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This paper examines how during his reign, the medieval emperor Charlemagne came to dominate Europe and create an empire of a scale not seen since classical times. It looks at how he created a renaissance of learning, the arts and culture in Europe. It analyzes how the empire was achieved through a number of important military victories and how after the death of Charlemagne it became quickly divided and fragmented. It puts forward the argument that his educational and cultural achievements were greater and more durable than his military and political achievements even though his educational and cultural achievements were often fundamentally dependent on or instrumental in his military and political coups.

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"Charlemagne instilled a great deal of importance in historical texts. He realized the importance of annals and other historical texts in creating a sense of history and of collective national identity. It was very important to build up texts of the history of the Carolingians as part of the empire's pursuit of legitimacy. An example of an historical text which had a clear political impact and related strongly to Charlemagne's military achievements was Paul the Deacon's "Hisotira Langobardorum". This was a history of Lombardy. According to Mckitterick this history was "an active contribution to the shaping of Frankish and Lombard relations." This work actively portrayed the Carolingians as natural heirs to Lombardy."

Tags:arts, christendom, conquest, emperor, king, medieval

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"Homer's The Odyssey is among the most durable and malleable stories ever told. It seems natural for The Odyssey to be recast as a Canadian film. This essay will not discuss casting or directors in detail, but rather be a light treatment of the story for the film. With a major film-adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road hitting the screen this year, the time is ripe for The Odyssey to enjoy a similar retelling. Set in a post-apocalyptic Canada, Odysseus has been seeing action in Ottawa for the last decade. Ottawa is Troy, and Victoria, BC, is Ithaca. "

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Homer's The Odyssey is among the most durable and malleable stories ever told. It seems natural for The Odyssey to be recast as a Canadian film. This essay will not discuss casting or directors in detail, but rather be a light treatment of the story for the film. With a major film-adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road hitting the screen this year, the time is ripe for The Odyssey to enjoy a similar retelling. Set in a post-apocalyptic Canada, Odysseus has been seeing action in Ottawa for the last decade. Ottawa is Troy, and Victoria, BC, is Ithaca. There is no more digital communication or standardized national

Tags:homer, odyssey, setting

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This paper explains that LG started in 1947 as Korea?s first chemical company and then became the first home appliance company in 1958. Today, it is a conglomerate of 49 subsidiaries, out of which 20 are listed on the Korea Stock Exchange. The author points out that the company is reorganizing its management structure of the LG group. after which it is expected that LG will become the holding company. The paper concludes that LG is a good stock for investment, but being a Korean company, presents a built-in liability.

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"Now let us look at the profitability of LG. the figures that we have for the company are for the first half of 2000, ending on august 7th, 2000. This is about three years old now. As per the audited accounts, LG Electronics had sales of 6.9 trillion won and sales profits of 572 billion won. (KRW (1,114.80): = US$1.00) One is at liberty to make the conversion directly. Roughly calculated, the sales are about $6 billion and the profits are about $500 million. The increase over one year was 34%, and exports were 69% of the sales and domestic sales were about 31%. The current profits were a little higher at 623 billion won. The profits had increased to five times to what they were in the previous year. The profitability was calculated to be roughly 9%. The reasons for profit were explained as "LGE's profit increase is mainly due to the significant increase in sales of high-value-added products."

Tags:conglomerate, holding, profit, competition, accounting

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This paper explains that ethical implications surrounding a person's right to die are challenging even when that person has made clear his or her express wish to withhold medical treatment, as with Durable Medical Power of Attorney. The paper then discusses these implications by examining the ethical theories of Kant, Smith, and Mill that speak directly to the intrinsic value of the self, of happiness, and of pleasure.

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"In healthcare the decision whether or not to allow a patient to die can present the most acute of moral dilemmas. In many instances the patient expressly declares his wish to refuse medical treatment-to be allowed to die-in the event that his or her breathing or heart stop. In these cases the ailing party can ascribe Durable Medical Power of Attorney to a loved one entrusting that person to act in his or her stead and ensure that the hospital staff withholds the specified treatment."

Tags:utilitarianism, kant, smith, ethics of duty, j.s. mill, durable medical power of attorney, prima facie ethics, deontology

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The paper discusses the belief that the self is relatively durable, that it remains in some essential way the same over time. The paper explores how Haffner and Delbo call this common assumption into question. The paper discusses Delbo's horrific account of her experience in Nazi concentration camps and Haffner's narrative of the Third Reich. The paper shows how these two authors impact our understanding of the self, suggesting that the self lacks many of the qualities we may have assumed it to have.

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"Our understanding of the self varies from person to person. However, many people would agree that the self is relatively durable, some kind of fixed entity that reacts to external circumstances, based on a set of moral values, which remains in some essential way the same over time. We reminisce about the past, and think thoughts such as "I was really young and stupid back then" - but although this kind of thought acknowledges the changes we have undergone, it nevertheless implies that the "I" is still essentially the same. In other words, the self is durable."

