... ... ... Changes and advancements in technology have forced interest groups to upgrade and adopt these new systems so as to achieve their goals....

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How Public Opinion Shapes American Politics

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According to the paper 'How Public Opinion Shapes American Politics', James Stimson believed that the Americans of today are not attentive to public affairs and they contribute very little to politics.... They are neither much aware of the political movements nor feel interested in them anymore.... ...

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Events of 9/11

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This term paper "Events of 9/11" discusses events of September 11 that also provoked many artistic styles which included photography.... This is because many people took photographs of the planes crashing into the World Trade Centre, the collapsing of the tower.... ... ... ... Security has been beefed up as they are now being trained more on the tactics of the terror groups after the occurrences of September 11....

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The Sixties Cultural and Counter Cultural Movement

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This essay "The Sixties Cultural and Counter-Cultural Movement" draws from the areas of religion and music, but these must be seen in a wider context of political foment, and radical changes in the social values of American society during the sixties period.... ... ... ... Arthur Marwick argues that the sixties were characterized by counter-cultural movements across a number of areas....

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Dance Music: Hip-Hop

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The paper "Dance Music: Hip-Hop" discusses that generally, within the past few decades, hip-hop has not achieved much success despite having a large number of followers.... This raises questions concerning the future of hip-hop and necessary reforms on music.... ... ... ... Hip-hop music is one of the most celebrated music genres in the modern music industry....

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Hall and Gilroy's Sociological Understanding of Contemporary Society

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The paper "Hall and Gilroy's Sociological Understanding of Contemporary Society" explores the ideas of two thinkers discussing the similarities between the two.... This is followed by an analysis of whether, and if so, how Hall and Gilroy have contributed to the understanding of contemporary society....

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The Breach of Contract or Agreement

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The paper "The Breach of Contract or Agreement" describes that civil remedies for breaching a contract mentioned in the companies constitute include civil penalties, such as pecuniary penalties, fines in terms of compensations, and disqualifications.... ... ... ... Leaping Lizard Coffee Emporium Pty Ltd has been planning to increase its business in Malaysia....

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The Financial Position of the Organization and the IRS 990 Tax Return

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From the paper "The Financial Position of the Organization and the IRS 990 Tax Return " it is clear that the financial position of the organization is healthy, this is because the company has assets and income revenues that are able to pay expenses and also pay the liabilities of the organization....

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Company Law - Leaping Lizard Coffee Emporium Pty Ltd

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The paper "Company Law - Leaping Lizard Coffee Emporium Pty Ltd " discusses that civil remedies for breaching a contract mentioned in the companies constitute include civil penalties, such as pecuniary penalties, fines in terms of compensations and disqualifications.... ... ... ... The case reference of Leaping Lizard Coffee Emporium Pty Ltd deals with the breach of contract or agreement among directors under the Corporations Act 2001, which fundamentally applies to companies registered after 1st July 1998 and were no longer requisite implying on Articles of Association (AoA) or Memorandum of Association (MoA) (Tomasic, Bottomley and McQueen, 2002)....

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International Financial Reporting Standards

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From the paper "International Financial Reporting Standards" it is clear that diversification in IFRS from GAAP will enhance the quality of reporting in the US, as an enormous quantity of companies is now reporting as per the International Financial Reporting Standard.... ... ... ... The IASB has a conceptual framework underlying its financial reporting standards and interpretations, the Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements (the Framework)....

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The Conception of Mythology

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The paper "The Conception of Mythology" states that according to the Jungian philosophy, the origin of these stories provides insight into the psychological shaping or modelling that the individuals are exposed to and also discusses the initiative aspects of these stories.... ... ... ... Similarly, while the Persian king was betrayed by his wife, Scheherazade plays the role of a healer who becomes unlikely to companion to the king and gives him strange stories that help him forget his pain to the point that he stops his murderous rampage and accepts Scheherazade....

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