Cultural Misunderstandings | |[pic] This is a collection of interesting (and sometimes tragic) incidents of cross-cultural miscommunication. They emphasize the importance of appreciating cultural differences when traveling or working abroad. [pic] An American supervisor on an oil rig in Indonesia shouted at his timekeeper to take a boat to shore. Since one never berates an Indonesian in public‚ a mob of outraged workers chased the supervisor with axes! ~ Managers
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Am I a White American? Being a white American with fairly tan skin has become a bit of a challenge for me considering the diverse world we live in today. Often times I am asked what are you? My quick response is always I am an American. Being that my answer never satisfies their question they feel the need to ask the complicated question. What’s your ethnicity? To satisfy them I explain how my ancestors were from somewhere in Europe and that is simply all I know. You see though that puts me in a
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Tanjay City is a fourth class city in the province of Negros Oriental‚ Philippines. It was created by virtue of Republic Act 9026 otherwise known as "An act converting the Municipality of Tanjay‚ province of Negros Oriental into a component to be known as the City of Tanjay". The Act was approved and signed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on March 5‚ 2001. This act‚ which is a consolidation of House Bill No. 8880 and Senate Bill No. 2256‚ was finally passed by the House of Representatives and
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As a child I was fortunate to know all of my grandparents. Of all of them my paternal grandfather was my favorite grandparent. He was a tough little man‚ barely five feet six inches tall. He was never excessively over weight but he had a little round belly. He had a beautiful mischievous smile which I found utterly charming. Welding had faded the color of his eyes to the palest blue I had ever seen. He was hardworking‚ just‚ fun loving and surprisingly reverent. Granddaddy was retired
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residential area is feasible. The snack bar will be offering an array of common snack items such as hamburger‚ hotdog sandwich‚ french fries‚ fish balls and shake. Background of the Study Snack bars are commonly seen in almost every place you go. It is because people nowadays are always on the go and they seek foods that are almost instantly prepared and cheap. Common food items seen are Hotdog sandwich‚ Hamburger‚ French Fries‚ Fish Ball and Shake. These products will be the focus of the study.
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In the book “Confederacy of Dunces‚” the storyline took place in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. The main character‚ Ignatius was a man who everyone knew. He always wore a green cap‚ and comfortable clothes and he carried himself as a man who should be the most important man in town. As for the other people in town‚ many believed that he was trouble and full of himself. People also considered him immature and stuck on himself because he still lived at home and never had a real job. He was considered as a
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additional 4 hours before the procedure is performed. Despite the stricter and new rules‚ this still keeps abortion legal. I feel the legislature should be focused on what they said they would focus on: Creating jobs and strengthening education. Perdue states that they have no role interfering in the relationship between a doctor and a patient. Legislative leaders who vowed to make government less intrusive and to protect individual freedom are advancing a bill that does the opposite of that. A
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References: Brizee‚ Allen‚ and Perkins‚ Courtnay (2010). Parts of a memo. Perdue Online Writing Lab. OWL. Retrieved on July 21‚ 2012‚ from: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/590/02/ Harrison‚ Carlene (2012). Medical office handbook. McGraw-Hill Companies
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systemic review on cognitive impairments of older adulyts revealed that "brief instruments to screen for cognitive impairment can adequetely detect dementia‚ but there is no empirical evidence that screning improves decision-making" (Lin‚O’Connor‚Rosso‚Perdue &Eckstrom‚2013‚ p. 601).There are several screening tools out there that the Speech Therapists and OTs use such as minim mental‚ 7 minute screen test ‚ clock drawing test‚ The Allen Cognitive levels 1 through 6‚Brief cognitive rating scaleetc to name
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establish was first called social physics but he later found the term stolen by another intellectual so he coined the word sociology‚ a hybrid term compounded of Latin and Greek parts (Coser 1971:3).Comte first used the term sociology in print in 1838 (Perdue 1986:37). Comte’s aim was to create a naturalistic science of society‚ which would both explain the past development of mankind and predict its future course He played an important role in the early formation of biology as a science. He was the
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