Categories of perceived images become ineffective when we place people and things in the wrong group. Cross-cultural miscategorization occurs when I use my home country categories to make sense out of foreign situations. For example‚ a Korean businessman entered a client’s office in Stockholm and encountered a woman behind the desk. Assuming that she was a secretary‚ he announced that he wanted to see Mr. Silferbrand. The woman responded by saying that the secretary would be happy to help
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31 Part #2: 200412-31 200512-30 Canadian December 31‚ Friday December 30‚ Friday 0.830979 USD 0.857927 USD 2006- December 29‚ 0.858222 12-29 Friday USD 2007-12-31 December 31‚ Monday 1.01204 USD ** Foreign Currency Translation Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 Amount in US$ 100‚000.00 103‚780.00 100‚040.00 82‚290.00 Adjustment 0 3‚780.00 40.00 (17‚710) Factor (US) 1.2034** 1.1656 1.1652 0.9881 Rounding and with 4 decimal places. **Notice that a Canadian dollar buys only .830979 cents of
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Canadians at Juno Beach on D-Day D-Day on June 6‚ 1944 was the most significant day in the history of war because it marked the end of WWII. D-day on Juno beach impacted Canada positively in many ways. Firstly‚ Canadians proved to the world that they would die defending freedom and democracy. With the strong military‚ Canada showed that they were an effective fighting force and helped to defeat the Nazi’s. Canada also gained it own identity and proved the world that they were powerful and didn’t
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nations... - Dr. R. J. Sutherland‚ Canada’s Long Term Strategic Situation INTRODUCTION In his 1962 essay‚ “Canada’s Long Term Strategic Situation”‚ Dr. R. J. Sutherland took the unusually bold step of predicting the stable foundations of Canadian defence policy for the next four decades‚ even though he was writing at the height of Cold War tensions and amidst revolutionary developments in nuclear weapons technology. An economist‚ cavalry officer and operational analyst with experience of
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allied powers it was mainly fought between the Canadian troops fighting as one against the German troops to capture Vimy Ridge. Vimy Ridge was located north of Paris‚ France. Vimy Ridge was already captured by Germany and used it as a defensive line. All four of Canadians divisions had worked together to capture the ridge back from
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Pennies don’t put in their two cents for their place as a part of American currency. It’s not like they’re particularly useful. Almost nobody picks them up unless it’s in the hope that the face of the long-deceased Abraham Lincoln might bring them good fortune of some odd sort. Thieves don’t scrounge around people’s pockets for pennies‚ and then have the person call the police for their missing penny. When most people say that they want to keep the penny‚ most of the time it will simply be an infantile
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the Chinese suppliers figure out a way to detect and reject contaminated honey. Its current cost for 50-50 blend of Chinese and Canadian honey is $1.08 Canadian dollars per pound. Harrington Honey has proposed three main options: a) 100% pure Canadian honey‚ which costs $1.75/lb; b) 100% U.S. honey at $1.10/lb in U.S. dollar ($1.79 Canadian dollar); or c) 50-50 Canadian-Argentinean honey for $1.42/lb. As a result of the supply shortage‚ prices for non-Chinese honey have gone up significantly. There
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Toronto Star Volume 67-No. 475-Bronx‚ New York Friday‚ February 20‚ 2004 Royal murdered by Guardian By Hiba Ali The Canadian Press Bronx‚ N.Y.—Sixteen year old‚ Andy Finley‚ was brutally murdered yesterday night. This incident took place in a dark alley near Alfredo’s‚ a regular teen hangout. Andy‚ a royal‚ was murdered around 11:30 p.m.‚ and found at midnight by his girlfriend‚ Laura Smith. Andy had been gashed by a knife just below his rib cage. The
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is full of feelings and ideas; it is full of fun and good manners. 4. Margaret Laurence is saying that the land she grew up in‚ the Canadian prairies‚ is stuck deep in her soul and has stayed with her throughout her life and she uses it to write about. 5. Laurence sees that her town is not dull if that is so‚ the whole Canada could be called dull. Canadian life on the national scale is not good also compared to the small town prairie life because you see the killings of lakes and rivers with
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Summary: Clearwater Seafood (Clearwater) is a seafood company located on the east coast of Canada‚ and Clearwater Seafood income Fund with operations around the world. As a result of the increasing importance of the Canadian dollar relative to other currencies of the world‚ Clearwater recently stopped paying their distributions. The decision faced by the financial director to determine the strategy of the company should take to enable it to recover its distribution. This is due to the choice between
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