...biased towards one single nationality. The content of Taylor’s book is valuable because it reexamines North American colonization by fusing multiple factors to create a history of colonial American immigration from Europe. The book describes the push and pull factors of each colony that could cause a European migrant to settle or not settle there. Because Taylor’s main purpose was challenging previous conceptions, his book covers a scope that forces most of his topics to be rather broad. It provides many generic pull factors for each colony, but it does not provide much information about why a specific European person would want to settle there. Also, Taylor analyzes each colony separately instead of comparing them, making it difficult to understand why an immigrant would choose one over the other. For these reasons, the content of this source is limited. Section 2 The English American Colonies were born when “King James I granted the first Charter of Virginia to a group of ‘knights, gentlemen, and other adventurers’” (Martin 12) in 1606, creating the first permanent English settlement in the New World. The King wanted to exploit natural American resources and build an empire to increase his wealth (Alchin “European”), like other European Powers (Hansen “Atlantic Migration” 30). Englishmen colonized Virginia for economic opportunities (Alchin “English”) and formed The Virginia Company. These men did not know how to survive in the swampy Chesapeake landscape (Martin...
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...Seven Seas Cruise Vacations Inc. Occupancy Management1 Pamela Homesworth, Director of Operations – Yield Management for Seven Seas Vacations looked across her desk and let out a sigh. She looked exhausted and not a little bit frustrated as she removed her glasses and started to speak. “It’s Tuesday, the worst management day of my week” she said. “Today is the day I have to decide what to do with our remaining occupancy for a week Saturday to ensure we sail with a full complement of passengers. When I first came into this business, you made your profit from the last twenty percent of travelers, now you try not to lose your shirt to keep the ship at capacity for each sailing. I blame the internet!” Seven Seas Cruise Vacations Pamela Homesworth, then a 31 year old businesswoman, had joined Seven Seas Cruise Lines Inc. directly from an MBA focused on electronic marketing and operations. She began work six years earlier as the internet came to be a strategic force for consumer businesses, starting in 1998. Pamela worked her way into increasingly important roles with the firm and with the start of the fall cruise season had taken over an experiment that Seven Seas was testing on integrated vacation planning and direct sales under the selling brand Seven Seas Cruise Vacation. Using one of their midsize ships, Seven Seas was sailing a dedicated week long circuit from Miami through the western Caribbean and back along the coast of Mexico while testing several new ideas...
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...needed in order to adequately and effectively explain the reaches and intricate views of this philosophy. In this dissertation, several philosophical views will be examined and compared to my own so that a full understanding can be achieved. We begin our educational voyage from the moment of birth and it lasts until we have expelled our last breath. It is the teachers, the guides, and the experiences in between those events that help to shape who we are and who we will become. Effective learning does not only cover one subject area or just one concept, but instead a series of subjects and concepts are interwoven to create the fabric of our knowledge. Teaching is a great responsibility and privilege in that each student is an asset to the classroom setting. Through use of integrated curriculum, collaboration with fellow faculty, hands on experiences, and relationship building with all parties involved on individual and group levels, each student and each class can realize success on their educational journey. My own personal philosophy is one that is rooted in modern ideals and theories that are complimented by time tested older philosophies. It was through a long process of thinking, researching, and analyzing in which my philosophy finally took shape. It was with the help of my course in the educational foundations through the centuries as well as input from the teachers...
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...Costa Concordia Anatomy of an organizational accident Jayvee M. Fernandez Maritime Law Midway Maritime Foundation ABSTRACT This paper analyses the grounding that occurred on the 13th of January 2012 to the cruise ship Costa Concordia. The analysis is carried out only on the conduct of navigation – and not on the emergency response - at three different levels: the errors of the bridge team, the error-inducing conditions of their workplace (the bridge), and the organizational processes behind them – following Reason’s (1997) model of organizational accident. An organizational accident is a rare, but often catastrophic, event that occurs within complex organizations as a product of technological innovation. Working under a hypothesis built on publicly available data till July 2012, the grounding of Costa Concordia appears to be an organizational accident. The paper aims to provide official investigators with a framework for the understanding of its development, which is considered critical to limit the re-occurrence of other such events. Moreover, it aspires to be the starting point for future examination of error inducing conditions across the cruising industry and the wider maritime domain. Overall, it is an attempt to address systemic issues, rather than accusing or defending individuals...
