Cultures and Co-Cultures By: Anna Skidmore Delta College A Culture is the language‚ values‚ beliefs‚ traditions‚ and customs people share and learn according to Larry Samovar and his colleagues (2007). Culture includes two different groups called in-groups which are groups that you identify yourself with and out-groups which is a group of people we view as different (Frings & Abram‚ 2010; Quist & Jorgensen‚ 2010). Examples of culture is the foods we eat‚ holidays we celebrate‚ the
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“The planet takes care of us‚ not we of it.” One could say that the planet earth is a system‚ interacting with objects in space such as the sun and the moon. The mass and diameter of these objects‚ their distance from earth and the amount of heat they radiates makes the conditions on earth ideal for life to exist. Over the years‚ humans have begun to consume at a much faster rate than before. Yes‚ fossil fuels like coal‚ natural gas and oil are being used at a greedy rate‚ but the ground is
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Technology Has Helped Destroy The Planet Mankind has remained selfish from the very start of its existence. It wanted to shield itself from the harsh blinding storms hence killed deer to use its skin to make clothes. Humans wanted shelter hence started the process of cutting down trees and building homes. Mankind has been the ravenous resource thirsty wild beast who has with the aid of technology been able to conquer yet destroy its motherland-Earth. Humans are greedy. The great visionary Mahatma
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Galileo and Copernicus were two extremely influential astronomers. They believed in the heliocentric model of our solar system‚ or the idea that the planets revolved around the Sun. We all accept this model today as fact‚ but back in their time‚ the thought of it was pure blasphemy. The widely accepted idea at the time‚ as supported by the almighty Catholic Church‚ was the geocentric model. In this model‚ the Earth is central to nearly everything‚ and is orbited by the Sun‚ moon‚ and other special
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Deadly Woman or Lonely Lover? The story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner was written in 1930’s‚ a time where if a woman was alone or had no company they were frowned upon or looked in another light. Emily Garrison showed tendencies of a lonely women looking for companionship after her father’s death. She became secluded away from the rest of the town‚ “After her father’s death she went out very little”. According to Crime Museum being antisocial can cause someone to become a killer. Miss
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This movie based on the novel by Andy Weir which tells the story of astronaut‚ named Mark Watney‚ during an exploratory mission to the Red Planet‚ is mistaken for dead by his crewmates and left behind. The movie is a science fiction adventure movie which goes in for the idea of texture and tics and human behavior. In order to survive on Mars‚ Mark applies his scientific knowledge to his situation using applications of math and science‚ and he finds a way to communicate with NASA experts and the world
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IBM 3 ideas to build one smarter planet 1. Instrument the world’s system (INSTRUMENTED):- i) By making the world’s system instrumented I.B.M. means that now they have the ability to measure‚ sense and see the exact condition of everything ii) They believe that everything will get instrumented ranging from supply chains‚ health care networks‚ cities to natural systems like rivers 2. Interconnect them (INTERCONNECTED) i) Interconnected means connecting people
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movie‚ Planet of the Apes‚ making the reader or viewer develop a new perspective on both. In the short story‚ a priest named John‚ travels to the forbidden east zone‚ where he has an out of body experience that completely changes his outlook on life. He discovers that the “gods” he believes in are‚ in fact‚ people who destroyed the world due to their excess knowledge‚ and lack of wisdom. Similarly‚ the protagonist in Planet of the Apes‚ Taylor‚ travels forward in time‚ only to end up on a planet which
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surviving. In both Station Eleven and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes‚ the characters encounter a world that suffers through an epidemic virus that spread across the human population‚ demolishing a big fraction of the race. In a world ravaged by disease‚ the loss of individuals can impact the lives of the survivors negatively‚ but also lead to the formation of new communities. This aids in the survival with a population of apes in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes as opposed to other survivors in Station
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If the world was just fine‚ I would move to another planet and strive for better. Living in a small suburban town with two hard working‚ loving parents and five siblings. Two younger sisters‚ two older brothers‚ and an older sister‚ two kids were from my dad’s side‚ I grew up being the middle child with four children I was in the middle with my sister and with six children I was in the middle with my brother so no matter how you look at it I was stuck in between. This is important because I was always
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