...This week’s topic of discussion was interesting, as it touched on how children react to those of different races. I cannot remember much of how it was for me when I was young, but the examples from Van Ausdale and Feagin show some troublesome cases. As a parent you’re supposed to teach your child how to react in situations like these. For example, interacting with a child of different skin color, spoken language, or customs. In Van Ausdale and Feagin kids would form groups that shared the same characteristics. The thing wrong with this came when those characteristics were based on your race, as this is something you can’t change. Teaching your son or daughter about these differences is a critical part in their development. Society will be filled...
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...Appleton Museum of Art Rachel R. Solomon Strayer University: Online HUM112: World Cultures II Dr. Naomi Sanderovsky March 16, 2014 Appleton Museum of Art My fiancée, two of my three future step-children and I visited the Appleton Museum of Art this past weekend on Sunday afternoon, March 9, 2014. I know the boys would have rather been shooting paint guns outside but I had done a little research on what exhibitions were showing and I hoped their father could handle a preteen and young teenager for at least a good hour. After passing through the open air courtyard we entered the beautiful two-story travertine marble Appleton Museum located in Ocala, Florida off of Silver Springs Boulevard. The first thing I did was speak with a young lady, Michelle, at the information desk for a good ten minutes getting a rough draft of where permanent collections are located and what the boys would be most interested. I already knew I could not take pictures but was made aware that I could only use a pencil to mark my notes in my notebook. They had a large supply of No. 2 pencils and she was happy to hand me one. I am a stickler for rules so I smiled and thanked her for it. The boys and my fiancée were off to see the current exhibits featuring the children’s artwork that was organized by the State Organization on Arts and Disabilities and Industrial Nature that features works by Baltimore, Ohio’s material artists, Michelle Stitzlein. Since this museum was founded by Arthur I. Appleton...
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...American Romanticism * Early Romanticism * Washington Irving * James Cooper * Transcendentalism * Ralph Emerson * Henry Thoreau * Others: eg. Edgar Allen Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne… * Romanticism---a retrospect * Background of Romanticism in Europe? * The Industrial Revolution * The French Revolution * Ideological change * Definition & Features of Romanticism? * Romanticism(The Romantic Movement) * 5 key features * Romanticism was an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century, recognized for expressions of exoticism, individualism, emotionalism, and the beauty of nature, rejecting the ordered rationality of the Enlightenment as mechanical, impersonal, and artificial. * Imagination; * Nature; * Individualism; * Glorification of the Commonplace; * The Lure of the Exotic * American Romanticism * Time: Romantic period---early 19th century to the outbreak of the Civil War * Forms: novels, short stories, and poems replaced sermons and manifestos as America’s principal literary forms * Background: * exterior: Romantic movement in Europe (inheritance) * interior: Westward movement and economic boom; * Literary themes: * Highly imaginative and subjective * Emotional intensity * Escapism * Common man as hero ...
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...Experience. Working For A Relocation Company And FedEx Custom Critical. Through The Positions Listed, I Have Acquired In Depth, And Diverse Knowledge about The Field That I Know To Fully Utilize In This Possible New Opportunity. My Extensive Experience Working On Both Large, And Small Projects, As Well As My Academic Background, Will Allow Me to Bring A Full Range Of Skills To Any Position Available. Objectives: In Applying for This Position I Want to Further Develop All the Skills I’ve Obtained at Previous Employment. I Plan On Obtaining A Position With The Company That Will Provide Room For Growth, And That Will Allow Me To Utilize My Current Skills. Employment History: October 2012- November 2013: Driver @ Keystone Automotive Industries Transported Automotive Parts in the Southern Region. October 2011- October 2012: Warehouse Associate @ Cardinal Health Dublin, Ohio, United States Where I Specialized In Picking, Packing, Shipping, and Distributing Pharmaceuticals in a Timely Fashion All Over the Southeastern and Eastern United States. November 2009– October2011: Driver/Contractor FedEx Custom Critical, Uniontown, Ohio, United States Specialized Government Transporting Of Goods Throughout American in A 53ft. Refrigerator Trailer. May 1999–November 2009: Relocation Specialist P.D.W. Trucking Inc., Clinton, Mississippi, United States Relocating Executive Level, Military, Families Across Country In A Van Lines. Education: June 2006 Jackson Enterprise,...
