...event that made Ethelbert the supreme ruler in both parts of the realm, a kingdom that would be passed down to his younger brothers after his death. In 868, Alfred’s marriage to Ealhswith, a Mercian noble, streghtned the alliance between the two kingdoms, but the time yet to come was troubled. The Vikings’ invasions culminated with the conquest of East Anglia in 869-70, when they killed the King Edmund and lead to an invasion in 870 of Wessex. In the begginning of the year of 871 king Ethelred and Alfred fought many battles against the Vikings in order to defend their land, but they were not being very successful and things got even more problematic to Alfred when his brother died, in the Easter of that same year, making him the new king. 3) Alfred’s reign is divided into: (i) The fight for survival (871-8), (ii) The years of reconstruction and reform (878-92) and (iii) A kingdom defended (892-9). The fight for survival: This period of his rise to the throne was marked by conflicts with the Vikings and this issue marked the begginning of his rule. On his first year as king he ‘made peace’ with them, this term is used to mean that he paid the Vikings to leave. However, in 874-5 they settled in Cambridge and had a second invasion at the end os 875; after settling down at Wareham in 876, Alfred decided to ‘make peace’ with them again in the hopes they would fleed once both parts would get to a final agreement. The invaders, in the other hand, just moved to the west and in 876-7, Alfred...
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...Im On Da Receivin End Ov It. B4 iHad Da Wall Up.....Now Im Gettn Da Wall In Return.....So Wat Do iDo....Stick Around Thru It No Matta Wat Imma Hold Him Dwn....iJus Wanna B Mrs. Lubin... iKno He Loves Me && He Says Hes In Love Me So iHope Wateva It Is We R Goin Thru We Can Make It Thru....We Made It Thru Alot Already....Cheatin, Hatin, Rumors, Gossipin, Mixxin Business && Pleasure......&& Thru It All It Mite Have Made Us 2Nd Guess If We Shud B 2Gether Bt Its Obvious Dat We Shud Bcus If U Love Sumthin Let It Go && If It Cums Baq Den Dats How U Kno Its Here 2 Stay.....Us Gettn Baq 2Gether Last Week Made Me So Happy && Showed Great Progress Bcus He Cud Have Easily Been Like No iDnt Wanna B Wit U Cus Im Not Gonna Trust U Bt He Didnt && Hes Begginning 2 Let His Wall Dwn.....iJus Hope He Lets It Dwn A Lil Faster So iCan Show...
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...Talyah Gonsalves Senior Enlgish August 25th 2015 I am the Messsenger: Essay Question In the book I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak tha main character is Ed Kennedy who is known to be "chosen". Ed Kennedy is a ninteen year old lonely guy who spends most of his time playing card games with his friends( ritchie, Audrey and Marv) or hanging with his dog. His dog is also knows as the Doorman. In the begginning of the story a man is holding up a bank where Ed and his friends just happened to be at the time. When the un easy gunman finally completes his mission he runs and leaves the bank and attempts to take Marv's old car, who he threatened to get the keys from. In the novel it quotes "the gunamn bursts through the doors of the bank and is on his way to the road". As he's running to the car he ends up dropping the gun and finds no time to go pick it up. He then tries to start up the car which also fails. Ed decides to pick up the gun that the criminal dropped and point it at the gunman and threaten him. He does this until the cops arrive. After this incident Ed becomes well known. There were a few articles about the bank robbery in the newspapers. After this incident Ed starts to recieve unusual mail.. He gets playing cards, always an Ace with either names, addresses, or poems to find his answers on what he needs to do.The first time he recieved a playing card it was the Ace of Diamonds with addresses and times on them. One of the addresses was "45 Edgar Street, midnight"...
