PROVIDIAN TRUST: TRADITION AND TECHNOLOGY By Melissa Dailey and F. Warren McFarlan DPDN Paul Davidson‚ Brian Dyrud‚ Lindsay Neal‚ and Jennifer Paterson October 8‚ 2003 INTRODUCTION In 1994 Providian Trust was a company rich in tradition‚ experience‚ and a high level of personalized customer service. However‚ due to the lack of efficient business processes and information technology‚ Providian Trust was slowly slipping away from profitability and was allowing competitors to become more
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Indigenous tradition In the past people have mistaken about their tradition Indigenous originality or occurring naturally (country‚ region etc) To be indigenous kinship (relation to one another) and location(connection of particular place) Indigenous religion beliefs‚ experience and practices concerning non-falsifiable realities of people who have kinship and location Syncretism: Syncretism merging of elements from different religions. Eg : north American tradition have been
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It is difficult to hold on to traditions over time. Change in cultural traditions is inevitable. However‚ because traditions define a people at a given time and place‚ learning about them is both interesting and necessary. Since many Palestinian traditions may not be practiced anymore‚ it is important to remember them and record them for posterity. I have always been interested in the traditions that are no longer practiced. For that reason‚ and because it is rather different than those of today
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Muslim (88.2% of the total population) as of 2009; lots of Indonesian celebrate Lebaran. In Indonesia‚ it is common during this period for people to engage in "mudik" activity. It is the largest temporary human migrations nationally and an annual tradition where people in big cities such as Jakarta‚ Surabaya‚ Semarang‚ Yogyakarta or elsewhere‚ travel to their hometowns or other cities to visit relatives‚ to request forgiveness from parents‚ siblings‚ in-laws‚ relatives‚ neighbors and elders; or just
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Spanish Traditions and Folk Song Musical traditions have been taking place for centuries in all countries‚ ethnicities and cultures. Each group has specific musical stylings‚ sounds and instruments. Here we will take an in depth look at the musical traditions of the Spanish traced back to the mid-1500s. St. Augustine‚ FL was founded by the Spanish in 1565. This was the beginning of traditional sounds‚ folk songs‚ hymns‚ and dance. It was discovered that these musical sub groups‚ reflected Spanish
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Elements of Religious Traditions University of Phoenix REL/134 Elements of Religious Traditions Religion is a big part of today’s society; it has always been a big part of society. What is religion? The dictionary definition of religion is a system of beliefs that involves worship of a god‚ prayer‚ ritual and a moral code. Not all religions follow those guidelines‚ so it is not an accurate definition. Instead we look at a number of characteristics such as a belief system‚ community‚ ritual
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Traditional Ritual " The Lottery " Michelle Jackson‚ provides readers with detailed descriptions of how people can follow ritual traditions subsequently blindly‚ without even thinking how much sense it actually makes to follow such traditions‚ or how it affects them or their loved ones.( 235-243) The name of the title makes you consider that this story is concerning drawing numbers and winning a prize‚ then to my surprise it is about how a tiny village involved in a tradition‚ ritual every year stoning
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Traditions and rituals are important elements which partially define and distinguish a culture. However‚ blindly-following these traditions that are meant to culturally strengthen a group can result in extreme situations in real life. Some people seem to have lost their direct connection with the tradition and are simply inclining to the benefits it will bring. In the short story‚ “The Lottery”‚ by Shirley Jackson and the movie‚ “The Village”‚ directed by M. Night Shyamalan‚ both the short story
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“The Lottery” is a short story by Shirley Jackson in which villagers in a small town participate in a barbaric tradition that involves killing one of their own. The story incorporates a large amount of symbolism‚ both through the use of objects as well as some names. These symbols tell us a few things about why this tradition continues on‚ primarily because of the fear of the unknown. Although to us‚ the lottery seems very morally wrong‚ the villagers consider the lottery just another normal part
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Aztec Tradition By Nicola Gunnis - 25178300 Principal beliefs concerning the origins of the universe: * The driving creation beliefs of the Aztec religion begin with the dual god‚ Ometecuhtli/Omecihuatl. * This god created itself and it was both male and female‚ bad and good and‚ chaos and order. * The Aztecs believed that the contrasting aspects in the world would create balance and unite the origins of the world. * The god had four children and each of them represented
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