... are: life itself, pleasures or comforts, and power. Hobbes defines this phenomenon when he states, "Continual success in obtaining those things which a man from time to time desireth, that is to say, continual prospering, is that men call FELICITY" (p34). This reflects on the phenomenon that we, as ... out of fear in order to ensure one's security. The last part of Hobbes' argument focuses on the notion that every person seeks admiration from others. Stating the importance of one's reputation in the overall scheme of self-preservation further enhances this idea. Since Hobbes concludes t...

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... these approaches, it becomes obvious, however, that semiotics is an inseparable and integral part of performance. Ferdinand de Saussure, a Swiss linguist who has been hailed the "founder not only of linguistics but also...semiotics"#, based his theory on a linguistic model that has been employed by most structuralists. The basic linguistic model, composed of "signifiers" and "signifieds", ... communication of it, is intrinsic to many theatrical genres, making the breakdown of the language used integral to understanding the meaning of performance as a whole. The concepts derived from the ...

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... into a tasty burger, the human mind seems to beg the driver to stop for a convenient meal. For people living in nations suffering from food shortages, this depiction of the average American street seems like a miniature version of heaven on earth; however, these easy to access restaurants ... they serve. In addition to the caloric information now provided in restaurants, the internet provides websites such as Self Nutrition Data, which not only provides the nutritional value of food but also information on how to manage a healthy lifestyle. With the new legislation signed by President Ob...

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... states and country for example Bavaria, Baden, Hanover, Pomerania and East Prussia. The German people believed because they wanted to believe the nation had always existed, it gave them peace of mind, future, pride and hope. This psychological brain washing sparks the emotional attachment to the nation and it is for these reasons why Smith proposed the nation had to ... denied or absorbed because it is the strongest affirmation that groups have of their own nationality. Within the ever growing secular society and American influenced Canada the only real thing that keeps Quebecois as a se...

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... aimed at being peaceful despite the current ban on demonstrations however, it would soon become known as Bloody Sunday. The movement split as it passed through the city becoming two separate groups. A British plan was devised to contain the march through the construction of barricades that would be held by the British army; as one group of marchers neared the ... argue that without this day and the increasing violence politicians would not have taken the issue of a final peace settlement as important and perhaps the Good Friday Agreement may never have been agreed. The scale of violence ...

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... efficiently, especially under the given uncertainties (Rabi A. et al. 2003). In order to tackle the real problems in this watershed in an integrated way, we should not only stick to the ecological, social and economical aspects without coping with the political obstacles, institutional lacking and international water laws and rights. Reaching agreement on the water conflicts ... , management, monitoring and control, and agreement on regulations and procedures (Shuval H. 1994). This is possible between Israelis and Jordanians because those two countries have already signed a peace treaty ...

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... Globalization, as one of the important social concepts and terms, brings tremendous change in the domain of politics, economy and culture, which seems to be stealing identities from many countries and people as they become increasingly interconnected. Combining with a seemingly unstoppable trend of Globalization, nationalism is still being active. This paper will first give ... globalization. Globalization can be understood as a process reflects the emergence of interregional networks and systems of interactions and exchange which embodies structuration and stratification. It has reached...

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... so the natural world is subjugated by human behavior. It's a matter of practical management and precautionary approach towards the ecology so that other species are not threatened or abandoned from the habitats. Though the survival of humans is dependent on other species, however, people must not utilize other species wastefully or cruelly. Moreover, ecological integrity is another fundamental principle ... and planet is a human concern as the earth biology articulates the interconnectedness and that the devastation of a species has countless effects on others. Viewing the principle of e...

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... and planet is a human concern as the earth biology articulates the interconnectedness and that the devastation of a species has countless effects on others. Viewing the principle of ecological integrity from a virtue ethicist, if an individual fails to recognize the fragility of life and the interconnectedness, then ones ethical framework would lack the responsibility of being committed towards sustainability of ... cultural problems. Phosphate is the basis of Nauru's economy but with the exhaustion of the minerals, the island is left to survive on a strip of land with barren vegetation[...

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... explains that the concept of security started to change after the end of the Cold War and not it includes a new additional element, which is "the protection of the environment from irreversible degradation by combating, among other things, acid rain, desertification, forest destruction, ozone pollution, and global warming. In a world in which environmental degradation crosses national borders with ... this increase in the number of the population in Assam had a negative impact on the number of resources available, causing tension between the Indian population and the refugees from Bangl...

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... their divisions, for all the waste of their wars and policies, the people of Europe enjoyed a considerable and increasing prosperity. Central Europe recovered steadily from the devastation of the Thirty Years' War. As provisional it was as no other age has been provisional, an age of assimilation and recuperation, ... accumulated weight and, if the foremost were destroyed, new assailants instantly replenished the vacant space. Such formidable emigrations can no longer issue from the North; and the long repose, which has been imputed to the decrease of population, is the happy consequenc...

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... World Politics. While realists and liberal theorists" argue that US hegemony is vulnerable and relatively short lived, it can also be argued from a systemic realist point of view that the present international structure is unquestionably unipolar, is inherently sturdy, as is unlikely to experience demise ... to world product is considered significant, and by non-state actors and phenomena (including terrorist organisations, viruses, and financial flows) from all states within the system, in the bottom tier. This liberal interpretation of world politics is both refreshing and enlightening...

