The Columbian Exchange was a widespread exchange of animals‚ plants‚ culture‚ human populations (including slaves)‚ communicable disease‚ technology and ideas between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres following the voyage to the Americas by Christopher Columbus in 1492.[1]:163 The term was coined in 1972 by Alfred W. Crosby‚ a historian at the University of Texas at Austin‚ in his eponymous work of environmental history.[2][3]:27 The contact between the two areas circulated a wide variety
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World War Two spies were essential in order for a nation to succeed. The allies and the British had more capable spies than Germany‚ which meant that their spies were disruptive‚ which meant that the countries could suppress its counters for longer‚ evidently leading to the turnaround of the war. Obtaining information about the V-1 and V-2 rockets were crucial for the war. Jeannie Rousseau‚ after insisting that a rocket could not travel at such distances and speed‚ persuaded one officer‚ who was
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IDENTIFYING CORE COMPETENCIES FOR ELECTRONIC RESOURCES LIBRARIANS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY LIBRARY A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE TEXAS WOMAN‘S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION BY SARAH W. SUTTON‚ M.L.S. DENTON‚ TEXAS MAY 2011 TEXAS WOMAN‘S UNIVERSITY DENTON‚ TEXAS December 3‚ 2010 To the Dean of the Graduate School: I am submitting herewith a dissertation written
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Compare and Contrast TWO models of sexual assault and their respective utility for (i) the treatment and management of sex offenders and (ii) assisting the police in criminal investigations. When anyone wants to investigate criminal sexuality from different perspectives such as legal‚ academic‚ or simply curiosity-motivated‚ the multiplicity and variety of the internal part of phenomenon becomes quite clear. Few dimensions of the behaviour inlying the sexual crimes have to be considered to perceive
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INTRODUCTION TO KARACHI STOCK EXCHANGE Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) is the largest and most liquid stock exchange in Pakistan. It was established on September 18‚ 1947 and was incorporated on March 10‚ 1949. It is the premiere stock exchange of the country. Only five companies were at first listed with a total paid-up capital of 37 million rupees. The first index introduced in KSE was based on fifty companies and was called KSE 50 index. Trading used to be carried out on open out-cry system.
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Seeing the video on Declining Fish Stock VLR‚ expose the challenges between fishermen and environmental concerns. This video shows how fishing fleets have depleted the oceans of almost 90% of its big fish; therefore‚ claiming the ocean is not as resilient as it once was. The majority of the largest fish have already been pulled from the oceans‚ leaving only 10% of its remaining fish for Commercial fishermen to make a living. Most fishing fleets today are two to three times larger than they
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INTRODUCTION 3 Definition 3 FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET OVERVIEW 3 Characteristics of Foreign Exchange Market 5 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISKS 6 Accounting Risk 6 Transaction Risk 6 Profitability Risk 6 DETERMINANTS OF EXCHANGE RATE 6 Inflation 6 Interest Rates 7 Current-Account Deficits 7 PARTICIPANTS IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET 7 Customers 8 Commercial Banks 8 Exchange Brokers 8 Overseas Forex Market 8 Speculators 9 ROLE OF SBP IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET 9 To manage the exchange rate mechanism 9 Regulate inter-bank
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Individual Stock report: Google Inc. (GOOG) Chao ZHANG Description of the company Business & Relevant history Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is an American multinational corporation which provides Internet-related products and services‚ including internet search‚ cloud computing‚ software and advertising technologies. Advertising revenues from AdWords generate almost all of the company’s profits The company was founded by Larry Page and Sergey
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Industrial Average‚ the Dow Jones‚ the Dow 30‚ or simply the Dow‚ is a stock market index‚ and one of several indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company co-founder Charles Dow. The average is named after Dow and one of his business associates‚ statistician Edward Jones. It is an index that shows how 30 large‚ publicly owned companies based in the United States have traded during a standard trading session in the stock market. It is the second oldest U.S. market index after the Dow
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Bill of exchange A bill of exchange or "draft" is a written order by the drawer to the drawee to pay money to the payee. A common type of bill of exchange is the cheque (check in American English)‚ defined as a bill of exchange drawn on a banker and payable on demand. Bills of exchange are used primarily in international trade‚ and are written orders by one person to his bank to pay the bearer a specific sum on a specific date. Prior to the advent of paper currency‚ bills of exchange were a common
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