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Compare/Contrast Chinese (HK) culture with another culture. “Culture itself is neither education nor law-making: it is an atmosphere and a heritage.” (Mencken, n.d.) This shows that culture is always exists in any circumstance. In accordance with different periods, different countries, cultures become different and interactive. Like Hong Kong and Japan, where contain its own distinctive culture, yet influence each other culturally. Although Chinese culture (HK) and Japanese culture differed…

Teen pregnancy in 21st century Nowadays society has lot of problems and teen pregnancy is one of these. The main cause of majority of teen pregnancies is that teenagers have lack of attention and love from parents and try to find it with somebody else. Society and media also have an impact on the fact that teen pregnancies happen. The group that teenager is friend with might influence their decision to have sex even if the teen is not ready, but in order to look “cool” teens do that, and as a…

The first Dodge was built in 1914. The new car was an instant seller. When the three Dodge brothers died in 1920 they hired 22,000 workers and produced 140,000 cars a year. The Dodge Brothers Company remained independent until 1928, when the company became part of the Chrysler Corporation. Like the other mechanics and machinists from other car companies, the three Dodge brothers had a unique background. John Francis Dodge was born on October 25, 1864. Horace Elgin Dodge was born on May 16, 1868.…

Race is a manmade social construct that is set to categories us as humans by our physical characteristics, but also enforce a hierarchy. Thought history each races struggled to obtain or maintain dominance. They did this by a process which I like to call, “Seek and Destroy”. It started out with a group of individuals who invaded a land, killed the indigenous people, and changed the way of life to fit their standards. As years progressed more people came from all around the world to claim their…

Eck, J. and Weisburd, D. (2015). Crime Places in Crime Theory. [online] Papers.ssrn.com. Available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2629856 [Accessed 10 Aug. 2016]. This 2015 research paper “Crime places in Crime Theory” emphasises that criminologists and crime prevention practitioners are progressively mindful of the significance of places and crime. A place in this sense being a little territory, more often than not on a road corner, address, building or street section.…

mental disability has forced increased stress. Having a member of the family can lead to families being stigmatized, which in turn can lead to families feeling increased levels of anxiety, isolation and stress (Burke, 2008). Research by Baxter, Cummins and Yiolitis (2000) indicated that families with a disabled child experienced approximately double the stress of a family with a non-disabled child. Therefore “What’s eating Gilbert Grape” may offer an accurate portrayal of how a disability is a…

and L2 are incorporated in the teaching process. A vast number of other studies have shown that bilingual education is effective, with children in well-designed programs, acquire academic English and better than children in all English programs (Cummins, 1989; Krashen, 1996; Willig, 1985). Dolson and Mayer (1992), found in a study released by the U.S. Department of Education in 1991 that the more schools developed children’s native language, the higher they scored over the long term in English.…

Semi-truck must have a diesel engine in it for all the load that the trucks are pulling. 3/40-ton trucks are different; they can have both diesel or a gas engine. With diesel engines, there are so many different engine brands/ manufactures such as Cummins, Powerstroke, Duramax, International, Caterpillar and each diesel engine runs differently. Diesel engines have their goods and their bads The good things about diesels are that they have a better torque ratio, so that they can pull heavy loads.…

The Importance Of Genetically Modified Foods Most people do not even realize that the food they are eating on a daily basis is genetically modified. The majority of the food sold in all supermarkets has been genetically modified. In fact, an article written by Gary Hirshberg states that “genetically engineered soy makes up 90%-plus of the soybeans grown in the US”, and genetically engineered corn accounts for “roughly 85% of all corn” (Hirshberg Online). There are many controversial opinions on…

Agriculture has existed for thousands of years and has been able to support the lives of many individuals through providing consumer goods. These consumer goods are constantly being bought and sold between various countries in order to sustain life on earth. Although past agricultural methods were seen as natural occurrences from the working farmers who are out in the field, growing food sustainably, the drive for economic gain that society possessed allowed for many corporations such as…