...patterned molds in combination with glassblowing, painting on glass, and using layers of glass to create designs or motifs. (History of Glass, 2016) Despite the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, the art of glassblowing continued to be popular in Europe until the Renaissance, when it exploded due to the efforts of Italian artists to revitalize the glass industry. Because of the relative scarcity of glass due to limited areas where the raw materials could be harvested, Italian merchants and artists alike quickly realized the value of glass, and Venetian artists attempted to keep their methods secret, resulting in a monopoly. This was not a new phenomenon, as throughout history, the techniques of glassblowing were spread only from artist to apprentice for centuries. For Venetian glass workers, merely leaving the island where the glass houses were located was a crime – punishable by death. (History of Glass, 2016) In spite of their secrecy and harsh rules, after extensive efforts by merchants and other competitors, including bribing or kidnapping glass workers, glassblowing technology finally spread north to Germany, France, Bohemia, and eventually across the ocean in the early sixteen-hundreds...
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...Techniques Used To Decorate Cakes Red Velvet. Devil’s Food. Classic White. Angel Food Cake. Pound Cake. These are just a few of the multitude of cakes there are in the world. Not including the ones still to be made and discovered by future bakes of the world. Baking is traditional as well as a hobby to many. Unlike cooking, baking is specific. You have to follow recipes to the exact measurements. If not, a disaster is likely to happen and your cake will not be what you expect. Baking is sweet. Baking is history. Baking is today. Did you know that when red velvet cake was first made in the 1930’s it was called Red Devil? It was called this because chocolate cake is referred to as Devil’s Food and red velvet is in actuality a red chocolate cake. (Olver, 2014) Did you also know that baking records show that already in the years 2600-2100 B.C. bread was baked by Egyptians, who it is believed had learned the skill from the Babylonians. A relief signifying the royal bakery of Ramses features bread and cakes, some of these were shaped in the form of animals and used for sacrifices. Other early records, this time by the Greek scholar (Aristophanes 450-385 B.C), show the existence of honey flans and patterned tortes. According to Aristophanes, the ancient Greeks also had a type of doughnut made from crude flour and honey called “Dispyrus” a ring-cake that was submerged in wine and consumed hot. (Pfister, 2014) Now it is acknowledged, the Romans were a hearty, festivity loving lot...
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...On my way I ran into a farmer and some of his neighbors having a house raising party. I decided to stop and help. We talked, shared food, and sang songs. Since everyone was helping the house was built quickly. It was not fancy. It only had one room for eating, living and sleeping. It had a dirt floor and no glass windows. In the morning the farmer thanked me, and I was on my way. After a few hours I came appon the merchants, I stopped and did my trading and sold my crop. I got a good price for my wheat, and I bought myself some more supplies for the rest of the trip. I loaded up my supplies and stayed in town for the night, to let my horses and myself rest. The next morning I did my usual routine of getting myself and the horses ready and fed. I headed East through the farm land. On my way one of my wagon wheels started to come apart. I was looking inside my tool box and another wagon pulled up beside me and the man inside asked if I needed help. I took the kind stranger’s help and we both worked on the wheel to get it fixed. After we fixed the wheel we sat, ate and talked. I found out that he was also going to the signing of the Declaration of Independence...
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...Welcome to Eventual Millionaire, I am Jamie Tardy and I am so excited to have Cole Hatter on the show. He is a serial entrepreneur, investor, runs Thrive, which is an amazing conference and you can check out his shirt, it looks awesome. Thanks so much for coming on the show today. Cole: Thanks for having me Jamie; I am looking forward to this. Jaime: I ridiculously appreciate this because we have tried to book you for 8 months now. I then had a whole bunch of Skype issues and you were like; I'm cool. So, apparently Skype is not a big deal in your world of craziness already. So, tell us what you do, how you got into serial entrepreneurship and if you could go through and name names on some of the companies that you actually started...
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...unsolvable problems, whether it was getting a bunch of people together to work with government or, you know, refurbish a local school, really accomplish anything that a group was looking to do. Eventually, it kind of morphed into people were looking for deals. They were kind of all trying to get around how do we — how do we take this group and put it into this commerce channel, and so we kind of took the idea up [inaudible], and we made it into Groupon. [Inaudible] 2008, 400 subscribers all the way up to more than 60 million worldwide. We’re in more than 40 countries, and we’ve saved consumers more than $2 billion [inaudible]. Groupon is an easy way to get huge discounts while discovering fun activities in your city. Each day we feature a cool new experience at an unbeatable price in dozens of cities across the country. From restaurants, theaters, spas, stores and special events, we work with the best local businesses to offer one deal each day at an incredibly low price. Using Groupon is easy. Check in every day to see the new deal, or subscribe to our daily alerts and the deal will be emailed to McGraw-Hill Education—Kerin; Marketing,...