Tags:morality, values, durability, qualities, memory

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This paper discusses the financial status of the premier corporations the power tool industry (PEPT), which combine into billions of dollars in net sales. The strategy is to make a quality product and sell it to loyal, satisfied customers. The author points out that Black & Decker, the leader, specializes in power tools, accessories, hardware and technology-based fastening systems; Makita Electric Works, Japan's top manufacturer of portable electric power tools, includes circular saws, jig saws, planers, drills, hammers, grinders and sanders with unsurpassed quality and reliability. Bosch Corporation, a leader in the North American power tool industry, provides a complete line of corded and cordless power tools and accessories, which are durable enough to endure any professional job-site and Porter-Cable Corporation designs, manufactures and distributes electric and cordless power tools, pneumatic tools and compressors, pressure washers, generators and related accessories in the professional and consumer industries. The paper stresses that these companies, using world-class manufacturing principles, believe that safety is a priority and quality a must.

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"Quality in the manufacturing phase of their business is the most important ingredient to their success. Quality is built into all stages of production and processing beginning with the new product and continuing throughout the products life. They perform rigorous test at every stage of development and construction of the product. Porter-Cable's uses state-of -the-art machining centers and motor winding cells to produce the highest quality components possible. In addition, aluminum components are carefully constructed and processed to provide high tolerances and surface finish. The products are meticulously crafted to insure the proper fit and function. Critical gears and pinions are carefully fabricated from select cut steel and then heat treated for long lasting product life. Their industrial products are processed to provide maximum durability and strength."

Tags:black-decker, makita, bosch, porter-cable, customer

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This paper explains that, after the Stone Age, the earliest known Bronze Age culture of Europe and the Mediterranean was the Minoan, an ancient civilization on what is now Crete in the Mediterranean prior to classical Greek culture. The author points out that the advances in building construction led to the widespread use of the arch by the Romans and to the invention of durable cements and concrete for structures that have survived to the present times. The paper clarifies that, although Rome possessed a collection of tribute-states for centuries before the autocracy of Augustus, the pre-Augustan state conventionally is described as the Roman Republic; the difference between the Roman Empire and the Roman Republic lies primarily in the governing bodies and their relationship to each other.

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"In discussing history over such great spans of time, historians rely on what is known as the classic three-age system. The system divides early human history into three distinct phases based upon the level of technology developed and the materials used in forming tools. These three ages and their exact placement in time vary according to geographic region; some regions developed the use of bronze and iron before others. Indeed, there are still Stone Age cultures extant on the planet, although that is becoming more and rarer as the years pass. Other ages than the ones mentioned are used by archaeology to delineate "sub-ages" that distinguish when a particular material (usually a metal) began to be used in tool-making and industry (examples include the Copper Age, the Silver Age, or the Gold Age)."

Tags:stone, bronze, construction, iron, tribute-states

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City Shoes(tm) is a lawn game based on traditional horseshoes that employs large rubber washers instead of metal horseshoes. It is lightweight, portable, durable and safe. The marketing plan includes a SWOT analysis, marketing strategies directed at sporting goods stores and lawn and garden shops and processes for control and analysis of the plan.

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This paper discusses how American religious history has been marked by recurrent episodes of Protestant revivalism, some local, some widespread. Two of the later, in the first halves of the 18th and 19th centuries respectively, were so widespread as to have been given historical names, the First and Second Great Awakenings. It examines the social conditions surrounding the spread of the first two Great Awakenings and how they varied widely from region to region. This essay concerns the circumstances of the first in Virginia and the second in Rochester, New York. It explains the wave of revivalism in Virginia is more difficult to explain, even though it seems to have had a more durable result, at least in the religious beliefs of the region involved.

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"American religious history has been marked by recurrent episodes of Protestant revivalism, some local, some widespread. Two of the later, in the first halves of the 18th and 19th centuries respectively, were so widespread as to have been given historical names, the First and Second Great Awakenings. (Some present-day evangelicals speak of a Third Great Awakening in recent times.) The social conditions surrounding the spread of the first two Great Awakenings varied widely from region to region. This essay concerns the circumstances of the first in Virginia and the second in Rochester, New York; it will be found that the wave of revivalism in Virginia is more difficult to explain, even though it seems to have had a more durable result, at least in the religious beliefs of the region involved.
Colonial Virginia, as presented by Rhys Isaac in The Transformation of Virginia, was an almost purely rural society, and remained such throughout the late colonial period that is the focus of his study. Even though its economy was closely bound up with commerce, specifically the tobacco trade, the geography lent itself to easy water transport. Tobacco could be shipped directly from plantations, so there was little growth of towns as transshipment points."

Tags:revivalism, christian, colonial, church

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The paper looks at how polyethylene, polypropylene and other plastics have revolutionized the sporting equipment industry. It discusses several sports where plastics and composites have contributed to more light-weight, durable equipment, citing examples such as golf balls, boats and skis.

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"The advance of technology led to the creation of ultra-lightweight tennis rackets in 1999 (Dusek, 1999). Tennis rackets now weigh less than a can of tennis balls. Exceptionally stiff, high-modulus graphites, innovative designs, and titanium, are allowing racket makers to create ever-lighter frames. Titanium has also been used in strings and in tennis balls. Twenty years ago, a racket weighed about 13 ounces. In 1999 it was 10.2 ounces. One titanium racket weighs only 7.6 ounces. Design changes such as wide bodies and long bodies, shifting the weight from the handle to the head to move the sweet spot towards the top of the head of the racket have all changed the way the game is played. Space-age materials are being used in different areas of the head to reduce torque and shock for advanced players."

Tags:fiberglass, thermoplastic, synthetic, plastics