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    Political‚ Economic and Social Contribution of Cultural Tourism in Three Asian Countries Different countries have different cultures. No matter it is a developing country or a developed country‚ it also has its own cultural characteristics to attract people from everywhere on earth to visit it. Tourists visit historical or heritage places‚ religious buildings or even performances in these countries‚ it is called “Cultural Tourism”. Cultural tourism has a great effect in the change of economic‚ political

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    Ebanks v. New York City Transit Authority 70 N.Y.2d 621‚ 518 N.Y.S 2d 776‚ Web 1987 N.Y Lexis 17294 United States Court of Appeals of New York Facts: * Julius Ebanks’s left foot got caught in a 2-inch gap between the escalator step and the side wall of the escalator‚ which was owned and operated by the New York City Transit Authority. * He was thrown violently to the ground after reaching the top. His hip was fractured along with other serious injuries. * The standard gap of the

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    Throughout crime statistics‚ crimes of the powerful‚ for example white collar‚ corporate and state crimes seem to be almost non-existent. Over the last few decades crimes of the powerful are beginning to gain some sort of emphasis with regards its recognition. Crimes of the powerful have been gaining awareness since approximately the mid 1980’s. For example legislations towards corporations have been changed‚ gradually establishing criminal categories. Relatively recently it has been recognised that

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    Jonathan Dong DBQ Global integration‚ the idea of combining of economics‚ politics‚ and cultures to become a more universal world ‚ has become especially prevalent in the ancient civilizations of South America. Cortes ‚ the Spanish conquistador was able to conquer the massive Aztec empire. Christopher Columbus‚ another European explorer‚ united the growing settlements of the Americas and Europe. Because of their modern weaponry and diseases‚ the Europeans were able to create the ideal society

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    Few studies have examined the cultural reflections and the role of advertising in the national development of Nigerian or other African countries. This study‚ which explored the meaning of development‚ the debate on the role of culture and mass media on social modernization‚ African political economy as well as Nigerian history‚ politics‚ economic and communication development efforts‚ serves as an attempt to bridge that gulf. The study focused on the role of advertising in the process of social

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    Zeus is a very powerful god. He is the main cause of all the future myths and legends. He is the controller of all the other gods. He can control lighting‚ And is brothers of the two other most powerful gods poseidon‚ hades. He is the best mythical god ever. Zeus did not start out as the most powerful he’s a descendant of chronos. Chronos was A very bad father who wanted to be the most powerful and did not care about who standed in the way even his children who he ate (mythology/a/mythzeus

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    Between 1450 and 1800 many women gained power as rulers‚ some as reigning queens‚ others as regents. Identify two such powerful women and discuss how issues of gender‚ such as marriage and reproduction‚ influenced their ability to obtain and exercise power. Two of the most powerful women of this era were Queen Elizabeth the first of England and Catherine the Great of Russia. These women had a difficult time gaining their power‚ and were faced with many adversaries‚ but‚ they overcame them and

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    JUSTICIABILITY OF ECONOMIC‚ SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS Content I. Introduction II. Conceptual Barriers of Judicial Enforcement A. Nature of State Obligations B. Separation of Powers III. Practical Issues A. Complexity of Adjudication B. Institutional Competence C. Remedies and Implementation D. Resource Scarcity IV. Potentials for Justiciability A.

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    The authority of an agent is the act which he is allowed or authorised to do by his principal‚ and which will bind his/her principal. Usually‚ the principal will only be bound by the act of the agent if the agent acts within his/her authority. There are two types of authority which an agent could rely on‚ namely actual authority and apparent or ostensible authority.  Actual authority is the authority given by the principal to the agent and could be in written or oral form. The capacity of an

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    played substantial roles in spearheading the British economy. Fishing was part of biggest industry in UK because of the location is around the sea. Therefore‚ the current role in the world was not too affected to other’s countries. Today‚ several industries help for the backbone of the UK economy and it has an important role to influence to other countries‚ since UK is the part of biggest economics entities which is in ranking number 6. (World Development indicators database‚ World Bank‚ 14 April 2011)

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