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People buy cigarettes, even though it clearly says on the packets that it causes lung cancer. Humans buying tobacco products are victims of the tobacco industry. Who are stealing money from consumers and do not care about their health. Cigarettes contain a substance called Nicotine, a quote from Medical News says “Nicotine is a nitrogen-containing chemical and alkaline, which is made of several types of plants.” This chemical in tobacco plants is what causes the addictive factor in cigarettes…

Does media and the influential people of today’s society give the right impression of what one’s own self-image should be. Try turning on the television, standing in the checkout line at your local grocery store, or look at any social media feed without seeing what media wants one to believe is the perfect body image. In a time in American history where obesity is a severe issue should media be giving the notion that one must have a certain body figure or look a certain way to have a positive…

not have been portrayed as Asian, Black or Latina. Although this is not the case eating disorders are nowadays common among people of all racial parties and sex. Self image and eating disorders have become a worldwide issue of worry. For example the Fiji islands which had for a great period of time never experienced cases of eating disorders. However, with the evolution of media sources such as television, cases of dieting and eating disorders started to come up. This specifies the incredible…

According to Gordon and Kilborne in the US more then 50% of women are on a diet and more then three fourths are unhappy with their current size. In fact, in a study researching the effects of TV on girls on the Island of Fiji found that after TV became available on the island 11.3% of girls began vomiting for weight loss purposes compared to the 0% before TV and 74% of girls felt fat or unhappy with their image. (Lopez-Guimera, Levine, Carracedo, Fauquet) Television adds…

“The Best Place on Earth, Seahaven voted Planet’s Top Town.” This assists in the control of Truman as it makes the place where he lives is very safe and secure. This makes him not want to leave, and it makes it seem like every other city or town is very unsafe. Another newspaper that says “Who Needs Europe?” makes it seem like every other place is boring to be at, which implies that Seahaven is the fun place and that Truman should stay there. One of the other newspapers after the homelessness…

In the 1998 film, The Truman Show, featuring Jim Carrey as the main protagonist, it poses philosophical questions pertaining to Plato’s allegory of the cave found in The Republic. The main character of a fictional television show was Truman Burbank who lived in an alternate reality that was actually a television set that he perceived to be real. From his birth, to early childhood, teenage years, and adult life, Truman has been filmed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, through a television…

Water parks, water slides, and water fights! Being at Splash Valley can be a blast; having a neighborhood water fight can be more fun than Splash Valley. But one thing that is not fun is finding out that bottled water can be contaminated. Water is essentially the most important substance the human body needs. Approximately 3.9 trillion gallons of water are consumed in the U.S. per month (Water). Some of this water is also bottled water, which is foreseen as the healthier way to go compared to…

It is my goal to secure a position as a Restaurant Manager with an aim of providing exceptional customer service to ensure smooth operations and maximize customer base. With a pride of Vietnamese food, I would like to contribute my knowledge and skills to providing those amazingly diverse cuisines with healthy nutrition and unique flavors for foreign customers. In addition, I am also eager to offer exceptional organization skills and innovative ideas in an Accounting student’s perspective to…

percent (Govt. of India, 2012). The scenario is replicated elsewhere also as the share of family farming in the total agricultural production is 40 per cent from 25 per cent of the farmland in Brazil, and 84 per cent from 47.4 per cent farmland in Fiji. Further, census data from ninety…

Shark finning has been a worldwide issue. Approximately 73 million sharks are killed each year solely for their fins. But this number does not include the number of sharks that are killed for reasons other than finning (Raloff). China and Hong Kong are the largest importers for shark fins due to China’s cultural tradition for Shark Fin Soup (“How Many Sharks Are Killed Each Year For Their Fins?”). Shark Fin Soup was introduced into Chinese cuisine during the Sung Dynasty (AD 960–1279) but did…