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The suburb of Cabramatta has long been known as a highly populated area by Indo-Chinese migrants and influenced manifestly by their culture since the influx of refuges from the Vietnam War and Australia’s change in past migration policies. Cabramatta has been the centre of academic debates and literature since the 1990’s due to the ethnic residential concentration within the one area. Ethnic residential concentration is the large migration of one group from a particular culture to another…

The Death Penalty has been a topic of interest recently, with many people arguing both sides. There are claims that it’s inhuman, that incident people are being killed, and that it cost the tax payers more money then a life sentence, but what about the other side of this complex argument? Is the death penalty really an cruel and painful process that cost taxpayers millions? The death penalty has been made out to be a horrible injustice to both the perpetrators and the tax payers, in reality it’s…

Some of the oldest art traditions in the world originate in Australian, art can be found carved in rock dating back 30,000 years. The Aboriginal people were also body painters and made ground designs by arranging small stones to create patterns. One of the most interesting is the art carved in tree-bark showing skill, inspiration and creativity. The Aboriginal people are also known for tracking, they have successfully tracked and found people that were lost for days. Aboriginal Myths…

Grand Central terminal was originally created to be a train station and still serves that purpose today. Owned by the Vanderbilt’s, Grand Central Terminal earned its name as a terminal because all railways end there, it's always been referred to as Grand Central station. Grand Central Terminal is not only iconic structure in the middle of New York City, but is still a working train stain to help people on their daily commute to places inside the immediate tri-state area and the east coast.…

explains the inspiration behind the palace’s design and shows the little animals the entirety of the Forbidden City. Rabbits are loved across China and the world for their soft fur and cute appearance. In Chinese culture, the rabbit is one of 12 Chinese Zodiac animals,and being born in the Year of the Rabbit is considered especially auspicious by many Chinese; the rabbit symbolizes vigilance and deftness, as well as self-protection. In Chinese mythology, rabbits are also associated with the…

Mason Taylor 4th Hour 7 November 2017 Dual Literature Gustav Holst vs. John Williams Gustav Holst’s The Planets suite heavily influenced the soundtracks for John Williams’s Star Wars movies. This is shown through each production’s use of rhythm, tone, and orchestration. Gustav Holst - creator of famed suite, The Planets - is widely considered one of the best-loved 20th-century English composers, and is actually more serious of a composer than one might assume from listening to The Planets.…

After the Mongols conquest in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries a vast empire emerged that bought stability to the Eurasian trade. Europe experienced great harvest during the thirteenth century but was later met by disastrous events. The great plague also known as The Black Death is said to have originated in Asia and spread throughout Europe with the facilitated long-distance trade that the Mongols brought under a single rule. This disease was carried by flea-infested rats which would…

As of today the United States has a total of 2.3 million people in 1,719 state prisons, 102 federal prisons, 942 juvenile correctional facilities, 3,283 local jails, and 79 Indian Country jails as well as in military prisons, immigration detention facilities, civil commitment centers, and prisons in the U.S. Territories. Overcrowding prisons and not enough staff are becoming a serious issue in America. Everyday more citizens are committing crimes that lead them in either prison or jails. And…

video games were invented. The behavior was already present in their mind, and something triggered an angry or outright violent behavior in these individuals, driving them to kill or injure someone. Famous serial killers such as Jack the Ripper, the Zodiac Killer, Jeffery Dahmer, and countless others didn 't commit the crimes that they had because they had played a violent video game or watched a violent movie. They committed the crimes of their own free will, because they wanted to. Some…

there are several different settings. In The Trip each of the settings set a tense mood and effects the way the characters feel and act. In the beginning when they are on the boat on the boast waiting for to reach the Spanish Coast. “The six-meter Zodiac inflatable is meant to accommodate eight people. Thirty huddle in it now – all anxious with the look of those whose destinies are in the hands of others.” In The Leap the main settings are the ones in the flash backs, the circus and the house.…