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goods to parts of west Africa as well as having multiple connections with Virginia already put Bristol in a successful position to engage in the slave trade in this period. Bristol was a place known for the copper smelter, glass making and a sugar refinery which relied heavily on the triangular…

What is acid rain? Acid rain is a form of deposition in which chemicals with an acidic pH level are taken out of the atmosphere through precipitation. When we pollute the air by burning fossil fuels, we create different chemicals that end up in our atmosphere. A few of these have chemical reactions with the water in clouds, and form (depending on the chemical) sulfurous and nitrous acids. When it rains, this acid is taken back to the ground. While pure water has a neutral pH level of 7,…

Three pieces in the ICA’s Transcending Material Exhibition had a recurring motif each embodied a force of contemporaneity which Terry smith outlines as “Globalization…social inequity... (and a)culture (of) image economy” in the case of the infinitely reflected glass decanters (McElheny a commentary on globalized industrial manufacturing or the the two chairs and there functional replica’s challenge to value placed on art objects in a culture questioning the value of authenticity(McMakin)to the…

After putting an end to the rule of the military dictator, Fulgencio Batista; Fidel Castro established a dictatorship in Cuba and created the first Communist county in the Western part of the world (Suchlicki). After being made the ruler of Cuba, Castro started implementing a communist rule in the country and made the Soviet Union an ally, hurting Cuba's relationship with the United States from that point onward (Biography.com). Fidel Castro promoted autocracy in Cuba by jailing his political…

Another operations management technique widely used in the business world in linear programming. What is linear programming? Linear programming is a commonly used mathematical technique designed to help operations managers plan and make the decisions necessary to allocate resources (Quantitative Module B: Linear Programming). In addition, Linear Programming (“LP”) is one of the few operations management techniques that will guarantee an optimal answer, providing that all of the assumptions are…

Cancer is a general term for a large group of diseases. These diseases are caused by the uncontrolled division of abnormal cells. Cancer is a malignant tumor that is invasive and can spread via the bloodstream throughout the body, this is known as metastasis. In the cell cycle of a normal cell, there are two main components involving different phases that the cell goes through. There is interphase where the cell gets ready to divide and there’s the mitotic phase, where the cell actually…

Lesson 2.1 Which type of business takes resources from nature to make its products? Name several examples. The business that gets their resources from nature is Extractors. Some examples are oil refineries and mines. Oil drillers extract oil from the ground then it is used as a resource. Miners also get coal and other minerals from nature and use them for goods. Why is raising capital critical to success of a business? Raising capital is critical to a business. Without capital there would not…

During the early nineteenth century Indians in Southeast Texas told the tale of a “Fire King” that lived under a small lake on the site now known as Sour Lake. The waters of the lake released spouts of gas and if lit they would burn a blue color across the top of the water. These flames are most likely what brought about the legend of the “Fire King.” The people of Texas recited this legend long after the Native Americans were removed from the area. The native oral tradition told that the…

In analyzing the future of energy in the United States, the state of California will be the city of interest. It is one of the most populated states in the United States of America and as such it is expected to have equally high demand for energy. On the contrary, it has one of the least per-capita energy’s usages. This is attributable to some factors, which the state enjoys. These are mild climatic conditions experienced in the state relative to other parts of the nation, energy supplementation…

the surrounding industries which were reliant on goods from across the Atlantic, the main product being sugar. The unmanufactured sugar was sent from the West Indies, which many have called the backbone of Bristol trade during to the many sugar refineries in order to meet the European demand. The previous…