sectors the threat of globalisation to their local market has increased competition which in turn has lead to price cutting and increased spending to maintain a competitive advantage over the opposition. In New Zealand the wine industry has been on to benefit from globalisation as it has lead to expansion of their target markets‚ effectively leading higher returns as they are can expand production. The increase in the supply of wine has lead many wine producing countries to explore new and unexplored
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Most Caribbean nation’s interpretation of Yemoja is “Mami Wata”. She appears as a curly to kinky haired woman‚ with long black hair combed straight back. Yemoja is visualized as a mermaid or humanistic water being. She is often unclothed from the waist up. “Mami Wata” regularly carries luxurious trinkets such as mirrors‚ combs‚ and watches. Though she is a beautiful mermaid complete with tail‚ she is also said to walk the streets of modern African cities. The colours differ from Yemoja; the colours
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Introduction In the Caribbean and specifically in Jamaica‚ the most accepted language for communication is that language left to us by our European colonisers. The pidgin that developed from the contact of the African slaves and European masters later developed into their own individual languages (or Creoles). They (the elite in society) shun these languages as inappropriate or inadequate for public and sometimes even private use. This notion is widely accepted by even those who can speak nothing
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have ‘great men’ who have not spent much time toiling in the night. Their success was as a result of taking a risk‚ an unexpected opportunity and a creative‚ innovative mind that invented a demand. We are able to create new jobs and improve the current jobs available with this new technology. Therefore we need to focus on using technology to improve education; this will impact the types and quality of jobs in the near future as well as the workers in our country. The future leaders of Jamaica‚ at
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buds swayed gently in the warm ocean breeze. Although I couldn’t see very far past the dense wall of palm trees and bushes behind the cottage‚ I could make out the soft‚ crystal blue waves of the Caribbean in the distance. It was 2011‚ and my family and I were in Dominica‚ a small island in the Caribbean. My mom stood in front of me‚ an ecstatic smile
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Teenage Awareness of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Barbados Caribbean Studies Contents Acknowledgments.................. 1 Introduction.............................. 2 Literature Review................... 3-4 Data Collection Sources........ 5 Presentation of Findings...... 6-11 Interpretation of Findings... 12-13 Discussion of Findings
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Traditional dance from the Caribbean Abakua - Afro-Cuban Beguine - Guadeloupe‚ Martinique Bellair - Trinidad Bongo - Trinidad Brukin’s - Jamaica Caribbean Quadrilles - Jamaica Dinki Mini - Jamaica Gere - Jamaica Gumbay - Jamaica Goombay - Bahamas Igbo - Haiti Jonkonnu - Jamaica Kumina - Jamaica Tambu - Afro-Curacao Abakua is an Afro-Cuban men’s initiatory fraternity‚ or secret society‚ which originated from fraternal associations in the Cross River region of
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The Big Idea Over 2500 years ago Aristotle proposed two laws of physics governing motion. One for ‘Earthly bodies’ (objects on Earth) that states objects naturally go in straight lines and one for ‘Heavenly bodies’ (objects in space) that states objects naturally go in circles. This idea held steady for 2‚000 years‚ until Isaac Newton in a triumph of brilliance declared that there is one law of physics that governs motion and he unified “earthly” bodies and “heavenly” bodies with the The Universal
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Royal Mail was established by King Charles the first in 1635 as a way for the public to cover his own cost of mail. Over the next 370 years‚ Royal Mail has provide the UK public with its postal services‚ while at the same time providing innovations in the ways of postal delivery that will help shape the way we communicate. With the ever evolving world of technology and the digital medium‚ Royal Mail‚ over the past decade and a half‚ have had to adapt to these new forms of communication by increasing
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CULTURAL INDUSTRIES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Alessandra Quartesan Monica Romis Francesco Lanzafame SEPTEMBER 2007 The Institutional Capacity and Finance Department (ICF) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) developed this study on cultural industries in LAC. The study was conducted under the supervision of Francesco Lanzafame‚ Housing & Urban Development specialist‚ by Alessandra Quartesan‚ Urban Development and Cultural Heritage consultant
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