Describing Line: The Study of Canaletto’s Use of Line The purpose of this journal entry is to discuss the way Canaletto uses line in his work The Maundy Thursday Festival before the Ducal Palace in Venice. Also‚ it will compare the accuracy his work to that of a modern photograph of the same location. How do they differ? Line is used in nearly every aspect of art‚ whether it is an actual mark on the page or simply implied. Canaletto uses line to show the audience the boundaries in his art. He
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Western Connecticut State University Income Inequality in America “The proliferate gap separating the penniless from the gilded” Kristen Dakin ECO 101: Principles of Microeconomics Professor David Barber April 7th‚ 2014 The exponentially growing gap that separates the affluent from the rest of society in America has become a truly daunting statistic. According to data collected by the IRS‚ the World Top Economics Database asserted that in 2010‚ the
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the growing inequality between wages and profits. Through looking at these two relationships we can see the worsening condition of the distribution of income and wealth in Australia. When looking at changes in income in Australia‚ the recent trends (as seen in diagram 1 and diagram 2) shows the top 20% or highest quintile‚ increasing their income share from an averaged 38% in 1994/95 to over 41% in 2007/08. This increase has resulted from the long period of economic growth‚ characterised by increasing
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Carnival Corporation is the worlds largest cruise ship company‚ within approximately 50 of the cruising market. The company had focused on it one specific strategy do one thing and do it better than anyone else and bought a very successful result. Carnival had it particular strengths in the market‚ such as superior experiences‚ excellent services‚ good reputation‚ a variety of diversification‚ etc. The interesting thing is these strengths did make Carnival to be the first of cruising market‚ but
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Direct and Indirect taxes both have their benefits and disadvantages‚ these factors need to be taken into consideration when thinking about which of these taxes revenue should go towards the improvement of education of the UK workers. Direct taxes are taxes imposed on income‚ wealth and company profits‚ for example income tax‚ national insurance contributions and corporation tax. By using the revenue direct taxation this would allow the governments to estimate how much income tax revenue can be
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When should the milestone payments received to date by SolvGen be recognized as revenue? A: FASB codification (605-28) milestone method SolvGen Inc. is gonging to use the milestone method to recognize the revenue. The milestone method is a recently issued method of recognizing revenue for research and development arrangements under which consideration to be received by the vendor is contingent upon the achievement of certain milestones(FASB codification (605-28) milestone method). Under
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Topic 19: Some people think that paying taxes is enough to contribute to the society. Others argue that being citizens involves more responsibilities. Discuss both sides and give your opinion. ANSWER Paying taxes has become a compulsory obligation of each citizen for a long time but in recent years‚ there have some heated debates with many people believing that paying taxes is a work expressing adequately their responsibilities with society. While others clam that it is not enough to become
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Philippines is controlled by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (Philippines). Taxes in the Philippines range from 5% to 35%[1] Exceptions 25‚000 Pesos for individuals[1] 30‚000 Pesos for married couples[1] Exceptions for Small and Medium Enterprises with income of less than 100‚000 Pesos Cedula Cedula is a community tax that is paid annually at the Barangay Hall. It is often rated at 5% of income. Value Added Taxes (VAT) In the Philippines‚ the rate of VAT is at 12%. With some additional
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sustained increase in real GDP increases a nation’s standard of living providing that output rises faster than the total population. However it must be remembered that real income per capita on its own is both an inaccurate and insufficient indicator of true living standards both within and between countries. National income data can be used to make cross-country comparisons. This requires * Converting GDP data into a common currency (normally the dollar or the Euro) * Making an adjustment to
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Equilibrium Level of Income The Consumption and Saving Functions Consumption is the part of income spent on goods and services yielding direct satisfaction. It occupies the biggest chunk of the expenditure on output. Y= C+S Where Y= Income C= Consumption S= Saving Factors Influencing Consumption 1. Distribution of national income 2. Interst rate 3. Desire to hold cash 4. Price level 5. Population 6. Income 7. Taxes 8. Attitudes and values Consumption function is the relationship
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