AGRICULTURE & DEVELOPMENT Agriculture is in many parts of the world is the main source of food and income of households. The role that agriculture plays in development has been debated during the last decades and the views about it are very diverse. Today‚ many authors consider agriculture as an essential factor for development and an important instrument for poverty alleviation. In my opinion access to land and water is an indispensable condition to ensure the livelihood of the poor. The current
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Not only did Louis Armstrong changed the way music is‚ but Armstrong owned the definition of perseverance. “Musicians don’t retire; they stop when there’s no more music in them.”In this quote‚ Louis Armstrong is defining what he believes in. He is saying that you or anybody can’t quit. That you stop when you don’t believe in yourself.You stop when you lose hope in yourself to succeed. Louis Armstrong is a “Game Changer” because not only is he changing Jazz‚ but he is also changing how musicians
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Becoming the band of the decade or the trendsetter of the music industry was a goal that was not always reached in the lifespan of an artist or songwriter‚ however MTV (Music Television) created a whole new generation that would change American culture forever in just a day. The debut of the first ever music video‚ ironically titled “Video Killed the Radio Star”‚ only vaguely foreshadowed the volume of impact that this TV show would have on the world. “It turns out‚ video now makes the radio star
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one expected them to do anything‚ Florentines went to Germany” to get the Germans to fight the general of the Milan. If this accusation or action was not performed Florence would not have been close to destruction. Yet‚ Bruni talks at length about how a person should “travel through the entire world and select any city they wish and compare it with Florence.” He knows in his heart that there is no city like Florence and if people disagree he wants proof and says “let them give proof of that same
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That employee also could not drink‚ socialize with others‚ have another job or work from home. In his/her house they would have to be the sole provider and nobody else could have any other income. These and other rules that one had to follow helped change the working class lifestyle. People could no longer have boarders living with them. They no longer could have a brother or sister that worked‚ live with them. The man of the house was encouraged to come home from work. He could not go to the bar like
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the rest of his life; all of his later accomplishments were built on what he did over this time period. Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17‚ 1706. After 2 years of schooling‚ the young Mr. Franklin was expected to work at his father Josiah’s soap and candle making shop. Benjamin refused and when he was 12 years old‚ he took an apprenticeship under his older
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In the 19th century‚ many changes of art took place. It started with a new "realism" approach‚ where artists did no longer want to paint what they were told to paint. The things that they previously had to paint were religious‚ Greek‚ or aristocratic. They were many art students that had the desire to step out of the box and paint "real life"‚ or the lives of regular people. This was a stark difference and shocking to people as all of the sudden their servants were depicted working hard in the fields
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Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt is the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. She is one of the most powerful women in the world. Eleanor dramatically changed the role of the first lady. She did not just content to stay in the background and handle domestic matters‚ she showed the world that the first lady was an important part of American politics. She was a leader in her own right and involved in numerous humanitarian causes throughout her life. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in a political
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After‚ he entered the political field as a lawyer and after some years he joined the Senate. About 5 years later he announced that he is running for president of the United States. He won the election of 2008 against the Republican nominee John McCain during his first term‚ becoming the 44th President and first ‘colored’ President of the United States. As he became the first president who is ‘colored’‚ many people were inspired by his braveness and also his caring personality. He proved that America wasn’t
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Over time‚ things change‚ and people change. Think about the year 1990 and then compare the cars people drove‚ the clothes people wore‚ and even the way people talked‚ to the way everything is now. With the twenty-seven years of change‚ there are hardly any similarities between the two years. Many things with the African American race have also changed over time. Before the Civil War in 1865‚ African Americans were faced with one major obstacle; slavery. After the war‚ they were faced with various
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