to make discoveries and go in search of spices. Vasco da Gama was the captain-major of these vessels; Paulo da Gama‚ his brother‚ commanded one of them‚ and Nicolau Coelho another . . . . The Bay of St. Helena [on the west coast of the present country of South Africa]: On Tuesday (November 7) we returned to the land‚ which we found to be low‚ with a broad bay opening into it. The captain-major [i.e.‚ da Gama] sent Pero d’Alenquer in a boat to take soundings and to search for good anchoring ground
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Company Background Café De Coral‚ established in 1968‚ operates over 140 self-service fast food restaurants in Hong Kong‚ which is the largest Chinese restaurant chain in Hong Kong. In 1986‚ Café De Coral became an issued company in Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Later Café De Coral expands its business in various city and countries such as Hong Kong‚ Macau‚ Guangdong and other Western countries. The restaurant currently serves about 300‚000 customers per day. Café De Coral takes the advantage of broad
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mexico. This is a tradition celebrated by the Mexican Natives‚ most Mexican Americans (including myself) don ’t even acknowledge this day‚ unless they happen to be visiting mexico at the time of this event. Foreigners have more trouble understanding Dia de Los Muertos than any of Mexico ’s other celebrations. At first glance‚ they see Day of the Dead decorations which are colored paper garlands‚ little skeletons performing daily tasks and sugar skulls inscribed with names‚ which remind them of Halloween
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paper discusses advances in management accounting research over the last 20 years by three areas‚ which are respectively responsibility accounting‚ Balanced scorecard (BSC) and Tableau de Bord (French). Critically analysis should be used in this paper for these three areas‚ and then compared with between BSC and Tableau de Bord. The finally‚ according to the shortage management accounting research‚ this paper should provide several recommendations. 1. Introduction Management accounting has been
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competitive position is a dynamic process‚ a “process rendered even potentially more dynamic by the drivers underlying the ‘new economy’ DEMAND CHAIN AND SUPPLY CHAIN * The value chain which consists of the demand chain and the supply chain is what drives a company. * The supply chain is focused more on reducing costs‚ and the demand chain is leaning more towards the needs of the customer. * Microsoft Corporation considers that for consumer goods manufacturers‚ the key to profitable growth
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operating characteristics arrival rate 2. 3. 4. 6. 2 Quantitative Analysis BA 452 Supplemental Questions 9 Supplemental Questions 9 1. Willow Brook National Bank operates a drive-up teller window that allows customers to complete bank transactions without getting out of their cars. On weekday mornings‚ arrivals to the drive-up teller window occur at random‚ with an arrival rate of 24 customers per hour or 0.4
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Creation of a Bacterial Cell Controlled by a Chemically Synthesized Genome Daniel G. Gibson et al. Science 329‚ 52 (2010); DOI: 10.1126/science.1190719 This copy is for your personal‚ non-commercial use only. Permission to republish or repurpose articles or portions of articles can be obtained by following the guidelines here. The following resources related to this article are available online at www.sciencemag.org (this information is current as of March 24‚ 2013 ): Updated information and
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Leonardo of Pisa or Fibonacci and the Issue of Moneylenders NFaly Konate Texas A&M University – Central Texas FIN 590 Dr. Mary Kelly Summer 2012 Northern Italy in the early thirteen century was a land subdivided into multiple feuding city-states. Among the many remnants of defunct Roman Empire was a numerical system (I‚ ii‚ iii‚ iv…) singularly ill suited to complex mathematical calculation‚ let alone the needs of commerce. Nowhere was this more of a problem than in Pisa‚ where merchants
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Network Security Network security is a problem that network administrators face. It is something that network administrators should keep a careful eye on. For example‚ if the home network does not have any security measures in place‚ then the person is at a high risk of data loss due to hacking. Network security is something that businesses do not take very lightly because they want to protect their valuable information and network resources from hackers. It is a problem because of unauthorized
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