They are the only two female pirates on record.” This supports the claim that there are female pirates‚ but there are not many on record. Source 3 also states that there are some female pirates such as Mary Read‚ Anne Bonny‚ Grace O’Malley‚ and Ching Shih. Treasure Island states “ I don’t like this cruise; I don’t like the men; and I don’t like my officer.” This means that the crew has no women and is made up of all men. Pirate books and movies romanticize the ideas of pirates that aren’t always
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James Hills Ancient History 12.01 Taoism Analysis of Sources 1. Taoism: The quest for immortality (John Blofeld) This book is obviously a secondary source although it references some primary sources mainly the Tao Te Ching. The author of the book is a published author and therefore it can be assumed that the information inside is relatively accurate as a secondary source can get. The only possibility of bias is that the author is a follower of another religion‚ even so the bias will
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Critically examine the response of Hong Kong government to the housing problems of the urban poor. Introduction: Hong Kong is a densely populated metropolitan so there are a lot of housing problems especially for the urban poor. As the housing problems in Hong Kong such as the shortage of housing units are getting more acute‚ it is worth making an in-depth analysis for the sake of gaining a deeper insight of the responses of the government in housing problems. I will focus on different measures
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After the death of Charlemagne the Normans invented the long boat. These new boats could sail out into the ocean; as was important for the Normans because they were a society based on trade and warriors. The long boat journeys also brought capitalism back to Europe. At this time the Muslims controlled the Italian peninsula‚ and in 1029 the Normans defeated the Muslim Navy to gain control of the Italy. They also brought capitalism to the Italy and did away with agricultural manors. The manors were
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ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS: PROJECT WORK 2013 “Statistics in our daily life.” CONTENTS Introduction Acknowledgement Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Further exploration Conclusion Reflection INTRODUCTION I‚ along with my fellow classmates‚ had been given a task by our Additional Mathematics teacher‚ which was the Additional Project Work 2013. Statistics is the study of the collection‚ organization‚ analysis‚ interpretation and presentation of data. It
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Lit13 – E02 Analysis of “A Madman’s Diary” Story – “A Madman’s Diary” by Lu Xun Plot The story started with a man visiting his good friends who l seriously ill. However‚ he is only successful on meeting one of them and because the other one who was ill recovered some time ago and has gone to take up an official post according to his brother. The man who visited was shown a diary of the one who was ill and he read it through. Later‚ he found out that the diarist suffered from a form of persecution
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Case Study 9 Shih Ching Tu 1140483 For this essay I am gonna analyze case number 9 by Karen Horney. Samara is a 35 year old female‚ always in relationships but was never able to lead to a marriage‚ she sees herself as a devoting figure in the relationship‚ the perfect woman every man should have want‚ and has a hard time understanding why man always end up breaking up with her‚ because it is not the fact she cannot find a boyfriend‚ she just has a problem keeping them. Samara demonstrates a
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Chinese culture is one of the world’s oldest cultures.[1][2] The area in which the culture is dominant covers a large geographical region in eastern Asiawith customs and traditions varying greatly between provinces‚ cities‚ and even towns. Important components of Chinese culture include literature‚music‚ visual arts‚ martial arts‚ cuisine‚ religion etc. dentity[edit] Today there are 56 distinct recognized ethnic groups in China.[3] In terms of numbers however‚ Han Chinese is by far the largest
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History Asus was founded in Taipei in April 2‚ 1989 by T.H. Tung‚ Ted Hsu‚ Wayne Hsieh and M.T. Liao‚ all four having previously worked at Acer as computer engineers. At this time‚ Taiwan had yet to establish a leading position in the computer-hardware business. Intel Corporation would supply any new processors to more established companies like IBM first‚ and Taiwanese companies would have to wait for approximately six months after IBM received their engineering prototypes. By 2009‚ Asus was receiving
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and yang in everything. Anything that altered the natural relation of yin to yang was considered bad‚ and right living consisted of carefully following the tao. If one observed the tao by moderation‚ equanimity‚ and morality‚ as taught in the Tao-te Ching‚ by Lao-tzu (sixth century B.C.)‚ one would be impervious to disease and resistant to the ravages of aging; disregard of the tao led to illness‚ which was not so much a punishment for sin as the inevitable result of acting contrary to natural laws
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