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Responsibility For most of the early work on Fort Pulaski fell on the shoulders of Lieutenant Robert E. Lee, recently graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. Lee oversaw the preliminary construction, choosing the site and designing a system of drains and dikes to support the weight of the masonry fort. In 1831 Lieutenant Joseph K. Mansfield took charge of Pulaski's construction and oversaw the project for the next fourteen years. When finished in 1847, the fort could…

The Original Farmers Only.com Humanities’ perseverance and will to survive set up the Neolithic Era. During this time, the Agricultural Revolution was born. The Agricultural Revolution is defined as "the deliberate cultivation of particular plants as well as the taming and breeding of particular animals" according to Strayer. The revolution sparked a remarkable change in our world. With the invention of agriculture, people groups were now able to settle in villages rather than constantly being…

On Friday it was announced that Amazon recently purchased natural and organic food market Whole foods for $13.7 billion. The retail giant made the decision to purchase the market due to it’s attempt to break into brick-and-mortar stores according to an article previously written, ironic since several retail stores have been hurt by the success of Amazon. Dr. Douglas Olsen, associate professor of marketing at Arizona State University, feels the pair is a beautiful fit. “Whole Foods has a…

hair salons and nails. The idea was to provide a convenient shopping experience for the busy shopper. Hanson was promoted at Osco, but in just a few short months, joined George’s team to help develop his ideas. The duo bought several brick and mortar businesses after having additional Osco executives follow…

2.4 Theoretical Model of Relationships between Electronic Word of Mouth and Customer Purchase Intention There are some theories adopted in prior E-WOM communication studies. Most of the papers discuss a dual-process theory of human information processing such as the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) and the Heuristic-Systematic Model (HSM) [12], both of these are the most commonly used theoritical foundation in the study of the impact of E-WOM communication [12]. Many studies adopted the…

one is going to reach into their pocket and hand you a wad of cash without expecting at least something in turn. Mailing programs are so yesterday, but if you 're marketing off-line it 's so rare to get mail nowadays, if you 've a local bricks and mortar business this is going to be a useful strategy of marketing. List-building is one thing that many do not understand particularly off-line firms -a great amount of information can be gathered by doing a direct mail-out, but the drawback is it is…

The primary known occupants, who date from the period between ten-thousand and five-thousand B.C. hunted of the extinct Goliath Buffalo and Mammoths. Archeologists have discovered shot focuses, stone instruments, mortar gaps, artistic creations, carvings, and different antiquities of these and later ancient individuals at various destinations all through the…

In Warren St. John’s “Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman’s Quest to Make a Difference,” The reader explores a refugee soccer team and their hectic journey. The Ziaty, Balegamire, and Ntwari families are all dealing with mothers struggling to provide for their children, kids depending on a refugee soccer team, and as a whole, adapting to their new life in the U.S. after their traumatizing pasts. Although it is not directly stated, the mothers, Beatrice, Paula,…

People become repeat customers with those online businesses they've come to trust. Because the business has reliably fulfilled their orders in the past, it has earned the repeat customer's trust. However, earning trust requires the customer to have past experience with a business. How does the owner of an e-commerce site get the newcomer to take a chance and make a first purchase? It's all about appearances. Just as business people look, act, and dress professionally so that people will feel…

Pozzolana had been used to make mortar, when it is mixed with lime and other materials such as rocks, bricks it becomes concrete (Ellie 2016). And a clever combination of Pozzolana and concrete allowed for what could be called roman mega structures to be built. An example of the flexibility…