THE ESSENTIALS OF STYLISCTICS The expressive means (EM) of a language are those phonetic‚ morphological‚ word-building‚ lexical‚ phraseological and syntactical forms which exist in language-as-a-system for the purpose of logical and/or emotional intensification of the utterance. Phonetic EM: pitch‚ melody‚ stress‚ pausation‚ drawling‚ whispering‚ a sing-song manner of speech (onomatopoeia‚ alliteration‚ rhyme‚ rhythm). Morphological EM: the Historical Present (the Present Indefinite instead
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Essentials of American Government: roots and reform Chapter One: The Political Landscape Roots of American Government: What Are They and Why Are They Important? A Government is the formal vehicle through which policies are made and affairs of state are conducted. Governments are often a result of trial and error‚ experiment‚ compromise‚ and sometimes bloodshed. A Citizen is a member of the political community to whom certain rights and obligations are attached. Politics is the study of
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RENAISSANCE How can the Renaissance be used as a springboard for defining modernity? With the Renaissance‚ the interest shifted to the earthly realm of nature. In some respects‚ this was a good thing: nature received a more proper place. From a biblical viewpoint nature is important because it has been created by God‚ and is not to be despised. The things of the body are not to be despised when compared with the soul. The things of beauty are important. Sexual things are not evil of themselves
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------------------------------------------------- Subnetwork From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Creating a subnet by dividing the host identifier A subnetwork‚ or subnet‚ is a logically visible subdivision of an IP network.[1] The practice of dividing a network into two or more networks is called subnetting. All computers that belong to a subnet are addressed with a common‚ identical‚ most-significant bit-group in their IP address. This results in the logical division of an IP address into two
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ESSENTIALS OF ECOLOGY (Chapter 9) 1. Review the Key Questions and Concepts for this chapter on p. 184. What factors led to the premature extinction of the passenger pigeon in the United States? Factors that led to the premature extinction of the passenger pigeon are uncontrolled commercial hunting and habitat loss. Passenger pigeon in the 1858 became a big hunting business. Weapons like shotguns‚ traps and artilleries were used and even the burning of sulfur in suffocating the birds. These threats
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Case Study: Siemens Bribery Scandal 1. Corruption was deeply embedded in Siemen’s business culture. They rationalized this corruption by stating that it was not illegal to initiate bribes to government officials. This was true‚ however not anymore‚ the law changed in 1999 prohibiting such acts of corruption. 2. If a manager at Siemens would have stood up and took a stand against corruption‚ I think that he/she would have most likely been fired for being insubordinate. The higher executives that
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Chapter 1 SECURITY ESSENTIALS 1. Introduction to Security Engineering 1.1 Security engineering is about building systems to remain dependable in the face of malice‚ error‚ or mischance. 1.2 It focuses on the tools‚ processes‚ and methods needed to design‚ implement‚ and test complete systems‚ and to adapt existing systems as their environment evolves. 1.3 Security engineering requires cross-disciplinary expertise‚ ranging from cryptography and computer security through
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many of these fossil fuels are still untapped. This is why Exxon spends in research and development alone. According to the company’s website‚ this is because the total amount of oil and gas market in 2035 will exceed $19 trillion and the company wants to efficiently use this resource. Exxon Mobil reduces its operational costs and maximizes its economies of scale using effective production techniques. About 90% of the produce from Exxon’s chemical business is used for its natural gas producing
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The Bribery Scandal at Siemens AG Analysis This case discusses the bribery scandals that were unearthed at Siemens AG in 2006 and 2007. There were a series of scandals that involved some of the company’s employees bribing foreign officials to gain contracts and creating slush funds for this purpose. Siemens agreed to pay €1 billion towards settlement of corruption charges $800 million of which was a fine imposed by U.S. in addition to the billions of euro paid in fines‚ back taxes and late interest
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Case: Siemens AG: Global Development Strategy (A) 1. How would you characterize Siemens’ global development strategy? Why does it have regional development centers (RDCs) around the world? Over the years‚ however‚ Siemens had followed a strategy of shifting more autonomy to its regional centers to strengthen its global presence. First‚ because of local labor shortages‚ ICN could simply not centralize all product development at Munich. Second‚ having regionally-based managers‚ engineers and
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