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Singapore, A global city and a place of power.
SINGAPORE: A GLOBAL CITY AND A PLACE OF POWER Singapore plays an important role in the global economic system. It fulfills many of the characteristics of a global city: wealthy, diverse, connected, and creative. Its strategic location in South Asia makes it an ideal space of economic and financial exchange between the continents. Singapore is a wealthy city and it plays a key role in the international financial sector. Computer technology, advanced information management, and
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Spaces and Exchanges: why did the Brexit take place and why can we say that Brexit has led to many fractures and fear on behalf of other countries?
Today I am going to deal with the notion of spaces and exchanges and to this notion, I am going to give a political view. First, the terms spaces and exchanges refers to geographical and symbolic areas occupied by societies as well as the interaction between the individuals in their society. I am therefore going to talk about a recent topic which is the Brexit. Brexit, is a referendum launched on June 23rd 2016 by
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Sites and forms power: to what extent universities are instruments of power?
Sites and Forms of Power Speaking of places, sites and forms of power we have to define power. Power is the ability to decide, to control others, events, or resources; the ability to make things happen despite obstacles, resistance, or opposition. This of course leads to conflict between those who have power and those who don’t.« Places » could be important buildings or institutions that represent a certain form of power, for example Buckingham Palace
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Espaces et échanges, how the various waves of migration and the periods of boom and bust in Ireland have given rise to different forms of economic, social and cultural exchange.
Synthèse * A space is a geographical limited area where interactions happen whether between a space and another or between individuals in a same space. An exchange is the act of giving or receiving something in substitution for something else. We are going to show how the various waves of migration and the periods of boom and bust in Ireland have given rise to different forms of economic, social and cultural exchange. Axe1: The Great
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Spaces and exchanges: What are the limits of exchanges through the power of money and the technology ?
SPACES AND EXCHANGES I’m going to give a definition of this notion. It’s the idea of giving one thing and receiving another one in return. These exchanges correspond to a movement and they can take several forms like economic, technological, cultural or people. There are spaces of different natures like virtual or geographical. The exchanges can evolve over the time. What are the limits of exchanges through the power of money and the technology ?
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Places and Exchanges: the diversity of cultures in Britain
This is Britain Spaces and Exchanges Places and exchanges The notion I’m going to deal with is “Places and Exchanges”. The subject of my oral presentation will be “The Diversity of Cultures in Britain”. In my first part, I’m going to underline the fact that Britain is a multicultural country; then I’ll show that Britain is a sporting nation. 1. Britain is a multicultural country In the 1960’s and with the massive waves of immigration
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The Power of Stories: the Dreamers and Immigrant Rights
Name : _________________________________________________________________ Group : ________ When We Fight We Win! Reading Comprehension Questions Chapter 4, Part Two: “The Power of Stories: the Dreamers and Immigrant Rights” (pages 89 to 101) Comprehension Answer the questions that follow using complete sentences and your own words. 1. What does the march to Washington and Rosa Parks’ refusal to give her seat to a white man symbolize? It represented an act of civil disobedience to show people that
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Space and Exchange : hat are the different forms of the Internet?
Space and Exchange To present the notion space and Exchange, I will start by defining this notion: All societies are somehow defining by the geographical and symbolic spaces they occupy and how they open their space to what lies farther away. Each notion of influence beyond their borders thought trade, conquest and communication. Geographically, our world has never seemed smaller or transportation and telecommunication have accelerated the rhythm of exchange between different aeras. New modes
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Myths and heroes : what is the place of Aboriginal mythology in the Australian society ?
Myths and heroes Introduction : I’m going to be talking about the notion of Myths and heroes. After introducing the notion, I’m going to deal with the example of the Aborigines in Australia and their mythology. To start with i’m going to define the keywords of this notion. First of all, a myth can be defined as a story about gods or heroes, it can be a popular belief, a tradition or a false
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Spaces and exchanges : What are the different forms of exchange ? Are they still legal?
Espaces et échanges The notion "Spaces and exchanges" deals with the geographical and symbolic areas that all societies occupy and the interactions between men and different societies. Our world is built on the exploration and conquest of new spaces. The different cultural, economic, sociological and language interactions have shaped and characterised our modern-day world. Ou (tu préfères laquelle ? ) An exchange is when we give in return for something received – this can be
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The Use and Abuse of Social media
Eliott M1 CO Lamour Groupe 2 The Use and Abuse of Social media « Is social media antisocial ? » Synthesis : Social networks are an invention that has completly changed the world in a positive and negative way. For exemple, social medias allowed to some people who felt isolated to develop a social circle. Some people who didn’t have much social interaction and who probably even need help, has could be found this help
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Never loose hope and search it from the power above
I still can't believe that I've made throw. The battle of life is much harder than a war itself. We don't know what's waiting for us and we throw ourselves to the front without any defense behind or even a plan B. it's either a winning challenge or a lost fight. The problems is here. When the disappointment take it place in our minds , we forgot about the plan B, C , D ,
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The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act, 2012
The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act, 2012 The system works by the Government making contracts with providers of legal services so that the providers can do legal work and be paid from government funds. Under previous legal aid systems, aid was available for all civil cases except those specifically excluded. Under the new system, legal aid is NOT available for civil cases unless it is category specifically mentioned in the Act (for
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Essay : Is it important to question the ideas and decisions of people in positions of authority ?
