transition from analogue to digital transmission technology is now expanding this capacity enormously. The Internet is providing‚ increasingly‚ an additional medium for information‚ entertainment and communication. Television and Radio Broadcasting in Britain has traditionally been based on the principle that it is a public service accountable to people. While retaining the essential public service element‚ it now also embraces the principles of competition and choice: • the BBC (British Broadcasting
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National Sports of Great Britain Many kinds of sport originated from England. The English have a proverb‚ "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy". They do not think that play is more important than work; they think that Jack will do his work better if he plays as well. so he is encouraged to do both. Association football‚ or soccer is one of the most popular games in the British Isles played from late August until the beginning of May. In summer the English national sport is cricket. When the
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Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots [1953] 1 QB 401 Court of Appeal Boots introduced the then new self service system into their shops whereby customers would pick up goods from the shelf put them in their basket and then take them to the cash till to pay. The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain brought an action to determine the legality of the system with regard to the sale of pharmaceutical products which were required by law to be sold in the presence of a pharmacist. The court
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During WWII‚ women in Great Britain were morally obligated to serve their country by engaging in Work dealing with the war. Many women faced the dilemma of choosing between their house and mothering duties‚ and their desire to help in the war effort. This meant replacing men who were at war in factories and other professional labor oriented jobs. World War II was a historic leap for women in Great Britain to gain recognition in society by earning better male wages in factories and gaining the appropriate
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occurred and was called the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution grew gradually out of the technical practices of earlier times. The first country to be affected by the Industrial Revolution was Great Britain. First‚ Great Britain practiced the policy of mercantilism. Great Britain expanded her Atlantic economy by mercantilism. The British merchant could sell more if only more could be produced. In order to increase profit faster methods of production were needed. Cotton had been already
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for the pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP) in the Scottish Parliament elections. They formed a minority government with plans to hold a referendum before 2011 to seek a mandate "to negotiate with the Government of the United Kingdom to achieve independence for Scotland."[135] Most opinion polls show minority support for independence‚ although support varies depending on the nature of the question. The response of the unionist parties was to establish the Calman Commission to examine further
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Boxing Day started as a gift giving tradition that originated in 19th Century England during the reign of Queen Victoria. It is celebrated on December 26th the day after Christmas and is a national holiday in the UK and other parts of the world. Boxing Days original purpose was for the gentry and business people to give gifts on the day after Christmas to their servants and others who provided service to their homes or business. There were also boxes placed in churches where people would put in
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The three domains of development are Physical development‚ Cognitive development and Socioemotional development. Physical development is the changes that take place in a person’s body and not just the once you can physically see. It is things like hair color‚ weight‚ height‚ growth of bones and development of organs. Cognitive development is how the humans mind is developed. It is how we obtain information and how is processed and how it’s used. Socioemotional development is the emotional changes
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The Dominant Paradigm Behavior change models have been the dominant paradigm in the field of development communication. Different theories and strategies shared the premise that problems of development were basically rooted in lack of knowledge and that‚ consequently‚ interventions needed to provide people with information to change behavior. The early generation of development communication studies was dominated by modernization theory. This theory suggested that cultural and information deficits
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still expanding in Great Britain or anywhere else in the world? Democracy‚ a form of government by the people‚ expanded somewhat dramatically in Great Britain between 1830 and 1914. Examples of democratic expansion in Great Britain include the increase of male suffrage and the regulation of working conditions. This expansion wasn’t dramatic because women still couldn’t vote during that time period. The increase of male suffrage helped the expansion of democracy in Great Britain. Only 5% of the British
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