For my final project I chose to find concepts from the hit NBC show Parks and Recreation. It’s a comedy about Leslie Knope‚ and all her work mates doing their jobs the best way they know how to. They live in Pawnee Indiana‚ and work in the parks department of the government. Throughout the show there are many hidden sociology concepts. After learning about certain topics‚ and rewatching the show I was able to make connections to what we were learning in class. Some of the sociological concepts
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Home & Leisure – Home and home networks / Digital entertainment Smart homes a reality in S Korea The article is about apartment blocks in South Korea that have been built with smart technology. These smart homes allow the people who live there to control the appliances using a control panel. Using a remote‚ the person can access the IT system from outside and this is all with a system called HomeNet. Bills are paid automatically‚ using the person’s bank details which are held in a database in the
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The Evolution of Leisure Leisure has always been part of the human life‚ we use leisure as a form of entertainment and to have a break from the daily routine. This essay will discuss the evolution of how we have used leisure throughout history to current modern society in Greek and Roman leisure‚ the industrial revolution and how it has changed society‚ and general leisure patters over the last 1000 years. Leisure has been developed in every culture to distract us from the work and stress in our
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English 1A 23 October 2012 Word Hard‚ Play Hard Low paid workers and farmers losing everything‚ sounds like complete madness. In the book Stuffed and Starved by author Raj Patel‚ as well as the book Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser show similarities between how workers are paid low also working in bad conditions‚ and to carry along how farmers have become nothing more then people in debt and losing their land‚ and lastly how the NAFTA agreement between Canada‚ the U.S.‚ and Mexico has played
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Work Now‚ Play Later There comes a time in life where one is forced to make hard decisions. Among those hard decisions are those of choosing between your personal and public life. As a freshman in college now‚ I’ve come to the realization of choices I have to make. I find myself having moments where I’m surrounded by my peers who love to party‚ drink‚ and smoke and I’m completely uninterested. Though these choices are considered immoral being the age that I am‚ this is what I’m choosing in order
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Background Leisure time defines freedom provided by the cessation of activities; especially: time free from work or duties. Leisure‚ or free time‚ is time spent away from business‚ work‚ and domestic chores. It is also the periods of time before or after necessary activities such as eating‚ sleeping and‚ where it is compulsory‚ education. The distinction between leisure and unavoidable activities is loosely applied. A distinction may also be drawn between free time and leisure. Leisure is one’s discretionary
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Leisure activity and well-being among the elderly in Taiwan: Testing hypotheses in an Asian setting Z A C H A R Y Z I M M E R 1 & H U I - S H E N G LIN 2 Population Studies Center and Department of Sociology‚ University of Michigan‚ and Centre on Aging‚ University of Victoria; 2Research and Planning Division‚ Taiwan Provincial Institute of Family Planning‚ The Republic of China Abstract. Studies conducted in Western nations suggest hypotheses regarding the relationship between leisure activity
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woman’s ability to travel solo differs from a man’s and that there is a far greater level of acceptance of a man who wants to explore and travel solo than a woman. This gender inequality is not only seen in solo travelling but in many other areas of leisure however solo travel appears to be a good example of the disparity that occurs between the genders. A woman travelling alone is becoming increasingly common in today’s society as women wish to seek independence and travel the world to gain a new
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ANALYSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEISURE QUESTION 1 The Ancient Greek: “Leisure is an essential opportunity for the development of man and woman and the unity of body and mind” (Torkildsen‚ 1999) Leisure back in the Ancient Greek times was seen as a time to enjoy public entertainment and competitions and also to partake in professionalization sports. Though these were some of the many things the Greeks did for leisure back in those days‚ the most important form of leisure lead to “aesthetic‚ spiritual
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when we use internet 3. Internet is making people lazy and inactive 4. If we sit in front of computers for a long time it may affect our sight 5. Children are wasting valuable time on chatting and gaming online Essay: Use and abuse of leisure Leisure means the time when one is free from one’s routine
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