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Regis in Bristol, Gloucestershire to William and Mary Ann Dobson who were married in Twerton Somerset on the 27th of December 1891. At the time of his birth the family were living above 142 Ashly Road, in the St Pauls area of Bristol. In the premises below Stanley’s father ran a small Fruiterer and florist’s business. The premises remain today, serving the local community as a convenience store. Prior to this Stanley’s father had worked for the previous thirty years as a Nurseryman in the…

To understand slavery in the busy trading port of Bristol, it is important to describe the context in which it developed. Slave trade was at it 's best in Bristol between 1730 and 1745 making it the second largest city in England after London. The city traded with all countries, France, Ireland, Spain, Portugal and most importantly North Africa. The location of the port in the South West of England on the River Avon had made it a prime location for marine trade for many centuries. Control of all…

The Massest of Mass Extinctions With all the post-apocalyptic themed movies coming out of Hollywood, most people are probably familiar with the concept of a mass extinction. In those kind of movies the cause is often a manmade problem, such as nuclear war. However, in the earth’s distant past, we were not around to destroy ourselves. So what happened? 250 million years ago the Permian period came to an end in a mass extinction causing 95% of species living in the ocean to die (Cort, 2006). To…

people is Bristol Airport as it was honored by Investors in People, the UK's leading accreditation agency, awarding the airport a Bronze Standard for its commitment to realizing the potential of its people. The employees went 'Above and Beyond' of what was expected of them. “Sarah Tompsett, head of People and Performance at Bristol Airport, said: 'The Bristol Airport brand is built on exceptional people who take pride in providing great customer service in a relaxed and friendly style.”…

based on three generations of a Vu's own family. In 2017, Vu wrote her first work of short fiction, "Television Voices." The short story was shortlisted by the Bristol Short Story Prize, out of a field of 2000 submissions. The winner of the Bristol Prize will be announced in October 2017. Television Voices will be published in the 2017 Bristol Short Prize…

West of England (2017) Student and staff numbers. Available from: http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/about/factsandfigures/studentandstaffnumbers.aspx [Accessed 15th October 2017]. University of Bristol (2016) Facts and figures. Available from: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/university/facts/ [Accessed 15th October 2017]. Visit Bristol (No date) Clifton Suspension Bridge. Available from: https://visitbristol.co.uk/things-to-do/clifton-suspension-bridge-p24661 [Accessed 15th October 2017]. South West Business…

poster observed. This exhibit had addressed companies in order to receive a grant or permission to move forward with a project. Lastly a travel writing class presented a poster on travel writing and Bristol RI. This presentation was meant to persuade respective Roger Williams’s students that Bristol is a great college town. The exhibit that did not exemplify a good argument was the one on the Rogerian Argument; it had a lack of persuasion and clarity. The Proposals and travel writing exhibits…

book is a biography of George Muller, The Guardian of Bristol’s Orphanage, by Janet & Geoff Benge. This is a really good Christian book. George Muller is Christian from Germany. In Bristol, a lot of people were dying from cholera, so they held a prayer meeting together to encourage one another. He assured that Bristol, where he is at now, is the mission field. In the mission field, he made breakfast club for the starving children who don't have home or parents or food to eat.…

The Swiss Science Center Technorama is a hands-on science museum in Zurich, Switzerland, which aims to give individuals the environment and tools necessary to learn more about science phenomena. With its 120 employees and over 500 exhibits, Technorama hosts over 280,000 visitors a year, 60,000 of which are school children; its expansive, 7,000 square meter facility attracts people from across Europe with its unique exhibits. The vision of the Swiss Science Center, Technorama is to give people…

In 2003 Dominican Republic went through the biggest economic crisis in our history. A massive fraud involving Baninter, the country´s second largest bank, produced a general crisis. The damage to the economy was immense; People started referring to it as the hole generated by Baninter. High executives of this bank were laundering money and setting an important part of the income that it perceived in deposits into an external system or a parallel bank that they had created. The scandal was huge…