Throughout the history, Indian media remained mostly independent. It was used as a mouthpiece and spokesperson of the government, the only time was during the emergency but after the end of the emergency era, the media emerged as an even stronger unbiased industry. Still media is a very strong industry, which performs very vital role in government policies; it has a role in major decisions by any companies or government. Globalization had its set of impacts on the Indian media....
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As Singapore continue to progress and prosper, health issues will forever be a cause of concern for us. From Statistics, one in nine Singaporeans has diabetes. Almost twenty-four percent of Singaporeans have high blood pressure. Singapore Promotion Board, a government organisation committed to promoting healthy living in Singapore, has also implemented a few measures to encourage individuals in order to improve their lifestyle which will improve health issues of Singaporeans. One of the programs is the Healthy 365 mobile application...
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Things Fall Apart was known in its time as an extremely original book. It is responsible for the boom in African-written stories that drastically changed perspectives of African colonization and life. Not only was it known for being a novel that inspired African authors to write their own stories, it was also a unique blend of African storytelling techniques and imitations of English poems and books. Despite this innovative style, many argue that it takes the form of a classical...
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You and your father are visiting his fiancée and her son at their townhouse in Sanford, Florida. You decided to got to the corner store to get some snacks. It’s cold and raining outside so you put on your grey hoodie and put your hood on your head. You decide to walk to the store because it’s a short walk. While your walking you admire the houses as you pass them. You finally get to the store and buy your...
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Of Mice and Men (1937), a quintessential masterpiece of American literature. Have you read it? Didn't think so. It’s a rarity to find someone who’s an avid fan of classics, they’re usually just too boring for mainstream audiences, but here’s the thing: Of Mice and Men is different from all the self-proclaimed ‘classics’ because it’s actually interesting. The concerns tackled in John Steinbeck’s novella are numerous, intriguing and extremely relevant to a modern audience. It explores issues like racism and...
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Marijuana also known as cannabis is a herb of greenish-gray mixture of dried flowers of Cannabis sativa. Some people smoke marijuana like cigarettes. Marijuana is used in various things like brewing tea, medicinal purposes, sometimes mixed into foods which are edibles such as brownies, cookies, or candies whereas strong form of marijuana is used in ingredients like honeylike hash oil, waxy budder, and hard amberlike shatter (National Institute in Drug Abuse (Advancing Addiction Science), 2018). People are changing their perception...
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'If it takes censorship to ensure that the book is still widely read,' novelist Francine Prose argued in January 2011, 'it might not be the worst thing.” Even though Author's words are carefully chosen, others state changing them essentially changes the work itself, classic works of literature should be edited to make them less offensive, because It makes it more accessible to the newer generation without being preoccupied by the offensive term and considering that tweaking classic literature to meet...
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INTRODUCTION Culture is the main source of influence when it comes to perspectives, values, decisions and choices. Every country has its own distinctive beliefs, ways of thinking and manner of doing things, all of these peculiar factors put together is what makes up a country’s culture identity. Living in a multicultural country, we meet different people everyday with different cultures from us and it is highly important to be able to discover or meet at a certain point when differences,...
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Violence on children or kids from a young age can affect them psychologically in the future. Upto 80% of the children that go through abuse or violence in their childhood end up with medical conditions either being therapy or antidepressant pills. Despite using a little violence on children in order to discipline them many cases which usually report child abuse its aminly due to financial stress or unemployment. Most people who go through issues such as financial stress unemployment tend...
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Twelfth Night explores the concept of gender identity by Shakespeare’s use of masking and role play. Through multiple characters, he causes the reader to contemplate gender identity and the nature of the self. Cesario and Viola’s transitioning suggests multiple different concepts that are researched throughout the story, such as Cesario’s romantical issues with Olivia and Duke Orsino or the role play of different characters. Twelfth Night deeply explores the concepts of gender, masking and role play through the character of...
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Broadcast media has become a major vessel for imparting information as nearly sixty percent of Americans use it as their primary source. Since the 1970’s criminologists and sociologists have measured the effects of crime on viewer’s tenets. Several studies have been done that show that increased viewership of crime instills fear, stereotypes and bias. (Alitavoli and Kaveh, 2018;Gilliam and Iyengar,2000; Soothill, 1998). It is understood that the media exploits its audiences’ values, beliefs and emotions to influence social construction. In...
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In May this year, a bill offering protection from attacks committed against police officers on the basis of “actual or perceived status” was enacted in the United States, and all 50 states are allowed to impose penalties for such an offense. Then, just this October, a call to consider crimes motivated by misandry, or the hostility toward men, was pushed in England after a Member of Parliament, Stella Creasy, campaigned for misogyny, or hostility toward women, to be treated as...
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The Oxford Dictionary defines the word moral as “A lesson that can be derived from a story or experience, or Standards of behaviour; principles of right and wrong” (Oxford University Press [online] 2019). When this is mixed with religion does having faith really determine if you have more morals that someone who doesn’t? A practising Christian would argue that the moral code as defined by the Christian Bible teaches them the difference between what is morally right and wrong. Whereas...
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“There’s no place like home” is often referred to as a symbol to show the importance of home to a person. Setting, as it is used throughout the story, has a significant impact on the main character of the novel. In the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, setting is a crucial factor towards Huck Finn as a character: These essential settings include the widow's house, Pap's cabin, and the raft. In the novel, the widow’s house...
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The story Jon by George Saunders revolves around the main character's experience in a dystopian world as it is written in first person limited. The main character's name is Randy, however he insists that people call him Jon, because that was the name that his mother gave him before she supposedly died. Jon lives in a government facility with other children his same age isolated from the world. However this facility is seen as the perfect place to be by...
