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  • Kobe Bryant: Hero or Ballhog in the World of "infor-Tainment"

    Kobe Bryant: Hero or Ballhog in the World of "infor-Tainment"

    Kobe Bryant: Hero or Ballhog in the world of "Infor-tainment" By Farid Khan May 7, 2007 Kobe Bryant is a second generation basketball player and is the son of former NBA player Joe "Jellybean" Bryant. Kobe is more talented and more famous than his father who played in the late 70's and early 80's. Kobe was born in 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents named him after the famous beef of Kobe, Japan, which they

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Mike
  • Evaluate the Character of Father Renteria in Terms of ‘spiritual Emptiness’

    Evaluate the Character of Father Renteria in Terms of ‘spiritual Emptiness’

    Evaluate The Character Of Father Renteria In Terms Of ‘Spiritual Emptiness’ In the novel, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Father Renteria was the priest of Comala. He demanded that the people of the town possess integrity and purity; however Father Renteria had lost faith in religion and himself because he felt as if he was responsible for the negativity towards religion in Comala. He states, “What has their faith won them? Heaven? Or the purification

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Janna
  • New Cultural Experience: Coptic Orthodox

    New Cultural Experience: Coptic Orthodox

    New Cultural Experience: Coptic Orthodox It was 8pm on the 8th of April when I arrived at the St Mary and St Merkorious Coptic Orthodox church for my cultural experience. I was a little nervous at this stage as I did not know what to expect. I was worries that I may inadvertently insult or upset the people of this culture. I was asked if I understood the Coptic language and after stating no, I

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: David
  • Vietnamese Culture

    Vietnamese Culture

    My Bicultural Values After the fall of Saigon in 19, Vietnamese Americans became members of one of the United States’ largest refugee groups. The Vietnamese came to the United States from a culture vastly different from most American cultures. My two oldest brothers were among the hundreds of thousands who escaped communist Vietnam as “Boat People” in 1984. They fled with the clothes they were wearing and my parents’ wedding rings tucked inside. My family,

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Tommy
  • The World Is a Text

    The World Is a Text

    essay is a piece of writing, usually from an author's personal point of view. Essays are non-fiction but often subjective; while expository, they can also include narrative. Essays can be literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition of an essay is vague, overlapping with those of an article and a short story. Almost all modern essays are written in prose, but works in verse

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Max
  • Cultural Dimensions in People Management

    Cultural Dimensions in People Management

    April 30th, 2008 Yongbei Liu Jingbin Xu Jingling Zhang Xianjing Zhou EMLyon Cultural Dimensions in People Management For any international organization, it is of extremely significance to understand cultural differences and make good use of them in the global context. Through insight into a culture perspective, the article analyzes the role and impact of culture. It starts by introducing prerequisite concept of socialization and then deals with four cultural dimensions on the national level. Finally,

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Yan
  • How Workforce Culture Can Boost Corporate Performance

    How Workforce Culture Can Boost Corporate Performance

    How workforce culture can boost corporate performance. This article addresses how the performance of employees and of an organization as a whole can be affected when the culture of the organization is not made clear to employees and when these cultures differ vastly from the values and beliefs of the employees. It is stated in the article that culture can determine mutual trust between a manager and an employee and the productivity the organization. The

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Yan
  • Discuss the Various Ways in Which Globalization Is Affecting the World of Work

    Discuss the Various Ways in Which Globalization Is Affecting the World of Work

    The term globalisation is a particularly elastic concept. Not only does it embrace a wide range of ‘things’, it also straddles the realms of ‘fact’ and ‘value’ of ‘idea’ and ‘reality’, thus to define the word globalisation requires an amalgamation of both moral and material values which may include and encompass events as dynamic as economic, political and social. At its simplest globalisation has tended to denote the idea that societies are becoming increasingly affected

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Cultural Differences Between Poland and England

    Cultural Differences Between Poland and England

    Culture may have its sources in different aspects of human life, as: language, nationality, education, profession, group, religion, family, social class, corporate culture. All these elements influence every member of a society and thus, culture is learnt and transmitted to others. Differences between people within any given nation or culture are much greater than differences between groups. Polish people and British, although have a lot of common in terms of historical inheritance, they vary in

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Bred
  • Screw the World Religions

    Screw the World Religions

    Find Your Happy Place Jonas Krant I am an agnostic, but contemplating atheism. Agnostics like the idea of God; however they feel that it cannot be proven, while an atheist just flat out doesn’t believe. I was raised Jewish, but I have never been very religious, although my parents sent me to Hebrew school, and forced me to go to temple. Over the years that I have spent being taught Hebrew, and reading the stories

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: David
  • The Final Hours of Pope John Paul II

    The Final Hours of Pope John Paul II

    John Doe English Mrs. Robinson 03/24/03 The Final Hours of Pope John Paul II It was Saturday, April 2, around 2:30 PM, when the Pope John Paul II passed away. Hours before, thousands of people clogged Rome’s streets of Peters Square, as the Pope John Paul II awaited his passing. Tourists, Romans and religious followers gathered to show their regards. This was no easy passing for the Pope, he lead nearly one billion Catholics over

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Mike
  • Brave New World

    Brave New World

    Brave New World, written by Aldous Huxley, is a fictional story in which the idea of utopian society is presented. Throughout the novel, Huxley predicts many events for the future, most of them focused on a morally corrupt society. The most important of these predictions include: promiscuity, over-population, use of drugs, and elimination of religion and family. As everyone knows, utopias strive to work as perfection, therefore it is completely necessary for these societies to

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Edward
  • Culture and Defining the Role of Leadership

