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    Female Foeticide

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    The act of aborting or terminating a foetus while it’s still in the womb‚ because it is female‚ is known as female foeticide. This can be done after determining the sex of the child before it’s born‚ through ultrasound scans. Although‚ sex determination in India is illegal‚ the practice is rampant and has become a multi-million dollar industry. This process began in the early 1990s when ultrasound techniques gained widespread use in India. There was a tendency for families to continuously produce

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    Images Of Australia

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    representations of mates‚ bush‚ and beer – thus silencing the indigenous roots of Australia‚ women and the different ethnicities from the national identity. This traditional conception of Australian identity is often negatively bias‚ to create the image that all Australians are beer drinking‚ foul mouthed ‘bogans’. The text‚ “True Blue” and the television show “Bogan Hunters”‚ both depict why there should be no question that a modern national identity‚ needs to be formulated so as to encompass all

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    Female Education

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    of our society‚ a gender inequality exists in receiving education which is enacted to the females. This unwanted practice is continuing still in our society and hinders the progress of our nation. In our country‚ because of some old superstitions and customs‚ girls are deprived from many facilities which are cashed in on by males. Education is one of those. The parents think not to invest money to their female children rather than to the males. And that’s why; women of our country still can’t lead

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    Female Infantcide

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    declined and the decline was sharper for female children than a male children in the age groups 0-6 years‚” reported the “Children in India 2012- A Statistical Appraisal” conducted by the Central Statistical Organization. This developed a noticeably skewed child sex ratio. China’s One Child Policy‚ established by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in 1979‚ has led to the disdain of female infants‚ abortion‚ neglect‚ abandonment‚ and infanticide- known for the female infanticide rather than male. Though

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    Athletes Overpaid

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    Rhetorical Analysis In the article “Do Professional Athletes get paid too much?” by Mihir Bhagat‚ goes on to talk about different ways why athletes get over paid. He talks about the various athletes that get paid the most and compares what they do to what people in the economy make. He claims that they also teach people some bad things to look up too. Mihir does a great job explaining about when we pay athletes too much‚ what it can lead to and have an effect in the world. The article came

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    Incentives for Athletes

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    have a lot of experience. They can share their useful experience to the athlets. Besides‚ they also would give the most useful advice and guide them in their skills and technique. The foreign coach also could teach them the new technique so our athlete will not fall behind the advance level of other country. Professional foreign coach would also help athlets to find out their mistake made

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    Image Is Everything

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    Image is everything The piece “The Bully in the Mirror‚” by Stephen S. Hall‚ talks about the ongoing issue of appearance amongst young women in society and the disturbing trend amongst teenage men that has been rapidly growing. It also talks about a young man‚ Alexander who became obsessive with his appearance. In my opinion‚ it is crazy how fanatical people get over looking their finest. Alexander said‚ “The more you life the more you look in the mirror‚” (419). Hall talks about how when researching

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    Rhetoric Of Image

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    In ‘The Rhetoric of the Image’ Roland Barthes utilises an advertisement from Italian food company ‘Panzini’ in order to illustrate the three types of messages identifiable within an image. He describes these messages as ‘linguistic’‚ ‘non-coded’ and ‘coded’ messages. He identifies how images can hold significance for the reader beyond their literal meaning. Firstly‚ one can apply the first of three messages that Barthes articulates‚ the ‘linguistic’ message. The linguistic message can be described

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    Professional Athletes

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    Many professional athletes and entertainers get paid far more than most of today’s doctors and veterinarians. It makes it seem like their positions are better than a doctor’s or teacher’s position. It upsets many of the workers who try to insure health‚ education‚ and agriculture. It can also put low-salary workers to shame. I disagree with the athletes’ and entertainers’ high salary because it makes them seem more important than other professional workers‚ it makes them richer than other professional

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    Female Soccer Players

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    10. Kelly Smith 9. Hanna Ljungberg Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Images The popularity of women’s soccer has increased exponentially since the inaugural Women’s World Cup in 1991‚ and with the improved quality of play has come a steady stream of great players over the years. This is our list of the 10 greatest female soccer players ever. Most of these names you’ll recognize‚ whether you’ve followed the game only in America or on the world stage. Who would make your top 10? Let us know in the comments

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