Simplicity Charters Spotted Eagle Ray.m4v
Swim with a Spotted Eagle Ray in St John's National Park USVI. Shot by Josh Rutty Simplicity Charters Crew.
St Thomas Boat Charters
- St Thomas Boat Charters by Island Wilson Excursions. What your day might look like if we took you on a Virgin Island Snorkeling Excursion.
Ferry Ride St. Thomas St. Johns
On a ferry from St. Thomas US Virgin Islands to St. Johns US Virgin Islands.
Palm Tree Charters from Cruz Bay St John USVI goes to The BVI with The Poimans and Greyfs
A fun filled day spent on Palm Tree Charters snorkeling, swimming, and island hopping.
THE BEST DAY OF OUR VACATION Cruz Bay
St. John V I
Cruising the Virgin Islands
Cruising the Virgin Islands on the Stormy Petrel. This was a day cruise that started at Red Hook on St Thomas. Video of The Baths start @ 1:25.
St Thomas.wmv
One of our favorite stops on our 25th anniversary cruise. Simplicity Charters was an awesome day....
USVI Trip - St. Thomas, St. John, snorkelling and sailing adventures!
Our Trip to St. Thomas and St. John with snorkelling and sailing adventures! Make sure to watch in HD, just looks better.
Our fun Travel Log Movie for Family and Friends.
Film by: Mike Hand and Kristin Zozaski
Music:
I am a Passenger - Iggy Pop
Land of Dreams - Langhorne Slim
The Way We Move - Langhorne Slim
Lost In My Mind - The Head and the Heart
Spirit Moves - Langhorne Slim
iMovie Free Music
Morningstar Charters
Sailing in St Thomas with Morningstar charters
Spotted Eagle Ray
We swam with this Spotted Eagle Ray while snorkeling off of Sapphire Beach, St. Thomas, USVI. It is using its shovel-shaped snout to search for food in the sand.
United East Indies Company | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:05:48 1 Company name, logo, and flag
00:07:45 2 History
00:07:54 2.1 Origins
00:11:17 2.2 Formation, rise, and fall
00:11:27 2.2.1 Formative years
00:15:54 2.2.2 Growth
00:21:43 2.2.3 Reorientation
00:30:47 2.2.4 Decline and fall
00:37:02 3 Organizational structure
00:43:02 4 Shareholder activism at the VOC and the beginnings of modern corporate governance problems
00:45:35 5 Main trading posts, settlements, and colonies
00:45:47 5.1 Europe
00:45:55 5.1.1 Netherlands
00:46:14 5.2 Africa
00:46:22 5.2.1 Mauritius
00:46:37 5.2.2 South Africa
00:46:50 5.3 Asia
00:46:58 5.3.1 Indonesia
00:47:09 5.3.2 Indian subcontinent
00:47:41 5.3.3 Japan
00:48:00 5.3.4 Taiwan
00:48:26 5.3.5 Malaysia
00:48:41 5.3.6 Thailand
00:48:54 5.3.7 Vietnam
00:49:11 6 Conflicts and wars involving the VOC
00:50:29 7 Historical roles and legacy
00:54:03 7.1 Institutional innovations and impacts on modern-day global business practices and financial system
01:00:16 7.2 Impacts on social, economic, financial, political, and military history of the Netherlands
01:04:52 7.3 Roles in the history of the global economy and international relations
01:09:30 7.4 Artistic, scientific, technological, and cultural legacies of the VOC World
01:09:44 7.4.1 VOC World as an information/knowledge exchange network in the Dutch maritime world-system
01:12:30 7.4.2 Influences on Dutch Golden Age art
01:13:45 7.4.3 Formation of early modern religious communities and ethnic groups within the VOC World
01:13:59 7.5 Contributions in the Age of Exploration
01:14:50 7.5.1 iHalve Maen'/is exploratory voyage and role in the formation of New Netherland
01:17:38 7.5.2 Dutch discovery, exploration, and mapping of mainland Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and various islands
01:22:27 7.5.3 VOC-sponsored inland exploration and mapping of Southern Africa
01:22:39 8 Criticism
01:23:10 8.1 VOC colonialism, monopoly policy and uses of violence
01:23:23 8.2 Dutch slave trade and slavery under the VOC colonial rule
01:28:15 9 Cultural depictions of people and things associated with the VOC
01:32:08 10 VOC world etymologies
01:32:19 10.1 Places and things named after the VOC and its people
01:35:08 10.2 Places and things named by VOC people
01:36:16 11 Populated places established by VOC people
01:37:48 12 Important heritage sites in the VOC World
01:38:33 13 VOC buildings and structures
01:39:11 14 VOC archives and records
01:39:59 15 Field of VOC World studies
01:42:42 15.1 VOC World archaeology
01:42:53 16 VOC timeline and historical firsts
