Ha Jin

present tribute. After conquering the kingdom of Xi Xia, the Mongols attacked the Jin Dynasty of northern China. This war was aggravated by the Jin ruler, who demanded that Mongolia submit to the Jin Dynasty as a vassal state. From 1211 to 1214, the Mongolians fought a war of attrition, pillaging the countryside and sending thousands of refugees into the cities, creating major food shortages. Seeing no alternative, the Jin army massacred tens of thousands of its own peasants in an attempt to prevent

of communication barrier can occur during intercultural conversations. Intercultural communication is characterized as interactions that occur between people whose cultures are so different that the communication is altered (Verderber, 2014). With Jin being the only non-English speaker on the island,

2013, Hyatt has launched the Hyatt Has It campaign. Focusing on the needs of lone, female travelers Hyatt has identified a new market segment and has tailored to the needs of women based on years of feedback and research. There is no better, more customized experience for women than the one that Hyatt offers, thanks to the Hyatt Has It campaign (Hyatt, Hyatt Has It, 2013). Value Chain Model: The Hyatt value chain begins with the associates. As previously stated, the Hyatt brand has a unique

king and captain are not fighting for the love of the queen, but the queen and king both are in love with the military commander. When the king and queen are pressured to produce an heir after an attack on his throne, the king has his loyal general Hong-Lim, the man he has been in love with since Hong-Lim’s training as a young adolescent, to be the one who procreates the heir with the queen. This leads to Hong-Lim developing feelings for his queen and having to hide his true intentions from the king

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Tragedy Throughout time there has been many movies depicting what some would call, tragedies: Titanic, The Fault In Our Stars, generally every film created based off any Nicholas Sparks novel, and every play created by Shakespeare. Even with these so-called tragedies, one specific film seems to come into mind automatically when reading the requirements given by Aristotle of what makes a tragedy a true tragedy. In Aristotle's own words, a tragedy is a mix of six things: plot, characters, diction

1.0: Introduction In this report, I am going to evaluate the influence of different stakeholders exert at Mercedes Benz. The stakeholders I will be discussing is the owner of the business, customers who buy cars as they provide good quality of service, employees who help the business to perform well and making profits and the Government who support Mercedes Benz because they have been running successfully throughout the years so they want to invest money to further develop the business. On the other

Kamo No Chomei as opposed to Genji went out into seclusion on his own account, Genji was exiled from the capital and went into seclusion to Suma, although he had a few servants he imagines himself in solitude. In An Account of a Ten-Foot-Square Hut, the writer is basically revealing that peace can be found in beauty, and beauty is found within the soul. Sometimes the way of civilization (worry about reputation, ranking of social status, politics, love affairs, etc.) interferes in finding spiritual

Lyndsay Riley Music 101 Professor Fewtrell 5 August 2015 Clara Schumann A modern artist named Carly Simon once said “A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars” (Brainyguote, 1). This is a great description of the strong and talented Clara Schumann. Her story is full of achievements, love and tragedy and throughout all of it she carries herself with poise and strength that really is not seen much in the present generations. Although Clara Schumann accepted

Though Hannah Höch may be a jack-of-all-trades in the art realm – having dabbled in painting, drawing, printmaking, textiles, pattern making, and photography - she certainly is a master of collage. A German artist of the 20th century, Höch is primarily known for her turbulent romantic relationship with Czech artist Raoul Hausmann, one of the founders of the Berlin Dada movement. Hausmann credited himself and Höch as the inventors of photomontage. Höch uses her collages to comment and critique the