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    Written and directed by Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh, The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters tells the story of Aboriginal women, who make Cowichan sweaters from hand rolled wool and who remain generally invisible to the world. Filmed in the southern Vancouver Island, it shows their cultural and their bravery from their past to the present. It demonstrates how those Aboriginal women are resourceful to keep their families alive and to keep their heritage. This movie shows several families…

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    relationships builds trust with each child and their families, to the point where they are comfortable to reveal any doubts either large or small to the educators (McArdlle, 2009). Features of the region/town: The centre is located in Arundel on the Gold Coast with an area population of 10,351(Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2015). The area is viewed as an ‘aged population’ as 65.8% of the resident population are aged 40 years or older with 14.2% being aged 0 to 14 years and 20% aged 14 to 40…

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    1) Calculate all of the ratios listed in the industry ratios table for East Coast Yachts. Industry Ratios Ratio Formula Values Answer Lower quartile Median Upper quartile Current ratio current assets/Current liabilities 51,123,050/50,584,750 1.01 0.86 1.51 1.97 Quick ratio current assets-Inventory/Current liabilities (51,123,050-20,149,650)/50,584,750 0.61 0.43 0.75 1.01 Total asset turnover sales/total assets 611,582,000/401,558,750 1.52 1.10 1.27 1.46 Inventory turnover cost of goods…

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    Horace Vernet’s piece titled Stormy Coast Scene after a Shipwreck shows off the romanticism movement by showing the aftermath of a shipwreck as the passengers make their way from the vicious ocean waves to the rocky shoreline. Like all romantic paintings this pieces shows the power of nature compared to man (fig.1). It is an oil painting on 23 1/4 x 28 3/8 inches or 59 x 72 centimeters canvas. As there is no confirmed date of completion it is presumed to have been completed circa 1825 and is…

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    Unfortunately, for the typical Coast Guard trainee, pay grades E-4 and E-5, the cost of a typical DFAC a-la-carte meal is very significant even compared to other individuals attending other training where commercial per diem is authorized. For instance, at a normal Coast Guard installation, IAW Ref (c), the galley offers various items for a set price of $2.55 for breakfast and $4.65 for lunch and dinner…

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    I define leadership is a unification of several different personal beliefs. Every person in the Coast Guard is different with their own personal value’s, backgrounds, cultures and belief system forms who we are today. We are all different in many ways, but what bring us all together are our Coast Guard organizational core values of Honor, Respect and Devotion to Duty. From the beginning of my Coast Guard career, one of my first values that I carried with me into the organization was to put…

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    Southern Gates of Arabia is full of tragedy, humor, triumph, descriptions, and dialogues, her style was unique and smoothly written, and she jumps from one idea to another engaging the reader more to the content. The started off chapter I “The Arabian Coast” by wondering “why a ship appears to be on the whole a more satisfactory possession than a…

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    The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has updated many of their policies to meet the intent of the MTSA. The former 24-hour advance Notice of Arrival (NOA) has been extended to a 96-hour NOA (Frittelli, 2003, 3). This increase provides the USCG, port security, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), and other key players increased time to validate and scrutinize vessel information. Since one criticism of these new mandates can be perceived as the slowdown of commerce due to increase checks and…

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    unit my two favorite dance forms were- West Coast Swing and the Lindy Hop. Both the dance forms are successfully able to combine elegance with speed and more of a jazzy rhythm. West coast swing happens to be the state dance of California.Some sources say that the west coast swing has roots in the Lindy Hop. The first ever performance of Lindy Hop can be traced all the way back in 1938 in San Diego, California. Dean Collins is given credit for West coast swing which is subject to a lot of…

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    screening process in place for transfers into to these billets. Due to a lack of screening the Coast Guard RFO program is suffering from a lower quality of inspection. Members that are assigned to these positions are lacking in experience and competencies needed for appointment. The program in its current state has resulted in a lower quality of inspections, leaving units less prepared for mission success. The Coast Guard assignment of Sector RFO program manager billets require comprehensive…

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