The Viking period began in AD 793 with a raid on the monastery of Lindisfarne by pirates from Scandinavia. In the following centuries their swift sailing ships enabled them to attack the undefended coastal and river ports‚ towns and monasteries of western Europe and beyond in the search for wealth‚ slaves‚ and new lands to settle. The name Viking is generally applied to the Scandinavian peoples from the late eighth century until around AD 1100. They lived in a number of small kingdoms‚ but as their
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Unfortunately for 123 Textiles I cannot think of a RAID configuration that would protect them from what happened to them. RAID is to be used for redundancy in case of drive error or failure. It is a good thing that the backups are on an exterior drive since now data can be recovered (at least up until the day of the last backup) and business can go about steps to getting back up and running properly. It is understandable that some organizations must resolve to open their doors in areas that are high(er)
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Can Capitalism Lead to Human Happiness? Capitalism is good at meeting many of our wants but has "big blind spots when it comes to others‚" such as family relationships‚ a sense of community. Capitalism‚ by unleashing rapid changes in technology‚ business organization‚ and social and economic status‚ sometimes undermines institutions and systems of beliefs that evolved in quieter and more slow-paced times or cultures. Sometimes this is good‚ as when capitalism helped end slavery and elevated the
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Austriaco‚ Jezelle J BSBA 4-1 REACTION PAPER WALLSTREET: Money Never Sleeps "Time is the most valuable commodity."..... Right i should invest to it. When it comes to investing you need to be patient. It takes a long time to determine if a stock is good and if you are able to find the right type of stock to help you grow a solid retirement. Finding strong winners and keeping the money invested in them is the best way to make sure that there is little risk and still the potential
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and was quickly sentenced to death. John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry received polarized comments. While he was hailed as a martyr by Chicago’s Republican press‚ Democratic newspaper in South Carolina and Illinois condemned him as a criminal. At the same time‚ the Northern press did not ask for the execration of Brown’s penalty in hopes of preserving the Union‚ but the South viewed this event as another strong reason for seceding. John Brown’s raid has a profound effect on deepening sectional and
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few and far between in U.S. history. However‚ the Cabanatuan Prison Raid in the Philippines still serves today as close to an ideal illustration of planning‚ coordination‚ and effective command. LTC Henry Mucci of the U.S. Army’s 6th Ranger Battalion decisively adhered to the principles of mission command. He built a cohesive team through mutual trust‚ created a shared understanding‚ and took prudent risk to succeed. The raid was conducted at a Japanese-run Prisoner of War (POW) camp beside the
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to have a ‘local raid durbar’ for their local affairs; however‚ Cantlie was of the opinion that because the rights of the clans are so deeply fixed in the minds of the people‚ a change to a dorbar elected by all the people is not possible in the Khasi Hills except in the War area (Cantlie‚ 2008-09: 187-188). This indicates that a dorbar where the representatives are elected by all the people irrespective of clan affiliations‚ like the dorbar shnong of today‚ had never existed in the Khasi Hills in
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who initiated the War Between the States‚ the glorified John Brown was an individual who stood in opposition to a seemingly unbeatable foe. Nevertheless‚ there was a vast majority who did not see Brown in such a favorable light during the time of his raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry‚ West Virginia. The attitudes regarding John Brown expressed in the documents illustrate to a significant degree the shifting relations between the North and South between 1859 and 1863‚ primarily through the
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Essay 3 John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry John Brown’s beliefs about slavery and activities to destroy it hardly represented the mainstream of northern society in the years leading up to the Civil War. This rather unique man‚ however‚ has become central to an understanding and in some cases misunderstandings about the origins of the Civil War. The importance of Brown’s mission against slavery was colossal to accelerating the civil war between the North and the South. His raid on Harpers Ferry in1859
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and/or kingdom‚ such as Ulaid‚ decide and choose who is worthy of being a hero‚ or embodies heroic elements. In other words‚ the ethos of a hero is in the hands of other characters. For example‚ Celtic texts‚ such as “Táin Bó Cúailnge” (or “Cattle Raid of Cooley”) and “Bricriu’s Feast” extensively portrayed Cú Chulaind in a heroic manner since he “came out the next morning to view the armies and display[ed] his noble fine figure to the matrons and virgins and young girls...[while he wore] “a beautiful
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