In February 1740‚ Vice Admiral Edward Vernon‚ who stayed in Port Royal in Jamaica after the victory in Port Bello‚ ordered Captain Perceval of the Astrea to transport American masts and naval stores from Boston. This order did not contribute to any glorious victory‚ but the dispatch of the Astrea to New England during the War of Jenkins’ Ear was the first case that the Royal Navy attempted to provide the overseas naval base with naval stores from North America directly. Therefore‚ her voyage and
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where there are multiple royal families to inherit the throne. Its requires that when the chief dies the next family is to inherit the throne and it runs through all the families in the same manner. But in certain cases the ruling family will want to continue ruling instead of allowing other families to rule as customs demand. Disputes arise since the rest of the families think is wrong for only one family to rule all the times. The Ashanti’s rule from these multiple royal families. Another cause
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wisdom. The story states that only royal people could wear that accessory they had to be reliable and responsible‚ in order to be given the opportunity to wear the Crown. It was found in 893 A.D. in a 100-degree warm day from a poor countryman‚ who was working on the field trying to plant potatoes on his land. The villager’s name was Dimitar Stoev and he was 50 years old. He was working on the field with his wife whose name was Ginka Stoeva and she was 48 years
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THE TIMES 100 Edition 13 Parcelforce Worldwide : Customer service as a strategy Answer sheet 1. Parcelforce Worldwide is a subsidiary of the Royal Mail Group limited. What is a subsidiary? A subsidiary is a business that is owned by the Royal Mail Group Limited. In effect it is a brand and specific product that The Royal Mail Group Limited offer. Maths moment! 2. Parcelforce handles 200‚000 parcels a day‚ how many is that over a year? 200 000 X 365 days = 73 000 000 parcels a year. 3. If Parcelforce
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The Laputans can be effectively characterized as a group of absentminded intellectuals who live on the floating island of Laputa. Gulliver encounters these people in his third voyage. The Laputans are parodies of theoreticians‚ who have scant regard for any practical results of their own research‚ they are so absorbed in their own thoughts that they must be shaken out of their meditations by flappers. These servants walk around with Laputans all day‚ holding special rattle-like equipment in their
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Kingdom with the minimum of constitutional formality.’ Consider the sources of the UK constitution and the methods by which it may be changed. Do you agree with Barnett’s views? The UK’s unwritten constitution‚ formed of Acts of Parliament [AoP]‚ Royal Prerogative [RP]‚ Constitutional Convention [CC] and Case Law [CL]‚ prompts much debate about the ease of which constitutional change can be introduced. A written constitution is‚ by definition and practice‚ hard to alter however it remains to be seen
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legislative process of making statutes The parliamentary procedure is summarised by UK Parliament (n.d.) as follows. ‘An Act is a Bill approved by both the House of Commons and the House of Lords and formally agreed by the reigning monarch (known as Royal Assent).’ As is outlined by Adams (2012‚ p. 34)‚ the prescribed procedure is long and complicated. First‚ there is a pre-legislative stage before the Bill ’s journey in Parliament starts. A Green Paper is usually issued as the discussion paper including
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A post box (British English and others‚ also written postbox‚ known in the United States and Canada as collection box‚ mailbox‚ post box‚ or drop box) is a physical box into which members of the public can deposit outgoing mail intended for collection by the agents of a country’s postal service. The term post box can also refer to a private letter box for incoming mail. Contents [hide] 1 History of post boxes 1.1 Europe 1.2 Asia 1.3 North America 2 Types of post boxes 3 Clearance 4 Terrorism
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The ship of the line was the last of the sailing wooden warships. A ship of the line is a ship that fit the standard of a ship deemed suitable to sail in the line of battle. It evolved during the 17th century‚ and significant advancements were made during the Anglo-Dutch wars. By 1700‚ the ship of the line reached the form it would retain until wooden sailing ships were done away with entirely in the 1830s. It was during this era that the English grew to become a great naval power through the use
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marine. He then joined the crew of a trading vessel and‚ before he was eighteen‚ had visited most of the world’s important ports. Perhaps a search for adventure caused young William Hall to leave a career in the American merchant navy and enlist in the Royal Navy in Liverpool‚ England‚ in 1852. His first service‚ as Able Seaman with HMS Rodney‚ included two years in the Crimean War. Hall was a member of the naval brigade that landed from the fleet to assist ground forces manning heavy gun batteries‚ W
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