August‚ 1492. We set sail early this morning. Early for me anyway. The wind was strong and felt good in my face. I’d never been on a ship before so I was hoping this would go well for me‚ so I would get picked more often to go. ‘Course‚ I only have Mamá that is my family and it would break her heart if I died out at sea. The rudder of ‘da Pinta slipped so we had to make an unthought-of stop at the Canary Island. Columbus ordered the other captain to stay there and try to fix it while we went to Gomera
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Case: Dividend Policy GEORGIA ATLANTIC COMPANY During the depression of the 1930s‚ Ben Jenkins‚ Sr.‚ a wealthy‚ expansion-oriented lumberman whose family had been in the lumber business in the southeastern United States for several generations‚ began to acquire small‚ depressed sawmills and wholesale lumber companies. These businesses prospered during World War II. After the war‚ Jenkins anticipated that the demand for lumber would surge‚ so he aggressively sought new timberlands to supply
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American and English literature whose major area of research interest is the Black Atlantic diasporic culture. As a scholar of Cultural Studies and Sociology‚ he has done significant studies on race‚ racism and culture which have been greatly influential in the recent times. Gilroy’s book The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness (published in 1993) marks a landmark in the study of diasporas. In The Black Atlantic‚ which is a critique of cultural nationalism‚ he applies a cultural studies approach
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Absolutism- Divine right gives the ruler the right to do whatever they want African Diaspora- dispersal of African people and their descendants Amerindians- natives in the new world‚ lived mostly on the coast Anglican Church- church in England that had broken away from Catholicism (pope wouldn’t let king henry VIII divorce his wife) Australia- area in the Oceanias that remained secluded from the rest of the world during globalness Balance of Power- Europe had this‚ where no country was allowed
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soon lead to the start of increased trade between Africa‚ Europe‚ and the Americas. This immense trade changed the Atlantic Ocean from a predominantly unclaimed vast ocean into part of the growing maritime empires‚ booming with trade. As the region progressed‚ economic‚ political‚ and social changes occurred rapidly due to the emergence of the Triangular Trade Route and the Trans- Atlantic Slave Trade. By the late 1600s‚ the increased participation in these trade routes allowed a multitude of commodities
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CHAPTER-3: Colonization and Conflict in the South‚ 1600-1750 CHAPTER OVERVIEW Instead of becoming havens for the English poor and unemployed‚ or models of interracial harmony‚ the southern colonies of seventeenth-century North America were weakened by disease‚ wracked by recurring conflicts with Native Americans‚ and disrupted by profit-hungry planters’ exploitation of poor whites and blacks alike. Many of the tragedies of Spanish colonization and England’s conquest of Ireland were repeated
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Problem statement The main challenge facing Virgin Atlantic Airlines is identifying and executing a strategy that will help it become a more profitable and established airline in the industry going forward. Virgin had an income loss of 14.5 M pounds in 1991-92‚ and a small profit of 0.4 M pounds in 1992-93(Exhibit 2). In contrast‚ British Airways had $297.7 M profit which is 3.19% of its total sales in 1992 (Exhibit 10). VAA has been pursuing a marketing strategy to serve all classes of passengers
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Societies Around 1492 The Native American life was well-established in the late 1400’s‚ before the encounter with the Europeans. The different environments in the North America lead to diverse Native American Tribes. Some of these diverse tribes were non migratory farming communities and others were nomadic‚ the complete opposite. Native American societies were never similar to each other but shared some cultural traits like; certain religious beliefs‚ social values‚ patterns of trade‚ and attitudes
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throughout various cities and urban centers across the country that bear the mark of immigrant visionaries. Atlantic Avenue is no exception to this rule. Located in the center of Brooklyn‚ bordered by the Barclay Center and the East River‚ Atlantic Avenue represents an open-minded community with a history of acceptance and a variety of ethnic backgrounds dating back to the 1800s. Atlantic Avenue’s long history of immigration led to a historically inclusive community in which all individuals and groups
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Atlantic Computer Case Introduction: Jason Jowers‚ who had recently been hired by the computer manufacturer‚ Atlantic Computer‚ needed to devise a pricing plan for the company’s newest products: The Atlantic Bundle. This bundle contained the Tronn server and its corresponding software‚ the PESA. After an initial marketing meeting with a few key players‚ Jowers had input from the head of the server division (Matzer)‚ the director of the division’s R&D team (Jones)‚ and the director of new product
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