Week 3 Team Assignment Discuss why media is more than just entertainment. Music Music has become more than just a form of entertainment over the years. It has become an art form for people to express themselves and has even spread into other forms of the media. Lately‚ music videos‚ dancing‚ and the internet have all had an influence on the cultural aspect of music. Music can be a way for people to tell their own stories through song lyrics. They could communicate a message or get some
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British Petroleum (PLC) and John Browne: A Culture of Risk Beyond Petroleum Strayer BUS 519 October 30‚ 2011 Abstract The image as well as the operational business reputation of a corporation is critical to the survivability of the corporation in today’s business world. This reputation is even more critical when a business has is known globally with holdings and operations around the world. Such is the case with British Petroleum (BP)
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important but controversial issue in America‚ and it has been for years‚ as it affects the lives of every person living in the country. One person in particular stands against the war he lives to experience the effects of: the Vietnam War. In his speech‚ “Beyond Vietnam - A Time to Break Silence‚” Martin Luther King Jr. presents a persuasive argument against America’s involvement in the Vietnam War through his word choice and anecdotal evidence. King provides descriptions of America’s condition during the
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Beyond the Bounds of Historiography: Reconstructing the Transitory Phases of Africa in African Poetry By Akwu Sunday Victor Holds a BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature from the Department of English and Literary Studies‚ Kogi State University‚ PMB 1008‚ Anyigba‚ Nigeria. He is the author of Breaking the Cycle of Silence [play] and editor: New Voices from the Confluence: An Anthology of Creative Writing [Anthology] and a private researcher. Abstract Poetry as an art form is not
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Beyond language: the postmodern poetics of Ang Lee’s adaptation of Lust/ Caution Shaoyan Ding Abstract Based on Robert Stam’s notion of filmic adaptation as a cultural critique and through a detailed analysis of the postmodernist styles of intertextuality‚ dissolving the history‚ parodic representation‚ and the body narrative in the filmic text‚ this article argues that Ang Lee’s film Lust/Caution (2007) adapted from Eileen Chang’s fiction Lust‚ caution is a re-creation embedded with subtle
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An idealist is someone who strives for perfection without considering the practicalities. A realist on the other hand‚ has a firm grip on reality and cannot be swayed by impractical ideas. In Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer‚ a Man Who Would Cure the World‚ written by Tracey Kidder‚ Pa2ul Farmer is portrayed as a realist and an idealist. Farmer’s actions demonstrate realism as he does what he can to provide treatment to his patients‚ whilst acknowledging the limitations of
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morality; however‚ the corporation itself is not a moral agent (Klaus M. Leisinger). The discussion that follows is about corporations being moral agents or otherwise; however I will reach a conclusion that corporations do have an obligation that extends beyond obeying the law; evens so this obligation have been derived from the corporations quest for profit making. Corporation’s obligation A corporate company has social responsibilities that affect the public and their business is society’s business even
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Higher Education in India: Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012–2017) and beyond FICCI Higher Education Summit 2012 Contents 1. Foreword 2. Executive summary 3. Higher education in India: on a high growth trajectory 4. Challenges continuing to plague the sector 5. Twelfth Five Year Plan: strategic framework and key initiatives to address these challenges 6. Way forward: an enabling environment is critical for equitable and quality growth 7. Glossary 8
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McCarthy’s novel The Road is about man’s inherent altruism in a world of selfishness. To what extent is this true in the case of “the man”? The man in The Road is portrayed as a very religious individual‚ this is indisputable. One could deduce from this that therefore he is selfless in protecting his son and carrying on in the times in which he finds himself. This viewpoint contrasts with the one that the man is selfish with his actions‚ doing everything to survive and not helping anyone he meets
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Riverside Church in New York City‚ New York to deliver a speech concerning the current situation and the Vietnam War. From the first sentence of the speech it is evident why Martin Luther King Jr. is there‚ and what side he is on. In Kings’ speech Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence‚ while King used terms and phrases that were appropriate and understood by the audience present that day‚ but for the ears of the general public the speech may have been too bold to be accepted. After reading through
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