Rob Shields became Professor of Sociology in the “Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies” at the Carleton University Canada. Later he became Professor in the Department of “Sociology of Art and Design”. Focused on Urban Cultural Studies in specific Urban Spaces‚ he specialized on the building of environment and the change on local an cultural identities. In 1997 he published the journal of "Space an Culture". A Book about Consumption-forms and Spaces of Lifestyle Shopping was published in 1993. Another
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Formal complaint filed about Mayor Rob Ford’s use of staff A Toronto man has filed a complaint against Mayor Rob Ford with the city’s integrity commissioner‚ alleging improper use of influence and city property. His complaints stem from allegations outlined in a police document released in court and in media reports. Ray Fredette‚ 62‚ filed his formal complaint to the Office of the Integrity Commissioner last week‚ claiming that Mr. Ford broke the council code of conduct by using city-paid staff
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The Pursuit of Happyness Based on the real life story‚ Chris Gardner goes through many challenges to become a stockbroker. Even though the title is The Pursuit of Happyness ‚ Chris faces many depressing times and sad ones as well. The movie focuses on an average African American man chasing his dreams while taking care of his son. Just when you think things are getting better for Chris‚ they only get worse. As Chris and his son Christopher move from place to place to eventually being homeless
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trusted by the public. This also applies to our very own trusted banks. JP Morgan Chase a trusted financial institution has included itself on the list of corporate crimes. These crimes include but are not limited to rigging bids for personal investments‚ home insurance fraud‚ and overcharging the military veterans. As a result‚ Chase illegally pocketed millions of dollars from taking advantage of their clients. What makes this case very intriguing is that Chase is one of the top banks in America. Their
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e Study Morgan-Moe’s Drug Stores Morgan-Moe’s Drug Stores 6 month study on Performance Management System Problem: Due to customers spending less‚ low commodity purchases‚ and location closers employees at Morgan-Moe’s drug store have been insecurity about their jobs was taking a toll on attitudes. Objective: Over the last 6 months‚ stores throughout the company have used a performance management system to boost morale‚ respond to employees’ sense of hopelessness and fear‚ and
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Morgan Koops is a middle aged female living in the United States. She recently went to get a new Social Security Card and was denied. They were able to discover that she was originally from Russia‚ but was given up for adoption at a young age. Her birth files and certificates were destroyed from an aftermath of the Cold War in 1992. The U.S. Adoption Agency has contacted us to try and find out‚ who her birth parents are. They have given us five couples that are possibly the birth parents of
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In the beginning of the documentary it showed an experiment that was conducted in 1961‚ by a psychologist from Yale University named Dr. Stanley Milgram. The purpose of this “obedience study” was to observe an individual’s willingness to inflict pain when ordered to do so. The participants were required to use a machine to shock other person in a different room. What the participants did not know that the shocks were fake and the victim was an actor. Despite the fact that the participants knew that
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Parsons revisited: from the sick role to . . . ? Simon J. Williams University of Warwick‚ UK health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health‚ Illness and Medicine Copyright © 2005 SAGE Publications (London‚ Thousand Oaks and New Delhi) DOI: 10.1177/1363459305050582 1363-4593; Vol 9(2): 123–144 A B S T R AC T This article revisits Parsons’ insights on medicine‚ health and illness in the light of contemporary debates in medical sociology and beyond. A preliminary balance
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to Appreciate the Servants Some years ago‚ the thought of the opposition leader of the Zimbabwean MDC-T party‚ Morgan Tsvangirai invoked fear‚ respect‚ invincibility…. and indeed‚ hopes for a new Zimbabwe. He was the epitome of a fresh start from a 34year old uninterrupted and often controversial rule of the ZANU-PF under the iron fist of 90 year old President Robert Gabriel Mugabe. Morgan Tsvangirai was‚ indeed‚ the untouchable darling and the anointed choice of some Western governments‚ to succeed
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A recent film that I have studied in class has managed to unsettle me‚ to change my views about major issues such as gender and family I found Billy Elliot to be a moving and uplifting film about motherless Billy fulfilling his dream of becoming a ballet dancer‚ in the process overcoming the objections of his father and brother. By setting the movie in the context of a mining community‚ and more specifically against the backdrop of the 1980’s miners’ strike they were able to refer to gender and class
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