first set foot on their homelands. The Europeans that made contact with these people included the Spanish‚ the English‚ and the French. Each one of these groups had a different kind of relationship with these native people. The best and least abrasive relationship with the natives was that of the French‚ the English were a bit worse‚ and the Spanish were the most destructive. The French came as closer to treating the Amerindians as equals than any European group did. Instead of viewing them as barbaric
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French Village and the Loyalists The division of Nova Scotia to create the province of New Brunswick in 1784 set forth a wave of migrating Loyalists to settle this new province. Many of them settled on the ruins of abandoned Acadian villages where many Acadians had settled their families. After the destruction of the “Pointe-Saint-Anne” village in the winter of 1759 by Lieutenant Moses Hazen and a group of rangers‚ where he was only able to capture three of its families‚ many of the Acadians
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CHAPTER 17 Investments LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter‚ you should be able to: 1 Identify the three categories of debt securities and describe the accounting and reporting treatment for each category. Understand the procedures for discount and premium amortization on bond investments. Identify the categories of equity securities and describe the accounting and reporting treatment for each category. Explain the equity method of accounting and compare it to the fair value method
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A gadget is a small tool such as a machine that has a particular function‚ but is often thought of as a novelty. Gadgets are sometimes referred to as gizmos. History The origins of the word "gadget" trace back to the 19th century. According to the Oxford English Dictionary‚ there is anecdotal evidence for the use of "gadget" as aplaceholder name for a technical item whose precise name one can’t remember since the 1850s; with Robert Brown’s 1886 book Spunyarn and Spindrift‚ A sailor boy’s log of a voyage out
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Richard Adames The French and Indian war was a war that embarrassed the French‚ nearly bankrupted the British‚ screwed the Native American‚ and paved way to the American Revolution. The French and Indian war was named after the British opponents‚ the French and Indian even though Native Americans fought on both sides. Other names used for the war include The Seven Year war‚ the Fourth Intercolonial war‚ and the Great War for the Empire. The seven year war was a power struggle between Great Britain
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French Course #2 Greetings & Salutations A typical formal conversation might start with many of these phrases: Introducing in French | Pronunciation | Translation | Bonjour | bohN-zhoor | Hello | Bonsoir | bohN swahr | Good evening | Bonne Nuit | bohN-nwee | Good Night | monsieur | muh-syuh | Sir | madame | mah-dahm | Miss‚ Mrs | mademoiselle | mahd-mwah-zehl | Miss | Je m’appelle | zhuh mah-pehl | My name is (I call myself) | Comment vous appelezvous? | kohN-mahN voo zah-play
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The importance of French language and why should it be Learned:- Being the second most taught language internationally after English‚ and having a readership and following which are commiserate with the number of its students‚ French is definitely the language to know these days. With English‚ French is the only other “international” language‚ being spoken in 5 continents. The international body supervising the following of French as a language is known as the International Organization of Francophonie
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Texture in Text: A Discourse Analysis of a News Article Using Halliday and Hasan’s Model of Cohesion Paul A. CRANE 1. Introduction The study and analysis of actual language in use is the goal of text and discourse analysis. Michael Halliday‚ one of the linguists credited with the development of systemic linguistics and functional grammar‚ defines text as any authentic stretch of written or spoken language. According to Halliday (1994: xiv) the historical study of linguistics first involved
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The French and Indian War alter the political‚ economic‚ and ideological relations between the Britain and its colonies by being in debt that lead to tax laws‚ mercantilism and the way people felt about Britain’s control over its colonies. ***After the French and Indian War‚ the colonizing of the North America changed greatly. The English took over most of the North America land. English colonies had dominated the new world(Doc. A). This took a toll on the political relationship between the American
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National Museum in Abidjan Though many of this museum’s treasures were lost from looting during the political unrest over the last decade‚ the National Museum in the city of Abidjan still contains a fascinating collection of artifacts that tell the country’s history from the Stone Age to the present. Among these are musical instruments‚ pottery‚ coins and tools. Parc du Banco in Abidjan Located just north of the Abidjan city limits‚ this 7‚500 acre park is home to a diverse collection of hard
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