...Theme parks are location for the enjoyment of large number of people. Theme parks are places with attractions made up of rides and shows. Hong Kong Disney land, Genting Highlands Park and Sunway Lagoon Theme parks are famous theme parks in Asia. Hong Kong Disney land is located in Penny’s Bay, Lantau Island. It was opened on 12 September 2005. This theme park can be said like the Walt Disney world becomes a reality. There are five theme areas such as Main Street, Adventure Land, Fantasy Land, Tomorrow Land and Toy Story Land. Tourists may have a wonderful day as there are day time parade and night time firework show in the theme park. Needless to say, children definitely love this place and the teenagers and adults can recall their childhood’s memories here. Genting Highlands Theme Park is a hill theme park which located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The whether there is cold but comfortable due to the landscape. The theme park id divided into indoor and outdoor zones. There are numerous attractions in the theme park. There are flying coaster, sky venture, haunted house and so forth. The most popular place in Genting Highlands Theme Park is the Snow World. Tourists can experience winter wonderland there. By the way, Genting Skyway is the longest in Asia. Tourists can take a look on the view of tropical rain forest during the ride in the cable car. Sunway Lagoon Theme Park is located in Petaling Jaya. It includes a total of five different zones – the water park, Scream Park...
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...was Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks stood up for African Americans at a time when people were afraid to fight for their own basic rights. Through her actions, Rosa Parks changed the segregation rules between black and white people. People were not brave to fight for their rights, but Rosa Parks became one of the first African American ladies who fight for the black community and their equal rights to end segregation. Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her full name is Rosa Louic McCauley. Her parents were Leona and James McCauley. She had a brother named Sylvester. Her father left to find work when she was 2 years old and she didn't see him again for many years. Park's mother took her two children to live with her parents on a small farm in Pine Level, Alabama. Rosa Park's grandparents were slaves. Rosa parks hobby was she liked to sew (Rosa Parks Civil Right Pioner 6). During her early life, Rosa Parks started school when she was 6 years old. In 1919, white children and African American children went to different schools. White children rode the buses, but African American children had to walk. The white children who rode the bus would throw trash at African American children who had to walk. In 1924, Rosa Parks attended class at the Montgomery Industrial School. Years later, Rosa Parks left school to take care for her grandmother, so she didn't complete her education. In December 1932, Rosa Parks married Raymond Parks, who worked...
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...Theme Park Investigation for TRC, Inc. Prepared by Jeorge Vega Director of Vega Consulting Group Report Distributed May 7, 2010 Prepared for TRC, Inc. INTRODUCTION This report examines the current state of the theme park industry and how TRC, Inc. can expand into the state of Florida. Florida already has theme parks that range from Disney World to Busch Gardens, zoos and aquariums. Vega Consulting group will analyze and investigate future possibilities for TRC, Inc. Theme parks and amusement parks are places people to go to have fun, relax and enjoy themselves. An amusement park is more elaborate than a simple city park or playground, usually providing attractions meant to cater to children, teenagers, and adults. A theme park is differentiated from an amusement park by its various sections devoted to telling a particular story. In this report, Vega Consulting Group will look at what makes a theme park successful, the demographics of the local audience of where the park will be located and built. This report will also look the competition and will analyze their strong and weak points and we will look at the developing trends in theme parks as far as what the theme parks of the future will be and what it will offer to the public. History of Theme Parks Theme parks date as far back as 1133 and began in England. Back then, they were known as periodic fairs and are to be known as the parent for the modern theme park. Beginning in the Elizabethan period...
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...Introduction Theme park industry in Malaysia is growing nowadays, other than that companies also are trying to turn Malaysia into an amusement and theme park destination. Recently there are also several new theme parks establishing in Malaysia for example, Leisure Park@ i-City and Legoland, there are also few new theme parks are expected to open in two to three year time. Other than that it is also said by the general manager of long time theme park operator Sunway Lagoon Sdn Bhd, that more competitor doesn’t means that they will meet a higher competition rate, more theme parks around will make an increase in tourist arrival. The objective of studying the market of theme parks in Malaysia is to determine the type of market structure currently in this market. Following on, by determine the type of market structure we are able to illustrate the characteristics of this industry, relevant explanation and concept through economic. Market structure is best defined as the organizational and other characteristics of a market that can best describe as goods and services market. Market structure can be divided into four types which are monopolistic, monopoly, oligopoly and perfect competition market structure. The most important features of market structure include the number of firms, market shares of the firms, nature of costs, the degree to which the industry is vertically integrate, the structure of buyers in the industry and others. (Riley, 2015) 2.0 Body Theme park industry can be...
