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  • Pop Cultural Elements of Military Cadences

    Pop Cultural Elements of Military Cadences

    Pop Cultural Elements of Military Cadences "HUT, TWO, THREE, FOUR...HUT, TWO, THREE, FOUR..." What do a bunch of grunts calling out raunchy marching cadences have to do with pop culture? There's more to the cadence then just keeping soldiers in step, there is a deep sense of pride, patriotism, unity, motivation, and nostalgia, which can be found within these songs. The Military cadence is used to motivate, inspire, and foster company cohesiveness while keeping soldiers

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    Essay Length: 1,132 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Vika
  • Leadership and Org Culture

    Leadership and Org Culture

    Abstract Culture permeates all aspects of any society. It acts as the basic fabric that binds people together. Culture dictates tastes in music, clothes, and even the political and philosophical views of a group of people. Culture is not only shared, but it is deep and stable. However, culture does not exist simply as a societal phenomenon. Organizations, both large and small, adhere to a culture. Organizational culture determines how an organization operates and how

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    Essay Length: 424 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Victor
  • Uae Cultural Analysis

    Uae Cultural Analysis

    United Arab Emirates Country Notebook Cultural Analysis Executive Summary United Arab Emirates is a country that is built of several different emirates located on the peninsula of the Persian Gulf. The country was occupied by Great Britain up until 1971. After the removal of the British government the seven Sheikdoms became independent and formed the UAE. The country has a typically desert climate with ocean access on both sides of the country. Located in

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    Essay Length: 3,500 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Edward
  • Why Do Humans Have Cultures?

    Why Do Humans Have Cultures?

    To answer this elusive question it is necessary to define the term culture (there is not a static definition), "Culture means the total body of tradition borne by a society and transmitted from generation to generation. It thus refers to the norms, values, standards by which people act, and it includes the ways distinctive in each society of ordering the world and rendering it intelligible. Culture is...a set of mechanisms for survival, but it provides

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    Essay Length: 1,153 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Steve
  • Culture Influences Through Mass Media

    Culture Influences Through Mass Media

    Culture Influences through Mass Media Our culture is highly influenced by mass media by promoting celebrities and ordinary people who do astonishing things into a stereotype that we base our lives on. Society as a whole is represented in the mass media and impacts our culture and how we relate on a daily basis. As much as we would like to believe that we have control over our own lives, the mass media impacts

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Fatih
  • The Cultural Aspects of "the Bonesetter’s Daughter"

    The Cultural Aspects of "the Bonesetter’s Daughter"

    One’s cultural background can affect the way they speak, live, and for an author, the way they write. Amy Tan’s works are direct reflections of this impact. As an Asian-American author, Tan uses the cultural values of Chinese women in American culture in her novels. In order to fully understand Tan’s writing I believe one first needs to understand not only Tan’s personal background but, the Chinese culture of which she is a product. Chinese

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    Essay Length: 916 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Bred
  • African Traditional Religion

    African Traditional Religion

    In this paper I wish to examine the place and the role of women according to African Religion. The paper focuses on three areas: mythology, proverbs and prayers. In the area of mythology we are confronted with the picture of women in the early state of human existence. This is not history. The myth is broader than history in explaining some aspects of society. It is a language of expressing truths or realities for which

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    Essay Length: 5,558 Words / 23 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Kevin
  • The Cultural Identity Within Asian Writing Systems

    The Cultural Identity Within Asian Writing Systems

    The Cultural Identity Within Asian Writing Systems The style of Asian writing seems to be completely different from that of the western writing systems. For starters, many western languages are phonetic: words are spelled out with symbols that represent sounds. The way that a word looks has nothing to do with the meaning of the word. On the other hand, the most recognized form of Asian writing, Chinese characters, are completely pictographic. A single character

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    Essay Length: 3,052 Words / 13 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Janna
  • Anguilla - a Changing Economy and a Changing Culture

