TIBETAN REFUGEES IN NEPAL There are more than 20‚000 Tibetan refugees living in about 12 settlements across the country. However‚ the true number of Tibetan refugees is not known. Some estimates suggest that 30‚000 Tibetans live in Kathmandu alone. While some Tibetan refugees arrived in Nepal in the early 1950s‚ the first major influx crossed the border in 1959‚ following the Lhasa Uprising. They established camps primarily in the Himalayan border regions of Nepal such
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Indian geography is a showcase of diversity. It is the world’s largest democracy that occupies around 73 % of Southern Asia. With a population of 1.2 billion‚ India is one of the most populous nations in the world and falls slightly behind China. India‚ which is 12 times largest that UK and 8 times largest than Japan occupies just 2.4 % of the total surface of the earth in spite of being seventh largest in regards to the total covering area. India’s landscape varies from snow-capped peaks to deserts
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Tourism Development in Rotorua Rotorua is a city located in the North Island of New Zealand and is located 230km south of Auckland. It is a popular tourist destination and receives 1.5 million visitors a year from around the world. The development of the tourist industry in Rotorua is due to a sequence of events that have occurred over past 160 years. These events have been devised into 4 major stages which‚ include cultural and natural change and economic development. Stage one in the process
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Maysa Dandis Professor Roffel English 200 September 28‚ 2013 The Old City of Jerusalem King Abdullah II once said”I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions”. The old city of Jerusalem represents many of fascinated religious and archeological landmarks. I went there when I was 13 years old. Anyone visited this city certainly he would visit the holy places for Muslims‚ Christians and Jews‚ met people divided in a different uneven quarters‚ taste the most delicious
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The Mt. Everest Base Camp is a dream goal for the vast majority of the trekkers and explorers around the globe. There were a few endeavors to make summit to the Everest for leaving impressions on the famous base camp of Mt. Everest (5364 m) like the legendary Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay- Mt. Everest climbers. However‚ many of them vanished or passed on amid the journey. New Zealand national Hillary and Nepali resident Sherpa were sufficiently fortunate to successfully have the summit to
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Katla Iceland is called the land of ice and fire. It is formed by the divergent plate boundary between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates. Spanning the Mid-Atlantic Ridge‚ Iceland emerged as a result of the divergent process; the results of which‚ can be measured and observed on land. About the size of the State of Virginia‚ with a population of around 300‚000. Iceland has 30 volcanoes and 13 of them are active. The most fatal volcanic eruption of Iceland’s history was the Skaftáreldar
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INTRODUCTION The purpose of this report is to present an in depth experience of an on the job training in narration at one of Angeles City’s prime hotel‚ Century Hotel. Although still referred to as a Province of Pampanga‚ Angeles City has seen many improvements and is locally classified as a first class‚ highly urbanized City here in the Philippines. The City has endured the rage of the Mt. Pinatubo eruption back in the early 90’s which also led to the pullout of the largest US Base military
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Study guide for Mid-term 2 Test Important: The actual test will cover 20 multiple choice questions 20 fill in the blanks questions‚ and five short questions (2-4 sentences). There won’t be any choices. Test duration is 60 minutes. Actual questions will come from the following topics: 1. Flowchart by Wall and Wright (1977) – what does the chart illustrate? 2. Mountain resource characteristics – six characteristics 3. Trail impacts in Mt. Robson Park – indicators of trail impacts
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Ancient History Notes 1 Villa of papyri (new work): -16 rooms -2780 sq. metres. -detmined that it has "stepped" down the hill in levels -possibility of more scrolls Changing interpretations: impact on new research and technologies New Technologies Papyri Scroll Deciphering -use of computer enhancement -use of multiple spectral imaging (capturing image data at different frequencies across the electro magnetic spectrum‚ used 1000 nanometers) Estelle Lazer and the skeletons of Pompeii
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FIELDTRIP TO BORNEO BIRD FESTIVAL REPORT 1.0 INTRODUCTION On Sunday 7 October 2012 I went on field trip to Kundasang Borneo Bird Festival with my course mate accompanied by Miss Juliana Langgat. Bus arrived at Kolej Kediaman Indah Permai about 7.30am and bus live about 7.45am. The trip took about 2 hours and we arrived at the bottom of Kinabalu Park about 9.00am and wait for shuttle bus to go inside Kinabalu Park. This fieldtrip is one of assessment of Special Event Operation(BE31703) and the purposes
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