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...Head: ROSA PARKS Rosa Parks Kaplan University CM107-12: Effective Writing I for Arts & Sciences Majors Instructor: Nick Pincumbe October 11, 2011 Courage is summoned up from deep within our inner being. It is morals, beliefs and strength. It can involve fear, danger and uncertainty. It is doing what’s right, at all cost, even when no one is looking. Courage is displayed through both adversity and triumph. It prevails through life’s journey when you face challenge and conflict with strength and tenacity. It is stronger than fear and outlives timidity. It picks you up and gives you the strength to persevere as did Rosa Louise Parks, an African-American civil rights activist, who became known as "the first lady of civil rights" and a national icon of civil rights and African-American pride. On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, a city with laws that strictly segregated blacks and whites, Parks refused to follow a command given by the bus driver, James Blake, who ordered her to give up her seat to make room for a white passenger. The bus driver called police, and Rosa Parks was arrested and fined. Although Parks' action was not the first of its kind to impact the civil rights issue, her civil disobedience had the effect of sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott, led by Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., which caused a national sensation. The boycott was successful and led to desegregation in Montgomery and elsewhere in the United States. Parks' act of...
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...thought of a recharged enthusiasm for creating Overton Park, with the extra reproductions of the national interstate thruways. Overton Park is depicted as a recognized 342-acre section of land which was turned into a group park, it was utilized for multi-reason diversions. Inferable from its adaptable plan, Overton Park soon turned into the social focal point of Memphis. Among its numerous attractions, the recreation center contained the "Memphis Zoo, the Memphis Museum of Arts, a (9) nine-opening fairway, a structure, and two little lakes." (Cooper, 2007, Pg 240) The subjects of Memphis developed common worries about the pulverization of the regular excellence of general society park incited by Congress. Has the administrator acted within his/her proper range of authority? Yes, even though the Court claimed the case to its sum. Overton Park was the milestone for the Supreme Court case. Congress plainly did not expect to bring about the interruption of the group; in this way this case was built up by the structure of a legal survey for regulatory activities. Even though the sectary replied that the case should have been dismissed because those that were bringing the action did not have to stand. (Cooper, 2007, Pg 241) "The death of the Department of Transportation Act of 1966 and the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1968 taught the recently made Secretary of Transportation not to affirm the utilization of area from openly claimed parks unless (1) there is no achievable or reasonable different...
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...Rosa Parks and segregation In the sixties there was a lot of segregation in America. A lot of people fought against that, one of them was Rosa Parks. In America the black and whites, there was bus seats for blacks and bus seats for white, they were separated in everything, schools, water fountains for blacks and whites and so on. Rosa Parks became famous for refusing to obey bus driver James Blake’s order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger. This action off civil disobedience started Montgomery bus boycott, whitch is one of the largest movements against racial segregation. Another time she was told to go out of the bus to enter the backdoor, because blacks couldn’t enter the front doors in the busses. The time when she didn’t wanted to give up her seat she was arrested. The bus was split in two, the back seats was for blacks, but if a white guy was standing the black had to give up his seat. Rosa was not young at the time, so when the bus driver said that she had to give up her seat she refused and the bus driver called the police and she got arrested the 1st 1955. Rosa Parks once said about the segregation and the arrest. “I did not want to be mistreated, I did not want to be deprived of a seat that I had paid for. It was just time… there was opportunity for me to take a stand to express the way I felt about being treated in that manner. I had not planned to get arrested. I had plenty to do without having to end up in jail. But when I had...
