Ttl:Wag the Dog
Release:1997
Genre:Comedy
Directed by:Barry Levinson
Cynematography by:Hilary Henkin
Music by: Mark Knopfler
Starring:Dustin Hoffmann, Robert De Niro

This film, based on the novel by L.Beinhart, should make a shift in audience's perception of common reality. Yet it is a comedy - I would evaluate the genre of the film as a tragecomedy. It perfectly reveals how political strateging produce needed effect upon electorate.

In the film spin doctor Conrad Brean (Robert De Niro) hires Hollywood producer Stanley Motts (Dustin Hoffmann) in order to increase rapidly declining political rating of the president, who had been proved guilty in rape when the presidentpresident compain was 11 days to finish.They have created a hoax by constructing a fake war with Albania. Artificial hysteria about the war and soldier captured american soldier increased presidents ratings to 80%, which definitely led to his victory.

Nevertheless, Brean wanted the origin and the truth about this performance to stay disguised, but the producer, who only seeked for glory could have nearly revealed the hoax to mass media. Should he once stood up to reach th epublic - he was arrested by the FBI.

What makes the film a tragecomedy is that the president and his entire encircling have beleived the story about thу war was true and thus maintained military operation.

Final essay
Since we have been provided with the draft scheme of the essay, I thereby will keep to it.
I.   
1.    Our work in LiveJournal.
Concept of working in LJ has revealed this internet resource for me, as I have not had any experience of working in it before. LJ is the only resource on the Internet, capable of  providing with multilateral intercative communication facility, which allows to view and comment essays of students online.
But nevertheless, interface of the web resource is, to my mind, much to be desired, as navigation through properties pages and pages with post is sophisticated.
I had been composing essays with really great enthusiasm, as as I could understand, muses had been inspiring me.
Thus, our work in the LJ was for me indeed captivating.
2.    Blogging and the Internet for English learning and teaching.

As I have already admitted, LJ has disadvantages, but is unique. LJ for learning, I think, does not contribute much. But what it really does – is advanced method to check how have students acquired new vocabulary and improved his lexicon.
What probably would somehow improve teaching capability of LJ, is reading posts of native speakers (some well known individuals) and then commenting them in own post and looking forward for replies from other students. But this would add some extra work for the teacher for him to search for such sources.
What is also worth doing I transferring all report homework, which is ordently handled in o a teacher and not being discussed in the class, should be done on the net in LJ.T his firstly eases life of the teacher, avoiding tons of paper, and secondly gives possibility to everyone of the class to look through this work. But this includes only not-to-be-discussed-in-class reports.
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3.    Issues
1)    Diplomacy.
This issue had been studied far behind, and being the very first one in our student life and work at 1ir1english Group, it was a kind of Gate, which opened SIR for us.
Diplomacy was a very well organized issue, particulary metodichka’s were exceedingly enriched with vocabulary. But would be perfect to add to the course, is encounter with a diplomat, who would deliver a speech about diplomacy. But if this is impossible, DVD copy of interview of a diplomat would be sufficient.
2)    Geography is a corner stone issue for us as well, and as far as I remember I did really liked it. What could  be useful fir the next generation of 1ir1ers, is a world political map, attached to one of walls in the room and when talking about geography, students would rehearse geographical terms, and hat I would recommend, is to ask a student to pretend he is a ship captain and is departing from the Uk for instance, ad terminating at Australia and he is to announce his itinerary, naming all terms in English.
3)    History.I believe that what had been done on lectures was perfect, but we lacked several DVD films of Documentary. Why not to watch a documentary about any piece of History in English?
4)    Culture is so broad issue, that revealing it completely is absolutely impossible. I thing that presentations we have done were not sufficient and syllabus could be extended by such sub-issues like religion . Also (I might find this proposal funny) students could attend English-guided excursion in Russian Museum or Hermitage.
5)    Education. Presentations are making big contribution, but I think, encounter with foreign teacher would be perfect.This teacher or possibly professor from the university could talk not just about educational system of some particular country, but think of unique aspects of education in his state.
6)    Employement. I really loved presentations about applying for a position. I could use this knowledge when writtung CV and hopefully I would ones need it for interview as well. I believe, student could make a presentation (but not a PP one) which they would prepare a t home and then present their firm and try to hire others and check their compatability with the requirments.
7)    Health care. Text about Britain had been really long but indeed worth reading. Xerocopies of textbook «Vocabularly in use(Advnced)» are as rich of good collocations and words to remember as a cache of CPSU with gold. But I am strongly concered, that thouse lectures were not enough.(In case of time only).
8)    Social Affairs is the last issue and it has been covered intirely.

