crew of 560 men and two years worth of supplies. On September 8‚ 1519‚ the fleet left the city of Seville and set out to sea on September 20‚ 1519. Magellan led three of four ships through a strait at the southern tip of South America and into the Pacific Ocean. That strait today is known as the Strait of Magellan. The captain of the fourth ship discarded orders and turned around and left to go home. Magellan and the remains of his fleet headed north to Guam‚ later landing at Cebu. There‚ Magellan
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east) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe‚ on the south by Africa‚ and on the east by Asia. It covers an approximate area of 2.5 million km² (965‚000 mi²)‚ but its connection to the Atlantic (the Strait of Gibraltar) is only 14 km (9 mi) wide. In oceanography‚ it is sometimes called the Eurafrican Mediterranean Sea of the European Mediterranean Sea‚ to distinguish it from Mediterranean seas elsewhere. The Mediterranean was once thought to be the
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Henry Hudson was an explorer that had a river‚strait and bay named after him. He went on 3 different expeditions seeking for the NorthWest Passage. In one of his expeditions he almost died of mutiny. While on his fourth Expedition Henry’s crew abandoned him‚ his son‚ and other crew‚ members‚ they left them there to die which they did. Henry Hudson was brave and courageous. He put his life at risk for the sake of the country. On his first expedition he sailed under The Muscovy Company
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References: The Straits Times. (2008‚ Jan 15) Good progress made in preparing for ageing population. ASIAONE. Retrieved from http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20080115-45091.html Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (2010‚ Aug 8) Speech on National
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him too much‚ as long as he can get into a secondary school.” And with this in mind‚ there is an ongoing debate on whether the PSLE should be abolished as it is causing too much stress on Singaporean students and parents as well. One of the The Straits Times’ current affairs
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emigrated from China to the British Straits Settlement of Melaka‚ Singapore‚ Penang and also Java of Indonesia. The Chinese then married the local females and their distinct background‚ cultures and customs blended together harmoniously and became baba nyonya in “Peranakan” culture. Farhana : “Peranakan” means descendent in Malay. It is another local term for them. “Baba” refers to the male while “nyonya” is female. Besides‚ they are also being known as “Straits-born Chinese”. This is a very unique
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degradation and the sheer brutality of the act of physically separating a mother from her children is a deep assault on our senses and on our most elemental humanity.... The stolen generation is the name given to the generation of aboriginal and Torres strait islander children that were removed from their families and placed into institutions where they were forced to forget their aboriginality. These children were then given a poor education and were sent into the homes of white Australians to be servants
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The second student‚ I chose is Donna Corcoran; she is ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). She was born in Australia and her parents got divorced when she was four years old. She lives with her mother. She was affected by this divorce and always felt that happened because of her. Her mother sometimes struggling to figure out what her daughter wants to say. In her school‚ she has all the support from her teachers. Autism is a lifelong developmental condition that affects‚ among other things‚ the way an
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Kevin Rudd Sorry Speech analysis Kevin Rudd (Prime Minister at the time) made an apology to the “Stolen Generation” from the Parliament House‚ Canberra‚ 2008. The “Stolen Generation” were the children of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were removed from the Australian Federal and State government agencies and church missions‚ under the acts of their respective Parliaments. Kevin Rudd’s aim was to inform the Indigenous community of the Australian Governments ‘wrong doings’
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The Straits Time. [Newspaper] [4] N.A. (2009‚ July 22). ‘Research Finds That Many Older People Can’t Get Up After A Fall’. [Online] Available: http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sns-health-older-people-fall-research-story.html [5] J.A Baker (2011‚ May 30). The Straits Time. About 6 elderly S’poreans die alone each month. [Newspaper] [6] N.A. (2014‚ March 07). HDB InfoWEB: Project
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