01:43:42 16.1 Proto-VOC period (with the establishment of the ivoorcompagnieën/pre-companies/i)
01:46:25 16.2 VOC era (with the amalgamation of the ivoorcompagnieën/pre-companies/i)
01:59:07 17 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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Speaking Rate: 0.9770717874062174
Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-B
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
The Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie; VOC) was an early megacorporation, founded by a government-directed amalgamation of several rival Dutch trading companies (voorcompagnieën) in the early-17th century. It was originally established, on 20 March 1602, as a chartered company to trade with India and Indianized Southeast Asian countries when the Dutch government granted it a 21-year monopoly on the Dutch spice trade. The Company has been often labelled a trading company (i.e. a company of merchants who buy and sell goods produced by other people) or sometimes a shipping company. However, the VOC was in fact a proto-conglomerate company, diversifying into multiple commercial and industrial activities such as international trade (especially intra-Asian trade), shipbuilding, both production and trade of East Indian spices, Formosan sugarcane, and South African wine. The Company was a transcontinental employer and an early pioneer of outward foreign direct invest ...
On the beach in St. Thomas
St. Thomas Eagle Ray
Eagle ray spotted while scuba diving in St. Thomas. Dive was with Underwater Safaris.
United East India Company | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:06:30 1 Company name, logo, and flag
00:08:40 2 History
00:08:49 2.1 Origins
00:12:29 2.2 Formation, rise, and fall
00:12:39 2.2.1 Formative years
00:17:32 2.2.2 Growth
00:23:47 2.2.3 Reorientation
00:33:35 2.2.4 Decline and fall
00:40:18 3 Organizational structure
00:46:48 3.1 VOC outposts
00:47:32 3.2 Council of Justice in Batavia
00:47:52 4 Shareholder activism at the VOC and the beginnings of modern corporate governance problems
00:50:35 5 Main trading posts, settlements, and colonies
00:50:47 5.1 Europe
00:50:55 5.1.1 Netherlands
00:51:16 5.2 Africa
00:51:24 5.2.1 Mauritius
00:51:40 5.2.2 South Africa
00:51:53 5.3 Asia
00:52:02 5.3.1 Indonesia
00:52:13 5.3.2 Indian subcontinent
00:52:47 5.3.3 Japan
00:53:07 5.3.4 Taiwan
00:53:36 5.3.5 Malaysia
00:53:51 5.3.6 Thailand
00:54:04 5.3.7 Vietnam
00:54:23 6 Conflicts and wars involving the VOC
00:58:30 7 Historical roles and legacy
01:02:22 7.1 Institutional innovations and impacts on modern-day global business practices and financial system
01:09:09 7.2 Impacts on social, economic, financial, political, and military history of the Netherlands
01:14:08 7.3 Roles in the history of the global economy and international relations
01:19:10 7.4 Artistic, scientific, technological, and cultural legacies of the VOC World
01:19:24 7.4.1 VOC World as an information/knowledge exchange network in the Dutch maritime world-system
01:22:24 7.4.2 Influences on Dutch Golden Age art
01:23:44 7.4.3 Formation of early modern religious communities and ethnic groups within the VOC World
01:23:58 7.5 Contributions in the Age of Exploration
01:24:53 7.5.1 iHalve Maen'/is exploratory voyage and role in the formation of New Netherland
01:27:53 7.5.2 Dutch discovery, exploration, and mapping of mainland Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and various islands
01:33:05 7.5.3 VOC-sponsored inland exploration and mapping of Southern Africa
01:33:17 8 Criticism
01:33:51 8.1 VOC colonialism, monopoly policy and uses of violence
01:34:04 8.2 Dutch slave trade and slavery under the VOC colonial rule
01:39:19 9 Cultural depictions of people and things associated with the VOC
01:43:39 10 VOC world etymologies
01:43:50 10.1 Places and things named after the VOC and its people
01:46:59 10.2 Places and things named by VOC people
01:48:15 11 Populated places established by VOC people
01:49:56 12 Important heritage sites in the VOC World
01:50:47 13 VOC buildings and structures
01:51:29 14 VOC archives and records
01:52:22 15 VOC coinage
01:52:32 16 VOC ships
01:52:47 17 Field of VOC World studies
01:55:57 17.1 VOC World archaeology
01:56:08 18 VOC timeline and historical firsts
