For a long time‚ I’ve had a bottomless fascination with Marco Polo and his adventures. From the beginning of the competition‚ I immediately knew my topic would be based on Marco Polo. When I was little‚ I heard stories from my father‚ who loved to travel but never had the chance. He would enthusiastically describe the places Marco Polo had gone and the sights he had seen. I was deeply moved by his enthrallment with Marco Polo‚ which gave me the aspiration to choose this topic. This would be a great
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science and towards one that praised progression and discovery. While many people are aware of the Renaissance’s influence in Europe‚ there was also significant progress occurring in the Middle East and North Africa‚ particularly through the works of Ibn Khaldun. Khaldun’s works are best known for the waves they made in the fields of sociology and philosophy‚ particularly those that deal with how history ought to be viewed‚ and what makes them very distinctive for this time period is the influence the
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Marco Polo’s Travels formulated in Europe of the fourteenth and fifteenth century a new perception of the Eastern world‚ a world just as advanced and sophisticated as that of the West. Yet‚ another two centuries were needed for a significant change to take place; this was Christopher Columbus’ voyage. For Christopher Columbus‚ Marco Polo’s travelogue was a valuable and solid resource that contained the necessary details of the East. The geographical descriptions in his writing generated a basis for
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will be described briefly. One more limitation is that due to time and word limits I should focus on only one broadcast media‚ and one sales promotion technique. The report starts with an overview of Volkswagen Company and its product – Volkswagen Polo. Then a brief description of the main target market of the product is provided. Next‚ the IMC mix elements for this product are shown. As a result‚ some recommendations are presented. For the purposes of the assignment the market was narrowed down
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The Evolution of Polo Ralph Lauren Polo Ralph Lauren has become one of the most renounced clothing companies of the 20th and 21st century. The creator of Polo is a man named Ralph Lifschitz who was born on October 14‚ 1939 in New York‚ New York (Ralph Lauren). He was born to Fraydl Kotlar and Frank Lifshitz who were Ashkenazi Jewish from Belarus. In 1955‚ when Ralph was 16‚ he and his brother changed their last name to Lauren because they were made fun constantly for having a Jewish last name but
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------------------------------------------------- Polo Ralph Lauren Case ------------------------------------------------- 1. Polo Ralph Lauren is an American apparel company that was founded in the 1970’s. When it was founded it had three branches in the apparel business: design and development‚ manufacturer management‚ and inventory/stock handling. Because they did not want to own factories‚ they outsourced the garment manufacturing to Luen Thai‚ an apparel manufacturing company in China
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think‚ feel‚ or do something. One example of this would be water polo. Making the varsity water polo team this year has shaped me overall to work harder‚ try harder‚ and believe harder. Academically speaking‚ I am not the best student. I am not the straight A student with all AP classes or close to perfect SAT scores. I have always worked hard in school and tried my best to keep up with my grades and try to go to college. Water polo has‚ since I started freshman year‚ made me work 10x harder on my
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The Journey of Ibn Fattouma follows a man named Qindil on a journey through many diverse societies. The Muslim traveller progresses through the towns and judges the merit in hopes of finding refuge in one of them. The ultimate destination is the mysterious land of Gebel‚ which is supposedly perfect. The journey is made to escape Qindil’s problems‚ to serve as an allegory through different time periods‚ and is eventually successful. Qindil’s journey is solely to escape the problems of his home
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Historical development. The origins of water polo can be traced back to the late 19th century when a Scottish man named William Wilson constructed the rules for the game‚ as a result of the public’s growing disinterest of swimming carnivals (Donev‚ 2008). The sport was introduced onto the Olympic scene in 1900 during the Paris game‚ making it one of the longest running team games in the Olympics and can be played by both men and women (Smith‚ 1998). Australia made its debut in the 1948 Olympic
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furthering my research on Polo Ralph Lauren’s business decisions regarding sweatshops and their workers‚ I found an article written by Robert J.S. Ross‚ a professor in Sociology at Clark University. The article entitled‚ “Hey‚ Ralph Lauren‚ sweatshops aren’t chic‚” was featured in the Los Angeles Times and employs an appeal to pathos by disclosing the reprehensible working conditions that sweatshop workers endure everyday in factories throughout China to provide products for Polo Ralph Lauren. While discussing
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