132 days. 2‚200 miles traveling to California for the gold rush. There was a gold rush in California. Some challenges people faced when traveling to California gold rush were the long journey‚ the lack of resources‚ and the spread of diseases. One of the challenges that travelers faced was the long journey. “There were wagons of every kind‚ including well-built covered wagons and simple‚ open carts. Usually they were pulled by oxen‚ but some pioneers used mules. Not everyone sat in a wagon or cart
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The Gold Rush established California as a place for life in the fast lane. It has been 150 years since that most significant event in California and the nation’s history. In 1848 a cry rang out that uprooted homes the world over and sent ships to the sea‚ wagons to the Northwest and hopes and dreams skyward. The cry was GOLD and the California Gold Rush was on. The Gold Rush had a profound impact on the settling of California. Hundreds of thousands came to find gold‚ and many of them stayed. San
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INTRODUCTION Being situated in the Coral Triangle and having an archipelagic geography‚ Philippines has one of the most diverse marine ecosystems. Water resources play a vital role in the survival of all living organisms. The country is rich in freshwater resources having about 80 lakes and 400 rivers. In addition‚ the country has about 330 freshwater fish‚ including nine endemic genera and more than 65 endemic species. Laguna de Bay is the largest lake in the country‚ situated at the heart of
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studies at the University of Nebraska and promptly fled the Great Plains for the Elusive Eden. After the light shock of difficult parking‚ high traffic‚ and idiotic housing prices I fell in love with my strange new home in the Bay Area. My first big California surprise was not the preponderance of far out community activists and ridiculous law proposals: Reading up on Berkeley prepared me for that. Nor was I very alarmed by the fatal shooting a few blocks from my apartment on Alcatraz Ave that first
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The Wallace Group; Laurence J. Stybel | | | Case 2 The Wallace Group‚ Inc. I. CASE ABSTRACT Harold Wallace‚ founder‚ serves as Chairman and President of the Wallace Group. He owns 45 percent of the outstanding stock. The company consists of three operating groups?Electronics‚ Plastics‚ and Chemicals‚ which generate sales of $70 million. Mr. Wallace continues direct operational control over the Electronics Group. Several years ago‚ Wallace and the Board embarked on a strategy
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Question 1 - Risks surrounding the identified accounts The Audit of TNO Ltd has highlighted number of risks. The risks highlighted in the audit are discussed throughout the report. Below is a table of the risks and tests to carry out‚ based on the five accounts highlighted as being of risk. The common assertion that is common to the five accounts is valuation and allocation. Account Assessment of Risk Substantive audit procedure Accounts Receivable Account Receivable has increased while sales
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Versão em Inglês Jason Rodgers‚ the operations manager for JBI‚ was listening carefully. This was the first he had heard of the situation‚ but to a careful observer‚ his nod would have revealed what he was thinking. He said: You know‚ I’m not a bit surprised to hear all this. Saver Superstore is a great customer. They buy lots of beverages‚ and they’re easy to deal with. They place their orders on a regular basis and almost never ask for anything special. I don’t remember the last time we had to
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information from Bodin was disclosed to Meir’s boss (vice president of economic analysis)‚ and he would talk about the related thing with Bodin’s boss and ask for that information. In the above case‚ the task force made the following problems: a.At the start: 1) Bacon didn’t set up the schedule with his managers 2) Bacon didn’t clarify the team’s decision-making power with his managers 3). Bacon was new in this field and was not appropriate to the leader 4).Some people they selected didn’t have the
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are the three main reasons why the current cost system failed: they decreased the direct labor hours allocated per lot and increased burden. Finally‚ this would increase the final manufacturing cost and would make ETO less and less competitive. 2- Calculate the reported costs of the five components
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This case begins with the relationship between California and Hawaiian Sugar Company (C&H)‚ the purchaser‚ and Sun Ship‚ Inc.‚ the contractor for the design and delivery of a vessel to ship raw sugar for C&H from Hawaii to California. Sun Ship went into contract with C&H on November 14‚ 1979 and agreed upon the delivery of the vessel on June 30‚ 1981‚ one and three quarter years‚ for the agreed upon amount of $20‚405‚000 . According to Cheeseman (2013) a liquidated damages clause‚ defined as “damages
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