... on it and the audience's engagement with it, that imbues it with the revolutionary potential to intersect the political, social, artistic and utopian domains? One of the theatre's great advantages as a means of communication over other art forms is the engagement of empathy, as Garcia Lorca attests "theatre is poetry that gets up off the page and becomes human. And ... confirms that theatrical performances have helped both to build up and tear down 'affective-cognitive-behavioral units' that have shaped the incorporation of spectators into both positive and negative ideologies"39. If one...

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... disappeared "private military and security companies" (PMSC), in the course of the past 20 years, have increasingly taken over the traditional activities carried out by mercenaries before1. Contrary to mercenaries, private military and security companies are transnational corporations legally registered which ... humanitarian non governmental organizations in conflict or post-conflict areas where it has become difficult for the population to distinguish one from another. Humanitarian assistance risks becoming associated with an intervening armed force represented by private military and...

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... , comprising mostly of Asian' origin, including Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Korea, they make up 59% of the employers, there are also Hispanic contractors, 39% , these contractors serve as the link between big business (the manufacturer) and the workers, these immigrant contractors are often referred to as middle man minorities ... available labour as there is in Los Angeles, as discussed above this is mainly in the form of illegal Latino/Mexican immigrants. One of the reasons for this over representation of Mexican immigrants is Los Angeles close proximity to the Mexican border, it is...

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... slavery and servitude. These provisions hold significant implications for the standards that labourers and humans are entitled to in Canada, as it is a signatory nation to this document. The debate over whether these rights are protected under a non-binding but highly influential agreement hinges upon the unique legal interpretations of the countries which signed. Article 4 establishes that working for a wage ... that the recognition of labour rights as human rights is necessary because it increases the priority of elevating the status of labourers. As Adams notes, "the international h...

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... check for violations of the regulations (Osha.gov, 2014). OSHA, however, does not cover all workplaces and there are other regulatory authorities and bodies for the inspection of other organizations over the country. Monitoring and Review of Health and Safety Practices It is important to monitor and review the health and safety practices in order to make sure that the necessary ... ...

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... antiepileptic medications in relation to their use in LGS: Clobazam: is particularly useful in LGS with significantly less sedative effect than drugs such as clonazepam. Nitrazepam: is preferred over clonazepam when behavioural disturbances are present (clonazepam may potentiate behavioural problems). Note: These drugs should be prescribed and administered in increasing (gradual) doses to avoid sedation, which ... therapy has been the major management tool used in LGS, with other less conventional treatments being utilised to compliment or replace medication regimes. Dietary management wa...

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... within 400-700 nm of the spectrum is captured during photosynthetic process and presents 42.3% of total energy. Since the conversion efficiency of solar to chemical energy is about 27%, one can calculate the maximum photosynthetic efficiency of 11.4% in theory. Other factors can affect this efficiency value, such as respiration, reduced light absorption, etc. (Brennan 2010). The simplified structure of ... ...

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... examines the effects of immigration on economy in the United States. Orrenius argues, "An important macroeconomic benefit of immigration is foreign bom workers' responsiveness to variation in labor demand over time and across regions. Immigrants, particularly low-education immigrants (many of whom are unauthorized), are more responsive than natives to the business cycle" (Orrenius 97). Orrenius points out ... wage is high, human resource will functioning at maximum output level to provide the optimal benefits to the country receiving immigrants. This is a significant statement because the...

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... in response to varied homeland emergencies such as: chemical and biological scenarios, first responders, homeland security strategy, weapon delivery, and the national response plan. We have learned over time by way of trial and error that it is highly irrational to expect everything to be perfect and appropriate during disaster management. At best, we can simply hope ... material composed of distinct particles or pieces, regardless of size, shape, or chemical composition, which presents a fire or deflagration hazard when suspended in air or some other oxidizing medium over a range of co...

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... process and to policies that might reduce racial bias in sentencing. Despite significant efforts to understand and address this vexing problem, new evidence suggests that rising incarceration rates over the past few decades have exacerbated racial disparities in imprisonment. Black inmates now constitute roughly 38% of the nearly 2.2 million people incarcerated in U.S. prisons and jails ... that racial disparities in sentence outcomes have been reduced or eliminated through structure-sentencing models, while others suggest that strict structure-sentencing policies have actually exacerbat...

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... slogan "Enjoy Life" which is a metaphor designed to create associations between the enjoyment of the drink and achieving happiness in life, underpinning one of the brand's core values. The statement also suggests that a Coca-Cola should be enjoyed as part of a healthy lifestyle and arguably this ... the core values which are attributed to the brand. These values form the brand's ideology, and in the case of Coke this ideology is one which aims to promote an image of refreshment, tradition, experience, family values and in particular, happiness, all of which are reinforced through the br...

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... the perpetrators of these offenses. These special courts, while they remove the competence that is granted to lay juries by law, nevertheless diverge from one country to another as regards the extent to which they constitute a breach of the common law. Ireland, although it is a young independent State ... times of peace, crimes and lesser offenses against the security of the State should be referred to a State Security Court which exercised its power over the whole territory of the Republic, and the composition, rules and operation of which was laid down by law. Paragraph c of this ... ...

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... of groups of popular music fans. Bennett coins the term neo-tribes to describe groups of young dance music fans. He suggests that the club setting can be viewed as one of the many forms of temporal engagement through which neo-tribal associations are formed because it provides a space for expressions of "togetherness" based on articulations of fun, relaxation ... often culturally and historically dependent. A major contemporary concern within popular music research and the popular music industry is the impact of the Internet on producing and consuming popular music. On one hand, some pe...

