History of the Singapore River As the lifeline of Singapore‚ the Singapore River‚ flowing through the central area‚ is of great social‚ political and economic importance in the history of Singapore. The mouth of Singapore River‚ which still stands as the downtown core today‚ has a long history as bustling trading port. Pre-modern period Starting from the 5th‚ there has been a constant flow of ships between the South China Sea and Indian Ocean via the Straits of Melaka. Merchants and traders
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My heritage can be traced back to the British Colonial rules of South Africa‚ when Gold was discovered in the Johannesburg area in 1948‚ my ancestors came to South Africa wanting a better living‚ they worked in the mines as contracted workers‚ eventually with a having a steady payment monthly‚ they started a small business. There were many like my family‚ they came from China to South Africa ‚ working in the gold mines. I recognized a birth certificate of a Chinese man in the Apartheid museum‚ with
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Biff’s Monologue: Train Ride Home After Finding Out That Willy Was Cheating on Linda “I just couldn’t even begin to understand where Willy got the idea that hanging out with that woman was okay. Imagine my immense shock when I entered his room up in Boston and saw her prostrated upon the bed‚ giggling and openly flirting with Willy. Not only did he cheat on my mother‚ but he looked right into my eyes and told me a boldfaced lie. It was as if he thought i wasn’t smart enough to figure out what was
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The Art of Jeepney Riding 1. What have you think about the view of the author? I think the author just want to share his experience in riding a jeepney and at the same time how Filipino characteristics are depicts or show in jeepney riding. The author connects how the people acts when riding a jeepney and how they act in real life. One of what he mentions is about how Filipinos are opportunistic because they cover more space than they should. Mostly what he wrote was about the negative side
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ARTICLE IN PRESS Tourism Management 26 (2005) 539–548 Relationship between tourism and cultural heritage management: evidence from Hong Kong$ Bob McKerchera‚*‚ Pamela S. Y. Hoa‚ Hilary du Crosb b a School of Hotel and Tourism Management‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hung Hom‚ Kowloon‚ Hong Kong Department of Geography‚ The University of Hong Kong/School of Hotel and Tourism Management‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hong Kong Received 24 November 2003; accepted 4 February 2004
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Cities 26 (2009) 81–92 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Cities journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/cities A GIS analysis of the impact of modern practices and polices on the urban heritage of Irbid‚ Jordan Sharaf Al-kheder a‚*‚ Naif Haddad a‚ Leen Fakhoury b‚ Suha Baqaen c a The Hashemite University‚ P.O. Box 150459‚ Zarqa 13115‚ Jordan The University of Jordan‚ Jordan c Consolidated Consultants Engineering and Environment‚ P.O. Box 830746‚ Amman 11183‚ Jordan b
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Linda M. Hasselstrom made a very convincing argument in her essay‚ "Why One Peaceful Woman Carries a Pistol". She says that criminal activity has become a growing concern for most people. According to the Department of Justice‚ several hundreds of people will be robbed‚ assaulted‚ kidnapped or murdered this year alone. While handgun possession is a highly controversial issue in today ’s society‚ it should not be quickly dismissed as a means to self-defense. Because of the vulnerability of women‚
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“Generally speaking‚ the use of food as cultural products by tourism industry today affects the culinary heritages in negative senses “ . INTRODUTION In this essay we survey the use of food as cultural products by tourism industry today affects the culinary heritages in negative senses “ .In every society‚ the nature of food and its distribution are directly influenced by a range of seemingly remote economic‚ technological‚ political‚ cultural‚ historical and sociological factors
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How is Love presented in Romeo and Juliet and two poems from the Shakespeare Literary Heritage Love is presented in a variety of different ways in Romeo and Juliet and my chosen poems from the Literary Heritage: Stop All the Clocks and Sonnet 130. For instance‚ in Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare is attempting to challenge the tradition of courtly love that was prominent in the Elizabethan era. He is suggesting that the tradition of courtly love is artificial and essentially false. Courtly
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Brittney Henley Pd. 2A Chapter 12: Age of Religious Wars Key Topics; -War between Calvinists and Catholics in France. -The Spanish occupation of the Netherlands. -Struggle for supremacy between England and Spain. -The devastation of Central Europe during the Thirty Years’ War. |Vocabulary |Notes | | |
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