The Case of the Bambus The Story of the Gambus and its Evolution Yap Yuan Li Ben U0921231H AAI481 - Studies in Malay Music Nanyang Technological University The Story of the Gambus and its Evolution Introduction The gambus is an omnipresent and most commonly found lute instrument in the various styles of Malay folk music. It is usually made from wood and is formed almost like a guitar but with 9 to 12 wire strings compared to the guitar’s 6 to 12 strings. There are two types of gambus
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The Planet Is Heating Up—and Fast Glaciers are melting‚ sea levels are rising‚ cloud forests are drying‚ and wildlife is scrambling to keep pace. It’s becoming clear that humans have caused most of the past century’s warming by releasing heat-trapping gases as we power our modern lives. Called greenhouse gases‚ their levels are higher now than in the last 650‚000 years. We call the result global warming‚ but it is causing a set of changes to the Earth’s climate‚ or long-term weather patterns
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On December 26‚ 2004 the world experienced the most devastating natural disaster to hit the Indian Ocean. It was classified as a tsunami‚ a tsunami holding immense power equivalent to the destruction of three nuclear bombs. Tsunami waves can become more than 30 feet high as they come into shore and can rush miles inland across low-lying areas. The death tolls were astronomical causing much grief‚ pain and depression throughout the world. "Estimates of the total toll from the eleven countries hit
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The Port of Singapore refers to the collective facilities and terminals that conduct maritime trade handling functions in Singapore’s harbours and which handle Singapore’s shipping. Currently the world’s busiest port in terms of total shipping tonnage‚ it also tranships a fifth[1] of the world’s shipping containers‚ half of the world’s annual supply of crude oil‚ and is the world’s busiest transshipment port. It was also the busiest port in terms of total cargo tonnage handled until 2005‚ when it
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EARTHQUAKES Introduction and Terminology • Vibrations in the earth’s crust that occur when strain in the crust is suddenly released by displacement along a fault line • Focus = point at which an earthquake originates inside the earth. May be many km below surface • Epicentre = the point on the earth’s surface directly above the focus. Strongest shock normally felt here. Most damage usually occurs here. • Seismology = the study of earthquakes – from Greek – seio – to shake
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Strategic management SWOT ANALYSIS AQUA DANONE Hanny Purnama Sari 3104816 Anastasia A. Santoso 3114701 Martha CHAPTER I COMPANY BACKGROUND About Danone Aqua PT AQUA Golden Mississippi was founded in 1973 by Mr. Tirto Utomo‚ a pioneer manufacturer of bottled drinking water in Indonesia. The first factory was set up in Bekasi. After operating for 30 years‚ now AQUA has 14 factories in Indonesia. In 1998‚ AQUA (which is under the auspices of PT Tirta Investama) take strategic steps to join
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Chapter II Review of Related Literature and Studies Related Literature According to Wikepedia Book‚ Ink is a liquid or paste that contains pigments or dyes and is used to color a surface to produce an image‚ text‚ or design. Ink is used for drawing or writing with a pen‚ brush‚ or quill. Thicker inks‚ in paste form‚ are used extensively in letterpress and lithographic printing. Ink can be a complex medium‚ composed of solvents‚ pigments‚ dyes‚ resins‚ lubricants‚ solubilizers
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1. The Background of the Study Visit Indonesia campaign as an effort to make Indonesia as world’s priority holiday destination has been done since 2008 now its called Wonderful Indonesia. Prior to that campaign‚ government has tried many stategies in promoting Indonesia to the eyes of international. Still‚ Indonesia has not been able to be on the top ten of world’s choice holiday destination. This fact is the base of why a research on indonesia’s tourism is done.
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V.I. BRAGINSKY HIKAYAT HANG TUAH: MALAY EPIC AND MUSLIM MIRROR SOME CONSIDERATIONS ON ITS DATE‚ MEANING AND STRUCTURE Hikayat Hang Tuah (the epic of Hang Tuah)‚ one of the pinnacles of Malay classica1 literature‚ described as early as the eighteenth century by F. Valentijn as a ’very rare gem’‚ still remains a largely mysterious work which allows of opposed interpretations.1 The study of Hikayat Hang Tuah as a work of literature and‚ hence‚ as a research object of the science of literature‚ was
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COUNTRY PAPER Study Meeting on Expansion and Development of the Service Industry in Asia APO Project No. 08-RP-38-GE-STM-B 17-20 June‚ 2008 At Seoul‚ Republic of Korea Submitted By: Kenedi Nababan and Romi Prasetio – Indonesia Kenedi Nababan Romi Prasetio Arco Backend Agency Bank Sinarmas Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Corporation Bank Sinarmas KC. Sukabumi‚ Jl. A. Yani No 235 Wisma HSBC JL Asia Afrika No. 116 Ruko No. 3 Sukabumi Bandung 40112 Telephone :62-266-229377
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