All this has solidified Pacioli's place in history as the "Father of Accounting.... For every transaction that takes place, at least two accounts are affected, and this redundancy helps minimize errors. ... Many smaller companies have a bookkeeper on staff, or if the company is small enough, a manager or a secretary may be responsible for bookkeeping duties. These smaller companies usually will hire public accountants to do specific tasks for them, instead of having them as full time employees. ... The accounting cycle is a nine step process, the first three of which, as Carol Wiley...

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This instability made Europe a very dangerous place, and no tribal kings" lands were ever safe for long (Hartman 27). ... When the nobles needed help protecting his fief, he hired a knight for military services, and paid the knight with a smaller estate called a manor (Hartman 27). ... Those people who had lived in urban life were forced to work on the many farms that provided the only means of protection and a place to support a family (Rowling 41). ... The Gothic style mainly paid tribute to God, and they built large Cathedrals with stained glass windows as places to worship God (Corbish...

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They had to settle for a place that they could afford. ... New houses and places to live needed to be built and capable of housing families. ... England was small to begin with so there is only enough time where it would of expanded. England's small size and the fact that it was an island encouraged the development of a new industrialized world. ... Even those who were able to find places to live, they were clearly not ideal places to grow up and raise a family. ...

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Certain chemicals become more dangerous in small buildings. ... In restaurants however, smoke spreads throughout a small area, filling the entire building. ... According to numerous surveys, "40 percent reported avoiding a place in the past because of tobacco smoke" ("Banning- 3). ... A nonsmoker "shouldn't have to be subjected to something in a public place that makes him ill" (Lucas A8). People can not allow cigarettes in their car or home, but there is nothing that can be done about cigarette smoking in public places. ...

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Also, America is known as the place which has welcomed refugees when they have suffered in their own countries. ... Now, they need the assistance around the world when they have no place to stay. ... It is actually a very small number for a Nation of immigrants like America. ... The smaller nations like Turkey and Lebanon also agreed to take over one million Syrian refugees. ... It has proven itself to be a place of freedom and opportunity for the refugees. ...

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Next I examine the development of, or lack of, civil society and the institutions which took place across the continent in the colonial era. ... In much of the British areas, the administration was sought by as cheap a means as possible, with only a small-scale educational regime in place for the purpose of sustaining sufficient clerical support by Africans. ... Development and Economics  The fact that a small number of Africans received education which culminated in joining the bureaucracies of the colonies, is part of the reason that there was no easy task for the post-colonial societies to...

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A small portion of the water in the hydrosphere is fresh. ... The Lithosphere consists of nine large plates and twelve smaller ones. ... The place where this happens is known as a mid-ocean ridge. ... In many places the huge plates of the earth's surface are slowly moving together with unimaginable force. ...

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Population increases are predicted to increase by over 1 billion, yet globalization - the use of technology to make the globe increasingly smaller - continues to integrate and connect the globe. ... For instance, the globalization of technology and information - especially regarding weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and advanced conventional weapons - will increasingly accord smaller states, groups, and individuals destructive capabilities previously limited to major world powers. ... With the exception of China invaiding Taiwan, or Iraq/Iran invasions, Global Trends suggests that the major p...

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This research examines why the Industrial Revolution took place in Europe, and why it did not occur elsewhere, specifically Asia. ... Large civil engineering and luxury court projects provided abundance that appeared monumental and grand, but such projects were enjoyed by a small elite. ... Marriages were delayed, with some never marrying at all, and childbirth took place at later ages. ... By keeping a large population from which to start, recovery could take place somewhat faster when capital stocks were depleted from disasters. ...

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Another example of SS humor was the placing of a ceremonial curtain from a synagogue across the door to the gas chambers. ... Although gas was the best method, shootings still took place. ... The SS would kill them with a shot through the base of the skull from their silenced small-bore rifle...

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Clark here seemingly agrees with Cameron as 'Growth amongst the European urban hierarchy was selective, Among thousands of small towns, this was a time of recovery after the late medieval contraction' (Clark 128). ... Trade was a huge factor in changing the makeup of early modern cities, even in spite of "political instability and military inroads made by the Ottoman Turks" (Clark 113) Places such as Serbia and Bosnia became economic centres of Turkish power and Sarajevo in Bosnia benefitted from new construction and trade with Istanbul and Dubrovnik. ...

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Despite the large population, only one American in twenty lived in a place with more than 2,500 people in 1790, (this did not change much by 1840). ... These successful merchants and lawyers, large plantation owners, and other various professional men were at the top of the social scale, followed by farmers, storekeepers, and successful artisans as "higher-middle class" folk, and then came the smaller "hard-pressed" (common farmers and mechanics, landless laborers), and then finally bring up the bottom were the slaves. ... The United States was primarily a handmade land in ...

