Introduction Over the last decade, increasing interest in Intellectual Capital (IC) has been the core factor it is being developed rapidly (Juma and Paine, 2004; Bontis, 2001). IC was first being acknowledged in 1995 by Skandia when it published the world’s first IC yearly report (Edvinsson and Malone, 1997). Definition of Intellectual Capital (IC) There have been tremendously abundant definitions of IC (refer to Appendix 1). In general it may seen synonymous with knowledge capital and asset
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REPORT ON SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD FRAMEWORK (Based on interview with Mr. Shyam Bahadur Khatri,peanut seller) GROUP MEMBERS: AASISH WAGLE MAHENDRA BHAT JELINA SHRESTHA LAXMAN MAHARJAN Mr. Shyam Bd Khatri, a residence of Argakhachi who has migrated to Kathmandu is a peanut seller. He had to migrate to kathmandu due to thepoor economic condition of the family. His family consist of 4 members: Laxmi khatri (wife), Sanjay khtri (Son) & Meena khatri (daughter). His son is currently working
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History: The Five Families of the New York Mafia Since the1920’s the five Italian/Sicilian-American crime families which include the Colombo’s, the Genovese’s, the Bonanno’s, the Gambino’s, and the Lucchese’s have been dominating New York’s organized crime. Each family has their own unique story about how each family made its way to becoming one of the top Five Families in the mafia. We will be taking a journey and learning the history behind each crime family, from what part of New York they
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to a wide variety of activities, and entertainment and sumptuous food while they were at sea. The appeal to the user was to experience luxury and fun while cruising amount interesting vacation-oriented ports. Cunard offered cruising on seven ships. Five of them were in the luxury (5 star) category, and two were in the premium (4 star) category. Each had its own distinctive image and positioning: The first of the cruise ships was considered to be the finest in the world it was called the QE 2. It
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The content of the following paper explores the almost unheard case of the Cuban Five. Five males from Cuba were given unfair jail sentences after being accused of espionage and terrorism. Under false allegations and pretenses, Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González, and Rene González have been part of a long trial with minimal media coverage. The five aimed to seize the plans of anti-Cuban terrorist organizations, many of which are based in Miami, Florida. The trial
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33% of their husband’s property( Pettinger, Tejvan). Her next mission was to give women the right to vote, this was later accomplished in 1919. During the years that women struggled to become a legal person, she created a group known as the Famous Five, the women involved were Nellie McClung, Louis McKinney, Henrietta Edwards and Irene Parhy, this was case was referred to as the persons case. After being declined by the Supreme Court that women were people, Emily moved to the Judicial Committee of
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During the 16th and 17th centuries the Scientific Revolution flourished. While it gained many supporters it had it’s fair share of opponents. Religious controversy, especially with the Catholic Church, hindered the work of scientists by creating barriers to stop the spread of scientific ideas. But many leaders, such as King Louis XIV, supported science for their own political purposes, helping in its advance. Although there was widespread support for science, the norms of society crippled the strength
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The Protestant Reformation officially began in 1517 when Martin Luther challenged the Roman Church. Martin Luther gave his ninety-five theses, that’s when The Reformation bought people to America, and The Reformation also helped establish the Constitution of the United States. The 16th century was given by God to be the time of reformation, and had prepared the Church in many ways for this reformation. Religious, economic and political factors. There were also groups outside the Roman Church that
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until the 1960’s. Written in 1969, Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-five is an absurd satirical novel inspired by the author’s experiences in World War II that follows protagonist Billy Pilgrim through all phases of his life as he has become unstuck in time. On the other hand, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb directed by Stanley Kubrick is a political dark humor film released around the same time, only five years prior, that satirizes the madness and terrifying
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In Vonnegut’s anti-war book, Slaughterhouse-Five, he has a character named Billy Pilgrim, who is a drafted American soldier during World War II. He goes through different parts of his life by time traveling and encounters with aliens along the way. The story revolves around the bombing of Dresden and how Billy interprets life as the way he sees it. From end to end in the book, Vonnegut uses plentiful of rhetorical techniques such as: metaphors, syntax, and diction to emphasize to the readers that
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