... the theatre community in an effort to expand theatre's visibility to, and engagement with, a new generation of potential audience members. CHAPTER ONE A Personal Perspective on Generational Homogeneity The first production I ever directed was arguably my most successful. While "Dream" (my adaptation of "A Midsummer Night's Dream") was poorly staged, ... 44. In 1992, the SPPA reported a median age of 42 for both plays and musicals, and in 1982 the median age for both was 39. This constitutes a steady median age incline between 1982 and 2008 of 8 years for non-musical plays, and 6 years fo...

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... and then stationed men around the village to slaughter anyone who managed to escape the flames. When the morning came, the air was surrounded with ashes and the smell of burning flesh. Major Mason thought that his actions were pleasing to God, and said that, "we had sufficient ... Ironically, even though thousands of people profited from the gold rush, Sutter and Marshall both ended up very poor. All of the men who worked on Sutter's land abandoned their jobs to go search for gold, and Sutter spent the rest of his life seeking for compensation from the government after he ... rose to po...

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... men or women's careers forever. Throughout the end of the 1980's and even into current times, GLAD has been prolific on the fore front of equal marriage rights for homosexuals. In 1988, they were victorious in a case for a dead homosexual man's ashes to be released to his partner at the opposition of the man's family. This paved the way for GLAD to ... of different people: Transvestites/cross-dressers (often straight men who only dress as a woman), drag queens (typically gay men who dress as a woman), transsexuals (have had or are planning on having a sexual reassignment surgery), hermap...

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... break up the protests, however live ammunition was also fired into the air. This was apparently the last appearance of the police on the streets. On that day the Egyptian armed forces were deployed to the streets all over the country (fig 1),18 to protect the civilians, ... B). Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik said: "everything is in the hands of President Hosni Mubarak and no decisions have been taken yet."39 With this statement from Shafik I believe that the hesitation of Mubarak in his final speech, forced the Military to declare his resignation the ... were still Mubarak's companions ou...

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... over thought processes and promotes its own agenda, whatever that may be. Every day, consumers are bombarded with advertising messages. No matter the medium, advertising pervades society expansively. On the internet, on billboards on the side of the road or in magazines sent to individual homes, every "American sees sixteen thousand advertisements (including logos, labels, and announcements) in a single ... rhetoric to paint subliminal messages. "The ethics in consideration by advertisers appear to be nonexistent," even despite rules and regulations established to protect the consumer (...

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... of Utilitarianism ethics. Clear example for this is child labor. Many factories use underage people in order to achieve profit maximization by reducing the expenses on salaries. But this is not a sufficient argument to conclude that business and Utilitarianism ethics are in contrast. To summarize, business utilitarianism ethics is ... politician's act also matter. In other words, his actions will be immoral because his intentions are immoral as well. The Hypothetical imperative is based on desires, not moral obligations. This is why Kant accepts only the Categorical imperative as a mora...

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... King Jigme Singye Wangchuck in the year 1972 with renowned phrase "Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross Domestic Product. " The philosophy focuses on the conservation of environment and preservation of its culture. Above all, it emphasizes on the equality among the citizens. Equality is a state of having equal right, opportunities, status, and advantages without discrimination and disparity among the people ... children of middle and poor family land up with low qualification. Therefore the rich become richer and poor remain poor. As per Ehrhart(2009), the life expectan...

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... these structures, the alpha cells produce glucagon, which raises the level of blood glucose and the beta cells produce insulin, which binds to receptor sites on the outside of a cell and works essentially like a key that allows glucose to enter cells. When not enough insulin is produced (hypoglycemia) or ... rid of that excess glucose, but the cells do not receive the glucose needed and send signals to the hypothalamus that more food is needed. On the other hand, exocrine function is the production of pancreatic juice and also regulate the metabolism of fats. For instance, when we eat ...

