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    Cultural Intelligence Article 1. Define cultural intelligence. What are the three sources of cultural intelligence? Cultural Intelligence is a person´s ability to somehow understand non-verbal communication in a foreign setting just as locals would do. It is also capability to adopt and use these gestures. People who tend to be more detached from their naturel setting are more likely to easily adopt the foreign body language. The three sources of cultural intelligence are following: Head – cognitive

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    A spectacle is an event that is memorable for the appearance it creates. The appearance in Henrik Ibsen’s play is created due to three factors: first‚ the idea of the play‚ second‚ the dramatic structure which imposes a clear order on human behavior and makes it understandable and predictable‚ and finally‚ the dramatic techniques used to convey the message. The idea of the play itself makes it spectacular since nothing can be more fascinating than the emergence of a new individuality and a

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    ENGLISH SLANG/IDIOMS SLANG: Nonstandard vocabulary of a given culture or subculture. In other words‚ slang is typically a nonstandard word‚ not a phrase as is an idiom. Slang would include words like pooped‚ to down a drink‚ boob-tube‚ threads‚ bonkers‚ basket case‚ to name a few. Slang words may or may not have alternative literal meanings. They may be "made up" words. IDIOM: A phrase that is commonly understood in a given culture or subculture to have a meaning different

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    10 Forces that Impact Businesses By James D. Underwood from Competitive Intelligence For Dummies Competitive intelligence (CI) enables an organization to continually evolve in response to ever-changing conditions. These conditions‚ or forces‚ can be classified into ten distinct categories. The first two forces described in this article — market and technological forces — drive the velocity of change. In other words‚ changes in these areas require your organization to adapt very quickly to take advantage

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    hair‚ her simple blue tricot bathing suit with yellow beach towel and quintessential pink sunglasses. In 1980s Barbie has her own band Barbie and the Rockers and she rocks the ‘80s scene with big hair‚ big shoulder pads and all the other fashion faux pas we’d like to

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    Case Study – The Gobal Brand Face-Off Introduction With a value of $1.1 billion Espoir Cosmetics belongs to the best known cosmetic companies in the world. Natasha Singh‚ the executive vice president and global marketing officer proposes to associate Espoir’s new summer line with the launch of Supreme Studio’s second Diana’s She Devils movie. Espoir’s chairman and CEO‚ Ed Johnson‚ is not sure if this would be a good approach since a global brand strategy has not been used so far and consequences

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    scene of the picture was altered before it was taken‚ with the Confederate soldier’s corpse being moved and his head being propped up so he could be seen better. He also propped Gardner’s own rifle against one of the rocks. While this is a very big faux pas now‚ in the early years of photography it wasn’t as prevalent This picture feels very cozy‚ which is fitting given it’s title as the Sharpshooter’s Home (or den‚ as Gardner himself called it). The rocks are used to frame the corpse‚ to instill this

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    Knock-knock. . . Who’s there? Wooden... Wooden who? Wooden you think telling a knock-knock joke would be easy. Mankind has been telling knock-knock jokes since the second grade. The art of telling a knock-knock joke is a delicate one indeed. As a whole‚ mankind has been striving to perfect the timing and delivery of the joke for many centuries. Although the art of telling a generic knock-knock joke may seem simple and maybe even trivial‚ there are a few things one must know before undertaking this

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    line of each verse has 4 strong syllables‚ then 3‚ 4‚ and 3‚ making this a ballad meter. It’s a clear example of a strophic song with a limited number of melodies. The song consists only of verses‚ but repeats the last line of each verse to create a faux chorus. There is only one singer and a secondary accompaniment‚ making this a homophonic texture. The accompaniment consists of two chordophones (banjo and guitar)‚ playing in duple meter. Although the singer does not tell a happy story‚ the combination

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    SOCIETY AND CULTURE RESEARCH REPORT | FASHION FAUX PAS | Overtime‚ how fashion choices have changed for adolescent girls and what impact does it have on their identity formation? | | SALLY LEMON | | | FASHION FAUX PAS FOCUS QUESTION OUTLINE For my research report‚ I have chosen to research the evolution of society’s fashion on the adolescent girl. Through the rising of hemlines and revealing garments‚ to discover how it has impacted on forming an adolescent girl’s own self

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