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After watching the video we can see that Coca-Cola wants its viewers to associate drinking their products to winning an Olympic gold medal, to me the product has no relationships or connections to the Olympic Games. This made me think, why do corporate sponsors align themselves with sports? From watching the Coca Cola 's Gold Feeling commercial, it is clear that the brand wants its name to be seen by the ever increasing audience of the Olympic Games and what better way to do this by comparing…

by taking the letter from David’s home. With regards to the issue of potential criminal liability for blackmail by threatening David when demanding the money that she believed she was owed, the relevant statutory law is Section 21 of the Theft Act 1968, which states that the criminal offence of blackmail consists of making an unwarranted demand with menaces, which is the actus reus, with a view to making…

The Dreams of Success Everyone in America is given the chance to achieve success. The Olympic Games gave equal opportunity to Michael Phelps, Kerri Strug, and Serena Williams to achieve success in the personal live allowed them to leave their mark on history, with hard work, determination, and initiative. Michael Phelps had a rough childhood. At the age of seven he was diagnosed with ADHD. Phelps recalls this life event by saying, “ADHD was hard for me but I quickly overcame it. But it aided me…

Murderball An inspiring documentary Called Murderball focuses on the life of paraplegic athletes. They are in the rugby US team and played in the 2004 Paralympics. This sport is a very aggressive game, in which players in a modified wheelchair clang into each other making the other player to fall out of his chair. The main purpose of the game is to take the ball to one of the extremes of the court in order to score. Each of the players in the movie became disabled for different reasons, but all…

Margaret Sanger, of America opened the first birth control clinic. A clinic meant to educate women on birth control, especially in the lower classes. Tired of seeing women have no control over when they got pregnant, getting STD 's, and back alley abortions, Margaret Sanger got involved. The powers that be at the time believed…

organization would be pro-contraceptives in school because of its overall goal to cut down on teen pregnancies and ultimately improve “serious social problems including poverty (especially child poverty), child abuse and neglect, father-absence, low birth weight, school failure, and poor preparation for the workforce. (The National Campaign, n.d.)”Much like the advocacy groups, public health officials seem in favor of allowing young people more access to contraceptives. The Center for Disease…

drug was safe and harmless, however, by 1960, doctors were concerned about the possible side effects of Thalidomide as some patients had nerve damage in their limbs after long term use. In the early 1960’s the drug was found to be associated with birth defects, damaging the development of unborn babies, as it was not understood that these drug molecules could cross the placental wall, severely affecting the foetus. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the drug thalidomide affected over 10,000…

Communist Party officially implemented the One-Child Policy in 1979 as a means to curb population growth (The Guardian, Date). Prior to such implementation, the Chinese Government adopted the slogan “Late, Long, Few” (later marriage, longer birth intervals, and fewer births) in 1975, urging each family to have no more than two children. To achieve its goal of lowering population growth rate, the Chinese Government later introduced the One-Child Policy (hereafter called OCP) and created a reward…

wedlock, and broken relationships, contraception has been a leading issue in the Church and the rest of the world for decades. It can be traced as far back as Margaret Sanger, a nurse in the early part of the 20th century, who was the editor of the Birth Control Review, and an activist for population control and “the purification of the race.” In order to consider fairly if contraception is moral, the effects and uses—both good and bad—must be considered, as well as the Church’s position, as it…

Adrienne Keene (2015) brought up a very interesting and valid question in her article, “The Benefits of Cultural ‘Sharing’ Are Usually One-Sided,” “Who has the right to represent an Indigenous community? Outsiders, or the community itself?” Cultural appropriation does not happen exclusively to specific cultures. There are many examples of both the negative and positive impact that culture sharing has had on societies throughout history. This is not up for argument; however, what is up for debate…