    Anguilla - a Changing Economy and a Changing Culture

    Anguilla A Changing Economy and a Changing Culture The Caribbean has long drawn tourists to its beautiful beaches and tropical isles. The islands that make up the Caribbean all have their own histories, cultures, and atmospheres. Some Caribbean islands became tourist hot spots decades ago, and others are only beginning to develop their tourist industry. The island of Anguilla has recently emerged as the "it" location for celebrities and the wealthy alike. This paper will

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    Essay Length: 2,405 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Mike
  • United States of America and the Amish: Mainstream Culture and the Minority

    United States of America and the Amish: Mainstream Culture and the Minority

    United States of America and The Amish: Mainstream Culture and The Minority What does it mean to be Amish? They dress different and their lifestyle is different, but is that the only difference between the Amish and the people of the mainstream American culture? America's 150,000 member Amish minority, which is situated throughout the U.S. mainly in Indiana, Ohio, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, has been one of the most successful among the nation's religious and

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    Essay Length: 2,517 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Steve
  • Geert Hofstede Cultural Dimension and Motivation

    Geert Hofstede Cultural Dimension and Motivation

    Model of National Culture To date, the most common way to study and draw conclusions about organizational behavior across cultures and explain the differences that exist is to use Hofstede’s framework. Prof. Geert Hofstede conducted perhaps the most comprehensive study of how values in the workplace are influenced by culture. Geert Hofstede analyzed a large data base of employee values scores collected by IBM between 1967 and 1973 covering more than 70 countries, from which

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    Essay Length: 1,521 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Janna
  • Covert War: Nature Vs. Culture in the Last of the Mohicans

    Covert War: Nature Vs. Culture in the Last of the Mohicans

    In James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans, a superficial reading might depict the novel as the story of a battle between societies. Yet there is an underlying depiction of a far more vast conflict. From the beginning of the novel, the reader is guided by descriptions of the struggle between the two entities. Cooper writes, “there was no recess of the woods so dark, nor any secret place so lovely, that it

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    Essay Length: 429 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Mike
  • Russian Demographic and Cultural Analysis

    Russian Demographic and Cultural Analysis

    Russia Cultural Analysis A- Population As of 2007 Russian Federation ranks tenth in the world with a total population of 141,377,2 people as of July 2007.(NationMaster). The biggest city in the Federation is the capital, Moscow, at 10,415,400 people(NationMaster). The overall sex distribution in the Russian population is 0.859 males/female however in the 15-64 year old range the distribution is much closer at 0.93 males/female. Even more interesting is the distribution between men and women

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    Essay Length: 1,224 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: David
  • Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas

    Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas

    Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning "to cultivate,") generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significant importance. Different definitions of "culture" reflect different theoretical bases for understanding, or criteria for evaluating, human activity. Culture has been called the way of life for an entire society. As such, it includes codes of manners, dress, language, religion, rituals, norms of

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    Essay Length: 1,639 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Star Wars Pop Culture Icon

    Star Wars Pop Culture Icon

    American popular culture has always been a market for sales. Everything that is and has made pop culture what it is in America has been built through commercialization. The ability to sell the main product and then the countless other revenue items that go with that product define American culture. Today in the United States a person would be hard-pressed to fined a movie showing in theaters that does not have a soundtrack out, t-shirt

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: regina
  • Historical and Cultural Comparisom Between Canada and Usa

    Historical and Cultural Comparisom Between Canada and Usa

    The tourist potential of the climatic, landscape, historical & cultural resources of Canada, & New York (USA) The designations I have chosen are both on the American continent. The statistics used are based on the European traveller. Because of the vast difference in population density of Canada and the U.S.A, I have decide to centre my comparison around the vast metropolis of New York and western Canada (Calgary-lively city lake Louise-scenic resort) Canada is situated

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    Essay Length: 2,988 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Janna
  • Europe’s Destruction

