202G-02 November 28‚ 2012 During the late nineteenth century‚ the west had become a widely diverse place‚ populated by New Englanders‚ Mormons‚ African Americans‚ Mexicans‚ and Latinos as well as immigrants from Europe‚ Asia‚ and Canada. With so many different racial‚ religious‚ and ethnic backgrounds‚ it was impossible for the Native Americans to be the only group of people who suffered from discrimination and prejudice in the West. All of the groups of people listed above‚ were discriminated against
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asked Dr. Ernest Gundling‚ an intercultual specialist‚ to be the author to leverage on his extensive research and hands-on experience in this field. We sincerely hope that this booklet will help businesspeople from all over the world be successful in doing business with Japan. International Communication Department JETRO It is a pleasure to be able to offer this introduction to business communication with Japanese. I hope that each reader will find useful tips for his or her work‚ and quickly build
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1. Chapter 16: The American West a. The Great Plains i. Indians of the Great Plains 1. In the middle of the 19th century‚ probably around 100‚000 Native American lived in the Great Plains. They were very diverse‚ and were consisted of around 6 linguistic families and at least 30 tribal groupings. The Native Americans were then hurt greatly by the small pox and measles introduced by the Europeans. 2. The Teton Sioux were Native Americans‚ who had lived in the Great Plains. The land in the Great
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| Write your own definition of the terms “sex” and “gender”. Sex and gender are two separate but often interlinked concepts. Sex can be defined as the biological and physiological features which differentiate between male or female‚ such as males having testicles and females having ovaries. There are however more than two sexes‚ some people are born with both genitalia and are referred to as being intersexed. Gender is socially constructed and refers to the learned behaviours‚ practices
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West Indies Yacht Club Resort: When Cultures Collide Jeffrey P. Shay University of Montana In early December 1994‚ Patrick Dowd‚ a 30-year-old management consultant‚ stared out his office window at the snowy Ithaca‚ New York‚ landscape. Dowd reflected on his recent phone conversation with Jim Johnson‚ general manager of the 95-room West Indies Yacht Club Resort (WIYCR)‚ located in the British Virgin Islands. Johnson sounded desperate to pull the resort out of its apparent tailspin and noted
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Doing business in Malaysia Contents Foreword 5 Chapter 1 - Introduction 6 • • • • • • • • • • • • • Geography & population Advantages of investing in Malaysia Language Political environment Economy Major exports and imports Import controls Regulatory environment Financial services Currency denomination Exchange controls Government policy on foreign investment Communications Chapter 2 - Intellectual property protection • • • • • Patents Trade
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The Decline of the West Analysis and interpretation In the year 2008 a huge and comprehensive financial crisis began. For some people it had almost invisible consequences‚ and for others it transformed their everyday life completely. Being used to making and spending money without having to worry about one’s economics‚ a firing can put the world upside down and force a family into a less materialistic life‚ which they are not at all comfortable with. That’s exactly what the protagonist‚ Mike
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Journey To The West 西游记 Growing up‚ we all had our favorite stories. My personal favorite was the Harry Potter series; I spent hours and hours immersed in those books. For a lot of Chinese children however‚ the story they grew up with was called Journey to the West‚ or XiYouJi. This story was written by Wu Cheng’en‚ an author who lived during the 16th century in the Ming dynasty. A very famous piece of literature‚ it is considered one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese Literature. The
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ENCOUNTER WITH THE WEST 10. THE TRAIDING ROUTE • In the last two centuries of the Middle Ages‚ the Europeans‚ while regaining the Holy Land from the Muslims‚ were able to establish commerce with the Orient through trade routes. The goods the Europeans wanted were gold‚ jewels‚ silk‚ perfumes‚ especially spices like: *pepper *onions *ginger *nutmeg *garlic is the most important items of trade from East. • Owning to the desire of the Europeans to enhance the taste of food and to preserve
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it is 1880. The Civil War has been over for 15 years. Economic conditions in the town you live in have deteriorated‚ and you are struggling to make ends meet. You decide to try your luck out west‚ where there is plenty of land and plenty of opportunity. Before leaving‚ you must decide what you will do out west—be a miner‚ a cowboy‚ or a farmer. Each presents its own opportunities and difficulties. Write an essay in which you: Tell what you would be—a miner‚ cowboy‚ or farmer. Describe the opportunities
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