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NOTION OF PROGRESS
The notion of progress is the fact of something going forward toward an advancement or an improvement version of itself, it’s like a forward or onward movement towards a destination. In other terms progress can also be an accomplishment of something that has evolved. Today I’ll be talking about The Idea of Progress, which is about the advancement in technology, science, modernization, liberty, democracy, longevity, and freedom from pollution and social organization which can produce
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I oppose the belief of psychological egoism
On September 11, 2001 an Islamic terrorist group called Al-Qaeda hijacked 4 airplanes with the intentions of attacking major buildings. They successfully attacked the Twin Towers in New York City, and the Pentagon in Virginia. They attempted to attack Washington, D.C. but ending up crashing into a field in Pennsylvania after the passengers on the plane tried to overcome the hijackers. In the attack of the Twin Towers, 343 firefighters and 72 law enforcement officers
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To what extent current debates around weapons in USA are the consequence of history?
English: presentation about gun’s power: To what extent current debates around weapons in USA are the consequence of history? Today I’m going to speak about gun’s power in USA. Nowadays, the position took by weapons in America is definitely an issue and also the origin of plenty of debates in the country. In fact, the American Constitution allow all the population to own a weapon like a gun for instance without so many conditions. That
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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 smell of apples
PROMPT #1 DAYLY OF AFRIKANER RACIST After the second world war, the colons decided to stay in South Africa and live there. Those invaders are mainly divided between two ethno-cultural groups, the Afrikaners, descendants of mainly German-Dutch pioneers and French (Afrikaans) Boers and Anglo-South African English-speaking from England. The colon trades the colonization but maintained the racism that leaded to apartheid. The Smell of apples is a story written by Mark Behr 1995.The story of
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What are the benefits of equality between men and womem
What are the benefits of equality between men and women ? There is a lot of benefits in having equality between men and women, first there is the fact that people feel better if they can do what they want, so the World would be a better place for everyone can do what pleases him. Second if the woman and the man in a family both have a job then the family will earn more
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Anglais : notion of progress
NOTION OF PROGRESS Introduction : I'm going to talk about the « notion of progress ». First of all, I would like to give a definition of this notion. The notion of progress is the idea of evolution in the medical field, and the future of human. This evolution may be the new technologies like AI, drone, transports…We saw this notion in class when we talk about the artificial intelligence. I would like to answer
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The notion of spaces and exchanges, Canada
The notion of spaces and exchanges deals with the geographical and symbolic areas where people live on one hand and the interactions between the different societies that live together on the other. The different cultural, economic, sociological and language interactions have shaped and characterize our modern-day world. I would like to illustrate this notion through the theme of the Inuit population and mainly the Inuits from Canada also known as the first people in Canada.
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Vivienne Westwood The woman of a thousand influences
Table of contents Introduction............................................................................................................. 3 The Punk subculture............................................................................................. 4 The origins ...................................................................................................... 4 The culture ..................................................................................................... 5 “Queen Viv” and the Sex Pistols ................................................................. 5 The punk esthetic by Dame Westwood .................................................. 8 Updating the past to create the future............................................................ 10 The Renaissance inspirations................................................................... 11 The Baroque inspirations ........................................................................ 12 The Rococo inspirations ........................................................................... 13 Social involvement............................................................................................. 16 A soldier of the environment.................................................................... 16 ... and humanitarian causes ......................................................................17 Save the artic collection ............................................................................ 18
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Timeline presenting some events of the sixties linked with segregation in the south of U.S.
FRIC Angélique TL Timeline presenting some events of the sixties linked with segregation in the south of U.S. 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Freedom rides, the freedom riders were demonstrating to end segregation in buses. James Meredith is the first African-American student in the University of Mississipi. He was victim of violence, that’s why kennedy ordered 10 000 U.S. military policde to restaure order and protect james. March on Washington, 250 000 people gathered
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« Why Are Some Subsidiaries of Multinationals the Source of Novel Practices while Others Are Not? National, Corporate and Functional Influences »
« Why Are Some Subsidiaries of Multinationals the Source of Novel Practices while Others Are Not? National, Corporate and Functional Influences » Nowadays, the practices of the multinational companies have changed considerably. In this research, the researchers focus on the process of exchanges between companies and their subsidiaries and they try to explain why there is a reverse diffusion from the subsidiaries to the panel company in some multinationals. To account for this, they use
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Anglais lele The world of imagination
WORLD OF IMAGINATION : The notion that I will present to you is “The world of imagination”.This is the ability to think about things that do not exist. The imagination is the function that the mind sees, it can be represented by concrete things, people or situations never experienced. Imaginary worlds are a recurrent theme in the imagination of men for a multitude of reasons: to try to understand the world around them, to
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Notion of progress