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...Fine Wine Market Outlook 2012 Contents Introduction Methodology The Fine Wine Market in 2012: Challenges and opportunities Survey findings 5 6 7 10 PROFESSIONALS’ WINE NETWORKING Connecting professionals with a shared interest in wine In your city, and around the world With colleagues in the sectors that matter to you Few things form stronger bonds between people than a shared passion for wine. Whether you’re an experienced wine collector or just embarking on wine discovery, we can help power your networking by connecting you with like-minded professionals, in the elds you tell us are relevant to your business and career. The service is free, private, and condential. Simply register your interest at www.wineyields.com, and we’ll contact you privately to set up introductions with complimentary professionals who’d like to share a glass or two. A free reader service, from Wine Yields F INE WINE INVESTMENT SPECIALISTS Best prices for fine wine We have an excellent reputation as advisors on investment grade wines; we trade in them on a daily basis and so are well placed to recommend what and when to buy and sell. We supply the trade and private collectors at the same highly competitive prices. We charge no management or performance fees. • Top prices paid for your wine • Highly regarded fine wine blog • Professional storage available Pantone PMS 273 • Daily fine wine news and extensive news library Pantone 273 Cmyk Suite 5, Claremont House, 22 Claremont...
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...“We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists” was the theme of Thomas Jefferson’s First Inaugural address. In his speech he attempted to cool off the tensions between the emerging political parties in America. For two terms the Democratic- Republican president altered the role of the executive branch and expanded presidential power. Although Jefferson was a Republican by affiliation he had many actions that can be viewed as Federalist in nature. Thomas Jefferson attempted to maintain his Anti-Federalist views, but the American way of life was changing. For example, though Jefferson was a staunch advocate of an agrarian economy, he recognized that jobs were diversifying and commerce was more influential in the U.S., especially in the New...
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...“Who said we all have to Talk alike,” by Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel, “A child in Prison camp,” by Shiyuze Takashima, and the “Merchant of Venice” by William Shakespeare all share common examples of discrimination. Discrimination is the cause of hundreds of problems in our society and causes large amounts of damage to people’s lives. But I believe that Neffie from “Who said we all have to talk alike” reacted the most reasonably to this discrimination presented against her than every other character in these stories because she was kind and caring despite what happened to her, she kept her emotions in check , and she persevered through her troubles. The kindness and the care that Neffie showed towards everyone despite what they did to her shows...
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...Professor English 111 30 September 2010 Paper 1 In the play Merchant of Venice, Bassanio asks Antonio for a loan in order to become a contender among other wealthy suitors for Portia’s heart. Throughout the years Bassanio has requested large sums of money from Antonio; however he has never repaid most of it. Even so, he doesn’t even pause to ask for yet another loan. Due to Antonio’s secret underlying romantic feelings for Bassanio, he secures a loan with the collateral being his own life. I found this issue in the play to be one of great familiarity to a situation that has been present in my life for almost five years now. In order to describe the situation with some anonymity, I’m going to refer to sibling of my parent as Shelly and use the term “parent” for gender inclusivity purposes. As a child growing up, I always referred to Shelly as my fun aunt. She always wore trendy clothes, had a young, pretty appearance, drove a cool car, and knew how to have fun. From my parent’s side of the family, stories of Shelly growing up always revolved around a theme of Shelly being the most spoiled out of six children. Shelly was the youngest of all of the girls. If Shelly wanted it, she would either get it automatically or throw a fit until she got it. During my teenage years there were many instances that arose where Shelly needed to borrow money from my parent. In one instance that I can recall vividly, Shelly’s car was being repossessed. She called my parent in tears and panicked...
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...government inspectors made Bouazizi’s life miserable, shaking him down for bribes when he couldn’t produce licenses that were (by design) virtually unobtainable. He tired of the abuse. The day he killed himself, inspectors had come to seize his merchandise and his electronic scale for weighing goods. A tussle began. One municipal inspector, a woman, slapped Bouazizi across the face. That humiliation, along with the confiscation of just $225 worth of his wares, is said to have led the young man to take his own life.” His horrific death reminds me of how different it was when my great-grandfather came to America at age fourteen. He wasn’t in America more than six months when his father died. My great-grandfather was little more than a street merchant like Bouazizi until he saved enough to purchase a truck, elevating him to what they called then a “truck farmer,” a level that allowed him to purchase a home and small bit of...