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... 45 percent, while adult homicide arrests increased by only 6 percent (FBI, Uniform Crime Reports, 1994). Among teenagers 15 to 19 years old, the escalation of gun violence is particularly alarming: one of every four deaths of a teenager is attributable to a firearm injury. The number of juvenile violent crime arrests will double by the year 2010 if current arrest and population trends ... " appear to be counterproductive when these activities are not part of a comprehensive program incorporating other approaches and services, such as employment training and assistance in finding jobs. Gu...

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... way your peers learn, as a teacher, is essential for a sense of achievement following practice. Learning has been defined within physical education not as a passive reception of knowledge, however one in which learners must be active in creating their own understanding (Gardner, 2008) stating the importance of a practical element. In addition Katene (2014) recently reported greater cognitive understandings, ... intellectually challenged. 1.5) Learner Characteristics Pupils are commonly categorised into Gifted and Talented (G&T) learners or Special Educational Needs & Disability (SEND) le...

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... into the foundationalist pit himself. For example, in characterizing a coherentist account of observation, Bonjour invokes the Doxastic presumption in justifying his arguments. The Doxastic presumption is thus one terminal premise that he adopts and do not endeavour to elaborately justify and thus criticisms would arise in line with labelling the Doxastic presumption to be no different from a ... that all justifications ultimately reside within the coherent system of beliefs, despite the presumption that the coherent system of beliefs accepts real inputs from the external world. Thus, ...

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... still operates in a related fashion. Walby's explanation sees the household and household production as being a key site of women's subordination but acknowledges that the domestic area is not the only one that women participate in. She shows how the concept of patriarchy is useful in explaining the relationship between women's subordination in the private and public arenas by showing that they ... differential relationships that identify the roles of wife and mother are part of the nuclear family model promoted by patriarchal ideologies for more than one hundred and fifty years (Coole ...

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... then some. As the United Nations has grown, other organizations have taken its model of openness, cooperation and debate and employed its tactics towards their own purposes of regional stability. One of the first organizations to employ the larger goals of the United Nations in a more regional-specific environment was what is now known as the European Union. The European Union ... Secretariat. By dispensing the authority and responsibility through smaller organizations, closer attention is able to be paid to each goal and task, thus making action easier to take. For example, one of thei...

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... continuous threat to the security of Sparta, despite their importance to the economic system. The helots were very rebellious and resented their Spartan masters. It is often stated that the one of main reasons for Sparta's transformation into a military state after the savage second Messenian War in the 6th century was to create a state of soldiers to effectively control the helots ... possessed no machinery for administering such a widespread empire". Hammond is however contested by Jones (1967, 135) when he states "decline in Spartiate numbers was due to deliberate family restriction ...

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... the senate could actually debate. Augustus also encouraged competition, retaining the glamour of the consulship and reducing the length of consulships from one year to 6 months after 5 BC. He also increased competition for Praetorships, increasing the functions of a Praetor; 2 were ... was to wipe out the senatorial class, 'Often he hinted broadly that it was not his intention to spare the remaining senators, but would one day wipe out the entire Senatorial Order.' When a second revolt, this time lead by Julius Vindex, hailed Galba as imperator, Nero was left ... AD69, saw Galba, Otho, V...

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... only last a mere four years, forever changed the country. The Khmer rouge movement led by Pol Pot, also known as, "Brother Number One," (Cambodia Tribunal Monitor) accounted for an estimated 1.5-3 million deaths and was aimed at erasing all Cambodian history, prior to their rise to ... corruption and thus make significant steps towards the establishment of a truly democratic regime, changes need to happen and reforms must be implemented. One of the main reforms that need to take place deals with the Anti-corruption law passed in 2010. The fact that the law itself ... is aimed to combat s...

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... . The increase in volume sprayed on GM crops has led to intense speculation on the inevitable effects, as the herbicide coats and concentrates itself within glyphosate-resistant cereals and corn. One ground breaking study in relation to this found that the amount of glyphosate contained in standard Roundup brand weed killers causes clearly demonstrable damage and death to human cells (Chaufan ... gulf between what elements in the mainstream scientific community are saying viz-a-viz anti-GMO activists should be looked at with special scrutiny, as the extremely polarized opinions suggest t...

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... comprises of the organization and cultural structure of an organization can effectively facilitate or inhibit knowledge sharing and critique of the findings LEADERSHIP STYLE Transformational leadership is regarded one of the most influential contemporary leadership theories (Bono et al 2005). According to (Bass and Avolio 1994), the foundation of transformational leadership comprises: Idealized influence ... which signifies his or her support for team-wide knowledge sharing. Second, the coaching behaviour of an empowering leader includes teaching team members how to effectively communicat...

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... which they saw as symbolic.4 Whereas German Fascism ideology could not look back at a time of great domination to aspire towards and instead mythicized over creating a new perfect Aryan race by the usage of eugenics and nationalism. Hitler would go on to murder millions of lesser able bodied ... the style to imitate that of imperial Rome and to bring historical pride and a sense of nationalism to the Italian people. Fascist architecture was one of many ways for Mussolini to invigorate a cultural rebirth in Italy and to mark a new era of Italian culture under fascism.11 Italian ... hide ...

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... reached a widely accepted conclusion as to the main function of sleep (Zepelin, Siegel and Tobler, 2005), with some researchers describing sleep as "one of the major unanswered questions in biology" (Bennington & Heller, 1995). The purpose of this essay then, will be to firstly outline the ... due to their differing electromyogram (EMG) recordings, (Greene & Siegel, 2004). NREM sleep has been further split into four stages of sleep with stages one and two marking the onset of sleep. These stages are distinguishable on the EEG by a reduction in Alpha wave frequency, instead being replace...

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