Essays on Gambling.

A Case Study

Jonathan, a married 32-year-old Asian-American male, with an income of $70,000 annually reported symptoms of pathological gambling. As stated by his wife, Marigold, Jonathan has an uncontrollable urge to visit casinos and bet on slot machines. If he could not go out, he uses his credit cards to bet online. He rarely communicates with Marigold and their two children and prefers to lock himself in the room. According to Marigold, Jonathan started betting on casino slot machines with his workmates. They persuaded him by telling him that it was a lucrative activity with negligible losses. He began betting ...

Casino industry is considered to be one of the most profitable industries in the world. Its impact on the national economies is crucial. Theoretical studies within this sphere show us that the casino gambling entities provide their governments with quite significant benefits such as high level of taxes paid, infrastructure development by the cost of casinos and increased level of tourists to places where such enterprises are located. But in most publications little attention is paid to the problem of defining the specific impact of casino gambling as a part of hotel enterprises. That is why our main goal ...

Florida

The Florida Legislature is seated in the Florida State Capital in Tallahassee. The Florida Legislature is composed of 160 state legislators. The state’s legislature is responsible for creating and amending laws within the state of Florida. In order to do this, legislators are responsible for proposing legislation in the form of a bill. If successful, the legislation goes through a review, readings, and requires a majority vote. Then, the bill is either signed into law by the state’s governor or the bill is vetoed. The state’s legislature also has the ability to propose amendments within the ...

Introduction

“Debt markets are an integral part of the financial sector and effectively supplement the funds provided by the banking sector” (Tariq, 2004, p. 5). In developing markets, these marketplaces are nevertheless at a primary phase of their growth. Islamic rule (Shari’ah) forbids the charging and disbursing of interest. So, in nations anywhere Muslim populace establishes a significant section of the culture, customary debt marketplaces cannot succeed. Henceforth there is a great request and necessity for evolving options to current debt markets that can be satisfactory to the Islamic rule.

IDB Sukuk

According to (Anon., 2016), The Islamic Development Bank is ...

Introduction

My name is ENTER NAME. The school that I will be representing is Georgia State University (Not to be confused with the University of Georgia Bulldogs). Georgia State University—also referred to as Georgia State or State—is public commuter school located in the heart of downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The university was founded in 1913 initially as a night school but grew to a full-time university in the later 1940s. State is a part of the University System of Georgia's four research universities and has over 32,000 undergraduate and graduate students as of fall 2015 (Georgia State University: ...

Community Resources in Corrections

While organized crime can refer to any hierarchically structured and excusive association of people governed by specific rules, who carry on criminal activities for financial gain and who show a willingness to use violent or other illegal act in order to perpetuate their existence; in the United States, organized crime is most commonly linked to the Italian-American mafia (Abadinsky, 2010). To be sure, although there are a number of organized criminal networks operation in or against the U.S. that include a range of ethnicities and national origins, such as the Russian mafia, the Mexican drug cartels, and Chinese triads; ...

In the past thirty years, humanity has moved into a digital era where billions of people are connected via an ever advancing technology boom. Yousef starts his days by waking up to the sound of the alarm, and listening to the radio while driving his car to work. Then he works on the computer to do some tasks; after that he contacts some people by calling and texting them via Smartphone. In his leisure time, he just passes his fingertip over a screen and sinks into some application to update himself with the latest news headline continuing to use ...

Introduction

Psychological or emotional senses are keys to living life happily. These senses are what keep people sane through the trying times. As Mac Pherson (2011) stated, the huge influx of new information from the sciences . . . [challenge] some traditional philosophical views about the senses.”

Below are the senses a particular individual lives through to achieve complete fulfillment in his life.

Theory of Sensation and Perception Sensation and perception starts an eye opener for awareness (Grison, Heatherton & Gazzaniga, 2015). Sensation forms different ways people see, hear, touch and smell (Macpherson, 2011). Richard does his everyday tasks at work and life by feeling the situation. As a CEO of a New York multi-national company, he uses his previous ...