    Europe’s Destruction

    The Romans conquered the barbarians, and the barbarians conquered Rome. So it goes with empires and comes now the penultimate chapter in the history of the empires of the West. This is the larger meaning of the ritual murder of Theo Van Gogh in Holland, the subway bombings in London, the train bombings in Madrid, the Paris riots spreading across France. The perpetrators of these crimes in the capitals of Europe are the children

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    Essay Length: 718 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Religions and Japanese Culture

    Religions and Japanese Culture

    Religions And Japanese Culture Many religions are popular within the Japanese culture. Two of the most influential religions, Shinto and Buddhism that help shaped a lot of Japanese values are Shinto and Buddhism, played a large role in shaping Japanese values. Numerous similarities and differences run between these two religions; nonetheless, the Japanese often believe in more than one religion at the same time. This is possible due to the polytheistic nature of most popular

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    Essay Length: 748 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Globalisation - How It Affects Both Trade and Culture

    Globalisation - How It Affects Both Trade and Culture

    Globalisation has made a great impact in the world by helping businesses, technologies and cultures spread throughout the globe. Today there is 12 times more world trade in goods and money than there was in 1945. (Globalisation and trade, 2001) While this can be considered as fact, there still remains a dispute about whether a global marketplace will be beneficial to everyone. Some people believe that globalisation does have the potential to create many opportunities

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    Essay Length: 1,611 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Pop Culture Meets Hip-Hop

    Pop Culture Meets Hip-Hop

    Pop Culture Meets Hip-Hop Popular culture, otherwise known as “Pop Culture,” is defined by Encarta’s Online Encyclopedia as values that come from advertising, the entertainment industry, the media, and icons of style and are targeted to the ordinary people of today’s society. Some of the more influencing displays of pop culture today include movies, teen icons, clothing, celebrities, sports, and one of the most influential things, music. The music industry plays a huge role in

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Bred
  • Philsopiphy on Destructive Habits

    Philsopiphy on Destructive Habits

    Most people, in my opinion, adapt these destructive habits because they believe the habits are good for them in one way or another, even though they know that these same habits are also destructive to. Various mannerisms, drugs, and other behaviors while hurting them in obvious, and sometimes not so obvious ways, serve them in other aspects of their lives validating these habits for them. First off, an obvious habit with obvious consequences today would

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    Essay Length: 726 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Monika
  • M&a: Culture Integration

    M&a: Culture Integration

    In 2001, James M. Kilts, then newly appointed as chief executive officer of Gillette Co., replaced two-thirds of the company's senior management team and trimmed 3,700 jobs, more than 10% of the company's work force. Employees of the century-old company thought they had seen the shake-up of all shake-ups. Just wait until they see what Procter & Gamble Co. could have in store. In announcing the $52.4 billion takeover of Gillette, P&G's CEO, A.G. Lafley,

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    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: David
  • Language and Culture in an Immigrant Society

    Language and Culture in an Immigrant Society

    The professor of my linguistics anthropology course this year, stepped up to the podium on the first day of class, and surprised us all with his feelings regarding language. He began by telling us that he specializes in human misery, perhaps insinuating language is a source of misery. Dr. Song is a Korean immigrant and the sounds of his own language repulses him. Growing up in modern society America has made him cringe at the

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    Essay Length: 2,499 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Monika
  • Appalachia Culture

    Appalachia Culture

    Many people have different views on what Appalachia is, I grew up thinking that Appalachia meant people were dirty, poor, illiterate, inbreed and we also called them mountain people. As I grew up I realized that most of the things they went through and had a hard time with, I was dealing with the same problems. So what exactly is Appalachia? Well you will find out as you read on. Appalachia is no longer the

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    Essay Length: 1,506 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • African History

    African History

    African History The pre-colonial African past is a subject that everyone should know about. Africa is where we originated from, and that is why I think it is very important to know about this subject. In order to know what happened in this time period the work of historians, archaeologists, and paleontologists is critical. I think historians are very important in the study of the pre-colonial African past. If historians didn't do their job than

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    Essay Length: 1,068 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Jessica

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