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    Both have roots in the town of Basel, Switzerland which is situated along the Rhine river, straddling the border with Germany. In 1858, Johann Rudolph Geigy-Merian, at the time patriarch of the Geigy corporation, and Alexander Clavel, who started the Ciba Corporation, adopted methods…

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    Importance Of COSO Erm

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    The COSO ERM framework is a broader version of the earlier framework and stated that that the categories of objectives should be one that follows (a) strategic objectives: which are goals aligning with the company’s mission/vision (b) Operational objective which imbeds performance and productivity (c) effective internal and external reporting, financial and non-financial (d) compliance with applicable laws and regulation. The COSO framework does not only reflect the assessment of hard controls…

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    However, in the long run, this system may prove successful, as we have been able to witness younger players with long careers ahead of them grow into the varsity stars of Southold Soccer’s near future. This includes freshmen like Marie Mullen, Sabrina Basel, and sophomore Lucie Showalter, as they are lead and taught by seniors Raeann Berry and Rosemary Volinski from Greenport. To Coach Locascio, the girls have “a tenacity you can’t teach,” which he hopes will carry them into the playoffs.…

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    Christopher Warner, he marketed himself as a philosopher-king. He was an exemplary of the Renaissance Prince: he enjoyed arts, sports, and religion (Head, 94). Holbein was surrounded by humanist influence, as well. He spent a portion of his lifetime in Basel, Switzerland, a center of humanism, where he became close with Erasmus, a famous humanist and Catholic-turned-Protestant. Before the Reformation, Erasmus told his humanist and Catholic friend Thomas More, the Lord Chancellor for Henry VIII,…

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    The banking sector plays a main role in the financial process in every economy, making its efficiency and effectiveness an essential requirement in order to ensure stability and growth (Halling, M. and Hayden, E, 2006). (Diamond, D.W. and Rajan, R.G, 2001), states that banks are involved in valuable economic activities and their major concerns remain their survival and profitability. On the asset side of the balance sheet, banks guarantee the smooth flow of funds by lending to deficit spending…

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    (Complex)-(1954-1981) from Artifact to Center Stage. The Rockefeller University Press. http://jcb.rupress.org/content/91/3/77s.full.pdf. 2016/09/10  Tutorvista. http://biology.tutorvista.com 2016/09/10  Berger, Eric. Roth, J.The Golgi Apparatus. Basel, Switzerland. Birkhäuser, 1997. Camillo Golgi discovers the Golgi Apparatus. Disqus. https://www.science-of-aging.com/timelines/golgi-discovers-the-golgi-apparatus.php 2016/09/10  NORD. http://rarediseases.org 2016/09/10  written by:…

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    Maginot Line Failure

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    French to be an impregnable and untouchable wall of defenses. The Maginot Line was an unbroken line of fortifications that went along the Franco-German border from Longwy, near where France, Belgium, and Luxembourg meet, to Switzerland’s border near Basel. The line stretched over about 471 miles covered with bunkers and fortresses connected by tunnels. The Germans did not go through the Maginot Line, but instead went north through Belgium to enter France. The construction of the Maginot…

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    Lysergic acid diethylamide has many names such as Lucy, acid, blotter and microdots. Some regard LSD as a sacrament and others a muse. The influence of LSD in society can be seen through many facets, such as the arts and technology. LSD has been the pinnacle symbol of the counter-culture of the sixties. From the free spirited hippies at Woodstock to the psychedelic adventures of Hunter S. Thompson, LSD is the guide to what lies in-between the lines of reality. LSD is a tool that spurred the…

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    a classical philologist which is the study of language, it is also a combination of literary criticism, history, and linguistics before moving to philosophy. He was one of the youngest to take leadership of Classical Philology at the University of Basel in 1869, at the early age of 24. He gave up the position in 1879 due to his health issues…

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    Friedrich Nietzsche, a late 19th century philosopher and scholar, wrote about the denunciation of God and Christianity and ideas of individual morality. Similar to other early political theorists, he examines society, politics, ethics, and the rights of individuals. Throughout his numerous works, Nietzsche critiques “good and bad” along with morals and society as a collective. He considered himself immoral and a nihilist who condemns Christianity, in addition to believing that existence has no…

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