Marco Polo was no doubt one of the most influential explorers in the world. His tales of the East opened the minds of the Europeans‚ and his tales were a catalyst for the Age of Exploration in Europe. His influence on geographical exploration was so pivotal that many years later Christopher Columbus used Marco Polo’s book on his voyage to the New World. Marco Polo’s book‚ The Travels of Marco Polo‚ was widely published and thousands of copies were printed in different languages. However‚ many skeptics
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Water polo is a team water sport. It is the oldest continuous Olympic team sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper with a maximum of six substitutes. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Gameplay involves swimming‚ players passing the ball while being defended by opponents‚ and scoring by throwing into a net defended by a goalie. Water polo‚ therefore‚ has strong similarities to the land-based game of team handball. The frequency of ’man-up’
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Caso 10 “COMPUMENTOR Y EL SERVICIO DISCONTECH.ORG” 1) Para las empresas sin fines de lucro‚ participar en otras empresas con ingresos propios resulta muy atractivo ya que es la mejor forma de subsidiar la misión social de la organización sin tantas restricciones gubernamentales. Algunas contras de este modelo para sostenerse‚ podría llegar a ser cambiar los objetivos iniciales de la organización sin animo de lucro con el fin de poder ser mas rentables en la empresa con ingresos propios.
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Topic 2: In the Prologue to The Travel of Marco Polo the author claims that his book is "an accurate record"�‚ free from any sort of fabrication"�. Is this Statement true? How reliable and useful is this book as a source of historical information (Support your answer with evidence from the primary sources)? Marco Polo has discovered much of central Asia. Over the years many manuscripts‚ evolve around the controversial issue‚ on whether Marco Polo did go to China. How accurate his account and reliability
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Volkswagen Polo advertisement Marco Mannoni Eric Sabatino Volkswagen‚ which means “people’s car”‚ is one of the most selling automotive companies in history. It has three cars in the top 10 list of best-selling cars of all time‚ the Volkswagen Golf‚ the Volkswagen Beetle and the Volkswagen Passat. The protagonist of the Volkswagen Polo advertisement is a student who is bullied by a group of “cool” guys. The situation changes when he gives a drive to one of the most beautiful girls of the
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The article I chose was about the effects of drugs and alcohol. The main points of this article are the effects of drugs on the users family‚ effects of drugs on users‚ and the last main point is how alcohol family’s work. Most people only think about the effects of drugs on the user not the users family. Some family’s sees that their family member is on drugs they treat that family first with no respect then they will eventually try to seek help for the family member just like what one would do
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Clientes y Suplidores El mundo de negocio actual está establecido en gran medida por relaciones y transacciones entre vendedores y compradores. Podemos definir el término cliente como alguien que compra un producto o servicio (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary‚ 2008). Basándonos en esta definición podemos definir al cliente como aquella persona‚ o entidad con la capacidad para comprar bienes o servicios a un vendedor o suplidor. De la misma manera podemos definir al suplidor como aquella persona
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BRONZE Automotive The Polo – a no compromises approach to advertising. Owens DDB Sponsored by Company profile Owens DDB is a communications agency offering expertise across all media channels. Part of the DDB network‚ we are encouraged to generate creative solutions to business problems. We are proud to have retained the majority of our clients for a long period of time priding ourselves on the service we provide and the quality & effectiveness of work we generate. And we’re very friendly
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Generation Y is known as the generation that was born in the 1980s and 1990s‚ although experts do not agree on when this era started. The people who create Generation Y are often the children of baby boomers and are therefore called echo boomers or Generation X. Most of them are in their late teens or twenties and totally different from other generations. The most significant difference between generations X and Y are that X kids are often thought of as the "lost" generation raised at a time when
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Alexandre Morin Water polo Water polo is one of the best sports out there. First of all‚ a set of very precise rules assures this sport stays practicable. To start a normal water polo game‚ seven players (six field players and a goalie) from each team (fourteen total) are needed. These teams have four quarters of about seven minutes (eight minutes at Olympic level) to put the ball as many times as possible in the opponent’s net. Although‚ a team may not have possession of the ball for longer
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