through time. One type of literature that has been impacted by society is zombie horror. The term zombie first became widely known in literature as a direct result of William Seabrook’s Magic Island‚ a novel that focuses on voodoo in the Haitian culture. However‚ the actual word zombie was around long before Seabrook wrote the novel in 1929. “In the West Indies and southern states of America‚ a soulless corpse said to have been revived by witchcraft; formerly‚ the name of a snake-deity in voodoo
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organogenesis and plantlet regeneration from leaf callus cultures of Saxena C‚ Palai SK‚ Samantaray S‚ Rout GR‚ Das P (1997) Plantlet regeneration from callus cultures of Psoralea corylifolia Linn. Sudarsanam G‚ Sivaprasad G (1995) Medical ethnobotany of plants used as antidotes by Yanadi tribes in South India Bacopa monnieri (L.) Pennell. Phytomorphology 49:447–452; Tran Thanh Van‚ K.M‚ (1981) Control of morphogenesis in in vitro cultures Rev. The Wealth of India (1959) A dictionary of indian raw
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Aboriginal Culture Australian Aboriginal culture includes a number of practices and ceremonies centered on a belief in the Dreamtime. Reverence for the land and oral traditions are emphasised. Language groupings and tribal divisions exhibit a range of individual cultures. Australian Aboriginal art has existed for thousands of years and ranges from ancient rock art to modern watercolour landscapes. Aboriginal music has developed a number of unique instruments. Contemporary Australian aboriginal
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the sea into the Western Hemisphere. What allowed these Levantines to become such capable seafarers and what had forced them to turn their culture to the sea? Many answers can be given to these two question when one looks at both the political environment‚ the geography‚ and the technology of the kingdoms in the Near East that allowed for the Phoenician culture to emerge. The Phoenicians
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What Effect Does the Media’s “Thin Ideal” Have on Society? Magazine articles‚ TV shows‚ advertisements‚ and music videos continually depict images of unreasonably thin models and celebrities. Many of these celebrities suffer from eating disorders‚ and yet they remain the iconic symbols of our society. American men and women strive to obtain the perfect body‚ or the “thin ideal‚” that the media presents as normal. This was true for my friend‚ who dreamed of going to fashion school beginning in middle
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c CULTURE OF BEAUTY IN AMERICA In this country‚ we as Americans have developed a strong a tragic obsession with beauty. From the endless advertisements and media feeding us with an unattainable standard of beauty‚ we have become desensitized to what is truly beautiful; corrupting our perceptions‚ ideas‚ and even ourselves to define what is “perfect”. The whole concept of beauty has been corrupted by the hunger for money by people selling dreams and false hopes‚ and rattling our confidence only
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trace the process towards defining an identity which is torn between two conflicting cultures‚ the Italian and the Canadian. The analysis of these narratives shows that the tension and the negotiation between the Italian and the Canadian components of the bicultural identity represented at the level of the events narrated are also at work in the texture of the writing. Language causes friction between the two cultures presented in the narratives: the question of identity is played out in the weaving
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and Desh‚ meaning the country or land where the Bangla language is spoken. The country formerly was known as East Pakistan. What is Culture: o The set of shared attitudes‚ values‚ goals‚ and practices that characterizes an institution‚ organization or group. o The sum of attitudes‚ customs‚ and beliefs that distinguishes one group of people from another. o Culture has been taken as constituting the way of life of an entire society‚ including the codes of manners‚ language‚ rituals‚ norms of behavior
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flour imported from Italy‚ which helps the pizza be cooked to the ideal Italian way. When taking a slice of the pizza‚ I noticed underneath the slice‚ there was some charring; which is what everyone wants on a wood fire pizza. When taking the first bite of pizza‚ the flavor captured my attention in that it was sweet. The crust was a soft and a malleable dough‚ and the char on the crust was perfect. The taste of the dulcet pizza made me crave more. The next dish was eighteen dollars. We ordered the
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ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE 1. INTRODUCTION One of the significant elements while discussing about organization development is to discuss its own existing culture as the culture itself is part of organization behavior that gives significant role in shaping organizational sustainability. Above all there is a need to recognize the right culture for any organization to achieve excellence. Peters and Waterman (1982) clearly described organizational
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