During the year 1788‚ the Austrian army was at war with the Ottoman Empire. On September 17‚ 1788‚ the Austrian army‚ of about 100‚000 soldiers set up camp in the town of Karánsebes (present-day Romania). Once camp was set‚ Hussars were sent to scout out the surrounding area to see if any Turks were nearby. No Turks were spotted; what they did find however were a group of Gypsies selling schnapps (liquor). The Hussars bought barrels of the stuff and then proceeded to get drunk. It wasn’t long after
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Information Systems (Volume 11‚ 2003)79-93 79 CUSTOM MADE APPAREL AND INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICE AT LANDS’ END Blake Ives Information Systems Research Center University of Houston blake.ives@uh.edu Gabriele Piccoli Cornell University ABSTRACT The case describes a hugely successful example of IT-driven strategy‚ the Lands’ End custom tailored apparel initiative. In less than a year‚ 40% of Lands’ End customers buying chinos and jeans from the firm’s web site were buying tailored products. Over 20% of
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Kadlec‚ Gavin Mme Blais EAE3U 12 May 2014 Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends and Emily Dickinson’s There Is Another Sky: Compare and contrast A commonly asked question concerning poetry is asked many a time. Do poems have any relevance in today’s society? The French poet Paul Valery said during his prime that poems are “the unique intersection of language and state of mind." It is shown in everyday life through communication between people‚ expressing oneself‚ music as well as basic
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Andrea Aldaba WWII and the Great Depression The Great Depression: After WWI‚ the United States became really rich. In 1929‚ though‚ the country’s economy failed terribly. On October 24‚ the stock market started to fail‚ and the crash increased on the following Thursday. This led to a major impact all over the world‚ an era known as the Great Depression. The stock market grew over a period of time in the 1920’s. Then the stock prices began to fall and people in the U.S began to panic and quickly
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End time (also called end times‚ end of time‚ end of days‚ last days‚ final days‚ or eschaton) is a time period described in the eschatologies of the dominant world religions‚ both Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic. The Abrahamic faiths maintain a linear cosmology‚ with end time scenarios containing themes of transformation and redemption. In Judaism‚ the term "end of days" is a reference to the Messianic Age‚ and includes an in-gathering of the exiled diaspora‚ the coming of the mashiach‚ olam haba‚
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is credited to the accounts at the end of each year. At the end of the five year period Irene received a total sum of $529‚452 from both accounts. How much did Irene deposit in each of the accounts? (Hint: You can make use of “Goal Seek” tool for your answer.) Question 2 The following table gives the expected cash flow from three of your assets. All cash flows are received at the end of the year indicated. The payments on each asset are made at the end of the year‚ and the annual interest
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Censorship in Britain during World War 1 "The first casualty of War is Truth" Introduction: The importance of the press in the British culture dates long before the era of broadcasted media it goes back to the time when newspapers were first introduced in the 15 century. Newspaper circulated in every corner of the country and citizens had access to either a national or local daily newspaper‚ and even in small country villages pages from the local newspaper would
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ROLE OF THE UNITED STATES IN WW2 AND THE HOLOCAUST World War II (WW2) was a military conflict that began in 1939. It came to be the worst war in human history based of the loss of lives and material destroyed. Though it began as a European conflict between Germans and the French coalition‚ it spread to include other nations of the world like the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the United States of America (US). Boundaries and lines between combatants and non-combatants blurred with
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1914 and ended November 11‚ 1918. After World War I ended more than 9 million soldiers had been killed and about 21 million soldiers were wounded. The two nations that were effected most in the war were Germany and France. Also World War I marked the end of the four imperial dynasties which were Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Russia‚ and Turkey. One underlying cause of World War I was militarism. Militarism is when nations invested heavily in their armed forces in order to remain stronger than one’s enemies
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The End of Race What if the human races of the world all vanished into thin air? That’s what Steve Olson proposes in “The End of Race: Hawaii and the Mixing of Peoples”. According to the world everyone is made of a certain race. The two main races are White and Black (African American). But there are others as well‚ including American Indian (Alaska Native)‚ Asian‚ Hispanic (Latino)‚ Native Hawaiian (Other Pacific Islander)‚ or Other. Most people only identify as one corresponding to their birth
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