The Rose-Red City of Petra The extraordinary ancient city of Petra is found in Jordan and is listed as a World Heritage cultural site by UNESCO from 1985. Petra is found in Jordan‚ a country in the Middle East‚ between the Red sea and the Dead Sea. The city was established in 6th century BC by the Nabataeans (or Nabateans)‚ who were a simplistic tribe of nomad camel-drivers. Petra means ‘rock’ in local language and is one of the ‘New Sevens Wonders of the world’. The city of Petra was inhabited
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Austin Suppe The Great Wall of China My family and I went to the Great Wall of China on a Christmas Holiday three years ago. It was winter and the beautiful white snow poured down on the frozen ground. The chilling wind seeped into the thick layers of my jacket and touched my body with its cold slender fingers. We used the cable car to reach the top of The Great Wall. Sitting in the cable car was a frightening experience because it sways heavily due to the strong wind blowing
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debate for many years. It has been controversial because it has been said to be a form of reverse discrimination. This paper will discuss the purpose behind affirmative action‚ as well as‚ its various strengths and weaknesses. Also‚ this paper will look at the following issues surrounding affirmative action such as the incompetency myth ( are companies hiring less qualified people?)‚ the impact on employment (what has changed in the work place?)‚ the impact on women (how has their lives changed?)
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In “Could You Live with Less”‚ Stephanie Mills states her reason of rejecting the use of advanced technologies. As a freelance writer with unstable income‚ she can only afford the technologies just for her basic need. She is proud to live with a simple life without technologies dominating it. She enjoys doing things with her efforts‚ for example splitting firewood in the wintertime. Her knowledge that technology brings damages to planet and most of its people‚ and the influence of others who are
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Some people prefer to live in a small town. Others prefer to live in a big city. Which place would you prefer to live in? There are too many differences between live in a big city and a small city. So we have to choice our own position. If you like calm condition‚ small cities are suits you. Although‚ if you want to improve yourself‚ big cities are the most important place to learn so many things will need your future life. In life‚ people’s the best thing is of course
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been to far off place. I had heard so much of Pakistan before. Now I have satisfied my long cherished desire of seeing this beautiful city. It is a large city well planned containing magnificent buildings depicting architecture which I have never seen before. The Bandar area is rather scattered. They have drilled square holes down in the middle of the roads for the passage of rain water. It rains pretty heavily there. The temperature never goes up as high as in the northern cities. Altogether a delightful
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After many years of steady and rapid growth‚ china has gained massive attention (economically‚ culture‚ and socially) large amount of export and import has been produced on that general background‚As a tiny part of export section.i am now standing here to delivery my ‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚The Implication the bankruptcy of Ningbo cixi Landisong plaza hotel I would like start with the brief description of china`s tourism and hotel market The service industry has a long-standing history in
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Written by Dr. Brian Weiss‚ Many Lives‚ Many Masters is a book that follows the true story of Dr. Weiss’s journey through past life regression therapy when treating a seemingly hopeless parent by the name of Catherine. Weiss does so through exercises involving hypnosis. Catherine had long been struggling with troubles involving the fear of airplanes‚ water‚ dying‚ and chocking which leads her to not want to swallow pills. Along with the previously stated troubles Catherine had gone through‚ she also
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Have you ever gotten home after school and realized how much homework you have due the next day and all of the tests you have to study for? Most teens have been in this situation once or more times before. It happens really frequently. Some kids get really stressed out and can not finish all of the work. This can cause you to get a zero on the assignment and hurt your average. Kids should have less homework. Homework does not serve a purpose. Kids go to school to learn things. We learn for eight
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Kids should have less homework because they are using all of their time at home doing homework instead of doing something productive. The average student gets around 75% of homework each day. In class you do lots of non-stop work. Then you go home and do the same thing for 5 days. All that work could easily put you under pressure which makes you do your homework all wrong and you don’t notice until you get to school. All that pressure could also fail you on a test. When you’re trying to do your
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