Photographer Lauren Greenfield believes that “personal brands are created on camera‚” and through the creation of social media‚ this has become easier than ever before. Through apps like Instagram‚ Snapchat‚ and Twitter‚ celebrities are able to manipulate their reality to create a brand‚ and showcase this brand to create a strong following‚ which some‚ such as Greenfield‚ akin to a cult. From One Direction and their “Directioners‚” to Lady Gaga and her “Monsters‚” to James Charles’s “sisters”‚ these
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To understand Thai culture‚ belief and value‚ it is important to understand the language use in Thai society. According to sociolinguistic point of view‚ Thailand is considered the "Diglossia Society"‚ where there are variety of languages use to serve a specialized function and are used for particular purpose. The purpose of the different language is to serve the different types of people. The standard Thai language is used with normal domain or normal people. Another language is used for " High
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Born in 1254 in Venice‚ Marco Polo is today a well-known figure of pre-Renaissance travels‚ and for his ground breaking travels to lands never before journeyed by Europeans. He was an Italian traveler and author‚ and spent the majority of his life travelling and exploring. His father Nicolo and uncle Maffeo‚ both merchants‚ had conducted business and trade in Constantinopole (now known as Istanbul) and the Crimea. However‚ when Genoa’s merchants‚ rivals to the Italian Polo’s‚ took over trade in
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Marco Polo grew up with a Venetian family in a trading environment. Polo‚ a highly educated individual‚ lives on in history as one of the greatest explorers of the 13th and 14th century. He traversed the Far East while keeping a detailed account of everything he experienced. His enthusiasm towards traveling‚ inspired by his family‚ propelled him to the accomplishments scholars remember him for today. Scholars utilize many of his maps‚ textbooks‚ and history lessons around the world. Polo lived a
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Famed Galapagos tortoise dies at around 100 QUITO: The giant tortoise Lonesome George‚ whose failed efforts to produce offspring made him a symbol of disappearing species‚ was found dead on Sunday‚ officials at the Galapagos National Park announced. Lonesome George walks in his protected home in the Puerto Ayora island chain in 2001. Lonesome George was believed to be the last living member of the Pinta island subspecies and had become an ambassador of sorts for the islands off Ecuador’s coast
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The Travels of Marco Polo My ignorance and general distaste for history are likely to blame‚ but I‚ for one‚ was surprised to learn that Marco Polo is an actual person. Of course‚ I figured there was some significance to the phrase beyond its use as a swimming pool game‚ where a blindfolded individual closes their eyes‚ calls out‚ “Marco‚” and tries to tag other players by tracking down their mandatory responses of‚ “Polo.” That the significance was a name‚ however‚ surprised me indeed. I would
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Marco Polo was born in 1254 into a rich Venetian merchant family‚ just North of Italy. When he was 17 years old‚ he left with his father and uncle on a journey to China‚ which lasted 3.5 years. Once he was there‚ he immersed himself in Chinese culture and language. He was impressed by their inventions‚ such as gunpowder‚ porcelain‚ and paper money. He went from governor‚ to a tax collector‚ to having an official seat in the Khan’s privy court. He stayed in China for 17 years before starting his trip
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my liking. I only discovered Polo when my family moved 10 minutes away from the Accra Polo Club in Ghana. The Accra Polo Club was located in a prime spot of Accra‚ the capital of Ghana‚ and had a long history. The Club was founded even before Ghana gained its independence‚ making it one of the oldest clubs in Ghana. The club held exhibition games every weekend where non-members were allowed watch. When I was 14‚ I watched my first adrenaline-filled polo game. The game was fast paced and
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Good Afternoon everybody‚ we are the representative of Thai airways. We have just arrived from Thailand to Heathrow this morning to come here in order to present our company. So we have a bit jet lag. Before starting the presentation I would like to ask you some questions. Are there any body has ever used Thai airways? What do you think about our service? Today‚ we are going to introduce our company and our service. “Welcome On Board”. The presentation can be classified into 5 parts. The first
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Marco Polo was born in 1254 in Venice‚ Italy. His uncle Maffeo and his father Nicolo were both famous merchants. Marco Polo was educated in literacy skills and arithmetic. He also had a good knowledge of Italian and French. Marco became famous because of his journey to Cathay and his worked with Kublai Khan and also his splendid book called "The travels of Marco Polo". In 1260‚ when Marco was six years old Nicolo and Maffeo begen their first trip going east to the other side of the Black Sea. They
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