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  • Idea of progress: In what way have the feminist revolts of the 20 century brought about a change attitudes and socail progress ?

    Idea of progress: In what way have the feminist revolts of the 20 century brought about a change attitudes and socail progress ?

    Idea of the progress Hello, I would like to develop about the notion of the idea of Progress. First at all, I give a definition of Progress. Progress is a gradual betterment, especially : the progressive development of humankind in particular concerning social events. In the 20 century, women fought against inequalities between them and men. In what way have the feminist revolts of the 20 century brought about a change attitudes and socail progress

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  • The Idea of Progress: what are the promises and perils of biotechnology?

    The Idea of Progress: what are the promises and perils of biotechnology?

    Ideas of progress What are the promises and perils of biotechnology? I) Positive points * Pre implantation genetic diagnosis (Gattaca) - couples: choose healthy embryos in order to avoid genetic disease. - and choose hair color eye color by gen. selection (although this could be criticized) * Design your Baby - Text B (p65) Because she had Fanconi's Anemia, an immedicable disease, Molly Nash, teenager of 15 y-o had a 7 years life expectancy when

    493 Mots / 2 Pages
  • Notion Seats and Forms of Power: are all the citizens on an equal footing in modern-day India?

    Notion Seats and Forms of Power: are all the citizens on an equal footing in modern-day India?

    Today, I’m going to speak about the notion ‘Seats and forms of power’. The power can be related to the right or an authority given or delegated to a person or a body. The power is necessary to control the population for example, for centuries he was essential, like when the colonization was here; and there are some country where a dictatorship still exist and on the other hand the democracy seems to be the

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  • Notion Anglais "Seats and forms of power": Are all the citizens on an equal footing?

    Notion Anglais "Seats and forms of power": Are all the citizens on an equal footing?

    Today, I’m going to speak about the notion ‘Seats and forms of power’. The power can be related to the right or an authority given or delegated to a person or a body. The power is necessary to control the population for example, for centuries he was essential, like when the colonization was here; and there are some country where a dictatorship still exist and on the other hand the democracy seems to be the

    1 279 Mots / 6 Pages
  • Spaces and exchanges: Does the conquest of the West was as beautiful and peaceful as in some films or painting ?

    Spaces and exchanges: Does the conquest of the West was as beautiful and peaceful as in some films or painting ?

    I'm going to talk about the notion Spaces and exchanges. First , i'll give you a definition of these terms : The different spaces of the world are nowadays more and more connected to each other. The exchanges can appear on many forms: trade, information. In Class we talked about The conquest of the West and this is linked to this notion because we will see how european people and the gouvernment from America

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  • Django and the gothic

    Django and the gothic

    Anne-Sophie Saindon February 3rd, 2017 Film/text Analysis: Django and the gothic Teresa Goddu provides us tools and well-developed explanations fundamental for understanding the American gothic literature. Before reading her point of view, I associated “gothic” with “dark”. But, at some point in her text, Goddu dissociate dark and gothic. According to her, gothic means popular, while dark means profound. Quite different ideas we have here… It played in the movies, it won prices and it

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  • Spaces and exchanges: What drives people to leave their contry to go and travelling around the world ?

    Spaces and exchanges: What drives people to leave their contry to go and travelling around the world ?

    Spaces and Exchanges There are a lot of different exchanges between countries and thanks to globalisation, everything spread quicker and quicker. Our world is built on the exploration and conquest of new spaces. An exchange is when we give in return for something received – this can be anything from money, ideas, gifts, medical or financial aid. Our modern-day world is changing quickly and seems to be a smaller place due to improvements in communications

    1 346 Mots / 6 Pages
  • The Overlapping of Space Power Theory and the United States' Space Policies From the Formation of NASA to the Development of SDI, 1958-1983

    The Overlapping of Space Power Theory and the United States' Space Policies From the Formation of NASA to the Development of SDI, 1958-1983

    Extended Essay The Overlapping of Space Power Theory and the United States' Space Policies From the Formation of NASA to the Development of SDI, 1958-1983 To what extent does space power theory accurately explains U.S space policy from the formation of NASA to the development of SDI? Extended Essay in History, Group 3 Word Count: 3959 Personal Code: gdc-878 May 2017 ABSTRACT This essay assesses the extent to which the space power theory explains the

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  • Oral anglais: the brain and languages, how does it work?

