...The Grand Tour In the past, "Grand Tour" was the name of the journey that mostly northern European nobles and rich bourgeois took to southern Europe to discover its ancient beauty and its incomparable richness of arts and culture. This type of travel began in the seventeenth century for the sake of education and experience, but the great age of the Grand Tour was the eighteenth century. At this time the travel experience was practically viewed as a requirement for wealthy Europeans as a transition from their school life to their “adulthood in which the young man might be expected to set an example of responsibility.” Italy and France were the most frequented places by these tourists due to their cultural richness, with particular interest in Paris. As the custom of travel developed, nature also became an important factor of the Grand Tour, as the Alps became an attractive destination for the travelers. The tour was more than a “passing fashion” because of its role as fundamental cultural training for cultivated Europeans. The majority of those who had traveled to Italy in previous centuries had generally gone for work related or religious reasons. However, this travel was compatible with leisure, because “it fulfilled important cultural functions as travelers bought works of art or helped spread new tastes and cultural interests”. Although the religious and political tensions caused by Protestant Reformation affected the ability to travel, by the seventeenth century, traveling...
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...A grand tourer (Italian: gran turismo) (GT) is a performance or luxury automobile capable of high speed or spirited long-distance driving. The most common format is a two-door coupé with either a two-seat or a 2+2 arrangement. The term derives from the Italian phrase gran turismo, a tribute to the tradition of the grand tour, used to represent automobiles regarded as grand tourers, able to make long-distance, high-speed journeys in both comfort and style. The Grand Tourer, Grand Turismo, Grand Routiere, or GT terms are the most misused and abused terms in motoring.[1] According to author Sam Dawson, "the ideal is of a car with the ability to cross a continent at speed and in comfort yet provide driving thrills when demanded" and it should exhibit the following:[1] "Ideally, the GT car should have been devised by its progenitors as a Grand Tourer, with all associated considerations in mind." "It should be able to transport at least two in comfort with their luggage and have room to spare - probably in the form of a two plus two (2+2) seating arrangement." The engines "should be able to cope with cruising comfortably at the upper limits on all continental roads without drawbacks or loss of useable power." The design, both "inside and out, should be geared toward complete control by the driver." Its "chassis and suspension provide suitable handling and roadholding on all routes" during travels. Grand tourers emphasize comfort and handling over straight-out high performance...
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...There are so many places to go and things to do in ones life. People might go there to see family, vacation, or because of work. Some people make big lists of places that they want to go see and things to do before their life is up. I had a list when I was younger, but I do not anymore, because when my family traveled when I was younger we went everywhere I wanted to go. They were the Grand Canyon, New York City, Charlestown, South Carolina, and Maine. The first place to tell you about is the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided gorge carved by the Colorado River. The canyon is 277 miles long. It is so amazing by how beautiful it was made by the Colorado River and erosion. To me if you look at the layers of rock it looks like a map of time. My family and I traveled halfway down to the bottom. In the bottom there is a small town named Supai. Native Americans made small settlements within the canyon and its many caves. The second place I want to talk about is New York City. When I was nine my mom got a travel assignment to New York City. When we were there we did many things; always did something. There was two places that I really enjoyed seeing. They were the Empire State Building and Broadway. We never went and saw a play, but we didn’t mind. I loved to see Broadway at night it was so beautiful by how it would light up. When I was a little girl I always dreamed that me and my brothers would go to Broadway and be in a play or one of us wrote a play. The Empire...
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...Grand Canyon is a place that’s incredible and well known showplace of geology due to all the artificial display of layered rocks. The Grand Canyon is approximately 5 to 6 million years old. The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446km) long, 10 to 18 miles wide and the South rim is 6,000 feet deep and the North is 8,000 feet deep as well and being higher in elevation. The channels were cut through layer after layer of a rock while the Colorado Plateau was being uplifted caused by the process of the crustal thickening. No matter how many geologist study the Grand Canyon no one can ever figure out how it was formed but everyone has their guesses. The guesses by geologist were stated that the possibility of it being formed was based on the environment causing deposition and the Earth’s movements causing it to have a continental drift and being able to see the process of erosion and volcanism....
