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    The author of this book is Robin Sharma‚ one of the North America’s top keynote speakers on personal leadership and life management. The title of the book is “THE SAINT‚ THE SURFER‚ AND THE CEO”. The book is about a story‚ which shows how to live your heart’s desires. The story takes place in a suburban city. Jack Valentine is having an appalling day‚ he’s very depressed with the way his life has turn out to be. A truck has just hit him and he thinks to himself “this was not a good day for me to

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    Author Heather Montgomery utilizes her own ethnographic research to examine the ethical dilemma researchers are faced with when exposed to the vulnerable children in “Working With Child Prostitutes in Thailand”. Montgomery conducted her ethnographic fieldwork between 1993 and 1994 in a small slum community in Thailand. She lived among and studied the lives of young prostitutes. Simultaneous to her observation of such children who endure a lifestyle of prostitution‚ Montgomery recognized the juxtaposition

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    business and break into a foreign market‚ the firm must take many precautions in order to adhere to the country’s many social and cultural rules. In order to succeed in any foreign industry‚ extensive research is required‚ possibly in the form of an ethnographic study. Biznes (Business) Consulting will give a presentation to the board of a Canadian construction company who is considering expansion into the Polish market. The report is designed to give the Canadian construction company a detailed assessment

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    A Critical Analysis of a Research Article: Cecile Wright‚ 1992. Early Education: Multiracial Primary School Classrooms in Racism and education: structures and strategies Introduction This paper is a critical analysis of an ethnographic research paper‚ which examined four inner- city primary schools in London. The study was conducted in 1988-9 by Professor of Sociology Cecile Wright and considers the significant cultural and perceived racial difference in the daily learning experiences and interactions

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    For my ethnography project‚ I will choose to study the life of a restaurant located a couple of blocks from my apartment. The name of the restaurant will be anonymous‚ so I will just refer to it as “Restaurant X‚” in addition‚ I will call the employees in this project by other names to protect their privacy. The main purpose of this ethnography is to compare the norms of the employees when the manager is present at Restaurant X and when he or she is absent. Norms are the behavior within a

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    an inevitable influence by others. This cultural diffusion is spread among different cultures through individuals or groups of people. Therefore‚ the ethnographic represents a significant study that contributes to the best observation of social practices and interactions of members of a culture about their daily lives and costumes. An ethnographic interview allows us to question and understand the environment of the individuals. According to Parillo states that “Interactionists say they do not ignore

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    Ethnographic Study of Bikram Yoga Alicia Rawlings MLS 502 September 25‚ 2012 Prof. Gereboff Bikram yoga has become an immensely popular activity in the United States in the twentieth‚ going on into the twenty-first‚ century. Bikram Choudhury has 1‚650 studios worldwide showing that there is growing popularity for this very specific type of yoga on a very large scale (Shakespeare‚ 2006). However‚ it is the United States that is showing the most rapid growth with upwards of “25 million expressing

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    Living in a small town with few cultural differences‚ people after years living around each other having adapted to each other’s culture-made it difficult for me to choose a place. After‚ asking the professor for an advice about where to complete my ethnographic report‚ as suggested to visit a church‚ I decided to visit the Sikh temple located in Delano on Sunday‚ January 7th. I drove by the temple‚ but no one was around‚ but a sign with the local number. Having called so many times-no response‚ I decided

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    The group I chose to do my ethnographic research on was the Mennonites. I was able to meet with and interview a man‚ Jon Tullis. He was able to give me a lot of information for this paper. Jon belongs to a conservative group‚ which practices some different beliefs than other religions or groups. The Mennonites derived their name from Menno Simons a former Dutch priest. They are known as the plain people because of their simple lifestyles. The Mennonite population was established because of disagreement

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    Contents Introduction and Aims 3 - Hypothesis 1 4 - Hypothesis 2 5 - Location map Method 6 - Field sketch 7 - River mapping‚ Cross section 8 - Velocity 9 - Method Limitations Data Presentation 10 - River mapping table 14 - River mapping 15 - Meander cross section results data set 1 16 - Straight cross section results data set 1 17 - Velocity/depth graphs for data set 1 18 - Meander cross section results data set 2 19

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