Since I live in Hawaii I am very aware of the popular ‘surfing’ culture prevalent here and in warm coastal areas of the U.S.‚ Australia and many other countries. The sport may have been brought to Hawaii by the first Polynesian settlers. It was popularized and associated with Hawaii by Duke Kahanamoku‚ an Olympic athlete and champion surfer (Bourne‚ 2013). The media spread and popularized the surfing culture to southern California and Australia through Hollywood films e.g. Gidget [1959] and The Endless
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Eastern and Western cultures have extremely different ways of learning. In the article‚ Jim Stigler experiments with these various cultures in order to fully understand how each of them tackle learning. Therefore‚ Stigler traveled to Japan to study teaching methods presented there. While he was there‚ he noticed many things that Japanese classrooms obtained. For instance‚ the teachers call up the students that are struggling to demonstrate the problem opposed to the child that already understands
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People all around the world have different communication styles based on their culture legacies. I‚ too‚ am affected by my Chinese culture when I communicate with others. In the chapter “The Ethnic Theory on Plane Crashes” in Outlier‚ author Malcolm Gladwell discusses the importance of cultural legacy on communication. Many of the plane crashes can be explained with “mitigated speech” by plane officers‚ meaning “any attempt to downplay or sugarcoat the meaning of what is being said” (194). People’s
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Topic: The Deep Web Thesis: To Inform the class on what the Deep Web is and what it is used for I. Introduction Attention Getter: What would you think if I told you that under your feet was another world with a thousand time more people‚ and a wealth of knowledge? Well when it comes to the intranet‚ that’s exactly the case. 1. Credibility Statement: I have been trying to figure out how to do everything that were not allowed to do for years. Using the “Deep Web” is a great way to figure out how
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Whether we know it or not‚ culture affects our lives in countless ways. The culture that people grow up in is‚ most of the time‚ what their beliefs are based on. This includes beliefs about health care‚ how we treat‚ view‚ and recover from illness. The culture around us also can limit our access to health care or can broaden the types of treatment we receive. In the United States‚ we are blessed to have so much scientific knowledge. We understand a large number of diseases enough to know the cause
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I was born in Scarborough‚ my background is Srilankan and I speak Tamil. My personal culture is rooted in some Canadian culture however it is mostly influenced by the Tamil culture. My family is huge‚ my dad has 11 siblings and my mom has five siblings in total I have 31 first cousins. The majority of us are all close. A word that I will use to describe my personal culture will be mellow and peaceful. My family and I practice the religion Hinduism. Like every Hindu‚ we celebrate Diwali. On this
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Web Services an emerging technology. INTRODUCTION In this report we shall attempt to discuss on of the emerging technology in the field of Information Technology which is Web Services. We will take into account the importance of web service‚ its basic framework and objective and also about the technological tools involved in the implementation and use of web services. This report also consists of a brief individual explanation of the components of web services such
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Web television and its journey to mainstream. Name here Com/172 December 13‚ 2012 Margarette Chavez Web Television and its Journey to Mainstream With the birth of the internet‚ over the years‚ people have learned take full advantage of its use. From paying bills‚ to playing video games‚ to ordering coffee‚ the internet has been incorporated into our daily lives. Within the past five years a more creative way of using the internet has emerged. People are now using the
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I decided to write my response over the rape culture video‚ because rape is something that hits home for me. When I was 14 years old‚ my best friend from high school and I were hanging around some older guys that were a couple years older than us. We put ourselves in a situation where we were out numbered‚ and drinking was involved. We were both young‚ and until this point had not drank alcohol. An 18-year-old boy raped my best friend that night. She was very intoxicated and he had not drunk at all
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but to think that the purpose of a shopping mall was for everyone to have one convenient place to buy anything they desired. But‚ the viewpoints expressed though "Community through Exclusion and Illusion" by George Lewis and "Shopping for American Culture‚" by James J. Farrell‚ have led me to believe that the shopping mall also serves as a community center. Another article which captured my attention was Ira Zepp’s‚ "The Shopping Mall as Sacred Place." They each express their ideas of how the shopping
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