ESSAY Assignement : Is it important to question the ideas and decisions of people in positions of authority ? In all states, there is an institution which controls everything and set rules so that everyone can live together. This institution exists not only in states but also at school, at work and there is someone who controls it. However, sometimes it’s necessary to challenge what people in authority claim to be true. But it
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Environmental Emergencies: Firstly we will see the types and causes of pollution and secondly we will see the consequences of pollution and finally we will look how to fight pollution ?
Environmental Emergencies Firstly we will see the types and causes of pollution and secondly we will see the consequences of pollution and finally we will look how to fight pollution ? PARTY I First of all, we will see the atmospheric pollution. The atmospheric pollution has harmful effects on human health and the environment. There are two types of air pollution. The pollution bound to the human activity (car, industry, heating) and the natural pollution
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The idea of progress: Is electricity a form of progress for us?
The idéa of progress The type of progress we studied are technicals electricity. The progresse is something for a better world, to make the world better, to improve human lives. We studied five notions which are: 1. A video How to make electricity 2. A class discussion climate change + global warming 3. A video How a wind turbine works renewable 4. A newspaper article offshore wind farm énergies 5. A Powerpoint presentation Hydroelectricity PB
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The idea of progress: The quest for eternal youth and immortality
The idea of progress: The quest for eternal youth and immortality The notion I am going to present today is “The idea of progress”. To begin with, I would like first to define this notion. The idea of progress can be defined as an improvement, a development or a change which contributes to making the world a better place. These progresses can be made in different fields as science (medical advance, cloning, …) , technology
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Spaces and exchanges: Who pushes the foreigners to come to the United States? What is the trigger of the immigration?
ORAL D’ANGLAIS I’m going to talk about the notion Spaces and exchanges . Firstly, I am going to define the notion ; This notion deals with the geographical and symbolic areas that all societies occupy and the interactions between men and different societies. Our world is built on the exploration and conquest of new spaces. The different cultural, economic, sociological and language interactions have shaped and characterized our modern-day world. For introduce this notion i’m
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Anglais - Myths and Heroes: Are women the new Heroes of the United States ?
I’m going to talk about the notion of “Myths and Heroes”. First of all I would like to give a definition of myths and heroes. A myth is a story often linked to religion, It is generally based on the legend. The legend is a story based on real facts that includes part of truth and that usually involves heroic characters. The hero is a main character of a story. In general, the hero helps
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What are the impacts/avantages and drawbacks of social networks on our future life ?
Anglais Today I am going to talk about social networks. A social network is a website or an application which is free, you just have to give your personnal informations. It’s a way of communication and to be close to people. So what are the impacts/avantages and drawbacks of social networks on our future life ? To illustrate the notion of Porgress, we studied in class the theme of Facebook, and the person who have
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Myth and heroes: Which was the influence of these people (heroes) on the world ?
I've picked out notion of myth and heroes. First, I am going to give a definition of the notion, a myth can be defined as a story about heroes or tradition or false notion. A hero can be mythological person or superhero maybe an icon for peoples. Then I am going to try to answer the following question : Which was the influence of these people on the world ? I'm a first part I
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Anglais oral mythe et héros: how can an ordinary person make the world a better place and thus become a hero ?
Myths and heroes. Gerard Way said once that heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary. A hero is someone who is admired for his courage and outstanding qualities. His acts of heroism can be conveyed through shows, art, music, poetry, politics, etc. Some heroes can be real or imaginary, they can become myths. But to me, a true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength/power/fame/wealth, etc, but by the strength of his
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The Idea of Progress: what are the promises and perils of biotechnology?
Ideas of progress What are the promises and perils of biotechnology? I) Positive points * Pre implantation genetic diagnosis (Gattaca) - couples: choose healthy embryos in order to avoid genetic disease. - and choose hair color eye color by gen. selection (although this could be criticized) * Design your Baby - Text B (p65) Because she had Fanconi's Anemia, an immedicable disease, Molly Nash, teenager of 15 y-o had a 7 years life expectancy when
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Lieux et formes de pouvoirs: How fear can be considered as a mean of power over people ?
Lieu et forme de pouvoir In Many places there are many ways to exercise power. But the idea of scaring people to control their behavior is interesting because through centuries fear was used as a form of power to divide people from a society. The Inquisition, which was the cause of death of hundreds of women accused of witchcraft. Which has most certainly were innocent see, mentally deranged. But at that time, everything was a
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Spaces and exchanges: how did the American Dream shape the United States? Is the myth of the American Dream always of actuality?
I am going talk about spaces and exchanges. First at all, I would like to give a definition of this notion. An exchange is the act of giving or receiving something in substitution for something else. In today’s modern – day world these exchanges can take several forms: economic – work exchanges, exchange of goods, trading across borders; cultural – exchange of ideas, information, education; movement of people – immigration, student exchanges, gap years... our
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