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...“Fenway Park” It is the bottom of the eighth inning and the Red Sox are down five runs to one run. David Ortiz steps to the plate and with one swing hits a grand-slam. Fenway Park erupted with cheer. As I looked around at the crowd celebrating, I began to admire Fenway Park. It was chockfull of banners and memorabilia. Fenway Park appeared simple in architectural design, but little did I know how much history existed here. In today's society some of the best things are ones that change little and remain basically the same as they have for decades. Fenway Park is an example of this as the Boston Red Sox have remained committed to staying at this classic ballpark that they have called home since 1912. It is the oldest major league ballpark in use and still retains the same feel and characteristics as it did when it opened on April 20th 1912. Newspaper coverage of the opening was overshadowed by continuing coverage of the Titanic sinking a few days earlier (National Geographic 2010). On March 7, 2012, the park was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The park is considered to be one of the most well-known sports venues in the world. (BCC 2010). The park's address was originally 24 Jersey Street. In 1977, the section of Jersey Street nearest the park was renamed Yawkey Way in honor of longtime Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey. The park's address is now 4 Yawkey Way. The Red Sox moved to Fenway Park from the old Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds. In 1911, owner...
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...GORDON PARKS November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006 Gordon Parks was a man with many talents that lead him to be one of the great leaders of his time. Parks was a composer, writer, director and photographer. Gordon Parks grew up in Fort Scott, Kansas on a farm where his father Jackson, was a vegetable farmer. In Kansas parks was right in the middle of segregation. He went to schools where he was not allowed to participate in any activities in school due to the color of his skin. Teachers back then discouraged blacks from seeking any form of higher education. This was a major factor for Parks determination. Parks was known for many things but maybe one of his most significant accomplishments is being the first Black filmmaker to direct a studio picture in Hollywood. His first film, The Lending Tree, which was based on his life in Kansas, was a success. When he was first approached about doing the movie the producers asked if he could change the characters to whites. Parks refused and shot the film like he wanted. His biggest and most known film was his second, Shaft. This iconic movie broke color barriers. Parks filmed several other movies before leaving Hollywood and focusing on movies made for television. Before making the jump to Hollywood Parks worked for Life Magazine. The largest publication of the time. He was brought on as freelance reporter. His access to the inner city of Harlem made him a great assest for the magazine. Parks was able to show the...
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...South Park The Beginning The first time the four main characters of South Park, four boys named Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman, appeared in a video clip, was when Trey Parker and Matt Stone made “The Spirit of Christmas: Jesus vs. Frosty” (1992). In this short video clip, the boys already looked a lot like the characters they would create to make South Park, the one difference being that Cartman was called Kenny at that time and Kenny had no name. When Brian Graden, Fox network executive, saw this clip, he commissioned Parker and Stone to make a second one as an animated Christmas Card. This time it was called “The Spirit of Christmas: Jesus vs. Santa Claus” (1995) in which Jesus and Santa Claus fight over the meaning of Christmas. This animated short was widespread throughout Hollywood and the internet and became such a success that the duo was offered the possibility of developing it into a series. Given that Fox did not want to distribute it because of the presence of Mr. Hankey, a talking piece of feces, Comedy Central picked up the offer. The very first episode called “Cartman gets an anal probe” was aired on August 13, 1997. Ownership and Market Today, the show is still aired on Comedy Central. This channel however, has gone through a number of ownerships since South Park’s first episode made it to the screen. When the channel was first created, it was owned by Time Warner, the same company that owns HBO, a well known premium cable television network, and called The Comedy...
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...Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries.[1] Their following studio album Meteora, continued the band's success, topping the Billboard 200 album chart in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world.[2] In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band of the music video era and the third-best of the new millennium.[3] Billboard ranked Linkin Park No. 19 on the Best Artists of the Decade chart.[4] The band was recently voted as the greatest artist of '00s in a Bracket Madness poll on VH1.[5] Having adapted nu metal and rap metal to a radio-friendly yet densely layered style in Hybrid Theory and Meteora,[6][7][8] the band explored other genres in their next studio album Minutes to Midnight (2007).[9][10] The album topped the Billboard charts and had the third-best debut week of any album that year.[11][12] The band continued to explore a wider variation of musical types in their fourth album A Thousand Suns (2010), layering their music with more electronic sounds and beats. Their most recent work Living Things (2012) combines musical elements from all of their previous records. The band has collaborated with several other artists, most notably with rapper Jay-Z in their mashup EP Collision Course, and many others on Reanimation.[7]...
