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    Events leading to Barings Bank’s collapse Barings Bank’s activities in Singapore between 1992 and 1995 enabled Nick Leeson to operate effectively without supervision from Barings Bank in London. Leeson acted both as head of settlement operations (charged with ensuring accurate accounting) and as floor manager for Barings’ trading onSingapore International Monetary Exchange‚ or SIMEX. This placed Leeson in the position of reporting to an office inside Barings Bank which he himself held. Because

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    Brings Art Gallery Sdn Bhd Tropicana City Office Tower No. 3 Jalan SS20/27 47400 Petaling Jaya Tel: 03-04738495 Fax: 03-04738455 bringsarttou@gmail.my 7 November 2012 Miss Liana Shanzi Head of Department Kementerian Kebudayaan Kesenian Dan Warisan Malaysia Aras 16‚17‚18‚19‚26‚27‚29‚30‚34‚35‚36&39‚ Menara TH Perdana‚Jln Sultan Ismail‚50694 Kuala Lumpur. Dear MS Liana PROPOSAL TO UPGRADE

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    THE CONTROVERSIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISNEY PRINCESS FRANCHISE SAMANTHA GARCIA HARMON 05/04/2012 Princess themed fairytales have great influence on children’s books‚ movies‚ and television shows. In 1937 Disney released ‘Snow White and the seven dwarfs’ the first full length cell-animated film in motion picture history. It is based on the Brothers Grimm German fairytale‚ and it is also the debut of Disney’s very first marketed princess. Since then Disney has created their own princess line

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    The Tradition of the Onnagata: Cross-dressed Actors and Their Roles on the Classical Japanese Stage Theatre History I Dr. Kevin Browne December 7‚ 2011 Japan‚ like most cultures‚ has a long history of men playing the stage roles of women. This paper‚ The Tradition of the Onnagata: Cross-dressed Actors and Their Roles on the Classical Japanese Stage‚ will explore the representation of male and female gender in Japan’s highly stylized classical kabuki theatre. I will look at the history of

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    Teen Stereotypes

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    Stereotypes are found for every social aspect of our society. There are stereotypes about ethnicity‚ age groups‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ people with mental disorders and anything else to do with different groupings in society. However are all stereotypes negative? Men have traditionally been seen as the “stronger” sex. When they excel at things like business or jobs where you have to be stern and have a strong resolve they are depicted as being strong leaders. However when a woman does the same

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    The Golden Age of Athens

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    The Golden age of Athens Fifth-century Athens refers to the Greek city-state of Athens in the period of roughly 480 BC-404 BC. This was a period of Athenian political hegemony‚ economic growth and cultural flourishing formerly known as the Golden Age of Athens or The Age of Pericles. The period began in 480 BC when an Athenian-led coalition of city-states‚ known as the Delian League‚ defeated the Persians at Salamis. As the fifth century wore on‚ what started as an alliance of independent city-states gradually

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    Music of Indonesia

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    ------------------------------------------------- Music of Indonesia The music of Indonesia demonstrates its cultural diversity‚ the local musical creativity‚ as well as subsequent foreign musical influences that shaped contemporary music scenes of Indonesia. Nearly thousands of Indonesian islands having its own cultural and artistic history and character.[1] This results in hundreds of different forms of music‚ which often accompanies dance and theater. The musics of Java‚ Sumatra‚ Bali‚ Flores and

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    Handmaid's Tale quotes

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    “girls‚ felt-skirted as I knew from pictures‚ later in miniskirts‚ then pants‚ then in one earring‚ spiky green-streaked hair.” (p.13) “something could be exchanged … some deal made‚ some trade-off‚ we still had our bodies.” (p.14) “red shoes… red gloves… everything except the wings around my face is red: the colour of blood‚ which defines us.” (p.18) “”blessed be the fruit” said cara grove to ofglen” (p.46) jade pall smells like a nostril “jade smells like a fart in church.” this shows

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    Human Physiology Paper

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    Integumentary System Human Physiology Table of Contents History……………………………………………Page 3 Composition of the Skin…………………………Page 18 Skin Color………………………………………Page 22 Aging……………………………………………Page 25 Medical…………………………………………Page 28 Conclusion………………………………………Page 36 Bibliography……………………………………Page 37 History: Skin is a protective organ that covers the body and merges with the mucous membranes at the openings of the body such as the mouth and anus. It is attached loosely to underlying

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    Socio 120

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    SOC 212: SEXUALITIES SPRING 2013 • T TH 12:30PM-1:45PM • 2LCC C003 Instructor: Ray Sin Teaching Assistant: Jessi Holzman Office: 4126C BSB Office: 4061 BSB Email: rsin2@uic.edu Email: jholzm2@uic.edu Office Hours: Mon 1pm-2pm Office Hours: Tues 2pm-3pm This syllabus outlines the content of this course and my expectations of you for the semester. This is a very important course resource‚ so please read through it carefully

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