Virgin Atlantic Airways came from an idea taken to Richard Branson by Randolph Fields in the early 1980’s. Original called British Atlantic Airways‚ VAA first flew from Gatwick to Newark with their single 747 on 22nd June 1984. Branson took the torch from Sir Freddie Laker’s Skytrain operation - which had been the pioneer of discounted transatlantic air travel‚ but suffered at the hands of BA’s price war to eliminate the competition. Virgin too didn’t have an easy ride with BA‚ and won substaintial
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT REPORT FOR MENGNIU GROUP EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Mengniu Group is now the Chinese second largest dairy enterprise with total assets of 7.6 billion‚ 30‚000 employees and dairy product ability of 4 million tons annually (Mengniu 2006). This report firstly provides an overview of Mengniu‚ which includes number of employees‚ assets‚ sales‚ performance‚ the type of products it provides‚ its location including an organization chart showing the formal structure of the organization‚ and
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Vestal Virgins The Vestal Virgins were the priestesses of Vesta‚ the goddess of the hearth‚ in charge of maintaining the sacred fire within the Temple of Vesta on the Forum Romanum. Vesta symbolized collectively the hearths in citizens’ houses; she presided over the basic need of fire (Cadoux 163). The fire in the Temple of Vesta was a pure fire and was not fed with wood from dead trees‚ or any rubbish thrown upon it‚ or any impious act done in its presence. If the Vestal Virgins allowed
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The Virgin Mary The Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ‚ who over a billion people as God’s son‚ explaining why she is considered one of the most important people ever. It is not clear when she was born‚ but going by the Bible we can guess about 30 20 BC. She probably died around 40 AD‚ maybe later though. There is not a great deal of writings on her in the bible‚ making it hard to verify when she was alive. She was an important figure as she was "the Mother of God" as the Bible
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“Sworn Virgins” in the Balkans This essay is about one of the third gender roles. “Sworn Virgins” While researching I came across very interesting sites that talked about these woman that became men in their society. These Albanian women were from the northern and southern parts of Balkans. This essay will talk about their lives living as a man‚ the process of it and the reasoning for their choice. Here are the sites I gathered my facts from: www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2012/12/21/jill_peter
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VIRGIN’S GROUP CORPORATE STRATEGY DIVERSIFICATION 1. Introduction The Virgin Group is one of Britain’s biggest and successful empires in the 21st century. The company has successfully incorporated a great number of diverse industries under the Virgin brand. This includes travel‚ mobile‚ financial services‚ leisure‚ cosmetics‚ retail‚ and music businesses. Virgin has been able to dominate the British market and has therefore continued to rapidly expand into other regions such as the United
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/t-a-a/5340663023/ The Virgin of Vladimir Byzantine painting was not realistic in its representations of the divine and super natural. (Online Lectures) The final results were paintings and mosaics that had a blending of some naturalistic elements and abstractions. (Online Lectures) The unifying element was that the works were depictions of the Divine for the Church. (Online Lectures) The Virgin of Vladimir an image depicting a mother and child was given to the
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THE VIRGIN 1. Discuss the characteristics of the protagonist using feminism. * Our main character is Miss Mijares‚ she is most likely in the age of 30s and she is still a virgin. She realized that love and marriage have eluded her because she is taking so much of her mother‚ but the mother died lately. * Using the feminism approach in describing the characteristics of the protagonist in the story‚ Miss Mijares is an educated woman and also holding a high position in her job. Asides
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Summary of the Virgin The story that was written by Kerima Polotan-Tuvera‚ “The Virgin” is a story about a woman named Miss Mijares that was about 34 years old. She was slimy and almost bony. She also knows how to dress herself to hide the small chest she has by putting puff and ruffles on her chest part. She was not an ugly person but not also beautiful. She was a woman that has full of priorities that she later realized that she was old enough to find a man that she can marry. Miss Mijares‚ a
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The Menil Collection: Virgin & Child A. Identification Having never visited the Menil Collection before‚ I was awed by the size and beauty of this private collection. Founded by John de Menil and Dominique de Menil‚ the Menil Collection houses all of the pieces that are the focus of this paper. The piece of art I chose to write about from the Menil Collection is the Virgin & Child. Originating from Northern France in the early to mid-fourteenth century‚ the Virgin & Child is completely sculpted
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