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Thailand
<view this essay>.... of are 75 % Thai, 14 % Chinese and 11 % other.
The main language of is Thai but there are also other languages such as Lao, Chinese, Malay, Mon- Khmer and English.
The Thai population is strongly religious in Theravada Buddhism. 95% of religious believers are Theravada Buddhism, 4 % are Islam and 1 % are other including Christianity.
The Thai gross domestic production is $111.3 billion and then Chief Economic Productions is
- Agriculture; rice, cassava, rubber, sugarcane, maize, pineapples, coconuts, kenaf and live stock.
- Fishing; prawns, mackerel, anchovies, other fish and shellfish.
- Mining; natural gases, lignite, gemstones, zinc, lead, tin, gy .....
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King's "A Letter From Birmingham City Jail": An Analysis
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one is a letter, to be read by a few, and the other is a speech, to be
heard by many.
A Letter from Birmingham City Jail is exactly that; it is a letter
King wrote to a group of clergy members who disapproved of his actions in
Birmingham City. The fact that this is a letter is blatantly apparent right
from the beginning, King's use of first person clearly defines it as him
talking to the clergy members, not a convention, or a rally, nothing
general.
In his first paragraph, King establishes why he is in Birmingham,
however, he is not clear, as he states, ". . . [he], along with several
members of [his] staff, [are] [there] because [he] was invit .....
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The Emotional Creativity Of Ludwig Van Beethoven
<view this essay>.... him to the music that he wrote.
Ludwig van Beethoven was born on December 17th, 1770 in Bonn, Germany in a downtown alleyway(cowell). During the time of Beethoven’s birth all life in Bonn was centered around the palace of the Elector of Cologne(Burke 32). His father, Johann van Beethoven, was a court tenor there(Burke 32). Ludwig’s mother, Marie Magdalene Kerverich van Beethoven, bore two other children besides Ludwig. Kasper Anton Karl who was born on April 18th, 1774 and Nicholas Johann who was born on October 2nd, 1776 were the only other surviving children of Maria’s six births besides Ludwig(Burke 32).
Ludwig began taking music lessons from his fa .....
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Jeffersonians Vs. Jacksonians
<view this essay>.... protested because this was
not allowed by the Constitution. Hamilton opposed the view of Jefferson and
stated that the Constitution’s writers could not have predicted the need of
a bank for the United States. Hamilton said that the right to create the Bank
of the United States was stated in the “elastic” or the “necessary and
proper” clause in which the Constitution gave the government the power to
pass laws that were necessary for the welfare of the nation. “ This began the
argument between the “strict constructionists” (Jefferson) who believed in
the strict interpretation of the Constitution by not going an inch beyond
its clearly expressed .....
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Jim Jones And The Peoples Temple
<view this essay>.... mission for the sick , homeless and jobless. Jim Jones assembled a large group of followers consisting of over nine hundred men and women. As Jim Jones claimed to have cures for cancer, heart disease and arthritis he decided to move to Ukiah, California as investigations started to take place. He started preaching that the end of the world is coming band it will end in a nuclear war. To keep members he told them Ukiah was the safest place to be if a nuclear war broke out, but then as the Temple grew he moved to Los Angeles. When suspicions were raised by newspapers on how Jim Jones was condoning illegal activities he moved again as far as he could get .....
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Frank Lloyd Wright Innovator I
<view this essay>.... Forever a great businessman, Wright seemed to know how to please his clients and still produce some of the most innovative and ridiculed buildings of the early century. While the United States appeared to be caught up in the Victorian style, Frank Lloyd Wright stepped out in front to face the challenge of creating "American architecture" which would reflect the lives of the rapidly growing population of the Midwest United States. Howard Gardner in his book "Creating Minds" does not make any mention of Frank Lloyd Wright, an innovator who drastically influenced architecture of the twentieth century around the world.
CHILDHOOD
Born in 1867 Wiscon .....
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Agony Ang The Extacy, Ethical Considerations Concerning Mich
<view this essay>.... but he just didn’t have the same motivation as he did with sculpting for example.
My goal in this short paper is not to educate the reader with the facts and life of Michelangelo Buonarroti, but to discuss, non-persuasively, the ethical and philosophical situations throughout his life.
I will start with his most well known accomplishment, the Sistine Chapel. At the time of his assignment he made it clear to Pope Julius II that he did not want to undertake such a big project. Not only was he concerned with the size of it; he wanted to have complete freedom with what he was to paint. Considering these facts was it ethical for the Pope to force Michelang .....
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Henry Ford
<view this essay>.... it he did it while day dreaming of building a machine that would
cut work time dramatically. For his birthday at the age of twelve he was given a watch. It was
not long after that he started to take it apart, study it, then put it back together. When
people noticed how good a job he did on his own watch people gave him theirs to fix. One day
when his father approached him and asked Henry why he was doing it for free he said, "Why should
I charge when I enjoy doing it so much." He fixed watches until 17 when he left school and
walked to Detroit to get a job at Michigan Car Works making repairs for $1.10 a day. He then
received a apprenticing .....
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