...Traditions No More Holidays are generally about observing religious, national, or cultural significance, often accompanied by celebrations or festivals. But as time passes, people are beginning to forego and abandon family traditions and values. While this global trend is becoming more and more evident, certain cultures still cling to old practices and attitudes. Although the portrayal of Chinese families in “My Grandmother’s Dumplings” is fairly accurate, Amy Ma fails to address how western and technology-centric views have altered people’s outlook on things like family gatherings, roles of family members, and attitude towards family members. Today, family gatherings no longer have meaning. In the story, Ma writes about the Spring Festival, which is, “The most important celebration of the year: It is a time to be with family, to visit friends and start life anew.” Ma describes her family traditions and how there’s a cultural meaning to the holidays. As an example of one of these rigid traditions, Ma states in her story that, “It was considered bad luck to do any work.” In contrast, many people today work on holidays such as Thanksgiving as others spend their holidays waiting in line on Black Friday rather than spending time with their family. The thirst for great deals has overshadowed the main idea of family bonding. This year, many people skipped Thanksgiving dinner and spending time with their families to camp out at stores to get shopping deals on Black Friday...
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...Hundreds of thousands of shoppers line up outside of department stores, anxiously waiting to get their hands on the latest of gadgets and gizmos to purchase for families, friends, and loved ones for the holiday season. Many of the retailers in America have offered attractive promotional sales on this day to attract high traffic and volume in their stores. Realizing this, consumers in America who take a part in Black Friday see this as a fight to the death. This “fight to the death” literally came true in the year 2013, as one death and fifteen injuries resulted from the madness of the shopping event, according to BlackFridayDeathCount.com. On the flip side for businesses, Americans spent an average of $407.02 from the Thursday through Sunday that bookends Black Friday, as stated by the National Retail Federation. This topsy-turvy day recognized by a vast majority of American culture has been seen by many as the yearly peak of the country’s ever-increasing trend towards consumerism. Consumerism, the belief that goods give meaning to individuals and their roles in society, has presented itself to Americans in both a positive and negative spirit. On the one hand, consumer spending drives the economy, gives consumers a vast myriad of retailers to choose from, and renders shopping as a social experience. On the other hand, consumerism can render all aspects of life as merely a commodity, encourages excess consumption, and distorts our personal values. In this paper, I will explore...
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...Tutorial One – A visit to McDonald’s Paul and his wife Emma set off from their home in Yorkshire to drive for a holiday in Scotland. It’s late in the morning, and the young couple are on the A1, heading up to Scotch Corner. The scenery is new and exciting, and their home seems a long way away. It’s noon, so they decide to eat a fast lunch at the next exit. A few miles later, they leave the Al and begin to wonder where they should eat. But the question is answered for them almost as soon as it has arisen, for at the bottom of the exit ramp is a familiar sign, a gold arch on a red background – ‘McDonald’s – Straight Ahead One Mile’. McDonald’s! Hamburgers! French fries! ‘Let’s eat at McDonald’s!’ Paul suggests. ‘We can’t see anywhere else to go, and at least we know what their food is like’. ‘Sure’ Emma agrees. ‘I could just eat a cheeseburger...or maybe even a Big Mac!’. About a mile further on is a large shopping centre, and at the far ends of its car park the golden arches of McDonald’s are plainly visible. Paul and Emma enter the restaurant, walk down the centre aisle between uniform rows of spotlessly clean tables, and examine the menu that is posted behind and above the service counter. Exactly the same menu as the one back home! They quickly decide what to have and approach the counter. ‘Can I take your order, please?’ inquires the crew member, smiling at them. ‘Two Big Mac meals with Diet Coke, to go please’. ‘Is that large?’ she replies. The order is placed...
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...Gordon’s Health Assessment Framework (Functional Health Patterns) CLIENT PROFILE: Client Initials: LT Date of Birth: 20 September 1975 Marital Status: Married Gender: Female Ethnicity: Chinese Occupation: Full time Registered Nurse working from Monday to Friday in an acute hospital Religion: Christianity Education: Bachelor of nursing Primary Language: English Usual Health Practitioner(s): 1 General Practitioner / Family doctor 2 Gynaecologist & Breast Surgeon at hospital – yearly check-up 3 Chinese Traditional Medicine Physician – for ……… CHILDHOOD / ADULT ILLNESSES There were no significant childhood illnesses that LT could recalled. LT acquired White Coat Hypertension since her 30’s. She does monitor her blood pressure frequently especially she feels fatigue. She manage the symptoms with low salt healthy balance diet, regular non-strenuous exercise, and relaxation techniques. This year, she had a unplanned pregnancy and was miscarriage due to foetus no heart beat. IMMUNISATIONS LT was born in Singapore and has completed all the compulsory/ recommended/neccessary National Childhood and Adolescent Immunisation, ---- Family Health Service, Ministry of Health (MOH), Singapore. (provide website) She also completed other Optional Vaccinations as follow: Flu vaccines prior to her year-end overseas vacation trips, HPV vaccine Tetanus vaccine Chicken pox vaccine HOSPITALISATIONS (List...
