computers use his operating system and software. He was born on October 28‚ 1955 to William and Mary Maxwell Gates in Seattle‚ Washington. I chose this person because he has contributed much to the advancement of computers and to humanitarian efforts. He has given billions of dollars to the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. At the age of 13 while attending Lakeside Preparatory School in Seattle Washington‚ a computer company offered to provide an opportunity for all the students to use the computer. Bill
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Company profile Starbucks Starbucks Corporation is an American global coffee company and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle‚ Washington. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world‚ with 20‚366 stores in 61 countries‚ including 13‚123 in the United States‚ 1‚299 in Canada‚ 977 in Japan‚ 793 in the United Kingdom‚ 732 in China‚ 473 in South Korea‚ 363 in Mexico‚ 282 in Taiwan‚ 204 in the Philippines‚ and 164 in Thailand. Starbucks sells hot and cold drinks‚ coffee beans‚ salads
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commonly referred to as Stephanie Brooks. In early 1968 Bundy dropped out for no apparent reason and started working minimum wage jobs all around UW but ended up volunteering his time at one of Nelson Rockefeller’s presidential campaign office in Seattle and in August attended the 1968 Republican National Convention as one of Rockefeller’s delegates. Brooks then broke up with Bundy and moved back to her family in California. This is considered the pivoting time in Bundy’s life and when all hell broke
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GROWTH 25 APPENDIX 1: MARKET RESEARCH 26 APPENDIX 2: FINANCIAL FORECASTS 35 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Description of the Company Northwind Traders‚ Inc. provides travel-planning services for European adventure vacations to residents of the Greater Seattle area. The service industry‚ including travel agencies‚ is one of the fastest growing business sectors of the economy‚ and Northwind Traders intends to capitalize on the success of this industry by taking advantage of travel planning opportunities
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Corporation Starbucks founded in 1987 as a modest nine-store operation in Seattle‚ Washington and quickly became the premier roaster and retailer of specialty coffees in the world with over 17‚400 store locations in more than 55 countries (Thompson‚ Peteraf‚ Gamble‚ & Strickland‚ 2014). The company first got its start in 1971 when three academics all decided upon opening a coffee store in touristy Pikes Place Market in Seattle. The three academics; Jerry Baldwin an English teacher‚ Zev Siegel a History
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Friday‚ November 13‚ 2009 Compare my hometown to Seattle(Contrast) Canberra is a different city from my hometown in many ways. Of course‚ there might be some similarities to my hometown‚ like size of population ‚ entertainment and so on. From my perspectives‚ the differences emerge for ; environment‚ demographic profile ‚ strategic importance ‚weather .all these things brings advantages and disadvantages to live in both cities. To begin with‚ environment is entirely different in many ways
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It happens about 100 times a game in the National Football League: a bone-jarring tackle that slams a player to the turf. On the play shown in the photo above‚ Seattle Seahawks defensive back Marcus Trufant (23) drilled Philadelphia Eagles receiver Greg Lewis (83) with such force that Lewis couldn’t hang on to the ball. (Seattle won the Dec. 5‚ 2005‚ game at Philadelphia 42-0 in the most lopsided shutout ever broadcast on Monday Night Football.) Incompletions and fumbles aren’t the only consequences
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Shelly Govila 10565436 STARBUCKS’ RAPID EXPANSION IN CHINA Introduction Starbucks‚ one of the largest coffee houses in the world‚ was started in 1971 in Seattle‚ USA. It started its international expansion in 1995 by entering Japan‚ followed by several other countries in the following years. It entered China in the mid-1990s with just a distribution business and opened its first retail store in mainland China in Beijing in January 1998. This report covers the topics of Starbucks’ expansion
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collect 999 dollars‚ the amount of money the pawnbroker is willing to sell the regalia for. Throughout this journey‚ the humorous character of Jackson Jackson unravels to reveal a man of culture. Although Jackson has left Spokane to attend college in Seattle‚ his Indian culture remains an important part of him. He constantly speaks of his Indian beliefs‚ ways‚ and customs. In the opening sentence‚ Jackson immediately acknowledges that he is Indian and differentiates his race from “hungry white folks”
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1a.) How would Canada and the US be different if the US got what it claimed in 1846 If the US had gotten what was originally claimed in 1846‚ which was that the disputed area between Great Britain and the US soil known as Oregon Territory was in fact apart of American soil‚ than Vancover Island and majority of British Colombia would be defined as apart of the United States. As a result of this‚ drastic changes would have been made to the trade of that region. Primarily‚ the Hudson’s Bay Company
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