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    Policemen of the World

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    (2015, March 17). Retrieved from http://rt.com/usa/241325-obama-isis-iraq-bush/ Walsh, K. (2013, March 19). 10 years ago, the u.s. invaded iraq. Retrieved from http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/press-past/2013/03/19/10-years-ago-the-us-invaded-iraq Yew, L. (2007, January). The united states, iraq, and the war on terror. Retrieved from

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    Communication Models

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    The purpose of this essay is to discuss Denis McQuail’s four concepts of communication in contemporary Western culture. It will be discussed in this essay how each media form exhibits a communication model and to what extent that it does so. It will also be discussed whether each of these models are independent or correlated. For each communication model, a different media form will be used to explain how it is being manifested. Television broadcasting will be used to explain the transmission model

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    Biden asked Lee what is the Chinese government doing now? “There in the United States looking for that box that is buried somewhere in the United States,” said Lee. “The box that contains the secret of what allows America to be the only country in the world that is constantly able to remake itself and renew itself.” Biden told Lee that the Chinese will find two things in that box: “1) stamped into their [Americans] DNA

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    INTRODUCTION In Singapore, the government exercises political power through laws within the country known as the constitution. The body of people within the government sets and administers the public policy. Under the article 4, the constitution is stated to be the supreme law. If it is supreme, no laws enacted by parliament should breach the constitution. Its main function is to protect and guard fundamental liberties of its' citizen; collectively referred to as freedom of speech, assembly, and

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    Servant leadership is a type of leadership whereby the leader serves the needs of the people, empathizes with them, and involves them in solving their needs. Servant leadership is all about involving the people you are leading in your decision making, being ethical and caring for the people to enhance their personal growth at the same time improve their life. A servant leader does not simply delegate roles; he starts the work and energizes the others to join him and get the work done. According to

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    The Asian Value Debate

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    The “Asian Value” debate came to prominence when it was strongly advocated by the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew and also Mahathir Mohamad. Asian Values predicated on the idea that Asian countries have a unique set of institutions and political ideologies that reflect the region's cultures and histories. Although Asia consists of diverse ethnicity and cultures who practice various religions, the core basis of most Asian cultures are similar such as the importance of collectivism and consensus

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    Assignment on Social Cohesion What is Social Cohesion; it can be first defined by splitting the 2 words up. Social's root meaning is the word 'net' which is from Hebrew and Latin. Whereas Cohesion is defined by the Oxford dictionary as "The action or fact of forming a United whole". Hence, once you combine both words social cohesion is essentially a interconnecting net that moves as a one body. With the definition of Social Cohesion defined as above us now tackle the Question: "Singapore restricts

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    While the initial sparks of Singaporean nationalism may have stemmed from being under the British colonial rule or arose due to the brutality that the people were put through during the Japanese Occupation between 1942 to 1945, it is difficult to ascertain exactly when the start of Singapore’s nation building efforts began. Characterized by the process where a large body of people associated with a territory commits to its own government, I would define the start of Singapore’s nation building process

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    The Future of Freedom

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    History The Future of Freedom      In his book, The Future of Freedom, Fareed Zakaria writes that we must make democracy safe for the world. The American democracy sets the standard around the world for liberal democracies, but transitions across for other countries across the world toward a liberal democracy is often difficult and with poor decision making, close to impossible. Liberal democracies are the systems in which people choose their government and live in an environment

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    Good morning to Pn.Kalairani and my fellow classmates. I would like to say thank you to teacher who give me the chance to speak here. Due to our Minister of education, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin decided to make Bahasa Melayu as the medium of instruction in science and mathematic in secondary school before, a heated debate in the newspapers with regard to this apparent turn around in the policy had immediately sparked off. Thus, I would like to support the side where English should be made as the medium

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