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...Skytrax World Airline Awards, being the third most profitable carrier after Ryanair and Easyjet. The expansion continues: with the project of the third Istanbul’s international airport and the announcements of new destinations to countries like Mexico, Philippines and South Sudan. (See Exhibit 2) How a small Turkish state-owned company became so huge and successful? What are the main challenges it had to face and how did it tackle them? What are the main actual and future issues for a company that is expanding quickly and widely? We will try to give an answer to these questions in the paper: starting from an essential and short presentation of Turkish Airlines historical evolution, making a synthetic overview of its main strategies and analyzing the past and the future challenges in developing countries such as India. Turkish Airline historical steps towards internationalization. The “State Airlines Administration” has been established on the 20th of May 1933, under the supervision of the Ministry of National Defense in Turkey, with a fleet consisting of five planes. In 1936 the number of planes was increased to eight and the allocated budget was raised to 1 million TL. As time progressed, technological development made possible a concrete improvement in...
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...THE GLENCOE LITERATURE LIBRARY Study Guide for The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin i Meet Benjamin Franklin Benjamin thought that his older brother James was too hard on him, and they often fought. When his apprenticeship ended, Franklin went to Philadelphia. This city, far more than his birthplace of Boston, became Franklin’s home. In Philadelphia he established his own business and raised his family. After Franklin retired from business in 1748, he embarked on a new career as a civil servant. He served in the Pennsylvania Assembly and became deputy postmaster-general. Sent to England as a representative of the Assembly, he spent five years there. During that time, he made the acquaintance of statesmen and scientists alike. Years later, he returned to England and found himself caught up in the growing tension between the thirteen colonies and the British government. Franklin’s loyalties were divided. He felt affinities to the colonies and to King George II of England. When he could tolerate the British government’s policies toward the American colonies no longer, he sailed back to the colonies. By the time his ship arrived, the first battles of the American Revolution had already been fought. Franklin was chosen to serve on the Second Continental Congress, which, acting as the government for the colonies, declared independence from Britain and appointed George Washington as commander in chief of the American army. Franklin was one of five...
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...THE GLENCOE LITERATURE LIBRARY Study Guide for The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin i Meet Benjamin Franklin Benjamin thought that his older brother James was too hard on him, and they often fought. When his apprenticeship ended, Franklin went to Philadelphia. This city, far more than his birthplace of Boston, became Franklin’s home. In Philadelphia he established his own business and raised his family. After Franklin retired from business in 1748, he embarked on a new career as a civil servant. He served in the Pennsylvania Assembly and became deputy postmaster-general. Sent to England as a representative of the Assembly, he spent five years there. During that time, he made the acquaintance of statesmen and scientists alike. Years later, he returned to England and found himself caught up in the growing tension between the thirteen colonies and the British government. Franklin’s loyalties were divided. He felt affinities to the colonies and to King George II of England. When he could tolerate the British government’s policies toward the American colonies no longer, he sailed back to the colonies. By the time his ship arrived, the first battles of the American Revolution had already been fought. Franklin was chosen to serve on the Second Continental Congress, which, acting as the government for the colonies, declared independence from Britain and appointed George Washington as commander in chief of the American army. Franklin was one of five...
