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Gift Giving in Homer's Odyssey

he will gild her horns as part of the sacrifice (Homer). Such sacrifices were meant as "gifts" to the gods, which were designed to...

Examining the Personal and Cultural Background of an African-American

source suggests that while the decision to marry a white person must of necessity be a personal one, there are things that should ...

Cultural Issues: 9 Article Overviews

process, the twins ultimately grow up to be two very dissimilar individuals due to their respective upbringing. II. CULTURE AND N...

Heroism in the Epic of Gilgamesh

boasts of his strength and courage, believing those alone are the lone criteria by which a hero is judged. The gods intervene to ...

IT's Quality Culture

goals" (p. 41). The fact is not news to anyone working in IT project management, but its magnitude may be. At a time when busine...

Women In Chinese Culture: Historical Analysis

inasmuch as they were "fortunate to live at a time characterized by open-mindedness and liberal ideas" (Jianying, 2001). This exa...

Black Masculinity

exhibit the most extreme misogynistic trends. Girls are often scantily clad, and dance provocatively. They are often dubbed "hoes"...

Human Resource Strategy for Quality Service: The Hilton Group PLC

for tangible and intangible aspects of the service. Staff were encouraged to be innovative, however there was also a level of dece...

Creating a New Museum

long flight of steps towards the imposing architecture of the museum (Virtual tour, 2004). This building is characterized by Gre...

Finding Balance/Article Commentary

author emphasizes how the culture of collaboration supports and values the teachers on which learning depends. As a new teacher, ...

Futura Case Study

The economic future is one of the aspects that many commentators believe that they already know with some level of confidence. The...

Role of Culture/Mental Health Nursing

to work efficiently and effectively across cultural boundaries. This concept also encompasses not only the assumption that nurses,...

Self-Realization And The Liberal Arts: Assessing The Link

perceptional or inferential in nature (Studley 17). Contrarily, scientific approaches employ a very finite and empirical applicat...

The Importance Of Critical Thinking, Articulation And Self-Reflection In A "Still-Myopic National Culture"

of decision-making or to experience the decision-making process without the inclusion of critical thinking. Indeed, the two seemi...

Hedda Gabler by Ibsen: Culture of the Time

"terrible grand in her ways" (Ibsen I). Hedda is perhaps everything they assumed she would be. She is arrogant and above these p...

The Influence of Culture of Origin on Pay Preferences

to first examine the use of different payment methods and what it means. For example, one study shows a significant increase in th...

Religion and the Role of Women in the Middle East

gender equality is seen throughout the world and not limited to the Middle East (Kandiyoti, 1991). To assess the link between wo...

A New FDI Case Study

the US. However holiday patterns where changing, and while a decade ago the focus was on the US and Europe, this market was now ma...

Nimpkish, Yanomamö And Han: Foraging, Pastoral And Horticulture

without challenge - has indeed proven to be one of the most powerful standards of all cultures and one that has long been an integ...

Afghanistan and Iraq: Military and Culture

different culture and a different military entity. An important element to note in the nature or culture of the Afghanista...

Societal Causes of Divorce.

caught in the middle, though the authors point out that there are many tensions in Western marriages as well (Kung, Hung and Chan)...

Elephants, Rhinos, Kobs, Leopards And Buffalo: Communication In African Culture

of every family. For the most part the only way to relate this history from one generation to the next was through storytelling; ...

3M Case Study

and the increasing economic pressures meant a series of reorganisation were needed to bring costs back under control. The strategy...

Teamwork: Looking Back While Looking Ahead At Management Teamwork

ongoing quest to make the workplace a more effective environment, it has also become an ever-changing one in relation to its modif...

U.S. Culture and the Blues

the blues is slower and contains much depth of feeling. Later on, the acoustic urban would become electrified, but early on, there...

Innovation and Culture

see that innovation is more often than not, something that is associated with businesses, corporations, companies that strive to m...

Ancient Islam and Greece, Religion, Culture, and Science

was the force that recovered the information (Mathematics, 2005). In essence, in ancient times, "Scholarship supported science in ...

Relationship Between the Canadian State, Schools, and Employment

society has been recognized, at least, since the time in which Plato wrote The Republic, wherein Socrates is pictured as discussin...

Unprotected Sex

is an integral part of our self concept. Sexuality is much more than the specifics of an individuals biological makeup....

America as Viewed by Jonathan Swift

convinced that they have achieved unity between these often disparate political entities despite the obvious fact that nothing cou...