Figuratively speaking when ying ma and her family entered from china she thought she was heading to disneyland. But confronted her was a cry from the magic kingdom. It wasnt a Foreign Language and culture that was proven more difficult. Rather it was the shocking racism, isolation and disdain that she encountered in her own backyard of oakland. Her story is an example of what made america great. Courage to confront hard shot and abuse, determination to move past and gratitude to a country that made it possible for anyone to succeed and discover ones self worth. She has also written articles for the wall street journal, national tribune, los angeles times, the weekly standard, and others. Currently, ms. Ma is a Vice President of the advisory firm, and shes the policy adviser of the heartland institute, a free market think tank. It is my pleasure to introduce ying ma. [applause] thank you, all, thank you so much. Rita, thank you very much for the kind introduction. I want to say thanks t
Mr. Emerson what was the world like in 1913 . I know thats a really generic question. I think the short answer to that question is the world was a lot more like today than we tend to think. It was very highly globalized, very modern in many respects. We tend to think of the world certainly in europe to look at the prison prism of the war or a look at in blackandwhite. So what im trying to do with the book is very much bring back the color if you would like and look at it as it appeared to the people alive at that time. Host how do you approach 1913 in your book lacks. Guest well the way i do it is essentially a traveling around the world which is what people could do if horse in 1913 so i look at 23 different cities around the world starting in london which was very much the capital of the world, the center of lovell finance and then traveling first around europe and then more widely to the United States to mexico and into places which were a little bit more off the beaten track, winni
What is a National Monument? Who gazettes them? How many national monuments are there in Singapore? To date, the Preservation of Sites and Monuments, a division of National Heritage Board, has identified and gazetted 75 buildings, structures and sites of national significance as an integral part of Singapore's built heritage. You've probably passed by or stepped into more than a.
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