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...Traci Vander Hoeven 3 December 2014 Zanele Muholi: Take note, Shelby Adams, this is Activist Photography Photographs are one of the most powerful means of advocating for environmental and social change. One’s images can influence one, or influence many; all with the click of a button. As a photographer, Zanele Muholi, provides the viewer her own personal take on her queer community; specifically, the black lesbian community, and their oppressed status in her home country of South Africa. A country struggling to move forward from their colonial past and embrace their post-apartheid vision of collectiveness and unity. Her passion as an activist photographer serves to record a history of a community and its undermined existence and to provide a heightened awareness of the violent acts surrounding that community. Her black and white, portrait style images are a mainstream medium that present her subjects in a neutral manner. Activist photography, a subcategory of documentary photography, often pushes the lines of presenting a point of view or cause and ‘othering’. I first became interested in activist photography when we studied Shelby Adams. I believe his activist intents are clouded, maybe even completely discounted, by his personal motivations as an artist and the cultural stereo-types documented in his subject matter of the Appalachian people he claims to be a member of. Adams stated in his book, Appalachian Legacy, that his “Photographs do not constitute a documentary...
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...We mean business! Windesheim Business School 1st year (Major 1/2) [pic] First year English module M1 (CEF: B1) Windesheim Business School Authors: Dinand Warringa, Marianne van Vlierden, Ellen Keates August 2014, revised 1. Introduction For you, personally, the question is whether or not your English meets the requirements demanded of a student in Higher Education. In terms of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) this means this module aims at reaching the B1 level of proficiency in Business English. However, regardless of your previous field of study, no exemption will be granted for following the Start-Up English module as we thoroughly prepare you for all other Business English modules you may have in the future. The module consists of seven two-hour lessons in which you will be able to display your language skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. Whether or not you have the necessary knowledge to meet the required level of proficiency will be tested in a written (multiple choice) examination during the exam period. The final grade must be at least 5.5 for you to be awarded the 2 credits available for this module. Again, this module serves as the starting point for all English courses at the Windesheim Business School, irrespective of your field of study. We believe it is of vital importance to not only acquire passive language skills but also practise and acquire active skills in English. Make sure that you...
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...ART 210 Art Appreciation Week 7 Assignment Lorie Beach “In the spring of 1874 a group of young painters defied the official Salon in Paris and organized an exhibition of its own. While this was in itself a break with established customs, the works which these men showed seemed at first glance even more revolutionary” (Rewald, 1973 p. 7). The visitors and critics who viewed this new form of artwork was not impressed, in fact they were somewhat hostile, they proceeded to accuse the artists of going against excepted methods in order to gain attention. “It took years of bitter struggle before the members of the little group were able to convince the public of their sincerity, not to mention their talent. This group included Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Sisley, Degas, Cezanne, and Berthe Morisot. They were not only of diverse characters and gifts, but also, to a certain extent, of differing conceptions and tendencies” (Rewald, 1973 p.7). Being that they were born almost within the same decade of each other, they all experienced the same things and had to fight the same problems. “Thrown together more or less by chance, they accepted their common fate and eventually adopted the designation of “impressionists,” a word coined in derision by a satirical journalist” (Rewald, 1973 p. 7). “When the impressionists organized their first group exhibition, they were no longer awkward beginners; all of them were over thirty and had been working ardently for fifteen years and more. They had...
