Introduction and Overview “The Shangri-la" is the brand of limited-company Shangri-la (Asia) Co.‚ LTD in Hong Kong‚ this company belongs to the famous Chinese businessman--"The candy king" Robert Kuok ‘s Kuok Group in Malaysia. The story of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts began in 1971 when a deluxe hotel was founded in the city of Singapore. Today‚ Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts is the largest Asian-based deluxe hotel group in the region. And it is regarded as one of the world’s
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L.A. Story: Rhetorical Analysis Alec Waugh‚ a British novelist once said‚ “you can fall in love at first sight with a place as with a person”. A place can have so much character to not only make a person fall in love at first sight‚ but to keep that person entranced by love for the place. The city one might picture is Paris the city of love or the islands of Hawaii. However‚ this city is not the typical city that comes to mind. It is the city with busy streets and beautiful people‚ Los Angeles
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Love is a powerful force that drives one person to draw a deep affection towards another. When analyzed‚ the short story entitled "Love in L.A.‚" by Dagoberto Gilb‚ shows how one can see many reasons in seeing irony and even satire by the story’s title. Through "Jake‚" the protagonist’s definition of "love" is expressed in different fashions‚ none result in anything positive; He portrays being lazy‚ irresponsible‚ somewhat poor‚ and perhaps something of a con artist‚ looking for his freedom. Several
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To see a scorned‚ beaten‚ and crucified man lying dead in the arms of his mother is an image‚ which can inspire overwhelming emotions within the heart of an observer. Yet‚ for the longest time I’ve had such difficulty looking at Michelangelo’s Pieta or any piece of art in this way. To me‚ art has never been about expressing oneself or conveying a message to others‚ but simply creating an image for the sake of beauty and perfection. When I look at the Pieta I see a cold‚ solid mass of marble carved
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Love in L.A. The story “Love in L.A.” is a short story written by Dagoberto Gilb in 1986. It is a love story based on realistic approaches. One of the main characters was Jake‚ who was dreaming while driving. However‚ this caused an accident; he crashed into a Toyota that was in front of him. Mariana‚ who was the other main character in “Love in L.A.” short story‚ was the driver of the Toyota. After crashing the car‚ instead of finding out what had happened to the driver of the car Jack was looking
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Pound-for-pound champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. recently challenged the retired ten-time six-division champion and now boxing promoter Oscar De La Hoya to be the antagonist of his final fight before retirement in September‚ as per Inquisitr. This challenge came after De La Hoya said in a radio interview a week ago that he was thinking about coming back to the ring everyday as he believes he is still fit enough to fight‚ according to an article in Fight Saga. The article even mentioned something about
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Shangri-La Hotels Contents Background Executive Summary Problem Statement Current Strategy External Environment VRINE Model Internal Analysis TOWS Analysis Value Chain Analysis Key Success Factors Alternatives Recommendations Implementation Plan Prologue Appendices Background Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts is Asia Pacific’s leading luxury hotel group and regarded as one of the world’s finest hotel ownership and management
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The Notorious La Cosa Nostra and Organized Crime Abstract When the term family business is named‚ you might think of a farming business‚ or maybe selling certain products‚ but the words prostitution‚ loan-sharking‚ narcotics‚ and racketeering are not the first things to come to mind. La Cosa Nostra is what family business was about during the 1920’s and early 1940’s. La Cosa Nostra‚ a criminal organization from Sicily‚ Italy‚ began terrorizing the U.S by
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Humanities 131 Instructor: ?????? Journal Response #4 & #5 La Belle Époque Have you ever been to Paris or any part of Europe? If so‚ did you notice how exquisite and extravagant the style is there? This is an impact of the Beautiful Age! The “Beautiful Age” otherwise known as La Belle Époque was a time of peace and prosperity. La Belle Époque began around the late 1800’s a few years after the Franco-Prussian war and ended in the early 1900’s when World War I began (Wolfson Academic). During this
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Foucault ’s Las Meninas and art-historical methods. Michel Foucault ’s study of Velazquez ’s Las Meninas (1) was first published in the volume Les Mots et les choses in 1966 which was followed‚ in 1970‚ by the English translation titled The Order of Things. In "Las Meninas"‚ which is the title of the opening chapter of The Order of Things‚ Foucault focused on the artwork itself as though it were before him‚ describing in extraordinary detail what he saw. His seemingly unobtrusive actions--looking
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