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    Anthropologu Study Guide

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    Boxer‚ “Manipulating Meaning” (in C&C) Keenan‚ “Norm Makers‚ Norm Breakers” (on blackboard) Wright‚ “Politicization of Culture” (on blackboard) Guneratne and Bjork‚ “Village Walks” (in C&C) “Kinship and Family” (intro to section five in C&C) “Identity‚ Roles and Groups” (intro to section six in C&C) Lugu Lake Mosuo Cultural Development Association (www.mosuoproject.org)‚ “Matriarchal/Matrilineal” and “Walking Marriage” Hand-Out‚ Questions/Responses about Mosuo of Lake Lugu (on blackboard)

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    Edison sets up a laboratory and begins to work on his inventions full-time (Thomas Edison). While Edison had a very liberal and free childhood and young adulthood‚ Tesla had a structured upbringing. Born on July 10th‚ 1856 in what is now Smiljan‚ Croatia‚ Tesla had a mother who invented small appliances. It is from her that his passion started and soon he had studied at Realshule‚ Karlstadt; the Polytechnic Institute in Graz‚ Austria; and the University of Prague. Soon‚ Tesla would leave for America

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    CASE SUMMARY Company Overview Founded in 1819 in Vienna and traded since 1869 on the Vienna Stock Exchange‚ Wienerberger can look back on a great tradition. Only in 1986 the company started its dynamic expansion‚ which has focused on building materials since the introduction of Value Management in 1997. This transformed Wienerberger from a local Austrian brick-maker into the world’s largest producer of bricks within a few years. Wienerberger encompasses 3 divisions‚ namely bricks‚ pipes

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    My Cultural Identity

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    Defining my own cultural identity by Stefanie Öttl Culture is one of the most difficult concepts in the human social sciences and there are many different ways of defining it. It is often argued that culture is a learned behaviour pattern shared by a specific group of people. Culture is about shared meanings‚ and language is the privileged medium in which meaning is produced and exchanged. People sharing one culture interpret the world in roughly the same way. Defining my own cultural identity

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    Vietnam: A Better Place for a Factory Executive summary After taking every possible factor into consideration‚ Vietnam is chosen as a better alternative to build a factory instead of Croatia and Botswana. The purpose of this report is to explain the reasons why Vietnam is an advisable choice‚ the selection of international direct investment as entry mode‚ as well as the risk assessment and management. When it comes to the investment in Vietnam‚ the obvious reason first come to people’s mind

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    NASA spin-off technologies have had great impact on many people around the world‚ whether it be artificial limbs‚ cochlear implants‚ solar energy‚ GPS or water purifiers. But one particular invention has directly affected me and more than 25‚000 other people in the United States. NASA has also helped SpeedoUSA develop the LZR Racer‚ the world’s fastest swimsuit in 2007 and 2008. In fact‚ during the Beijing Olympics‚ every gold medal was a swimmer wearing a LZR Racer. (Gerbis‚ 2009) The suit helped

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    “All within the state‚ nothing outside the state‚ nothing against the state.” Benito Mussolini I am writing about a host of differences between Italian Fascism and Soviet Communism. Yes‚ they both are totalitarian regimes‚ one under Lenin‚ then Stalin‚ who‚ in my opinion takes the cake for worst ever when it comes to the world’s extensive list of dictators‚ and Mussolini’s Fascist Regime‚ who ruled from 1922-1945‚ the last three years serving as a somewhat puppet ruler in northern Italy for

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    What did the Habsburg Empire do in Central Europe during the 16th Century? The Habsburg Empire during the 16th century in central Europe was a very important and influential act throughout Europe because they have mainly ruled many territories and had made a great success towards it. During the 16th century‚ the Habsburg Empire in central Europe was a ruler family of Austria‚ for many centuries they have ruled several lands of Europe‚ and had a numerous amount of superb leaders throughout the

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    Cisco Wireless Compliance

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    AIRAIRAIRDomain AP1131AG AP1242AG RM1252A AIRAIRAP1252AG AP1042N AIRAP1142N AIRAP1262N Comments © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 1 of 21 Country Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Egypt Estonia Finland France Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lebanon Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Malta Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Nigeria Norway Oman

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    UNITED NATIONS Distr. GENERAL TRADE/2001/15 1 May 2001 ENGLISH AND FRENCH ONLY ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE COMMITTEE FOR TRADE‚ INDUSTRY AND ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT Fifth session‚ 13-15 June 2001 Item 4 of the provisional agenda The economic importance of insurance in Central and Eastern Europe and the impact of globalisation and e-business by Esther Baur‚ Ulrike Birkmaier‚ Marco Rüstmann Swiss Re‚ Economic Research & Consulting‚ Zurich1 1. Introduction 2 - 3

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