Executive Summary

Macau is a very attractive gaming destination in the Asia Pacific region, just across the border for Hong Kong. This city attracts a large number of tourists and international visitors. It has also seen a rapid growth in establishment of large gaming companies, ever since liberalization for gaming operators in 2002. This must have actually spurred economic growth, and boosted SMEs, which are the economic growth power engines. However, unfortunately this is not the case, primarily because of the intense pressure on manpower, which is contributing to labour turnover in Macau, so much that, almost 30% of the SMEs are facing closure ...

“In case you never get a second chance: don't be afraid!" "And what if you do get a second chance?" "You take it!” ~ (Anonymous, 2014)

Literature and other disciplines in Humanities fosters a sense of understanding regarding realities that discusses human experiences. From the definition of humanities and coining it from its root word “human”, it means can only originate from an aspect that entirely focuses on the aspect concerning human endeavors. True enough, humanities are a field of study that is involved in the pursuit of gaining understanding of concepts, principles and ideologies relating to human culture ( ...

Conclusion on Pest Analysis

The political, economic, socio-cultural and technological trends significantly affects the performance as well as the strategic marketing plan of MCRI. From the research on the political trends it shows that MCRI is affected by the upcoming election in 2016. In 2012, Obama won for a re-election which supported the sustainability plan previously initiated under the same administration prior to 2012. However, in 2016 remains to be seen. It is identified as a threat because of the uncertainty in how the new sets of leaders would address the concerns of the industry where MCRI belongs. Policies, laws and stipends might be revoked, ...

Against the Gods: The remarkable story of Risk by Peter L. Bernstein

People have always believed that no human being can go against the will of the gods. However, Peter Bernstein tries to explain how human beings have gone against all odds to beat the gods at their own game. In his book, ‘against the gods: the remarkable story if risk’ he tells the story of grasping risky opportunities to change the fate of the world. Peter narrates the story of a few scientists and their assistant amateurs who risked everything to bring the future to the present. What they discovered and invented aided the world with the necessary tools for foretelling ...

Assignment #2 Concept Kit

Premise: A Chinese boy had a gambling addiction, and his girlfriend tried to discourage his gaming habits. He never listened to her and could never stop playing. Sometimes he hit the jackpot, but sometimes he could lose all the money he had. Finally, his girlfriend had to break up with him. Inspiration: It is a real situation that happened to my classmate at high school in Hamilton. I wrote this because I just wanted to tell people that gambling has very harmful impacts. There is an old Chinese proverb: “First spin and then weave.”

Premise: A boy and a girl ...

Gambling is an old practice that people have used to make money by either betting on cash, cars or other forms of property. Earlier, the practice was considered illegal until recently when some states decided to make it legal after observing how profitable the business was. Whether gambling on life or one’s dollar, participants in a gambling session display their undoubted nature to take risks. Casinos make use of this instinct, the dinging and buzzing slot machines with glitzy décor and table games that create the impression of one’s transfer into a new place coupled with a peculiar experience. ...

Introduction

Ever since the concept of operant conditioning presented to the discipline of Psychology, it has been praised, applied and criticized equally in fervor. Currently, both psychologists and economists have interests in its applications. The concepts of operant conditioning are applied in many fields such as education, business organizations, communities, professional bodies, market, international relations and even in robotics. One domain that binds both, economics and operant conditioning is consumer demand (Domjan, M. 2009). In Economics, the consumer demand is a function of price of the good and the quantity purchased. The elasticity of demand or variability of the demand is ...

A.Rehman, M. (2011). Human Trafficking in the era of Globalization. the case of trafficking in global economy , 1-2.

According to this Journal written by Majeed A.Rehman, human trafficking is in practice for many decades. Just like many global problems, human trafficking is also one of the global crises. The writer of the journal is identifying the countries that are mostly affected by human trafficking. The writer has pointed out the country Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, every year large number of people is trafficked for a sex industry. Many young children and women are exported. The main reason is the low level ...

