When the British Empire and all of its colonies was broken up after the Second World War‚ the organization‚ the Commonwealth union‚ was founded. The organization consists of 54 independent member countries that are linked together by a common history and set of values‚ but by time the Commonwealth has been criticized for being an outdated and meaningless organization based on oppressive values. In his article “A royal salute to the Commonwealth” (2011)‚ Peter Oborne responds the critique and gives
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Wealth and Power in The Hunger Games Professor Kenneth Wong G15 Dorothy SIOK Li Phing LIU Zhe LIN Feng Ian Nicolette CHEN Lixin TAN Yan Zhen 1 1 Introduction 2 The Ethics of Power 2.1 How Power is Obtained and Maintained The Hunger Games is
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COMMONWEALTH GAMES After Olympics‚ Commonwealth Games is the second largest sports festival in the world. The Games are held once in four years but only in between the Olympic years. The Games were originally known as the British Empire Games. The first Commonwealth Games were held in 1930 at Hamilton‚ Canada. The 10th Commonwealth Games were held at Christchurch‚ New Zealand in 1974‚ the 11th in Edmonton (Canada) in 1978‚ the 12th in Brisbane (Australia) in 1982‚ the 13th in Edinburgh (Scotland)
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researched the qualifications for the Presidential and Merit scholarships. These scholarships are granted to exceptional students excelling in high school. Fortunately‚ I was awarded the Presidential scholarship from Manhattan College due to my high academic achievements. Moreover‚ I applied to STEM scholarships at Stony Brook University. This scholarship is given to a rising senior who shows a strong aptitude in the science field. Overall‚ the merit and STEM scholarships are beneficial and will be used
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7b) A demerit good is a product or a service that goes against common interest of a population and is related to promoting negative externalities. Examples of demerit goods are alcohol‚ fast food and cigarettes. All of these are goods that mostly cause problems in health and as a result they are causing a negative externality of high health costs to the NHS. These costs need to be covered by taxation and other sanctions which ultimately aim to reduce the consumption of demerit goods. T.V can be
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persuade an audience (viewers‚ readers or listeners) to continue or take some new action. Most commonly‚ the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering‚ although political and ideological advertising is also common. The purpose of advertising may also be to reassure employees or shareholders that a company is viable or successful. Advertising messages are usually paid for by sponsors and viewed via various traditional media; including mass media such as newspaper
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Demerits of Democracy More emphasis on quantity than on quality: Majority party holds the reins of government. Inefficient & corrupt‚ who have neither intelligence nor vision‚ get themselves elected. Rule of the incompetent Democracies are run amateurs. In it‚ every citizen is allowed to take part‚ whereas everybody is not fit for it. Locke calls it the act of running administration by the ignorant. He says that history records the fact that a few are intelligent. Universal adult
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We are all called to an adventure in a time of our lives. This adventure could be a long dreading journey across fields and forests‚ or as in the short story A WORN PATH this adventure could be for medicine. In the short story‚ the author describes the call to adventure Mrs. Mallard has when she must acquire the medicine needed for her grandson. The call to adventure may entice us to begin it; we must be able to withstand the road of trails that can stand in our way. The call to adventure in
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Essay on Democracy – Its Merits and Demerits (free to read). The English word ‘Democracy’ is derived from two Greek words ‘Demos’ and ‘Kratia’ or ‘cratos’. Demos means crowd and ‘Kratia’ or ‘cratos’ means power. This is why the critics of Democracy have described it as Mobocracy. But in reality Democracy is not mobocracy but rule by majority of the people according to certain rules and regulations which are accepted by the people of a country. In the beginning there was direct Democracy.
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Characteristics that describe who a Public Officer is. Public administration is the study of government policies. Public administration seeks the public good. It does that by ensuring a well-run‚ fair‚ and effective public service Public administration is carried out by public servants who work in public departments and agencies‚ at all levels of government‚ and perform a wide range of tasks Public administrators serve in many roles: ranging from "front-line" positions serving the public e.g
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