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... government, the police) and those who protest against it. In London in 2011 thousands of people protested, rioted and engaged in criminal activity from Saturday the 6th August through to Thursday the 11th of August. The killing of Mark Duggan, a black man, on the 4th of August ... his mother was at the centre of a large amount of media coverage in the Ferguson riots, portrayed in many cases as a voice calling for peace (Gorman, 2014). Butler (1994) has highlighted the inadequacy of models of femininity and masculinity which oppose social norms such as violence and peacekeeping. ... -civi...

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... utilize competitive bidding when awarding construction contracts and were required, by law, to award the contract to the 'lowest responsible bidder' (lowest bid value), prohibiting the owner from considering any non-price factors that a business entity in the private construction sector would normally consider. As alternative project delivery methods began to gain popularity in the private construction ... center of the debate for the implementation of alternative project delivery methods, a case study to document an actual project awarded and constructed under the new legislation, ...

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... developing nations the combination of capitalism and liberal democracy is most preferred because it produces the most stable form of government for industrialized nations. In this sense a capitalist economy not only supports the values of a liberal democracy but it also helps to extend them on a global front. Although most of the world's leading nations have accepted that capitalism supports liberal democracy ... ...

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... restriction against progressive institutional change towards a decentralised society where re-negotiation in line with the indigenous socio-economic realities could be undertaken. Thus, the distorted economic structure from colonial times introduces the contardiction between stability and equity. Stability requires a centralised State structure with arbitrary institutional change through imposing "other" systems without a consensus; the ... of the proletariat and (3) eventually the workers unite to overthrow capitalism. The first two effects have been witnessed from time to time, parti...

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... with this however, is that criminal statistics provided by the government departments and victimisation surveys do not accurately portray the 'dark figure' of crime. Moreover, the official crime statistics only include 'notifiable crimes', as not all crimes reported to the police or higher authorities are deemed serious enough to be made official, and so are not included in the ... victimology has "ensured the development and refinement of quantitative measures of victimisation" throughout the discipline of victimology. (Davies, et al., 2003, pp. 3) However, this appears to be...

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... college campus an increasingly bewildering and intimidating place, more of an ordeal than an educationally valuable experience. Once enrolled semester by semester, everything is based off of these scattered separate courses in which grades are given for covering a specified ground. Textbooks and manuals are set forth which students must memorize to pass true-false and multiple choice exams with ... in control of their own existence and direction. Liberal arts compel people to deviate and act against their initial judgments with the impositions of unchosen obligations. The resistance fe...

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... higher rate, enter new markets easily, gain expertise in serving customer demands, defray the cost of rising research, learn and apply new technology, access global markets and to benefit from vast managerial resources (Comi & Eppler 2006). Ease of Entering New Markets The ease of making entry into foreign markets is among the key economic logics for entering into strategic ... and knowledge gained by allied businesses can be applied within the joint venture projects as well as for internal business projects (Bhatti 2011). In all, the expertise may range from managing taxations to complyi...

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... to fight for the Republicans against Franco's Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War. Here he was forced to flee in fear of his life from Soviet-backed communists who were oppressing revolutionary socialist dissenters1. The experience left Orwell a staunch anti-Stalinist, and as such anti-Stalinist themes would ... with the day-to-day running of the country, working within The Party's four primary ministries, the Ministry of Plenty, the Ministry of Peace, the Ministry of Love and the Ministry of Truth (protagonist Winston Smith is an Outer Party member working within the Ministry of Trut...

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... also quote the Sixth Commandment which, in the original Hebrew reads, "Thou Shall Not Commit Murder." However, these literal interpretations of selected passages from the Bible which are often quoted out of context corrupt the compassionate attitude of Judaism and Christianity, which clearly focuses on redemption and forgiveness, ... an argument against capital punishment now that it can be done with lethal injections, but it is still very "unusual" in that it only applies to a select number of individuals making the death penalty completely discriminatory and arbitrary. After years of ...

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"Can Collective Defence mechanisms serve as effective structures to ensure regional peace and stability today?" Contemporary regional security remains a vital element in the peace and stability of not only neighbouring countries within a region but also to the security and harmony of the international arena. Regional security can take on the form of a single security mechanism or can encompass a ... variety of security mechanisms in an attempt to attain the same objective of regional peace, stability and security. There are many methods of attaining regional security in existence and range fr...

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... jobs with respect for their communities and in compliance with the law. Even so, there are incidents in which this is not the case. All organizations have problem employees. It only takes a few problem employees to lower morale, productivity, and ruin the image of the department. A police manager is responsible and accountable for controlling an employee's unacceptable behavior at ... necessarily warrant formal disciplinary action. The system "warns" by providing officers with counseling or raining designed to address the problematic behavior. The analysis concludes that an EW system is o...

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... world around them. This is a wonderful skill to have in times of doubt, crisis and confusion, but also an essential channel for achieving true peace of mind. This kind of focus can act in a more long-term capacity for bringing about a "Change of Trait", whereby deep ... unconsciously without control. By taking this approach we bypass the severe onslaught that our minds and bodies would be forced to suffer and then recover from, under the influence of stress, by applying the skills of meditation and mindfulness, which is much more beneficial for our health and wellbeing. ... to any situ...

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... parliament, there was also the fact that the military had no obligation or accountability to it. The Meiji Constitution dictated that the military answer only to the emperor, and so any issue concerning military action was out of the hands of the lower house. Finally, the role of the ... to push for their own empowerment. However, this piece of legislation was by no means unconditional – it was passed almost simultaneously alongside the infamous Peace Preservation Law, an unforgiving attack on dissenting activity that will be considered later on in this essay. What can be seen as a dr...

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