...Soc 1 Sociological analysis In the movie film The Hunger Games, the nation of Panem is a society very dissimilar to our own. This nation once began with 13 districts, until the thirteenth district chose to take action against the oppressors. They were quickly put down, the remaining 12 districts were punished and were forced to fund two participants which were known as tributes , a boy and a girl of young age to the Capitol each year to compete in the Hunger Games which is a brutal fight to the death. The winner of the huger games is then rewarded with a number of rewards, as well as their home district receives an extra amount of food for one year. The government of Panem administrates these annual “games” as a reminder of what power they hold over those who live in the districts who live inpovrished . This film can be analyzed in a sociological way , for there are many examples of social stratification, power, and socialization. Starting with social stratification, one of the most identifiable examples in the film is the seperation of districts. Each district has something to contribute, a specific area of production. For example, District 1 is in chanrge of the production of luxury items (such as jewelry and fashion for the Capitol), District 4 is in charge of fishing, District 11 is in charge of agriculture production , and District 12 is coal. This can be seen as an example of how labor is divided among districts. Each district has something specific...
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...INTRODUCING HEALTHY NUTRITIONAL ALTERNATIVES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOLS Prepared for Dr. Arthur C. Johnson, Superintendent of Palm Beach County Schools Palm Beach County School Board 3340 Forest Hill Blvd., C-316 West Palm Beach, FL 33406 Prepared by Heather Ronga, CEOl Drink Healthy, Corporation July 21, 2013 Drink Healthy, Corporation 123 Main Street New Town, FL 33415 Phone (555) 123-4567 Fax (555) 123-4568 July 21, 2013 Dr. Arthur C. Johnson, Superintendent of Palm Beach County Schools Palm Beach County School Board 3340 Forest Hill Blvd., C-316 West Palm Beach, FL 33406 RE: Introducing Healthy Nutritional Alternatives in Palm Beach County Schools Dear Dr. Johnson: This proposal is for your review introducing healthy nutritional alternatives in Palm Beach County Schools. Drink Healthy, Corporation is in accordance with state and federal initiatives and the Florida Department of Education guidelines by providing and promoting healthy eating to your students and your athletes while advocating health awareness. The progression towards a healthier student body is nutrition such as fruit drinks, vegetable drinks, and simple snacks. This partnered with physical education will lead to great success for students. Furthermore, eating healthy in school will lessen the obesity rate and stop students from feeling as sluggish. Students will be more energetic and have a higher success in academics, throughout the day. Dr. Johnson implementing...
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...Book Report In The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins has created a captivating dystopian world. Reading The Hunger Games can lead to interesting discussions about our own world and how reality shows, possible acts of war, strict governments and obsession with fashion trends influence us daily. Due to the gloom of the story, it is best suited for teens and young adults rather than tweens. While the creation of Panem is not fully fleshed out in this first book, we know that this controlling society was the result of a horrible disaster during the Dark Days, resulting in the establishment of twelve districts under the rule of the government in the Capitol. Peacekeepers and a local government are instituted in each district, but the rulers in the Capitol have strict control over everyone and everything within all districts. Each district has its own specialty that aids the Capitol, such as coal mining, agriculture, fish, etc. Some districts provide the Capitol with energy or material goods and some provide the manpower to keep those in the Capitol in power. The people who live in the Capitol contribute little to their own living and pay more attention mostly with the latest styles and delights. The Hunger Games are an annual tradition directed by the Capitol leaders, not only to amuse the citizens, but also to preserve control over the districts by demonstrating the Capitol's authority. Each year, the twelve districts must send two representatives, a girl and a boy, to participate...