01:57:02 18.1 Proto-VOC period (with the establishment of the ivoorcompagnieën/pre-companies/i)
02:00:04 18.2 VOC era (with the amalgamation of the ivoorcompagnieën/pre-companies/i)
02:14:12 19 Gallery
02:14:32 20 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio:
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Upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
Speaking Rate: 0.8461302477082473
Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-D
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
The Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie; VOC) was an early megacorporation, founded by a government-directed amalgamation of several rival Dutch trading companies (the so-called voorcompagnieën or pre-companies) in the early 17th century. It was originally established, on 20 March 1602, as a chartered company to trade with India and Indianized Southeast Asian countries when the Dutch government granted it a 21-year monopoly on the Dutch spice trade. The VOC was an early multinational/transnational corporation in its modern sense. The Company has been often labelled a trading company (i.e. a company of merchants who buy and sell goods produced by other people) or sometimes a shipping company. However, the VOC was in fact a proto-conglomerate company, diversifying into multiple commercial and industrial activities such as internat ...
Dutch East India Company | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:06:10 1 Company name, logo, and flag
00:08:16 2 History
00:08:25 2.1 Origins
00:11:58 2.2 Formation, rise, and fall
00:12:08 2.2.1 Formative years
00:16:48 2.2.2 Growth
00:22:47 2.2.3 Reorientation
00:32:14 2.2.4 Decline and fall
00:38:43 3 Organizational structure
00:45:02 3.1 VOC outposts
00:45:44 3.2 Council of Justice in Batavia
00:46:04 4 Shareholder activism at the VOC and the beginnings of modern corporate governance problems
00:48:41 5 Main trading posts, settlements, and colonies
00:48:53 5.1 Europe
00:49:01 5.1.1 Netherlands
00:49:21 5.2 Africa
00:49:30 5.2.1 Mauritius
00:49:45 5.2.2 South Africa
00:49:58 5.3 Asia
00:50:06 5.3.1 Indonesia
00:50:18 5.3.2 Indian subcontinent
00:50:50 5.3.3 Japan
00:51:08 5.3.4 Taiwan
00:51:35 5.3.5 Malaysia
00:51:51 5.3.6 Thailand
00:52:03 5.3.7 Vietnam
00:52:21 6 Conflicts and wars involving the VOC
00:56:10 7 Historical roles and legacy
00:59:53 7.1 Institutional innovations and impacts on modern-day global business practices and financial system
01:06:23 7.2 Impacts on social, economic, financial, political, and military history of the Netherlands
01:11:11 7.3 Roles in the history of the global economy and international relations
01:15:59 7.4 Artistic, scientific, technological, and cultural legacies of the VOC World
01:16:14 7.4.1 VOC World as an information/knowledge exchange network in the Dutch maritime world-system
01:19:06 7.4.2 Influences on Dutch Golden Age art
01:20:23 7.4.3 Formation of early modern religious communities and ethnic groups within the VOC World
01:20:37 7.5 Contributions in the Age of Exploration
01:21:29 7.5.1 iHalve Maen'/is exploratory voyage and role in the formation of New Netherland
01:24:25 7.5.2 Dutch discovery, exploration, and mapping of mainland Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and various islands
01:29:24 7.5.3 VOC-sponsored inland exploration and mapping of Southern Africa
01:29:37 8 Criticism
01:30:09 8.1 VOC colonialism, monopoly policy and uses of violence
01:30:22 8.2 Dutch slave trade and slavery under the VOC colonial rule
01:35:25 9 Cultural depictions of people and things associated with the VOC
01:39:36 10 VOC world etymologies
01:39:47 10.1 Places and things named after the VOC and its people
01:42:45 10.2 Places and things named by VOC people
01:43:58 11 Populated places established by VOC people
01:45:34 12 Important heritage sites in the VOC World
01:46:22 13 VOC buildings and structures
01:47:02 14 VOC archives and records
01:47:53 15 VOC coinage
01:48:03 16 VOC ships
01:48:18 17 Field of VOC World studies
01:51:21 17.1 VOC World archaeology
01:51:31 18 VOC timeline and historical firsts
01:52:23 18.1 Proto-VOC period (with the establishment of the ivoorcompagnieën/pre-companies/i)
01:55:14 18.2 VOC era (with the amalgamation of the ivoorcompagnieën/pre-companies/i)
