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What is kopi Luwak? Kopi Luwak is popularly referred to as a specialty of Indonesia. The name “Kopi Luwak” originated from the Indonesian. The Kopi means coffee and Luwak means civet, it is also known as civet coffee. Surprisingly, most of the people involved in the history of the coffee production, could not afford to enjoy coffee in the past, until this unintended and incredible discovery came along. During that time, Indonesia was a Dutch colony, and the nation’s workers were in charge of the

I have chosen the video on food, Would You Eat It? 10 Weird Foods We Dare You To Try, to make connections between cultural norms, language, and personal identity. There are many cultural norms and values presented in the video, and it is interesting to be able to compare them to my cultural norms and values. Culture is what makes everyone different. Through enculturation we learn our norms and values through this process at a very young age. With culture, we have comfort and meaning for life. There

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Dana Chapman Weber State University 2015 Epidemiology and Biostatistics HIM 3200   Background information The spread of a virus later to become known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) began in a small providence in South China. The initial case of this deadly virus is thought to have occurred on November 16, 2002. By February 2003 it was officially identified as strain of the Coronavirus (also known in the common cold) called SARS (World Health Organization

Exotic pets are also illegal to own in many regions and are easy to attain. Depending on the variation of the region, different animals are included or discluded from each state’s list of bans. But throughout all fifty states, tigers and other exotic members of the feline family are the most common and the most commonly banned along with skunks and racoons (Evans). As of January 2015, five states, Nevada, Wisconsin, Alabama, and North and South Carolina, had no bans on any dangerous wild pets, and