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...Family of Diversity Cultural Assessment Kristal T. Abstract The family discussed in this paper is of German/Islamic ethnicity. They are a multigenerational family living under one roof, and making the best of what they have. Living in the household is the mother (HW), the father (AW), paternal grandmother (JW), and two children (EW & RW). The mother has some issues that she is working through from her upbringing, and the father is somewhat distant. One of the children has a severe illness that dictates how everyone lives. Both the mother and father suffer from depression, and they feel that this affects their quality time with the children. The mother was extremely open in discussing her family, while both the father and mother in-law were more distant. Both of the parents work, and leave the upbringing of the children to the paternal grandmother. Overall the W Family is pretty Americanized, with only small parts of their culture coming up in daily life. Family of Diversity Cultural Assessment Family Description The family discussed in this paper is a multigenerational family. Included in the household is the father (AW), age 37, mother (HW), age 32, paternal grandmother, (JW), age 69, and two children (EW, RW), whose ages are 6 and 4 respectively. Both AW and HW are the biological parents to the children, with this being their only marriage. HW is a 1st generation immigrant with her parents emigrating from Tehran, Iran to England, and then to America...
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...COM 120 Entire Course http://homeworkgallery.com/index.php/product/com-120-entire-course/ http://homeworkgallery.com/index.php/product/com-120-entire-course/ COM 120 Week 1 Single Mother Single mothers in America” is the title that I have chosen for my persuasive essay. I feel that being a single mother myself I can relate to them on the same ground as I am living a life walking in the same shoes as them. “With great power comes great responsibility” is a well known line from the movie Spider man. COM 120 Week 1 Capital Letters 103 1. – At the turn of a new century and a new Millennium, many people are reflecting on the historical changes that have taken place during the past hundred years. – At the turn of a new century and a new millennium, many people are reflecting on the historical changes that have taken place during the past hundred years. 2. – In the late 1990s, Americans began making lists reflecting their choices of the greatest Events, Literature, People, and Films of the century. – In the late 1990s, Americans began making lists reflecting their choices of the greatest events, literature, people, and films of the century. 3. – Most Americans would agree that the two World Wars shaped the twentieth century and this country’s role in it. – Most Americans would agree that the two world wars shaped the twentieth century and this country’s role in it. COM 120 Week 1 Comma Splices and Fused Sentences 562 1. Most people are familiar...
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...which is fantastic. Certainly take them up on this is offered. They are not coming to check out your home, they want to get to know your child in a more relaxed environment! If allowed, ask to snap a photo of the teacher in the new classroom and then take this home and stick it into a little homemade book or on the wall near the table so you can talk together regularly about it in a natural way. Borrow lots of Starting School books from the library and read them every day over the holidays, picking out the fun and exciting activities that are going on in each one and using them as starting points for conversations. If your child seems worried about starting school then use books to draw out these fears and reassure them. Most fears are related to not knowing what is going to happen and where things are, and these can be talked though thoroughly to the best of your knowledge. Go on a special and exciting trip together to buy uniform and essential items for starting school, such as a lunch box, new shoes, coat and stationery. Make it into an adventure rather than a chore and try to do it 1 on 1 without other little ones to distract attention. Preparing practically: When you go on your uniform shopping trip (above) make sure not to go too early otherwise your child may very well have grown by the time comes around! But obviously don’t leave it too late either incase everything is sold out in the shops. A few weeks before should be perfect timing, perhaps leaving the shoes to a...