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...i Study Guide for The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin T H E G L E N C O E L I T E R A T U R E L I B R A R Y The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Study Guide 9 Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Benjamin thought that his older brother James was too hard on him, and they often fought. When his apprenticeship ended, Franklin went to Philadelphia. This city, far more than his birthplace of Boston, became Franklin’s home. In Philadelphia he established his own business and raised his family. After Franklin retired from business in 1748, he embarked on a new career as a civil servant. He served in the Pennsylvania Assembly and became deputy postmaster-general. Sent to England as a representative of the Assembly, he spent five years there. During that time, he made the acquaintance of statesmen and scientists alike. Years later, he returned to England and found himself caught up in the growing tension between the thirteen colonies and the British government. Franklin’s loyalties were divided. He felt affinities to the colonies and to King George II of England. When he could tolerate the British government’s policies toward the American colonies no longer, he sailed back to the colonies. By the time his ship arrived, the first battles of the American Revolution had already been fought. Franklin was chosen to serve on the Second Continental Congress, which, acting as the government for the colonies, declared independence...
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...authoritarian who ruled with an iron fist and held a strong religious code of ethics; so much so that he was given the nickname of the “the Bible thrower” (Boeree, 1997). Her mother Clotilde, (also known as Sonni) on the other hand, was the complete opposite of her father and was 19 years his junior. Her childhood was one of contradicting perceptions. Horney portrayed her father as a harsh man who favored her brother Berndt more than he did Karen. This representation of her father, however, is negated by the fact that her father would continuously bring her back small trinkets from his excursions around the world (Boeree, 1997). Not only that, but he also allowed her to accompany him on several of his voyages, which considering the time in which they lived in, when women were still inferior to men, was quite odd. Whether this perception of her father is correct or incorrect, ultimately Karen’s viewpoint would end up having the bigger impact, leading her to the very deep-seated relationship she held with her mother; a closeness that resulted in her nickname as her mother’s “little lamb” (Boeree, 1997). Horney spent her childhood reading the multiple volumes of the German author karl May’s Wild West novels that told the story of her hero, Winnetou, a Native American Indian (Horney-Patterson, 2006). This tidbit of information was not uncovered until after her death, but it is nonetheless spoken of fondly in the memoirs...
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...N I N E In Cold Blood: The Tale of the Icefish In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. -Aristotle It was a long way just to go fishing. The us-foot converted wooden sealing boat Norveg/a put to sea out of Sandcford Harbor, Norway on September 14,1927. Its primary destination was perhaps the most remote piece of land on the planet. Tiny Bouvet Island, a speck in the vast Southern Ocean, lay more than six thousand miles from Norway, sixteen hundred miles from the tip of Africa, and more than three thousand miles from South America. In the mid-1920S, commercial invention whaling was booming. The Norwegian of factory ships allowed greater numbers of animals to be taken without relying on shore facilities. Finding new stocks of whales was a priorHCllRE 9.1 The Non'egia a/ Bouvet Island. Photo (rom F;1I1gstOg Forskning r Sydish,lVct by Bjame Aagaard, Volume "N)le Tider." Published bv Cyldelldai Norsk Foriag, Oslo. 1930. ity for the entrepreneurs 2, who went to sea, and establishing tory and w.llers was a priorit) for the countries government claims to terri- involved. The Norwegian wanted to stake a claim to this icc-covered volcanic rock with 167 168 PART IV EVOLUTION IN ACT CHAPTER ON FIGURE 9.2 DitlefRlIstad 011 the Norvegia foredeck. Photo from Fangst Og Forskning I Sydishavet h)' 13,Clme i\C1gclClrd,volume "Nye Tider." Published by Cyldendal Norsk Forlag, Oslo, 1930. 9 ...
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...Underwriting in Health Insurance Module 5- Submission 10/22/2014 Health Insurance Management Group 3 Underwriting in Health Insurance Table of Contents Brief History of underwriting .................................................................................................................... 2 Definition of underwriting ......................................................................................................................... 2 What does underwriting entails? ............................................................................................................... 2 Underwriting in health insurance .............................................................................................................. 2 Underwriter and its qualities ..................................................................................................................... 3 The sources of information ....................................................................................................................... 3 Underwriting Process ................................................................................................................................. 4 The challenges faced in underwriting ....................................................................................................... 5 Importance of Underwriting ...................................................................................................................... 6 Examples...
