We argue for an alternative base for action, one that can be followed. ... Parents normally have it done illegally in the home by poorly trained persons. ... A girl Amanda Bates, 13, died in her home of complications of untreated diabetes, infection was obvious in her toes. ... Although you still find this in old fashioned - religion following homes. ... Sometimes what can be even worse, normally in third world countries, once the parent finds out that the child was in trouble at school - they go thru the same kind of punishment at home. ...

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They became isolated in their new "home" and were deprived of support from their shared customs and culture (Do 41). ... The center is considered a home for many Vietnamese Americans. ... I can feel the atmosphere of Vietnam there (Le). ... Those deliver news about their home country as well as news about their new community, Little Saigon. ... Conveniently, people can drop in to grab prepackaged rice noddle dishes, or have a full-service food such as pho (Vietnamese beef noodle soup), or enjoy the fresh-squeezed sugarcane juice. ...

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Otherwise, you can be affected by culture shock for your entire life from one experience. ... Already I was getting nervous about being 3,000 miles from home. ... The list of elements that can lead a person to culture shock is endless. ... Culture Shock can happen at anytime in a variety of forms. ... "Teaching Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn can do more harm than good. ...

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As children we are told that we can do and be anything we want. ... When a woman is married it is custom for the man's family to take the woman into their home. ... Children are to live at home until they are married, at that point the woman will move in with the man's family. ... Women are told they can achieve a multitude of success ranging from financial security to the pink Cadillac. Mary Kay values achievement in women and the idea that anyone can go from mere "independent beauty rep" to head of her own team of representatives in a matter of moments. ...

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Each child taken from their home has been robbed of their own identity and their ill effects of their experience of abuse and neglect will affect future generations to come. ... The program involved removing children from their homes and kept in a civilized residential school, while lowering the influence of their parents or culture. ... In spite of children being removed from their homes many of the Aboriginal parents cooperated with the residential schooling and seen it as beneficial to have their children educated in nonaboriginal schools. ...

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They have proven that they can accomplish tasks using very precise processes, methods, and vast knowledge. ... They can handle disputes without a leader and are very fond of working together as a team. ... Due to time, ignorance, and the bushman's leaning towards our methods, they in no way can be compared to early people by means of their culture. ... Kung Bushmen are living their own lives now, in the present, therefore they can be in no way considered people of the past. ... The area is currently home to six thousand of the !...

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All you can see inside is black, so you point your flashlight through the stark doorway . ... Science-Fiction and Fantasy provide for us a getaway from the arbitrary and the mundane, and can transport anyone to a galaxy far, far away. ... Since the creation of this new genre, it has been called home by some of the most popular book series' ever to be written. ... There are many places that can be used as a ˜portal' to another land, these can be found in a place as simple as in one's own living room or the cinema, or in far off places such as Renaissance fairs or conventio...

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The important thing is that when we eat we cannot talk or drink anything; we can drink or talk only after we are done with the meal. ... I almost forgot the incident, until one day when my family had a dinner at home in United States, which was after all my family left Vietnam in 1998. ... If a young man finds someone he likes, he must formally introduce himself to her family and seek their approval before he can date her. ... "Bia Om" and "Cafe Om" (literally "beer hug" and "coffee hug") refer to establishments where you can enjoy the company of a lady, and perhaps more, along with your beer ...

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Organizations tend to replicate the structure of society as a whole, and this can be seen in Australian rugby. ... Different types of organizations have different mechanisms for creating a sense of group identity and there are different vectors along which one can analyze the specifics of any culture. ... They can be counted on regardless of the circumstances. ... Some aspects of the environment can be influenced, although not fully controlled, by the team itself. ... No single football club can fight back against th...

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Introduction Australia is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse nations in the world with over 6 million Australian residents born overseas, 25% of the population with a language background other than English and over 75% identifying with an ancestry other than 'Australian'. (...

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While approaching culture from a radical point of view is important for understanding cultures " impact on individuals, groups and structures; it can be beneficial to get a varied view of the culture of Piper's Pub. ... Through combining them we can reveal a much clearer picture of Piper's Pub and we can effectively contrast the culture to the nighttime environment. ...

