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    Dean Winchester is one of the greatest modern examples of a tragic hero. He was born on January 24‚ 1979 in Lawrence‚ Kansas. He is the son of Mary Winchester‚ a young woman who comes from a long line of respected hunters(monster killers)‚ and John Winchester. Dean’s mother‚ was killed by a demon who was torturing Dean’s brother Sam. Mary’s death inspired Dean and his father to become the most deadly hunters on earth. They travel across the country‚ tracking down monsters and making sure no one has

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    Our National Character

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    UNIVERSITY of peshawar ma pakistan sTudies COURSE NO 502: NATIONAL CHARACTER OF PAKISTAN (2006-7) Abdul Rauf ASSISTANT PROFESSOR COURSE DESCRIPTION: THERE ARE MANY FACETS OF CHARACTER. THE EMPHASIS IN THIS COURSE WILL BE ON THE IDEA THAT CERTAIN CONCEPTS OF IDEALS AND TRADITIONS ARE LIKELY TO GIVE RISE TO PARTICULAR BEHAVIOUR PATTERNS AMONG THE PEOPLE WHO HOLD IT. THE ISLAMIC CONCEPTS AND TRADITIONS AND THE WESTERN CONCEPTS AND WESTERN IMPERIAL ADVANCEMENT IN THE SUB-CONTINENT INFLUENCED

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    Using the material from item A and elsewhere asses the usefulness of subcultural theories in explaining subcultural crime and deviance in society. Durkheim argued that a certain amount of crime was ‘healthy’ for society and that it is deviant behaviour that provided a catalyst for social change. He said that crime and deviance are functional because the ritual of punishment is an expressive experience that serves to bind together members of a social group and establishment a sense of community;

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    Consumerism: From Luxuries to Necessities Nowadays‚ consumerism has been a dangerous problem to human being‚ especially for them who live in big cities. What is consumerism? According to Oxford Dictionary‚ consumerism is ~{!0~}the preoccupation of society with the acquisition of goods~{!1~} (1). To me‚ consumerism is a way of thinking that increase consuming goods in bigger increment or change one~{!/~}s lifestyle will provide greater benefit without thinking of their true needs. Consumerism will

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    enforcing a genetically engineered caste system‚ in which the people are not repressed by violence but instead open sex‚ surplus of euphoria-inducing drugs‚ and meaningless entertainment. It is more commonly known today that induced happiness and hedonism are the mechanisms by which society is induced to submission. Postman’s assertions about Brave New World conclude that they are certainly applicable to the present. Huxley’s modern millennium is even beginning to emerge in the twenty-first century

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    Ingmar Bergman's Persona

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    What different masks do you wear that both reveal and conceal? In Ingmar Bergman’s masterpiece‚ Persona‚ the character played by Liv Ullmann‚ Elisabeth and the nurse‚ Alma‚ played by Bibi Andersson are one and the same person. They are "split" when the actress does not want to act any more‚ and retires to her own self. The term "does not want to act" depicts two things: firstly‚ she does not want to act as a job‚ and secondly‚ in a more distant‚ but more appropriate interpretation‚ she does not

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    Ethical Issues in Management; Harassment or Flirting An ethical workplace has never been more important in today’s business world; one must be very careful and sometimes to a degree think as if paranoid when dealing with allegations of harassment to protect one’s self‚ especially now that more organizations are going global. Harassment in the workplace‚ especially of a sexual nature‚ can cost anyone his or her job if interpreted as sexual harassment instead of a pure intention of simply giving a

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    Gottlob Frege Profile: Born: 8 Nov 1848 in Wismar‚ Mecklenburg-Schwerin (now Germany) Died: 26 July 1925 in Bad Kleinen‚ Germany Professional Input Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege (1848-1925) was a German mathematician‚ logician‚ and philosopher who worked at the University of Jena. Frege essentially reconceived the discipline of logic by constructing a formal system which‚ in effect‚ constituted the first ‘predicate calculus’. In this formal system‚ Frege developed an analysis of quantified

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    Ethics of Caravakas

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    ETHICS OF CARVAKAS: The Caravaka ethics is based on the assumption that the human beings get annihilated at the point of death. She or he begins life with birth and ends it with death. Caravakas do not believe in the theory of karma and accordingly they reject the notion of re- birth after death. Since this is the only life for the individual‚ their exhortation is: “make the best use of it.” To get the best out of this only life‚ one has to enjoy this life and to seek the utmost pleasure. The

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    "We ’re here‚ we ’re queer‚ get used to it!". A recognized anthem outspoken at marches‚ demonstrations‚ parades‚ and advertising within most homosexual communities. "Queer" is just one‚ amongst many nomens used to describe a homosexual person or group. The remote past of homosexual people is a vast and captivating road that has brought us to where we are today concerning the ethics: the system of determining right from wrong‚ of homosexual people including rights and freedoms concerning them. Ever

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