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... after a presidential assassination, when part of Rwanda's ruling party took control over the state and managed to eradicate their political rivals, and declare war on Tutsis (Straus, 2006). They have managed to deploy armed forces and demanded that every man needs to join one cause, to abolish the Tutsis. ... a pure case of modern genocide, which has been planned by the state in order to pursue a nationalist belief (Straus, 2006). Instead of focusing on a mono-causal explanation of these two events, I suggest a more complex explanation which will include the notion of peer pressure, incre...

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... public support for intervention. Since ISIS has affected the international community, vast amounts of newspapers have been published. In order to find the truth and ensure quality, sources were evaluated on a basis of four standards: "recognize that gathering and reporting information may cause harm or discomfort;" "be vigilant and courageous about holding those with power accountable," " ... Islamic religion. Obama's words also exhibit many characteristics seen in Huxley's "Propaganda in a Democratic Society." In his essay, Huxley creates an analogy strikingly similar to President ...

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... were going to violate a social norm. The norm violation that my group decided to do was go to 3 different fast food restaurants, overdress, use table cloths on their tables, wine glasses, and basically just be really fancy about fast food. Normally when you would go to a fast food restaurant you would probably just wear jeans ... were also both observing. This time we were not really embarrassed as much because we have already done this before, but we were still a little bit on edge about this one, what were people going to think this time? Were we going to get thrown out? Are people goi...

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... asleep because it may be harder to breathe especially for those who have Sleep Apnea. There are many different sleeping disorders that have diffrent effects on people. Without quality sleep it becomes hard for the brain to function effectively. One common effect that comes with little or no sleep is ... may help one to become more active during the day and making you more tired at night. Most people use this type of sleeping method on younger kids, the more energy they release during the day will help them fall asleep quicker and easier. Another method is acupuncture; acupuncture is .....

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... importantly physical health. Being overweight is the leading cause of health problems and diseases in America. The documentary talked about a study that was conducted on children to test the hypothesis that heart disease is seen as early has childhood. They studied children and monitored them as they grew up into ... calorie dense foods. In today's society there isn't a block where you can't find fatty foods and high sugar foods. Fattening foods are advertised on every radio stations, TV broadcasting shows and commercials. It makes it hard to avoid eating McDonalds. Today there are many ...

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... the saviour of the majority from the oppression of the few who are the elite of other types of government regimes. Most of Plato's contributions on the debate of democracy tried to shed light to the minds of many and making them aware of the negative aspects about democracy. He came ... the intellect, they are not apt to make political decisions that prioritize their real needs. This then shows the nature of his argument and position on the subject of democracy as he sees no good thing about it. This shows that, he is asking questions like how democratic is democracy?, ... they have be...

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... not just about losing money, it's the feeling of delight that they experience from this activity (David Capuzzi, 2008, p. 37). Some people, especially compulsive gamblers, have difficulty concentrating on their normal responsibilities, such as school and work, and the significance behind this can lead to enormous issues in the future. In addition, this problem can cause harm to your ... (CAMH, 2010). It has been determined that high risk gamblers benefit more by brief or intensive treatments, secondary, tertiary prevention as well as harm reduction interventions. The National Institute o...

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... and invasion from external raiders as they were thought to be the main driving forces behind the occurrence while there were divergent views on the impact of the other reasons. Population movement Mycenaean empire was invaded by three groups of people including people from the north, Dorians ... which could take decades to sort out and bring the government back to order. Displacement disrupted farming as the farmers couldn't concentrate on farming and were always on the move. One of the invaders, the Dorians, moved in to occupy the larger southern part of the Mycenaean land bringing ... ...

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... skills so that the information is relevant and easily understood. Written communication is used between businesses and people and is used for everything that is on the internet, without written communication information would have a hard time spreading. Writing a care plan is a crucial thing to do because it is ... have no right to see/know the information within the report. So the care report/plan would be locked in a cabinet or will be password protected on the computer file. Another written communication is instructions. For example a care plan would be written about a patient that ha...