02:08:20 19 Gallery
02:08:40 20 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio:
Other Wikipedia audio articles at:
Upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
Speaking Rate: 0.9307992778992489
Voice name: en-GB-Wavenet-D
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
The Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie; VOC) was an early megacorporation, founded by a government-directed amalgamation of several rival Dutch trading companies (the so-called voorcompagnieën or pre-companies) in the early 17th century. It was originally established, on 20 March 1602, as a chartered company to trade with India and Indianized Southeast Asian countries when the Dutch government granted it a 21-year monopoly on the Dutch spice trade. The VOC was an early multinational/transnational corporation in its modern sense. The Company has been often labelled a trading company (i.e. a company of merchants who buy and sell goods produced by other people) or sometimes a shipping company. However, the VOC was in fact a proto-conglomerate company, diversifying into multiple commercial and industrial activities such as internat ...
Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:07:24 1 Company name, logo, and flag
00:09:49 2 History
00:09:59 2.1 Origins
00:14:14 2.2 Formation, rise, and fall
00:14:25 2.2.1 Formative years
00:20:06 2.2.2 Growth
00:27:25 2.2.3 Reorientation
00:38:52 2.2.4 Decline and fall
00:46:43 3 Organizational structure
00:54:19 4 Shareholder activism at the VOC and the beginnings of modern corporate governance problems
00:57:28 5 Main trading posts, settlements, and colonies
00:57:41 5.1 Europe
00:57:49 5.1.1 Netherlands
00:58:12 5.2 Africa
00:58:20 5.2.1 Mauritius
00:58:38 5.2.2 South Africa
00:58:52 5.3 Asia
00:59:01 5.3.1 Indonesia
00:59:13 5.3.2 Indian subcontinent
00:59:52 5.3.3 Japan
01:00:14 5.3.4 Taiwan
01:00:47 5.3.5 Malaysia
01:01:04 5.3.6 Thailand
01:01:18 5.3.7 Vietnam
01:01:39 6 Conflicts and wars involving the VOC
01:03:14 7 Historical roles and legacy
01:07:44 7.1 Institutional innovations and impacts on modern-day global business practices and financial system
01:15:39 7.2 Impacts on social, economic, financial, political, and military history of the Netherlands
01:21:28 7.3 Roles in the history of the global economy and international relations
01:27:18 7.4 Artistic, scientific, technological, and cultural legacies of the VOC World
01:27:34 7.4.1 VOC World as an information/knowledge exchange network in the Dutch maritime world-system
01:31:02 7.4.2 Influences on Dutch Golden Age art
01:32:35 7.4.3 Formation of early modern religious communities and ethnic groups within the VOC World
01:32:51 7.5 Contributions in the Age of Exploration
01:33:53 7.5.1 iHalve Maen'/is exploratory voyage and role in the formation of New Netherland
01:37:23 7.5.2 Dutch discovery, exploration, and mapping of mainland Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and various islands
01:43:26 7.5.3 VOC-sponsored inland exploration and mapping of Southern Africa
01:43:39 8 Criticism
01:44:18 8.1 VOC colonialism, monopoly policy and uses of violence
01:44:32 8.2 Dutch slave trade and slavery under the VOC colonial rule
01:50:38 9 Cultural depictions of people and things associated with the VOC
01:55:31 10 VOC world etymologies
01:55:43 10.1 Places and things named after the VOC and its people
01:59:23 10.2 Places and things named by VOC people
02:00:50 11 Populated places established by VOC people
02:02:46 12 Important heritage sites in the VOC World
02:03:46 13 VOC buildings and structures
02:04:33 14 VOC archives and records
02:05:33 15 Field of VOC World studies
02:09:03 15.1 VOC World archaeology
02:09:14 16 VOC timeline and historical firsts
02:10:16 16.1 Proto-VOC period (with the establishment of the ivoorcompagnieën/pre-companies/i)
02:13:47 16.2 VOC era (with the amalgamation of the ivoorcompagnieën/pre-companies/i)
02:30:19 17 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio:
Other Wikipedia audio articles at:
Upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
Speaking Rate: 0.7188161908832603
Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-D
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
The Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie; VOC) was an early megacorporation, founded by a government-directed amalgamation of several rival Dutch trading companies (voorcompagnieën) in the early-17th century. It was originally established, on 20 March 1602, as a chartered company to trade with India and Indianized Southeast Asian countries when the Dutch government granted it a 21-year monopoly on the Dutch spice trade. The Company has been often labelled a trading company (i.e. a company of merchants who buy and sell goods produced by other people) or sometimes a shipping company. However, the VOC was in fact a proto-conglomerate company, diversifying into multiple commercial and industrial activities such as international trade (especially intra-Asian trade), shipbuilding, both production and trade of East Indian spices, Formosan sugarcane, and South African wine. The Company was a transcontinental employer and an early pioneer of outward foreign direct invest ...
Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:05:14 1 Company name, logo, and flag
00:07:02 2 History
00:07:10 2.1 Origins
00:10:10 2.2 Formation, rise, and fall
00:10:20 2.2.1 Formative years
00:14:18 2.2.2 Growth
00:19:25 2.2.3 Reorientation
00:27:22 2.2.4 Decline and fall
00:32:50 3 Organizational structure
00:38:09 3.1 VOC outposts
00:38:47 3.2 Council of Justice in Batavia
00:39:05 4 Shareholder activism at the VOC and the beginnings of modern corporate governance problems
00:41:18 5 Main trading posts, settlements, and colonies
00:41:30 5.1 Europe
00:41:38 5.1.1 Netherlands
00:41:56 5.2 Africa
00:42:05 5.2.1 Mauritius
00:42:19 5.2.2 South Africa
00:42:32 5.3 Asia
00:42:40 5.3.1 Indonesia
00:42:51 5.3.2 Indian subcontinent
00:43:20 5.3.3 Japan
00:43:38 5.3.4 Taiwan
00:44:03 5.3.5 Malaysia
00:44:18 5.3.6 Thailand
00:44:29 5.3.7 Vietnam
00:44:46 6 Conflicts and wars involving the VOC
00:48:07 7 Historical roles and legacy
00:51:17 7.1 Institutional innovations and impacts on modern-day global business practices and financial system
00:56:44 7.2 Impacts on social, economic, financial, political, and military history of the Netherlands
01:00:48 7.3 Roles in the history of the global economy and international relations
01:04:51 7.4 Artistic, scientific, technological, and cultural legacies of the VOC World
01:05:05 7.4.1 VOC World as an information/knowledge exchange network in the Dutch maritime world-system
01:07:31 7.4.2 Influences on Dutch Golden Age art
01:08:38 7.4.3 Formation of early modern religious communities and ethnic groups within the VOC World
01:08:50 7.5 Contributions in the Age of Exploration
01:09:36 7.5.1 iHalve Maen'/is exploratory voyage and role in the formation of New Netherland
01:12:05 7.5.2 Dutch discovery, exploration, and mapping of mainland Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and various islands
01:16:19 7.5.3 VOC-sponsored inland exploration and mapping of Southern Africa
01:16:30 8 Criticism
01:16:59 8.1 VOC colonialism, monopoly policy and uses of violence
01:17:11 8.2 Dutch slave trade and slavery under the VOC colonial rule
01:21:28 9 Cultural depictions of people and things associated with the VOC
01:25:02 10 VOC world etymologies
01:25:12 10.1 Places and things named after the VOC and its people
01:27:49 10.2 Places and things named by VOC people
01:28:53 11 Populated places established by VOC people
01:30:17 12 Important heritage sites in the VOC World
01:30:56 13 VOC buildings and structures
01:31:31 14 VOC archives and records
01:32:16 15 VOC coinage
01:32:25 16 VOC ships
01:32:40 17 Field of VOC World studies
01:35:13 17.1 VOC World archaeology
01:35:23 18 VOC timeline and historical firsts
01:36:07 18.1 Proto-VOC period (with the establishment of the ivoorcompagnieën/pre-companies/i)
01:38:37 18.2 VOC era (with the amalgamation of the ivoorcompagnieën/pre-companies/i)
01:50:01 19 Gallery
01:50:19 20 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio:
Other Wikipedia audio articles at:
Upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
Speaking Rate: 0.9307297285589624
Voice name: en-AU-Wavenet-B
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
The Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie; VOC) was an early megacorporation, founded by a government-directed amalgamation of several rival Dutch trading companies (the so-called voorcompagnieën or pre-companies) in the early 17th century. It was originally established, on 20 March 1602, as a chartered company to trade with India and Indianized Southeast Asian countries when the Dutch government granted it a 21-year monopoly on the Dutch spice trade. The VOC was an early multinational/transnational corporation in its modern sense. The Company has been often labelled a trading company (i.e. a company of merchants who buy and sell goods produced by other people) or sometimes a shipping company. However, the VOC was in fact a proto-conglomerate company, diversifying into multiple commercial and industrial activities such as internat ...
Auburn Coach Wife Kristi Malzahn Agrees with Match & eHarmony: Men are Jerks
My advice is this: Settle! That's right. Don't worry about passion or intense connection. Don't nix a guy based on his annoying habit of yelling Bravo! in movie theaters. Overlook his halitosis or abysmal sense of aesthetics. Because if you want to have the infrastructure in place to have a family, settling is the way to go. Based on my observations, in fact, settling will probably make you happier in the long run, since many of those who marry with great expectations become more disillusioned with each passing year. (It's hard to maintain that level of zing when the conversation morphs into discussions about who's changing the diapers or balancing the checkbook.)
Obviously, I wasn't always an advocate of settling. In fact, it took not settling to make me realize that settling is the better option, and even though settling is a rampant phenomenon, talking about it in a positive light makes people profoundly uncomfortable. Whenever I make the case for settling, people look at me with creased brows of disapproval or frowns of disappointment, the way a child might look at an older sibling who just informed her that Jerry's Kids aren't going to walk, even if you send them money. It's not only politically incorrect to get behind settling, it's downright un-American. Our culture tells us to keep our eyes on the prize (while our mothers, who know better, tell us not to be so picky), and the theme of holding out for true love (whatever that is—look at the divorce rate) permeates our collective mentality.
Even situation comedies, starting in the 1970s with The Mary Tyler Moore Show and going all the way to Friends, feature endearing single women in the dating trenches, and there's supposed to be something romantic and even heroic about their search for true love. Of course, the crucial difference is that, whereas the earlier series begins after Mary has been jilted by her fiancé, the more modern-day Friends opens as Rachel Green leaves her nice-guy orthodontist fiancé at the altar simply because she isn't feeling it. But either way, in episode after episode, as both women continue to be unlucky in love, settling starts to look pretty darn appealing. Mary is supposed to be contentedly independent and fulfilled by her newsroom family, but in fact her life seems lonely. Are we to assume that at the end of the series, Mary, by then in her late 30s, found her soul mate after the lights in the newsroom went out and her work family was disbanded? If her experience was anything like mine or that of my single friends, it's unlikely.
And while Rachel and her supposed soul mate, Ross, finally get together (for the umpteenth time) in the finale of Friends, do we feel confident that she'll be happier with Ross than she would have been had she settled down with Barry, the orthodontist, 10 years earlier? She and Ross have passion but have never had long-term stability, and the fireworks she experiences with him but not with Barry might actually turn out to be a liability, given how many times their relationship has already gone up in flames. It's equally questionable whether Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw, who cheated on her kindhearted and generous boyfriend, Aidan, only to end up with the more exciting but self-absorbed Mr. Big, will be better off in the framework of marriage and family. (Some time after the breakup, when Carrie ran into Aidan on the street, he was carrying his infant in a Baby Björn. Can anyone imagine Mr. Big walking around with a Björn?)