4.    What I can say at the end of my first year about English learning and teaching. 
I do love our English classes and I should say that emount of knowledge I have obtained during this year (in terms of vocabulary mostly) is huge. Our work was tough, but this is how it should be. What only disapoint me is that 3 hours of English are not sufficient. I insist, that one more hour of English is required.
I can understand, that in SIR (scientific specification of which is quite vague) selection of issues for English classes is a hard job. It should be, however, parallel to thouse, studied due to main Russin-language course. Thus Religion can be added
BBC watching was perfect, and I suppose that in would be much better to watch it every lesson, but no longer than 10 minutes.
5.    What I would do and what I  wouldn’t do.
Iam to do everything I am obliged to, I would do more excersisies, which help memorisng the vocabulary, and I also would do excersises on translation and interpriting.
6.    What I would recommend  to the next generation of the first year students.

I would recommend to be diligent towards their wrk on the lesson and completing their preps and be aspired, inspired and to receive pleasure from studying.

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7.    Summary

To briefly recap, I would like to sy taht I did enjoy English classes and I really was preparing and working in the class with great pleasure. I have improved my knowledge, and I look forwards to be improving it further.

I would like to express my gratitude toward Mrs.Filippova and my groupmates.

Social affairs can be concidered as a corner stone of the life of the Humanity. Life of people - comprised of multiple diverse spheres is basic living in its foundation. Living is reflected in social affairs.
How society is formed, on which rules it dwells - this two elements assemle the aggregate of such a phenomenon - social inequality.

Issue of hierarchy of members of one tribe or whole society had been concerning people for ages. People had not only been analyzing the structure of the society, but most advanced had come with ideas of restrucurising the society in order to - as they have beleived - improve it.

Much effort had been dedicated to improvement of society through avoiding it from inequalitative structure and hierarchy. Notions of leaedrs of French revolution, dogmatists of communism - they have seen society completely equal with all members having equal opportunities, duties and amends.

But what they all as well as thouse who do not personaly contribute to new ideas of just society, but are hailing such ideas have forgotten, is the fact that people are originally, by will of creator, different and have different, i.e. unequal abilities and therefore creating society with all equal ( i.e. put in equal conditions and obliged of similar work) members is utopia whcih is never to emerge.

More moderatedly tailored people, who make concessions towards draft of equal society, see it in not such an idillic and utopian view.
But they in contemporary Russia are damning everyone, who drives something worth more than Lada 21106 anв do forget that should someone be willing to achieve and contribute to achieving6 having engagged all the motivation. knowledge and other posibilities, he hit eventually the target.

What everyone is our contry in particular should remember, that idea of creating of equal society failed with the USSR. The only thing, which is 100% affordable for the country (not only by means of money) is creation of working wellfare system with wages,pensions and otehr services working, but everything beyoun - IS TO BE ACHIEVED BY EVERYONE PERSONALLY. STATE IS TO PROVIDE CONDITIONS TO EVERYONE INCLUDING DISABLED TO GET A MINIMUM ONУ JUST 9BY MEANS OF REWARDING) PATH OF ACHIEVING THE PERSONAL GOAL.

Social inequality is normal and can not be rooted out.
Do - not meaninglessly open your mouth complaining - and you will get something.

Should Russian health care system be ones advanced by engagement of family doctors - this issue is as highly disputed in the society as those of drug supplies.
What we have in our health care now -  is a country wide network of polyclinics (local clinics), with one doctor for every particular "district". District includes several quarters of city's apartment blocks, thus having thousand people being served by one single doctor, who's duty is beyond just making an examination of a patient - he is also to provide with allowances of visiting other specialists.
Yet in cities polyclinics are in range of access for inhabitants, in rural areas some people are to travel hundred kilometers to nearest settlement, where polyclinic or a hospital is located.
Such system has much to be desired and  can not be considered as perfectly accomplishing its duty.

