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    Water Treatment In South Africa: Is South Africa the last to know about the Growth of Technology? Group B: Alex Afonso Bonney Mankatah Patrick Marrero Damaris Morales Daniel Occhipinti Debora Robinson HUMN 432: Technology‚ Society‚ & Culture Professor John Frye February 14‚ 2012 Table of Contents Abstract 3 1. Debora Robinson 4 Introduction 4 History of South Africa 4 Description of Technology 7 History of Technology

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    enough beans to feed 1/7th of the world’s total population‚ several changes would occur on a global scale. Assuming the world’s population is approximately 7.28 billion people‚ this would mean producing enough to feed 1.04 billion people. At 1 lb of beans per every 5 persons per day‚ that is approximately 75‚972‚000‚000 lbs of beans a year or 34‚460‚319.53 metric tons per year. Considering a total production of 23‚139‚004 metric tons of beans in 2013‚ producing enough beans for 1/7th of the population

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    Political and Economic Aspects of Cultural Differences Economics: • production – making of goods • consumption – using up goods • exchange – transfer of goods Subsistence Strategies: how you meet basic survival needs of food‚ clothing‚ shelter. • Modes of Production – dominant way you make a living Relations of Production—relationships that organize production (serfs/lords; workers and capitalists) Means of Production—material resources available for producing food. Food Collectors: Foraging‚ Hunting

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    Literature February 13‚ 2015 Cornel West Cornel West‚ Ph.D.‚ is an American philosopher that was born on July 2‚ 1953. He is involved politically with the Democratic Socialists‚ and teaches in the Department of Religion and African American Studies. Cornel West is sometimes referred as a “non-Marxist socialist” and is one of the most famous and popular African American intellectuals in the United States. He wrote the bestseller book Race Matters which has sold over 400‚000 copies. West’s contribution

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    What motivated Americans to move west and what was their motive? Different Americans were motivated by different reasons to move west. Ranchers would move to more land in the west to raise cattle‚ particularly Texas and Kansas. These cattle ranchers would then ship their cattle back to the Eastern states to sell. They sold for much higher prices back east. The expansion of the railroad made it possible to easily transport the cattle east. Farmers were motivated because they could get free land

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    Religious and Ethnic Groups ETH 125/Cultural Diversity November 10‚ 2013 Sally Kwitkowski Religious and Ethnic Groups I associate myself as being a white Christian female. Although there are many millions of people who consider themselves of the Christian belief‚ there are several branches of that belief that practice different worshipping techniques. Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) The Latter Day Saints (“Mormons”) are a Christian group founded by Joseph Smith in the late 1820s‚ and who have

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    remains persuasive in society largely because of ignorance. Willful and/or unintentional ignorance is more often than not‚ the fundamental reason for discrimination and is the river from which all other reasons- such as tradition –flow. Religion has been a hot topic in the last decade since the events of September 11‚ and Islam has quickly become a target for collective hatred and discrimination. There have been uproars in the West over religious attire‚ as well as stories of Muslims who have had

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    chapters‚ this is a situation which people of the minority ethnic groups are given unfair or unequal treatment simply because they are from a different ethnic group. It could be referred to as tribalism‚ which emanates from the ethnocentric feeling of the dominant group. When there is feeling of superiority by one ethnic group‚ the tendency is to look at the other ethnic groups with contempt. Ethnicity‚ thus‚ is a polythetic concept that referrers to several attributes which include inter-alia the name

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    government but there was no true supervision of support because of political turmoil in the colonies. When the chaos was over the monarchy was resolved and differences in religions became more prevalent. Britain had been transformed into a constitutional monarchy in which the crown and Parliament jointly ruled. The British state became stronger and more centralized. The economic theory of mercantilism guided the colonies’ economic development and was implemented I the Navigation Acts. The Navigation

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    by Rebecca King Ignorance. That is the only way that a marriage may last. I know the love is gone‚ and it has been gone for a long while now‚ but I choose to ignore it. Ignorance. We have known each other our whole lives and saying “I love you” comes as natural as brushing my teeth in the morning. We ignore the fact that it is no longer meant. Ignorance. The fact that I pretend I do not know my wife is hiding something. I see it in her eyes when she will not look at me. Ignorance. The only reason

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