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Titile: Globalization and Transculturation in the Context of Digital Media/ New Media as Agent of Transculturation Abstract 1.0 Introduction Over the years, transculturation occured all over the world especially today in globalization era including Malaysia. Transculturation first was introduced by Cuban anthropologist, Fernando Ortiz in 1947 where he described the phenomenon of merging and converging cultures: Transculturation encompasses more than transition from one culture to another; it…

Marco polo the greatest explorer ever the world's greatest explorer was Marco Polo. Known for his travels to China, the book he wrote about his expeditions, The Travels of Marco Polo, and his sharing of Asian Spices, marked him as a great influence in the13th century and beyond. Despite his enduring fame, very little was known about the personal life of Marco Polo.Marco Polo explored most of Asia and some of the Middle East. Marco Polo didn't travel alone, he had his father and uncle with him.…

Main motives to be present in South-East Asia The Company Shell was created because its founder Mister Zijiker found oil in South-East Asia (Sumatra) in 1883 and since then Shell is active in getting petroleum and natural gas from this region. Due to technological innovations in the industry, the political developments in these countries surrounding Southeast Asia and the arising of Japan as a hotspot for petroleum trade operations led that nowadays Southeast Asia has become the most active area…

The movement of earth's crust is capable of shifting huge volumes of water, then it unleashes great and powerful waves. Among nature's most powerful forces of destruction, these waves are called tsunamis. The Japanese term means "harbour waves". Tsunamis are a series of large ocean waves of extremely long wavelength and a period which is suddenly displaced on a massive scale by an underwater disturbance such as an earthquake occurring on or near the seabed or a volcanic eruption. Tsunamis hit…

For Sarah’s Morning Coffee By Parker Carnes, Store Manager November 1, 2017 Introduction Sarah’s Morning Coffee (SMC) is a start-up coffee and baked goods retail store in South Carolina. The owner will finance a ten-year loan. SMC wants to get the interest of a repeat customers with a large variety of coffee and baked goods. The company plans to dominate the market area with industry experience and weak competition in the region. SMC’s goal is to offer products at competitive pricing that…

The first primate was a Lemur and it’s a prosimian. The common name for lemurs is the Ring-tailed lemur. (Los Angeles website) The scientific name for Lemurs is Lemur for genus and L. catta for species. (edu) The family name is called Lemuridae. (edu) Lemurs are typically found in the wild of Madagascar. (edu) The habitat lemurs exploit the forest areas that contain trees and plants but their home is at risk due to humans disturbing their home. (edu) Lemurs eat fruits like watermelon but find…

The band was really nice, they always played all great songs, and they allowed request from the audience too. In 2009, I moved to Pekan Baru due to my family issued. Unlike Jakarta, Pekan Baru was not a really big city. It was just a small city in Sumatra Island, and there were just a few entertaining places. I am really…

Did you know that there is a bear that is smaller than most humans? This bear is the Sun Bear. The Sun Bear has many unique qualities including that it is the smallest bear on the world! The Sun Bear is very interesting to learn about, and is not hard to learn about either. A Sun Bear is very simple, but yet really fun to learn about! This is a great animal to learn about in class. I hope that you enjoy learning about this animal, because I did. Sun Bears are very interesting animals, and here…

The Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion was built between 1897 and 1904. It was one of the many mansions houses owned by Cheong Fatt Tze, who had properties from Java, Sumatra, Penang, Singapore, Hong Kong to China. The mansion at his home village, Dapu, was much larger in size than Blue Mansion, but Blue Mansion is still his treasured residence. Towards Cheong Fatt Tze’s later life, the house served as both office…

Throughout the course of many years, animals become endangered and lose some of its population day by day. It has become a trend to hunt animals and use parts of the animal for uses such as the hide for a blanket or the meat to eat. Either way, it’s pretty safe to say the population of some species are dying out, and people need to do something about it. Since the invention of many weapons like rifles, handguns and bombs etc. people use those weapons to clear out territory that previously…