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As everyone starts to grow up, they begin to develop their own identity, as well as begin to identify their moral values. Through methods like lying, as shown by the character Huckleberry Finn in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, we can see how a person develops and changes. Lying and its effects is one of the main points of the book. In the novel, Mark Twain has a plethora of characters lie and deceive to show its...
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In the play, ¨Hamlet ¨ the main character, Hamlet struggles to deal with his father´s death and the recent marriage between his mother and uncle , causing Hamlet to spiral. This may all be to blame by Hamlet’s apparent Oedipus Complex and his unconscious verses his conscious mind. Through out the play William Shakespear proves how Hamlet’s madness leads him to his unfortunate ending. Shakespeare's play, “Hamlet” has very similar elements to the Greek Myth, Oedipus Rex. In the late...
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In the world of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury the government is in complete control over information and news. Books have been banned and firemen once used to protect the public by putting out fires now serve to censure the information by burning books. Instead of water meant to put out fire and to save people. The firemen now possess flame throwers that destroy books The government exercises far to much control over information and regularly lies to the public....
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Through the years, the wage pay between men and women has lessened by 21.3%; however, women in 2018 were still making around 20% less than their male counterparts.Through this paper you will see how gender pay gap is a result of discrimination. How one's race can also be a result of wage discrimination or even what jobs you can apply to work at. How your schooling or where you came from can result is pay gap. There is a large...
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Good health is the key to carrying out one’s functions in the society. Hindered with this vital property of life, maximizing one’s potential growth and questing for one’s personal objective would be a difficult endeavor (Importance of Good Health, 2017). May the aspect be on occupational success, socio-emotional space, or personality building, health touches the over-all well-being of a person. Despite this wholesome ideal, a surfacing problem called obesity is on the run in diminishing social functions. Facing the world...
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According to a new Pew research Center survey, the results stated that every six out of ten Americans, or 62% say the use of marijuana should be legalized (Geiger). Legalizing marijuana would result in the increase in tax revenue, a growth in income and jobs, a rise in investment opportunities, and an overall decrease in federal debt. The debate whether legalizing marijuana will destroy the economy or if it will essentially help the economy will always be a heated controversy....
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Being a risk taker, being principled, and being caring are traits that both Rudy and the MYP learner profile traits have in common. At the start of the movie, Rudy shows that he is a risk taker by traveling to South Bend in the middle of the night to see if there is any way he could play on the football team (Anspaugh). He took the risk to leave his job and his family and everyone he knows and loves...
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As business continues to grow in the legal marijuana sector, there are many aspects to consider for the overall push towards federal legalization. The numbers keep rolling in, and you’d be hard pressed to argue that the marijuana industry isn’t one of the fastest growing industries in the country right now. Ever since the inception of recreational sales started back in 2012 (Colorado and Washington leading the way), the now 7 legal states and Washington DC have record numbers of...
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Being able to express oneself is a quality that makes a person who they are and determines what role they play in society. In the beginning of the book Montag lacks individual self-expression which is why he is clearly unhappy. Bradbury writes “Nobody listens anymore. I can't talk to the walls because they're yelling at me, I can't talk to my wife; she listens to the walls. I just want someone to hear what I have to say. And maybe...
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The main focus of this research study was to study the phenomenon of price discrimination in the business universities. For this purpose Dainora Grundey & Ingrida Griesiene selected two business universities of Lithuania (Europe). A comparative analysis of both universities discloses that pricing strategies differ from university to university. They targeted the tertiary education (post-secondary education), as governors and administrators seek profitability as well, taking into account various important factors, such as Economic crisis; Demographical crisis i-e shrinking educational market...
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The problem with surviving is feeling a responsibility to live a life in a way that is “worthy” for those who passed away in their presence. The novel The Catcher in the Rye demonstrates shows a teenager trying to be true to himself while facing the issues of growing up, his self-destructiveness, and most importantly, accepting the death of his younger brother Allie. Phoebe, Holden Caulfield’s little sister, who serves not only as a guide for the readers when Holden...
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One of the main reasons that books are banned across America is because of the numerous racial slurs, vulgarity, and treatment of women used in books. Is this enough to ban them? Some parents agree with the use of these things in “Of Mice and Men” while others do not. American Experiences said that it teaches ethical and moral issues, they have noticed at their school, they have kids that are protective over those who have special needs. Other parents...
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Today, our society is accustomed to vast changes in perspective of sexuality and new challenges of sexual norms. It appears these perspectives are new, but these changing perspectives can be traced back to the Middle Ages. These topics are illustrated through many works of literature. Two texts that best exemplify topics of sexual politics are Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Both works were transformative of perspectives on these topics in their respective publication periods. Their...
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The Zodiac Killer is perhaps one of the most mind-boggling serial killers to have graced the United States. To this day we are unaware of his identity. He started killing in the 1960’s-1970’s. Jake Gyllenhaal starred in the movie “Zodiac” and played a man by the name of Robert Graysmith. We learn a lot about the Zodiac Killer and how he operates theoretically but never his true identity. The Zodiac killer committed multiple murders classifying him as one of the...
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Ageing is not a disease, but it is a process. Nonetheless, due to risky behaviors, genetic factors, social environment or personalities, ageing may be correlated with some worsening in senses and non-communicable diseases.1 Elderly people encountered physical and mental problems.1 The United Nations (UN) defines elderly by 60 years but World Health Organization (WHO) defines elderly, not by time (years), but by new roles, loss of previous roles, or inability to contribute effectively to society. In Myanmar, elderly means the...
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