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    Final Project: Diversity: Advantages and Challenges Cultural Diversity Instructor: 01/18/14 I think just learning about the vast amount of diversity

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    Throughout centuries‚ different cultures have developed their own beliefs about life and death‚ and therefore there is a wide diversity of what cultures value the most. While Greeks value life and glory‚ Egyptians believed in immortality and the soul. The views of these cultures can be appreciated through their art; and their views about death‚ specifically‚ can be seen in sarcophagi and coffins. Both Egyptian and Greek art had different approaches to the building of their coffins‚ and these differences

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    American Culture and Society Overview ·The 4th largest in the world in size (after Russia‚ Canada‚ and China) ·The 3rd largest in the world in population (after China and India) ·Of all the states‚ Alaska is the largest‚ and Rhode Island the smallest ·The Rockies‚ the backbone of the North American Continent‚ the Continental Divide ·The Mississippi‚ the longest river in US ·The most important lakes: the Five Great Lakes (Lake Superior‚ the largest fresh water lake in the world; Lake

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    The Ipiutak Culture

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    There had been other culture before the Ipiutak that they could have originated from. Don E. Dumond suggested that “From the Seward Peninsula northward this involved Choris and Norton (or Near Ipiutak) cultures‚ succeeded by Ipiutak.” (Dumond 2009: 61) This suggests that the Ipiutak succeeded the Choris and Norton tradition which was a descendant of the Denbigh. There is other evidence that suggests that Ipiutak culture developed from the Norton Traditions “The Ipiutak

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    Japanese Culture

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    Abstract It is important to understand that an individual ’s perspective of death and dying is greatly impacted by their culture. In this paper I will discuss how the Japanese culture approaches death and dying. I will also discuss the unique concept of organ transplantation that surrounds that Japanese culture. This paper presents the law of organ transplantation in Japan‚ which allows people to decide whether brain death can be used to determine their death in agreement with their family. Japan

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    Over the summer I applied to be in a Business summer apprenticeship program at the Metro Achievement Center located in Chicago more specifically Greek town. With hopes to learn as much as I could and test whether business was something I could see myself doing for the long run I started my first day at the program. After a few days of getting to know my other classmates and getting to know what our routine would be like we started to learn and as you could already guess I loved it. The program taught

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    The Balinese culture

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    Andy Macedo Culture‚ Gender‚ Film Professor Hammons 9/11/13 The Balinese Culture Throughout history‚ there have been many cultures and ethnic groups that have shown only the good of their people and culture to the outside world in order to gain a positive representation. The Balinese are a people whom I believe‚ over the years‚ lost their true culture or ethnographic representation due to modernization and material needs such as money. After reading Howe’s article about the Kuta bomb and watching

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    country‚ yet receive inhumane like treatment. The theme in “Beach Burial”‚ by Kenneth Slessor‚ is the pointlessness of war. The two poems are very similar‚ yet very different‚ in meaning and tone‚ through their subjects‚ themes‚ techniques and structure. Both poems relate to the same post-war event; bringing the corpses of soldiers back from war. However‚ in “Homecoming” the corpses are of friendly soldiers‚ and in “Beach burial” the corpses are of enemy soldiers. Both poems also show how pointless

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    Dual Relationships and Ethical Boundaries With Former Clients Kimberly Davis Grand Canyon University: PCN 505 Professor Schultz April 1‚ 2012 Introduction Professional counselors have the obligation to ensure quality and effective counseling toward clients. All the while‚ counselors are committed to the ethical guidelines that are established to avoid legal‚ professional malpractice and competent issues. Some of those guidelines consider dual relationships and professional

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    Surpassing five thousand years the Egyptian culture has survived and also created inventions like black ink‚ hieroglyphic script‚ the solar calendar‚ wigs‚ and eye makeup. A lot of the Egyptian culture can be seen in the world today mainly because their inventions are used everywhere. I will compare the similarities as well as the differences between Egyptian and American cultures by examining religion‚ death rituals‚ holidays‚ traditions‚ and food. Egyptians lived a very religious life. They

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