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Can the Nation-State and Culture Combine Forces to Reduce Interpersonal Violence in the West?
Can the nation-state and culture combine forces to reduce interpersonal violence in the West? Violence is a difficult term to define, but for the purposes of this assignment violence can be defined as a crime or the threat to commit a crime by one person upon another person, and that usually that has negative physical or emotional effects upon the victim. Violence in Western society has been increasing steadily and has become a major concern
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Assessing Corporate Cultures of Southwest Airlines
Assessing Corporate Cultures of Southwest Airlines Team A has chosen to evaluate and assess the cultural atmosphere generated within Southwest Airlines (SWA). The airline started its operation in 1971 by the co-founders, Rollin King and Herb Kelleher, in the humble city of Houston, Texas. SWA was to be an airline that provided shuttle service between the cities of Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas, Texas. Southwest Airlines began with one simple notion: “If you get your
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The American Flag: More Than Just a Piece of Cloth
The American Flag is the most widespread symbol Americans have. It took a disaster to make me realize how important it is. I would always wave the flag in a parade or on the Fourth of July, but I never really stopped to think about what I was doing. The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 are what changed my view. They caused me to reflect about our country and the value of saying, “I
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Can Technology Affect Ethics and Culture
Can Technology Affect Ethics and Culture? Jeremiah Johnson TEC/401 Linda Poole November 16, 2006 Can Technology Affect Ethics and Culture? In today’s work environment, workers are expected to know more than ever before. With the growing of technology comes more knowledge that end-users must know, so it is important for workers not to be distracted by unethical practices. However, with technology also comes a more defined sense of communication, which can be good or
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American Memory the Great Gatsby Compare and Contrast of the Film and Book
American Memory: “The Great Gatsby “ Compare and Contrast of the film and book As a top selling mind wrenching, interesting book the film industry decided to make a film. Discussed is a compare and contrast of the book, “The Great Gatsby” written by F Scott Fitzgerald and the 1974 movie directed by Jack Clayton. There are few differences in the book and the movie. The biggest contrast between the movie and the book would
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Dominating the American Pastime
There are very few moments in one’s life where his very soul is lit on fire. These special moments aren’t planned, and don’t occur every day. One of these soul-shaking experiences for me is pitching in baseball. The anxiety of standing alone on the pitching mound is rivaled only by the greatest moments in my baseball career. If you have every played a wide variety of organized sports, then you will undoubtedly agree that hitting
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Deafness as a Culture
These past couple of weeks, I have been thinking about deafness in its cultural context and in its biomedical context. I know that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 provides special services such as interpreters. However, I recently started thinking that the fact that the act itself is named a “disabilities” act requires that the individuals receiving these services acknowledge either a physical or an emotional disability. This, to me, seems to cause
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Bless Me, Ultima: The Cultural Distress of a Young Society
Lytvyn Roman Eng. 320 Pr. Tolchin Bless Me, Ultima: The Cultural Distress of a Young Society An answer to the discussion question of whether or not there is a defined border culture would need a great number of years in field research, but we can also observe a few of the characteristics of such border culture just by looking at scholastic essays and books related to the topic. Within the research that I did,
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Modern Urban Culture
MODERN URBAN CULTURE What is urban culture? According to the Encyclopedia Britannica (1), urban culture is any of the behavioral patterns of the various types of cities and urban areas, both past and present. Urban culture is basically the culture of cities. Cities around the world, past and present, have behaviors that differ from the rural areas. In today’s modern world, urban culture refers to a city’s sense of fashion, music, and way of life.
