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    During the early 1900’s the Belgians had been colonizing Rwanda. The Belgians used the Hutu people who at the time were a majority‚ as slaves. The Belgian’s favored the Tutsi because they looked more “white”. The belgians would look at the skin tone‚ the size of their lips and the width of the bridge of their noses to determine this. The Belgians put the Tutsi people in charge of the Hutu’s but when the Belgians decided to leave the area they left the Hutu people in charge. The Hutu were furious

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    Sea Urchin

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    Sea urchins are members of the phylum Echinodermata‚ which also includes sea stars‚ sea cucumbers‚ brittle stars‚ and crinoids. Like other echinoderms‚ they have five-fold symmetry (called pentamerism) and move by means of hundreds of tiny‚ transparent‚ adhesive "tube feet". The symmetry is not obvious in the living animal‚ but is easily visible in the dried test. Echinodermate means "spiny skin" in Greek. Specifically‚ the term "sea urchin" refers to the "regular echinoids"‚ which are symmetrical

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    Motivation

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    Motivation may be defined as psychological forces that determine the direction of a person’s behavior in an organization. Motivation is central to management because it explains why people behave the way they do. A persons’ behavior tells how motivated they are to do their job at a higher performance level. There is intrinsically and extrinsic sources for motivation (Gareth‚ 2009) There are also two motivational theories which explains how an employee can be motivated. Intrinsic behavior is

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    Section 1: This book is the start of a new series of books by Rick Riordan which are based on Norse mythology taking place in Boston. The story starts with Magnus Chase’s‚ the main character and protagonist‚ 16th birthday. He has been living on the streets for the past two years‚ due to his mother Natalie’s death. His only company are some friends he met on the streets by the names of Blitz and Hearth. He is awakened by Blitz explaining that his family is unexpectedly looking for him. As Magnus

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    Exploration in Europe

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    geographic areas and by discovering different ways of life. Discoveries of the Europeans created new ways of cultural exchange‚ conversion‚ and generally expanded their cognition of the world and its inhabitants in its great diversity. Let me‚ perhaps‚ explore the Imaginary World‚ as described by “fables about the east” in Mandeville on Prester John‚ and the Real World‚ as outlined in chronicles of Christopher Columbus in Extracts from Journal and of Hernan Cortes in From Second Letter to Charles V‚ 1520

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    In Kate Chopin’s book The Awakening‚ the title holds a significant but complex meaning. Throughout the book‚ the main character‚ Edna Pontellier‚ experiences various awakenings in different ways; she has an awakening of herself as an artist when she tries to paint‚ a realisation that she can appreciate music‚ a realisation of what love is‚ along with realisations of who she is and how unfulfilling her life is. Edna also experiences freedom for the first time; she comprehends deeper understanding

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    EK115008S The Deep Sea (2012) It is odd that a planet with 65% of its surface covered by ocean and 57% by 1000+m of deep-sea is called the ‘Earth’. Some 49% of the globe’s surface is 3-6 km below the ocean waves and the average ocean depth is 3.8 km. The deep sea is dark‚ devoid of plants but home to many animals which have been collected on hooks and lines‚ in nets‚ from the stomachs of other deep-sea beasts‚ viewed and photographed from tethered cameras‚ ROVs and deep-sea submersibles. Yet

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    13 Cause and Effect Essay. The Aral Sea disaster. The Aral Sea disaster is one of ecological disasters that effect terribly on our life. It was fourth largest lake in the world‚ but nowadays 80 per cent of water disappeared. The main reason why the Aral Sea has shrunk so dramatically is because water from the rivers flowing to it has been diverted for irrigation. The Aral Sea basin is fed by the Syr Darya and Amu Darya Rivers‚ which flow directly into the sea. Other rivers feeding the basin are

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    Rucherly Bonilla Humanities English   “Children of the Sea”   In “Children of the Sea”‚ there is a lot of pain‚ suffering‚ mischief‚ and sometimes happiness. Throughout the story there are many internal and external conflicts. It has to do with a lot of mixed emotions and full of lessons learned‚ where a boy and a girl in love write letters to each other. The main conflict in this story has to do with the Militia’s and the Radio Six Youth Group. The Militia’s were people or soldiers

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    (Madagascar). Growth of nationalism was fueled by dissatisfaction under French rule. Madagascar after world war two became an overseas territory within the French Union. The people of Madagascar were required to fulfill unpaid labor to the French plantations. This work created high revenues for colonial administration. On top of this the people were picked to fight for France in both World Wars. A lot of aspects of French rule were not equal between the French and the Malagasy people. Many rebellions were lead

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