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Indeed, this cycle of inequality can begin at a young age, through the experiences in a child's environment. ... The reality of education's place in society can best be explained by employing the conflict theory (Kornblum, 2000). ... If a student's family can barely pay for food and rent, taking a loan from a bank is probably not in their future. ... Difference in linguistics can also affect teacher's expectations and lead to inaccurate labeling. ... When a child speaks little, or no, English in the home or outside of the classroom environment, they may need intensive he...

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I was working in the auto sales industry for a time and I watched as many young couples and families sat in the finance manager's office and actually reworked their home/family budget just to get a nicer sound system in a car that was already costing them twenty percent or more of the monthly income for payments. ... Meaning, without me saying the organization, I can induce thoughts and pictures in most people in the American cultures head by quoting a few tag lines, and they are not just from profit seeking companies. ... The question is: can people overcome these cultural drivers and fi...

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With all the advanced technology today, you can almost do anything and watch television at the same time. For instance, you can drive, while watching your favourite television show. When it becomes this accessible to us, how can we not be influenced by it? How can we not take it for what it is? ... She stays home to take care of the kids and the house, and in her spare time she likes to gossip with her girlfriends. ...

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For fans and enthusiasts, popular music can be a leisure-time pursuit occurring on evenings or weekends; alternatively, it can constitute a lifestyle, or way of life (e.g., Deadheads-a group of fans of the American band Grateful Dead who saw the band at as many gigs and festivals as possible from the 1970s onward). ... Different forms of popular music can create pleasure and excitement for some and moral panic and dread for others; it is a much debated and important realm of cultural life with significant implications for our understanding of consumer culture. ... The emergence of many popula...

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Cultural Impact on International Branding in Advertising----A case of success of LGE in China I. Research Problem: Is it possible to persuade consumers in different markets with the same advertising message? This question is one of the most fundamental decisions when planning an advertising c...

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Due to the fact that Italy's land is home to some of the greatest artifact and general cultural history of mankind, great measures were taken in the protection of this land and what it had to offer the rest of the world. ...

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Championships were to be a best of two series with one home game for each team. ... The manner in which this trophy has been treated over the years can only be described as pitiful and contradictory to its aristocratic origins. ... Amateur hockey is played in every corner of this vast land it can be said that the game defines Canadian sport culture on its most popular scale. ...

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To ask the average American what our culture's meaning is not only here at home but abroad as well is to get a processed answer. ... This can be seen on most every television sitcom, popular music, and movies. ... The boys each fueled by a personal ambition to save Terrance and Philip and stop a potential war, Eric's to have a v chip removed from him so he can swear, Kyle's to stand up to his mother, and Stan's to find a way to make Wendy like him again. ... This outlook can be seen in foreign affairs policy of our government and our general out look on the world. ...

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The purpose of this article is to review the current models and offer a model that can be used by counseling practitioners facing ethical dilemmas involving clients from diverse backgrounds. ... As mentioned earlier, Baruth and Manning (1999) stated that ethical decision making can be difficult, but it is necessary, particularly when counselors face complex situations or work with clients who have differing worldviews. ... A traditional model is one disseminated by ACA (Forester-Miller & Davis, 1995), which can be categorized as a rational model based on an analysis of the ethical principles i...

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The purpose of this article is to review the current models and offer a model that can be used by counseling practitioners facing ethical dilemmas involving clients from diverse backgrounds. ... As mentioned earlier, Baruth and Manning (1999) stated that ethical decision making can be difficult, but it is necessary, particularly when counselors face complex situations or work with clients who have differing worldviews. ... A traditional model is one disseminated by ACA (Forester-Miller & Davis, 1995), which can be categorized as a rational model based on an analysis of the ethical principles i...

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She has raised me to show me that you can do things alone and don't need to depend on anyone else but yourself. ... During the experiment the guards got out of hand with feelings so powerful making the "prisoners" do whatever they wanted and it just really showed in the movie how a lot of people can take advantage of their power for the bad and that is why I believe living in a low power distance culture is better. ... In school you can also see how we use a low context culture because every assignment we do we have specific directions of how to do it and even a rubric usually t...

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Most of these failures can be attributed to avoidable intercultural impasses (Engholm back cover). ... The first few minutes of a business meeting can be very crucial to a company. ... More importantly I will address how we should go about informing executives of this problem and methods on how it can be handled. ... Language barriers can cause unsuccessful communication of even the minimum amount of information necessary. ... As you can already tell, a culture with devotion such as this is bound to be fruitful in business. ...

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