    Oral anglais: the brain and languages, how does it work?

    The brain and languages, how does it work ? Hello everybody ! Today, I will enlighten you on how your brain works when you learn a language. I know this is not really topical subject, but is it not what we are doing right now ? So, Before I dive in this problem, i have to impart you or remind you for some, how the brain works overall. The brain is an organ that serves

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  • Crime and punishment in the US

    Crime and punishment in the US

    Crime and punishment in the US I am going to talk about the notion of locations and forms of power. A person, a group, or a notion having a great influence or control on others. The Second Amendment to the Constitution was created in 1789 (seventeen eighty-nine). It was written to protect the US citizens from the “invaders” who were the English. But today, the US is separated on the issue of gun control. Why

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  • British history - the 19th and 20th century

    British history - the 19th and 20th century

    British history – the nineteenth & twentieth century The nineteenth century: During the nineteenth century Britain was transformed by the Industrial Revolution. In 1801, only about 20% of the British population lived in towns. But in 1881, 80 years later, two thirds of the population lived in towns. The Industrial Revolution included going from hand production methods to machines. This revolution began in Great Britain and most of the important technological replacements were innovated by

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  • Spaces and exchanges: what has been the impacct pf exchanges on the society in the USA

    Spaces and exchanges: what has been the impacct pf exchanges on the society in the USA

    Spaces and exchanges : I’m going to talk about the notion of spaces and exchanges. First I will state a definition of exchange; an exchange is a continuous movement or circulation. There are various types of exchanges like movement of people, trade or communications, information. It can also be an act of giving and receiving something else in return. This notion deals with the geographical and symbolic areas that all societies occupy and the interactions

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  • Locations and forms of power: how is it possible to fight against the abuse of power?

    Locations and forms of power: how is it possible to fight against the abuse of power?

    Hello, I'm going to present you the notion locations and forms of power. In politics and social science, power is the ability to influence the behavior of people. In order to live together members of a community accept rules, regulations, laws. This helps to create social cohesion but can also lead to conflicts and tensions. Even when authority seems absolute, there are always counter-powers which question it, aim at limiting its excesses and resist it.

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  • The Federal court system: Structure and jurisdiction 2. Les migrations 3. Féminisme et antiféminisme 4. La colonne brisé, Frida Kahlo Please select type 5. Démarche de soin de Mme Rose 6. Lettre de motivation pour une grande école 7. Compte rendu TP

    The Federal court system: Structure and jurisdiction 2. Les migrations 3. Féminisme et antiféminisme 4. La colonne brisé, Frida Kahlo Please select type 5. Démarche de soin de Mme Rose 6. Lettre de motivation pour une grande école 7. Compte rendu TP

    4 The Federal Court System: Structure and Jurisdiction 1. Facts Exercise 1 (pages 125-127) 1. True. 2. True. 3. True. 4. False. 5. False. 6. False (can hear both issues of fact or errors of law). 7. False. 8. True. 9. True. 10. True (generally, but can also be a term fixed by the President). 11. False. 12. True. 13. False. 14. False. 15. False. Exercise 2 (page 127) Students' own answers. Exercise 3 (page

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  • Location and forms of power: How is voting a powerful weapon in the United States?

    Location and forms of power: How is voting a powerful weapon in the United States?