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...Caledonia Products Integrative Problem As a newly assigned assistant financial analyst at Caledonia Products, Team B has been charged with calculating the cash flows associated with the production of a new fad product which is expected to last for a five year period, provide a recommendation and respond to a number of questions on the capital-budgeting process. They must also factor in whether it should lease versus buying the equipment. Cash Flows versus Accounting Profits Caledonia should focus on free cash flows opposed to the accounting profits earned by the project when analyzing whether to undertake the project because focusing on free cash flow will allow Caledonia to see what all funds they will have available after the project is complete. The company will have to sit down and see what all finances they will need and what all has to be done and see what funds they will have and where they will go and make the final decisions from there. Also by looking at the free cash flows it will allow the company to see if they will have any funds to place on other unrelated projects as well going to pay for other company expenses. The major thing is to really focus on one project at a time and go from there they do not want to have too much put on them at one time and focusing on free cash flows is a way to make that happen for the company. Many different projects require a certain amount of money and to make sure that you have the proper funds to take on all of the project...
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...‘A Hanging.’ By George Orwell ‘A Hanging’ is a non fiction essay written by George Orwell in 1931 in which he recounts a personal experience in Burma as police officer where he observes a ‘criminal’ being hanged. The essay presents the reader with the subject of capital punishment in a structure to challenge the reader’s views and stipulate a response from the readers as it is a subject that creates a great controversy. Orwell chooses not to use facts such as statistics and figures that simply asks and creates a black and white answer; instead he arouses the readers emotions through imagery, setting and narrative structure as he explores the themes and the message. The essay starts with a pessimistic description of the setting instantly creating a depressing mood as the rain is ‘sodden’ which creates a negative depiction. Orwell’s use of pathetic fallacy is evident as the rain symbolises sadness and tragedy. The reader is made aware of the prisoner’s unhealthy living conditions through Orwell’s wordchoice: “a sickly light, like yellow tinfoil.” The simile suggests that the light appears unnatural. The word ‘sickly’ implies the sense of illness and wrongness as ‘yellow tinfoil’ further the feeling of death, decay and unnaturalness of the prisoners being left to rot. The feelings of unnaturalness is continued throughout the essay as his point is that killing a life, whilst in full flow is unnatural and appears to strengthen Orwell’s feeling of being against capital punishment...
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...troduction For the purpose of this presentation, I have chosen to use Apple Inc and Tesco PLC as case studies. During this presentation, I will explain what marketing is as well as how it can affect Apple and Tesco so that I can work towards the P1 of Unit 3 in Business Studies which is called 'Marketing'. Pricing Strategies Firms think very carefully about the price to charge for their products. There are a number of factors to take into account when reaching a pricing decision: Customers - Competitors - Costs. There are times when businesses are willing to set the price of a product below unit cost. They use this loss leader strategy to gain sales and market share. An example of the 'loss leader' strategy is the 'Bugatti Veyron' supercar. The car is made by the VW group and uses 1000 BHP to reach speeds of up to 253 mph. The car sells for around £1 million. The technology used in the car is so advanced that the VW group spend approxiamately £7.5 million on building just one car netting them an estimated loss of £6.25 million on each car they sell. Pricing New Products A business can choose between two pricing tactics when launching a new product: - Penetration pricing means setting a relatively low price to boost sales. It is often used when a new product is launched, or if the firm’s main objective is growth. - Price skimming means setting a relatively high price to boost profits. It is often used by well-known businesses launching new...
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...‘States are the most important actors in the processes of global governance’. Discuss and use three examples to illustrate your argument. In 1944, Keynes threw the first idea about the necessity of a global government in the Bretton Wood conference. But the main historical fact which triggered the development of this notion was the breakdown of Soviet Union in 1991 which marked the end of a bipolar world. Since then, we have seen numerous international organisations multiplying, with the emergence of the notion of globalization, an emerging concern of environmental issues and the management of conflict by specialized international institutions, engaging the process of global governance which is now one of the main issue for the future. This term of « Global governance refers to the complex of formal and informal institutions, mechanisms, relationships, and processes between and among states, markets, citizen and organizations, both inter and non governmental through which collective interest on the global plane are articulated. In conventions, most of the states involved in global governance have seen themselves attributed various kinds of responsibilities and powers through the creation of diverses supranational organisations such as UN, EU or financial instutions like IMF or the World Bank. Nonetheless, global governance implies a participation based on consensus and volunteering the sacrifice is important, the countries involved have to give up some of their supremacy...
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