Pliny’s accounts are better than Fiorelli’s methods. Do agree with this statement? The eruption that struck Pompeii on the 24th august 79AD was witnessed by Pliny the younger who provided the only description of events that day. He describes a cloud‚ “like a pine tree it spread out and drifted‚ dirty and blotchy as a cause of the earth and ash.” Pliny lived in Misenum with his uncle Pliny the elder‚ who was the first to notice the odd phenomenon that was happening in Pompeii and went to examine
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Furthermore‚ greed may also be a factor that compromises a person’s health. A person who is not abstemious of eating and drinking will likely get health problems. According to statistics in 2008‚ 19.3% of American youth are obese or overweight‚ and most of them like eating a lot of unhealthy fast food. People who drink a lot also have a higher chance of getting liver diseases. A study has shown that more than 60% of the people who drink will get liver diseases‚ and 20%-30% of them will get hepatocirrhosis
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How far do sources C and E support the view of the Fenians as demonstrated in Source D? Sources C and E both support the view of Fenians demonstrated in Source D to an extent as they all show some sympathy for Ireland. However Source E has a slightly different view on Fenians as it is critical of the damage they may do to the Irish reputation as a whole. Therefore Sources C and E support Source D‚ while Source E supports it to a lesser extent due to the fact that it is a private message and will
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to their students’ sports activities as to their university libraries. They point out that universities should attract more students to exercise‚ because a healthy body can make a student bear the heavy studies. On the other hand‚ most people‚ like me‚ strongly disagree with it. In the following paragraphs‚ I will explain some main reasons. In the first place‚ an obvious advantage to spend more money on libraries is that enormous libraries can help us save a huge amount of money‚ paper resource
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A multinational company or Multinational corporation (MNC)‚ multinational enterprise (MNE) is a corporation that is registered in more than one country or that has operations in more than one country. It is a large corporation which both produces and sells goods or services in various countries. It can also be referred to as an international corporation. b. The joint venture based on the Chinese law: A JV arises when a Chinese investor and a foreign investor own equity interest in the same
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Is friendship the most valuable thing in life? In this era of globalization‚ people are busy chasing for material wealth‚leaving behind many valuable things. It is undeniable that our society is becoming more materialistic.For most of us‚money is the most important thing on earth.However‚ we have forgotten that there are certain things which money could not buy.To name a few‚friendship‚family‚love and health.But which is the most valuable thing in our life?In my opinion‚friendship is what I will
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Cortes and Pizarro easily conquered the Aztecs and Incas. How far do you agree with this statement? Many people tried to conquer places in the past. Cortes and Pizarro both succeeded. Together they were the most famous conquistadors‚ they went barefoot and came back from their expedition multi-millionaires. They were extremely lucky which made things easier. Cortes and Pizarro were both at the right place at the right time. For Cortes‚ Montezuma thought that Cortes was the God Quetzalcoatl
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necessary skills which could be trained in school to meet job market needs. This essay will outline both two functions of a school and explain why I think a balance way to approach this issue is essential. It is commonly believed that higher education should provide the training mainly for the needs in the future workplace. The future candidate should demonstrate effective communication‚ team working and time management skills. Most employers believe that these skills could be taught in schools
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The most important aim of education is to prepare one for a career. Do you agree? The Graduate Employment Survey (GES) is conducted annually to survey the employment outcomes of the graduates‚ about six months after completing their final examinations. The 2012 survey is the first to be conducted jointly by NUS‚ NTU and SMU. The Ministry of Education publishes the results of the key employment indicators of the survey to provide prospective students with timely and comparable data to assist them
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Agree to Disagree: Kantianism vs. Consequentialism Determining how to classify the difference between right and wrong has been argued over and studied with no avail. Although all Normative ethical theories have positives and negatives‚ a few set themselves apart from the rest. Consequentialism versus Kantianism‚ although similar in some respects have enough of a conceptual difference to be studied further. Tendencies to side with Kant’s ethical theory over that of the consequentialist theory seem
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