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    To: Board of Directors‚ New World Computing Inc. From: Casey Hampton‚ Consultant (Vidhan Jain) Subject: Consultation report Date: Executive Summary: Working on a new‚ innovative and an easy to use product in the form of Pulse in the growing market of medical technology‚ New World Computing has tapped what is a very promising business idea. With limited competition and superior product design‚ the firm has immense potential to mass market its product and to reap the benefits of the

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    Battle of the Atlantic The Battle of the Atlantic played a very significant part in World War Two. In World War Two‚ after the escape atDunkirk and the inspiration of the Battle of Britain‚ the Battle of the Atlantic was Britain ’s next nightmare. The Battle of the Atlantic was "the only thing that ever frightened me." Winston Churchill. As an island Britain needed to bring in a vast amount of food and military equipment to survive the war. The German submarine force (U-boats) severely damaged

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    of Native American tribes long after the battles had ceased. Prior to European exploration efforts‚ Native American tribesmen enjoyed a relatively disease-free environment. Epidemics ravaging through civilizations thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean were isolated in Europe‚ and Native Americans were focusing on hunting and farming rather than their health. However‚ this quickly changed following the very first encounters with European explorers. As Christopher Columbus and his crew landed

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    Africans tarnished the early history of European settlement in the New World’. Illustrate this statement by discussing the African slave trade and relations between European settlers and the various Native American peoples. America was regarded as the continent of new opportunities‚ religion freedom‚ new ideas‚ innovation. In other words‚ it was claimed to be the New World. Many people headed to America hoping to give a new beginning to their lives. Up to this point‚ we expect to learn wonderfulthings

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    1492: Conquest of Paradise is a movie directed by Ridley Scott and it was released in 1992. The main character Christopher Columbus was played by Gerard Depardieu and the movie was about his attempt to find a way to go to India by sailing west. The movie begins with Columbus teaching his son how the earth is round. Then Columbus thinks about the ways to get to India and that the best way was to go west. The people in Salamanca agreed to seeing his proposal all they do is laugh at it and challenge

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    The atlantic system was a trade in the 1600s between Africa‚ Europe‚ and the Americas. It was an extraordinary trade of peoples‚ plants‚ animals‚ and diseases. It had an impact around the world and still does to this day. It is considered a drastic turning point in human history and earth’s ecology. There are good and bad sides of the creation of the atlantic system. Some were intentionally brought to different places and some were accidental. The most profound impact of the atlantic system was the

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    last century we have seen drastic improvements in technology and the creations of countless new communication devices. Technology is growing at incredibly fast speeds and those speeds are only accelerating. These new technologies have allowed for people to complete tasks in new ways and from the comforts of their homes! With these improvements has come the argument about whether the limitation of human contact due to the use of technology has had positive or negative effects on people’s lives. While

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    1800s‚ a new system of trading links that carried wealth‚ people‚ goods‚ and cultures around the Atlantic Basin was created. This system is known as the Atlantic system; an effective way of trade between the Americas and Eurasia‚ but also the cause of countless deaths of African slaves. During the time of the Atlantic System‚ sugar was one of the most crucial trade items‚ as well as tobacco‚ gold‚ and silver. As the Caribbean colonies were becoming mass producers of sugar in the Atlantic World‚ a new

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    Out continent has had many people living in it before the Iberians arrived and conquered the New World. The Incas were one of the biggest empires that the American continent had. Little do we know about them‚ we are still really new to this continent and there still so much to learn. The Incas like any other civilization had a culture‚ architecture‚ religion‚ a government‚ art‚ languages and the want of power. Unfortunately‚ they didn’t leave many written evidence of their past‚ due that they never

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    In Mary Louise Pratt’s words of “Arts of the Contact Zone”‚ a community is “held together by a homogeneous competence or grammar shared identically and equally among all the members.” (493) What she means by that is we all share the same traits. I am a member of the aviation community of The University of North Dakota. It consists of about 1‚200 students and was started in 1968 by John D. Odegard. The department employs over 30 faculty members and offers the aviation education of your preferred

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