Khoa Nguyen 04/02/2011 Homework A Tale of Two Cultures 1/ As an Asian‚ I think if anyone who owns an international firm were doing business in Asia‚ they should have partly responsibility to those societies where they are trading their products. There are things I would suggest them to ease the tensions in Asian societies. Some possibilities for this may be they should do charity work to help people who suffering economic difficulties‚ financially supporting and giving employees time off to do
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Two Snails Try to Find Love in Valse Can two mollusks‚ overcome the obstacles mankind as created‚ to find love in the short film‚ Valse? Directed‚ written and shot by Chris Keller‚ this four-minute film tells the story of two snails and their unfortunate love story. As the main characters‚ the two snails are featured throughout the film with only a small cameo by three human actors taking place toward the end of it. With no spoken or written dialogue‚ this film relies heavily on the cinematography
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The differences between two cultures There are so many countries in the world. As my grandmother taught me that each country has its own tradition and culture for example Japanese has kimono for its special festival‚ Kungfu is significant symbol of China or Pizza and Spaghetti are the characteristic food of Italia. Therefore when I came to America‚ I decided to search everything about this country. Then after 5 months in there‚ I found that Vietnam and The USA are very different from living style
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Government‚ Religion‚ and Culture Government Two principles were at the heart of the government. Limited government Representative government Influenced the US government By the time the first colonists reached North America‚ the idea the government was not all-powerful had become an accepted part of the English system of government. Magna Carta was the first idea this. It established limited government and this document provided protection against unjust punishment and against the loss of life
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It Can Only Get… Worse I once considered visiting cemeteries a hobby. I tried to be optimistic every time I returned‚ thinking‚ “It can’t happen again”. That statement was proved wrong again‚ and again‚ and again. I felt as if I were in a dead world and there was no way out‚ no way to ignore the ominous truth that death was near and abundant. The life in my loving great grandparents’ soft grey-blue eyes was just slipping away slowly‚ and there was nothing I could do about it. My parents told me
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Today I got an assignment about an issue that touches us deeply and frequently in our day to day life. It is about dealing with emotions. The heart‚ the third eye and the crown chakra are attractive to us‚ because these energy centers connect us with the higher realms that are so natural to us. But the real inner breakthroughs must now occur on a lower level‚ in the area of the lower chakras‚ closer to earth. The area of the emotions is a vital area in our growth process towards freedom and wholeness
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that U.S. American culture is measured by is the level of individualism. This dimension addresses “the degree of interdependence a society maintains among its members” (Hofstede‚ 2003‚ p.1). The United States scored extremely high in this dimension‚ making it one of the most individualistic cultures in the world. This score suggests U.S. Americans are self-centered‚ looking out for their own personal interests before the interests of the group. In all areas of U.S. American culture there is a strong
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organisation loses key skills‚ knowledge and business relationships. Shares Somnath Chakravorty‚ CEO‚ GM Modi Hospital‚ Delhi‚ "Whenever a well-trained and well-adapted employee leaves any organisation‚ it creates a void that is tough to fill." To find a substitute is always a key challenge in this case. He adds that recruiting and training programmes for employees is an expensive affair. The company has to invest a lot while recruiting an
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reciprocity in the index to Edwards 2005). The word ‘reciprocity’1 conjures up a feel good image of ‘caring and sharing’ (Schwab 1995: 8). However according to Peterson (1993: 861) there is a darker more sinister side to this word when applied to Indigenous Australians. He defines it as ‘demand sharing’ rather than reciprocity and he states that Blurton Jones (1987: 38) labels it tolerated theft2. Peterson (1993: 860) goes on to assert that little ‘giving’ is purely altruistic because the giver might
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thus improving communication and compliance; helping us healthcare practitioners utilising our skills fully in treating both Indigenous and non-Indigenous patients. But when it comes to applying holistic methods in healthcare in Australia‚ methods of treatment in Indigenous Australians and non-Indigenous Australian patients are to be very different.
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