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Japanese Media Overview
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... has the highest ratio of newspapers to people in the world, with 578 copies per day for every 1000 people (Cooper-Chen, 1997, p. 52).
Local newspapers are smaller than the nationals, and many are published only once or twice a week, even in cities with populations above 100,000. However, the national newspapers all have regional sections.
The national daily newspapers are also involved in other media. All of the commercial television networks are either affiliated with or owned by a national newspaper (Cooper-Chen, 1997, p. 115). They are also heavily involved in radio broadcasting, although their ...
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Compare How Hobbes And Augustine Think The Condition Of War Arises And Defend One Author's Account Of `ordinary' Morality As An Antedote For It
Number of Words: 891 / Number of Pages: 4
... and that in turn causes hostility among humans. The love of God,
then, is the only way humans can completely satisfy all four virtues and have
eternal peace. Eternal peace is where faith, love, and hope are to be enjoyed,
such as in The City of God.
In Book XIX, Augustinian social theory summarizes the principle of
ordered harmony. This theory finds perfection in a mutual society that believes
in God. Believing in God, though, lends a problem in the simple rule of justice:
how do we give each other their due? Seemingly, war or hostility would not be a
part of a Christian's life on earth. Aug ...
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Christmas Is A Good Holiday For Many Reasons
Number of Words: 386 / Number of Pages: 2
... Also, people get to
give gifts to their friends and family. Giving gifts always gives people
that warm happy feeling inside. The most enjoyable part is seeing the gifts
that people gave being opened by the people receiving them. That always
puts a smile on peoples faces.
Last but not least, people get to spend time with family. Some of
the family may not have been seen in a long time so it puts everyone in a
good mood to finally see them. Being with family is fun and helps make the
holidays more enjoyable. One thing that many families may find interesting
is sharing stories.
Telling stories ...
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Scholars
Number of Words: 300 / Number of Pages: 2
... that I am the most qualified applicant for
the R.C. Easley National Scholarship. I have displayed excellence in the
classroom, in extra-curricular activities, and I believe with the education I
receive I will benefit society greatly.
Throughout my high school career I have prided myself on a difficult
class load and consistently good grades. While at Horicon High School I feel I
have challenged myself more than any other student. Instead of taking the usual
study hall I have elected to fill that time with another class. I will graduate
this summer with a total of 31.25 credits; more than any o ...
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Creation Vs Evolution
Number of Words: 841 / Number of Pages: 4
... of the “sign” being fulfilled since 1914! In that year World War I began. Never in history had there been such a terrible war. It was total war. World War I was much greater than all the major wars fought during the 2,400 years before 1914. Yet only 21 years after that war ended, World War II began. And it was four times as destructive as World War I. On any given day, there have been, on the average, 12 wars going on somewhere in the world. “There will be food shortages.”-Matthew 24:7 Following World War I came the greatest famine in all history. In northern China alone 15,000 died everyday fro ...
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Do We Have Souls?
Number of Words: 1775 / Number of Pages: 7
... This
writer will first contribute his own speculation and proceed to explore the
selected philosophers material on this subject. Though it first must be said
that most of the read material is or seems to be question-begging and therefore
leads only to more questions from myself.
The question of having souls and their existence after the physical body is
deceased has always been on men's minds. From the first beginnings of written
history from the Ancient Near Eastern civilizations [Egyptians, Mesopotamian] ,
men [people] have always regarded the afterlife and the question of souls. It
was no ...
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The Orgin Of Comedy
Number of Words: 2251 / Number of Pages: 9
... and marginal serious content. 4. Humor performs a boundary function on both internal and external lines, policing groups in terms of membership and acceptable and competence behavior. 5. Humor can function as a coping device to release tension, allay fear, forestall threat, defuse aggression or distance the unpleasant.6. Humor can represent an implicit contradiction, paradox or `joke in the social structure' made explicit. The `joke' constitutes a reversal within its boundaries of the patterns of control in the real world. 7. `Canned' jokes and `situational' jokes are not entirely separate. C ...
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Alfarabi And Aristotle: The Four Causes And The Four Stages Of The Doctrine Of The Intelligence
Number of Words: 1410 / Number of Pages: 6
... he laid down a
philosophical, religious, and social system for the humanity at large; a system
that sought to break barriers and facilitate relations among people and nations.
This work sounded very similar to the work presented by Plato in Plato's
Republic. They both took into consideration the matter of city/state, who was
to govern, who was to be governed, how this governing was to take place, how it
was to be enforced, and so on. It also appears clear that he was influenced
greatly by Aristotle. This influence is present in his "Doctrine of the
Intellect". The Doctrine of the intellect was Alfara ...
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Middle Adulthood
Number of Words: 574 / Number of Pages: 3
... relationship with all of her four children. She struggles, though, with intimacy between herself and her husband of thirty years. She finds him immature and in the "dark ages" because he consistently ignores her requests to pay attention to her needs. "For many, the transition to involves a drastic chance of life such as divorce, an affair…." (Furr, 127) Lynn, however, does not see herself as doing either of these things because of the way she values her marriage vows.
"Fulfilling transition choices is highly satisfying and exciting for adults who have the resources and opportunities that enab ...
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Snowmobiling
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... others, you have the roar of your engine which in some machines
tends to be more impressive than others (Arcticat and Polaris).
Before you just jump on that snowmobile, you need a couple things.
First of all, you need a snowmobile. If you don't already own one, there
are places that rent them. Usually any snowmobile dealership will have a
rental fleet. Not to rain on your parade, but before you get all excited
about going out and renting a snowmobile, you have to realize a couple of
things. To rent snowmobiles you must be 21 years of age. So you're going
to have to get someone to sign for yo ...
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