It is always the desire of each person living to have a fulfilled life where they will live free of worries and anxieties. The steps towards such accomplishments are followed by various actions including working hard in life and even being nice to people. Everybody is usually looking for a secret towards success and once it is unveiled, everything will be done to ensure they get there. However, the definition of success defers from one person to the other and the level of hard work and commitment is not always the same. In an effort to achieve what somebody else has ...

Introduction

Organized crime refers to a network of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals in an organized manner and who are engaged in illegal activities. Such criminal organizations are well organized with a clear chain of command and segregation of duties among its members in much a similar way to a lawful organization or government. The only distinction between organized crime organizations and other lawful organizations is that they are engaged in illegal activities. It is organized crime organizations that are usually responsible for transnational crimes. Transnational crimes denote crimes that have significanteffects in more than one country. This is because such transnational crimes ...

Statistics has it that the cruise line industry is the fastest growing in the sector of leisure in the tourism, travel and hospitality industries (Jr Brent et al 240). There has been a growth rate of 2100% between 1970 and 2006. Moreover, 68% of the cruises that have been taken have existed for a decade (Jr Brent et al 241). The industry undergoes a 7% growth rate annually. I choose the Norwegian cruise lines ; I feel that it will attract more people because billing itself a ‘freestyle’ cruise line, with regard to dining and was the pioneer to swerve from the two-set ...

CBO.GOV

Summary H.R 308 is a bill introduced into the 114th Congress on March 01, 2015 by Congressman Trent Franks. The aim of the bill is to prohibit gambling on property near Glendale, Arizona owned by the Tohono O’odham Nation and held in trust by the United States. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that should the Bill be passed into law, the Tohono O’odham Nation would pursue litigation. Should the federal government have to pay compensation, it might have to pay in excess of $1billion. The CBO has based its estimate of the likely compensation on the fact ...

Question 5 (a)

It has come to the attention of the audit firm that there are several issues surrounding the business operations of Ocean Manufacturing Inc that could deter the acceptance of the company as a client. This memo will clearly outline the reasons as to why the decision of not accepting the company as a client of the audit firm would be a viable choice. The factors identified are principal in any decision making process as they would save the reputation and time of the audit firm. Solutions to the problems observed in the company will be outlined so as to try uplifting the ...

1. Operational Customer Relationship Management is based on enhancing and improving processes of a business such as customer interface and customer support through automation. It focuses on customer related processes such as selling, marketing, before and after sale services. Examples of operational CRM are; Marketing Automation, which is based on making marketing activities automated, Sales-force Automation, which is simply making all processes within a sales cycle automated, and finally Service Automation which is automating the services an organization offers to its customers. On the other hand, Analytical CRM are inclined towards the operations of the back office, which does not ...

The issue of behavioral addictions such as pathological gambling has always been marred by controversy. The two types of addictions are contained in the DSM-IV-TR. However, they are in different categories. Substance dependence is classified as a substance use disorder while pathological gambling as an impulse control disorder. In this paper, the issue of whether behavioral addictions exist, the similarities and differences between behavioral and substance use addictions will be explored. In addition, the appropriateness of the use of drug addiction treatments for behavioral addicts will be discussed.

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In order to understand whether behavioral addictions exist, it is important to ...

The internet has brought a lot of benefits to the world and at the same time has increased the level of negative vices. Businesses are able to set-up websites that increase their visibility. There are certain volumes of sales and advertising are now conducted online cutting costs. Print and media advertising have higher costs. There are social networks and mail capabilities that allow individuals to interact, make friends, form relationships and even enter into long-term commitments. The people are able to express their views on any topic on the internet through blogs and personal websites. Anonymity is guaranteed for the ...

Issues that Stewart and Bacanovic Faneuil missed their decisions about their stock sale

Stewart invested in Imclone upon the recommendation of her friend in spite of the company being headed by Dr. Mendelson whose reputation had come into scrutiny following the scandals at Enron. There were also indications that the Food and Drugs Agency (FDA) would not approve the cancer drug Erbitux that was poised to become one on the best performing products for the company (Jennings, 2006). Moreover, Stewart’s investment partner Dr. Waksal had placed his shares as collateral for loans. It was therefore risky for Stewart to rely on the investment. Stewart used a stockbroker who had conflicting interests with ...

