UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level 9713/02 APPLIED INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY Paper 2 Practical Test A May/June 2008 2 hours 30 minutes Additional Materials: Candidate Source Files *0000000000* READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Make sure that your Centre number‚ candidate number and name are clearly visible on every printout‚ before it is sent to the printer. Carry out
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This paper will be about minimum wage. The Fair Labor Standards Act was passed in 1938 by President Roosevelt. It established the first ever national minimum wage. Seventy years later‚ the minimum wage has gone from $0.25 an hour to $7.25 an hour. However in California‚ by January 2016 the minimum wage in the state will rise to $10. Pros In this section I will talk about the pros of a higher national minimum wage. Cons In this section I will talk about the cons of raising the
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Examine the ways in which sociologists can contribute to our understanding of how social identity is shaped by gender. (24 marks) An identity is who we are‚ this is made up of how we see ourselves and how others see us. Social identity is based on one’s membership to particular groups in society. This essay will examine the way in which sociologist contribute to our understanding by providing theories and ideas of how social identity is shaped by gender. Ann Oakley‚ a feminist sociologist suggested
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RESEARCH OBJECTIVES -To find out the reasons why commuter buses continue to utilize illegal spaces. -To find out ways through /by which commuter buses persist using unauthorized spaces/places. -To find out negative effects/problems of continued use of restricted spaces/places INTRODUCTION This research aims at studying the reason why and the ways by which commuter buses continue to utilize spaces declared illegal for their use in the central business district of Harare. The research is based
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PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS Carl Menger FOREWORD BY PETER G. KLEIN INTRODUCTION BY F.A. HAYEK TRANSLATED BY JAMES DINGWALL AND BERT F. HOSELITZ Cover: Carl Menger portrait is courtesy of The Warren J. Samuels Portrait Collection at Duke University. Copyright © 1976 by the Institute for Humane Studies Foreword Copyright © 2007 by the Ludwig von Mises Institute Reprinted in 2007 by the Ludwig von Mises Institute Ludwig von Mises Institute 518 West Magnolia Avenue Auburn‚ Ala
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Farkid Barrrak October 5‚ 2013 Deviance observation paper Drug use Introduction I am approaching this paper with a full knowledge of the limitations an individual confronts when attempting to observe a particular social interactive setting in an objectionable perspective. The setting I chose to observe was in notorious drug related area in main street‚ Worcester. I was in my vehicle across from a place where drug occur at 3:00 pm on
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Research Paper 7 August 2012 Obesity in America In the United States today‚ obesity has become an enormous problem. In the last three decades‚ the number of people overweight has increased dramatically. A study done by the Centers of Disease Control showed that since 1980‚ one third of the adult population has become overweight. America is the richest but also the fattest nation in the world and our obese backsides are the butt of jokes in every other country (Klein 28). The 1980s were a time
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Laura Mealer 4/11/12 Essay #9 Stigma: Obesity The fat stigma is becoming a global problem according to an article in the New York Times by Tara Parker-Pope. “Dr. Brewis and her colleagues recently completed a multicountry study intended to give a snapshot of the international zeitgeist about weight and body image‚”(NY times). ‘The findings were troubling‚ suggesting that negative perceptions about people who are overweight may soon become the cultural norm in some countries‚ including
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Orquidia Gomez SOC 100 9/24/12 Prof. Post In 2010 the Acme Widget‚ United States factory‚ outsourced 80% of the Anytown population due the fact that unionized workers could not operate the factory’s old equipment. The owners‚ part of the capitalist class‚ decided to close the factory after forty years of operation. They moved the factory to the foreign country of Mexico in order to obtain cheap labor and no benefits for new prospective workers. In doing so‚ the company would be able to
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Functionalists maintain that racial and ethnic inequality maintains the dominant group’s status. It provides a large pool of cheap labor. Functionalists acknowledge that discrimination can be dysfunctional. For example‚ racism prevents a society from recognizing or rewarding people who could contribute to society. Conflict theorists see ongoing strife‚ not harmony‚ between dominant and minority groups. Dominant groups try to protect their power and privilege while subordinate groups struggle to
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