There are specific types of intangible assets that are common among nearly every business and there are common problems that occur when discussing intangible assets (Nolan). ... Copyrights are similar to patents in the sense that they can be taken to a court of law as a way to defend the ideas. ... Finally goodwill, according to Cliff Notes, "equals the amount paid to acquire a company in excess of its net assets at fair market value. ... This combination of intangible assets is the most common among businesses. ... The most common problems arise from patents and copyrights. ...

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Common Sense: Paine's cry for the Necessary The pamphlet "Common Sense," written by radical and revolutionary Thomas Paine, not only changed and encouraged the thinking of his contemporaries, but also helped shape the governmental structure of our present world. ... His sharing a common tread with the common folk made his literature make more sense. ... To begin, Thomas Paine notes the many problems with monarchy, specifically in Britain. ... Thus, "Common sense will tell us, that the power which hath endeavored to subdue us, is of all others the most improper to defend us" (...

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In a specific case of a murdered friend, Minnow notes that the true justice would be in returning her from an untimely death, which cannot be done. ... Though a sense of closure might be attained, there is no way to right the situation. ... Does each individual have a different sense of justice? If so, should that sense be met at every opportunity? ... (Hollenbach, 44) That everyone maintains a different view of justice is important to note when considering the way in which our system is set up. ...

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Painting and sculpting gained a new sense of motion like music did at that time. ... The pipes of a rank share a common timbre (tone) and volume. ... The largest pips can get up to 16 feet high and produce the lowest notes, while the smallest pipes, some as small as a pencil can produce the highest notes. They all have a pedal board, which allows the organist to play notes, but from the pedal they can get pretty low...

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This is all they know; these shadows are the prisoners" reality. ( Halsted notes October 6, 2003) Plato's calls this common sense. ... (Halsted notes October 6, 2003) The fourth level is Observation, this is when the prisoners are continuing to realize that knowledge outside the cave is "far superior to the perceptions inside the cave" (Halsted notes October 6, 2003) The fifth level, Knowledge, now the prisoners are "acquiring, organizing, and categorizing the physical world in a scientific matter" (Halsted notes October 6, 2003). ... (Halsted notes October 6, 2003) The Sixth stage i...

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It has been called the "tie that binds,"" the "common passion,"" and the "Canadian game- (Gruneau and Whitson, 1993). ... The definition of culture ""the complex web of meanings, beliefs, and ways of living that characterize any society- (Gruneau and Whitson, 1993) "is used when people note the important role that hockey plays in Canadian culture. Hockey is part of the way Canadians live and make sense of their lives. ... In this sense, the way hockey is consumed is mediated. The mass media helped break down geographic barriers and people everywhere began to share a common experi...

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Understanding Life, a summation of Alfred Adler's key inferences on life, is a book that was compiled together from notes taken from his numerous speeches and lectures. ... Understanding Life portrays Adler and Individual Psychology as being fundamentally "common sense", not overtly abstract or peculiar. This is fitting because Adler was firm in his belief that "common sense" was key to the progression of the individual and the whole of society....

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By definition from the website, Mixed Signals, which was created by synesthetes for synesthetes, synesthesia " refers to the fact that in some animals, a stimulus in one sense modality involuntarily elicits a sensation or experience in another sense modality.... The most common of all of the different types is called Grapheme-Color Synesthesia. ... Another fairly common form of synesthesia is called Mirror-Touch Synesthesia, when someone feels the same sensation that another person feels. ... A specific color is perceived from a produced sound or music note. Again, the color that matches ...

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There is something special about going back in time to revisit common memories. ... But in each Eagle's eyes I could sense a mutual feeling of " well done, my friend ". ... That's what is truly commendable and worth noting. ...

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Ethnicity is defined as "people who share a common historical and cultural heritage and sense of group identity." ... It is interesting to note that all the toys and all the boxes showed only white characters. ... It is interesting to note that many toys are very similar and some are even identical except for the colors. ...

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His flaws, his unintelligence or ignorance, and his lack of common sense, each contribute to each other. ... The king's last flaw is his careless common sense, which is the basis of him making all the wrong choices that lead to terrible mistakes. The king's other flaw, unconcern and absurdity, also grant to his lack of common sense. ... In other words, careless of his common sense could have avoid such a catastrophe has this one. ... Lastly, careless and absurdity serve as the upcoming of his blindness and lack of common sense. ...

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While the document was effective in a sense that the King got money from the colonies, it wasn't an effective way to tax the people. ... All printed materials including "pamphlets, almanacs, newspapers, all bonds, notes, leases, policies of insurance, together with all papers used for legal purposes"1 were taxed no matter the circumstances. ... They would not accept anything of the sort, so in a sense it was more effective for bringing backlash of the colonial people than it was for collecting their money. ... This would affect everyone, not just the wealthy landowners, so it would gi...