Al Capone was a gangster who ran an organized crime syndicate back in the 1920s in the Chicago area during the Prohibition era. Despite his role in various crimes, Capone was a charming gangster who was both charitable and amiable to others. His demeanor was opposite the power and viciousness of his personality, which is why he became an iconic image of the successful American gangster. He was even dubbed as the modern-day Robinhood for his knack in helping the poor people. Born in 1899, Capone was the fourth of nine children born to Gabriele and Teresina, both Italian immigrants. ...

Abstract

The investigation teams, police, judges and courts rely strongly on the forensic medical evidence and use the evidence to build up their efforts. The prime aim is to punish the guilty while avoid connecting the innocent. Interpretation of forensic medical evidence and their role have significantly expanded through the justice system. Steve Wright was found guilty of killing five prostitutes and faces life in jail for the murders. The Ipswich Prostitute Murders made headlines not only in Britain but also caught the attention of Inernatiosnl media. The essay looks at how forensic science and the evidence collected helped to ...

Based on my experience in this class so far, I calculate the probability of my achieving an A grade to be 39%. I have arrived at this result by taking into account my grades so far while also bearing in mind that I am constantly learning and developing my skills and knowledge, therefore meaning that I have more chance of getting an A in the future than I have in the past. At the beginning of the class I didn’t know as much and wasn’t as familiar with what was required of me, and therefore it was ...

Morality is one of the most contested, criticized and discussed issues all across the world, and this is especially based on the fact that it is one of the aspects in life that dates from as back as man became a civilized being. However, over centuries, there has been a lot of changes in the way morality is viewed, and through changes and evolutions such as the definition and drawing of moral lines between what is good and bad in the society, a lot has changed morality especially with the development of values, loosing of traditions and globalization. For example, what may ...

Introduction

While marijuana remains illegal under the federal law, several states are taking steps towards legalizing the drug in minuscule amounts so that their use and distribution could be regulated just like for alcohol and tobacco. The greatest advantage of this step is that it would benefit the country in the shape of taxes that would come swarming in, immediately after the drug’s legalization. At present, the drug is legal in four of the fifty US states inclusive of Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Colorado. The country’s capital Washington D.C. also took a step towards legalizing the drug during the ...

1. How would you characterize competition in the gaming industry in Macau? Macau is one of the biggest gambling hubs in the world and is especially attractive because it is the only place in China where gambling is legal. Many companies wish to open casinos or hotels in this former Portuguese colony. However, with casinos it is not that simple. Legally, there is no competition in the Macau gambling industry as the Executive of Macau SAR has a monopoly over all gaming business (Pereiro, 2010). It can sign concession agreements with companies granting them the right to open ...

Abstract

The essay looks into the play "Fences"(1985) by August Wilson and does a comparative character analysis with one of the characters to someone in real life or from real experience. The character chosen from the play for comparison is Troy Maxson, who is the main character in the play.

Introduction

Troy Maxson is the character chosen from the play "Fences", who is also the main character in the play. He is an African American man who is the family breadwinner and works in the sanitation department. The other characters in the play gather around Troy, and the plot of the ...

Introduction Mustafa had his mother as the only relative in his life. However he was a very bright student who took very little time to grasp whatever he was taught. He started going to school just after being established by the colonizers for the village youth. He was admired by his teachers but he never cared about that. He took only three years to exhaust academic resources available in the country. He later went to study abroad in Cairo to attend secondary education. He learned music and literature in Cairo but never enjoyed anything. He later moved to England ...

Abstract

Much as mobile payments are comfortable to carry out, there is the danger of money being stolen by cyber thieves. Criminals use plenty of malware tools like Heartbleed bug or Trojan viruses to gain access to sensitive information for further manipulation. SMS interceptors allow thieves to receive the authentication text messages sent by banks on a per-lo-in principle. As far the level of safety goes, Android platforms are second safest to Apple analogues based on a walled garden App Store and a closed operating system, yet not even this product can keep mobile users safe when their inquisitiveness and desire to download ...

