While Darlin may be correct in his conclusion that current emojis system was not created to accommodate American conversations, he does not come up with a viable solution. ... If more emojis were available that represented their culture more, they would not be limited to only the ones that are available in the current emoji alphabet. For that reason emojis creators should not strictly focus on the creation of an Americanized emojis. ... Such a feature would allow users to ensure that the emojis alphabet is current and relevant for emojis users. ... There are foods, animals, hand signs, and sym...

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This ancient civilization understood the importance of life in all aspects of the word, and valued the family and household which resulted in maximum social equality; something that the current society today is still nowhere near. ... Eighty percent of the world's forests have been completely destroyed, and individuals are in poor health, working longer hours, and are physically and mentally exhausted because of the current pressures in society. ... Something Robert Bamsey once said, "We buy things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like. "...

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By raising the focus of "public space" (p.686), Wood and Gilbert (2005) further pointed out that there are a lot of visible and accessible places exist in Toronto that allow people from different countries communicate and mix with each other. ... He analyzed these ethnic group separately, focus on their lack of authorized job opportunities and unequal treatment compare to the dominant groups. ... However, in the current Japanese society, the minorities still encounter many obstacles and the government do not formulate effective policies that try to solve these problems. ... They tend...

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Air Force, she focuses on how men and women in leadership positions differ in the military- a male dominated environment. ... According to John Warden, a retired Colonel, the military needed an organizational structure different from the current hierarchical order and women leaders tend to operate in a dissimilar manner placing more emphasis on connectivity and consensus (28). ... They suggested that to increase the effectiveness across cultures "training must be the focus of the job, while education thought of with reference to the individual, and development reserved for organizational ...

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Absolut focuses in this ad to target a growing Latin American population in the United States where soon Hispanics will be the largest minority. ... Today's popular culture has widely accepted alcohol consumption as a form of relaxation but there is an alcoholism epidemic that currently plagues our nation. ... The bottle is shown as a hero of the advertisement with its halo of light and attention all focused towards it. ...

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The question is, for the improvement of communicative competence, which content of culture teaching should be focused more, cultural knowledge or cultural communication information. ... Actually, which culture, home or target culture should receive focus in ELT classrooms, is a topic of much controversy. ... Should we focus on all the cultures? ...

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Most religions have their taboos based on ethical and moral considerations, as well as prejudices, and some of them concentrate on women, and we will focus on them. ... Anthropology also focuses on the perception of the differences between women and men, and thanks to it, new information is being introduced about sex/ gender. ... If we focus on taboos about women, we do have different concepts and ideas based on sex, menstruation or postpartum. ... Their investigations are crucial to have a current picture of how religion sees women. ...

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Focussing mainly on story reading, Heath was able to collect evidence of considerable differences in community styles of literacy socialisation. ... Given the current relationship of mutual power and influence between parents and educators regarding a child's educational experience, effective communication is a critical factor towards productive collaboration on behalf of the student. ...

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Rather than ignore the origins of these technological advances that helped to create Europe as a power, one should focus on how these items got to Europe in an effort to more clearly define Europe's relations with other communities like China and Egypt to greater understand the global community. ... Had he spent less time arguing technological determinism and more time understanding where the technology came from as well as the happenings of the world during this time his argument may have been much stronger than it currently is. ...

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They focused on the happenings of the people and their work within the culture, rather than preserving the history of the country and what goes along with that. However, despite the efforts put in by this new department, there were many laws put in place by the government protecting the cultural history and current happenings. ... Even with this new continuing growth, the demand for the focus of the culture to be taken out of the capitol and the country's government seemed to fall short and leave the rest of the country disappointed. There was a decree within the country to reallocate fun...

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Current research is closely linking the social environment with expression of disease, risk of developments of mental disorder, and resiliency factors (Alegria et al., 2010). ... The DSM-5 also has a strong empirical focus – evidence-based practice is preferred over intuitive interventions, as the benefits of basing treatments on research evidence will surely benefit clinical outcomes and aid in directing further research (Kirmayer, 2012). ... This is a semi-structured interview composed of 16 questions that focus on the individual experience and social context – two versions are a...

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The society is influenced by ethnic diversity in several ways that draw so much discourse in the current world. ... This paper, therefore, seeks to draw attention into how the diversity influences society, not in just non-material culture but also in the material culture with a focus on the United States culture. ...

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David Harvey, who focuses on the role of government in freeing individuals, would disagree with both Friedman and Appiah, likely arguing that their ideological views on globalization ignore the function of government, whose role is utterly necessary in maximizing individual potential and caring for the less independently competent. ... Munster points out that, as it currently stands, Google earth only furthers an egocentric view of the world, for example: while nearly all corners of America have full resolution images and even 3D models of major cities, there are sections of Afghanistan that, ...

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The current study that follows has actually grown out of my personal observations and interactions with my students inside and outside the classrooms and also out of my continual effort to find the middle ground to deal with these practical concerns. ... I believe in focusing on individual needs, and involving students in the process of their learning. ... Remaining focused on mere academic content, educators lose sight of the issue of cultural difference, thus misreading or ignoring important dynamics in their classrooms. ...

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Currently, Indigenous Australians have been affected by health inequality. ... (ABS, 2010) • In the year 2007 to 2008, Indigenous peoples (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders) were hospitalized for major preventable chronic conditions 3.9 times more than other Australians (SCRGSP, 2010) • In 2008, 31% of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders over 15 years reported high to very high levels of psychological distress (ABS, 2010) Now more than ever is the time to focus upon building a positive relationship that works in unison with the Indigenous population. ...

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What do a hot pink dress, a sparkling new Chevy and a bright green Jell-O mold all have in common? Karal Ann Marling asserts that Americans became obsessed with such colorful new objects during the 1950s, and that mass marketing and advertising convinced Americans to display such items as signs of t...

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"Culture consists of patterns, explicit, and implicit, of and for behavior acquired and transmitted by symbols, constituting the distinctive achievement of human groups, including their embodiments in artifacts- (Belkaoli 29). These different "groups- of people have different patterns of behavior....

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Executive Summary Charlie Eitel has been hired by Fenway Partners, the owner of Simmons bedding company, to turnaround the company. He would like to spend $7.2 million over three years to implement the Great Game of Life (GGOL) which is an experiential program assisting employees to reach their full...

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Abstract Ravaged by war, violently pushed out of their home country, separated from their extended family and friends, and evacuated to a foreign country where they have no commonality, Vietnamese refugees faced the worst after the end of Vietnam War in 1975. Although they are caught between two ...

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The Stanley Cup The Stanley cup is not just the most identifiable trophy in North America but it is also the best know cultural artifact in Canadian society. Both the rich have coveted the cup and famous as well it has been admired by the likes of the garbage man next door. The cup transcends ...

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However, this is by no means to suggest that all marketers should focus on cultural differences only to adjust marketing programs to make them accepted by the consumers in various markets. ... A major objective of current cross-cultural marketing research is the identification of functionally equivalent and non-equivalent issues through descriptive studies and other qualitative analysis. ...

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Culture and Communication To better understand intercultural communication, it is important that we know more about the nature of culture and communication and, equally important, how culture may relate to communication or vice versa. The ensuring discussion in this section is a conceptual orient...

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Thus far, the cultural policy focuses on "high" cultural aspects like performing arts, archaeology and folklore. ... At this point of writing, it remains to be seen whether these new state policies and social currents will lead to greater national unity or regional diversity. ...

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