    Culture and Defining the Role of Leadership

    Culture and Defining The Role Of Leadership Abstract I believe a person can be taught to lead and manage but one can't be taught how to effectively and successfully lead and manage. I don't believe the corporate culture of the organization has to with it. I think leading and managing has to do with the individual person. How that person is motivated, how that person sees him/herself. Can he/she lead effectively or is managing

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Janna
  • Greatest Puppeteer of the World

    Greatest Puppeteer of the World

    Who or what controls you? "The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself". Power can be seen from politicians, celebrities, religious leaders, everywhere, even in friends. It is seen in different forms. Power, so strong, influences people on how they act and talk. Certain influences stay and get engraved on people's minds and characteristics. Power gives them more money and fame. They practice their talent to gain more power. One acquires

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Bred
  • War After Napoleon to World War II

    War After Napoleon to World War II

    8 Aug 2002 WAR AFTER NAPOLEON TO WORLD WAR II After the defeat of Napoleon and the French Empire, the world looked favorably upon options for peace. The greatest sea power of the time was Britain, and with the goal of controlling the free trade, the island country looked to make the waters more advantageous. The British government realized that a countries wealth was not going to be possessed by an expanding empire, but by

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Mike
  • Hofstede’s Cultural Model

    Hofstede’s Cultural Model

    Introduction: Due to rapid technology advancement, we now live in a ‘small world’ with a global marketplace. Foreign ideals and culture are easily spread and adapted by indigenous people in all corners of the globe via radio, television and now especially, computers software and the Internet. This whole dilemma has been termed as “Globalisation”. The concept of globalization refers to increasing global connectivity, integration and interdependence in the economic, social, technological, cultural, political ad ecological

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Urbanization and Its Effect on Third World Living Conditions

    Urbanization and Its Effect on Third World Living Conditions

    Urbanization and its effect on third world living conditions Urbanization is the spreading of cities into less populated agricultural areas. Most people would not think that this is necessarily a problem. They would say that it is good that the “developing countries” were becoming more developed. With urbanization comes factories and more jobs, so the people can make more money and be happier. Right? The problem is that these people must sacrifice their traditional

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Comparison of "in Mrs Tilcher’s Class" and "mid-Term Break"

    Comparison of "in Mrs Tilcher’s Class" and "mid-Term Break"

    Choose two poems from your reading on the theme of childhood. Compare and contrast the experiences described in each poem showing clearly why each poem affected you the way it did and with close reference to the poet’s use of language show how he/she conveys these feeling to you. A person is affected by life occurrences differently as a child than as an adult. Childhood is a period of life every person experiences and therefore

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Organizational Culture

    Organizational Culture

    Ms. Denise Danford Strategic Review Committee Head November 29, 2005 Re: Implementing changes to increase success Dear Ms. Danford, Upon reviewing your case, it is evident that, while a very successful company, many changes must occur in order to continue MACHO’s success into the future. There are three main issues that are the basis for all underlying problems. There is a lack of communication at MACHO both vertically and horizontally. Additionally, it appears that there

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Bred
  • The Oddyssey in Popular Culture

    The Oddyssey in Popular Culture

    Many forms of popular culture today are inspired by themes, characters, and other references in various types of classical literature. John Denver’s song “Calypso” parallels with a number of the themes in Homer’s the Odyssey. The Odyssey’s themes involving Odysseus’ journey back home and the aid of gods and goddesses directly influence “Calypso.” The first stanza in Calypso is influenced by Odysseus’ journey to back to his homeland. The first couple of lines compare

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Could a Loss at the Battle of Midway Have Changed the Outcome of World War Ii?

    Could a Loss at the Battle of Midway Have Changed the Outcome of World War Ii?

    Could a loss at the Battle of Midway have changed the outcome of World war II? On June 3rd, 1942, the United States declared war on Imperialistic Japan and Nazi Germany. Due to the bombing of the United States’ naval base at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese the U.S. was forced to take action. The United States began their first naval battle near the Midway islands in defense of its pacific fleet and positioning. Midway

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Artur
  • Pinpointing the Start of World War 3

    Pinpointing the Start of World War 3

    Pinpointing the Start of World War 3 This article will challenge your understanding of prophecy, do you have the courage to face the truth? One of the most misunderstood facets of prophecy study is the question, "When does world war 3 begin according to the scriptures?" Tons of books have been written proposing that WW3 starts after the rapture and before the beginning of the end-times 7 year period, or proposed that WW3 begins sometime

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Yan
  • Ainu Culture

    Ainu Culture

    Sirokanipe ranran piskan Konkanipe ranran piskan. This Ainu poem is about an owl deity. It roughly translates to “Fall fall, silver drops, all around fall fall, golden drops, all around” (Selden). The Ainu worshiped all aspects of nature as gods, believing animals were spirits temporarily visiting the earth. The Ainu are an ancient people of nature, living in close communities and are now a minority of Japan. The Ainu used to live in Honshu, Japan’s

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Fonta
  • The Best Little Girl in the World

    The Best Little Girl in the World

    Analysis of The Best Little Girl in the World The author of my book is Steven Levenkron. Warner Books published this book in September of 1978 in New York, NY. The genre of my book is fiction with suspense. The Best Little Girl in the World could be based on a true story, but it is not completely true to life. It would fall under the suspense category because the reader does not know if

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Romani Culture

    Romani Culture

    Culture exists in every society. It is the specific learned norms based on attitudes, values and beliefs. Culture is often based on long standing traditions that have been passed from elders to the younger generation. It can be evolved through societal and religious influences. Changing culture, though difficult, can be done through choice or imposition. When cultures are isolated they tend to stabilize and change is slow or ceases. When culture makes contact with other

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Mike

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