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    The Sutton Hoo

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    the landowner‚ Edith May Pretty‚ helped unearth some of the mounds on the burial site. When they did this‚ they found out that the burial site was Anglo-Saxon‚ and that grave robbers have disturbed some of the ruins. Around the site‚ there are around twenty barrows‚ or mounds‚ and the ship itself was found in one of the mounds. Many of the burials were found in the actual mounds‚ but twenty-seven other burials were found outside the mounds. Sutton Hoo is somewhere as old as around A.D. 625‚ this is

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    Overseas Tankship (U.K.) Limited v.The Miller Steamship Co. Pty. Limited and another (Wagon Mound No 2)‚ Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on appeal from the Supreme Court of New South Wales‚ 1966 There are extracts from this case at p. 80 of Weinrib and then a summary of the result of this case at p 183. The case has some important passages beyond what appear in the p. 80 extract. Please add the following to your reading: LORD REID‚ LORD MORRIS OF BORTH-Y-GEST‚ LORD PEARCE‚ LORD WILBERFORCE

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    Barrow sits between the parish church and the River Esk in Repton‚ Bluffshire‚ U.K. Last summer‚ I examined evidence for previous disturbance(s) of the site and assessed the extent to which the original Neolithic burial mound remained intact. I excavated two different sites on the mound‚ one on the east end and another on the west end of the barrow. While excavating and cleaning each of the sections‚ I recovered artifacts and human bones. I was also able to draw a stratigraphic profile of each excavation

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    discovered in fragments. The interpretation of excavated Viking graves was also problematic due to religious ambivalence from pagandom to Christianity even though many of the archeological findings were from the Viking Age (Pulsiano and Wolf; Burial Mounds and Burial Practices). Nonetheless‚ the burial customs present the modern world with the important aspects of the perception of reverence for ancestors‚ life after death‚ and social structure in the old Scandinavian culture. Scandinavians believed

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    cities of stone or adobe (clay). In the Four-Corners (Utah‚ Colorado‚ Arizona and New Mexico) area was where the Anasazi people (a.k.a. the “ancient ones”) were settled. Their culture began in about 100 BC. Along the Mississippi we villages of the Mound

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    *The Eastgate Complex*: The Eastgate Complex located in Harare‚ Zimbabwe was designed by the Engineers of Arup led by Mick Pearce. This complex is designed with the inspiration from the ventilation design from termite mounds. Termites require their home to remain at an exact temperature of 30.5°C throughout the day even when the temperature ranges from 1°C (during the night) to 40°C (during the day). This complex has natural cooling ventilation process with specially designed hooded windows‚ variable

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    Michelle v Canconcert Pty Ltd Duty: Since Michelle suffers from depression‚ a recognized psychiatric illness‚ and does not suffer any physical injury‚ this is a case of duty of care (DOC) under Mental Harm (MH)‚ as provided in s34 CLWA. Circumstantial factors will be used to answer the reasonable foreseeability question. From the facts‚ ‘sudden shock’ can be established as Michelle was in the midst of buying water when she was suddenly shocked by the bang and screams. Determination of DOC then

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    The Vikings are Scandinavian celebrities. The lure of their culture is still attracting many admirers and their legend still lives on. Because of their popularity‚ even the History channel is currently running a new semi-historic drama series about this wild brood. The legend of Vikings as brutal warriors is widespread‚ but few people know about their society and culture. The exhibition “Vikings” at The Field Museum show that the tales of violence are only a small part of the Viking world. Through

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    remoteness used by the courts was developed in the case‚ Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v Morts Dock & Engineering Co Ltd (The Wagon Mound) No 1. In this case‚ Lord Simons said that it was the foresight of the reasonable man which alone can determine responsibility. However there does not appear to be any definition of what exactly constitutes reasonable foresight. Since The Wagon Mound No 1 the courts have frequently reiterated that the defendant may be liable even though he could not envisage that precise

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    1. Title Page • Newgrange‚ Bru na Boinne‚ Co Meath. Ireland • Rushe • Contents Page Page Subject 3 Introduction 15 Bibliography 16 Appendices TABLE & FIGURES Table 1 – Applications of Culture pg 4 Table 2 – Cultural Tourism pg 5 Table 3 – Typological of Cultural Tourism pg 5 Table 4 – Benefits of Cultural or Heritage Tourism pg 17 Figure 1 – Newgrange’s Stakeholders Critically evaluate the issues affecting the Newgrange World Heritage Site

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