times! Any person‚ even if they don’t have experience in theater probably know it’s bad to utter the words “good luck.” Instead‚ people say the phrase “break a leg.” Historians believe it originated in Shakespearean times when stages were supported by thin legs. When a great show caused a ruckus‚ one of the legs of the stage would break” (Harkin). Actors and actresses have also considered the word “Macbeth” to be very unlucky. In fact that in some theaters‚ no one is to say “Macbeth” unless it’s during
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Pros and Cons of Drug Testing Welfare Recipients The argument of whether those who wish to receive or are receiving welfare‚ unemployment benefits or food stamps should be drug tested. There is a popular theory believing that having recipients tested will save taxpayers money. Researching this subject revealed surprising facts and insight of both accounts. Value of Facts The main question needing asked if the drug testing costs outweigh the possible welfare program savings. My research findings
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The moral theory of utilitarianism consists of welfarism‚ a theory of the good‚ and consequentialism‚ a theory of the right. Utilitarianism dictates that a moral action is one whose results bring about the greatest amount of welfare for all relevant parties. Though‚ at first glance‚ utilitarianism may be appealing (Who can disagree with the claim that promoting the welfare of all members of society is the right thing to do?)‚ upon further reflection‚ it is clear that utilitarianism has a few shortcomings—namely
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from this? Many pros easily flow out of the First Amendment. One pro is the freedom of expression; the expressions that can either contribute to opinions about political views that may or not involve our country‚ personal beliefs‚ and personal actions (“The Pros and Cons
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Ever since the 1960s‚ there has been an influx of high-income populations moving into urban areas from the suburbs. This phenomenon was coined ‘gentrification’ by sociologist Ruth Glass in 1964 to describe “the movement of upscale (mostly white) setters into rundown (mostly minority) neighborhoods” (Hampson). Proposition 555 has stated that in order to increase government funding and provide citizens a better life with a cleaner environment and safer community‚ the process of gentrification would
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Eugenics: Diversity Beware Eugenics is a word derived from the roots of the Greek words meaning “good” and “origin‚” and originated from the author Francis Galton in the year 1869‚ in his book Hereditary Genius (Bouche and Rivard 2014). Eugenics is a form of artificial selection‚ and is the science of enhancing a population‚ specifically human populations‚ through regulated breeding of only those who are perceived to contain superior genes (Bouche and Rivard 2014). The idea behind the use of eugenics
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advertising to reach potential candidates‚ particularly through internal recommendations and friends of friends of existing employees. Word-of-mouth networks are now increasingly digitised‚ so companies are increasingly turning to social media for recruitment – sometimes using it as their sole external advertising for roles. Here is a closer look at the pros and cons of using social media platforms for recruiting efforts: Targeted audience This is the number one reason businesses will advertise via social
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The Pros and Cons of Using Social Media.. In today’s society‚ billions of people across the world are accessing the internet multiple times a day. Why wouldn’t they? Many people have the internet on their smart phones‚ and at the touch of a button can check their email‚ their Twitter‚ their Facebook‚ their bank account balance‚ you name it. Any social networking site or application‚ actually‚ whether it be Facebook‚ Twitter‚ Instagram‚ Tumblr‚ Youtube or something similar‚ it seems to easily suck
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This article is intended as a companion piece to our other article on drug and alcohol testing programmes. It aims to give a brief introduction to some of the common positives and negatives‚ pros and cons that can be encountered when organisations decide to implement testing programmes in their workplaces. Pros of Drug and Alcohol Testing. Increased Safety: Drug testing in the workplace can make the workplace a safer place to be for employees and customers alike. In safety critical industries this
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Bibliography... 13 1. Executive Summary Microsoft is a computer business company. It is famous for software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems‚ Microsoft Office suite‚ and Internet Explorer web browser. It is the world ’s largest software maker measured by revenues. Also Microsoft has a new development strategy in recent year which approaching to smart-phone industry. Microsoft built on the partnership with Nokia since 2011‚ and the significantly
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