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    Not much is know of Ching Shih in her early life‚ only that she was a prostitute before she married Cheng I. Cheng I was the captain of a fleet before she became captain. She had two kids of her own and one adopted son. Once Cheng I died she became captain. She was known for having a bigger fleet than the Chinese navy. Women were very common among the fleet‚ and women had high ranking jobs just like the men. Her adopted son created laws for this fleet so that if anyone did not behave they will get

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    This speech will explain how the concept of the hero has been devalued in modern times. I will show that the main reason for this devaluation is that the definition of what constitutes a hero has become a lot broader. To support my argument I will use following people‚ all sometimes descried as heroes: Theseus‚ Nelson Mandela and good old Shane Warne. Traditionally heroes were defined as a person‚ typically a man‚ who is admired for their courage‚ outstanding achievements‚ or noble qualities

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    Has your cheese been moved? While recollecting reading of a book called “Who moved my cheese “and evaluating the same in world around us‚ led to writing of this post. It is a fact for individuals as well for organisations that any stream of earnings‚ workings or processes cannot be taken for lasting for ever without any disruption. Especially in today’s world where intelligence has moved to Artificial Intelligence and human behaviours are being imbibed in Robots to do routine jobs‚ changes or disruptions

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    Has the significance of the Profumo Affair been massively overstated? V13154 Sex and Society in Britain since 1900 Tutor: Harry Cocks Student Number: 4065501 24th March 2010 Word count: 3‚013 Has the significance of the Profumo Affair been massively overstated? The Profumo Affair had all the ingredients of a classic sex scandal – “a clandestine affair‚ adultery‚ potential conflict of interests‚ second-order transgressions and a stream of revelations about the seamy underside of high

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    A Conspiracy Theory: Has a Cure for Diabetes Been Discovered? A topic of interest in the medical field for any disease is always finding a cure. But what if one has already been found? Moreover‚ what if it’s being hidden by pharmacies and drug companies to protect the large profits these companies make off of patients? Many conspiracists believe that this is occurring today‚ specifically with diabetes. Though pharma companies do have a large impact on drug and cure research‚ there is simply not enough

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    The 21st century has been called the ‘Asian Century’. If so‚ what are the implications for Australia? The successful and continuous economic development over past four to five decades in Asian region have lead to a defining feature of the 21st century – Rise of Asia in Asian century. The weight of global economy is shifting towards Asia‚ It has been estimated that by the middle of this century‚ Asia could account for half of the global output‚ trade and investment. With the continuous hunger for

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    employees and Japanese managers.The movie shows us the results of a very disturbing‚ but comical cultural conflict between The United States and Japan and makes it easy to see the differences between cultures and how they can impact a business. Guns Ho illustrates and personify in the movie some factors that are related to The Dimensions of Hofstede’s theories by showing some of the complications of the cultural differences in management and human resources in an understandable and entertaining way

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    and Analysis on Tao te Ching Tao te Ching was written around the 6th century BC by the sage‚ Lao-Tzu‚ a record- archiver for the Zhou dynasty court‚ which was a Chinese dynasty from c.1046–256 BC. The book is a fundamental text for both philosophical‚ and religious Taoism and it is one of the three major systems of thought in China along with Confucianism and Buddhism. Tao literally means “way‚” Te means “virtue‚” and Ching means “canon.” Thus Tao-te Ching is a compound noun meaning

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    Homeless: What Has Been Done To Decrease The Problem? One of the largest growing concerns in Toronto is the constantly increasing number of citizens who are finding themselves living on the streets. With the decrease in the number of available jobs‚ the population of homeless people has literally boomed. My questions are not as simple to answer as they may appear. Why is a large portion of our community forced to live on the streets? What has be done to decrease the problem? These are the questions

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    To whom ever has been given the burdern of reading this paper‚ Vending Machines are a terrible idea. Vending machines are terrible for the fact that they require maintenance to keep running‚ They require a lot of people to spend their money at one in order to even potentially turn a profit. Vending machines are not cheap. They cost thousands of dollars ($) to purchase and maintain. The machines cost hundreds of dollars ($) to keep fully stocked. In total‚ over 1 year a business or a school‚ depending

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