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...Characteristics Contributing on Canyon Evolution Kelly Neubauer FTS: Evolution October 14, 2014 The Grand Canyon is one of the largest canyons on Earth, spanning 277 miles and measuring up to 18 miles wide (National Park Service, 2014). This natural wonder is viewed by millions of tourists every year who come to see the remarkable views (National Park Service, 2014). While its beauty is impressive, so is the story behind the formation and evolution of the canyon. Every canyon in the world has a unique formation based on the geological and environmental changes that occur in the area. While the Grand Canyon grew wider, the Colca Canyon of Peru grew deeper, to a depth twice that of the Grand Canyon (The Summit Post, 2007). By looking...
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...Nature is a beautiful thing and everyone sometime in their life should experience it in person rather than through a phone screen because it can open your eyes to new and wonderful things. In a brief place profile “The Grand Canyon: A Whole New World” by Walter Kirn he states “ It no longer disoriented and terrified but, in accordance with Colter’s ideas, it elevated the mind, enlarged the heart,” (Kirn 40). His trip to the Grand Canyon and his time away from the city and technology, made him finally realize the beauty and importance of nature. People need to have a real connection with nature to fully experience the significance that it is to their life. They need to stop worrying about how it benefits them and just go out into nature and enjoy...
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...of dealing with adverse climate impacts are typically borne by society as a whole. These costs to society will not be uniformly distributed but felt most among small businesses and Grand Traverse Bay. Here they will most likely to be affected by climate change such as, water, energy, transportation and public health systems. The costs of inaction are frequently neglected and typically not done. These costs include such expenses as rebuilding or preparing infrastructure to meet new realities and the ripple effect of these economic impacts on the state’s households, the agricultural, manufacturing, and commercial and public service sectors as well as tourism in Grand Traverse Bay (Douglas, 2001). Climate change will affect the water, energy, transportation, and public health systems, as well as state economies as well as climate change impact and a wide range of important economic sectors from agriculture to manufacturing to tourism. It is all about location in any business. Especially in the tourism business, but what would happen if we did not for see the future. Looking at Traverse Bay it isn’t a positive future for tourism in the Michigan area in the next 10 to 20 years. Looking at Grand Traverse Bay, I will be able to provide a report that will show the problems we face in Grand Traverse Bay’s future as well as in Michigan so I will look at the conclusions from the economic impacts of climate change at the state, local and sector level. The following have found...
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...| GRAND CENTAL OFFICE MARKET | | | Lisa Downing | 5/5/2009 | | Table of Contents Subject Headings Page Nos. Grand Central Office Market 1 Grand Central Scene 1 Who/What Dominates the District 2 Grand Central Office Climate 4 District Vis a Vis Office Setting 4 Historical Analysis of Market Statistics 6 Comparative Analysis: Grand Central, Midtown & Manhattan 7 History of Land Use and Development Trends 8 Grand Central Terminal Today 11 External Market Forces 12 Government Intervention 14 Employment 15 Subject Properties 18 Lincoln Building 18 JP Morgan Chase 20 Competitive Position 21 Summary & Trends 25 Projections 26 I. Grand Central Office Market Analysis The New York City Office Market is comprised of three submarkets, Downtown, Midtown and Midtown South. The Midtown submarket in the largest Central Business District in the United States; it is the submarket that the Grand Central office market is located and upon which this analysis is based. Other neighborhoods within the Midtown submarket include: Columbus Circle, Penn Plaza/Garment District, Plaza District and Times Square (Kindly refer to Appendix Nos.1 & 2). The Grand Central office market straddles in both Community Board #5...
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...as September 17th, 2013. On that day, hordes of eager Grand Theft Auto fans lined up outside of Gamestops everywhere, anxious to get their hands on Rockstar Games's highly anticipated latest addition to the saga: Grand Theft Auto V. Those fans were not disappointed. It is widely hailed as one of the best games ever released for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, and is probably responsible for more than one late research paper. This is due to its nearly flawless mechanics, gripping storylines, gorgeous graphics, and enormous open world. Until a couple weeks ago, I'd never played any game in the Grand Theft Auto series. This is largely because Grand Theft Auto IV was released when I was thirteen years old, and my parents thought that was just a bit too young to be exposed to car-jackings and rampant hooker-killing. However, for the sake of research and comparison, two weeks ago I played my Steam copy of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which comes right before GTA IV. Now, I don't know what GTA IV's mechanics and physics are like, but San Andreas's are very buggy and wooden-looking. Murdered gangsters flop around like rag dolls and do that weird restless-leg-syndrome-type wiggling that really just shouldn't be continued postmortem. Your car or bike might spontaneously disappear, leaving you to either trudge to your destination on foot or drag some poor schmuck out of his own vehicle. These anomalies are exceedingly rare in Grand Theft Auto V. Dead people stay dead, and your car either...