Idea of hiring of family doctors - who are similar to UK's GP - is not a nearly emerged one.
Quintessence of this provision is medical care for a number of families provided not by a local doctor from the polyclinic, but by a specialist, who is encountered by his potential patients.
Such family doctor, knowing members of some particular families he is in charge of well, would provide better medical help and treatment to patients, thus improving the overall level of medical help.
But even when having hired thousand of such doctors, will authorities ones and forever solve the problem of health care?

I guess no.
In order to embrace vast majority of citizens of Russia (142 million people), government will have to hire (each doctors would serve for instance 20 families, 4 members in each, thus equals 1 doctor per 80 people) nearly 2 million doctors!This is huge figure and sine currently Russian healthcare system has nearly 1 300 000 workers, this innovation would add another million to this army.

Another million? Perfectly, but where you would get money to invest into them?

Therefore, such an innovation would lead to chaos, but not to the solution. Army of budget workers is enormous, and issue of their salaries is vague.

Introduction of family doctors instead of polyclinics ones is worthless our country. It might be done separately in detached districts of the country, but not everywhere.

Probably, those willing to work as a family doctors, and those willing to be served by such doctors can be rendered to family doctor system, but does not is seem like a potential threat to solubility of the healthcare, if two separate systems of patients' serving are launched?

It is not clear, that clear majority of people would respond to the question of how they would like to be treated: by polyclinic or by family doctor. therefore, before making any decision, survey is to be conducted and after society's attitude towards this issue is revealed, parliamentarians are to start working out the bill.

Dear reader!

Since I am to write an essay about employement - issue which has indeed wide borders - I will reveal a prosess of employement of a person in our country, introducing an example of average Russian mid-business srtucture.

Current circamstances in which business is existing can be evaluated as a still stage of development. Thereofore procedure of hiring of an employee is not of an completely established nature. Thereby its particular shaping depends upon the companies' experience and size.

Let us anyway return to the subject of the essay.

Shall a department of a firm be wiling to hire one employee, who is scheduled of working in the engeneering, it sends a request to the personnel department of the same company. Spesially educated and trained people of the perosnnel depsrtment, after receiving the request, would instatnly publish an etry on the Internet job seeking website, post an entry in teh newspaper.
On teh otehr side, an ingenner, seeking for a position after comming across such an entry would send a resume, which includes his personal information, working experience and eduction sections.

Sequent step is personnel department' managers studying of the received resumes and selecting of the most appropriate due to accordance of required qualities and skills for the employee.

After this step is complete, selected candidates are being invited for th einterview.

Interview is firstly held at the personnel department. If a candidate successfuly passes the interview (which is generaly targeted upon warranting of adequacy of a person, not partcilar skill fit), he advances to the next level of interview - in the particular department. There he is challenged by more particult tests and can easy be asked to plot a draft (if seeking for the engeneer's position).

After having gone through this stage a candidatу is further directed to the manager's study. MAnager would make the final deseasion - where to accept a candidate or not. Manager is definitely bearing in mind decisions of the previous two authoroties.

After being approved by the manager, applicant would get an oppartunity to work for a max 3 month trial period. If after finshing the trial period, both employee and employer are satisfied by each other, they officially sign a labour contract.

Geography and Politics - both sciences and phenomena of social life are inalienable for contemporary society, since entire humanity is now living in the world, described and shaped by Geography and Politics. For us - students of SIR - these notions should be regarded as fundamental, which system of our education is based upon.

Shall we be treating Geography and Politics as linked or far remote from each other? I believe, that they are extremely closely linked. Yet Politics is responsible for control and management over physical space, humans, relief, interiors, waters - all the categories included into Geography.

Moreover, Politics in every country is completely based upon Geography. Should it be internal affairs - upon local conditions of ethics, relief’s, landscapes, religions; foreign - indeed, upon geographical position of the country, its potentials (economical, human - again derived from Geography). This correlation is commonly known as Geopolitics.

Nevertheless, Geography and Politics are very closely connected; they separately are subjects of sciences of different levels of cognition. Geography is a fundamental knowledge, Politics - integral part of another fundamental science - Social science. Thus we are restricted form direct comparison, as if we would be wishing to subtract apples from parries.
Therefore I am unable to say what - Geography or Politics - is more significant for humanity, but what is undoubtedly true is they both are ultimate and irreplaceable in their spheres of cognition.

They can closely interacting, but their separate existence is definitely possible.