Why did Negroponte do what he did? Why was this necessary? The idea of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) was born in 1999‚ as Professor Nicholas Negroponte was visiting a Cambodian rural village school previously established by him and his wife. By letting children play with some Panasonic “Toughbook” laptops‚ Negroponte experienced the power of change that could be brought about by laptops. He was impressed by how “it changed their lives in several ways‚ improving self-esteem and empowerment and fulfilling
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Detroit had been in decline since it was rocked by race riots in 1967. Since then‚ there has been a real drop-off in investment and economic development in the city. Like a lot of other cities in the American northeast and Midwest‚ it was badly affected when factories moved south or out of the country‚ but was harder hit because it was a one-industry city. Most big cities have more than one industry‚ but Detroit’s economy was completely centered on the automobile. When the Recession hit‚ Detroit
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competing for something and not make it or get it. But their failure does not discourage them and they keep on practicing and getting better. Eventually‚ their work does pay off and they accomplished what they want. Henry Ford car business suffered around the 1900’s‚ but he this failure did not set him back‚ he pushed forward. His cars were low quality and high in price for the average consumers. He kept on developing new engines and cars and gained the nation acclaim in 1904. He invented a car that broke
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importantly the Roman Empire. Why do they fall‚ and how did they collapse? An empire can collapse in various of ways. For example‚ poor militaries‚ politics‚ a weak economy‚ or even because of the religion. For instance‚ militaries can cause a huge roll in why a union is dying. They can be inexperienced‚ or simply they do not have the loyalty to the empire they are fighting for. They can get sick from illnesses‚ like the plague. The emperors can also play a big role in why an empire is receding.They
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thought that machines could actually learn‚ but one of the most important things about him is the fact that he helped defeating the Nazis by cracking the “Enigma code”. So‚ there are several reasons why anybody would be lucky to meet him: to know about history‚ how he thought and how to change the world. The first important reason to meet Alan Turing is that he lived during the World War. In that time the Nazis were almost everywhere and it was very difficult to have a regular lifestyle
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through his music then why are our current chart-topping music artists not following in his footsteps and doing the same? Bob Marley is undeniably an icon of social change within not only America‚ but also around the world where his music has been heard. Author Anthony Bogues in his article “Get Up‚ Stand Up: The Redemptive Poetics of Bob Marley” even goes as far as to compare Marley to Martin Luther King Jr. seeing the evidence that they both stood strongly for social change in a time when we most
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Why Do Trees Change Color? Everyone relates the bright‚ scenic colors of the trees with fall. What most people don’t know is why. For this process‚ also known as photosynthesis to happen it involves three different pigments that give the leaves their color. Trees are autotrophs; this means that they make their own food. The leaves obtain water through their roots‚ but also they need sunlight‚ carbon dioxide‚ and chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is the pigment that gives leaves their green color and makes
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– financial institute to achieve strategic success. Ford Motor Company has in recent times lost its market share to emerging Asian companies such as Honda‚ Toyota‚ Hyundai and Nissan. As a new landscape of economic might surfaces‚ new car stereotypes are emerging. Finding a place in these segments is proving difficult for Ford Motors and hence need to change its strategies. Hyper-competition combined with tough economic times has pushed Ford to the edge of insolvency. This paper examines the issues
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1.01 Travel Journal 1. How did the boundaries of the Roman Empire change? In 1000 BCE‚ a group of Latins‚ later known as Romans‚ founded the city of Rome. After almost 500 years of it being founded‚ the Romans set up a republic. They gained territory by force‚ beginning with the Italian peninsula and then easily moving to the Mediterranean region. The Romans launched a series of three wars‚ known as the Punic Wars. During this time‚ the were able to conquer Carthage and in return gained access
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Who was Sun Falcon and why was he significant? How do we know the little we know about Sun Falcon? What do Historians and Archaeologists have in common? How are they different? In which regions did the writing system originate? How do archaeologists come up with conclusion? Where did the first humans arrive from? What is Pangaea? When did Homo sapiens begin to move from Africa to Europe and Asia? Beringia Who were the Paleo-Indians? Why did humans wander into North
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