“The Texas Myth” in history has been created by many Anglo historians in hopes of creating and perpetuating a history that supports the Anglo cause of expansion during early Texas history. Many of the early Texas historians such as Webb‚ Dobie‚ Haley‚ and Webber have provided many historical accounts as told from the Anglo perspective. However‚ new historians such as Volanto‚ Goldman and Ginn have provided new perspectives that have begun to challenge the traditionalist views of history. With
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Why is the Pacific Ocean unsafe? In 2011‚ Japan suffered a major travesty due to the 9.0 magnitude earthquake‚ and tsunami that followed soon after. However‚ during that earthquake and tsunami‚ a nuclear power plant known as Fukushima Daichii was hit‚ and exposed to the community. Being exposed to a nuclear power plant is extremely harmful because of the symptoms that may occur from it‚ due to radiation. According to the 2013 edition of the Encyclopedia‚ radiation is a‚ “flow of atomic and subatomic
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Reese Jones Mixon English 1320 3 April 2012 Pearl Harbor and the Pacific The Axis Powers wanted more land and a better world in their eyes‚ and what was not handed to the alliance would certainly be taken by force. Adolf Hitler‚ the Japanese‚ and all accommodating nations of the Axis Powers were criminal in their measures taken throughout World War II. It was an unjust war in a multitude of ways‚ and morals seemed to completely dissipate during combat. With the unprovoked attacks on Pearl Harbor
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Swire Pacific (SEHK: 0019) 29 August 2012‚ Keiann Yeung Business Description Swire Pacific is a Hong Kong-based conglomerate with key operations in property and aviation. Other divisions include marine services‚ beverages‚ trading and industrials. Property accounts for more than 60% of its Enterprise Value and operating profit. Other key holdings include 44% of Cathay Pacific. The UK-based founding family John Swire & Sons owns 42% economic interest and 58% voting rights in the company.
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Softening Marijuana Laws in Texas Softening Marijuana Laws in Texas Every year hundreds and thousands of Americans are arrested for marijuana possession‚ and or violations. According to an article on the Huffington Post www.huffingtonpost.com (Wing‚ 2012)‚ there are far more people arrested for marijuana possession than those arrested for violent crimes in America. It also states that societal cost dealing with the war on drugs concerning marijuana exceeds 12 billion
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Case Context Cebu Pacific Air owned by the Gokongwei family and established in 1988‚ is the provider of most domestic flights in the Philippines. In 2000‚ Cebu Pacific Air was able to go international and expanded operations to Asia-Pacific countries. It owns 45% of the market share‚ and is among the top 5 in growth in terms of passengers carried and served. The airline company is known for its promo fares‚ where one can save around 40% to 50%‚ if flights are booked early. For the longest time‚ Philippine
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Tax rebates in the film industry exists in states other than Texas. Particularly‚ New Mexico and Louisiana have retained generally higher and more consistent incentive programs and offer close geographic alternative to Texas. The results of Texas falling behind in terms of competitive film industry incentives are already apparent with‚ for example‚ notable film maker Robert Rodriguez moving production of his television show From Dusk till Dawn: The Series out of his Austin based studio to New Mexico
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D. et al.‚ 2011). The Pan Pacific hotel was positioned as a five-star hotel. The ability to afford a luxury hotel‚ like Pan Pacific‚ is directly proportionate to people’s income. As a result‚ the higher positioned price determined that the organization has targeted a particular buyer group. Since it gives up advantages on price‚ the enterprise was seeking a competitive advantage with its unconventional. In order to differentiate with its competitors‚ the Pan Pacific hotel is improving its quality
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While democracy in the Asia and Pacific has been growing rapidly‚ maturity of its democracy is still being questioned. Maturity of democracy is determined by high quality of democracy through where three main areas are in place including law enforcement‚ economic development and consolidated democratic institutions. The problem with third wave of democracy (Huntington‚ 1991) is that the change of political system from authoritarian to democracy does not automatically follow with the change in
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