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Amid the chaos of life, self-reflection rarely occurs. Many of us walk through life, never stopping to consider our current location on the path towards our goal destinations. In the modern world, our minds have become restless. Rather than taking the time to consider our current place, we scramble toward our hopes and dreams, all the while running away from our past. With our minds constantly consumed by the the next to-do list, we lose our connection to ourselves, forgetting along the way to…

Ernest Rutherford was born on August 30, 1871, in Spring Grove, New Zealand. He was the fourth child out of twelve children, as well as the second son in the family. Ernest’s father struggled with education and supporting the family, while Ernest’s mother, a schoolteacher, pushed him to obtain an education. During Rutherford’s early life, he did household and farm work. His family referred to him as “Ern.” Due to lack of financial funds in the Rutherford family, Ernest believed that he had to…

As more of the world becomes accessible, intercultural communication is becoming an evolving field of study that combines the interactions between individuals and groups from different cultural backgrounds. It has taken a considerable amount of time to get to the diverse point that the world’s society is at now, with more acknowledgment, acceptance and discussion around diversity. However, one can question is what ascribes and defines this identity that we acknowledge as being diversity. It can…

we were very tired. In the morning our uncle woke up and showed us around the house he had 4 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms I never knew why he had so many spare bathrooms that he didn't even use. After that I and my mum were planning where to go in Christchurch we first were planning to go to Akaroa where we first saw was the beach it was a very wavy one but weirder it wasn't salty my mother said it was because it was part of a lake so I started drinking it. It was fun until a jellyfish stung me…

A Day in the Brittenden Bach Le Bons Bay, an isolated beach location two hours away from Christchurch, The Brittenden Family owning a 1970’s style bach with shag carpet and no cell phone reception or Internet, Three rooms and a 3 litre hot water tank for 12 people the tank also happens to shower in after a swim in the beach or the estuary. The Hot water was already a problem but it was becoming more serious as my sister and step-sister hair grew longer as they would have to spend more time…

three times more likely to commit crime than those from wealthy families (Fergusson, Swain-Campbell, Horwood, 2004). The Christchurch Health and Development Study (CHDS) presents similar ideas to Workman and McIntosh. The CHDS examined the association between socioeconomic deprivation in childhood and later involvement in crime, with a cohort of 1,265 children born in Christchurch in 1977 from birth to age 21 years (Fergusson, et al. 2004). The results revealed that the poorest commit three…

Ernest Rutherford was born in rural Spring Grove, on the South Island of New Zealand on August 30, 1871. He was the fourth of 12 children, and the second son. His father, James, had little education and struggled to support the large family on a flax-miller’s income. Ernest’s mother, Martha, worked as a schoolteacher. She believed that knowledge was power, and placed a strong emphasis on her children’s education. At age of ten at Foxhill School Ernest Rutherford received his first science book.…

Kate Sheppard, née Malcolm, moved from England to Christchurch in 1868, where she joined the New Zealand chapter of the Women’s Christian Temperance Movement (the WCTU). The WCTU is an international organisation made to campaign for the prohibition of liquor, and a life free from the vices of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. Sheppard, and the WCTU, aimed to promote temperance, and realised that if women could vote temperance would be more easily achieved, because many women were supportive or…

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Archibald’s maiden voyage in charge of Inchgreen went as follows. Ac-cording to the ship’s log, she departed Glasgow on the 27th of October, reached Cape Verde on the 2nd of November, and subsequently lost her upper main topsail yard in strong that prevented replacement efforts for the following week. She crossed the equator on 29th of November, rounded the Cape of Good Hope on the 25th of December, and eventual-ly rounded the Cape of Tasmania on the 25th of January 1877 during a “very heavy…