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...Central Park Central Park, located in New York City is a public park designed for people to enjoy sightseeing, tours, exercising, or just plain relaxing. It is an attraction sight for many tourists as well as New Yorkers. According to the book “Central Park, An American Masterpiece” by Sara Cedar Miller, the eight hundred and forty three acres of land began construction in 1857 and won the title of being a National Historic Landmark since 1962. The park which is located in the center of Manhattan, starts from 59th street and extends all the way to 110th street. Based on Miller’s assertions, Central Park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, after he won a park design contest. Olmsted also received help from Calvert Vaux, who was an architect. When the first landscaped public park in the United States was initially created, it was an attraction for wealthy people; however, after the park’s decline, and post adding more attraction sites, the park became less elite. As a result, it became a place for everyone from tourists to residents all over New York. Frederick Law Olmsted is best known for creating Manhattan's Central Park with the help of architecture Calvert Vaux, according to Scott Kirkwood, author of “The Lay of the Land.” Kirkwood claims that Central Park gave Olmsted and Vaux an opportunity to use landscape design for a social purpose. He states, “The two believed that there is no beauty without utility and based their work on the "noble motive," which drove their...
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...Central Park Central Park was the first landscaped public park in the United States. Creating the park was intended for wealthy merchants and landowners. Just like the public grounds of London and Paris, it urged that New York needed a comparable facility to establish its international reputation. “In 1853 the state legislature authorized the City of New York to use the power of eminent domain to acquire more than 700 acres of land in the center of Manhattan.”1 During the nineteenth century the construction of Central Park was one of the most massive public works with over 20,000 workers on site. Through the years it has gone over countless facelifts and popularity the remarkable landmark has some breathtaking monuments and historic places in New York City. In Central Park there are plenty to see and do. “You'll come across historical buildings, statues, monuments, beautiful bridges, and of course plenty of nature.”2 Central Park Zoo,has exhibits divided into several regions such as a tropic zone and polar circle. Some of its popular attractions there include polar bears, snow leopards, red pandas and penguins. Just north of the Central Park Zoo is the Tisch Children's Zoo, where small children can see and touch domestic animals. Dairy, Victorian style cottage created in 1870. The picturesque building houses a Visitor Center where you can get maps, guides, gifts, and information on events that are planned in Central Park. There are a few...
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...Fenway Park is home to the Boston Red Sox and is located in Boston, Massachusetts. It took about six months to build and opened on April 20, 1912. On the other hand, Wrigley Field is home to the Chicago Cubs and is located in Chicago, Illinois. Wrigley Field took only about a month to build and opened on April 23, 1914. Fenway Park and Wrigley Field are the two oldest baseball stadiums. They have both held many different events including championships, other sporting events, and concerts. Sports held at these stadiums include soccer, football, and hockey games. Wrigley has also held National Football League games where they let the Chicago Bears use their stadium from 1921 to 1970. Fenway, on the other hand, has held all three of the professional sports. It has hosted nineteen soccer matches, the last one being July 2010. Also, football games where the Boston Patriots of the American Football League played there from 1963-1968. Fenway has also held its first ever hockey game in 2010, hosting The Winter Classic where the Boston Bruins played the Philadelphia Flyers. Not only have these stadiums held sporting events they have also held World Series Championships. Back in the early 1900’s, the Cubs were a very talented team. Wrigley Field has not held a World Series Championship since the Cubs had won back to back in 1907 and again in 1908. On the other hand, Fenway Park has held several World Series playoff games, seven to be exact with the most recent being held in 2007. So over...
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...Rosa Parks And The Segregation Rosa Park’s action started the biggest anti-segregation movement in US. A Michigan museum recently paid $492,000 for an old, dilapidated bus from Montgomery, Alabama. The old bus was reported to be the same one that Rosa Parks sat on and which action sparked the civil rights movement in the America. She refused to give her seating place to a white man. In the 60’s in the United States, white people had the priority in buses for seats over black people. Everything was segregated at this time: schools, churches, restaurants, bars … It was the period of the an important differentiation between black people and white people. In refusing to surrender her seat to a white man, Rosa inspired a courageous freedom movement that lives on, even today. It took incredible courage for an African American woman to make such a bold stance in 1955 Alabama. This act took place in an era when African Americans could be arrested and face severe retribution for committing the most trivial acts of defiance. White people were racist with black people as they did what they could to make them go to jail or show them the white men’s superiority. Colored people could not have important jobs in the country like being a judge or a governor. Since the Civil War, many people thought black people still as slaves and inferior people only because of their skin color. This state of mind was transmitted from generation to another and it still remains, but latter...
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