In 1673‚ Father Jacques Marquette‚ a Jesuit missionary‚ and Louis Joliet‚ a fur trader‚ undertook an expedition to explore the unsettled territory in North America from the Great Lakes region to the Gulf of Mexico for the colonial power of France. Leaving with several men in two bark canoes‚ Marquette and Joliet entered the Mississippi River and arrived in present-day Arkansas in June 1673. They were considered the first Europeans to come into contact with the Indians of east Arkansas since Hernando
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On 2 February 2008 Gerald‚ who owned “Coffee Grand Restaurants” – a chain of 5 restaurants that were known for serving excellent food and fine coffee -- sent an e-mail to Luis that said: “I offer to purchase from you 5000 pounds of your ‘grade super A+’ Arabica coffee imported from Antioquia province in Colombia – I will pay you $3.00 per pound. The coffee should be delivered to my place of business in Panorama City on or before 12 March 2008. I will pay the full price for the coffee by 25 March
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D. Purchase Decision: Buying Value Three possibilities | From whom to buy | * which depends on such considerations * Terms of sale * Past experience buying from the seller * Return policy. | | When to buy | * which can be influenced by * store atmosphere * time pressure * a sale * pleasantness of the shopping experience. | During the purchase decision stage‚ the consumer may form an intention to buy the most preferred
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The Louisiana Purchase and national health care legislation were two historic events in the history of the United States. Both were huge steps forward for the county in different ways and both raised questions and controversy about the authority of the President of the United States or Congress. For the Louisiana Purchase‚ those opposed to the purchase and the treaty with France to make it possible for the United States to buy the land‚ claimed that the Constitution did give the President the authority
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The state of Louisiana is known for Cajun food and Zydeco music‚ but Louisiana casinos are helping to add to the state’s reputation. Louisiana casinos stretch from north to south and run east to west in the state. Louisiana became the fourth state to approve riverboat gambling casinos in 1991. The next year‚ Louisiana approved one land-based casino to be located in New Orleans. Louisiana is also home to three land-based Indian casinos. Visitors to Louisiana are in for a one-of-a-kind experience‚
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to the white rulers throughout the South at the end of the Reconstruction period. The Bourbons were democrats who ruled Louisiana until well into the 20th century. After 1877 cotton and sugar planters along with wealthy New Orleans businessmen reigned over the state; many of them were sons or grandsons of those that ruled before the Civil War. The Bourbon Democrats of Louisiana quickly realized that they would not be able to completely return to the plantation South of 1860‚ so they slowly entered
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000 state offenders are released from prison each year in Louisiana (Bureau of Justice Statistics‚ 2013). Within five years‚ nearly half will find themselves back behind bars. As Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in the world‚ this State is faced with serious challenges in handling its prison population. The recidivism rate is reasonably high‚ and the costs for taxpayers are billions of dollars; reducing recidivism in Louisiana is one of the first objectives of the current administration
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Tentative Oral Questions of Computer Graphics LAB for Internal and External Practical Exam 1. Define Computer graphics. 2. Can you tell me which major components (hardware and software) needed for computer graphics? 3. What are the application areas of computer graphics? 4. What do you mean by scan code? 5. What does refreshing of the screen means? 6. What do you mean by emissive and non emissive display? 7. What is persistence? 8. Give the difference between impact and non impact printers
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Louisiana Constitution and Systems of the State Ed Calvin POL/215 February 27‚ 2013 Dr. D. Bryant III Louisiana Constitution and Systems of the State The Louisiana Constitution in 1812 used the U.S. Constitution as a guideline to write its contents. After receiving authorization from the U.S. Congress the delegates developed the constitution and on January 22‚ 1812 the state first constitution was signed. The state’s current constitution was adopted by constitutional convention in 1974
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Introduction In this essay we attempt to describe the Louisiana Creole according to its history or origin‚ its speech community‚ its geographical location and the reasons why it is considered a Creole and not a language. Pidgin and Creole We can start this assignment by defining what a Creole is. However‚ in order to do this‚ we also have to define what a Pidgin is. Let us begin in that way. A Pidgin is a language with no native speakers; it is a contact language. In fact‚ the term pidgin
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