Issue

Gambling is a serious addiction for some people. Problems and addictions to gambling have been a concern in the public health field for several years. Internationally, gambling problems range from .2 percent to 2.3 percent of the population (Gainsbury, 2014, p. 769). However, these rates are starting to increase due to the development of technology and the introduction of more and more gambling games. It is estimated that these rates have grown 1-5 percent since the development of Internet gambling (Chappell, 2014). Also, electronic gambling machines where developed making it very easy and quick for an individual to gamble. These games ...

Introduction

Financial markets in the economy have a role of linking the demanders and also the suppliers of funds. They enable firms and individuals to access capital and invest any surpluses. These are the markets that allow the financial sectors of the economy to run smoothly. However, many individuals do not understand these markets despite their crucial role in the economy. They have varied reasons for their failure to comprehend these markets and these reasons limit their understanding of the markets. This serves as the foundation for the thesis of this paper that is – accountants have a role to play to enhance ...

- Can schools be managed and operated like business? Management of schools should take a form similar to any other organization that is geared towards achieving certain results. Management, in a general sense, involves several functions that lead to the coordination of peoples’ efforts in a manner that would make them achieve some desired goals and objectives. These goals and objectives are set by the management of these organizations that undertake the coordination of the said efforts. For the coordination to take place, there must be the deployment of certain resources that must also be used in an effective and efficient ...

The play Anna in the tropics is written by Cuban – American writer Nilo Cruz. The action in the play revolves around an ageing cigar factory owned by Santiago a man in his late fifties of Cuban origin. The workers in the factory are majorly relatives of Santiago with Cheche, the supervisor being Santiago’s half brother. The lives of the characters in the play are intertwined with the action in the story Anna Karelina and most characters find their mirror in the story. The plot kicks off with the arrival of a new lector in the factory welcomed by Ofelia, Santiago’ ...

- Original Concept “Last Man” was inspired by Frederic Brown’s (1948) “Knock”, which Brown based on the three-sentence short-short story written by Thomas Bailey Aldrich and is about the last man on Earth following the Zan’s annihilation of living things in the planet. The “Last Man” follows Isaac as the last man on earth who refuses to forget about his family that was since long gone. Brown’s work was an inspiration because the plot narrative, although brief, offered an opportunity to create a different take of the story. Film, as a medium, works best in the project ...

Is technology making us more alone?

The 21st century has seen an increase in the use of technology. Scenarios of individuals walking while listening to their iPods, people at restaurants using their iPads or mobile phones are common. Young children at homes are increasingly playing video games. In colleges and other institutions of higher learning, students are increasingly using technology devices such as the iPod, to listen to music between classes and also sometimes during lectures. Based on different literature, there are very differing views on whether technology does cause social isolation or whether it increases social interaction. How technology leads to social isolation or ...

Description of a place

The city of Las Vegas exists both as an entertainment brand and a city. As a city, Las Vegas shapes the economic status of the state of Nevada. The city is robust with entertainment activities such as shopping and gambling. More so, Las Vegas forms an integral part in the development of financial and cultural aspects in the State of Nevada. In the line of entertainment, Las Vegas is the international hub for around the clock entertainment activities such as casinos and hotel management. One of the major resorts in the world is also located in Las Vegas. The study extrapolates ...

Abstract

Addiction is multicultural meaning that it could occur to anyone regardless of their race, social standings or culture. There are many addictions in the world today, but the most common are gambling addiction, alcohol and drug addiction, sex addiction, shopping addiction and video games addiction. These addictions have become troublesome in the community in that most people in the society have had a family membesr fall prey to the addiction. The addiction has caused a lot of consequences to the victims and the society. For the victims or addicts it has landed them in prison, made them homeless and ended up ...

Thesis Statement

The increase in the use of technology has greatly affected how individuals relate and interact with each other. Technology does lead us to isolation. According to Grossman (2014), technology has allowed more individuals to have direct access to social media and the internet. Hence peoples’ behavior have changed in the sense that people are spending more time on their phones and communication via these means is more than physical communication with other individuals. The use of technology has resulted into a number of detrimental effects on users. In some cases, the increase use of technology especially for children who are ...

