Weaponized sound seems like a modern implementation of psychological warfare. One notable example in modern history was utilized in the Vietnam War. Known as Operation Wandering Soul‚ the US military attempted to psych out the superstitious Vietcong snipers by playing altered voices and eerie sounds to mimic dead souls. Although the efficacy of that operation is unknown (as the Vietcong usually shot wherever the sound was coming from)‚ other uses of sound have been implemented successfully in battle
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Introduction China is one of the world’s major countries. It’s situated in central and East Asia. It’s known because of its rich population‚ a rising economic super power and its different style of management. China is a country with golden history. Especially‚ its Chinese Revolution brought a lot of progress in all its sectors. . World politics is becoming even more dynamic and different blocs are emerging in the world. These blocs are of multiple nature‚ among them are the countries‚ which
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of cultural competence and describe in your own words‚ what is the definition of cultural competence? According to (Leininger‚ 1979)‚ Cultural competence is divided in to two categories‚ the first one is the organizational cultural competence which is according to the National Center of Cultural Competence should hold a defined set of values and principles to be utilized to assess‚ work and measure the effectiveness of the serviced communities. The second category is the individual cultural competence
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How High Cultural Artifact Analysis In this paper‚ I will explore how the movie How High reinforces racial and classist stereotypes associated with African Americans. I will then discuss how the use of these stereotypes diminishes hope for African Americans who would like to go to college. How High is about two African American males who decide to smoke magical marijuana before taking college entrance exams. This marijuana enables them to score very well on the exam and thus get accepted to many
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In the essay “Cultural Literacy‚” E.D. Hirsh argues that raising our literacy levels cannot solely depend on researching new and varies “teaching techniques”‚ but by implementing “cultural literacy” into our school curricula. In fact‚ he suggests that educational institutions steer away from teaching “cultural literacy” in fear of “imposing cultures and ideologies” which is a factor in the decline of literacy. He references a couple of experiments which helped him realized that students weren’t literate
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discusses the positives and negatives regarding the concept of cultural relativism‚ but his overall position is that cultural relativism is not a strong philosophy. On the flip side of that Immanuel Kant has a completely different ethical theory that is based around deontology. Despite its positives cultural relativism cannot be defended against Rachel’s criticism‚ but Kant’s ethical theory cannot necessarily defeat cultural relativism. Cultural Relativism is the idea that moral practices and social norms
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Cultural Self Analysis 2/9/2014 HMS 220 I identify with a White Northern European background mixed with some Native American and Irish‚ I think. I identify as White since my family doesn’t identify with any other culture than this. Personally I am sad that I do not know truly what culture I descend from because my family is so mixed up and uneducated. I feel I have lost a lot in that. My family is very Christian‚ Southern Baptist to be more precise. No other religious values were considered or
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of cultural identity that so many regularly face. As a child I was not very confident of my Indian culture or heritage. Going to a school with a minimal diversity of ethnicity‚ I had always tried to fit in as ’normal’. I had thought previously that trying to be fully American would make it easier for me to talk to others. And for a while I did try to do just that to the point of always speaking in English and never Punjabi. However‚ it was harder than I had expected‚ due to the very cultural environment
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a selected service of Starbucks Vietnam…………………… 10 Conclusion 12 References 13 Introduction Starbucks was founded in 1971 in Seattle. It has grown rapidly and it has become the premier roaster and retailer of specialty coffee in the world. It has about 18‚000 (2013) stories in 62 countries. Starbucks coffee company is headquartered in Washington‚ United States. Early in 2013‚ Starbucks has been present in Ho Chi Minh city‚ Vietnam. This assignment will be not only
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The purpose of this memo is to investigate the similarities and differences between the United States and Israel’s cultural and business aspects. Differences Between the United States and Israel Primary cultural aspects of the United States The United States still has the idea of Manifest Destiny. The U.S. individualism; Individuals believe to have a control of the future‚ resulting in a systematic way of doing things. It is very important to be on time to any kind of meeting or event
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