Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist on March 14‚ 1879 in the southern German city of Ulm.Einstein developed the general theory of relativity‚Albert Einstein grew up in a middle-class Jewish family in Munich. As a child‚ Einstein became fascinated by music ‚mathematics and science.He was one of the two pillars of modern physics. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his services to theoretical physics‚ and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect
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The Frogs tells the story of the god Dionysus‚ who‚ despairing of the state of Athens’ tragedians‚ travels to Hades (the underworld) to bring the playwright Euripides back from the dead. (Euripides had died the year before‚ in 406 BC). He brings along his slave Xanthias‚ who is smarter and braver than Dionysus. As the play opens. Xanthias and Dionysus argue over what kind of jokes Xanthias can use to open the play. For the first half of the play‚ Dionysus routinely makes critical errors‚ forcing
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Finance Management Answer 1. Capital Budgeting Capital budgeting (or investment appraisal) is the process of determining the viability to long-term investments on purchase or replacement of property plant and equipment‚ new product line or other projects. Capital budgeting consists of various techniques used by managers such as: 1. Payback Period 2. Discounted Payback Period 3. Net Present Value 4. Accounting Rate of Return 5. Internal Rate of Return 6. Profitability Index
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NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES COURSE CODE: CSS 245 COURSE TITLE: PLANNING‚ DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT. CSS245 COURSE GUIDE COURSE GUIDE CSS245 SECURITY PLANNING‚ MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT AND Course Team Mr. Darlington Ikpi (Writer/Developer) Dr. Niyi Adegoke (Coordinator) - NOUN Dr. U.I Adeyinka Aderinto (Editor) Dr. N. Nwabueze (Programme Leader) - NOUN ii CSS245 COURSE GUIDE NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGE National
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Old Man at the Bridge” by Ernest Hemingway An old man with steel rimmed spectacles and very dusty clothes sat by the side of the road. There was a pontoon bridge across the river and carts‚ trucks‚ and men‚ women and children were crossing it. The mule- drawn carts staggered up the steep bank from the bridge with soldiers helping push against the spokes of the wheels. The trucks ground up and away heading out of it all and the peasants plodded along in the ankle deep dust. But the old man sat
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“The Hurt Man” By Wendell Berry A. The short story “The Hurt Man”‚ written by Wendell Berry‚ tells about the memories of the childhood of Mat Feltner‚ who made an experience at the age of five‚ which leaves its mark on him‚ for the rest of his life. The story is told in a third person narrator‚ from Mat´s point of view. The story is told in a way that makes the reader gets a better understanding and insight in Mat´s future. For
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Curley’s Wife: Floozy or Innocent Girl? Curley’s wife is a young‚ pretty woman‚ who is mistrusted by her husband‚ Curley. The other characters refer to her only as ‘Curley’s wife‚’ which is significant as she is the only character in the novel without a name. She is a simple object or possession belonging to her husband and this shows the severity of the sexual discrimination in America in 1930s. I believe Steinbeck would have thought of her not as a person but a symbol. Almost everyone on the ranch
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Rafi 1 Name: Salman Rafi Roll#: 09-27311 Prof: Liaquat Date: 13th May‚ 09 “Child is the father of Man” Wordsworth wrote a poem The Rainbow and left behind a very famous saying that “child is the father of man.” This statement has been interpreted by various critics in various ways. For Wordsworth‚ it is important because a child is spiritually very elevated. He has a direct link with nature. He says that a child is a symbol of purity and innocence which remains untarnished until he
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In the short story The Man Who Was Almost A Man‚ Dave Saunders is trapped in a world where he doesn’t have a lot of power. He works on a field where he never sees his pay because his mom hides it from him. In addition‚ he is forced to obey his parents. Throughout the short story‚ a symbol that is shown significantly is the gun. Dave thinks that if he has this gun‚ it will change him and make him immediately a grown man. What he doesn’t realize is the big responsibility that comes with having a gun
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“The Man I Killed” Guilt takes over ones mind and conquers the body because someone thinks constantly about a memory that previously occured. In Tim O’Brien’s‚ “The Man I Killed”‚ he starts with a list of physical features of the man he killed with a grenade in My Khe. He was imagining what the man’s life must have been like. O’Brien thinks of stories and personalities about the man he murdered in the war. He describes his feelings and says‚ “Nothing nobody could do… stop staring” (O’Brien 1).
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