Cheap Cruises Are Keeping Industry Afloat 1 May 2009 Barron’s Online Copyright 2009 Dow Jones & Company‚ Inc. All Rights Reserved. Susquehanna Financial Group THE RESULTS OF OUR cruise survey for March show a similar trend to that we have seen over the past few months. Cruise lines continue to lower ticket prices in an effort to stimulate demand. In our survey demand fell 4.9% in March‚ better than the 5.4% decline in February‚ and 5.9% decline in January. Prices fell 11.7% in March following
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1- How did railroads help the West develop? The people who lived in the West at this time needed a way of communication to trade stuff between other countries on the continent. People need new ways of transportation to move to other countries. The railroads‚ which were created to provide transport to people who needed to move to other countries‚ transportation of agricultural‚ mining and farming goods‚ help the countries to “spring up along the way” by promoting the commerce
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Adults are motivated entirely different in the way they learn. Adults are motivated to learn for various reasons such as professional development‚ potential advancement at work or simply continuing to improve ones lives‚ as one gets older. However‚ it is but practical to consider the ideas on how adults are motivated to learn‚ what principles of learning works‚ so that adult educators could likewise respond appropriately. The participatory worldview that author Lyle Yorks (2005) describes
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sorry”[1]. Chief Santana‚ echoed the thoughts and feelings of many of the native tribes forced to relocate‚ or fight for their lands. Many of these tribes lived in territories in which the transcontinental railroad plowed through resulting in sometimes violent conflicts with workers and settlements along the railroad. One notable example is the Massacre at Sand Creek. In the autumn of 1864‚ a group of Cheyenne Indians were beginning to set up camp for the winter when US troops at Fort Lyon attacked.
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because the white men did not think they deserved the land. Afterwards‚ they were able to live peacefully‚ and to follow their traditions and customs‚ but when the white men found out the land they were on were still good for agricultural‚ or even for railroad land they took it back. Thus‚ the white man movement westward quickly begun. This prospect to expand westward caused the government to become thoroughly involved in the lives of the Plains Indians. These intrusions by the white men had caused
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variety of job opportunities available‚ such as becoming a farmer‚ miner‚ or railroad worker. In the Old West‚ violence was prevalent‚ but people’s interpretation of the amount of violence that occurred has been skewed by Hollywood which leaves people to wonder how violent the Old West actually was. The Old West was in fact violent‚ but not as brutal as Hollywood portrays it; the violence
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Cattlemen‚ miners‚ and railroads had all greatly impacted the United States‚ but of the groups railroads held the most significant impact on the United States and the growth of the nation. For years wild cattle had wandered the western open range until protein-rich beef was in demand to feed city dwellers in the east and miners as well as soldiers in the west. High demand for cattle increased the cattle industry and cattlemen. After the arrival
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During West ward Expansion many Indians wear forced to move west to give up their lands for the whites. Two major events changed the United States economy at this time. The Transcontinental Railroad and the Erie Canal boosted the United States economy it took from 1825 to 1890s. The Transcontinental Railroad and Erie Canal changed the economy of United States in many ways. One ways the Erie Canal boosted the United States economy was by opening ways for ships to access the great lakes‚ Missippi
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expansion and industrialization that many historians recognize as the start of major growth and transformation into the sovereign country that America is today. By the 1840’s‚ the industrial revolution was reconstructing the east‚ due to newly created railroads‚ textile mills‚ and small cities that stretched across the entire eastern seaboard. By 1860‚ over fifteen percent of Americans lived in cities‚ and a staggering one third of the nation’s income was generated from manufacturing ("Immigration: The
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long journeys across the U.S. in search for jobs. But after Industrialization‚ all those worries that people had went away. Industrialization had a positive impact on the U.S. because of light bulbs and electricity‚ automobiles‚ and the Transcontinental Railroad. One way that Industrialization was positive because it led to the invention of the light bulb and electricity. Because of the light bulb people can see
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