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Explore if there is a difference between the Hindu understanding of Yoga and the Western practice of Yoga. Should the term be included in that “Closer Look” section about misunderstandings of Hindu terms? Why or why not?

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“A Closer Look” section on page 75 of the textbook, there is a conversation about popular misunderstandings of Hindu terms in the West (North America and Europe). Terms such as Karma, Mantra, Guru, and Avatar have religious meanings in Hinduism, but have acquired secular meanings in the West. One term missing from this conversation is Yoga. Explore if there is a difference between the Hindu understanding of Yoga and the Western practice of Yoga. Should the term be included in that “Closer Look” section about misunderstandings of Hindu terms? Why or why not? Before writing on this topic, you should research the Hindu understanding of Yoga. This is because you are required to do research in association with each of the discussion topics so that you can provide well-informed opinions

Is globalism a desirable feature of the contemporary world? Is nationalism a primarily positive or negative force?

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The objective of this assignment is to research what various authorities have to say on a given subject and to develop an opinion based on the research that you’ve gathered.
Information on how to write and structure an argumentative essay, from Charlton and Barker, is included as a separate document for your review. Essay topics are noted below; anyone wishing to write on an alternate topic must receive instructor permission to do so by July 1st.
Essay Topics:Is globalism a desirable feature of the contemporary world? Is nationalism a primarily positive or negative force?  Should the electoral system in Canada be reformed? What accounts for the under-representation of women in Canada’s parliament and legislatures? Is economic growth and environmental sustainability at odds? Has multiculturalism been successful in promoting the integration of immigrants and minority groups into the Canadian social, political, and economic fabric?Is capitalism positively or negatively linked to democracy?Is terrorism always morally reprehensible? Or does the justness of the end cause legitimize the use of terrorist means? Should the electoral college in the United States be abolished?

Return to Contents within Pearson Revel, choose Chapter 4, then watch the Closer Look on the Bull Leaping Fresco. Discuss the Minoan approach to representation of the figure. In what ways is it similar to Egyptian art, in what ways different?

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Week 2 Writing Assignment.
Due No Due Date Points 10 Submitting a text entry box
For Chapter 3: Choose PEARSON REVEL from the tool bar at the left side of the page. Open the table of Contents. Once there, choose Chapter 3, then watch the Closer Look on the Palette of Narmer. Discuss the traditional pictorial conventions for representing the ruler in ancient Egypt.

For Chapter 4: Return to Contents within Pearson Revel, choose Chapter 4, then watch the Closer Look on the Bull Leaping Fresco. Discuss the Minoan approach to representation of the figure. In what ways is it similar to Egyptian art, in what ways different?

Assess the validity of each of these dispositions. Wendy’s estate includes 25,000 shares in East End Widgets Ltd; £5 million in her bank account; and a large house in Kensington. Discount the possibility that any of the dispositions could be considered charitable in nature. 

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Wendy, a very successful celebrity chef and media personality, died last month. Her Will contains the following dispositions:

  1. a) The income of 10,000 shares in East End Widgets Ltd to be held on trust for the surviving members of my old school rowing team;
  2. b) My house is to be set aside, for as long as the law allows, as a place of respite for exhausted Michelin-starred chefs and their respective employees;
  3. c) My trustees may use some of my residuary estate to assist my closest friends and my relatives with their daily living expenses, if they should happen to fall on hard times;
  4. d) The remainder of my estate shall be distributed as my trustees shall think fit in their absolute discretion among the current students of Midway University who have the strongest proposals for reversing climate change, in the opinion of the Chief Executive of ‘Climate Alarm’.

Assess the validity of each of these dispositions. Wendy’s estate includes 25,000 shares in East End Widgets Ltd; £5 million in her bank account; and a large house in Kensington. She was a member of several rowing teams at Mile End High School in the early 1980s; attended Midway University in the 1990s; and an active member of ‘Climate Alarm’, a privately run environmental Non-Governmental Organisation based in London. Students are advised to discount the possibility that any of the dispositions could be considered charitable in nature.

Do you agree or disagree that telehealth is cold and impersonal? What are the advantages of telehealth? What are the disadvantages of telehealth?

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When Janel Wood’s 9-year-old son recently began experiencing migraines, the working mother decided to try a new company health care program that allowed her to communicate with a doctor through videoconferencing, voice over IP and instant messaging.

