Weekly Case-studies for Small Group Seminars Semester 1‚ 2012 Week 2 case study Deciding what legislation means Case-study: The toxic waste Late in the afternoon on 1 December 2009 Alex Demetriou‚ who owns a waste removal business‚ collects a truckload of contaminated soil from excavations at a building site in Melbourne. He drives the full truck back to his company’s yard in Werribee. He leaves it parked there overnight‚ intending
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Culture Interview: South Africa Andre Ebbinkhuysen is the subject of my culture interview. I chose him because I was interested in learning more about the South African culture and its history. We met at McDonalds on South College Road on Friday‚ June 10th at 11:00 am and interviewed for about an hour. I felt very comfortable interviewing him‚ as we share a secondary group at Cape Fear Community College‚ sitting right next to each other in our Sociology class. I feel I know him better than a
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Benedict Arnold was born in Norwich‚ Connecticut‚ January 14‚ 1741. Arnold was born the last of six children to Benedict Arnold III (1683-1761) and Hannah Waterman King. He was named after his great-grandfather Benedict Arnold‚ an early governor of the Colony of Rhode Island‚ and his brother‚ Benedict IV‚ who died in infancy before Benedict Arnold V was born. Only Benedict and his sister Hannah survived to adulthood; his other siblings succumbed to yellow fever in childhood. Through his maternal
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composing career as well. Today‚ he is one of the leading composers of music for the harp. He writes in a variety of styles for harpists of all skill levels‚ and has developed his own notation style and countless special harp effects. Aside from that‚ Andrès is also a note-worthy teacher who has influenced an entire new generation of French harpists. Absidioles is a contemporary work with a unique and exotic sound. The interesting harmonies and different contrast in moods from each section makes the
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Stereotypes in FIlm After examining the film “Mean Girls”‚ it can be observed that clear stereotypical gender roles and social class distinctions still exist in contemporary western society. As described by Judith Andre in her article in the Pearson Anthology‚ a stereotype is a “conventional‚ formulaic‚ and usually oversimplified conception‚ opinion or belief” (60). In other words‚ a stereotype is an opinion or belief about anything that is so rigid‚ it can be generalized to the entire population
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should have been. Meanwhile‚ Washington offered Arnold a chance at left wing of the army. Normally that would have been good for Arnold‚ but he made an excuse to stay at West Point instead. Andre was sent as a spy to tell the British West Point’s location. When Andre was captured they found the note and Andre was hanged. Benedict Arnold was immediately called a traitor. Washington was probably hysterical at this point. For all of those times he stuck up for Arnold. Once Arnold got word of this he
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continued veneration or acclamation of the people in recognition of his contribution to the significant social transformations that took place in our country. Aside from Rizal‚ the only other hero given an implied recognition as a national hero is Andres Bonifacio whose day of birth on November 30 has been made a national holiday. Despite the lack of any official declaration explicitly proclaiming them as national heroes‚ they remain admired and revered for their roles in Philippine history. Heroes
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tyranny of the Spaniards‚ and to secure the independence and freedom of the Philippines‚ by force of arms. ->1896 - start of taking the field against the Spaniards. THE FOUNDING OF KATIPUNAN ->July 7‚ 1892 - Rizal was arrested; that night‚ Andres Bonifacio‚ Valentin Diaz‚ Teodoro Plata‚ Ladislao Diwa‚ Deodato Arellano‚ and other plebeians met and form an association by blood compact and signed their membership with their own blood. Thus‚ Kataastaasan‚ Kagalang-galang na Katipunan ng mga Anak
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Andre Hill September 30‚ 2010 3rd period The person that inspires me most is my mom. The reason I say this is because she’s a strong black woman and she stands independently facing all odds. She inspires me to be the best I can be and to always give my all in whatever I’m doing. Whenever I need something‚ all I have to do is ask and I know if it’s possible‚ she’ll provide it. It’s always been like that with her and not with just me‚ but all of my brothers. I think the reason we may act uncivilized
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where African countries were conquered by European nations‚ the second source talks about ethnocentrism where the Canadian government wanted First Nations to be more civilized‚ while the last source is about eurocentrism which talks about a man named Andre Thevet who believes that First Nations are savages and they can be less like savages if they follow the Christian fate. The first source describes the scramble for Africa where many European countries raced to attain a piece of Africa; this source
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