was one of the greatest Mongol rulers. As one of his many descendants‚ his grandson Kublai Khan (1215-1294) conquered one of mankind’s greatest civilizations‚ China‚ to become emperor of the Yuan dynasty (1272-1368). After the Song Dynasty and its ruling scholar-gentry class‚ Kublai turned out to be a very cosmopolitan ruler who introduced many different kinds of foreign people along with religions such as Buddhism‚ Islam‚ and Christianity into his court and consequently into China. Although he kept
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Romantic years of the Western music. Around the last 10 years of his life‚ Beethoven started to lose his hearing. This was the time he composed his most important work. Ludwig van Beethoven composed a lot of original well received music and symphonies including Symphony number 3‚ which was composed in 1804 after Napoleon Bonaparte took over france and declared himself emperor. Symphony no. 3 was composed in Napoleon’s
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with stellar financial results as well as the timeless brand image. The strategies and the successful effects can be described into four categories (see Exhibit 1 for Disney’s strategic activities) Control of quality and financials‚ vertical integration “Oswald‚ the Lucky Rabbit” taught Disney the important lesson of total control and vertical integration. Disney established its own distribution house‚ film studio‚ music label and so on to better control quality content and costs. Synergies
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has urban renewal been criticized? • Complete the chart below regarding public housing. Public Housing Who builds & maintains it? Percentage in the U.S. Reasons high-rise public housing is unsatisfactory How are recent public housing projects different? • Define gentrification: • What three (3) groups are attracted to gentrified areas and why? • Why has gentrification been criticized? Inner-City Social Issues •
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Analysis of the Walt Disney Company Report by Valanium Analysts: Juan Calderon‚ Sergio Delgado‚ Andre Oliveira‚ and Juan Paiz Investment Recommendation: MARKET PERFORM DIS – NYSE (12/3/01) 52 week range $20.47 $15.50 - $34.80 Revenue (2001 Unaudited) Market Capitalization Shares Outstanding 2002E $0.62 2003E $0.75 Ratios Forward P/E Forward PEG M/B 1.01% 10‚605‚954 Book Value per Share (09/01 un audited) EPS Forecast FYE 09/30 EPS $25‚256 Million $42‚762
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#1 Disney When I first think of Disney what comes to mind is my childhood and togetherness. Disney was the stepping-stone of my youth. What I mean by stepping-stone is that it was apart of my life and represented different things at different times. My brothers and I used to watch Disney movies any chance we could get. I remember my first Disney movie I saw was Robin Hood and I loved the main character “Robin Hood” and he was a fox. Many of my childhood memories consisted of a Disney movie
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On March 4th president Franklin Roosevelt delivered his first inaugural address. During this time the world was suffering from the Great Depression. It had started in U.S. when stock traders sold nearly 13 million shares of stock in one day. (At the time this was triple the amount of the average. This made prices of stock plummet and during this time the unemployment rates skyrocket from 3% to 25%.) All of this led to the dollar losing all values and banks unable to give people their saving. Roosevelt
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Learning from the Disneyland Paris Experience. A Case study in International/Intercultural Communication This is the most wonderful project we have ever done. Michael Eisner‚ CEO‚ Walt Disney Company A horror made of cardboard‚ plastic‚ and appalling colors; a construction of hardened chewing gum and idiotic folklore taken straight out of comic books written for obese Americans. Jean Cau‚ French Critic American businesses make assumption about the transferability of culturally loaded business
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transform the nation from the campus; numerical growth must not be | |compromised. | |Hear this; for 430 years the Israelites grew numerically through the womb of the Hebrew women to an appreciable population‚ large enough to be used | |by God to actualize the promise he made with Abraham‚ hence the need for us to grow numerically.
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measured to be four feet tall. At the age of four Geoff was already six feet tall. When Geoff went to high school he was about thirty feet tall. Geoff was very strong as well he could pick up a car without breaking a sweat but he was very shy. Geoff was very kind to people but due to his height people would make fun of him or even hurt him. Geoff was too scared to say anything so he would usually run away‚ his parents at first be around and help him‚ but when he went to school his nightmare began
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