Journal of Vasco da Gama’s Voyage to India‚ 1497-1498 CE (Excerpts) [pic] Vasco da Gama was born about 1460 at Sines‚ Portugal. In 1497 King Manuel I of Portugal placed Vasco da Gama‚ who already had some reputation as a warrior and navigator‚ in charge of four vessels built especially for the expedition to India. The expedition set sail July 8‚ 1497‚ rounded the Cape of Good Hope four months later‚ and reached Calicut on May 20‚ 1498. The Moors in Calicut instigated the ruler of Calicut against
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Charles Louis de Secondat‚ Baron de Montesquieu was born in January 18 in the year 1689 in a castle called La Brede in Bordeaux‚ France. His parents were Jacques de Secondant‚ who was a soldier and Marie Francoise de Pensel‚ who sadly passed away when Charles was only seven years old. His mother was a very rich lady‚ she was the one who brought in the name La Brede to the Secondant family. Charles was in the time period where Louis XIV´s (14) long reign was happening. Some say that since many unsuccessful
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Capitulo 23 1. What components of GDP (if any) would each of the following transactions affect? Explain. a. A family buys a new refrigerator. b. Aunt Jane buys a new house. c. Ford sells a Mustang from its inventory. d. You buy a pizza. e. California repaves Highway 101. f. Your parents buy a bottle of French wine. g. Honda expands its factory in Marysville‚ Ohio. A= a‚ b‚ c‚ d‚ f When they buy a new fridge they are contributing on the economy because its new‚ with the house it’s the
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End of Chapter Exercises: Solutions Chapter 1 1. The Casino has given you $100 worth of complimentary chips which must be wagered this evening. There are two tables – roulette and blackjack. The expected value of $100 bet on roulette is $83‚ and the expected value of $100 bet on blackjack is $86. What is: (i) the opportunity cost of betting the chips on roulette? (ii) the opportunity cost of betting the chips on blackjack? Answer: (i) expected opportunity cost of $86 (ii) expected
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RESUME Units of area = cm2‚ ft2 Units of volume = cm3‚ ft3 Type of wave: heat‚ sound‚ magnetic‚ light. -All waves carry energy from one location to another Sound waves (acoustic waves): Travels through a medium Are mechanical Are longitudinal Generally travels in a straight line Are best described as a series of compressions and rarefactions. Diagnostic ultrasound: uses mechanical
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Microsoft Corporation has been known to have an efficient value chain and offering the customer great value with its products. A value chain assists in creating competitive advantage‚ and this could be achieved in different ways. The organization has to place itself in a competitive position fist. The 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
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Case: “Cirque Du Soleil‚” HBS #5-403-006. 1. What is Cirque’s product and its strategy? Cirque du Soleil came from the street and now it provides mainly a circus without animals. In 1999‚ Cirque released its first feature film and its first television special. In 2000‚ Cirque created and IMAX large-format film. Also‚ Cirque keeps diversifying its commercial activities in publishing and merchandising. In 1998‚ Cirque opened its first store on the property of Walt Disney world Resort in Florida
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Quantitative Analysis BA 452 Supplemental Questions 9 This document contains practice questions that supplement review questions for Lessons II-7 and II-8. This document first identifies the learning objectives of solving supplemental questions. The document then lists 35 questions and answers. All questions can be helpful. Questions marked with an asterisk * are similar to review questions. Tip: Supplemental questions are grouped into sets of similar type. Once you have mastered the questions in
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The film starts with a Hockey match. India Captain Kabir Khan (Shahrukh Khan) misses a penalty stroke in the dying minutes of the match which causes the team to lose the game‚ the final of a tournament against arch rivals Pakistan. The Indian media make Kabir Khan the fall guy for the defeat. Kabir is humiliated & even has to leave his ancestral home‚ unable to face the shame of being labelled a ’gaddaar’ (traitor). Seven years later‚ Kabir returns with a proposal to coach the Indian Women’s Hockey
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SECTION 2 SECTION REVIEW 1. Marissa’s car accelerates uniformly at a rate of +2.60 m/s2. How long does it take for Marissa’s car to accelerate from a speed of 24.6 m/s to a speed of 26.8 m/s? 2. A bowling ball with a negative initial velocity slows down as it rolls down the lane toward the pins. Is the bowling ball’s acceleration positive or negative as it rolls toward the pins? 3. Nathan accelerates his skateboard uniformly along a straight path from rest to 12.5 m/s in 2.5 s. a. What is Nathan’s
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