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...1 An Analysis of African American Culture in the Health and Human Services Setting Introduction Communication has often been defined by scholar as the process by which people send messages and generate meanings across various contexts, cultures, and media. The process of communicating does not stop; it occurs cycle after cycle. Whether through verbal or non-verbal messages, the transaction takes place and is inevitable, named by scholars as The Principle of Communication Inevitability. Recognizing that communication will exist, whether intentional or not, it is important to understand the various areas of our life where communication may be vital to the success of the structure. One important area is focused on human welfare—medical, physical, emotionally, mentally, and financially—of children and adults. The method in which health and human service workers communicate with the people whom they serve is one that must be studied, implemented, and constantly improved. Health and human service workers are focused on the quality of life for an individual. They are not present to meet the wants out of life. The ultimate focus is rendering services that are conducive to one’s ability to live. Whether communicating good or bad news, professionals, patients, and clients have mutual responsibility for effective sending and receiving messages. People belong to certain demographics that shape who they are, how they feel, how they learn, their exposure to certain aspects of life...
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...water sports at different beaches. 1|Page Group Escorted Tour – an escorted tour indicates assistance of an MMT Tour Manager during the tour. He will be there for any kind of assistance required by our guests during the duration of the tour. Please note a tour manager is different from a tour guide. A tour manager is there to manage the entire group whereas the tour guide will be there to guide you and provide you all the information you need to know about the destination . Tour Highlights Return Airfare on economy class 03 nights stay in Singapore with daily hotel buffet breakfast 02 nights stay in cruise 05 Breakfast Airport-Hotel-Airport transfers in Singapore in a coach/mini-van on sharing basis Singapore half-day city tour in a coach/mini-van on sharing basis Return transfers from hotel to cruise terminal Singapore visa included Dear Customer, Greetings from Make My Trip!! Thank you for giving us the opportunity to let us plan and arrange your...
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...for this field of international study (Triandis, 2004). Hofstede (1980) originally proposed a framework that consisted of four dimensions: uncertainty avoidance, individualism/collectivism, power distance, masculinity/femininity. He later added a fifth dimension, time orientation (Hofstede & Bond, 1988). Of particular interest in this study is the macro dimension of uncertainty avoidance measured at an individual level. Cultures high on uncertainty avoidance are risk adverse. Individuals in these cultures prefer stability in their lives and careers. They want their environment to be predictable. To foster compliance among their members, cultures high in uncertainty avoidance structure behavior through such mechanisms as laws, religion or customs. Vague situations are avoided in high uncertainty avoidance cultures, and group norms and rules reduce ambiguity. Individuals tend to attach themselves to the dominant cultural group and...
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...Bhopal Ijtima is an annual Muslim world preachers worshippers, is held at old city. Eating paan (betel leaf) is a part of the culture among the Bhopalis. Language: Hindi is the official language of the city. Urdu, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi and Sindhi are some of the other languages spoken by the communities staying here for generations. English is another important language of the city and is used by the urban population. Top places to visit in and nearby Bhopal: Bhopal is a mix of the rich form of art, custom and civilization. The city is also related with places of historical interest to the tourists. There are mosques, lakes, art galleries and museums with a large collection that suggest particular significance in Bhopal. • Birla Museum ~ The museum has a vast diversity and collection of work of arts and leftovers from the pre-historic era • Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sanghralaya ~ The museum is spread across a huge area of two hundred acres of land at Shamla hills, a tribute to the tribal society of the...
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...the thesis has been used in any other submission for an academic award and is solely my own work Signature of Candidate Type of Award School ___PhD_________________________________ ___Centre for Professional Ethics___________ 1 Abstract It was long assumed that both multiculturalism and feminism are connected to progressive movements and hence have comparable and compatible goals. However, both in academia and in popular media the critique on multiculturalism has grown and is often accompanied with arguments related to gender equality and/or feminism. According to political scientist Susan Moller Okin for example there are fundamental conflicts between our commitment to gender equality and the desire to respect the customs of minority cultures or religions. If we agree that women should not be disadvantaged because of their sex, she argues, we should not accept group rights that permit oppressive practices. Okin’s claims led to a complex and highly important debate both in academia and in public debates. The main aim of this thesis is to explore in depth the different discourses about multiculturalism and feminism and develop a more inclusive and nuanced...
