one of the laureates of Nobel Peace Prize 2010. A month ago‚ North Korea bombed South Korea‚ creating even more barriers between the two countries‚ leaving the world in further fear of the North Korean nuclear weapons. All these events were caused by humans but little was done to relieve the stringent relationship among countries. Undesirable qualities such as distrust‚ gree and ego are apparent‚ leading to even more unneccessary disasters. This is precisely why world peace plays an important role
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! Peace is a word often said but not always practiced. Wanguri Maathai spent her life striving to make Kenya a better environment and initiating the planting of trees. Tenzin Gyatso also wanted to improve the environment as a spiritual leader to the absence of war‚ pain and torture. Aung San Suu Kyi wanted freedom and equal rights through non-violence. Wanagari Maathai‚ Tenzin Gyatso and Aung San Suu Kyi were all awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004‚ 1989 and 1991 for the GreenBelt Movement‚ spiritual
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Barack Hussein Obama II (/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/ ( listen); born August 4‚ 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office‚ as well as the first president born in Hawaii. Obama previously served as the junior United States Senator from Illinois from January 2005 until he resigned after his election to the presidency in November 2008. Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School‚ where he was the president
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sentences Who is the audience of Obama’s speech‚ and what is its purpose? Therefore‚ in what context does he deliver this speech? How much control does Obama have when adjusting his spoken language? -Aimed to persuade people to vote for him. - Initially an underdog - Aimed to connect with audience while still remaining authoritative - Controls figurative message through use of spoken language techniques Barack Obama delivered this speech during his election campaign to persuade
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Alfred Nobel Alfred Nobel was born on October 21‚ 1833 in Stockholm‚ Sweden. At the time of his birth‚ he was the fourth son of Immanuel and Caroline Nobel. Immanuel‚ his father‚ was an inventor and engineer who had married Caroline‚ his mother‚ in 1827. They had eight children‚ but only Alfred and three brothers reached adulthood. As a child Alfred was prone to illness‚ but this didn ’t interfere with his love of explosives and the fundamentals of engineering. He learned these things from his
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recognizing excellence. In the world of writing‚ this award is the Pulitzer Prize. The Pulitzer Prize originated in 1917 by Joseph Pulitzer. In his will‚ he left two million dollars to Columbia University to create a school of journalism. Pulitzer was a proud‚ self-made man‚ but wanted to make it easier for future journalists to be successful in the industry he loved. One fourth of this money was to be "applied to prizes or scholarships for the encouragement of public service‚ public morals‚ American
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Akzo Nobel & Dow Chemicals Index Introduction p. 3 External Analysis p. 4 • Chemical Market p. 4 • DESTEP p. 4 Mission And Vision p. 7 Porters Five Competitive Forces p. 8 Financial Analysis p. 10 7s Model p. 13 Swot p. 15 Dow Chemical The Dow Chemical Company was set up in 1947. The company sells and manufactures plastic materials‚ agricultural products and services‚ advanced materials‚ chemicals and other specialized products and services
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On January 20‚ 2009‚ President Obama was officially elected and sworn in as the forty-fourth president of the United States of America. The tradition of being elected requires the president to give a speech about the goals they want to reach during their presidency. The president must make a speech that‚ appeals to the audience while being professional. Obama uses rhetoric to achieve presenting his message of creating hope and change together in America while fixing the economic and social challenges
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5/2/13 Acceptance sampling - Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Acceptance sampling From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Acceptance sampling uses statistical sampling to determine whether to accept or reject a production lot of material. It has been a common quality control technique used in industry and particularly the military for contracts and procurement. It is usually done as products leave the factory‚ or in some cases even within the factory. Most often a producer supplies a consumer
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Spring 2012 – Western Studies II Research Assignment May 8‚ 2012 Is Obama a Prince? In the year 1531 the famous political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli’s wrote a treatise entitled The Prince. It explains the proper guidelines for a prince to successfully lead a republic. Although this sixteenth century politician’s main purpose was to unite a separate Italy‚ his political theories have been taken into deep consideration and are commonly exercised in politics today. If Machiavelli were alive
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