Cayden and I have always loved swimming. It started out as just playing at the pool. Marco Polo‚ Colors‚ and Mermaids‚ we loved mermaids. We are best friends‚ she was mine and I was her’s. We had so much in common. We both liked crafts. We both liked to talk. We both had younger siblings and we both took swim lessons! We loved it! My teacher’s name was Jacob. We went to his house. My brother‚ Kai went first. Stroke by stroke I watched him do his lessons. Then I would go. His pool was a odd shaped
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Medieval Europe – Marko Polo The Venetian Marco polo is not only one of the most renowned travellers in world history‚ but he and his book also generated more speculation than almost any other or volume in world literature. The travels and discoveries of Marco polo were well appreciated in the medieval times and of great significance. Marco Polo travelled to China and Mongolia and brought back many important useable goods that were then copied and used back in Medieval Europe. Marco Polo brought back many
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Marco Polo ( i/ˈmɑrkoʊ ˈpoʊloʊ/; Italian pronunciation: [ˈmarko ˈpɔːlo]; c.1254 – January 8–9‚ 1324)[1] was an Italian merchant traveler from the Republic of Venice[2][3] whose travels are recorded in Livres des merveilles du monde‚ a book which did much to introduce Europeans to Central Asia and China. He learned the mercantile trade from his father and uncle‚ Niccolò and Maffeo‚ who traveled through Asia‚ and apparently met Kublai Khan. In 1269‚ they returned to Venice to meet Marco for the first
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Base on the document‚ Marco Polo followed his father and uncle travel along the silk road trading goods from Europe. Due to his ability to speak four different languages and describe things into details‚ Khubilai Khan the emperor of the Mongol including China decides to keep him which he later became an advisor and tax collector to the emperor. When Marco Polo returned to Italy after spending seventeen years in the Mongol kingdom where he gives account about how the Mongol won their battles and dominant
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RESEARCH A Research of the Reliability and Validity of the PSYGAT on Different Linguistic Backgrounds Abstract The issue of cultural bias in intelligence tests sparks debates every time the latter is created or administered‚ resulting to many researches into how the reliability and validity of an ability test may differ when assessed on groups from different cultural-linguistic backgrounds. The aim of this study is to test the reliability and validity of the PSYGAT Verbal IQ Test on university
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Gender and Culture Bias James C. Horton Jr. PSY400 UK - Counseling Theories Argosy University Introduction: To be bias or unbiased Bias or unbiased‚ most people know that we should base our decisions and acts in unbiased mentality. However lots of the bias of the world is generated to protect or warn others of potential problems or issues. As fear can be and is healthy in certain situations bias can be also. This of course is not always the case and although
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POLO RALPH LAUREN AND LUEN THAI: USING COLLABORATIVE SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRATION IN THE APPAREL VALUE CHAIN 1. Develop a framework to understand the collaborative supply chain issues between the three partners. (Create a flow chart to illustrate and facilitate the understanding the issues between the 3 partners). Under the Direct to Store model‚ Polo would outsource the key areas in design development and logistics to Luen Thai. This will involve closed partnerships and horizontal integration among
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the Philippines: a man who had a lot of controversies while it was his term‚ who ruled the Philippines for 20 years‚ and this man was the reason for giving wealth into our country before. And he is none other than Ferdinand Emanuel Edralin Marcos‚ SR. (September 11‚ 1917-September 28‚ 1989). He’s the tenth president of the Philippines who had a lot of achievements‚ not just in his studies‚ but also in his career. He was also a politician and a great lawyer. In fact‚ he won his first trial
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Herodotus’ writes his Histories for Greeks. Specifically for Greeks living in Herodotus’ own time. The statement of purpose which begins the work seems to contradict this hypothesis. Herodotus claims to wish to "prevent the traces of human events from being erased by time‚ and to preserve the fame of the important and remarkable achievements " [Herodotus‚ 1.0]. The underlying assumption here is that the author is preserving these events and achievements for future generations and perhaps even future
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Name: Liao Xiangting Jasmine ID: A01294935 Date: 2 May 2012 Contemporary Arts & Society “TEC-MARCO Library Art Exhibit” After countless times of passing by the art exhibit at the library‚ I finally stopped to take a look at the pieces‚ albeit with an assignment on hand. It dawned upon me that this is exactly the way Art is in today’s globalizing society. People are so busy with their daily lives‚ they hardly stop to smell the flowers and appreciate the beauty around them. After taking
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