As I was growing up I was always told that my nationality was Pennsylvania Dutch. This paper contains the story of my heritage as told to me by my father and his siblings and through documents obtained from Ancestry.com. My parents‚ Robert Meredith Zuch and Barbara Ann Wurster‚ were married in Philadelphia‚ PA in 1959 at the First Primitive Methodist Church on 26th and Lehigh Ave.‚ the church that was started by my great grandfather‚ the Reverend S.T. Nicholls. My ancestors immigrated to the United
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permanent English colony in North America. Although Jamestown colony was doomed from the beginning‚ it was not so much an outpost as an establishment of what was to become the United States. Forty-five years later‚ another three ships representing the Dutch Republic and its company‚ the East India Company‚ anchored in the Cape of Good Hope. Their purpose was to establish a refreshment station where ships could break the long voyage between the Netherlands and the company’s main settlement at Batavia
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CASE STUDY KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES “Fujitsu is a safe pair of hands for us to rely on. It delivers what it promises when we need it and within budget.” Boet Kreiken - Chief Information Officer (CIO)‚ KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Customer’s Challenge KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is an international airline that transports nearly 22 million passengers and 620‚000 tons of cargo to more than 250 destinations worldwide every year. KLM merged with Air France in 2004 to form the largest airline group in the
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WRITING THE FINDINGS The findings of your report are usually presented in the results section. This is where you will present the findings of your study. It is the longest and most important section of the research report. The findings will be presented in the form of graphs and tables‚ as well as in writing. Figures (graphs‚ tables‚ and diagrams) present the complete findings in numerical terms while the text helps the reader to focus on‚ and discuss the important points of the result. The
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Spain declined‚ so did the Spanish empire and that of Portugal‚ which was tied to Spain by a Habsburg king after 1580 and plagued with its own developing imperial problems. These new conditions afforded opportunities for northern European states. The Dutch‚ between 1630 and 1650‚ almost cleared the Atlantic of Spanish warships and took over most of the Portuguese posts in Brazil‚ Africa‚ and Asia. The French and English also became involved on a smaller scale‚ setting up their global duel for empire
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The Dutch emphasis on landscape had influenced many artists during the Renaissance period — Bruegel among them. This style of painting and Bruegel’s integration of social values in his paintings helped create many masterpieces. In Holland‚ the seventeenth century is known as the Dutch Golden Age‚ in which trade and art is nourished at an unprecedented level. Being born in this era‚ Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn created many masterpieces‚ especially portraits. He was exceptionally skilled at capturing
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Party leader of the Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV)‚ Geert Wilders helped launch an anti-Islam party in Australia. The Australian Liberty Alliance (ALA)‚ a sister-party of the PVV‚ is inspired by the ideas of Wilders‚ and fiercely turned against the Islam. Wilders wants to ‘reduce the diffusion of Islamic people and culture’. Wilders’ ‘fear’ of immigrants and other cultures is based on his thinking that we‚ the Dutch‚ are losing our culture. Borders do not limit these kinds of ideologies‚ they inspire
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the Britannica Encyclopedia article “Jim Jones‚” these members belonged to a cult known as the Peoples Temple led by Jim Jones‚ who was responsible for ordering the members to suicide. According to an article “Why Do People Join Cults?” by Adrian Furnham‚ Ph.D.‚ a cult is a group with “powerful and exclusive dedication and devotion to an explicit person or creed‚” with a goal to “reprogramming the way people see the world” (Furnham). In summary‚ a cult‚ as explained in “Cult Influence & Persuasion Tactics”
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Throughout American history‚ there have been groups of people that have been denied something. African American people were treated like slaves and denied all rights. At one point a U.S. Supreme court case ruled Black people as property. They had no rights. Only some people saw this as wrong. They were abolitionists and they wanted the immediate removal of slavery. Some people were participated in the Underground railroad‚ people who gave their help to others trying to escape slavery. It was called
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Currently‚ racially mixed people experience difficult and often awkward situations involving their identity. These experiences can cause them harm as they question their identity or cause them emotional distress. In Los Intersticios: Recasting Moving Selves‚ Evelyn Alsultany talks about her experiences about being a racially mixed person in her day-to-day life. In 50 Experiences of Racially Mixed People‚ Maria Root explains fifty different experiences or questions racially mixed people experience. Both of
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