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    Choose one aspect (art) and show how this reflects the British character and UK society. You can also introduce a brief comparison with your own country. For many years Britain have its own unique and old history‚ for example‚ art. But in the beginning‚ British art was not as wide-ranging and popular as the present. It develops as time goes on‚ and there was big difference between each period‚ such as The Ambassadors from 1533‚ showing the lifestyle of upper class‚ Rain‚ Steam and Speed from

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    Even generations ago‚ my family members realized how difficult it was to fit in time to see distant family members. That’s why since my great grandmother was around‚ we’ve spent one day during the holiday season participating in what we call The Progressive. As the tradition goes‚ each family is required to prepare one part of the traditional five course meal‚ the assignment of which rotates between the families each year. Each family prepares their part of the meal and hosts it at their home‚ allowing

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    Intercultural Communication or Cross-Cultural Communication is about people from different Cultures/ethnicities/religion/societies that interact with each other‚ when you leave your country you are likely to experience how important is to communicate with people who comes from different backgrounds of societies and speaks different languages. If there are two people with different cultures and they have to communicate it will not be a convenient interaction due to their different cultural backgrounds

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    Tradition is an important part of everyone’s life. Some people follow traditions so deeply rooted in their everyday life that they don’t even recognize them as such. Why do you cook rice a certain way? Well‚ that’s the way Grandma always did it. Others hold tradition above anything else. They feel that it is very important to follow these established customs and cannot even imagine rebelling against them although they may be hurtful in some ways. They may not even remember the reason for these customs

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    How did extreme nationalism alter the Enlightenment tradition? To Volkish thinkers‚ the Enlightenment and parliamentary democracy were foreign ideas that corrupted the pure German spirit. With fanatical devotion‚ Volkish thinkers embraced all things German: the medieval past‚ the German landscape‚ the simple peasant‚ and the village. They denounced the liberal-humanist tradition of the West as alien to the German soul. Among the shapers of the Volkish outlook was Wilhelm von Riehl (1823–1897)‚ a

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    Material Communicating Effectively Worksheet Answer the following questions‚ using information from this week’s readings. Respond to each question in 100 to 200 words. 1. Briefly explain the seven elements of the speech communication process. How do these elements determine a speech’s success or failure? The seven elements of the speech communication process are: Speaker‚ Message‚ Channel‚ Listener‚ Feedback‚ Interference‚ and Situation. Speaker: The person who is presenting an oral message

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    How does Wilde establish atmosphere‚ characters and the concerns of the text in the first chapter? The opening chapters introduce us to the novel’s major protagonists. Wilde characterises Lord Henry‚ Basil‚ and Dorian‚ and provides information that will inform the development of the story. Wilde establishes a sinister atmosphere in chapter one. Walter Payter said that “To burn always with this hard gemlike flame‚ to maintain this ecstasy‚ is success in life” – Wilde was a hedonist and reflected this

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    Alzheimer’s disease and the brain. Scientist and doctors have their own theories which are to be proven evidence on how Alzheimer’s disease affects the brain. Periodic figures show the results in the stages studied about Alzheimer’s. No one knows the actual cause of Alzheimer’s disease‚ but they do know the affects it does to the brain. “Clinical trials are the engine that powers medical progress. Through clinical trials‚ researchers test new ways to detect‚ treat and prevent Alzheimer’s disease and related

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    Buddhists define the “self” according to the Upanisadic tradition‚ i.e.‚ that the self is an inner‚ permanent manifestation of the essence of an individual. Based upon this definition‚ Buddhists teachings contend that this permanent self cannot exist‚ and that to believe in a permanent self causes selfishness that inevitably leads to suffering. The Buddha teaches that to believe in a permanent‚ substantial self ultimately causes a person to become selfish and egoistic‚ and that this self-possession

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    two hundred years ago‚ a man by the name of Thomas Robert Malthus wrote an essay on the effects of population and the food supply titled "An Essay on the Principle of Population." This essay dealt with the growth of population and if not restrained‚ how it would destroy man’s subsistence here on Earth (Geyer 1). Much of what he wrote applies to not only Africa‚ but also the entire world today. Currently‚ the population growth in the Western Nations is approaching zero. This means that each

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