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    organisers of the scheme are seen as passionate.  The quality of coaching provided is seen as high across the fleets.  The scheme brings sailors from different classes together under one umbrella.  The scheme provides a focal point for youth sailing in the region.  The scheme makes good use of web‚ text and email to communicate scheme goals‚ objectives and activities.  The scheme provides quality off the water coaching elements such as goal setting‚ sport psychology‚ hiking analysis‚ rules

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    MEMO To: Smooth Sailing From: The consulting group Date: May 6‚ 2012 ------------------------------------------------- Subject: Recoverability/Impairment of cruise ship ------------------------------------------------- Facts: Smooth Sailing is a private company that operates one cruise ship. Smooth Sailing’s purchase of the cruise ship was financed with nonrecourse debt. The cruise ship has its own identifiable cash flows that are largely independent of the cash flows of other asset groups

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    Christianity and Islam are often thought to be two very different religions. However‚ there are many similarities to go with these differences. Roman Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity share many similarities‚ but have some differences. In the following paragraphs these similarities and differences will be compared. There are many more similarities between Christianity and Islam than what the average person thinks. One for example‚ would be how the religions teach people how to treat one another

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    1. Above board On or above the deck‚ in plain view‚ not hiding anything. 2. Above-water hull The hull section of a vessel above the waterline‚ the visible part of a ship. Also‚ topsides. 3. Act of Pardon or Act of Grace A letter from a state or power authorising action by a privateer. Also see Letter of marque. 4. Abaft Toward the stern‚ relative to some object ("abaft the fore hatch"). 5. Abaft the beam Further aft than the beam: a relative bearing of greater than 90 degrees

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    dates from the Byzantine era. Experts vary on the precise ‘lifetime’ of the Ancient Egyptian civilization‚ but according to Mason (2007:10) it existed from 3100 BCE up to 30 BCE. The Byzantine era‚ which revolved around the Eastern Roman Empire of Byzantium‚ stretched from the 5th century up to the year 1453 (Tansey & Kleiner‚ 1996:285). I will start this investigation by doing a formal analysis of both artworks. Then I will go on to place each work in its respective context. Lastly‚ I will compare

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    Pantokrator from the Byzantine era. The Early Christian era‚ according to History. spans from 330CE when Emperor Constantine the Great moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium and declared Christianity to be the official religion. Kleiner (2013:256) states the Byzantine era to span a millennium and where Byzantium refers to the Eastern Christian Roman Empire of this time‚ while Byzantine refers to everything regarding its territory‚ history and culture. Firstly‚ I will discuss the compositional

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    Columbus planned to arrive In the east by sailing westward across the Atlantic. This journey was the logical outcome of Spain and Portugal colonization of Atlantic islands and of their African expeditions. In this respect Columbus was just another European voyager caught up in the discovery mania. This had taken over maritime life in Spain and Portugal in the 15th century. In fact.‚ although Columbus came before vasco da gama‚ da gama’s activities and plans seemed. More practical and more fascinating

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    Protestant bodies Constantine: Roman emperor 306–37; known as Constantine the Great. He was the first Roman emperor to be converted to Christianity and in 324 made Christianity the empire’s state religion. In 330‚ he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium‚ renaming it Constantinopolis (Constantinople). He is venerated as a saint in the Orthodox Church. Greco-Roman: Aristotle‚ Plato‚ Pythagoreous-it is the discoveries of those in the Greek and Roman empires-inspired much of the

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    moved to Venice from Genoa and learned sailing and navigation from Italian seamen and nearby merchants. His father‚ Giulio Caboto was a spice merchant. In c. 1474 John Cabot married a girl named Mattea and later in life had three children‚ Ludovico‚ Sancto‚ and Sebastiano (who became another explorer and followed his father’s footsteps. In c. 1476 John Cabot was a Venetian citizen and started trading in the Eastern Mediterranean. In May 1497 Cabot began sailing to America‚ from Bristol‚ England‚ on

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    College of Arts and Sciences Course Design Guide HUM/100 Version 2 Introduction to Humanities: The Ancient World to Medieval Times Updated Aug. 2009 Copyright Copyright © 2009‚ 2006‚ 2004‚ 2003‚ 2002‚ 2000‚ 1996‚ 1995‚ 1994‚ 1993 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. University of Phoenix® is a registered trademark of Apollo Group‚ Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft®‚ Windows®‚ and Windows NT® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the

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