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    What is a Gated Community and does it have to have gates? Discuss. This essay reviews the literature drawn upon and clarifies what it means by community. A full discussion is offered of what a gated community is and whether their associated gates are physical‚ psychological or simply visual barriers to outsiders and are GC defined by these gates? In order to further explore these issues‚ this essay invites theories and concepts such as Weber’s life chances‚ Cohen’s moral panic and Durkheim’s collective

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    Afghanistan is one of the poorest nations due to years of war and political instability and is largely dependent on foreign aid. Afghanistan’s debt as of 2004‚ was $8 million in bilateral debt‚ mostly to Russia‚ with $500 million in debt to Multilateral Development Banks. The gross domestic product‚ per capita is $1‚000‚ with a real growth rate of 7.5%. The composition per sector is agriculture (38%)‚ industry (24%)‚ and services (38%). The labor force is approx. 15 million‚ with an unemployment

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    "How Cell Phones Have Changed Our Lives" What invention do you use every day? What invention could you not leave your house without? For me‚ it would be a cell phone. Forty years ago if someone would have said that everyone would have a cell phone‚ people would think they were crazy. According to a U.N. Telecom Agency report‚ the world has about six billion cell phones. That’s roughly one for eighty-six of one hundred people. There are several reasons why I believe that the invention that I think

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    different types of data. Examples of changes of the Conjugal Roles changing have been documented throughout history. Although there may not be an obvious change in them the change may perhaps be subtler because it’s true that not everything happens in a bang‚ even sociologists agree that things must be done in "baby steps" for example Coltrane and Ishii-Kuntz in 1992. Found that when couples waited to conceive and have their first-born child those husbands did more housework than in the couples

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    paper I will discuss four points concerning the civil war in detail. The first issue discussed will be Professor McPherson’s arguments in the text Ordeal by Fire and whether Antietam and Emancipation‚ Gettysburg‚ Vicksburg‚ and Chattanooga‚ represent the three critical turning points in the Civil War. Second‚ I will rank the three points from greatest to least in terms of their importance on the Civil War. Third‚ I will add a fourth event I feel was significant to the turning of the war. Antietam

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    1/2/14 Section 1: How Generations Have Changed | Pew Research Center for the People and the Press N O V E MBE R 3‚ 2011 T HE GEN ERA T I O N GA P A N D T HE 2 0 1 2 EL EC T I ON Section 1: How Generations Have Changed The age differences in political attitudes and v oting choices in the past three election cy cles hav e been driv en by three broad social and political trends. The first is the growing racial and ethnic div ersity of the country ‚ reflected in the rising percentage of

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    Turning Point of My Life

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    Looking back on it‚ my life was pretty plain and clear. I have been living a simple and carefree life ever since I can remember thanks to the protection and cradling of my family‚ especially with the love from my father. I took everything for granted without realizing their importance. That was until 4 months ago when my father got a terrible disease called Stroke‚ he can leave the hospital now but he hasn’t fully recovered yet since then‚ and it was very devastating to my family. During the time

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    Outline • The prescribed question that has been chosen is how and why is a social group represented in a particular way? • The title of the text for analysis: “I have a dream” by Martin Luther King 1963 • The part of the course to which the task refers: part 4: literature – critical study. • Points that explain the focus of the task: - Explore how King expresses in this speech how the black Americans feel towards the discrimination. - Explain what

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    ------------------------------------------------- These days Internet-based courses have become a popular alternative to university-based courses. Some students prefer this type of learning because they do not need to attend the lecture. Others argue that it is important to study at the university. Discuss both these views and give your opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience. There have been immense advances in technology especially in the field

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    The First Nation Modern historians believe that Aboriginals came from Asia about 30 000 years ago. Many of the Aboriginals colonized in Australia but some of them also settled in Canada while other chose to continue to the south. They lived in every region of the country. To survive Canada’s rough climate they needed to rely on each other‚ to share and respect the environment. At the time of European contact‚ they had developed clear nations throughout what is now Canada with a total population

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