Greenpeace’s public and private position towards TTIP Greenpeace is a one of the biggest and highest-profile non-governmental global environmental campaigning group which consists of regional offices in more than 55 countries . It deals with campaigning with a mission to change attitudes and behaviour towards important environmental issues like climate change, protecting the biological diversity, preventing the pollution and so on. Greenpeace Netherlands was the organisation that leaked…
Haloperidol and Quetiapine In modern medicine, there are two main groups of antipsychotic medicine such as, conventional antipsychotics (1st generation antipsychotics) and atypical antipsychotics (2nd generation antipsychotics). Haloperidol is a conventional antipsychotic which is used to treat schizophrenia and some other forms of psychosis. Haloperidol was developed in the late 1950s by company Janssen, and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1967. (David A. Williams )…
Reporting News – The Consequences of Stereotypes News media is fundamentally the main source of information for many worldwide. A simple yet powerful tool that can shape our values and beliefs. Unfortunately, with this comes various consequences as the media, in many aspects, has biased power. The news item used in this essay is a 2015 piece on Refugees presented by Fox News (The real story of Syrian refugees). The station is recognized for its Republican biased and stereotypical reporting. In…
Early Years Education was one of the biggest priorities that New Labour set out to achieve. At the end of New Labour’s time in office, it was stated that an ‘additional 2.3 billion was spent on Early Years Education; more than double in comparison to 1998’ (Stewart, 2013, pp. 10-12). New Labour also implemented free part time nursery in 1998 to all three to four years old, ‘76% of children from disadvantaged backgrounds took up the places’ (Lupton and Obolenskaya 2013, p. 23). Some early years’…
The Life Course model is an approach that considers life within a wider context, taking into account biology, psychological processes, sociological context, environmental impacts and political climate (Green, 2010). These factors cumulatively impact on an individuals ability to function on a daily basis, and shape development through the life course. Taking a more ecological approach (Germain & Gitterman, 1980), the life model considers the interactions and transitions between the individual…
“Simply put, feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.” (Hooks,1). As a women’s studies major, one of the main scrutinies I receive is when people ask me “So are you like one of those extreme feminists, the ones that hate guys’ existences?” I am constantly questioned about why I would support such an “extreme” movement. Throughout the decades, feminism has been put on blast in media and politics, portraying the movement in a negative light. Media over time…
rest of her face continues in the same style as the other portraits, yet lacks the bright red lips. Beneath her portrait are the words, “We the People Protect Each Other”. The posters were made to protest Trump by saying “We reject fear-mongering and exclusion” (Flock). Through illustrating a want for change and the opposition of racism and bigotry, the series exemplifies promotional political art, implying that there have been past struggles for both the minority groups and women. Within his…
In the novel Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe paints a portrait of Igbo society. However, he does not paint a perfect portrait. In addition, events and characters are carefully weaved by Achebe to criticize certain aspects of pre-colonial Igbo culture. In Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe uses Okonkwo and Obierika to criticize the pre-colonial Igbo culture aspect of masculinity, Okonkwo to criticize the pre-colonial Igbo culture aspect of sexism, Okonkwo's exile to criticize the pre-colonial Igbo…
Freedom of Speech has been a dispute for many decades. Freedom of speech is an individual’s right guaranteed by the first amendment to communicate different opinions and beliefs without censorship and constraint. The restrainment of speech has raised many issues of the right to free speech since this constitutional freedom has been characterized with contention subsequent to its entrenchment. Many medias are used to draw the attention of citizens and viewers to issues hindering freedom of speech…
Introduction: Processed food may also refer the convenience food which are usually ready for consumption without further preparation . These processed food regularly will have a long shelf life and can be easily moved from one place to another. Processed food may also include the ready to eat food, dry goods or the frozen foods such as the snacks like hips and instant mix like the instant noodles ,soft drinks ,nuts, processed meats ,cheese and pizza etc. The Food processing Industry is one of…