Introduction

The Association of Australian Convention Bureaux (AACB) is a destination marketing organization that consists of individual city and regional bureaux dedicated to marketing of their regions as appropriate destinations for Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (MICE). However, the bureau is concerned with the promotion of Australia as a whole. The AACB is particularly mandated with the responsibility of marketing Australia as a destination where visitors can find a variety of attractions and facilities that can suit their business and pleasure needs. The objectives of the AACB are twofold; first, it’s mandated to conduct sales and destination marketing activities, and secondly, to coordinate ...

- Background Before the introduction of Act 1, the school boards approved preliminary budgets twice in a year. After the passage of the Act, Pennsylvania school districts must approve their budgets once every year. Gibbs (2007) says that Governor ED Rendell signs the special Act I in June 2006. This Act has the specification to assist the school district in Pennsylvania in reducing their taxes by shifting the burden to the gaming revenue. This legislation empowers the electorate in participating in the formation of the public schools budget. The Act of 2006 regulates the alteration of the property ...

Introduction:

The pirates of Manhattan, Barry James Dyke expounds and gives a clear and vivid 10 year extensive research insight on the various concerning the American consumer. He clearly brings the general aspect of Systematically Plundering the American Consumer and How to protect against it. The knowledge of well extensive research is backed by the detailed statistics presented. This is based on the fact that if most guarantees are absent, consequently most financial products fade away. Hence, in the expanded form of analysis, the book clearly brings the aspect of the liquidity of money. In addition, the behavior of money in ...

The theatre act is about two people on a stage. They are often joined by the persona of hamlet who Shakespeare used in his plays. The two, Guildenstern and Rosencrantz are in a train and in constant movement to go around and collect things. This play is about things in life a person wants and what he can get. The play also gives the audience various possibilities by developing a multi-dimensional line of thought. This is greatly supported by the games that they play on stage. The play begins with the two characters standing near each other. Apparently, Guil has a basket that ...

Introduction

Organized crime has been a matter of major concern in the United States of America for a long period. Attempts to get rid of this social ill have not been fruitful. Mallory defines organized crime as an activity that is not allowed in the society and deal with illegal substances, and services such as drugs, gambling and stealing (Mallory 2007). Given this explanation, organized crime can be seen as a social institution that is socially disorganized. Organized crime has deemed to be problematic to eliminate from the society, despite the several attempts by the government to curb it. However, there is still ...

Internet Censorship

The internet is the most resent large-scale communications medium that impress two-way communication. It provides an opportunity to people to say or create something and transmit to millions of people around the globe. Many people around the world believe that the internet should provide a platform where information follows freely and easily. However, since the first existence of the internet there have been efforts to censor it, that is, to control or suppress information published and accessed by the internet users. In other words, the internet, the ultimate source of information, has led to new opportunity for censors who prefer ...

For many individuals the American Dream represents the aspirations and hopes of individuals in general. Many generations of Americans lived by the American Dream and foster their freedom and liberty. The American Dream started as a revolutionary idea that each individual possess the right to follow the freedom to achieve a better life through dedication and hard work. Nonetheless, the changes in the global market led to the American Dream becoming an expectation about making money and owning material possessions. Many immigrants have come into the country to seek freedom, liberty, and achieve a good lifestyle. But, there is more to the ...

Macau is one of the favorite tourist destinations in China; famous for its luxury hotels and grand casinos. Macau has left Las Vegas behind in terms of gambling business; recording business that was four times bigger in Las Vegas. As gambling is illegal in the mainland China; Macau is the desired choice for big time gambling. There are many middlemen or “junkets” in China who bring prospective gamblers to Macau, help with the accommodation; junkets get a big commission grim the casinos. The revenue gambling generated for Macau in the year 2012 was 303 billion Macau patakas. The junkets have ...

