Eu Yan Sang was founded in 1879 and specializes in Traditional Chinese Medicine. It evolved from a small shop in Malaya selling traditional Chinese herbal remedies‚ to a global healthcare company manufacturing and retailing traditional Chinese medicines and herbs. It was listed on SGX in 2000 with operations in Hong Kong‚ Malaysia‚ Singapore‚ Australia‚ Macau and China‚ giving it a strong foothold all over the Asia Pacific region. Ranked 16th in consumer health in Singapore in 2011 and 7th in
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Reformation in Europe(1500-1620) Causes for reformation Conflicts between European nation states People at bottom of social structures tired of being at the bottom Invention of the printing press leading to more people reading and interpreting bible and noticing how corrupt Catholic Church is. Sale of indulgences sold by john Tetzel Modern Devotion or Brothers of Common Life Established by Gerard Groote Based out of Zwolle and Deventer in the Netherlands Stressed having a personal relationship
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History Of Architecture Building: Palace Of Minos. Dates: 1700-1400 BC. Time period : Bronze Age. Location: Knossos‚Crete. Civilization :The Minoans. In the heart of the Mediterranean Sea‚ South of Greece‚ lays the island of Crete refuge of the lost civilization of the minions.The island is first refereed as "Kaptara" at the Syrian city of Mani dating from 18 000 BC; Also known as "Keftiu” from the fresco of the Tomb of Rekhmire in the valley of the kings in Egypt. The island’s length is 260 km
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simple destruction‚ for survival‚ or for the annihilation of the enemy. All within the realm of warfare‚ we have found a way to make sticks and stones break bones‚ and everything between simple technologies to the advent of gunpowder‚ has changed civilization and the way we live. Throughout this essay we will look at the simple truths that come from an evolution in weaponry. How it affected the social connections of those times‚ and the way society was forced to wage war with each other. By the time
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WHICH CULTURE IS BETTER: WESTERN OR EASTERN “The Last Supper‚” the painting of Da Vinci illustrates the mental states of each subject and the expressions in a vivid manner and bring the subjects to life. Qi Baishi‚ a renowned painter of traditional Chinese painting‚ famous for painting shrimps could bring subjects to life within seconds. Both of them possess painting techniques which are extraordinary‚ but their styles are completely different. The famous Chinese painter Master Li Hongzhi
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The Early Civilizations Most people think that caveman were dumb‚ but have you ever wondered what they did to bring us here? The time of the Nomads was in the Stone Age which was in the year 3500 B.C.. The Nomads were hunters and gatherers. They made their tools and weapons for hunting from stones and sticks‚ by attaching sharp rocks to the end of sticks to make a club or an ax. Some animals that they hunted were wolves and mammoths. The gatherers collected berries‚ nuts‚ and roots to eat. The
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MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN EUROPE By Fabiha Enam Id: 1001666 Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Masters in Social Science Major Subject: International Business & Entrepreneurship At University of Glasgow Glasgow‚ United Kingdom August‚ 2011 Words: 12300 1|P ag e ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This thesis came to be largely through the friendly cooperation received from microfinance institutions across Europe. I am grateful to the European Microfinance
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or re-finance their government debt without the assistance of third parties. In 1992‚ members of the European Union signed the Maastricht Treaty‚ under which they pledged to limit their deficit spending and debt levels. However‚ in the early 2000s‚ a number of EU member states were failing to stay within the confines of the Maastricht criteria and turned tosecuritising future government revenues to reduce their debts and/or deficits. Sovereigns sold rights to receive future cash flows‚ allowing governments to
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Table of contents 1. Introduction to Norbert Elias as a sociologist Norbert Elias is one of the few twentieth-century sociologists ranking among the truly great and classical social thinkers. His writings “The Court Society” and “The Civilizing Process” are now acclaimed as modern classics. He developed a unique approach to social theory known as process sociology. Since the translation of his work into English began to accelerate in the 1980s‚ a growing number of books and articles on topics
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Civilizations of the Americas The Mayans‚ Aztecs‚ and Incas were three of the most advanced civilization in the Americas. They each brought major accomplishments to the world during their period of reign and some of these accomplishments are still used to this very day. Each one of these civilizations were influenced by foreign countries including: Europe‚ Asia‚ and parts of the Middle East. Some of these accomplishments included agriculture‚ architecture‚ writing‚ and trade. These accomplishments
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