Amistad is a 1997 American historical drama film based on the true story of the mutiny that occurred aboard La Amistad (Spanish for “friendship”) in 1839. The ship is traveling from Cuba to the United States and has a cargo of Africans captured in Sierra Leone and held at the Lomboko slave fortress. It begins with Cinqué‚ a Mende tribe leader‚ freeing himself‚ leading to the massacre of the entire crew‚ save the two Spanish navigators. Instead of sailing the Africans back to Sierra Leone‚ the cunning
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Behind Rebel Lines By: Seymour Reit Genre: Historical Fiction Carol Martin About Emma Edmonds Dates: Born-December 1841 Known for: serving in the Civil War by disguising herself as a man (Franklin Thompson) She participated in the Battle of Blackburn’s Ford‚ First Bull Run / Manassas‚ the Peninsular Campaign‚ Antietam‚ and Fredericksburg. Sarah Edmonds sometimes served as a spy‚ "disguised" as a woman (Bridget O’Shea) or as a black man Died-September 5‚ 1898 Setting When –
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1. Introduction Pacific International Lines or PIL as it is commonly known in the market is a container shipping company started by Mr.Y C Chang in 1967. What he started as a 1 ship company is today the 19th biggest container shipping company in terms of TEU capacity & the 8th largest container ship owner. Ambition: Integrated shipping group with a meaningful market share by setting own pace of growth based on the group’s financial strength and human resource capabilities. 2. External Analysis:
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Line of Duty Death On December 23‚ 2011‚ firefighter James Rice passed away while battling a three-alarm fire. It has been said that his cause of death was due to breathing in “toxic fumes”‚ while he was wearing a breathing mask. We are still waiting for the state medical examiner to release the final report on how Rice passed away. Though we are unsure of his death it has been confirmed that an electrical problem sparked the blaze. Residents at the scene said a malfunctioning fuse on the second-floor
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Paige Burton October 16‚ 2017 Comp. 1 4th hour Movie Review Walk The Line The movie Walk The Line is based on the famous singer Johnny Cash’s real life. Johnny Cash grew up in the Great Depression era. He had a rough childhood‚ especially when he lost his older brother at a young age. When Johnny was old enough he moved out of his house‚ away from his family‚ and joined the Air Force‚ he was stationed in Germany. Johnny found his love of music there‚ and bought his first guitar. The first song he
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1 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO ASIC AND STANDARD IC SECTION 1.1: INTRODUCTION An ASIC is an application-specific integrated circuit. Some digital logic ICs and their analog counterparts are standard parts‚ or standard ICs .They are readily available in market. One can select standard ICs from catalogs and data books and buy them from market. Different microelectronic systems are designed using the standard ICs. With the advent of VLSI in the 1980s engineers began to realize the advantages
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PROMOTION By Pablo González‚ Javier Uranga and Miguel Larrea ABOVE THE LINE PROMOTION Above the line promotions use mass media methods. This types of promotion focuses on advertising to a large audience. For example; television‚ cinema advertising‚ online media… etc Media Advantages Disadvantages Television -Huge audiences reached. -Products can be demonstrated. -Some viewers avoid TV adverts. Very expensive. Newspaper and magazines -Relatively cheap. -Reader can refer back. -Rival
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MANAGEMENT‚ VOL. 3 7 ‚ NO. NOVEMBER 269 The Causes of Project Failure JEFFREY K. PINTO AND SAMUEL J. MANTEL‚ JR. and failure. Some years ago‚ a noted expert on project management wrote‚ “The many instances where project management fails overshadow the stories of successful projects [2].” While there is little reason to adopt such a pessimistic view today‚ if we can gain knowledge about the nature and causes of project failure‚ we will improve our ability to implement projects. The primary purpose
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Service Line Development Task 2 When analyzing the community health assessment several risks and weakness are identified. There are a few risks and weakness with the current state of Oncology Services. With physicians practices already at capacity there is no room to handle the current and future demand for these services. With an aging population new cancer cases are expected to increase by 34 % in five years. Higher smoking rates also contribute to new cancer diagnosis. Another risk is the equipment
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3872865-128270Michael Faraday‚ FRS (22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English scientist who contributed to the fields ofelectromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include those of electromagnetic induction‚ HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamagnetism" \o "Diamagnetism" diamagnetismand electrolysis. Although Faraday received little formal education‚ he was one of the most influential scientists in history. It was by his research on the magnetic field around a conductor carrying
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