The notion of progress refers to something going forward towards an advanced or improved version of itself. Over history, great progresses encountered most of the time significant oppositions because some people weren’t comfortable with the great changes they involved. It’s the case for instance with the evolution and the diversity of family structures. Family is a group of individuals living under one roof and usually under one head, the «bread-feeder». Different type of family exist
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The value of money
The value of money 1. What is Money? Despite the fact that we are handling money every day, if we ask people, very few of them would be able to describe it properly. When we hear the word “money” what we have in mind it might go from pleasure to pain. It might be an amazing car, the house of our dreams or an endless vacation in a paradisiacal beach surrounded by Daiquiris. On the
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How Assets Organization and Funding Methods combination Impacts the Cost of the capital and the Financial Return
How Assets Organization and Funding Methods combination Impacts the Cost of the capital and the Financial Return 8th Semester Final Report The National School of Business and Management 2017/2018 SILICON VALLEY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Made by Nasserddine OULADSALAH Supervised Academically: Pr. Abderrahman MALIKI Supervised Operationally: Mrs. Amina MOSLIH DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY: I declare herewith, that this above-mentioned report is my own original work. PLAGIARISM DISCLAIMER: I hereby confirm that I am the sole author of the
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Compte rendu "The spread of counterfeiting"
Compte Rendu « The spread of Counterfeiting » Cet article publié le 6 mars 2010 dans le journal britannique « The Economist » aborde la prolifération de la contrefaçon ces dernières années. On assiste aujourd’hui à une démocratisation de la contrefaçon, en effet elle ne touche plus seulement les produits de luxes mais aussi les cigarettiers, les produits pharmaceutiques ou les composants informatiques. Plusieurs facteurs ont contribué à l’essor de la contrefaçon, notamment le déplacement
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The Effects of Exercise on Taste and Food Preference
There are five basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami (Brown, 2015). Sweetness is perceived in foods containing sugars such as sucrose, fructose and glucose (Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care [IQWIG], 2016). The salty taste perceived in foods is due to the salt crystals made of sodium and chloride (NaCl) (IQWIG, 2016). Bitter taste comes from different compounds including caffeine, theobromine found in chocolate and phenolic compounds (Brown, 2015). Sourness is
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To what extent did the media contribute to the results of the Brexit vote ?
The contribution of the media to the results of the Brexit vote To what extent did the media contribute to the results of the Brexit vote ? On June 23rd 2016, Britain voted to leave the European Union triggering what the Guardian’s assistant editor Michael White described as the ‘greatest political crisis’ since the Second World War. At the time of writing most economists are predicting a severe downturn that could be worse than that
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The history of Skype
THE HISTORY OF SKYPE “Sky Peer to Peer” is the full name of Skype. This software was launched fifteen years ago which was in August, 2003. The founders of Skype are the Estonian developers Zahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu and Jaan Tallinn, Danish developer Janus Friis and Sweden’s Niklas Zenntrom. These founders met for the first time at the Swedish telecom company called Tele2. Niklas Zenntrom and Janus Friis were employees at the company and the
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Commentary – The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, passage part VI
Commentary – The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, passage part VI As a response to the Age of Reason praising logic and science, a new literary movement slowly emerged at the end of the XVIIIth century. The beginning of romanticism was marked by the collection of poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth entitled Lyrical Ballads, which became a landmark in English literature and poetry. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is part of
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Myths and heroes : How Myth and heroes influence the behavior of society?
Oral : myth and heroes Introduction : So, we are going to deal with the notion Myths and Heroes, studied in class through some documents, and I would like to start with a simple definition of the notions. A myth is a popular story which, usually, tries to guide the society towards certain values or some ideal. It can be composed of unreal fact and action, often led by a Hero. Following that, a hero
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The power of photography
I would first like to give a definition of "power". It is the capacity to exercise control or authority over others. It can be a person, a group or a nation that has a great influence on people. Power is exercised in a variety of relationships. Power forms professional organizations and governments. There may be good or bad types of power. The notion of power implies a division between those who have and exercise power
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DOSSIER ANGLAIS : THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
First Subject : THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS We can't compare a life to another, however a period of Chris Gardner's life is a little bit comparable to mine. That’s why I’m going to talk to you about the movie “ The Pursuit of HappYness" , which is a biographical drama about how Chris began his professional life as a stockbroker. Chris is a salesman, and he sells portable bone density scanners, he has invested all
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Spaces and exchanges : what is the impact of Brexit for both the EU and the UK ?
SPACES AND EXCHANGES I’m going to talk about the notion “Spaces and Exchanges”. First of all, I would like to give a definition of the notion : an Exchange is an act of giving and receiving something else in return. It can also be seen as a continuous movement or circulation. There are different kinds of exchanges : media, people, trade… To illustrate the notion, I have chosen to talk about a recently phenomen who
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The importance of History
ABD EL HAMID HELWANI 374272 Critical Thinking II Johan Claasen The Importance of History (2523 words) The necessity to study what is known as history lingers as self-evident. A ranging perspective to this subject matter acknowledges the statement proclaiming that being aware of the mistakes made in the past avoids us from replicating them. There are therefore lessons to be grasped from history. Moreover, a nation needs to know its background, where it comes from
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