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...Grand Canyon, immense canyon cut by the Colorado River in the high plateau region of northwestern Arizona, U.S., noted for its fantastic shapes and coloration. The Grand Canyon lies in the southwestern portion of the Colorado Plateau, which occupies a large area of the southwestern United States and consists essentially of horizontal layered rocks and lava flows. The broad, intricately sculptured chasm of the canyon contains between its outer walls a multitude of imposing peaks, buttes, gorges, and ravines. It ranges in width from about 175 yards (160 metres) to 18 miles (29 km) and extends in a winding course from the mouth of the Paria River, near Lees Ferry and the northern boundary of Arizona with Utah, to Grand Wash Cliffs, near the Nevada state line, a distance of about 277 miles (446 km); the first portion of the canyon—from Lees Ferry to the confluence with the Little Colorado River—is called Marble Canyon. The Grand Canyon also includes many tributary side canyons and surrounding plateaus. The greatest depths of the Grand Canyon lie more than a mile (some 6,000 feet [1,800 metres]) below its rim. The deepest and most spectacularly beautiful section, 56 miles (90 km) long, is within the central part of Grand Canyon National Park, which encompasses the river’s length from Lake Powell (formed by Glen Canyon Dam in 1963) to Lake Mead (formed by Hoover Dam in 1936). The North Rim, at approximately 8,200 feet (2,500 metres) above sea level, is some 1,200 feet (365 metres)...
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...Routinely pushing play on the answering machine, as I do every time I get home, I was about to hear the words that would forever change my life. The sorrow and agony in her voice gave away the horrifying news I had been regretfully waiting. My heart sank as I sat and reflected on what had happened. Since I was a little kid, my grandpa, Howard Scheuster, has always been a role model in my life. He was an intelligent man, loyal Christian, prominent family leader, and hard worker, thus I had many reasons for looking up to him my whole life. My grandpa was a victim of the affects of Lymphoma cancer for thirteen years. Ever since I remember knowing my grandpa, he has had cancer, but I would have never known it. When looking back at my grandpa, I remember an avid fisherman, fanatic cigar collector, Chicago White Sox follower, and jazz lover; but possibly the aspect of him I remember most was his many simple, yet captivating stories about his past. My favorite of these stories had to be the descriptive flashbacks of how he had met my grandma and all the romantic, exciting jazz clubs they had spent there weekend nights at. During the last summer of my grandpa's life, I was fortunate enough to spend more time with him than ever before. Unaware of what the future would bring, I guess I just hoped and thought that my grandpa would be fine and healthy forever. Unfortunately, my grandpa began to slip, and various treatments, such as chemotherapy, tragically failed...
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...100,000 項結果 (搜尋時間：0.26 秒) 搜尋結果 Grand Jean Company - Scribd www.scribd.com/doc/36551057/Grand-Jean-Company 翻譯這個網頁 2010年8月28日 - 2 Case Study Grand Jean Company SUBMITTED TO : Ms. SHONALI GUPTA SUBMITTED BY : RAJAT SINGLA MBA 3RD SEM UNIVERSITY ... Grand Jean Company Free Essays 1 - 30 - PaperCamp.com www.papercamp.com/group/grand-jean-company/page-0 翻譯這個網頁 Free Essays on Grand Jean Company for students. Use our papers to help you with yours 1 - 30. Copy of Grand Jean Company by dwi ida on Prezi prezi.com/cekak87w4isc/copy-of-grand-jean-company/ 翻譯這個網頁 2013年11月23日 - GRAND JEAN COMPANY Araz Khodabakhshian Amin Zarbakhsh Homayoun Fotros Mahas sarafrazi. Sharif University of Technology Grand Jean Company Case - Term Papers - Porter www.termpaperwarehouse.com/.../Grand-Jean-Company... 翻譯這個網頁 2012年11月30日 - Read this essay on Grand Jean Company Case . Come browse our large digital warehouse of free sample essays. Get the knowledge you ... Case Study, Grand Jean Company - StudyMode.com www.studymode.com › ... › Marketing & Advertising 翻譯這個網頁 The goals of the company as a whole means the broad, usually non-quantitative, long run plans relating to organization. As we know, Grand Jean Company has ... Grand Jean Company Solution Free Essays 1 - 20 www.studymode.com/.../grand-jean-company-solution-pa... 翻譯這個網頁 Free Essays on Grand Jean Company Solution for students. Use our papers to help you with yours 1 - 20. Case Study - Grand Jean - Term Papers - Lampada www.studymode...
