ELC 292 ENGLISH FOR UNIVERSITY STUDIES ASSESSMENT 2 Academic essay 2 Heritage Preservation NAME: Kong Yat Long Oswald STUDENT ID: 11029392D DATE: 12/11/2011 Heritage conservation has become a major concern in the society since the last decade‚ with the innovation project in Lee Tung Street and the demolition of Star Ferry Pier. By definition‚ heritage is a collective noun representing both tangible and intangible assets inherited from the past. It is worth preserving for retaining
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INTRODUCTION A. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Shoe polish is a wax material used for shining the shoes‚ boots or any other footwears. It makes the shoe clean and smooth all day long. Shoe polish is applied on cloth‚ brush‚ or rag. People can make our shoe shine by gently rubbing the cloth with an amount of the shoe polish. After you apply this‚ wait for the shoes to be dry. This shoe polish is made from charcoal and candle. By being creative‚ people can invent or discover
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groups of Ukrainians‚ Belorussians‚ Germans‚ Slovaks and Lithuanians. Polish traditional food‚ a cuisine that was suppressed during Communist times‚ is now making a comeback. Polish Food is diverse and delicious. It is made with almost all of the four basic food groups in mind‚ with a little something from each in every dish (Veterano‚ 2008). Polish cuisine and dining table etiquette is a perfect reflection of the warmth in the Polish character. Having a meal with one’s family is not just consumption
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Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations‚ maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations. Cultural heritage includes tangible culture (such as buildings‚ monuments‚ landscapes‚ books‚ works of art‚ and artifacts)‚ intangible culture (such as folklore‚ traditions‚ language‚ and knowledge)‚ and natural heritage (including culturally significant landscapes‚ and biodiversity)
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Heritage Assessment Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V 05/19/2013 Before asking the questions from Heritage Assessment tool‚ meaning of Cultural Heritage must be known. Cultural Assessment is legacy of intangible attributes and cultural property of a society or a group that are descended from the past generations‚ maintained in the current generation and carried forward for the betterment of the future generations. Tangible culture such as landscapes‚ buildings‚ books‚ art and artifacts‚ intangible
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Lost Heritage in Alice Walker’s "Everyday Use" By contrasting the family characters in "Everyday Use‚" Walker illustrates the mistake by some of placing the significance of heritage solely in material objects. Walker presents Mama and Maggie‚ the younger daughter‚ as an example that heritage in both knowledge and form passes from one generation to another through a learning and experience connection. However‚ by a broken connection‚ Dee‚ the older daughter‚ represents a misconception of heritage
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What is heritage? Introduction My attention in this essay is going to explain what is heritage. There was a survey done in 2010 in Australia‚ the question was asked to people whom responsible for this survey “what first come to mind when you think ‘heritage’”. The survey was the responses of two thousands of people‚ and the overwhelming majority of the answers are Old‚ Buildings and History. As a result‚ can we say that traditional view still dominate‚ in most of people’s thoughts‚ basically
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development of cultural heritage tourism is significantly successful. The culture of Macau is not merely gaming but the East-West cultural pluralism. Its successfulness in preserving the cultural heritage can be clearly shown when Macao’s Heritage (“The Historic Centre of Macao”) has features on World Heritage List in 2005. This highly facilitated the development of Macau’s Cultural Heritage Tourism. In this report‚ the development and management of Macau’s cultural heritage tourism will be examined
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Nail Polish Industry Analysis Introduction and Background The US nail polish industry has a total revenue of $1.1 billion and a profit of $118.4 million in 2012‚ with an annual growth of 2.3% in 2007-2012 and a projected annual growth of 3.3% from 2012-2017 (Panteva). The nail polish industry is able to survive the recession because they are sold at low prices‚ starting at a retail price of lower than $5 to $10 for professional grade nail polishes at drugstores (Panteva). Unlike other consumer
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The poem Lost Heritage‚ written by Heather Buck is concerned with the forgotten past‚ our lost heritage. In this free verse poem the speaker preaches that in todays generation we have lost our touch with the past. Todays children are blind to the importance and significance of our past‚ our heritage because it is failed to be taught and provided. The speakers realization that children of the modern day world are deprived the knowledge of the intricate and colorful past is explored in this poem. The
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