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Roman Catholicism was the foundation for European society; it was the one thing that united a vastly different people fragmented into small kingdoms. ... Although these small communities dominated rural areas in Western Europe and were used by roughly 95 percent of the population, there wasn't enough development economically, or technologically in urban areas due to decentralization. ... For women and the poor, they gained a sense of unity by having a purpose and place within society. ...

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For no one geographic area of this world is solely responsible for what may take place in another part of this world. ... It would be unfair to place technological and scientific discoveries of the east aside and say that the rest of the world had nothing to do with them. ... With the expansion room of the Americas to grow the west had no other place to go but up. ... The world is becoming smaller and more connected every day through technology and people are able to comprehend what is going on worldwide more everyday then the day prior to it. ...

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Usually, the decision takes place in the executive level, and thereafter, the responsible HR personnel is instructed to either enquire or check the already expressed willingness of their employees for an expatriation. ... Because one of the main reasons for early repatriation is caused by a spouse or other family member's inability to adjust, international corporations as well as smaller firms or institutions often have an extensive company policy and coaching system, so that spouses are also considered at an earlier stage in the decision-making process. ... The expat was employed in the ...

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Although Euro Disney marketers probably choose this location, in particularly France, due to the fact that is the center of Europe and could most probably be the most convenient place for people to arrive and settle in their hotel to be entertained. ... The negative publicity should have been important factor that Euro Disney marketer did not considered when placing the Theme Park and sustaining the U.S. spirit. ... The overpricing of Euro Disney products and tickets has given a place for competitors to enter the market as well as to gain customers. ... The marketing mix is comprised of four...

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The Internet is a great place to start gathering information on the countries the traveler would like to visit and neighboring countries. ... There is still a small number of countries that require visas before entering their country, so the visitor needs to find out what their entry requirements are. ... It's always good to exchange a small amount of money at home before the trip because the rates will be more expensive, and it is good to have some cash to get to the hotel. ...

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Similarly, in 1859, Charles Darwin recognized that millions of years were necessary for small evolutionary changes to accumulate and produce the variety of life we see today. ... In most places the rock layers deposited during the three eras are separated from one another by unconformities, breaks in the sequence of deposition of the geologic record. ... The only areas subjected to inundation by shallow marine waters were the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and a small area on the Pacific coast. ...

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The sport originated from a place that we call "Ancient Egypt". ... The Piste Fencing takes place on what is called a Piste, a small court, that is exactly measured. ... The epee sword is an "electrical" weapon with a very small electric sensor in the nub on the end of the sword which relays a signal to the electronic scoring machine when the end of your sword contacts your opponent. ...

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With that being said this is clearly a positive reaction towards training and development from the worker's point of view while placing the employers in disadvantage. ... There was also a small percentage that was against, arguing about some drawbacks that can appear like for example, some of the individuals were concerned with the necessity of staying after hours at their workplace, thus changing their daily routine. Because sometimes the development processes needs to be done in different conditions that the ones from the work place, some employees were terrified by the idea of going ov...

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As the northern winds swept across Europe it assisted in the spreading of the small germ, and as this plague grew it targeted the poorest people as they more often lived in unsanitary living conditions, which were much worse living conditions than those who came from money or this of a higher class, resulting in the poorest being much more prone to catching the disease. Those who died from the plague were often left to rot as people were too scared to move their bodies at the risk of getting infected themselves and many avoided having or caring for those infected or ill people in their homes i...

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In the year 1914, almost all of Europe broke out in the First World War that the world had ever seen. This was a war between the major alliances of Europe that included Britain, Russia, Germany, France, and Austria-Hungry. But where did America fall into this big picture of destruction and despair...

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After unification in 1871, German nationalism developed a chauvinistic character with the emergence of groups such as the Pan-German league, which campaigned for closer ties with German speaking Austria and for a German empire, Germany's "place in the sun." ... This is why nationalism is only aggressive and expansionist to an small extent....

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ASC 340-20 provides that marketing and advertising costs should be expensed as incurred or deferred and expensed when the advertising first takes place over the period of benefit. ... Although a majority of the costs are expensed in these years, they are small in proportion to the resulting revenue generated. ...

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Now, only 4% of the total population of Europe is Muslim, a very small amount. ... They might be from a place unfamiliar to you, look and speak differently from you and believe in different things than you, but they are still fundamentally 'People' and should they not be treated as you or I would expect to be treated?...

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