While her son was home for lunch, Wood logged onto a local medical practice’s website and connected via videoconferencing and IM with the doctor on duty, who then reviewed her son’s electronic medical record, or EMR, online. The doctor sent Wood links to migraine articles and podcasts and prescribed more hydration for her son, which worked overtime. “I ended up bringing [my son] back to school before missing any classes, which he was kind of bummed about. It was so quick and efficient,” Wood said. Read the article and answer the following:

Do you agree or disagree that telehealth is cold and impersonal?

What are the advantages of telehealth?

What are the disadvantages of telehealth?

What other industries could benefit from this type of technology?

Not less than 350 words of your answers. Make sure you label each question with the question number. Use APA style if you cite other resources.

Go to the websites of at least two different airlines. Check the prices of a flight for each airline approximately three weeks from “now.” Then check the prices for the same flights in less than a week, in one week and in two weeks. Write a report on your findings and what they tell you about airline pricing.

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In Chapter 9, we learned about how airlines use yield management pricing to ensure that every seat is filled on every flight, thus maximizing profits. Go to the websites of at least two different airlines. Check the prices of a flight for each airline approximately three weeks from “now.” Then check the prices for the same flights in less than a week, in one week and in two weeks. Write a report on your findings and what they tell you about airline pricing.

2. Do a little research and find an example of a firm that attempted to sell a product or set of products online and failed.

What do you believe are the key factors that led to the failure?

What could the firm have done differently to increase the chances for success?

If you found a USB/flash drive in a computer lab how would you do? Should you plug it into your computer and read the information? If you do plug the drive into your computer, what would you look for in order to identify who it belongs to?

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What would you do if you lost your flash drive?

If you found a USB/flash drive in a computer lab how would you do? Should you plug it into your computer and read the information? If you do plug the drive into your computer, what would you look for in order to identify who it belongs to?

What are some of the issues you could have if you do plug in the flash drive… to any computer?

What if the drive has all of the salaries of everyone who works at the university? What if the drive has grades for every student in a class or a group of classes? What would you do?

 

Critically analyze a retail organization/company in the UK by carrying out an external environmental analysis using appropriate international marketing theory.

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These tasks consists of critically analysing and evaluating the strategy of an organisation with a view to recommending strategic options for further growth and international expansion.

Your first task is to critically analyse a retail organisation/company in the UK by carrying out an external environmental analysis using appropriate international marketing theory. Using secondary research of the organisation/company and country, you are also required to evaluate the wider and competitive environments.

Bearing in mind the current state of the global economy, and your earlier analysis of your chosen organisation in your chosen country, research a different foreign market of your choice using international market research theory. Then, based on your own secondary research of that market, segment, target and position your chosen organisation in that market to allow the company to grow and sustain competitive advantage.

Describe the cultural identity of a particular cultural group and how the culture’s identity is represented symbolically in the culture’s communication patterns, values, language, architecture, pastimes, art, relational roles, societal systems, behaviors, etc.

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1. Describe the cultural identity of a particular cultural group and how the culture’s identity is represented symbolically in the culture’s communication patterns, values, language, architecture, pastimes, art, relational roles, societal systems, behaviors, etc. (Comp 2.1 Interpret the meaning of symbols across cultures.).

2. Compare and contrast symbolic representations of a particular cultural group via media channels in that culture, in the U.S. media, and academic research findings.

3. Evaluate the role of mass media channels in intercultural communication. What impact do mass media have on intercultural perceptions and interactions?

4. Project must have a minimum of five scholarly sources.

Compare your assigned countries homicide statistics to the United States and Germany. How does crime compare between your assigned country and the United States and Germany?

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  1. Current Events

Incorporating library databases and Internet research, conduct a news search on your assigned country (Canada) and criminal justice related issues, type a paragraph summary of at least

six (6) news articles, and cite the article in the text of your analysis and at the end of the assignment in proper APA format. Your news articles should be recent(within the last three (3) years). Some News Sources database include (but are not limited to) LexisNexis,

World News Connection, and Newswires. Internet news searches should include BBC World News,

The Economist, The Guardian and The New York Times.

  1. Statistics

For the second part of the paper you will collect, analyze and compare homicide statistics compiled by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). First, collect longitudinal homicide statistics on your assigned country (including historical and the most recent years available). Second, analyze your countries homicide statistics by answering the following questions:

  • Do you believe the crime statistics in your assigned country are reliable? Why or why not?
  • Has homicide increased, decreased or remained constant for the selected years?
  • From your research, can you speculate why crime has decreased, increased or remained constant?

Finally, compare your assigned countries homicide statistics to the United States and

Germany for the same period. Create a small chart comparing all three countries. How

does crime compare between your assigned country and the United States and Germany?

In your opinion, why does your assigned country have less or more crime than the United States?