Sports events and tourism: the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix 60 Joan C. Henderson Nanyang Business School‚ Nanyang Technological University‚ Singapore Ken Foo Grand Hyatt Hotel‚ Singapore Hermes Lim Hilton Hotels‚ Singapore‚ and Serene Yip Resorts World at Sentosa/Universal Studios‚ Singapore Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the significance of the inaugural Singapore Formula One Grand Prix within a tourism context. Impacts of the event and attitudes
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Austria-Hungary was the power whose territorial ambitions played a large part in the coming of war in 1914. Although head of an increasingly fossilized and outdated regime‚ the Habsburg emperor Franz Josef was an expansionist. In 1914‚ his latest addition to the Austro-Hungarian Empire was Bosnia-Herzegovina. Bosnian Serbs resented Austrian rule and sought the protection of independent Serbia. It was one of these Bosnian Serb groups‚ the Black Hand‚ that assassinated the Crown Prince‚ Franz Ferdinand
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Growing Up Before‚ During and After World War II Around and during World War II there were many challenges and many exciting and terrifying events occur. Many things happen such as the Great Depression‚ Pearl Harbor‚ D-day‚ and Hiroshima. Billie Jean Ramsey-Styles grew up during this time. Billie was born in Burnsville‚ Yancey County‚ North Carolina on December 30 1930. Her mother was a homemaker; her father was a brick mason. She lived in a five-room house that had electricity
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WORLD WAR 1 A. MAJOR ALLIANCES FORMED DURING WW1 * Started by Germany * Triple Alliance/Central Powers: Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy / Turkey & Bulgaria * Triple Entente (treaty of friendship‚ not yet an alliance): Britain‚ France and Russia * Allies: Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Italy‚ Serbia‚ USA B. MILITARISM * Attitude of powerful class of military leaders on their countries’ policies * Glorification of war and urged the build up of weapons and
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All was going as planned until one day when Tim’s older brother Sam shows up at home from college unannounced. Tim and his family soon learn that Sam has come home to retrieve their father’s gun‚ because he has decided to fight in the war. Before anyone could stop him Sam ran away and no one has heard from him since. One day Tim’s brother returned home once again with a purpose this time he had to ask Tim something. Sam asked Tim if he wanted to fight with him in the war knowing that it meant fighting
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and Narcissa along with twelve others. They burned down buildings and destroyed the settler’s precious orchards. Forty-seven people of the mission were than captured and later ransomed by the Hudson Bay Company. There were three main factors that led up to the massacre. Starting with the increasing number of settlers coming into the area. It was an issue for the Indians to continue living their traditional way of life while so many white settlers kept pouring in. The second factor was the measles outbreak
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During the Civil war‚ the North and South were deeply crashed in the horrifying situation. In the North the Union stands in place to let the South know that Southerners are weak‚ while in the South‚ they wanted to be proved as a Southern nationalism. In the South‚ Jefferson Davis who does not approve with Abraham Lincoln in the North‚ he had argued that the South has the right to be divided and independent. Which is why all the start of warlike strategy comes in place and is still passed on to the
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Tell us about a significant event in your life that changed your views and personality We can certainly compare life to a technological invention‚ it changes almost every day. These changes can be beneficial or harmful‚ depending on the choices that we make in our everyday lives. The biggest change in my life happened at the age of thirteen‚ when my parents decided to move to the United States from India. I was pretty sad about my parents’ decision‚ because I didn’t want to leave
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occurred during World War II American history that one could focus on. From all of the events we have to choose from‚ I am going to briefly describe the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the events surrounding September 11‚ 2001. Although tragic‚ the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led to what was started as a great act. Now that the event that occurred on September 11‚ 2001 has taken place‚ I’m sure looking back on the events that led up to the tragic event‚ one would have paid
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During the First World War‚ what was the conflict between political rhetoric and economic necessity faced by Woodrow Wilson? What were the struggles facing capitalism at the time? More importantly‚ how was the American Dream impacted if at all by the results of World War I and the emergence of the US as a global player? Is there a specific question out of the 4 questions we seek to answer about the American Dream that was most affected in your opinion as a result? Initially‚ the United States
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