The Khalsa is also known as the Guru Panth (Jacobsen, 2011). It a collective body of all Sikhs who have been initiated represented by five Sikhs who are referred to as the five beloved ones. Khalsa can be translated to mean free and it refers to a state of being genuine and pure among the Sikhs. The Khalsa was at first inaugurated by a Guru by the name Guru Gobind Singh on Baisakhi day (30th of March in the year 1699). The guru baptized five Sikhs and then asked the five Khalsas to baptize them also. The Guru then baptized thousands of ...

Introduction

Introduction The godfather is a world acclaimed film by the Francis Coppola. Based in 1940 New York, the film narrates the story of the Corleones, a crime family as it uplifts itself from a poverty to wield tremendous influence. The Corleones’ life unfolds alongside four other Italian crime families as the struggle for dominion over the mob business. Michal Corleone’s is forced to change from being a moral citizen and become a heartless murderer, because of protecting his family. Throughout this journey, various societal issues including the role of the family unit, struggle for power and crime are put under the spotlight.

Societal Issues Present

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Literature is normally presented through several mediums among them written work and film. Yu Hua’s novel To Live has been given an interpretation through film and this presents a couple of similarities and differences when examining the story though film and written work. These interpretative variances present phenomenal differences of the same storyline but then, the end result is that they communicate the same story that the author intended. The storyline evoke different interpretations because of a number of reasons. But then, both follow the story of Xu Fugui and his family over a time frame of four decades focusing on a ...

Cultural Issues in Zhang Yimou’s To Live (1994) One of the primary objectives in learning cultural studies is to explore cultural and social landscapes to determine the impact of patterns, trends, and changes on people’s way of life. Furthermore, cultural studies highlight the influence of culture on people’s experiences that shape their views and perspectives of the world, and on the interaction and relationships among people (Barker, 5). In terms of the operational application and understanding of cultural studies, this discipline is concerned with the analysis of cultural and social worlds, the transformation of this ...

Positive

Gaming is an industry created by legal gambling activities and includes lotteries, poker, slot machines, horse racing and other table games. According to Baird, Yepez, and Fairey (2011), supporters of gaming argue that it has psychological benefits. It gives people the opportunity to exercise control and it is also a way to relieve stress. Supporters claim that gaming is just like any other form of entertainment such as watching a movie. According to an article by the American gaming Association (2014), gaming has created employment opportunities and generated huge returns as tax revenue for the government. In 2002, 350,000 ...

The internet was created in 1967 as a governmental sponsored university communication network that quickly evolved into a worldwide web that linked the world, transforming the way people live. Today, the average American spends 8-12 hours a day staring at a screen, devoting over a third of their free time to internet use. More than half admit to being addicted to the internet and prefer to communicate digitally rather than in person. Heavy internet users are 2.5 times more likely to be depressed (Goode and Caicedo 1061). Furthermore, numerous human resource studies have indicated that the internet and digital communications that were designed to ...

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Essence of ‘To Live’ Historical accuracy and sensitivity is one of the most important aspects that weigh heavily on the film To Live (1994), which is directed by Zhang Yimou. From a viewer’s point of view, the film is an interesting event-raveling depiction of what occurred half a century or so ago in China. This put the sequence of events into an epoch when the country was under what can be said to be a transformation characterized by a series of both political and social changes. By then, China was run by the political regime headed by Mao Zedong and this ...

Lottery is a game of chance, where every person buying a ticket occupies the prospect of winning mammoth amounts from such raffle. The proceeds from the lottery are split three ways. One portion is used for the money expended in organizing the lottery during the other forms the lottery sum. The remaining amount is claimed as profits by the organization responsible for the operation of the lottery. Lotteries are legal in more than a hundred countries, and about 42 U.S. states. The state governments are the only organizations that reserve the rights to issue lotteries and make profits from them in the ...

Video games have become an integral part of our life, taking an important place of the leader among the many ways of the organization of youth recreation. It is especially important thus to understand their influence on people, especially kids. Virtual reality beckons with its limitless possibilities, and computer entertainment industry each year presents gamers more and more new games, from which it is simply impossible to refuse. However, about the dangers of computer games trumpeting all around - and particularly concerned about the issue of violence in video games and computer addiction of parents whose children spend all ...