Rwanda was first a kingdom divided into three ethnic groups: Tutsi‚ Hutu‚ and Twa. The Tutsis (14% of the population) were the in charge of the cattle‚ the Hutus (85% of the population) were the farmers‚ and the Twa (1% of the population) were the servants. The Tutsis were the upper class and the Hutus were vassals. Cattle measured wealth in Rwanda‚ the more cows you had the richer you were considered. During the late 19th Century‚ Rwanda was still considered a kingdom and it was lead by Kigeli IV
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children’s riddle1 (and please do not read ahead until coming up with an answer): • How do you get an elephant into a refrigerator? The answer to the riddle‚ quite simply‚ is you open the fridge‚ put the elephant inside‚ and close the door. This solved‚ consider another riddle: • How do you get a giraffe into a refrigerator? Readers might be tempted to reuse the previous answer for this second riddle‚ but this turns out to be too simple. The correct answer is you open the fridge‚ take out the
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[pic]Poverty in the United States From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search |[pic] |Parts of this article (those related to the 2010 poverty definition reform) are outdated. Please update this article to | | |reflect recent events or newly available information. Please see the talk page for more information. (November 2010) | [pic] [pic] Impoverished area near 125th Street in Harlem‚ New York‚ which was subsequently demolished for new commercial
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Are you a shopaholic? 1. Shopaholics found their compulsion to spend by creating false identities to obtain more creditcards. They often hide bank statements from their spouses and try in any way possible to conceal their abuse. In some extreme cases shopaholics has even turned prostituted in order to finance their spending. 2. The group Walletwatch was made by Lawrence Michaels who is a Shopaholic. He spends thou-sands of pounds on albums he don´t like and clothes which don´t fit him. The reason
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volunteer organization that established the Congress of the United States for over 40 years. its mission is to work for peace and understanding worldwide . This organization sends to people trained as volunteers to the needy and interested in the program . areas in which the organization can help are education‚ environment ‚ health‚ and agriculture- economy. Many young Americans serving as Peace Corps volunteers ; since its founding in 1961 ‚ more than 170‚000 volunteers have served in some 136 countries
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Geography of the United States By this time‚ we are already familiar with the study of geography. When we look at the geography of any area (e.g.‚ the U.S.A. or New York State)‚ we must consider five main Themes‚ or topics: Location‚ Place‚ Interaction‚ Movement and Region. The Five Themes of Geography Location describes where a place is -- its position on the Earth’s surface. Two ways to describe location: Relative Location and Absolute Location. Relative Location: The description of a
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‘More a victim than a villain.’ Do you feel that this is a more accurate description of Jason of Medea? ‘Medea’ is a play about Jason leaving his wife Medea to marry a princess so as to further his social status. In revenge‚ Medea kills her husband’s new bride‚ her father and their sons before escaping to Athens. Both Jason and Medea have actions that are villainous and neither are completely free of blame for what happens in the play. ‘Medea’ begins with the Nurse and Tutor of the children
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The Collision of Two Cultures - Implications of Cultural Values and Beliefs on Caring Concepts Abstract This paper is a personal response to Anne Fadiman’s book The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. The paper includes a summary of the book‚ an overall impression of the reader‚ a discussion of three major themes evident in the book‚ and a description of a situation from the book and how the situation could be handled differently using references and material learned in 3020 Transcultural
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Therefore‚ the American Constitution ought to be ratified to provide for the inclusion of the Bill of Rights. In fact‚ just like the constitutions of various states of America‚ the framing of the Bill of Rights should have preceded that of the American Constitution (Kloppenberg 12). Civil liberties represent one of the most basic entitlements of the people against every government on earth and no government whatsoever
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“If you don’t know who you are‚ powerful people can make you who they want you to be.” 1.) How do you respond differently to moral vs legal obligations that are presented to you? I have always believed that even though sometimes I am torn between two options‚ If I am being honest with myself that I would pick the more moral outcome. For moral obligations I imagine myself in the other persons “shoes” and imagine not what would benefit me‚ but what would benefit them. For legal obligations
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