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    STUDYING EFFECTIVELY AND CONQUERING EXAMS     1.  INTRODUCTION  This is some practical advice from my own experiences as a student and from many years of teaching  this discipline (Management Accounting).  “Studying effectively” is about building a sound foundation  of professional knowledge that is more than just knowing enough to pass the next test or examination.      2.  HOW GOOD ARE YOUR STUDY SKILLS?  The old adage is “If it ain’t broken don’t fix it”.  Make an honest assessment of your study skills

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    announces that today they will be joined by a guest lecturer‚ a senior VP from a Fortune 500 corporation. What makes this guest lecture unique is that the students are sitting in a Nashville classroom but the guest lecturer is speaking from his home office in Estonia‚ via video technology. This is an example of one of the creative ways faculty members at Vanderbilt are using technology to enhance their students’ learning. In the scene described above‚ Owen Professor David Owens‚ along with Professor

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    students also have different learning needs and interests and a rigid curriculum really restricts both the teacher and the student‚ Students need to learn to learn‚ not just gloss over certain facts about a subject. Teachers and students both need to be doing their job in the classroom but restricting curriculum and crunching numbers do not produce a class of outstanding and free thinkers‚ and technology is the way trends for curriculum development should be going. Providing technology in schools has

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    Chinese Contemporary Art and Social Change 中国当代艺术与社会变革 The Chinese contemporary art history is only 30 years‚ but it has gone through almost all the genres of western art history.Like the Chinese economy‚ it changes and grows so fast‚ especially during 2003 to 2008‚ that it attracted the global attention.The latest 5 years‚ the whole environment of Chinese contemporary art has been changing‚ the new trend has emerged.This article will explain the change of Chinese contemporary art in the recent

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    A Comparison of Classic and Contemporary Business Does your job stereotype your character? Is it an opinion or a fact? “Business and Economics” by Robert Reich‚ explains the chilling factor that your occupation reflects on your public image. “Work is central to the human experience; in fact‚ it is work and its economic and social outcomes that provide us with the keys to an understanding of culture and civilization”‚ which translates to‚ work is essential for any civilian to understand the world

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    The art and architecture of ancient Egypt is known to almost every person‚ as it is so distinct from other cultures ’ works. Ranging from wall paintings of Anubis and Horus‚ to the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx‚ the artwork is not exactly new to many. Though the creators of the art may not be known‚ their images are forever part of the great history of ancient Egypt. When you think of ancient Egyptian artwork‚ stiffness in the human figures is very apparent. There is basically no trace of movement

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    Extravagant Art The culture of the ancient Egyptians is extremely interesting. Egyptians were the first people to make a large impact on the world of art. The ancient Egyptians had very unique and profound beliefs. Their entire culture is characterized by their religion and beliefs. Their art works were usually made or built for a purpose‚ and‚ more often than not‚ a religious purpose. There are two main functions of Egyptian art. One of the functions was to glorify the Gods‚ including the Pharaoh

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    \Topic 2 – Consumers & business 1. Role of consumers ‘Consumer sovereignty’ refers to the pattern of consumer spending in an economy will determine patterns of production and resource allocation. Since firms are rational profit maximising entities‚ they will produce what the consumers want to buy and how much they buy. Consumer sovereignty is not only important for maximising profits‚ it will also act to ensure that firms maximise their efficiency. If by producing at technical efficiency (lowest

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    A topic sentence essentially tells what the rest of the paragraph is about. All sentences after it have to give more information about the sentence‚ prove it by offering facts  about it‚ or describe it. For example‚ if the topic sentence concerns the types of endangered species that live in the ocean‚ then every sentence after that needs to expound on that subject.  Topic sentences also need to relate back to the thesis of the essay. The thesis statement is like a road map that will tell the reader

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    Ethics and Values of Living in a Contemporary Society James Rehling GEN/195 September 26‚ 2012 L. Troy Beals Ethics and Values of Living in a Contemporary Society Ethics‚ what are ethics? One could call them morals but in reality one would be saying the same question. Ethics are by definition: code of morality‚ basically intangible. Values are what something means to one. Ethics‚ while infinitely intangible‚ one can believe intently to a point of tangibility. Think about if ethical behavior

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