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...University of Kassel Governance of the World Market: Institutions, Instruments and Experiences (MCC III) Prof. Christoph Scherrer Winter Semester 2015/2016 The Analytical difference in Conceptualising the Russia-Ukraine Conflict in Realist and Materialist Terms Kofi Adu Frimpong Kholmati Kholik Global Political Economy Global Political Economy 33423968 33420343 kadfrimpong@yahoo.com kkholik@gmail.com 15/03/2016 Abstract The so called Euromaidan revolution – Ukraine’s struggle to move one step further to closer ties with Europe by liberating itself from the Russian orbit, have created the Russia-Ukraine Crisis. It has re-established and heightened the tensions between Russia and West. Realism has been on the fore front of the academic discussion in explaining the crisis as the power competition between Russia and the West. Alternatively, Materialism has provided a different yet deeper analytical perspective on the conflict by attributing it to the broadening of the transnational class capitalism. This paper will seek to explain and scrutinize the analytical differences in conceptualizing this crisis in Realist and Materialist terms. Keywords: Ukraine crisis, Realism, Security, Materialism, Lockean heartland, Contender states Table of Contents 1 Introduction 4 2 Theoretical framework 5 2.1 Theoretical underpinnings of the Realist school of thought 5 2.2 Theoretical underpinnings of Materialism: Amsterdam School Approach 7 2...
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...Abstract In the following paper discussed are issues foreign host could be exposed to, cultural barriers and the importance of diversity and its issues. Political and economic factors play significant roles during global expansions therefore, those issues will be brought to light as well as how Germany and Japan are similar to the United States in the business arena. Global Operations Management Introduction Manufacturing companies are very familiar with the path to globalization. Years ago, the surfacing of companies who offer low-cost items, such as Wal-Mart, and swift economic expansion had a huge impact on their competition. In order to compete with such low product pricing, many companies relocated their operations to other low-cost countries to try and enter new markets. Today, companies do not debate if they should relocate their business to another host country but with the cost of doing so with concerns such as managing international employees and successfully marketing to diverse consumers. International Expansion Issues When companies expand their operations to another country try can have a positive, negative, or both results upon the host country. Foreign automobile manufacturers, such as Volkswagen has strategically decided to expand to the U.S. to compete with domestic automobile manufacturers. Last year Volkswagen opened a Passat plant in Tennessee, a lower-cost area to manufacture in the U.S., and created around 11,000 jobs; they were also...
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...Botswana and Diamonds Table of Contents Cover Page 1 Table of Contents 2 Executive Summary 3 Global Business Analysis: Market of Botswana and Diamonds 4 Global Business Opportunities 4 Economic and Geographic Environment 4 Social and Cultural Environment 4 Political and Legal Environment 5 International and Local Competition 5 Economic and Geographic Environment 5 Managing International Financial and Business Risks 6 Characteristics of Global Management Information Systems (MIS) 6 Characteristics of Global Human Resources 7 Characteristics of Global Marketing 7 Product Target Market Planning for Foreign Markets 7 Designing a Global Distribution Strategy 8 Selecting an International Pricing Strategy 8 Determining Organizational Financial Results 9 Key Success Factors for Global Business 9 Monitoring and Control 9 Recommendations 10 Conclusion 10 Appendixes 12 Executive Summary This business analysis is in reference to a foreign direct investment into a diamond business within Botswana. This analysis provides the information to determine, if Botswana is a viable country for investment. The pertinent information is in reference to the country’s culture, economy, geography, resources and other factors that will assist with our analysis. In conclusion, a favorable recommendation is given for investment in a diamond mining business in Botswana. Global Business Analysis: Market of Botswana and Diamonds Botswana population is over...
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