GEOG1003 Contemporary Global Environmental Issues (6 credits) Course Teacher: Dr M Hart Office: Room 218‚ Hui Oi Chow Science Building Phone: 2241 5459 Email: mhart@hku.hk Objectives This course introduces a number of major global environmental issues and links them to contemporary socio-economic and political considerations while maintaining a geographical perspective. Course Synopsis Recent decades have been characterized by increasing awareness of environmental issues and the need to come to
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What were the different responses between Christian and Muslims towards the Black plague? Well the black plague was a highly contagious disease. It spread through the 13th century killing 80116000 people. During that time period there was many religious powers. The Christianities and Muslims responses towards the black plague were different on their beliefs on whether it was Gods punishment or blessing‚ on how Christians jumped to conclusions and Muslims believed in rumors‚ and lastly their
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Welcome to WST 371: a 7 week online course. This course will examine how women and sexuality have been depicted in American popular culture from the 1950’s to current day. We will utilize themes and images from various formats‚ including movies‚ television‚ and popular books as well as analyzing different products and stores in considering what ideas and images about sexuality are being marketed and sold. We will consider questions such as: Have popular images of sexuality for women changed over
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enriched the vocabulary. Surely‚ different background‚ different taboos. Due to their unique cultural background‚ the British and American taboos show distinctive traces of bible culture. The New Testament recorded that Judas‚ the betrayer‚ was the 13th in the
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SUPERSTITIOUS BELIEFS INTRODUCTION Over a period of time‚ superstitious beliefs have rooted themselves firmly in our society‚ so much so that it is virtually impossible for the person to ignore them. They have made a place for themselves in all the walks of life‚ including politics and sports. Politicians resorting to the astrological predictions is not at all rare. On the other hand‚ examples of superstitions in sports include cricketers carrying a coloured handkerchief in their pocket‚ or soccer
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street…Hailey meets E) H: Ni hao‚ how are you? Marissa: Ni hao. H: What’s your plan for tomorrow? Ni mingian mang bu mang? M: mintian shi xingqi ji? (what day is tomorrow?) H: Mintian shi san yue shi san hao xingchi wu. (tomorrow is march 13th‚ Friday) na tien shi wo meimei de shengri.(that day is my younger sister’s birthday.) M: Shi ma? (really?) H: Shi‚ Mintian wo meimei qi ni chi wanfan‚ zenmeyang? (yes‚ my sister invites you to dinner tomorrow‚ is it okay?) M: hao(good) H: Ni xihuan
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1. Carpenter expressed interest in the arts‚ with a particular affinity for films from an early age. A college project entitled The Resurrection of Billy Bronco‚ which Carpenter collaborated on the script and acted as music composer‚ won an academy award in 1970. 2. John Carpenter’s works in the mid 1970’s ranged from comedy‚ sci-fi‚ and westerns‚ which Carpenter had the strongest affinity for. 3. During the production of these films‚ Carpenter worked as writer‚ director‚ composer‚ and producer
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On Friday‚ October 13th I went to the University of Minnesota’s Techniques of Listening Conference. It was very intimidating at first‚ with all of the people in attendance graduate level or higher music students‚ but as everyone introduced themselves it was a lot more friendly and enjoyable to attend. I particularly enjoyed Yung Emily Wang’s presentation titled Shopping and Chopping: Diasporic Intimacy through everyday Embodied Listening in Chinese Toronto. This was a fascinating presentation and
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about when to meet since school would probably be canceled because of the murder. They eventually decided to meet tomorrow at around 3:00pm tomorrow on December‚ Friday 13th. Sammy eventually drove Akame back to her house in her black car‚ since Akame had her mother drive her to school that morning. The next morning on Friday the 13th‚ Akame started feeling uneasy as if something unexpected was going to happen to her that day. Akame then got in her car and headed out onto the snowy road and noticed
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