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...and the World Bank in the world of economics. The approach examines the economic relations with the three views, such as; 1.1 Realistic View Most scholars often prefer the use of game theory in order to give an explanation that relates the final outcomes with a result from the negotiations. The simplest being the issue of the discussions that entails two characters in it. Liberal in the early 21st century was the nationalist approach. The earliest school of thought during this time is the mercantilism. 1.2 Marxist View It analyzes the international meetings of the G-20 nations that took place in London in the year 2009. This creates a wider understanding of the many other various kinds of approaches. These may have negligible similarity with the view that Marx presents in the lecture room. However, it stresses the strong belief in the public power. The labels of approaches that this view put into its consideration are the feminists, and the radicals. They include the structuralisms, the critical, low developments, and the systems of the world. It is, therefore, very clear that Marx mostly links his approach with the heterodox economics (Schieder and Spindler 56). 2.0 How Liberal Approach Would Deal With Problems of Hunger and Development 2.1 Hunger Currently, there are very many people who need assistance in almost all aspects; food, shelter, and clothing. Most of these individuals toil daily in order to meet their...
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...Simmons, A.M. (2012). Class on fire: Using the Hunger Games trilogy to encourage social action. The Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 56(1), 22-34. Abstract This article explores ways to utilize students’ interest in fantasy literature to support critical literacy. Focusing on Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games series (2008, 2009, 2010), the author addresses how elements of the trilogy relate to violent acts in our world, helping student understand that violence and brutality toward children is not fiction, but very real, and that they can play a role in its abolishment, just like Katniss, through social action projects. Issues such as hunger, forced labor, child soldiers, and the sex trade that appear in both the fictional series and our world are discussed, encouraging students to assess their world and advocate for change. Examples of social action projects that utilize multiple literacies are suggested as a way to inspire students take action in the community and to stand up to injustice and brutality in hopes of creating a better world and a better human race. Using popular literature to pique student interest, this article explores how to incorporate the books in the Hunger Games series into the ELA classroom to support literacy and critical goals. Class on Fire: Using the Hunger Games Trilogy to Encourage Social Action Introduction The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, comprising The Hunger Games (2008), Catching Fire (2009), and Mockingjay (2010)...
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...Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Jill Lukas Professor Teeple Sociology of The Family December 16, 2015 Like many anti-hunger programs in the past, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) was designed to alleviate the hunger and malnutrition of the poor. While there are many benefits to millions of people with SNAP, there is also great cost and controversy. According to the United States Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.), as of November 6, 2015, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program assisted nearly 46 million people in almost 23 million households in meeting their nutritional needs. The cost for this assistance was $63,932,308,264.00 in 2015 according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This is how it works: The Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service administers the SNAP program and then gives direction to all fifty states who then will establish who is eligible and who is not. (Blau,Abramovitz 2014, p.434). The state also regulates and administers the benefit for its residents. Once eligible, the recipient may purchase any type of non-prepared food. The SNAP food stamp program is the largest nutrition assistance program offered by the U.S.D.A. The goal of this program is to help poor families put balanced meals on the table in the quest to end malnutrition and hunger. SNAP provides monthly benefits for eligible, low income families in the form of a benefits card which is similar to a credit card and does away...
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...factors like Geography, Climate, Crops and Game Animals available. The major events that we are going to focus our comments on in this paper are the Clovis era and the evolution of the Sahara Desert. These two major issues in human history chapped the form of the world in the way that we know it now days. Geography in the part of the globe that we know currently as North America, specifically in the area the Clovis Culture was developed, played an important role in the success of this culture. It is known that the first human came to America crossing over the land bridge of the Bering Straight. This is a major event in human history, and it was possible only due to geography with a help of the climate in the region back then. The climate in the North American region was cold. We can find at the museums a lot of evidence of Ice-age giant animals that roamed the region long before the colonial era. Some historians and scientists argue about the reason why the big mammals disappeared from the region, but one of the theories appoint to an “over hunting” situation. This all means that the area was very good for hunting, leaving no need to plant or cultivate but just the basic vegetables and grains. The great plains of North America were a huge hunting area, full of game animals and facilitating the hunting of big mammals. Game animals in so much abundance leave no need for alternate sources of food, and this was one the reasons why the agriculture was not successful among the early human...
