Introduction In the 1960s‚ communist activities in the Southeast Asia had caused intervention from the United States. In particular‚ the Hmong people were the “secret army” who helped the United States to fight against the communists in Laos. After the fall of Saigon with the communist victory‚ the Hmong people were targeted as the ally of American. So‚ the journey of seeking refuge began for the Hmong people. With the U.S. refugee resettlement policy‚ some Hmong people came to the United States
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Topic maps are a new ISO standard for describing knowledge structures and associating them with information resources. As such they constitute an enabling technology for knowledge management. Dubbed "the GPS of the information universe"‚ topic maps are also destined to provide powerful new ways of navigating large and interconnected corpora. While it is possible to represent immensely complex structures using topic maps‚ the basic concepts of the model Topics‚ Associations‚ and Occurrences
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A Filipino Critique of Spanish Colonialism The Spanish rule in the Philippines lasted for nearly 300 years during which time held the native population to a caste system where they had different rights than the Spanish colonist. The Spanish colonizers brought with their new government the Roman Catholic Church which was supported heavily by Spain. The conversion of the native people to Catholicism did not meet much resistance‚ and appealed to most of the population which lacked an organized religion
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Japan and the West: Sakoku and Isolationism Japan has been one of the few examples in history of a major world power successfully adopting an ideology of isolationism. There were a number of events that led up to this exclusionary tactic‚ but the end result came about in a form of foreign policy known as sakoku (literally "closed-country")‚ which “culminated in the expulsion of the Portuguese in 1639‚ the eradication of Christianity‚ and the establishment of the Dutch monopoly” (Toby 323). This
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Page 1: Home| Niceville‚ FL| Gustin‚ Cothern & Tucker - Home Welcome to the website of Gustin‚ Cothern & Tucker Inc. We are a Veteran owned‚ full service professional civil engineering and surveying firm established in 1987 when a branch office spun off from a more established business. When we outgrew our original office in Valparaiso‚ we moved to Niceville in 1990. Our office building was physically expanded in 1998 to accommodate further growth of the business. Although we are located in the
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Cultural Studies First Examination Due September 28th by Midnight Name ___________________________________________________________ Part One: Identifications (Write the correct terminology or name in the space provided by each statement. Some terms may not be used. Anthropology Human Race Orthopraxy Arbitrariness Informants Paralanguage Christianity Language Phonology Cultural Hybridization Language Family Pidgin Culture Language Ideology Priests Diachronic Langue
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Human Geography * Fieldwork- go out in the field and see what people are doing‚ observe how people’s actions and reactions vary across space * Summary of Field Note: Kenya full of fertile farmland but many are hungry. Why don’t they grow food for themselves? Most of Kenya is owned by foreigners and Kenya needs the foreign revenue * Human geography- how people make places‚ how we organize space and society‚ how we interact with each other in places and across
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Google’s self-driving cars use a number of technologies that help the car drive itself through busy streets‚ all by itself. These include technologies like a laser range finder‚ front camera‚ rear radar‚ a Global Positioning System and multiple programs that interpret the surrounding of the vehicle. This is a technology that a lot of companies are working on but Google has a very good way of doing it. The first major technology that the Google Self-Driving Car uses is a laser range finder. (National
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Italian phrases‚ words‚ mottos‚ and quotes in heraldry‚ art‚ and popular use (with translations) A buon intenditor poche parole – Few words (are sufficient) for the good listener A chi fa male‚ mai mancano scuse – Who does evil‚ is never short of excuse A nemico che fugge‚ fa un ponte d’oro – Make a golden bridge for a fleeing foe A poco a poco – By little and little A prima vista – At first sight A vostro comodo – At your leisure‚ at your convenience Ad ogni santo vien sua festa –
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destructive her to perform an econometric study of the function of the number of travelers who occupy tourist accommodation in Andalusia. The data required for such analysis have been collected from the database of the Institute of statistics and cartography of Andalusia‚ for easy access through the official website (http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/institutodeestadisticaycartografia/index.html). The National Statistical Institute(NSI) sends every month to the Institute of statistics of Andalusia provisional
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