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Cultural Analysis of the Coldest Winter Ever
The Coldest Winter Ever Born Lisa Williamson in 1964, Sister Souljah is a hip-hop artist that burst to the forefront of mainstream media in 1992 when she was criticized by then Presidential candidate Bill Clinton for saying “If Black people kill black people every day, why not have a week and kill white people?” Clinton was trying to prove to other Democrats that he did not sympathize with the organization that Souljah was a member
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Native American Healing with Chaparral
Native American Healing with Chaparral In 2006, over 1,399,790 people were diagnosed with cancer in America alone (Jemal 43). For a disease so prevalent, adequate treatment must be found. In 1940, that treatment was discovered; a chemical similar to that of mustard gas was used to treat patients temporarily. At Yale University, it was observed that the gas produced from the nitrogen mustard harmed the cancer cells of the lymphatic region. After witnessing the advantages
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The American Civil War
The American Civil War (1861–1865), which is also known by several other names, was a civil war between the United States of America (the "Union") and the Southern slave states of the newly formed Confederate States of America under Jefferson Davis. The Union included all of the free states and the five slaveholding border states and was led by Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party. Republicans opposed the expansion of slavery into territories owned by
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Analysis of Violent Culture: The Media, The Internet, and Placing Blame
Analysis of Violent Culture: The Media, the Internet, and Placing Blame The author, Darren Beals, did not modify my opinion on the topic of violent culture but he presented evidence from several point-of-views. The media, internet, parents, and television all could be part of the problem Beals did not choose a side he just elaborated on their involvement in the "Kipland Kinkels's shooting spree." In 2004 "Students age 12-18 were victims of about 88,000 violent
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Why Im Prooud to Be an American
Why I’m Proud To Be An American I’m proud to be an American for more reason that I can possibly think of. America is one of the olnly countries where we enjoy all of the freedoms other countries can only dream of such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, and the right to a fair and speedy trial. I’m proud to live in a country where I can practice my
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British and American Tobacco
History Early Years On the 29th September 1902 the UK’s Imperial Tobacco Company merged with the American Tobacco Company. Ending a trade war each company agreed not to operate in the other firm’s home country. Businesses outside the UK and US were then transferred to the British and American Tobacco Company, giving them operations in Germany, Japan, Canada, Australia, China and South Africa. Over the next ten years the company expands into India, Egypt, Holland,
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An Analysis of the Structure and Culture of Strategic Mining Solutions in the Context of the External Environment with Respect to Future Challenges and Recommended Changes
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Strategic Mining (SM) is capable of converting challenges into opportunities, as evaluated in the context of the company expanding its operations into Africa. The company promotes a participative management style which greatly benefits communication at all levels. The Directors of SMЎ¦s Board are technically and managerially highly skilled and are therefore in a position to manage company resources efficiently and unambiguously. A co ЎV operative culture exists in the company. This feature is
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American Beauty
American Beauty tells the story of one man's search for happiness. The film introduces the audience to Lester Burnham, an ordinary- looking married man and father in his forties. Lester is in a loveless marriage. Lester's wife, Carolyn, is so wrapped-up in her real estate career that Lester often claims that Carolyn doesn't even acknowledge him. Furthermore, Lester's daughter, Jane, is completely distant, often claiming how "pathetic" she thinks her father is. Moreover, Lester has
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American History X
I'm not scared... I'm through with it... I'm done. "American History X" is an unflattering and often disturbing look at the roots and consequences of racism. And like the hard reality that it attempts to mirror, there are no easy answers or simple solutions offered in this cautionary tale. Instead, it portrays the scourge of racism as an endemic and self-propagating problem, festering and feeding upon itself, resulting in distant consequences both unexpected and tragic.
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Nature and Popular Culture
As artwork has become more accepted in popular culture, we begin to see more and more creative artists portray their opinions of what is really going on in today’s society. By the rights granted to us based on the foundation of this country, there is the right to release opinions of how the world is viewed. A major part of this is what goes on in the atmosphere of which we live. The environment plays
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Jay Gatsby and the American Dream
The American Dream by definition is the idea that everyone in the United States has the chance to achieve success and prosperity (Encarta). This includes wealth, love, material things, and happiness. Sometimes people take the wrong ways to get these things, even resorting to criminal and illegal activity. Gatsby was no exception. Does Jay Gatsby really achieve the American Dream? If he does, how does he do it? Jay Gatsby, born James Gatz, was
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Don’t Disgrace the American Flag in a War with Iraq
Don’t Disgrace the American Flag in a War with Iraq Everywhere I go, I see American flags. Taped to people's windows, sewn onto pockets, worn in a band around the arm. People call it the unification of America, the great coming-together of a wounded people, a show of support and of national feeling from every corner of our nation. Patriotism, they call it, and proudly display their red, white, and blue. And yet I wonder
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American History X
AMERICAN HISTORY X American History X (1998) illustrates how segregation is aggravated by missing father figures as well as the herd mentality of the characters in the film. German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s concept of the herd mentality states that people need a concept or a worldview to adopt in order to give meaning to their lives. This herding of people who choose to adopt this certain ideal or ideals in effect causes the stifling of
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The Influence of Organisational Culture Versus National Culture
The Influence Of Organisational Culture Versus National Culture Within The Global Group of Companies Author: Paul RB Kelly Date: 12th March 2004 Course: Organisational Behaviour Table of Contents: Executive Summary Page 3 Company Background Page 4 Research Analysis Page 6 Recommendations Page 13 References Page 15 Appendix (Survey questionnaire attached as a separate document) Executive Summary: Research (1) indicates that national culture has a greater impact on employees than does their organisation’s culture and
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African Americans in the South
As a social and economic institution, slavery originated in the times when humans began farming instead of hunting and gathering. Slave labor became commonplace in ancient Greece and Rome. Slaves were created through the capture of enemies, the birth of children to slave parents, and means of punishment. Enslaved Africans represented many different peoples, each with distinct cultures, religions, and languages. Most originated from the coast or the interior of West Africa, between present-day Senegal
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Chinese Culture
The communist government thought that the liberation of women, who make half the population of China, was necessary for China to have complete freedom (Heng). Child weddings were banned, concubines were outlawed and brothels were closed. Women were allowed to hold real jobs. Some went to night school, or worked at the factory (Wudden). Laws were passed that equalized women under the law. The major ones were, The Chinese constitution of the early which 1950s.
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