[pic] With the financial support of the "Europe for Citizens" Programme of the European Commission "Too many people expect wonders from democracy‚ when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it." Walter Winchell BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ACTIVE DEMOCRACY What Is Democracy? [pic] Democracy comes from the Greek word‚ "demos‚" meaning people. In democracies‚ it is the people who hold sovereign power over legislator and government. Democracy is a form of government
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“Two Ways of Viewing the River” by Mark Twain: Response Paper “Two Ways of Viewing the River” is a short excerpt from Mark Twain’s autobiography that compares and contrasts Twain’s point of view as a Mississippi River boat pilot. In my opinion these few paragraphs are pitch perfect as well as technically masterful. The descriptive details in paragraph 1 were especially impressive. However‚ I’m also struck by how universal this essay is a metaphor for everyday life. It is‚ in a sense‚ a comment
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I started researching health professions and found a lot of careers that interests me. I decided to be a nurse then go back to school a few years after and become a Physician Assistant. This summer I even plan to volunteer at my community hospital to get some hands on experience before I go off to college. I choose to work with children in pediatrics because they are considered the most difficult patients and as a person
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Advertisement discreetly manipulates the beliefs‚ morals‚ and values of our culture‚ and it does so in a way that most of the time we don’t even realize it’s happened. In order to reach our main goal of prospering as a nation‚ we need to become more aware of the damage that has already been caused by this advertising and prevent it from negatively affecting us even further. Kilbourne’s major claim in “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt” is that advertising has reached a point where bodies are portrayed as objects
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memory of the viewers. For that reason‚ the marketing people concentrate on creating images that will not be easily forgotten. If the add drew the attention of the viewer there is a big chance the product for gaining a prospective buyer. The easiest way to do that of is to link the product with the ideas that all people are familiar or the opposite: the ideas that will shock the viewers. Therefore‚ the sex and attributes of gender as well as violence are so widely used in a modern world of advertisement
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In Jean Kilbourne’s essay‚ “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt”: Advertising and Violence‚ she paints a picture of repression‚ abuse‚ and objectification of women. Kilbourne gives an eye-opening view to the way American advertisers portray women and girls. Throughout the essay she has images that depict women in compromising poses. These images are examples of how often we see women in dehumanizing positions in advertisements and how desensitized we have become. Kilbourne implores us to take the media
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horrendous ways of suicide. That’s where another option comes into play‚ euthanasia. Euthanasia‚ also known as mercy killing or physician assisted suicide‚ is an extremely helpful‚ dignified‚ practice that can help end the pain and suffering of so many. Euthanasia is the intentional death
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Ishikawa’s Basic Tools of Quality Quality pros have many names for these seven basic tools of quality‚ first emphasized by Kaoru Ishikawa‚ a professor of engineering at Tokyo University and the father of “quality circles.” Start your quality journey by mastering these tools‚ and you’ll have a name for them too: "indispensable Kaoru Ishikawa developed seven basic visual tools of quality so that the average person could analyze and interpret data. These tools have been used worldwide by companies
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Compare the ways language is used in source three and source two Source two uses formal language so that it can fulfil its purpose to inform the audience. Therefore it uses facts and figures throughout the article to give the reader as much information as possible whilst still containing the sense of disaster e.g. “The tropical storm saw winds of up to 170mph” this is followed by‚ “that sent waves crashing…” This gives the fact more power and influence than if it was just in its own because it
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Physician-assisted suicide as an option for the terminally ill Physician-assisted suicide‚ often confused with euthanasia (differences to be addressed shortly) provides an incredible amount of relief to both patients and the families of those suffering from terminal illnesses‚ by allowing patients to choose to end their life with dignity‚ on their own terms. Without the option of physician-assisted suicide‚ terminal patients would succumb to their afflictions over time. This could potentially
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