external factors (figure 1). I will examine the internal and external causes of poverty in the landlocked Southern Africa state of Zimbabwe (figure 3). In the last century Zimbabwe has experienced massive economic and social change. Once Africa’s 2nd biggest economy‚ it is now ranked 15th(figure 3). Overall Zimbabwe ranks 173rd in the world in terms of HDI (Human Development Index)‚ 153rd in the world for GDP and ranked 5th in the
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How do you define yourself? Our identity is what defines us‚ as it is a fact of being of who or what we are. Having a sense of identity allows us to develop ourselves as a sense of well- being for one another. If we lose our identity it can prompt us to seek reassurance as we lose a sense of who we are and need to rediscover ourselves. In the novel‚ Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland‚ the characters have lost themselves and their identity as the result of society and seek a void to be filled
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Contrast Mainframes and Personal Computers Overview Mainframes and personal computers have evolved over the years but their core functions have stayed the same. The mainframe is used connect multiple users for large organizations while personal computers are generally used for a single users. The more drastic changes for mainframes and personal computers have been speed and size. Mainframes use to be the size of buildings. Now they are the size of a textbook. Personal computer ’s origins came from
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The experiment was about people will respond to authority. In the experiment the teacher who is to obey the order of the authority who was the experimenter also the learner who was the recipient of incentive from the teacher. The teacher was given lists of words to teach the student‚ (learner) and the teacher have to read the original word given him also‚ read the four answers. What the learner would do was to press a button to show his answer. And‚ if the answer was wrong‚ the teacher would shock
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Franklin Castillo English 4 IB 3 April 2012 Extended Essay World War 1 is an extraordinary event which changed history today. WW1 was not just some war‚ but it was “The Great War”. It was called the “Great War” because no other war had such an impact on the world. It was the first war to affect all of the major nations of Europe and the world. It took thousands of lives. It was a huge war‚ involving a large number of nations and armies including five empires with their associated colonies and
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In Do The Right Thing‚ Sal is the Italian-American owner of the neighborhood pizzeria. Having owned the shop for twenty-five years‚ Sal and his pizzas are known by everyone. On the surface‚ he seems like a nice and accepting person. But there are several instances in the film that seem to suggest that Sal may not be as accepting as he appears. For one‚ Sal always refers to the black customers as “them” and “they.” He also refers to hip-hop music “jungle music” multiple times. Additionally‚ early
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knowledge and culture can be shared around the world simultaneously.” Economic globalisation is not a new phrase to the Chinese people. Since china carried out reform and opening policies in the year of 1978‚ the market of china has been opened to the outside and began to paving the way toward economic globalisation. As time goes on‚ it seems that China has been changed a lot due to economic golobalisation. This essay will argue that both positive and negative aspects of globalisation to China.
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civilization advances we depend more and more upon our invention. There is technology that saved many lives‚ as well as the one that have destroyed whole cities. Good morning members of the jury‚ parents‚ teachers and students. My name is Hugo Mendoza and I will talk about dependency on computers. I choose it because I think people must know all the benefits it brings to our daily life. So‚ do we depend too much in computers? The answer is that yes‚ all days we use computers in the business‚ public
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efforts however‚ the fact that we are lacking behind in various subjects remains. Instead of improving‚ our education system seems to be deteriorating and has lost the value it had. It’s not surprising to see that most of the high school graduates are unprepared for college or work‚ even after more than 13 years of preparation they still lack many skills that are essential for the real world. As was stated in the article “Education in the Modern Age” that “not only do our schools fail to give students
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Do The Right Thing Do the Right Thing is a 1989 American comedy-drama film. The movie takes place Brooklyn‚ New York and tells a story of the racial tension in the neighborhood from white‚ blacks‚ latinos and italians. This films shows how each race has deals with race in the neighborhood and how it is handled. There are three main business that dominate the neighborhood which is a storefront radio station‚ convenience store owned by a korean couple and a Sal’s famous pizzeria which are white
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