Hong Kong underwent two economic restructurings after the Second World War. It transformed from an entrepot to an industrial city in the 1950s and an international financial centre in the 1980s. The prospering economy led to rapid population growth‚ thus increasing the society’s demand for urban planning and accelerating urbanization. However‚ after the 1970s‚ economic development changed the traditional family and marriage concepts‚ leading to changes in population size and structure.
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Crac des Chevaliers ________________________________________ Crac des Chevaliers is the most famous medieval citadel in the world‚ (Qal’at Al-Hosn in Arabic) is sixty five kilometers west of Homs and seventy five kilometers south-east of Tartus‚ Syria. Controlling the “Homs Gap” was the main reason Crac des Chevaliers was built‚ because it was the gateway to Syria. Syria communicated with the Mediterranean through this passage. The site was first settled in the 11th century by the Kurds; as a result
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divine proportion‚ divine section‚ and Golden proportion (Rod 2013)1. Not so long after Phidius discovered the Golden Ratio‚ Leonardo Fibonacci‚ a mathematician‚ discovered the Fibonacci sequence‚ which has been proven to tie into the Golden Ratio (Hom 2013)2. If you take any two successive numbers from the Fibonacci sequence‚
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was living on the west coast of the United States. In addition‚ Sui Sin Far’s narration throughout “The Land of the Free” presents the truth about what was immigrant’s life behind America’s dreams of fortune. In the story “The Land of the Free”‚ Hom Hing was a merchant doing business many years in San Francisco. As a Chinese immigrant‚ he came to the U.S. to seek a better life. When his wife‚ Lea Choo‚ got pregnant‚ he sent his wife back to China to have the baby. After separating for years‚ Lea
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Chapter 8 is narrated by Khawla Dunia and is called The Demonstration Go On. Khawla Dunia is a Syrian journalist and visits different parts of Syria and discusses her experience and what she sees. The chapter starts out by Khawla talking about Syria‚ and she mentions that Syria has always been part of the other Arab neighbors and involved in the region’s problems. She says how the Syrian protest was caused by group children who were influenced by the revolution in Tunisia and Egypt. The children
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cuts Griffeth‚ R. W.‚ Hom‚ P. W.‚ & Gaertner‚ S. (2000). A meta-analysis of antecedents and correlates of employee turnover: Update‚ moderator tests‚ and research implications for the next millennium Harder‚ J. W. (1991). Equity theory versus expectancy theory: The case of major league baseball free agents Harder‚ J. W. (1992). Play for pay: Effects of inequity in a pay-for-performance context Hayduk‚ L. (1987). Structural equation modeling with LISREL: Essentials and advances Hom‚ P. W.‚ & Griffeth
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been discovered and rediscovered many times‚ which is why it has so many names —the Golden section‚ divine proportion‚ etc. Historically‚ the number can be seen in the architecture of many ancient creations‚ like the Great Pyramids and the Parthenon. (Hom) Fibonacci discovered the unique properties of the Fibonacci sequence. This sequence ties directly into the Golden ratio because if you take any two successive Fibonacci numbers‚ their ratio is very close to the Golden ratio. As the numbers get higher
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Introduction 0 ver the past 40 years‚ corrugated horns supporting so-called hybrid modes have become well established as feeds for reflector antennas‚ and even as direct radiators. It is not difficult to trace the popularity of the corrugated hom‚ given the ability of certain hybrid modes to produce radiation patterns having extremely good beam symmetry with low cross-polarization levels‚ a high beam efficiency with very low sidelobes‚ and the potential for wide-bandwidth performance [ l
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to these traits as non-critical traits‚ because they are not critical during mate selection. That is‚ having these traits doesn’t change one’s success in mating. Achilles’ ability to display his affection toward another man is a non-critical trait (Hom. Il.). This can be accounted for by different social norms‚ and social values. In ancient Greek‚ the dynamics between men and women were hegemonic. Men asserted all control over women. Men were rulers and women were their subjects. This control prohibits
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------------------------------------------------- Agriculture in Greek Mythology ------------------------------------------------- Classical mythology and the sacred religious cult‚ the Eleusinian Mysteries‚ reveal a lot about the importance of agriculture and the future fecundity of the land to ancient civilisations. As the mother-goddess of the grain and rich harvest‚ the myths of Demeter are pivotal to a contemporary understanding of the cultural function of agriculture in the ancient world
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