Mega Millions

boost ticket sales! In the past, Broadway seasons have been filled with productions (plays and musicals, revivals and originals) that have had large celebrity names attached to them. Once Broadway was home for creating stars, that would later go on to mega-stardom by being signed on for movies or TV but today we see that going more in reverse. Film and television stars now flock to Broadway for the price of a substantial pay cut in order to achieve artistic…

Disney’s impeccable reputation of being a family-oriented brand, has allowed the firm to charge a premium price for its products and services. The price for admission tickets does not deter millions of families from making the trip to any of Disney’s famous parks. For example, the current price for a single day ticket with the 4-Park Hopper Option to Disneyworld is $137 pretax. The firm is fully aware that its customers will continue to visits…

50 Cent’s Ambition Many people do not believe in destiny, however, even the most skeptic person must surely admit that everybody has a purpose. Our purpose is what drives and gives us the motivation to face life everybody. It is the burning desire that pushes man to be successful in all of his or her endeavors. However, we all have different personalities, backgrounds and experiences; these are the factors that push us to success therefore our achievements cannot be the same. This especially…

In the book, Ethan Watters intents to show how over the last years, typically American conceptions of mental illness have been exported to the rest of the world. According to Watters, the DSM (the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), also referred sometimes as the “bible” of the profession, and it has become the worldwide standard. In his book, Watters brings his argument with four different case studies that give an insight of the…

and restraint that went into molding Yao in his intended image. He did so unbiasedly, without any agenda behind the reporting. Larmer simply wanted to make it known that while Ming is a symbol of personal success and achievement in China, inspiring millions to follow in his footsteps and hope to acquire wealth on their own terms, he had no real say in what he did with his own life. While Operation Yao Ming increased my knowledge of the changes in Chinese society within the last thirty years, it…

They only have each other to look out for their best interest. Even then, it is still survival of the fittest. Background assumption is a deeply embedded, common understanding of how the world operates and of how people ought to act. Dharavi is a mega slum. Before I watched this video I did not understand fully the concept of a slum. So prior to my knowledge of what made a slum, I had no tainted background assumptions. Dharavi consist of 11 masses, 28 temples, 6 churches, and 12 schools. Over…

perfectly depicts the level of treatment a typical employee of the industry would empathize with. The reason behind Schlosser’s line of reasoning for this analogy is to bring awareness to U.S. citizens of the harsh realities millions face every day because of the exploitation of mega corporations. He attaches a symbol in the form or a synecdoche to the identity of the laborer to grasp a further understanding of the issue. This way the audience can use the comparison as a representative of the…

Decision making is a process that involves evaluating pros and cons, considering benefits and drawbacks, and taking into account varying scenarios. On the government scale, reaching conclusions comes with much more complexity as varying politics, ethics, perspectives, arguments, social beliefs, laws, rights, and people of all different backgrounds are thrown into the mix. Controversy is common as a result of all of the different angles to be considered. One controversy in particular that has…

What is radioactive dating? and how does it work? Radioactive, or Radiometric dating is a technique used to determine the age of objects such as rocks or carbon by using the decay rate of radioactive isotopes. It has been used since its invention by Ernest Rutherford in 1905. Radioactive decay itself, is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by emitting radiation. Each radioisotope decays at its own fixed rate and this is measured in half lives. As discussed in Lesson 6,…

hormone a child will grow excessively tall. If there is an excess of growth hormone in an adult, there are a number of physical symptoms which together define the condition, Acromegaly. Acromegaly is a hormonal disorder affecting about 60 people per 1 million. It was first described in 1886 by Pierre Marie, a French neurologist.…