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... people suffering with anorexia will prematurely die from complications related to their disorder ("E.D." Anad.org). In a survey, out of 185 female students on a college campus, fifty-eight percent felt pressured to be a certain weight; of that, eighty-three percent dieted for weight loss, and forty-four ... go through Nutritional counseling and psychotherapy to reduce the binge eating and purging. Next they have Cognitive Behavioral therapy to help the person focus on the problem and how to solve it. Then they go to a therapist to help identify thinking problems and change inaccurate beli...

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... people, nowadays, many others agree that this issue deserves more attention. The aim of this assignment is to discuss how Critical Psychology helps to develop a critical view on gender, also discussing sexual ideologies in our culture and how these are formed throughout our life-span. This assignment observes and discusses the inequalities that Critical Psychology finds in ... Western communities by discussing important theories and keywords in Critical Psychology. This assignment criticizes theories established in Sociobiology and mainstream Psychology, and how these may have influenced...

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... up about 60% of the human body. Although there is an abundance of ocean water, freshwater is very scarce. Out of all the water on earth freshwater accounts for about 3%. In New Jersey the water reservoirs in the Highlands provide water to nearly half the states population. In Union County ... it back to the public has a very expensive infrastructure, which costs the state hundreds of millions of dollars. By conserving water you cut down on the amount of water that needs to be collected, treated and then redistributed, which then cuts the cost of taxes people pay for water treatment ... r...

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... ;Thousands of harmless activities are now classified as crimes" (ROC). In order to solve the issues we must first face them head on. During the early century's punishment for those who committed crimes were considered abominations to their people. Big rallies were held for all to ... the prison system that most people are oblivious to. Howard League explains the development of the prison system through a large back ground of information on how exactly 'prison' was formed. During the mid-eighteenth century hard labor was considered the ultimate punishment. Prisoners were sent to larg...

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... the couples face makes them deeper, wiser, better, and stronger (Reference 9 pg. 128). It is considered that marriage either grows or declines dependent on how the couple treats each other and their marriage (Reference 11 pg. 56). When a ceremony happens to celebrate two people getting married, the ceremony ... slow to judge, quick to forgive, tender, and caring in our interactions (Reference 4 pg. 168). In emotional intimacy, is true solid commitment based on trust with a special gift of the healing from the other spouse of the aspects we re to confess that are our most shameful moments ...

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... People in Sweden celebrate many of the European holidays but they also celebrate many food holidays like waffle day, cinnamon bun day, and shrove Tuesdays. On these days Swedes are allowed to indulge in these foods without feeling guilty (Barrling, 2013, p 178). Most of their holidays come from the ... a sauce and boiled potatoes with some vegetables. Fish is a very important food for the Swedish people. With having about 50% of the Swedish border on the Baltic Sea, there early economy was based of fishing and other exports that involve the sea (Knoespel, 2014, p. 118). For Christmas it i...

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... to lose 100 pounds in just 3 months by only eating low-fat Subway sandwiches for lunch and dinner. While I've seen Jared a million times on commercials, I never understood the significance of his ad campaign. Before Subway had even heard of Jared, they implemented an ad campaign claiming 7 of ... simple business plans like Google, Surgeons OverSeas, Netflix, Chipotle, Craigslist, and even a company called SENDaBALL, that sent balls through the mail with messages on them. In the RAP we learned about a sixth grader named Chase that created a travois that was cheap to make and could transpo...

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... . God called Moses to deliver His people from the Egyptians through a burning bush. Pharaoh refused to let the Israelites go, so God sent ten plagues on Egypt. During the plagues Pharaoh made life more miserable for the Israelites. God promised Moses, "I will bring you into the land I swore with ... wrote: God promised to Abraham that he would give him a homeland, also that he would grant him numerous of descendants, and that all the people on the earth would be blessed through him. Moses lived to see the provision of two of these great promises because he led a multitude of Israelites o...

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