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...stars seem "fixed" and that the sun moves relative to the stars. They also noticed five bight objects in the sky (Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn) that seemed to move in a similar manner. They called Mars Har Decher - the Red One. Greeks called the planet Ares after their god of war, while the Romans called it Mars. Its sign is thought to be the shield and sword of Mars” (NASA, 2015). Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and referred to as the god of War. The planet probably got this name due to its red color; Mars is sometimes referred to as the Red Planet. Mars has been known since prehistoric times, and of course, it has been extensively studied with ground-based observatories. But even very large telescopes find Mars a difficult target, it's just too small. It is still a favorite of science fiction writers as the most favorable place in the Solar System (other than Earth!) for human habitation. “The first person to watch Mars with a telescope was Galileo Galilei, and in the century after him, astronomers discovered its polar ice caps. In the 19th and 20th centuries, researchers...
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...Timetable CURRICULUM VITAE Rationale The debate over "high-tech" or "high-touch" is largely a thing of the past in the hotel industry as emerging state of the art technologies drive unprecedented change in the way hotels operate and serve customers. It is clear that investments in technologies can generate greatly improved operating efficiencies, higher hotel revenues and enhanced guest services. The pace of change, however, has been so extreme as to leave many hotel organizations uncertain about what types of technology to adopt and the best ways to create a seamless integration of systems company-wide. In the current climate of reduced revenues and cutbacks in expenditures, introducing new products to the hospitality market is more difficult than ever. Companies in the hospitality industry around the world face a highly competitive environment in which differentiation and innovative customer experiences are key elements in improving revenue by building brand awareness and loyalty among customers. Customers today are more demanding than ever, and expect the best from leading hotel companies. Hotels are under such pressure to keep up with expectations of guests that they are implementing new technologies to regain their edge. Leading hospitality properties worldwide and even the small hotels are using technology products...
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...PRIVATIZATION OF WAR SIKANDER ZAFAR SZABIST Abstract: It is believed that the fate of United States of America had been on the hands of mercenaries now what we call the modern-day private military companies. Since the start till the American Revolution in 1776, the American lands had been owned and controlled by mercenaries and private contractors. Christopher Columbus, the man who got backing from Spain's Queen Isabella and king Ferdinand to launch the voyage and discover the new world relater effectively became a private military contractor or a PMC. This shows that the history of contracting private military -previously by the royal offices and now by the democratically elected governments- have been practiced; Historians claims that mercenaries existed in ancient Egypt to safeguard the Egyptian sovereignty by the rebels of that time. Indeed, mercenaries have transformed into private military contractors after the downfall of Soviet Union in 1991 and the characteristics of a PMC and ancient mercenaries are rather similar. However, under The Hague Convention no. 5 mercenaries are illegal organizations but the role and responsibility of private military organizations is unknown in the international law which gives them free reins to operate in a way which fulfills their greed to make abnormal profits. The operations of private military companies is controversial, their contracts with the governments and other non-state actors is discreet in nature which confines the mass...
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...COPYRIGHT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. This publication may not be lent, resold, hired or otherwise disposed of by any way of trade without the prior written consent of the copyright owner. ABOUT MUA MUA is a premier University in management, governance and leadership sponsored by The Kenya Institute of Management (KIM). The University was established on 2nd September 2011. Since then the University has established itself as a leader and local hub for Management, Leadership and Governance training in the Higher Education sector. The University offers market driven courses to spur economic growth and produce dynamic Managers and Leaders for Africa and the World. This module has been developed for use in the Management University of Africa ODEL Programme by Isabella Sile. She is a lecturer at the Management University of Africa, School of Management and Leadership. Ms. Sile is currently pursuing her PhD in Business Administration –Finance at The University of Nairobi. MODULE OVERVIEW. This module is developed for student taking the course unit “Risk and Insurance Management” in the Bachelor of Management and Leadership Programme. The module follows the outline given below. (Note: Assignments are issued...
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