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    Early life and education Nia Peeples was born as Virenia Gwendolyn Peeples on 10th December 1961, in Hollywood, California, USA. She belongs to white-American ethnicity and holds an American nationality. Peeples is born to Robert Eugene Peeples and Elizabeth Joan. She has two sisters, Paula Peeples and Cynthia Peeples. She went to the West Covina High School and later on joined UCLA. Career Nia Peeples debuted with the 1981 TV movie ‘A Single Light’ as a deaf girl. She then cast in the American television series, ‘General Hospital’ in 1983. The following year, Peeples appeared as Nicole Chapman in American television series ‘Fame’. She also acted in American prime-time soap opera, ‘North Shore’. In 1989, Peeples got featured in an American science fiction horror film, ‘DeepStar Six’ and also in the TV movie ‘Nasty Boys’. After a few years later, she played in the miniseries ‘Return to Lonesome Dove’. In 1995, Peeples featured in the television film ‘Mr. Stitch’ as Dr. Elizabeth English. She then appeared in the TV movies ‘Tower of Terror’ and ‘Odd Jobs.’ In 2002, Peeples acted in American action film, ‘Half Past Dead.’ She also guest-starred in the dramas ‘The Division’ and ‘Andromeda.’ In the year 2006, Peeples cast as Susan in the TV movie ‘Alpha Mom.’ The same year, she appeared in American television soap opera, ‘The Young and the Restless.’ During the time 2010 to 2017, Peeples featured on the hit series ‘Pretty Little Liars’ as Pam Fields. She also did…

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    Older Ports Expansion

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    With the expansion of maritime and intermodal transportation, older ports with limited real estate must remain possible options to move cargo. There are some ways, in which the older ports like Baltimore, Philadelphia, and others with limited real-estate available for expansion would be able to compete with bigger newer ports. Improvements would be critical in improving the ports productivity to compete with the newer larger ports. The majority of ports and terminals were built for a volume of…

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    Indianola Geography

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    In Texas, coastal cities are very popular and give insight to what Indianola could have been. Those who lived in Indianola could see the potential and many did not give up after the first hurricane. There was still more for the town of Indianola sadly the devastating hurricane eleven years later took all that away. It is extremely unfortunate that the circumstances or resources that made the town so great are also what destroyed it. Hurricanes are damaging to beach cities in the present day even…

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    spends more time talking about places and ports than pirates and rarely ever mentions galleons. They spoke quite a lot about ports and the forts that existed there. They spoke about Port Royale and Nassau and how they were frequented by pirates and filled with debauchery and rum (Pirates, Galleons and Treasure, 2007). They fail to mention however Tortuga which is surprising seeing as it is known for its connection to piracy, as seen on popular films like “Pirates of the Caribbean” (Verbinski,…

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    Professor Jose Casanova: A Famous sociologist in a particular field who travels constantly around the world. In the world of Sociology of Religion, Professor Jose Casanova is like a celebrity rock super star. He might not be the best in his area, but certainly he can easily be in within the 5 top scholar of Sociology of Religion in the world. Originally from Zaragoza, Spain, he studied Philosophy at the University of Zaragoza. He holds a MA in Theology from the University of Innsbruck, Austria.…

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    After sailing with Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus) and then receiving a charter to explore, seize, and claim in the name of España (Spain) from King Fernando (King Ferdinand II of Aragon) and Queen Isabel ( Queen Isabella I of Castile), Rodrigo de Bastides set off from Cadiz in 1500 in search of new lands. He found the isthmus in 1501, but was unable to stay for very long because of his ship's deteriorating condition due to shipworms. Despite many attempts to repair them, his ships sank…

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    is with an organisation’s publics, we will look at a local organisation, the Ports of Auckland and analyse the management, interaction and direct consequences of it’s publics. The Ports of Auckland (PoA) located on the Waitemata harbour, is the largest container seaport in New Zealand, with container volumes representing ‘50.38% of the Upper North Island container trade, 42% of the North Island container trade and 31.3% of New Zealand 's total container trade’ (Ports of Auckland, 2015). Along…

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    Its 2098 and a small town or what the citizens call Freetown is being invaded. Two friends that call Freetown their home are going to fix this problem. Their names are Jake and Sally. Jake and Sally go way back they have been friends since they were born. Sally’s mom died when she was 4 years old so she was left with her father for most of her life. When Jake was 15 his mom and dad died in a car wreck that left him with no one to live with because all of his family members lived miles away so he…

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    The late 16th and 17th century experienced one of the most rapid spikes in not only population, but economic growth. In Economics, trade is king and global trade became a major aspect in the 17th century. There is little micro history on trade in terms of port cities. As a collective group we view port cities in terms of a trading epicenter, yet socially why did some port cities hinder at acquiring certain items more than others. These port cities formed one of the biggest foundations for major…

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    Barcelona Virtual Trip

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    We have decided to take a virtual trip to Barcelona, Spain. Since we are on a budget, my classmate Jackie Davis and I will travel to Barcelona together. We will leave Tallahassee, FL on March 1, 2017, with stops in Atlanta and New York and arrive in Barcelona, Spain the next morning of March 2nd. It will be spring when we arrive in Spain; therefore, the temperature will be around 60/70 degrees. We have packed light sweaters/jackets, jeans, long & short sleeve shirts and comfortable walking…

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