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...slow, meandering streams The capital and largest city, Moroni, is located on Ngazidja. The Comoros Archipelago is situated in the Indian Ocean, in the Mozambique Channel, between the African coast (nearest to Mozambique and Tanzania) and Madagascar, with no land borders. At 2,235 km2, it is one of the smallest countries in the world. The Comoros also has claim to 320 km2 of territorial seas. The interiors of the islands vary from steep mountains to low hills. The climate is generally tropical and mild, and the two major seasons are distinguishable by their relative raininess. ECONOMY * Comoros is one of the world's poorest countries. * Economic growth and poverty reduction are major priorities for the government. * Agriculture, including fishing, hunting, and forestry, is the leading sector of the economy, and 38.4% of the working population is employed in the primary sector. * In 2004 Comoros' real GDP growth was a low 1.9% and real GDP per capita continued to decline. These declines are explained by factors including declining investment, drops in consumption, rising inflation, and an increase in trade imbalance due in part to lowered...
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... No, Pa Samuel Adedoyin Street, Off Fate Road G.R.A, Ilorin, Kwara State. 24/10/2013 The HR Manager, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), PMB 5320, Oyo Road, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Dear Sir/Ma, APPLICATION FOR TRAINING ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT POSITIONS I am writing in response to your advertisement on International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) for Training Administrative Assistant position. During my research about your Institute, I was excited to learn about the current openings for a position of administrative assistant. Your Institute being one of the world’s leading research partners has excellent objectives in finding solutions for hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. I am very much interested in joining your organization. In my former role as a front desk receptionist at Latbash Nigeria Limited, I was required to administer a range of administrative and specialized tasks in an appropriate and perfect manner. This comprised organizing meetings, directing visitors to appropriate contacts, answering incoming calls, and arranging appointments for guests to meet with company staffs, regularly...
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...A healthy school nutrition environment encompasses more than food and beverage choices available in the lunch line. It also includes appropriate meal schedules and serving times, dining atmosphere, food/beverage consumption in the classroom, food and beverage fund-raisers, availability of and access to vending machines, behaviors role-modeled by staff, nutrition education at school, physical activity, and generally the messages about eating and physical activity that students receive at school. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in collaboration with many national nutrition and school organizations, identified six components of a healthy school nutrition environment. Each one is important and affects the nutrition and physical activity in a child’s school life. Healthy eating and physical activity are essential for students to achieve their full academic and physical potential, mental growth, and lifelong health and well-being. Schools influence students’ eating and physical activity patterns. In a school committed to a healthy nutrition environment, every member of the education team makes nutrition and physical activity top priorities every day. The hectic lifestyle of most families in the United States relies heavily on fast foods and leaves little time for regular physical activity. Such lifestyles have significantly affected the health of our nation’s children. Many students arrive at school with empty stomachs, while others sip sodas and munch on high fat foods ...
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...Tacitus in His Account of Germania Tacitus’ Germania was a short monograph on German ethnography. It had great historical significance. Tacitus wrote critically of the Germans. He also stressed their simplicity, bravery, honor, fidelity, and other virtues in contrast to corrupt Roman imperial society, fallen from the vigor of the Republic. Tacitus covered many topics when writing this short piece of work. When it came to weapons, few used swords or long lances. They carried a spear, which they called a Framea. It was narrow and short head, but was so sharp and easy to wield that the same weapon serves, for close of distance conflict. “The horse-soldier was satisfied with a shield and spear. The foot-soldiers scattered showers of missiles, each man had several and hurled them to an immense distance. Their shields were marked with very choice colors” (13). A few had corslets, and one or two had metal or leather helmets. “Their horses were remarkable neither for beauty nor for fleetness. Nor were they taught various evolutions after their fashion, but are driven straight forward, or so as to make one wheel to the right in such a compact body that none were left behind another” (14). Their chief strength were in their infantry, and he fights along with the Calvary. The foot soldiers are stationed in front of the line. “The most glaring disgrace that can befall them, is to have quitted their shield” (15). According to punishment, in their councils an accusation...
