Archive for the ‘Society’ Category

What is a Carbon Credit?

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Carbon credits have recently been available for purchase. Until now, I have only had a loose understanding of what it meant to buy carbon credits. When booking a flight for myself and my daughter, Expedia.ca offered the option of offsetting our carbon emmissions of the plane ride by purchasing carbon ...

How Long Does it Take To Build Credit?

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Starting from the bottom; bankruptcy in the U.S. isn't an automatic disqualification from building up to a good credit rating, but it will take some work and organization. First, make sure that your debts are correctly listed as discharged. Some companies will not have changed your records in their system resulting ...

What is the Difference Between Socialism and Communism?

Monday, July 7th, 2008

The main difference between the ideologies is that Socialism allows for some free market economy and that each person is allotted resources according to how hard they work, and Communism seeks communal ownership of everything and that each person is allotted resources according to their need. Socialism is grounded in ...

What is the Difference Between Race and Ethnicity?

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Without taking an sociological or anthropological considerations into account, I have tried to give an unbiased attempt of a clear difference between these two terms. Generally speaking, race refers to only your genetic history and identifiable physical characteristics that are separate and distinct from other races. For example, in China's ...

How Long Does it Take a Tattoo to Heal?

Monday, July 7th, 2008

A tattoo can take anywhere from 10 days to two weeks to heal. A number of factors determine whether you will be a slow healer or fast healer; if a scab does or doesn't form, if it is exposed to sunlight or tanning beds, if you scratch or abrade the ...

What is the Difference Between Sunni and Shiite?

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Of these two denominations, the Sunnis comprise 85% and the Shiites comprise 15% of the world's Muslims. The Sunni consider themselves to be the orthodox form of Islam. They follow the actual words and deeds of the Prophet Muhammad. Like Shiites and other denominations of Islam, they follow the Qur'an; ...

What is the Difference Between Catholic and Christian?

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

I will summarize the commonalities across all of the Christian followers. First, Jesus of Nazareth was the son of God and the savior of humanity. The death and resurrection of Jesus is a pivotal belief in all Christian denominations. All Christians believe the path to salvation lies in the acceptance of ...

What is the Biggest Company in the World?

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

The biggest company in the world is Wal-Mart. I am sure this comes as no surprise to many of you. Its profits in 2007 were 11 billion USD! Wal-Mart has been making an effort to clean up its sullied image as an unfair and sexist employer, sweatshop promoter and small ...

What is the Biggest Religion in the World?

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

The biggest religion in the world is Christianity at 33% of the world's population. There was a great schism in the 1050's between the East and the West. The Eastern Orthodox Church does not recognize the supreme right of the Pope, whereas the Western Catholics, now known as Roman Catholic ...