Creating child-friendly cities: lessons from Monstropolis Presented by Dr Paul Tranter Recorded at the National Museum of Australia‚ 27 October 2007 ISA MENZIES: It gives me great pleasure to welcome Dr Paul Tranter to the National Museum of Australia. This is part of the Museum’s programs for Children’s Week (20-28 October 2007). Thank you very much for coming. PAUL TRANTER: ‘Lessons from Monstropolis’ - if you haven’t seen the movie Monsters‚ Inc. (2001)‚ you might be wondering why Monstropolis
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Youth and the Media In "Lessons from Littleton: What Congress Doesn’t Want to Hear about Youth and the Media"‚ Henry Jenkins describes how violent entertainment is portrayed as a witch. He then continues to explain that something needs to be done about the "cultural pollution" that our teens are exposed to. Due to the many problems with the "scientific" approach to culture it is up to the parents to limit or control what or how much violent media their child takes in. I would have to agree
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however most students are against them. There has been a lot of controversy on whether or not we should have school uniforms by next fall. We as students believe uniforms take away freedom of choice‚ they are impractical‚ and a strict dress code would be a better alternative. First‚ school uniforms take away individualism. They do this by not allowing students to pick what they want to wear. They take away from students showing what they stand for or believe. When everyone has to wear the same thing we
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blink of an eye he‚ the child is on the floor with pain from a concussion. Is it worth for the pain for contact sports? According to Dictionary.com‚ “contact sports is any sports in which physical contact between players in an accepted part of play.” Some examples of contact sports is: football‚hockey;boxing and‚ basketball etc. Every year about 30 million children get injured from contact sports. Due to the potential for injuries in contact sports‚ children under age 18 shouldn’t be allowed to play
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languages to describe what to do when something unexpected happens. Common Exceptions: NullPointerException – this is attempt to access an attribute or method of an does not refer to an object. FileNotFoundException – this is attempt to read from a file that does not exit. NumberFormatException – this is attempt to parse a string into a number. ArithmeticException – this is the result of a divided-by-zero operation for integer. SecurityException – typically thrown in browser.
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by one person who operates it for his/her own profit. The majority types are found in the while-sale‚ service‚ construction industries and the retail. This retail is popularly known as the sari-sari stores. Typically‚ proprietors raise their capital from personal resources or by borrowing and they are solely responsible for all their business decisions. On the other hand‚ we also have partnerships which consist of two or more owners doing business together for profit. The most common types are finance
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Alcohol advertisements should be banned from TV Alcohol Advertisements is the promotion of alcohol beverages by alcohol producers through ads on TV and also in a variety of media. It is one of the most famous forms of marketing and it is one of the major businesses in today’s economy. The question is why alcohol advertisements should be banned from TV? One might say that children or young audience influence from observing parents’ behaviour and they are the significant role models to follow in
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What it Takes GEN/200- Foundations for General Education and Professional Success Steven Lopez June 28‚ 2013 WHAT IT TAKES For a young person the term personal responsibility is an abstract concept that is mostly learned the hard way. College is expensive and mentally hard‚ but going back to school while working full time and having a family of your own is especially rough. Personal responsibility is not only important for the individual but for society in general
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Argumentative Essay: Hand phones should be banned from schools Based on my opinion‚ I strongly believe that hand phones should be banned from schools. This is because the detrimental effect of students’ usage of hand phones in school weighs heavier than its benefits. Firstly‚ hand phones should be banned in school because students’ easily loses focus in class. Acquiring knowledge‚ learn something new and to educate one-self are the reasons students go to school. If learning is the priority
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LIST OF FIGURES Figure Pages 1 Conceptual Framework 8 2 Location Map of University of Rizal System Pililla 20 3 Gantt chart of activities 46 ABSTRACT This study primarily aimed to assess the Factors Affecting the Study Habits of BSBA Students in University of Rizal System Pililla School Year 2012-2013. The subjects of the study werethe 250 of the BSBA Students in University Of Rizal System Pililla school year 2012-2013. The instrument was consisted of two
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