VIKINGS IN AMERICA? who am I? Voyage to a new land The Vikings loved their stories – “sagas” – good to fill in the time in those long‚ dark winters. For a long time historians have known of stories which appear to describe Vikings traveling to America‚ although not everyone was convinced it really happened. We are going to take a closer look at the evidence‚ and investigate this for ourselves. Let’s start with a primary source‚ an extract from one of those ancient sagas: We join Leif Eriksson
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In today’s society‚ sport is something that is reported on a minute-to-minute basis‚ with full coverage of the latest sporting events at all times. As sports have become an even more central part of the world‚ the science behind every aspect of a sport is looked at under an intense microscope as advancements are made everyday to make sports safer‚ cheaper‚ and an overall better experience for everyone involved. The playing surfaces used by athletes have become an even greater interest in recent years
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Haroun and the sea of stories written by Salman Rushdie depicts the vital importance of storytelling through the adventures of a storyteller’s son‚ called Haroun. Haroun is on a quest to recover his fathers‚ rashind‚ renowned ability to weave a web of stories. Throughout his journey he comes across friends and foes who act in duality propelling him forward to a pleasing fairy-tale ending. The passage on page 71-72 is an exchange between Iff the water genie and Haroun about the ocean of the streams
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Tiger’s Adventures in the Everglades is a nineteen-thousand-word adult fantasy consisting of five short stories. Tiger‚ a saucy and irreverent cat‚ moves from the big city to Everglades National Park with his mistress. The first story is a flashback about his initial introduction to the park and his interactions with the wildlife. When he sees a heron stab a small animal‚ he is so scared he crawls under the bed‚ squeezes under the bed. It’s a tight fit and he flattens himself with his legs sticking
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KNITWEAR PRODUCT QUALITY ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPC IMPLEMENTATION PLAN Tajammal Hussain Institute of Quality and Technology Management University of the Punjab‚ Lahore Phone:042-9230344 E-mail: mtqm32@yahoo.com And Muhammad Mohsin Department of Mathematical Sciences COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Defence Road‚ Off-Raiwind Road‚ Lahore. Phone: 042-5321090-ext-233 E-mail: mohsinshahid@yahoo.com Abstract Statistical process control (SPC) is a powerful technique
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The Emergence of the Fast Fashion Business Model and Imposed Quick Response Challenges for Chinese Fabric Manufacturers Jennie Hope Peterson‚ Jimmy Chang‚ Yiu-Hing Wong‚ and Carl A. Lawrence Abstract This chapter explores and develops fast fashion in the current retailing industry and its impacts on how the Chinese textile manufacturing industry has adjusted to remain competitive. Fast fashion evolved at the turn of the twenty-first century into a business approach characterized by fresh fashions
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Ecosystem Aware INTEGRATED SUPPLYChain CHAIN Management NETWORKS Global Supply Li & Fung Ltd. N. Viswanadham n.viswanadham@gmail.com Source: Harvard Cases‚ Book by Jerry Wind et.al Ecosystem Aware Global Supply Chain Management Contents l l l l l Li & Fung Competencies of Li & Fung The Service Chain Process @ Li & Fung Price Target Ecosystem Model – Resources – Service Delivery Mechanisms – Institutions l l l Performance Governance Conclusions N.Viswanadham Ecosystem
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of that civilization used homespun cotton for weaving their garments. Excavations at Harappa and Mohenjo Daro‚ have unearthed household items like needles made of bone and wooden spindles‚ suggesting that the people would spin cotton at home to make yarn and finally garments. Fragments of woven cotton have also been found at these sites. The first literary information about textiles in India is available in the RigVeda‚ which refers to weaving. The ancient Hindu epics‚ the Ramayana and the Mahabharata
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scraps‚ wood and wood products‚ and cashew nuts. Twenty-two Indian textile companies were in Nigeria weeks back to participate in an Indian Textile Exhibition in Lagos. The companies had on display‚ their latest range of textile products‚ ranging from yarn and fibre to suitings‚ shirtings‚ dress materials‚ embroidered fabrics and high fashion fabrics‚ furnishings‚ home textiles‚ scarves and shawls. According to Mahesh Sachdev‚ India High Commissioner in Nigeria‚ “INTEXPO is aimed at forging win-win
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form‚ they retained the ability to change‚ to become new versions of themselves‚ to join up with other stories and so become yet other stories; so that unlike a library of books‚ the Ocean of the Streams of Story was much more than a storeroom of yarns. It was not dead but alive. (Rushdie 72) In Salmon Rushdie’s’‚ Haroun and the Sea of Stories various themes are explored presenting numerous arguments to the reader. One of the main themes within the novel is the importance of stories. Within the
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