    LOCATIONS AND FORMS OF POWER I'm going to talk (tolk) about the notion « Places and forms of power ». First of all, I would like to give a quick definition of this notion. Power is a synonym of might. In my opinion power is the ability to control others, events, or resources (resocice); the ability to make things happen despite obstacles, resistance(rezistence) or opposition. Power is the ability to influence (iiinfluence) the behaviors of

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  • Seats and forms of power, the movie "Selma"

    Seats and forms of power, the movie "Selma"

    Seats and forms of power 1. INTRO I'm going to talk about the notions of seats and forms of power. The power is the ability to exercise a control on somebody but leads generally to conflict between those who have power and those who don't. I choose to illustrate this notion with segregation in America with 2 documents viewed in class, the movie « Selma », and an article on the struggle for civil rights

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  • Spaces and exchanges: American demography

    Spaces and exchanges: American demography

    To start with I would like to talk about spaces and exchanges, though the evolution of the American demography. First, I think it is important to remember that American was discovered by Christopher Colombus coming from Spain in 1492. Then Noth America became a host country in 1620 for the puritous who escaped from parsecution by sailing on the mayflower to America. Then because of slavery, America’s population became as well a mixture with black

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  • Seats and forms of power: what are the different aspects of form of power

    Seats and forms of power: what are the different aspects of form of power

    Intro : I'm going to talk about the notion of seats and forms of power, the second notion which we studied this year. To introduce it I must explain the meaning of places and forms of power. « Places » could be important buildings or institutions that represent a certain form of power, for example the white house. A place can also be a country or a state. « Power » is the ability to

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  • Places et forms of power: how was the power distributed and redistributed in South Africa society from apartheid to nowadays?

    Places et forms of power: how was the power distributed and redistributed in South Africa society from apartheid to nowadays?

    Places and form of power The notion of power implies a basic division between those who have and exercise power, and those who have none or little of it. In class, we studied the situation of South Africa during Apartheid. How was the power distributed and redistributed in South Africa society from apartheid to nowadays? First of all, I’m going to give a definition; Apartheid was an official policy of racial segregation enforced by the

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  • Places and forms of power: the power of the press

    Places and forms of power: the power of the press

    Places and forms of power: The power of the press I am going to talk today about the notion of places and forms of power and illustrate this notion with the power of the press. To begin with I would like first to define this notion: « Places » could be important buildings or institutions that represent a certain form of power, for example Buckingham Palace – a symbol of the British monarchy, the White

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  • Places and forms of power: the influence of the media

    Places and forms of power: the influence of the media

    Places and forms of power The influence of the media I’m going to talk about the notion places and forms of power. Firstly I would give a definition of that notion : Power : Is the ability to influence the behavior of people. Can help to create social cohesion but can also lead to conflicts and tensions. Even when the authority seems absolute, counter-powers can appeared to resist in front of this excessive authority. Media

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  • Places and form of power: how can we depict the differents forms of power, in various places?

    Places and form of power: how can we depict the differents forms of power, in various places?

    I’m going to talk about places and forms of power. First, What is the power? It’s the ability or official capacity to exercise control or authority over others. It can be a person, a group, or a nation having great influence over people. Power is exercised through a variety of relationships sustained or accepted, often internalized. The concept « location and forms of power » is very large, so we can we ask : How can we

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  • Locations and forms of power: how is persecution of the black community a form of power? How can persecution become a force?

    Locations and forms of power: how is persecution of the black community a form of power? How can persecution become a force?

    LOCATIONS AND FORMS OF POWER I'm going to talk about the notion of locations and forms of power. First of all, I would like to give a definition of this notion. It's the ability or official capacity to exercice control or authority over others. It can be a person, a group or a nation having great influence over people. The concept "locations and forms of power" includes the differents form of power, the submission or

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  • Oral - Places and Forms of Power: the first and the second wave of feminism between the 60's and the 2010'S

    Oral - Places and Forms of Power: the first and the second wave of feminism between the 60's and the 2010'S

    Anglais – Lieux et formes de pouvoir The notion I'm going to introduce is Places and forms of power. There are different places of power, it can be found in the family, in school, in politics or in work, and in different forms such as rules, laws or money. The notion can be illustrated with the example of feminism. In this chapter, we saw the first and the second wave of feminism between the 60's

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  • The myths of witches in America

    The myths of witches in America

    Myths are somewhat heroic or monstrous that have been talked about in one way or another but we did not know if it really happened or not. In the 17 century the American people are afraid from a "Mythes" of witch beacause a women has convulsion and people are think she's posseded . This is nammed the puritanism the principal history is the witches of salem. The puritains are dressed in plain dark clothes .Many

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