A Critique of Jill Dubisch’s You Are What You Eat Before reading Jill Dubisch’s article You Are What You Eat‚ I had many presumptions regarding how Dubisch would connect the health food movement to Geertz and his definition of religion. When thinking about the supposed “premise” of religion‚ I had always believed the vague and obscure definition that religion is a set of beliefs and practices that center around a divine force. Because of my ignorance regarding religion‚ my views were incredulous
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Q.2 . What is groupthink. Explain. [10] According to Irving Janis(1972) ‚ groupthink is "a deterioration of mental efficiency‚ reality testing‚ and moral judgment resulting from in-group pressures". Thus‚ the overemphasis on consensus and agreement leads members to be unwilling to evaluate group members’ ideas critically. This hinders decision-making and becomes an obstacle to group productivity. Certain conditions favour the development of groupthink. i) The first condition is high cohesiveness
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Discuss Plato’s arguments for recollection in the Meno; what puzzle is recollection supposed to solve? Deliberating on knowledge according to Plato’s Phaedo and Meno‚ respectively‚ the term “knowledge” lacks the one definition that encompasses in totality what knowledge is and what it entails. Philosophers have‚ for a long time‚ been at task to find the one definition that would cover knowledge completely‚ but that definition is still elusive. Socrates also contradicted himself when it came to
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1. What is the writer’s thesis? Companies should realize that maintaining a successful brand relies on products that are quality driven‚ not name driven. 2. How does the writer establish the conversation--identify a gap in people’s knowledge‚ attempt to modify an existing argument‚ or try to correct some misunderstanding? • Gain attention draws into the understanding that companies using mottos to attract customers not products. • Supporting paragraphs exemplify branding examples (Nike‚ Rolex‚ advertising
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To what extent is the cosmological argument weak? Although the cosmological argument is a strong argument for the theory that the universe it is a weak argument for the existence of the classical theological God. Thomas Aquinas was a very important man to the cosmological argument; it was him who came up with some of the strongest theories to support the argument. He came up with his five proofs which to him proved the cosmological argument to be true. One of his proof was the ‘cause’ proof
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P4 “Explain strategies used in health and social care environments to overcome barriers to effective communication” Effective communication is part of the core skills required by all health and social care practitioners to ensure that they are effective at meeting the needs of the people who use the services. In order to develop effective communication skills‚ practitioners need to be aware of and implement the use of communication theories. A wide range of communication theories exist to support
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Explain what you like or ‘dislike’ about the world of celebrities The meaning of the word ‘celebrity’‚ in my opinion‚ is someone whose talents or achievements should be publically recognised. People like musicians‚ artist‚ and scientists and so on‚ someone with real talent and passion for what they chose to do‚ not to seek fame and fortune‚ but because it’s their calling. Unfortunately‚ there is not much publicity for people like that (with some rare exceptions). Modern definition of ‘celebrity’
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Corporate-level strategy is focused mainly on the decisions over the scope of the firm ’s activities‚ mainly: product scope‚ geographical scope‚ and vertical scope. One of the myths of corporate-level strategy is that strategy formulation can be separated from implementationthat strategy is constructed first‚ then the appropriate management and organizational structure is selected afterwards. Unfortunately‚ this will result in a poorly designed strategy since it does not take into account the
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complete sentences. Part 1 – Knowledge (150 points) 1. Explain what you learned about texting while driving. I have learned that texting while driving can make you get in an accident in a matter of seconds and as well as put other peoples lives at risk including yourself. 2. Can a person safely talk on a cell phone while driving? Justify your answer. No‚ it is not safe at all to talk on the phone while driving because it ’s a distraction. If you have to send a text or talk‚ then the right thing to
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Problem 2.22: a. Formulate an LP model for this problem X1 = quantity of ornate‚ decorative wood frame doors produced X2 = quantity of windows produced Max Total Profit: 500X1+400X2 X1+0.5*X2≤40 0.5*X1+0.75*X2≤40 0.5 X1+X2≤60 X1‚ X2≥0 b. Sketch the feasible region Please refer to the graph below c. What is the optimal solution After calculations using solver in excel‚ we figure out that the max total profit available is $26‚000.00‚ when produce a mix of 20 units of doors and 40 units of windows
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