Spice Islands an export zone was a violent and militarized process. Although the Dutch endured contestation from the incumbent peoples of Java‚ their use of violence and military discipline ultimately allowed them to succeed in transforming the East Indies from a subsistence economy into a colony of exportation where they controlled trade. Using its privileges granted by the Netherlands‚ the VOC successfully colonized Java. This involved murder‚ forced labor‚ and deforestation (76‚ Hall). The Dutch
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Question 1: Financial ratios for East Coast Yachts: Current ratio | = | Current Assets | | | Debt-equity ratio | = | Total liabilities | | | Current Liabilities | | | | | Total equity | | = | $14‚651‚000 | | | | = | $19‚539‚000 + $33‚735‚000 | | | $19‚539‚000 | | | | | $55‚341‚000 | | = | 0.75 | | | | = | 0.96 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Quick ratio | = | Current Assets - Inventory | | | Equity multiplier | = | Total assets | |
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I think my home country China is such an unique country from what it has been through in the past and what it achieved in the past 20 years‚ and when those long traditional culture meets the modern or western culture‚ they get mixed and form the culture as it is now. Now I’m listing and explaining according to the five dimension from my point of view. Power Distance I agree with the point that Hofstede gives - 80‚ the power is highly centralized by the government‚ I think the primary reason
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Artur Yepifanov T00523523 English 1100.13 2014-01-30 Sun Peaks Resort We all are humans and sometimes we get tired from the weekdays’ routine. There are many ways to “hang out”. Some people prefer pubs or clubs‚ others just lay on the sofa watching TV. But there are so many places in the world worth visiting. Sun Peaks is a well-known resort which is open 365 days a year. Guests enjoy award-winning downhill skiing‚ snowboarding and cross country skiing in the winter. Summer activities include
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Chapter 5 West-Burnham states the transformation of education requires investment in the quality of interpersonal relationships and transformational change is an emotional process. He states emotional intelligence is an ability to understand self and the capacity to engage with others. It is also a moral issue as well as the mean of efficient communication. He reports the importance of emotional intelligence in educational leadership and argues the process of transformation requires emotional intelligence
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Great west casualty case points The mishaps in this case are due to miscommunications‚ The way that Zucaro found out about these events shows that there is very poor communication in the company. Even though Great West Casualty Company is an independent subsidiary of Old Republic‚ the CEO should have heard about the issue before reading one of the nation’s biggest publications‚ The Wall Street Journal 1. Great West has just one employee for handling their whole communications department. with
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cases people fail to distinguish between sex and gender‚ forbidding to come to the realization that gender is an achieved status that we constrict for ourselves. A very interesting discussion regarding Agnes experience on the article Doing Gender by West and Zimmerman really proves how society does expect specific sex to do gender as they think it is considered appropriate or “normal” for that sex. I’m sure that the transition of adopting a female identity was tough process for Agnes because of societal
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In this ambitious and polemical introduction‚ Niall Ferguson launches an assault in the contentious debate about the rise of the West. His opinion being that the “West is better than the Rest”. He defines his idea of civilization as being about architectural establishments as well as its inhabitants. He states that he views both characteristics as being equally important in the definition of civilization. His ideas mainly revolve around the need for a high standard of living and a great quality of
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CO-EDUCATION The Meaning Of Co-Education Co-Education means the teaching of both boys and girls in the same school and under the same roof. It also means imparting the same education to both the sexes without any distinction. This system of education aims at bringing boys and girls together. It allows free mixing of sexes without any inhibition. Co-education generates harmonious relationship‚ a sense of co-operation‚ and thus‚ helps in the progress of the nation.Co-education is a system
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Chapter1- When Old Worlds Collide: Contact‚ Conquest‚ Catastrophe I. Peoples in Motion A. The United States is a nation of immigrants B. Even Natives of the country are immigrants from different countries who roamed the land as a strange new world. C. From Beringia to the Americas 1. Beringia is a piece of land that was created because of the glaciers that captured all of the water causing a piece of land to form which was then called Beringia. 2. Berinigia had very tough
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