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    As a fund manager for a £500m UK balanced property fund who’s direct property splits currently reflects market weighting with an average lot size of £20m. I have been asked to add an additional £50m to industrial property in London and/or office property in the Northern English provincial cities. I am required to outline and explore the factors that ought to be considered in the decision to purchase properties, the preferred sector for investment and the risks involved both from a fund and an individual

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    When thinking of the industrial revolution, I usually correlate this transitional period to great advancements in machinery, and an increase in jobs. However, after looking past the surface of the industrial revolution, in regards to the promise of great wealth, this promise was not kept, along with other issues. I believe that a “better life” would mean that people would not have to go through the same struggles they once did before the revolution, struggles such as not having a job, money, home

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    Prime Minister Julia Gillard Student Name : Emerson Sherwood Early Life: Julia Gillard was born on the 29th of September,1961 in Wales.Her father John Gillard, her mother Moira Gillard and her sister Alison Gillard all lived together in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan. In 1966, her family moved to Adelaide, South Australia for her health after she suffered a bout of bronchopneumonia which is a disease that inflames the lungs. Early Careers: After completing University, graduating with bachelors

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    Paper #1 (Revised) - How did people, particularly the working class, participate in the political and social revolution of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries? Divas in History Throughout history it has been seen that women have a sound role to play in positive movements against governments. There is a saying, “Behind every great man is a great woman”. There have been many events that could only be done by women to get a progressive transformation in society. There are instances

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    The city of Manchester is a perfect example of this phenomenon. Before the Industrial Revolution, Manchester was a small and average European town, but once the revolution began, it quickly rose to become an industrial mecca, due to its perfect conditions for cloth manufacturing. Manchester grew quickly to a population of 400,000, with residents cramped into a small space fast being taken over by manufacturing

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    Growing up in Theresa was an experience that will live with me until the day I die. Theresa is a town with a population of roughly 2,000 people and it is very rural. Theresa is a blue collar community where everyone works hard and everyone plays hard. I saw this 24/7 at home. It was a small town. Everyone knew what was going on with everything in the town. The town of Theresa was basically one giant family. I went to school their from Kindergarten through 4th grade. The school was three blocks from

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    The right to live one’s life on his or her own terms is a basic tenet in the modern world. In American society, the people are given free reign (within legal and social boundaries, of course) to choose how to live. They can choose where to go to school, what to learn, what they want to work, when they want to retire, and so on and so forth. However, when people reach the end of their lives, this right to autonomy seems to be restricted, especially in those who are terminally ill. This autonomy sees

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    Palace Hotel Essay

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    TITLE Sleep Like A King Or Queen In Manchester’s Beautiful Palace Hotel LEAD PARAGRAPH Manchester is often referred to as England’s second city and the Capital of the North. A large city with an industrial past, Manchester is known for its thriving music scene, vivacious and diverse nightlife, legendary football clubs, and its multicultural and cosmopolitan vibe. The Palace Hotel is a fantastic place to stay when enjoying Manchester’s varied delights. A striking building with plenty of heritage

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    Furthermore, the Industrial Revolution also had major consequences on the rural areas in Britain during the nineteenth century. One of the main reasons the Industrial Revolution significantly impacted rural areas in Britain was because many individuals that were living in more rural regions were forced to relocate to cities, and more urban centres. Robert Marks in his passage, The Origins of the Modern World-A Global and Environmental Narrative From The Fifteenth To The Twenty-First Century, explains

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    The Condition of the working class in England summary Friederick Engels in The Condition of the Working Class in England describes the inhumane and atrocious living and working conditions for the proletariat in England. He describes life in England before the Industrial revolution and how there was a shift in population from rural farmland to urban cities. Engels describes as factories grew, the demand of labor increased, and the population in cities increased the quality of living for those people

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