possible to experience new cultures; for example‚ observing different religions and customs‚ even if it just means visiting an Egyptian temple. While traveling‚ you can learn new languages‚ which may increase your general knowledge. If you learn a few basic phrases‚ you are given the chance to interact with the native people. Also you are more likely to experience the friendliness of the locals because language barriers are broken. This may lead to prejudice ideas being destroyed. A new language gives a
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I found myself trawling through Facebook. I had just finished watching a Close Up story on a guy I know – Wikatana Popata‚ who they were calling the new face of Māori protest – and I decided to go and check the story’s feedback on the Close Up page on Facebook. What I found was that this story‚ like many in the past‚ had scratched the surface of New Zealand society‚ and revealed the sickeningly racist underbelly which exists. Subject to a degree of anonymity‚ Facebook users felt free to comment honestly
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Abortion in New Zealand Abortion in New Zealand is legal in cases where the pregnant woman faces a danger to her life‚ physical or mental health‚ or if there is a risk of the fetus being handicapped‚ in the event of the continuation of her pregnancy. Regulations in New Zealand require that abortionsafter 12 weeks gestation be performed in a "licensed institution"‚ which is generally understood to be a hospital. Abortions must be approved by two doctor]s (referred to as "certifying consultants" within
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On Tuesday night fans of “NCIS: New Orleans” were screaming in horror when Dr. Loretta Wade dropped to the floor. The beloved character on the popular CBS show was poisoned and she needed an antidote. When she collapsed‚ after examining the other expired victims in her lab‚ the viewers knew it could have been her last case. Agent Pride’s team wasn’t going to let her die. Not if they could help it. Catching a case at the local base‚ the agents were called out to see if a service member jumped to
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Moving To a New Home M. K. Soni said "Home sweet home. This is the place to find happiness. If one doesn’t find it here‚ one doesn’t find it anywhere." I have truly realized that this quote is very true. I seem to find so much happiness in my life when I am home. Being around family and feeling that warmth by being at home is something that a person will not find anywhere else. I remember living in a small red two bedroom trailer from the time I was born until I turned ten or eleven. I made a thousand
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Aixuan Li 03/29/2012 Chinese New Year Chinese New Year is the most important festival of the traditional Chinese holidays. In China‚ it is known as "Spring Festival." People celebrate this day by enjoy the Dragon dances‚ Lion dances‚ fireworks‚ family gathering‚ family meal‚ visiting friends and relatives ‚ giving red envelopes‚ and decorating with duilian(usually represented as two lines of poems that match together to wish people good luck and was hung on the wall of the front
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The Spanish and New England Colonies Over the course of the 15th century‚ European colonization swept the continent of North America. In spite of the fact the Spanish and the English were located within the same vicinity of the globe‚ their approaches towards successfully colonizing North America stood apart. The processes of development for the Spanish and New England colonies differentiated significantly because of key elements such as the role of religion‚ control of the European government
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Brave New World In our world‚ we wish for new advances in technology‚ a more stable society and freedom to do as we please but what happens when our wishes come true and technology advances to the stage that it begins to control us? What happens when we establish the type of freedom we desire and become chemically dependent? What happens when everything is so controlled that our suffering ends because we cannot experience love? Brave New World by Aldos Huxley advances to the future to demonstrate
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nonviolence and truth in all situations‚ and advocated that others do the same. He lived modestly in a self-sufficient residential community. Gandhi’s vision of a free India based on religious pluralism‚ however‚ was challenged in the early 1940s by a new Muslim nationalism which was demanding a separate Muslim homeland carved out of India. Ghandi representing the qualities of individuality by protesting without using any violence‚ which in the end proved to become effective. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 2
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marketers are trying to find out more effective ways to reach the target audience. But these changes have not occurred suddenly. There is a continuous growth in advertising trends with the passing time. While some old trends have been modified some new trends have evolved. Advertising: The times are a-changing. Across time‚ we have been witness to big changes in advertising‚ from merely communicating a product or service‚ to highly sophisticated multi-dimensional and multi-channel strategies‚ and
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