exceeded the value of goods exported out. Thus‚ the Chinese had to pay silver in addition to their goods to get opium. Silver shortages began to hurt peasants. To stop the trade‚ the Qing emperor sent a special commissioner‚ Lin Zexu‚ who froze all legitimate trade in Canton until foreign merchants handed over their opium stores. The opium traders eventually complied‚ giving Lin a short-lived victory. In 1840‚ however‚ British naval ships attacked and subdued Qing forces. Forcing More Trade The resulting
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friendshipWhen is Friendship Day? Celebrate Friendship Day 2013 on August 4‚ Sunday Human beings are social creatures and have always valued the importance of friends in their lives. To celebrate this noble feeling it was deemed fit to have a day dedicated to friends and friendship. Accordingly‚ first Sunday of August was declared as a holiday in US in honor of friends by a Proclamation made by US Congress in 1935. Since then‚ World Friendship Day is being celebrated every year on the first Sunday
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Leadership What is a leader? A leader is someone who is genuine and allows there followers to follow in a truthful path. As a leader you take on a superior role of your followers. It is imperative to lead within your heart as being a leader. In college I would like to enhance more leadership by being courageous. Greatness has showed me the path to lead as a leader. I am someone who will tell and show you what I think is right. I am also a good helper who helps the people I care about. I help those
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SHIP SECURITY PLAN Version 1.0 January 2003 SHIP NAME Company Address {Ship security plans should be plainly marked to warn personnel having access to the plan that it needs to be protected and should not be released.} Ship Security Plan Confidential [SHIP NAME] Security Plan Revision Record Revision Number Name/Rank of Person Making the Revision Date of Revision ii Signature Ship Security Plan Confidential INDEX SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE
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Recommendation Brief for an Internal Accountant A client has an out-of-control system. A recommendation has been made to hire an internal accountant. Write a recommendation brief of no more than 700 words for the client‚ justifying the benefits of using an internal auditor. Conclude your recommendation by referring a person for the job based on their background. Explain how the background benefits the client. ACC 544 Recommendation Brief for an Internal Accountant The current company
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their singular commitment to make life easier and better for people around the world. We leverage these competencies to create innovative solutions for our customers and to also provide investors with attractive long-term returns. Subject : Recommendations for returning 3M to 20 return on equity and improved ROCE To Whom It May Concern ‚ The company 3M has been known through the years for its innovative approaches when it comes to doing business . It was even recognized by the magazine Fortune
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Synthesis‚ Spectral‚ and Antibacterial Studies of Silver Nanoparticles and Silver(I) Complex of 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole Abstract : Microbes‚ such as bacteria‚ molds‚ yeasts‚ and viruses‚ in living environment are often pathogenic and cause severe infections in human beings. Therefore‚ there is a pressing need to search for new antimicrobial agents from natural and inorganic substances [1]. Antimicrobial nanoparticles mainly consist of metals‚ metal oxides‚ and many biologically derived materials
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Name of professor: Professor contact: Professor email ID: Department:_______ Date: SUBJECT: LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION FOR Mr To Whom It May Concern This letter is to recommend Mr. to take up his advance studies ‚ at your esteemed university. During my tenure in the department of _________ in this institution I have had the opportunity to guide and assess quite a number of students. However each year I notice that only a few outstanding
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MEMORANDUM TO: Mark Smiley FROM: DATE: RE: Purchase recommendation for new scanners During the last tax season‚ our office experienced recurring problems with the paper scanners. The difficulty was not with an individual scanner‚ but included all of the scanners on different occasions. The scanners will not feed the documents correctly‚ resulting in torn documents and/or illegible text; and at various times will freeze and not function at all. As a result‚ this has increased our preparation
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Recommendation Report OVERVIEW A recommendation report proposes a solution to a problem or evaluates possible solutions and recommends one. Before proposing or recommending a solution‚ the report needs to identify the problem.Think about the various problems you encounter everyday or read about in the paper. EXAMPLE: A HEALTH CARE/ECONOMIC PROBLEM For instance‚ Congress is trying to figure out how to control the ever-increasing cost of Medicare/Medicaid. The problem seems to be that if we don’t
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