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...According to Healthy People 2020, their goal is to promote health and reduce the risk for chronic diseases through the consumption of healthful diets and maintain healthy body weights. When President Obama signed the “Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act 2010,” the United States of America was boomed with information on how to reduce childhood obesity. The United States Department of Agriculture has taken this serious situation in their hands and are working hard to provide students with healthy meals in school. Since 2012, the US Department of Agriculture (usda.gov, 2014) has increased the amount of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains offered and have reduced the amount of sodium and fats cooked in school meals. Schools are also offering lessons in schools, for example, that teach students of any age the importance of measuring and eating proper nutritious foods, and increasing their activity levels every day. Different institutions also take the initiative and provide physical education and after school programs to students, where students are able learn and participate in different sports; such as: football, baseball, basketball...
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...more oppressive, totalitarian, and deadly than the one it overthrew. Many of the characters and events of Orwell's novel parallel those of the Russian Revolution: In short, Manor Farm is a model of Russia, and old Major, Snowball, and Napoleon represent the dominant figures of the Russian Revolution. Mr. Jones is modeled on Tsar Nicholas II (1868-1918), the last Russian emperor. His rule (1894-1917) was marked by his insistence that he was the uncontestable ruler of the nation. During his reign, the Russian people experienced terrible poverty and upheaval, marked by the Bloody Sunday massacre in 1905 when unarmed protesters demanding social reforms were shot down by the army near Nicholas' palace. As the animals under Jones lead lives of hunger and want, the lives of millions of Russians worsened during Nicholas' reign. When Russia entered World War I and subsequently lost more men than any country in any previous war, the outraged and desperate people began a series of strikes and mutinies that signaled the end of Tsarist control. When his own generals withdrew their support of him, Nicholas abdicated his throne in the hopes of avoiding an all-out civil war — but the civil war arrived in the form of the Bolshevik Revolution, when Nicholas, like Jones, was removed from his place of rule and then died shortly thereafter. old Major is the animal version of V. I. Lenin (1870-1924), the leader of the Bolshevik Party that seized control in the 1917 Revolution. As old Major outlines...
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...1. Social justice and equity is more important than economic justice and equity. Social justice generally refers to the idea of creating a society or institution that is based on the principles of equality and solidarity, that understands and values human rights, and that recognizes the dignity of every human being Defining Social Justice Social justice encompasses economic justice. Social justice is the virtue which guides us in creating those organized human interactions we call institutions. In turn, social institutions, when justly organized, provide us with access to what is good for the person, both individually and in our associations with others. Social justice also imposes on each of us a personal responsibility to work with others to design and continually perfect our institutions as tools for personal and social development. Defining Economic Justice Economic justice, which touches the individual person as well as the social order, encompasses the moral principles which guide us in designing our economic institutions. These institutions determine how each person earns a living, enters into contracts, exchanges goods and services with others and otherwise produces an independent material foundation for his or her economic sustenance. The ultimate purpose of economic justice is to free each person to engage creatively in the unlimited work beyond economics, that of the mind and the spirit. Social justice based on the values of fairness, equality and respect...
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...Genetically Modified Organisms Group E- Chrystalyn Northcutt-Warden LAS 432- Technology, Society & Culture Kira Leavens DeVry University December 7, 2013 Table of Contents Abstract Introduction Political Influences Economic Questions and Considerations Psychological Affects Moral and Ethical Implication Conclusion Works Cited Appendix Abstract Introduction The Hunger Games trilogy dwells upon genetic modification. With genetically engineered animals such as the jabberjay, mockingjay, tracker jacker and wolf mutts, monkey mutts and even genetically engineered roses, the trilogy explores the ethics and consequences of toying with Nature. This paper will discuss the pros and cons of genetically modified organisms. Also the economic, psychological effect on society as well as the moral and ethical implications that this technology can have on today’s society. History Genetically modified organisms have continually been around but have recently evolved and came to light in the past 10 years. Genetically modified organisms are described as “An organism whose genetic characteristics have been altered by the insertion of a modified gene or a gene from another organism using the techniques of genetic engineering (www.medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com, 2013).” genetically modified organism (GMO) is used to refer to any microorganism, plant, or animal in which genetic engineering techniques have been used to introduce, remove, or modify specific parts...
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