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considered methods of traditional medicine as backward and the healers were also outlawed as they were seen as practitioners of magic and witchcraft. Western view point also argued that the use of traditional medicine is non -hygienic, risky to its users as it doesn’t have an exact amount of measurement and no proper research/ experiments were made. Finally, the government supported this by integrating both traditional and western healers to improve the whole health care system and the…

Drinking culture, specifically among youth in New Zealand is mediated on social networks such as facebook, through posting photographs online, representing various drinking events. While many studies look at this phenomena and place youth as ‘other’, and in a primarily negative light, Goodwin et al’s investigations of mediatised youth drinking culture focuses on why such mediation occurs (Goodwin et al, 2016, 1). Qualitative research of youth who participate in this discourse and analysis of…

The ballpark opened in the spring of 2001 and has a capacity of 38,496 (PNC Park Overview, 2014). According to the Pirates, PNC Park combines the best features from historic ballparks with latest amenities and comforts for both players and fans. With its two-deck design, the furthest seat from the field is only 88 feet away (PNC Park Overview, 2014). The Pirates sell tickets through several different locations. The have a box office that is open daily at the ballpark and also opened before all…

In modern society, technology plays an important role in people’s lives. People are used to using social media to communicate with each other, in order to express their ideas in more convenient way. The use of verbal and written language seems to be less and less, especially for many teenagers, their excessive use of social media leads the degradation of their verbal and written language ability and they even don't want to talk with their parents when they stay at home. In 2009，UNESCO statistics…

Autism and the Anti-Vaccine Movement Vaccines are vital to the health of all people. After all, vaccines are designed to protect people from major, and often deadly, diseases. For example, smallpox was a disease that during the twentieth century alone killed ten times as many people as died in World War II. After a worldwide vaccination campaign starting in 1966, smallpox was completely eradicated by 1980 (World health organization). Today, vaccines can prevent many serious illnesses, such as…

Red Bull History Red Bull, the beverage that “gives you wings,” is based in Fuschl am see, Austria. They manufacture drinks that are labeled as, “functional beverages providing various benefits, especially in times of increased performance” [Red Bull, 2013]. The company claims the benefits of the beverage are that it improves concentration, awareness and reduces weariness and exhaustion. The business currently employs over 8,900 employees [Red Bull, 2013] and has sold over 35 billion cans of…

These types of movies were produced for a while but fortunately enough, we have left these type of movies behind and the representation of Native Americans has progressed. Today we have films like Rango and True Grit which although still don’t serve the ideal representation of Indians, have come a long way from how Native Americans were depicted during the era when stars like John Ford, John Wayne and Randolph Scott dominated Western Films. In Rango we have an Indian character who is known as…

referred to as social media that support interpersonal communication and collaboration through Internet-based platforms. Some of the most common social media tools are social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook that have hundreds of millions of users on a daily basis. The popularity and increased used of social media continues to grow and has become an important part of modern communication (Kane, Alavi, Labianca & Borgatti, 2014, p.275). Consequently, social media technologies have…

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Testing? A/B testing is basically a test where two or extra variations of a web page are shown to users at random, and statistical evaluation is used to examine which version performs better for a given conversion goal. Running an A/B test directly compares a version against a current existing performance means that we can ask centered questions about alterations to the website. And collect data generated from the variation effect. Testing eliminates the guesswork and redefines the website…