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Any player, by the process of deduction and good common sense, can win the game by identifying the three solution cards. ... There is also a detective note pad to aid the players in their investigations. Although there is no rule on how the players should use the detective note pad, it is suggested that the best and easiest way to play the game is to check off the items on the note pad, as they become known. ...

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Most experts on mysticism cite the same qualities when attempting to define mystical experience: experience of unity, intense affective experience, time/space distortion, "noetic" quality, ineffability, and a sense of holiness or sacredness. ... Starting with the simplest sort of mystical experience, James notes the strong sense of significance and knowledge associated with the experience otherwise known as its "noetic" quality. ... The disruption of thought that is characteristic of acute psychosis is not a component of the accounts of mystical experience and auditory hallucinations are...

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The importance of unity in Plato's Republic is explicitly shown in his passage describing why the guardians should have wives and children in common. ... The idea of having "common children" clearly unites all the citizens in Plato's perfect society. Along with the idea of anonymous parents and children, is the more general sense of "commonality" shown as Plato describes that not only will children and wives be common amongst the people, but so will all possessions. "If they"re going to be guardians, they mustn't have private houses, property, or possessions, but must r...

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He notes the despair of "every" Londoner and their oppression by the "church" and the state. ... The 'mind-forged manacles' represent the disturbing sounds of clanking metal chains which were common during this time period. ... The metaphorical usage throughout the poem gives the reader a sense of what London was like in the 1700's....

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By using the Egalitarian approach, the advertisers are trying to appeal to everyone, especially the common people. They accomplish their goals by giving people a false sense of equality as if class barriers do not exist. ... The ideology of the Democracy of Goods is basically defined by the sense that common people are entitled to enjoy the same exclusive products as the wealthy upper class. ... The Democracy of Afflictions shares the same concept as the Democracy of Goods, but it shows the common problems between classes in society instead of the common pleasures. ... But it is important to n...

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Tadmor notes that the author of the Dictionary published in 1755, Samuel Johnson, defined the term family as, "those who live in the same house." ... The apprentice's contract was formal as well, but not life-long in any sense. ... Tadmor notes that many people experienced orphan-hood, early widowhood and remarriage. She also notes that there were prevailing rates of mortality and life expectancy, as well as a high rate of remarriage. ... The fluctuating composition of the household-family was a very common thing in those times. ...

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She notes that "there's a radical and wonderful new idea here the idea that every citizen is capable of the kind of intellectual competence previously attained by only a small minority. ... Meier's book is the story of how the overhaul of the U.S. public education system might be accomplished with a bit of imagination, creativity, determination, and a healthy dose of common sense. ... As Meier notes, we can redesign what are, after all, merely brick and mortar buildings into campuses composed not only of many different schools, but of schools for children of different ages and, if ...

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The two most common times for delivery by cesarean are 4:00 pm and 10 pm. Note that these hours are directly before the close of a work shift. ... One of the most common drugs administered during labor is an epidural. ... In a sense, Pitocin also "suffocates " the baby, causing fetal distress (Pitocin FAQ). ... In final analysis, it is common senses that a woman's body is capable of delivering a baby on its own. ...

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"Over the past few years I've had an uncomfortable sense that someone, or something, has been tinkering with my brain, remapping the neural circuitry, reprogramming the memory. ... Within the article, a study was presented from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit organization that advises parents of media use by their children, on how much time a student spends on technology. ... Students can store notes and look them up or use the internet during the process of taking one of these, hindering a students ability to rely on their own mind to produce the answer for them. ... Out of the many teac...

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We may take Ralph to symbolise common sense; Piggy, intellect or scientific knowledge; Jack, tyranny; and so on. ... Furthermore, he once remarked in an interview: 'What I am saying to myself is "Don't be such a fool: you remember when you were a boy, a small boy , how you lived on that island with Ralph and Jack and Peterkin [the main characters in Coral Island - note the transfer even of names to Lord of the Flies]"...I said to myself finally, "Now you are grown up, you are adult; it's taken you a long time to become adult, but now you've got there you can see that pe...

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In fact, when explained by Cronon it does seem to make common sense that the changes people made would undoubtedly, impact ecological systems as well. ... While Cronon includes an extensive section of Notes and Bibliographical Notes (p. 223) the lack of visual aids is noticeable. ...

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A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things that have something in common. ... Further, in continuation, the writer tells that our senses are totally useless as they can only sense it but only work in our bodies through their experience. ... The writer says that while going through the notes of the students, she doesn't look the pages or the writing, but only the toils through which the students would have gone to write the notes, how much time, energy and brain they would have used for its composition. ...

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From the start of the first quatrain, the persona declares his lover unappealing-- "In faith I do not love thee with mine eyes, For they in thee a thousand errors note - (Lines 1-2) The beginning line is rather deceitful because Shakespeare's pattern from previous sonnets continues with either an explanation of the persona's blind love that goes beyond physical beauty or the persona's love which withstands the test of time and aging beauty; however the second line unexpectedly continues by the persona stating that his lover has "a thousand- faults. ... In the second quatrain, ...

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