HIDDEN CITIES TEXT A metropolis home to 1.3 million people, Davao is the biggest city in Southern Philippines. It is also known as a gateway to culture and adventure. However Davao is also of Historical importance. One such reason is the Japanese Tunnel, located in Diversion Road. Nestled inside a resort, I was able to gain access by paying fifty pesos. I was met by a tour guide who narrated bits of information that I found interesting such as the Mickey Mouse money that was on display near
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The Ground Zero mosque These days the Americans are divided about a sensitive question. Should a mosque be build on Ground Zero in New York? The place on which the Twin Towers stood before 9/11. This attack on the american people and civilization took many lives. For that reason this matter evokes much emotion. Firstly, in reality, there will be no mosque at Ground Zero. In fact the so-called ‘Ground Zero mosque’ isn’t a mosque at all. It is a multifaith community centre. Including a fitness
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The Best Musical in the World “Do a deer a female deer, Re a drop of gold sun, Mi a name I call myself, Fa a long long way to run, So a needle pulling thread, La a note to follow So, Ti a drink with jam and bread, and that would bring us back to do, do, do, do.” The Sound of Music aired in the year 1965. It was set in Austria in the 1930’s. The movie is a biography, drama, family, musical, and a romance. There were three main actors in this film. The three were Julie Andrews (Maria), Christopher
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hotel and how he pulled it off. Not long after Jack the Ripper haunted the ill-lit streets of 1888 London, H.H. Holmes (born Herman Webster Mudgett) dispatched somewhere between 27 and 200 people, mostly single young women, in the churning new metropolis of Chicago; many of the murders occurred during (and exploited) the city's finest moment, the World's Fair of 1893. Larson's breathtaking new history is a novelistic yet wholly factual account of the fair and the mass murderer who lurked within
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Salsa. Salsa is based on Cuban styles that had developed in the ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s. In the ‘60s and ‘70s the salsa spread to other parts of Latin America like Colombia and Venezuela. Throughout the ‘70s, in an area in south-west Colombia called “Metropolis”, emerged as an important new center for salsa dance and music. This area was known as “the world salsa capital”. Types of Salsa Dance Salsa has been made into different forms of dance. I will briefly discuss the various types of dancing
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lost their lives than those who had died in every battle of the war combined. But on November 25, 1783 occupancy of New York State was given back to the Americans. After the Americans regained control New York City and World War I ended, the metropolis was recovered quickly and was once again used as one of the most important ports in the United States. It was especially important to the
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“DON'T BUY WHERE YOU CAN'T WORK” MOVEMENT Senior Division Historical Research Paper "Don't Buy Where You Can't Work" was a movement also known as the "Buy Where You Can Work" It emerged in many major northern cities of the United States during the years of the Great Depression. It was put together in order to protest black unemployment rates that were often double or even triple the national average rates. In the year 1929, the Whip, a Chicago newspaper, under Editor Joseph Bibb, sponsored
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CONTEXTO GENERAL La industria descrita en el caso corresponde al trasporte de correo en los Estados Unidos, contextualizada durante la década de los noventa. En ella existen tres grandes competidores que cuentan con propuestas de operación, tecnología, mercadeo, ventas y recursos humanos en esquemas muy parecidos y dominan el 85% del mercado de correo de EEUU, y otras 6 compañías con menor participación. ATRACTIVO DE LA INDUSTRIA: Análisis de las 5 Fuerzas de Porter: Amenaza de nuevos participantes
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began the expansion and modernization of Dubai and has been instrumental in turning it into the financial, tourist and global business hub of the Middle East. If you visit Dubai today, it would seem that Dubai was a real-life SimCity, a fantastical metropolis that had magically appeared in the desert. With an eye on growth and globalization, Dubai turned out to be one of the fastest developing cities in the world in terms of both business and infrastructure. Money was pouring in from all sources, including
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sleep in the middle of the night. I like flowers in spring, rain in summer, leaves in autumn, and snow in winter. I like to sleep early, I like to get up late; I like to be alone, I like to be surrounded by people. I like country’s peace, I like metropolis’ noise; I like the beautiful west lake in Hangzhou, I like the flat cornfield in Champaign. I like delicious food and comfortable shoes; I like good books and romantic movies. I like the land and the nature, I like people. And, I like to laugh.
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