these societies, those higher in the social system set certain trends that were practiced by lower caste members, in order to fit in. In the last two centuries, these social elites and their institutions are collectively referred to as popular culture. Popular culture projects increasingly impossible-to-reach standards of living, which can, consequently, detract from the satisfaction one has for themselves when they cannot meet these trends’ demands. In “Break”, Dorianne Laux addresses popular…
years. As it can be seen in each of the figures, there is a huge increase within the last fifty years. Similar to figure 1A , figure 2 shows the trend of carbon dioxide levels in parts per a million for the last 400,000 years. By quickly analyzing the graph, it could be seen that there are seven different cycles until recently. The current warming trend depicated in both figure 1 and 2 is of particular significance because most likely caused by humans. In the last 20 years, techonoligical…
Are The Lockout Law Working In the early hours of New Year’s day, 2013, a young man by the name of Daniel Christie was king hit and assaulted in the nitrous Kings Cross nightlife precinct; Daniel dies in intensive care as a result of his injuries 11 days later. This incident added to an already large statistic of alcohol-related assaults, which caused the wider Sydney community to call for harsher regulation of licensed premises, specifically in the nitrous Kings Cross nightlife district and…
performing sectors with around +60% companies up 0% - 2%. TELECOM SERVICES 1. Fusion Telecommunications Int'l, Inc. Technical Analysis The stock is currently rebounding from the support level of $1.9 with a clear upwards trend as of Sept. 30th while the SMA50 is moving downwards. If this trend is followed, the price levels would cross the SMA50 thus signalling a "golden cross" around the same level as the lower resistance level of$2.4 and becoming a great buying opportunity. As a result, the…
The trends over the past few years for this industry are: June 2016: revenue 2.71x and EBITDA 17.4x, June 2015: revenue 3.08x and EBITDA 17.5x, June 2014: revenue 3.13x and EBITDA 16.7x, and finally June 2013: revenue 2.75x and EBITDA 14.0x. Looking at these numbers, there is no definite upward or downward trend. Specifically, revenue grew from 2013 to 2014 but then dropped each year after by a total of .42. The EBITDA trends do not seem to follow this path but rather…
1. CO-EVERYTHING When we said co-living could become the next big trend in hospitality, we weren’t kidding. While it’s doubtful that we’ll suddenly see a surge of pod hotels, poshtels, or co-living/co-working spaces flooding the hospitality scene (skift.com/2017/01/03/10-hotel-trends) Because if there’s one advantage hotels have over home shares like Airbnb or HomeAway, it’s that role of being a real community fixture — a…
Analysis The stock is currently rebounding from the support level of $1.9 with a clear upwards trend as of Sept. 30th while the SMA50 is moving downwards. If this trend is followed, the price levels would cross the SMA50 thus signalling a "golden cross" around the…
the 'Me ' decade would be sportswear, which uses materials like Lurex, milliskin, and spandex to make the trendy leotards and tube tops, including multiple different colored leg warmers as a popular trend to keep people ready to exercise (Jones, carlaandcarla). There are many other types of trends rising during the decade, but these three are the most…
They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution. (Kendall 434) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses. (Kendall 434) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the States. (Kendall 434) In this day and age people feel that this definition should be broadened to include what establishes a family. In our reading assignment the current…
Eating disorders are a daily struggle for 10 million females and 1 million males in the United States, whether these disorders are anorexia or bulimia. Four out of ten individuals have either personally experienced an eating disorder at some point in their life or know someone who has. Furthermore, 50% of teenage girls and 30% of teenage boys use unhealthy weight control behaviors such as skipping meals, fasting, smoking cigarettes, vomiting, and taking laxatives to control their weight ("Eating…