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...Walan, a street of bangle sellers; and the Sadar Bazaar. Francois Bernier, during his visit of Shahjahanabad in 1663-64, gave a detailed description of the city and the main road of Chandni Chowk. He spoke about the presence of arcades on both sides of the main street, occupied by the artisans, bankers and merchants selling their wares in the day and the rooms behind the arcades to lock up these wares in the night. The merchants had modest housing facilities above these warehouses, with the flat roof of the arcade acting as an extension to the house and a cool sleeping place for them. A number of small streets came up at different periods. Houses constructed in brick or stone were very few in numbers, though they were airy and had their own courts and gardens. Most housing was built in mud with the thatched roof and was occupied by the servants and camp-followers that followed the court and the army. The flourishing bazaars and the caravansarais were the emerging signs of the gradual urbanisation of soceity that seemed to take place under the rule of Shah Jahan. The main road had developed natural congregation points for the local people to interact with each other. As merchants, traders , farmers and travellers from distant lands came to the bazaar with their goods and wares, the emerging economy was on display for all to see. Mapping Chandni Chowk under the reign of Shah Jahan: The street of Chandni Chowk as planned by the chief architect, Mukramat Khan, is 20 yards wide, and...
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...Anomalies in Bee Bennett Mansion Bee-Bennet Mansion, now converted into Sequoia Restaurant, was a 16 room Victorian wonder, and is now the home of Sequoia Wedgewood Wedding and Banquet Center. Back in its days, in the early 1850s, Colonel Fredrick Bee was one of the first merchants to set up his business in Placerville. He ran the pony express in California and set up the Bee telegraph company. The first tragedy hit the Bee family when his 2 year old son died of croup. Afterwards, the family moved out of the house and it passed on to many owners until in 1889, a judge renovated it and converted it into a 16 room mansion. The judge and his family lived there for many years, though tragedy struck them too. Their 3 year old son fell on the grand...
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...About Silahis Art Gallery, I can’t comment some more because i’m not fully satisfied although there’s alot of beautiful painting there. Imagine, we are not allowed to take some picture and even see some painting there. Its so disgusting. So I will focus my reflection paper in Bahay Tsinoy. As I said, in Bahay tsinoy, the Galleon Ship struck me out. The Galleon Ship is the means of transportation used by the Early Chinese while conducting trade with the Early Filipinos. I read there that Sangley, the term used by spaniards for chinese, means frequent visitor. They are called Parian, for they were separated by the spaniards from the rest of the community and in separate quarters. A crafted life size exhibit shows the main occupation of the Merchants and Laborers like selling food on the street and repairing, and up until now the tsinoys can be...
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...Visit To A Wholesale Market: Garments The consumption and production of marketed food are spatially separated. Production is primarily in rural areas while consumption is in urban areas. Agricultural marketing is the process that overcomes this separation, allowing produce to be moved from an area of surplus to one of need. Food reaches the consumer by a complex network, involving production, assembly, sorting, packing, reassembly, distribution and retail stages. In developing countries the linkage between the producer and the retailer is still usually provided by assembly and wholesale markets, where wholesale marketing takes place using a variety of transaction methods. Recent years have seen an expansion of wholesale marketing in E. European and former CIS countries. On the other hand, the growth of supermarkets in many regions has seen the development of direct marketing and a reduced role for wholesale systems. Raghukul textile market My visit was to Raghukul Textile Market.it is located in ring road, Surat. It’s a textile market which was built 9years ago by raghuvir builders & developers. It consists of more than 3000 shops each of 600sq ft .It also has go downs located at the back of the market which is nearly of 1400sq ft each of go down prices from 2.5-3.0 millions. Now the management of Raghukul is under Mr Gopal Dokania. Source of merchandise In general, the product is defined as a "thing produced by labor or effort"[1] or the "result of an act or a process"...
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...E-commerce to M-commerce: The Paradigm Shift COLLEGE NAME: Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) AUTHORS: Sunny Vaswani Aman Bhatia SAP ID: 80101150602 SAP ID: 80101150081 MBA 2015-17 MBA 2015-17 1st Year 1st Year Go Mobile or Go Home Tablets, IPads, smartphones are ubiquitous and people are glued to these handy screens. We just love anything that’s convenient to us and this is how we want to eat, travel, shop and do anything just by touching the screen in our palms. Smart mobile is the present and smarter will be the one who uses it to build business and grow. Ditto!! Ecommerce companies is what we are taking about or should we call them M-commerce as they are growing in the mobile space. But why this rapid increase in smartphone users? The answer is ever involving digital technology and future generations of mobile networks. And this is the fact retailers are leveraging upon. While domestic players Flipkart and Snap deal rule the market, the sector has also caught...
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