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    preserve the culture and tradition of Australia and its surrounding including the aboriginals (Morgan‚ 2003‚ para. 5)‚ smaller exhibitions inside the museum includes First Australians: Gallery of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples traces the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples‚ Horizons: The Peopling of Australia since 1788‚ Nation: Symbols of Australia explores common expressions like ’G’day’ and ’mate’ and symbols of national identity from the flag‚ to Anzac‚ the kangaroo

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    Baba and Nyonya Culture

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    by a subsequent qualifying noun‚ such as for example Cina (Chinese)‚ Belanda(Dutch) or Jepang/Jepun (Japanese). Baba is a Persian loan-word borrowed by Malaysian as an honorific solely for grandparents; it was used to refer to the Straits-Chinese males. Female Straits-Chinese descendants were either called or styled themselves Nyonyas. The word nyonya (also commonly misspelled nonya) is a Javanese loan honorific word from Italian Nona (grandma) meaning: foreign married Madam. Language The language

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    Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. During this time‚ the British empire was eyeing a port of call in the region to base its merchant fleet‚ and to forestall any advance made by the Dutch. Singapore‚ already an up-and-coming trading post along the Malacca Straits‚ seemed ideal. Raffles‚ then the Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen (now Bengkulu) in Sumatra‚ landed in Singapore on 29 January 1819. Recognising the immense potential of the swamp-covered island‚ he helped negotiate a treaty with the local rulers

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    “Glory before Death” present in many modern day military forces. Excerpts from the Histories by Herodotus (Primary Source) 201. King Xerxes pitched his camp in the region of Malis called Trachinia‚ while on their side the Greeks occupied the straits. These straits the Greeks in general call Thermopylae (the Hot Gates); but the natives‚ and those who dwell in the neighbourhood‚ call them Pylae (the Gate). Here then the two armies took their stand; the one master of all the region lying north of Trachis

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    References: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/malaysian-graduates-struggle-to-get-good-jobs-says-straits-times http://www.ikim.gov.my/v5/index.php?lg=1&opt=com_article&grp=2&sec=&key=1482&cmd=resetall

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    culture. With starting from scratch and recolonizing Australia the city of Melbourne would be a good place to start‚ it is protected from very large ships entering into the Bass Strait’s due to it being around 50 meters deep‚ and the water in the Bass Strait also has notoriously

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    Portuguese and took over Malacca with the help of their ally the Sultan of Johor. The main objective of Dutch is to control the tin ore in Malay Peninsula. After about 160 years of Dutch rule‚ Malacca was handed over to the English and became part of the Straits Settlements. With the opening of the port at Singapore by the British‚ Melaka’s economy fell into further decline. Anglo-Dutch treaty was signed on 17 March 1824 with the aim of ending all rivalry between the British and the Dutch in the East. Before

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    CHAPTER 13: *The tropics were warm all year-round. The center of the tropical zone is marked by the equator. *The rainy and dry seasons in the Indian Ocean reflect the influence of monsoons. *To accommodate the uneven distribution of rainfall‚ South Indian farmers constructed elaborate irrigation canals. *Empires of Mail in West Africa and Delhi in Southern Asia both utilized Islamic administration. *Mansa Kankan Musa made a famous pilgrimage that served to demonstrate the enormous wealth of

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    The Mass Media 1. Functions i. Information Function ii. Surveillance Function iii. The Social Function - Entertainment - Socialisation iv. Commercial Function v. Political function 2. Key types i. Traditional Media - Print (newspapers‚ magazines‚ billboards‚ books) - Electronic Media (radio‚ television‚ film) ii. New Media - web-based and mobile technologies (the Internet‚ social media‚ etc) 3

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    Good morning/ afternoon Introduction: Within recent years‚ a variety of issues have been proven to be associated with mandatory minimum sentencing laws. With the laws affecting a significant demographic of minorities‚ issues such as prison overpopulation‚ unfair judgement and extensive costs involved with prisons and the court have arisen. The concept of mandatory sentencing was originally implemented to ensure that certain criminals served long prison sentences‚ which would simultaneously punish

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