Restaurant to Panda Express: a history of Chinese food in the United States by Haiming Liu. It talks about the journey from the California gold rush to the present day through the lens of food and the evolution of American-Chinese cuisine. It also talks about how Chinese food changed and how it influenced American culinary cultures and how Chinese restaurants became a place where shared ethnic identity if affirmed. The book also talked about national chains such as P.F Chang’s and Panda express and
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Indonesia: The Troubled Giant Question 1: What political factors explain Indonesia’s poor economic performance? What economic factors? Are these two related? The impeachment of the Indonesian dictator Suharto is widely considered one of the most exciting political happenings of recent years. Indonesia is the world’s fourth biggest country‚ with a population of 202 million people; Suharto had ruled the country with an iron fist for about 32 years. The fact that his absolute
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The Giant planets Lesson 8.8 Introduction: Gas giants fall into different categories. So-called “traditional” gas giants include Jupiter. Jupiter is such a classic example of a gas giant that gas giants are often referred to as Jovian planets despite the fact that some gas giants ‚ice giants for instance are very different from Jupiter. Traditional gas giants have high levels of hydrogen and helium. Another category of gas giants is ice giants. Ice giants are also composed of small amounts
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Article Summary: Emerging Giants Many local companies lost their market shares or sold off their businesses when global or multinational companies from developed markets such as US‚ Germany‚ and Japan got into the emerging markets. However‚ some local companies held out against and exorcised multinationals. In this article‚ the authors instantiate this kind of local companies by explaining that Mahindra & Mahindra in India and Haier Group in China have barraged out their own rivals‚ reset
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Tobacco Giant ’s Unethical Research Throughout history many industries manage to be successful enterprises‚ recreational substances like alcohol and tobacco have been under scrutiny in modern times. The detrimental impact on the health of our society has become a matter of concern of our government. Tobacco is responsible for more than six million each year. World Health Organization (2012) The origin of tobacco is ancient it is believed to have begun growing in the America’s in 6000 BCE. Borio
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In This American Life’s “Giant Pool of Money” two biases are present‚ the regression to the mean and the confirmation bias. Almost everyone thought that the housing market would increase forever‚ all the while intelligent people who knew better‚ kept listening only to what they wanted to hear. By dissecting these two biases we can gain a better understanding of what was driving the actions that lead to our most recent credit crisis. In doing so we can learn to make our own decisions without these
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this analysis is to maximize profit of Giant Motor Company which has 3 lines of products and offers 3 brands of cars namely Lyra‚ Libra and Hydra which corresponds to subcompact car class‚ sporty car class‚ and luxury car class respectively. Currently the company has 3 manufacturing plants and each of them is dedicated to a specific product line. For future planning‚ the company has an option of retooling its manufacturing capacity which would bring a major expense
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In the film Kung-Fu Panda 2‚ the extended metaphor of “Inner Peace” in the film symbolizes the need for a person to acknowledge their own weaknesses‚ their past and their faults‚ which conveys the importance of finding and accepting one’s identity. Furthermore throughout the film‚ there are various scenes where water droplets are dropping and flowing in slow motion‚ combined with flashbacks of the past‚ demonstrates the power of spiritual connections and nature. The importance of belonging and loving
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In Malaysia‚ Giant will step into the age of 66 in year 2010; they are pioneer in the concept of modern supermarket shopping and has been ranked 11th of Most Valuable Brand in year 2007 and 12th in 2008‚ they also rewarded as the Top Retailer in Malaysia and Best of the Best in Asia Pacific Retailer’s Award for 2 consecutive years in 2007 and 2008. They also succeed in the Best Brands in Consumer (Hypermarkets)‚ Brand Laureate Award 2007/208 for Corporate Branding and also the Excellence Service
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Oscar Wilde’s ‘Selfish Giant’ Oscar Wild (1854 – 1900) ‘Selfish Giant’ is one of the short stories beautifully written by Oscar Wilde. Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and playwright‚ novelist‚ poet‚ and author of short stories. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s‚ he became one of London’s most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams‚ his only novel: The Picture of Dorian Gray
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