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    October 2014 Different Country‚ Different Culture A country is just like an onion; the innermost skin is Culture. Culture is like the soul of a country. All countries have their own unique cultures to live by‚ which means that people who have grown up in different places will have different ways of behaving‚ different ways of thinking about things and different ways of expressing themselves. Each country has its own culture‚ and there are many differences between different countries in culture. Those differences

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    DIFFERENT CULTURESDIFFERENT RATIONALITIES? Peter Winch ’s remarkable essay‚ ’Understanding a Primitive Society ’ (Winch‚ 1964) raised several deep and troubling questions and offered some no less deep and troubling answers. It was the essay of a philosopher inspired by Wittgenstein‚ who had questioned the very idea of a social science‚ reflecting upon and‚ indeed‚ criticizing the interpretation of witchcraft in one of the classics of twentieth-century anthropology‚ Evans-Pritchard ’s Witchcraft

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    Misunderstood Art From Different Cultures By Kate Woods Art is a medium used by people world wide to express their ideas‚ their fears‚ and their joys. The artist takes the experiences of life and translates them into a visual object‚ rich in colors‚ shapes and sizes‚ for all the world to observe. As a casual observer of art‚ one is able to relive the feeling or experience the artist was trying to display‚ if only for a brief moment in time. No matter what cultural background one comes from‚ art appreciation

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    Environment - how can you help protect it? Our planet is in trouble! Almost every day we seem to hear of yet another problem affecting the environment - and what a list of problems! - pollution‚ acid rain‚ climate change‚ the destruction of rainforests and other wild habitats‚ the decline and extinction of thousands of species of animals and plants....and so on. Nowadays‚ most of us know that these threats exist and that humans have caused them. Many of us are very worried about the future of our

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    It is impossible to study the literature of one culture separate from the literature of the other cultures. Because the world literature is like a one whole body‚ which is developed under the influence of different large and small national literatures. In spite of the fact‚ that people live in different parts of the world‚ they always look forward to share their created spiritual wealth‚ they enjoy each other’s art and literary discoveries. Literary and spiritual connections‚ influencing the world

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    How Much Can the Internet help GM? 1. Analyze GM using the competitive forces and value chain models. Porter’s competitive forces model Porter’s value chain model 2. Evaluate the current business strategy of GM in response to its competitive environment. What is the role of Internet technology in that strategy? How successful is that strategy? The current business strategy of GM in response to its competitive environment is based on the belief that by intensively weaving Internet

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    The Huli culture is very different from the United States. Their justice system‚ and market fits for a small-scale society‚ which they are. For their justice system‚ they do not have any “chiefs‚” all the leaders they have will show their power through war‚ their skill in meditating disputes and by amassing wealth in pigs and shells. Most Huli wars originate from personal disputes between individuals‚ some alliances that center on the issue and its main players. One thing that is never ending within

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    Explain briefly how macroeconomics is different from microeconomics. Please give examples. What is economics? Before we start to learn about economics‚ we have to understand that what is the different between macroeconomics and microeconomics. Macroeconomics and microeconomics are the main branches of economics. (Karl E. Case‚ Ray C. Fair and Sharon M. Oster (2012): Principles of Economics‚ 10th ed. Global Edition‚ Chapter 1). And‚ I will describe that with examples. Microeconomics seems likes

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    Change in Time A culture’s sense of time is based on how that culture views the past‚ present or future. Americans have a very different sense of time compared to China and France‚ our view of time is time is important and shouldn’t be wasted on trivial things. Americans believe deadlines are more important than building relationships or getting comfortable with big decisions. China has a very different point of view on time‚ it’s to be cherished and used to build relationships and to make better

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    How Can You Help the Earth to Survive? Try to imagine living in a world where weather conditions‚ like hail the size of oranges or hurricanes with unseen wind force‚ are reality. In the movie “The Day After Tomorrow”‚ scenes with disastrous weather conditions like the one mentioned above‚ are shown as a result of greenhouse effect and global warming‚ if they continue to increase. Fortunately‚ what the movie shows us is not very realistic‚ and the outrageous weather conditions are most likely never

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