November 30‚ 2012 Soda Pop More and more young people are experiencing hypertension and childhood obesity‚ and because of which are seemingly becoming more prone to various diseases (Should Government Tax Sugary Drinks?). Many take a stand on the issue‚ as New York for example no longer allows the use of trans fats in their restaurants. Still the cost of unhealthy food has remained nearly the same‚ while the cost of a high yield diet has soared beyond that of the rate of inflation (Should Government
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Pop Culture Popular culture is your friend. Popular culture is good for you. Today consumers are the dictators. The people have spoken and we wish to be satisfied with something more substantial than "Perfect Strangers" and The Monkees. And we have that now‚ for the most part. In his article "Watching TV Makes You Smarter‚" Steven Johnson argues that culture today is far different from that of the glory days of the 1970s. Culture today is more demanding cognitively. He introduces what he calls
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How To Make Cake Pops What is a cake pop? A cake pop is basically a cake in lollipop form. They can be shaped into any desired form‚ such as a flower‚heart‚ or round. Nowadays‚ they are more popular than the conventional cupcake. There are several steps needed to make cake pops. The first step is to gather all the ingredients. One of the most important items is to buy cake mix and
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“And the Band Played on” (1993) shows the early stages of the Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) epidemic in the United States. The movie starts in a village on the banks of the Ebola River in Zaire where Dr. Don Francis‚ an idealistic epidemiologist‚ discovers the residents dead due to an illness later determined as Ebola hemorrhagic fever. He is then hunted by the images of mass deaths when he joins in the research on AIDS. Personal interests between the doctors of the Centers for Disease
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Juniors‚ then you might know what K Pop is. K Pop or Korean Pop is one of the famous genres of music not only in South Korea‚ but also here in the Philippines. Every music channel in the television plays a K Pop song. What’s with this K Pop that made a lot of people‚ especially girls‚ become crazy with it? And if you’re thinking that this K Pop thing is for little girls only‚ think again. When asked why she loves K Pop‚ Darmie Coronel‚ 25‚ said “I like K Pop because i find their songs nice even
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“The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you’re already dead.” [The Band of Brothers] In 1942‚ the U.S. army assembled a volunteer parachute regiment to jump behind enemy lines. Embedded in this unit was a company of men who landed to fight at the forefront of the war in Europe. That company was Easy Company. The brave men parachuted behind enemy lines in the early hours of D-Day in support of the landings at Utah beach and much more. Doing so‚ the company sustained one of the highest casualty
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change. It is found everywhere around us and evolves over time and is influenced by the things that we experience‚ see and the ones that we are taught. Popular culture is synonymous with youth culture because the youth are most often the drivers of pop culture. In Kenya over 65% of the population (estimated at 3.8 million) is made up of the youth aged between 15 and 35 years. Many of these young people are in school and in training institutions and it is everyone’s desire to nurture and stimulate
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OF POPULAR MUSIC Pop Music 1950-2000 Timeline This essay is aimed to portray a music timeline. In this essay i am going to discuss how pop music has developed from the 1950’s through to the early 2000’s. Upon reading this essay‚ you will notice that there is a significant link between music and society‚ this being related to marketing and audiences‚ and also focusing on controversy and dispute relating to sexual acts and various slip-ups among the most successful and famous pop/rock stars. Over the
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progression; a development of the human mind‚ body and soul. After all‚ we are our own sovereign. The Hypordemic Syringe Model The audience is the front runner of pop culture mainly because it is the main consumer. They ideally become a point of influence for its production and reproduction. As such‚ the differential aspects and appeal of pop culture‚ lies wherein the vein of what is popular amongst people; what “sells" and what does not. Popular culture becomes a classic over time‚ carrying with it
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word and part of pop culture‚ but say the word to a person speaking another language and it’s understood. Movies have changed dramatically too‚ before gore‚ sex‚ and violence‚ were more often time than not‚ rated R but now can be seen in PG-13 movies‚ younger generations are being exposed to more and more because of pop culture like the tv or internet have made it more acceptable and common for something like that to be. Because of this countries are trying to block out American pop culture‚ in order
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