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...Grandparenting Grand parenting over the years has changed due to the life expectancy of adults. They are living longer and now you are more likely to have a living grandmother than a grandfather but both are still living longer. Another change is the amount of grandchildren you are likely to have. In the 1900s you averaged 12.1 grandchildren versus the 6 or fewer grand children you would have in the 1990s Also it is more likely in black and Hispanic households to be raising your children while also being a grandparent. Grandparents whose children moved to another country are no able to see their grandchildren but if you live in the same country you are more likely to see and interact with your grandparents. Another factor of grand parenting is at what age you become one the younger you are the more active you are in the lives of your grandchildren. My grandfathers are both deceased and I have no distinct memories of either in my life as a child but I do remember when my mother’s father was starting to have alzheimer and the day of his funeral. My grandmothers are 20 years apart in age and I saw my younger grandma more as a child and as an adult than my other grandma. I love them both the same but I have more memories with one over the other. The Strengths of Apache Grandmothers In the American way of life grandparents are important but if they do not want to take a very active role in the lives of their grandchildren they don’t have to. In the American Indian way of...
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...The Grand Design ALSO BY STEPHEN HAWKING A Brief History of Time A Briefer History of Time Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays The Illustrated A Brief History of Time The Universe in a Nutshell FOR CHILDREN George’s Secret Key to the Universe (with Lucy Hawking) George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt (with Lucy Hawking) ALSO BY LEONARD MLODINOW A Briefer History of Time The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives Euclid’s Window: The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace Feynman’s Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life FOR CHILDREN The Last Dinosaur (with Matt Costello) Titanic Cat (with Matt Costello) The Grand Design The Grand Design The Grand Design The Grand Design Copyright © 2010 by Stephen W. Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow Original art copyright © 2010 by Peter Bollinger All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Bantam Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. Cartoons by Sidney Harris, copyright © Sciencecartoonsplus.com BANTAM BOOKS and the rooster colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. eISBN: 978-0-553-90707-0 www.bantamdell.com v3.0 The Grand Design The Grand Design The Grand Design The Grand Design E EACH EXIST FOR BUT A SHORT TIME, and in that time explore but a small part of the whole universe. But humans are a curious species. We wonder, we seek answers. Living in this vast world that...
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...The pound-based WACC for Grand Met is 12.81%, while its dollar-based WACC is 11.01% 1.748 (1.027/1.043) = 1.721185 Spot rate, expected exchange rate. This shows that the dollar is appreciating in relation to the pound. This is expected as inflation is expected to be higher in the UK. This also explains the differences in the WACC between the two countries. In order to preclude arbitrage opportunities and account for difference in inflation rates, pound-based WACC has to be higher than the dollar-based WACC. 3. As is mentioned in the case, in the footnotes on page 6, the betas for the US and UK markets are mirrored in the betas for Grand Met in the two countries. The market volatility in the US is 4% lower than the market volatility in the UK. The difference in standard deviation of returns is factored into the country’s betas, which in turn is factored into the Grand Met beta calculations. In addition to that, we are told that there is perfect correlation between the two markets, which means they move together. The difference in the betas, then, reflects the way investors approach risks: it seems that the UK investors are more risk averse than the US investors. Additionally, we think that the differences in risk free rates in the two countries contribute to the different betas and different perceptions of risk between the US and UK investors. While the risk free rate in the US is 7.83%, the risk free rate in the UK is 9.6%. Because investors receive a higher...
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