VENICE IN 14TH CENTURY Venice’s maritime empire: 13th - 15th century In the scramble to grab Byzantine land after the 4TH crusade‚ in 1204‚ the Venetians concentrate on territories suiting their maritime interests. They take the islands of Corfu and Crete. They yield Corfu ten years later to the Greek ruler of Epirus (the nearest part of the mainland)‚ but Crete remains a Venetian possession for more than four centuries. It is the first in a chain of valuable staging posts to the eastern
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of preachers tell these parents to believe that their bad luck is the work of Satan‚ given human form in their own offspring. The children are accused of making people ill‚ poisoning food and polluting the drinking water. Condemned as ’Satan made flesh’ by powerful
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Does it mean that black parents are very negligent? Or the fact that they are very poor? This reading tells us about a book by Dorothy Roberts titled Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare. This book tells us that poverty is the leading cause of children being put in foster care. We see that poverty led to women losing their children as a result of lack of healthcare‚ inadequate housing and an inability to
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Merchant Banking In India • Merchant Banking In India: The merchant banker are those financial intermediary involved with the activity of transferring capital funds to those borrowers who are interested in borrowing. The activities of the merchant banking in India is very vast in nature of which includes the following a) The management of the customers securities b) The management of the portfolio‚ c) The management of projects and counseling as well as appraisal d) The management of underwriting
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Merchant activity sustained the livelihood of all major civilizations throughout history. These activities went great distances in the fact that they supported governments and economies throughout the world in ancient and present civilizations. Even though merchant activity sustained life and the livelihood of strong civilizations‚ different religions from around the world viewed these activities differently. Typically‚ throughout the post-classical civilizations‚ negativity would be the best word
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change of scenery. The story shifts from Venice to Cyprus at the beginning of act two. These two different settings also have their own atmosphere. Geography and atmosphere are two concepts that are of utmost importance to the play itself. Not only does the move from Venice to Cyprus have an effect on the characters‚ it also plays a major role in the outcome of the story. Othello himself is described by Tom McAlindon in the introduction as “both of and not of Venice which was the epitome of western civilization”
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Santiago and The Crystal Merchant Sometimes changes are required to make life easier when you are struggling. In the novel‚ The Alchemist‚ Santiago suggests that the crystal merchant should change in order to improve his business. When the merchant agrees with Santiago’s brilliant ideas‚ many positive things start to happen. In this part of the novel‚ Santiago had just gotten robbed and he has no way to survive. Desperate for food‚ he offers his assistance to a crystal merchant in exchange for food
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123 Spruce St‚ Apt 35 Philadelphia PA 19103 Gayle L. McDowell (555) 555-1212 gayle@careercup.com Employment Software Engineer‚ Intern Apple Computer Summer 2004 iChat AV Reduced time to render the user’s buddy list by 75% by implementing prediction algorithm. Implemented iChat integration with OS X Spotlight Search by creating tool which extracts metadata from saved chat transcripts and provides metadata to a system-wide search database. Redesigned chat file format and implemented
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Merchant power plants differ from traditional rate-based power plants as to: 1) how they are financed and 2) where they sell the electricity they generate. A merchant power plant is funded by investors and sells electricity in the competitive wholesale power market. Since a merchant plant is not required to serve any specific retail consumers‚ consumers are not obligated to pay for the construction‚ operations or maintenance of the plant. A traditional rate-based power plant‚ on the other hand
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1. There is no “mook” in nature. He is a creation designed to catch teenagers’ interests. A mook is an adolescent male made by real teenagers’ attitudes‚ who is immature and aggressive. Similarly‚ the “midriff” is a character that pitched at teenage girls. However‚ she acts premature as an adult and highly-sexualized. When I was in high school‚ there were just few of them act like “mooks” and “midriff”. Media outlet influence teenagers by creating the characters‚ “mook” and “midriff”. Teenagers consider
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