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...is a large difference in tradition, culture, and marketing capabilities for each generation. Members of the younger generation are influenced by the most recent fads and trends, while the older generations are much more traditional and conservative. This gives our organization an opportunity to develop and market our product with the older generation as well as the younger generation individually. In addition, due to Marie’s personal and business knowledge of Japan and Japanese culture, we have a great deal of resources which can be used throughout the course of this project. The business we have selected is that of an affordable retirement home option for the elderly in Japan. Traditionally, the eldest son has been given the task of taking care of the parents in their old age. More recently, however, this task has fallen to those outside the family due to the rise in small businesses which provide these services. The problem with these services is that the elderly rarely receive care more than once or twice a week for a few hours at a time; the high cost of services discourage people from requesting more time. We believe that we can create an affordable establishment by building the retirement home in the countryside and hiring caretakers from outside Japan through a worker exchange program. Government subsidies may also be provided, as the institution benefits a majority of the population. We have researched the country factors, competition and market opportunity...
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...Land and Climate Area (sq. mi.): 2,988,902 Area (sq. km.): 7,741,220 Australia is the sixth largest country in the world. It is just smaller than Brazil and about four-and-a-half times the size of the U.S. state of Alaska. Australia is the only country that occupies a complete continent. It is also the driest inhabited continent in the world. About one-third of its land is desert and another third is composed of poor-quality land. A long chain of mountains, the Great Dividing Range, runs along the Pacific coast. Fertile farmland lies east of the Great Dividing Range, in the southwestern corner of Western Australia, and in the island state of Tasmania. Cattle stations (ranches) reach the edge of the barren interior desert. The famed Australian Outback is an undefined region that encompasses all remote, undeveloped areas. The Outback is seen as a mystical heartland or frontier—a symbol of Australia's strength and independence—where the climate is hot, life is hard, and people are tough, independent, and few. CultureGramsTMWorld Edition 2015 | Commonwealth of Australia | BACKGROUND include the emu, cockatoo, and kookaburra. Australia's snakes are among the most venomous in the world. BACKGROUND include the emu, cockatoo, and kookaburra. Australia's snakes are among the most venomous in the world. Among Australia's natural wonders is the Great Barrier Reef, a system of coral reefs that extends more than 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) near Australia's northeast coast...
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...101 Small Business Ideas for Under $5,000 Corey Sandler Janice Keefe John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 101 Small Business Ideas for Under $5,000 Corey Sandler Janice Keefe John Wiley & Sons, Inc. This book is printed on acid-free paper. ● ∞ Copyright © 2005 by Word Association, Inc. All rights reserved. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. Published simultaneously in Canada. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646-8600, or on the web at www.copyright.com. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, (201) 748-6011, fax (201) 748-6008. Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: While the publisher and author have used their best efforts in preparing this book, they make no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this book and specifically disclaim any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose...
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...RETAIL PLAN ROBINSONS MAGNOLIA A Final Paper Presented to the Marketing Department De La Salle University In partial fulfillment Of the course requirements .in MARKRET. Del Carmen, Michelle Felizardo, Miguel Moynihan, Danny Tan, Miya Yatco, Jethro August 28, 2013 A. Assessment of the Mall Retail Audit by Classification *See Appendix A Target Market Description This mall caters to a demographic of young professionals with an age ranging from 23-30 both male and female genders either single or newlyweds in the B and C socioeconomic classes. they are the dominant demographic that the mall caters to this is reinforced by the abundance of the available condominiums within the area making the mall and the area around it a mixed use development. this ensures the inevitability of the residents of these condos, which will most likely be yuppies due to the “condo living” nature of these residences, will definitely buy from nowhere else but robinsons magnolia since it is just simply convenient to do so. Although the mall is situated in an area with quite a number of educational establishments such as LSGH and it gets a lot of visits from students that are in the area it is really still the yuppies that bring in the most business since they are the ones that have the most purchasing power. any revenue produced from the students is usually either on impulse such as an after final exam binge or the fact that it is really just the nearest place to make a purchase so the mall also leverages...
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...Настоящая книга представляет собой вторую часть учебного комплекса "English For University Students". Учебник включает текстовый материал и комплексную систему упражнений для отработки навыков устной и письменной речи на продвинутом этапе обучения. Материал отредактирован профессором кафедры современных языков и литератур Оклевдского университета Н. Ф. Лонганом. Все права защищены. ( «Издательство Союз», 2000 ( Меркулова Е. М.. Филимонова О. Е., Костыгина С. И., Иванова Ю. А., Папанова Л.В., 2000 ( В.А. Гореликов, художественное оформление, 2000 ISBN 5-87852-114-8 CONTENTS Lesson 1 FAMILY LIFE 3 Lesson 2 HOME 16 Lesson 3 DAILY ROUTINE 29 Lesson 4 DOMESTIC CHORES 41 Lesson 5 SHOPPING FOR FOOD 54 Lesson 6 SHOPPING FOR CONSUMER GOODS 68 Lesson 7 MEALS AND COOKING 81 Lesson 8 COLLEGE LIFE 96 Lesson 9 CHARACTER AND APPEARANCE 112 Lesson 10 WEATHER 127 SUPPLEMENTARY READING 141 TOPICAL VOCABULARY 160 ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ Учебный комплекс "English for University Students" рассчитан на студентов первого курса факультетов иностранных языков и изучающих английский язык на продвинутом этапе и отвечает требованиям программы Министерства Высшего Образования Российской...
