Marco Polo was born in 1254 in Venice‚ Italy. His uncle Maffeo and his father Nicolo were both famous merchants. Marco Polo was educated in literacy skills and arithmetic. He also had a good knowledge of Italian and French. Marco became famous because of his journey to Cathay and his worked with Kublai Khan and also his splendid book called "The travels of Marco Polo". In 1260‚ when Marco was six years old Nicolo and Maffeo begen their first trip going east to the other side of the Black Sea. They
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Joint Managing Director; Carlo‚ Director; and Giuliana‚ Director‚ who own and run the company. This global Benetton Group specializes in designing and manufacturing of clothing within the textile-apparel sector of industries‚ and combines this know-how with the strong identity and image of world-leading sports brands that have been incorporated through the acquisition of the Benetton Sportsystem business. These sports brand names are encompassed under the Playlife label and include Rollerblade‚ Killer
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violence of this type were common 20 years ago‚ and they are common now: Dirty Harry‚ The Godfather‚ Mad Max‚ Cliffhanger‚ True Lies‚ Pulp Fiction‚ Kill Bill‚ etc. The list is endless. The definition adopted for violent behaviour can also be important for how the empirical research is interpreted. Most researchers studying media effects on behaviour have focused on what they call aggressive behaviour. The accepted definition states that aggressive behaviour refers to an act intended to injure or irritate
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when we want at our convenience‚ and helps us to imagine ourselves buying‚ owning‚ and having positive outcomes by the goods available out there on the web. Shopping has been a way of identifying oneself in today’s culture by what we purchase and how we use our purchases. In 1994‚ advances took place such as Online Banking‚ after that‚ the next big development was the opening of an online pizza shop by Pizza Hut. In 1995‚ Amazon started up with online shopping‚ then in 1996‚ eBay opened up for
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APPENDICES Appendix1: History Of Coca-Cola The world’s most recognized trademark in the World! It is recognized by 94% of the world’s population. The world has changed in many ways since pharmacist‚ John Styth Pemberton first introduced the refreshing taste of Coca-Cola in Atlanta‚ Georgia. However‚ the pure and simple magic of one thing remains the same - Coca-Cola. The name and the product mean so many things to hundreds of millions of consumers around the globe. Coca-Cola products are served
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After many long talks with my grandmother’s from my maternal and paternal side‚ they have provided me with a lot of insight to our family history and how we have ended in the United States. On my Dominican side we have not had many family members migrate to the United States until my mother and aunts decided to do so in in the 1970s. Santo Domingo‚ where my mother is originally from is the capital and the largest city in the Dominican Republic (DR). For a while the DR was not heavily populated until
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Radio Control Office The first radio regulatory office was known as the Radio Construction and Maintenance Section under the Telegraph Division of the Bureau of Posts. This section was charged with the enforcement of radio laws and regulations‚ particularly the provisions of Act No. 3396‚ known as the Ship Radio Station Law which was enacted on December 5‚ 1927. This law provides for the installations of radio obligatory for ships of Philippine register to protect life and property
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halogen element Any of the six nonmetallic elements that constitute Group 17 (Group VIIa) of the periodic table. The halogen elements are fluorine (F)‚ chlorine (Cl)‚ bromine (Br)‚ iodine (I)‚ astatine (At)‚ and element 117 (temporarily named ununseptium [Uus]). They were given the name halogen‚ from the Greek roots hal- (“salt”) and -gen (“to produce”)‚ because they all produce sodium salts of similar properties‚ of which sodium chloride—table salt‚ or halite—is best known. Because of their great
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Phoenix Organics is a company that’s goal is to make a difference to the community‚ to the planet and to the health of its people. Their vision was to create something that would be good for the planet and good for the health of its people. And so in 1987 Chris Morrison‚ Roger Harris and Deborah Cairns created the first Phoenix product. The company started with a drink called "Ginger Fizz"‚ a naturally fermented product that was often determined to get out of the bottle before the top was cracked
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Gap Inc. began its journey 1969 as a small retail store in San Francisco‚ California where it concentrated its sales on Levi’s jeans. In its early stages as a small retail business it was known as The Gap. By the end of the 1970’s‚ Donald and Doris Fisher‚ owners of The Gap‚ had expanded The Gap to six stores. The company went public in 1976. By the early 1980’s‚ The Gap had over five hundred stores; largely targeting a teenage customer base. In 1983 the Fishers hired Mickey Drexler as Gap
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