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...Part 1 最 常 考 问 题 及 参 考 答 案 注意很多问题后要加理由，不然考官就会问你“WHY” 第一部分很多是问个人信息的问题，答案因人而异，这里提供的答案可以做为范本，不符 合你的情况的可以做些修改。符合你的情况的，你可以练熟！还有一些问题，就是我们提 供的问题的变化，就是不同的问法，但是你可以用同一个方式来回答的，要记得考试时候 能听明白，然后会转化哦！ 1. Your Work or Your Studies • Do you work or are you a student? Well, I am a senior in Zhejiang University and I’m planning to pursue my master’s degree in the U.K after my graduation. That’s why I take this test. 1a) Your Work General Description of Your Job • What job (or, what work) do you do? I’m a teacher at an English training center. I’ve been working there for several years. It’s my pleasure to see my students make progress, so I think this job is very suitable for me. • What is the nature of that work? It’s a teaching job. I help the students improve their English language skills and most of them are planning to take IELTS. • What do you do in that job? I teach English, both productive and receptive skills. My job is to help my students succeed in their studies and pass exams if they need to. • Would you say your job (or, your work) is very important? 、 I think so. I think the world will be much worse if there’re no teachers, especially good...
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...Different types of disorders Project in Elective Definition: Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a rare condition in which a baby is born without the ability to properly break down an amino acid called phenylalanine. Described as an inborn error of amino acid metabolism, phenylketonuria (PKU) was the first genetic disorder found to be due to a specific enzyme deficiency, resulting in a patient's inability to metabolise a specific amino acid appropriately. Classical PKU is caused by a deficiency of the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH). Over 70 different mutations on the PAH gene found on Chromosome 12 have been found to cause the almost complete absence of PAH as seen in PKU patients. PKU patients deficient in PAH are unable to metabolise the amino acid phenylalanine leading to an accumulation of phenylalanine and it's metabolites within the body. PKU is an example of an autosomal recessive disorder. Causes Phenylketonuria (PKU) is inherited, which means it is passed down through families. Both parents must pass on the defective gene in order for a baby to have the condition. This is called an autosomal recessive trait. Babies with PKU are missing an enzyme called phenylalanine hydroxylase, which is needed to break down an essential amino acid called phenylalanine. The substance is found in foods that contain protein. Without the enzyme, levels of phenylalanine and two closely-related substances build up in the body. These substances are harmful to the...
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...Bahasa Inggeris Modul Tambah Nilai PMR 2012 JABATAN PELAJARAN TERENGGANU MODUL TAMBAH NILAI PENILAIAN MENENGAH RENDAH 2012 BAHASA INGGERIS ______________________________________________________________________ Disediakan Oleh: AKRAM NEGERI TERENGGANU Dibiayai oleh: KERAJAAN NEGERI TERENGGANU jeyshida@smksm TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages PAPER 1 PART A ~ RATIONAL CLOZE PART B ~ CLOSEST IN MEANING 1-4 5 - 15 PAPER 2 PART C ~ GUIDED COMPOSITION PART D ~ LITERATURE COMPONENT PART E ~ SUMMARY WRITING 16 - 28 29 - 31 32 - 38 jeyshida@smksm jeyshida@smksm jeyshida@smksm ~ RATIONAL CLOZE ~ Note: Verb-to-be Verb-to-have Verb-to-do Prepositions PRACTICE 1 I can’t remember what I have ___1___! This is a regular complaint of students. Have you ever ___2____ why you remember certain stories and not others? Certain facts but not all? Simple! That is because we do ___3___ things which are of interest to us and those which are not, we simply forget them. So what is the secret of ___4___? Make revising your lesson a part of your regular daily routine. You should revise your lesson whenever and where ever you have the chance. Asking questions, writing down notes and reflecting on the topic that you are ___5___ are examples of active learning. This is an example of a good while-reading strategy. A house with no noise is a suitable learning environment. Noise is a distracter. While you are ___6___, you also need to free your mind from unpleasant thoughts and confusing...
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