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...be honest, at that time I was very upset with him and tangled with what to do because he was not just my co-worker, he was also my friend. The ethical dilemma I was faced with was whether or not I should report Mike to my supervisor for stealing food. It was taugh decistion because either way there will be a consequence. Here are some different ways I could make my decision: • I could report to my supervisor immediatley about what I just witnessed that Mike doing. • I could confront my Mike to report himself or I will because it could jeopardize my job. • I could ignore the situation because he is my friend and I don’t want to report him and get him into trouble, hoping he will resove the problem on his own without my involement. • I could write an anonymous letter to my supervisor explaining what I had witnessed Mike doing. If I were to tell my supervisor about what Mike had done, the consequence might be that the supervisor would meet Mike and have a conference to talk about the problem that has occurred. Supervisor might give him a verbal or written warning for his action. Other consequence would be him known that I were the one who reported him, and I lose a friend over it. It is possible that his job is at risk due stealing food, and being dishonest and untrustworthy. In addition, this could hurt him finding other job in the future. If I choose to confront him about what I had witnessed him doing, the consequence might be that he would get angry with me......
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...Stealing, Carol Ann Duffy The poem uses the first person and is written as a dramatic monologue, a well-organized narrative with the speaker’s comments. The poet explores the psychology of an anti-social character. He attempts to explain himself but reveals how far removed he is from the “normal” reader. We can sympathise with his viewpoint, but he remains an unpleasant character. The poem contrasts those who make things and those who only destroy them. The thief wants to do things to escape boredom but hasn’t the willpower and self-discipline to do them (like learning the guitar). Key images – the snowman – children built it, but the thief cannot make it look the same, so he destroys it; the bust of Shakespeare – contrast the creative and social with the destructive and anti-social. Ambiguity – last line of the poem Persona created and we hear the voice of a fictional character What sort of person is it? Does this poem read like a confessional? They are trying to explain their actions. What drives/motivates the speaker? What does the speaker think of himself/herself? What gender do you think the persona is? Explain your idea. “The slice of ice/within my own brain” suggests that the brain is cold. What other evidence is there in the poem which reveals how the speaker feels/thinks? He speaks of the snowman almost with affection, but he cares more for this than the children who have made it. The thief is morally confused – he sees “not taking...
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...REGIONALISM IN AFRICA : A PART OF PROBLEM OR A PART OF SOLUTION Margaret LEE AAPS INTRODUCTION Regionalism, as defined in this paper, encompasses efforts by a group of nations to enhance their economic, political, social, or cultural interaction. Such efforts can take on different forms, including regional cooperation, market integration, development integration, and regional integration. African leaders have long envisaged regionalism as a viable strategy to pursue with a view to uniting the continent both politically and economically. While regionalism in Africa has taken on different forms to accommodate the changing national, regional, and international environment, all organizations that aim to integrate regional economies in Africa have adopted market integration as a component of their strategy, with a view to increasing intra-regional trade. Market integration is the linear progression of degrees of integration beginning with a free trade area (or in some cases a preferential trade area) and ending with total economic integration. The model for such integration is the European Union (EU). Notwithstanding the fact that market integration has failed miserably on the continent,1 it continues to be highly regarded by most African leaders as a solution to Africa’ growing marginalization within the world economy. The creation of NAFTA s (North American Free Trade Agreement) and the movement toward EU monetary integration, only served to reinforce the commitment African...
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...A poem about immigrate workers seems very fit for the time. So it shocked to me to see that "So Mexicans are Taking Jobs from Americans" by Jimmy Santiago Baca was actually written in 1977. Th author writes this poem from an aggressive, angry point of view. He seems sick of how Americans treat Mexican workers and being accused of stealing jobs. "Do they mug you, a knife at your throat,/saying, I want your job?" (Lines 10-11). This line made me think about how we, as Americans, treat immigrate workers. "I see this, and I hear that only a few people/got all the money in this world, the rest/count their pennies to buy bread and butter" (Line 29-31). Is making money or scraping by the reason America started? My belief is that this county was started on the bases of making a better life for your family and to be able to live the life you want. Whether that is the freedom to practice your own religion, job or to speak your mind, everyone should still be able to move to America to experience those freedoms today as well. I feel that the author was reminding us of what we have forgotten. Nevertheless, America has become a country controlled by money and the search for it. Looking at the stock market will show how crazy we can feel when we see the greedy we have created slipping away. Back to the poem, so are Mexicans taking jobs away from Americans? Maybe, but isn't that the American way?self-sacrifice....
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...Africa has been faced with multiple problems to include, war, disasters, disease, environmental and tribal issues. But as stated in the article “The Heart of Matter”, the major issue is political and social representation. Many centuries have passed with repetitive actions, it is said that Africa is ultimately cursed and cannot be redeemed. I agree with the author in saying that there is a potential for change. Africa’s past and present political leaders have had good intentions, although lack the confidence, motivation and consistency needed to gain the trust of the African people. The election of individuals that possess these strong attributes along with the ability to develop and implement sustainable policies and programs is what is required for change. In Clark Rumrill’s article, “Tribal Conflict: What to Do? “, it is stated that more people have been killed by tribal conflicts than by the AIDS epidemic. Africa has faced a significant amount of turmoil and violence for centuries, that not only include its own citizens but Americans as well. The primary motive for tribal cliques is defending their sacred values. Rumrill stated tribalism is not of the American way. This can be argued because past and present actions of Americans are almost parallel to tribal practices. For example, violence and killings displayed by the Klu Klux Klan, Black Panthers, and street gangs (Bloods and Crypts). In my opinion the idea of defending ones sacred birth right can be positive and does...
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...La pobreza de África Elaborado por: Fernando Sánchez Esquivel La primera ministra de Mozambique, Luisa Días Diogo, dijo, “Ningún país está destinado a ser pobre. El mundo tiene los conocimientos, la tecnología y los medios para acabar con la pobreza. Lo que falta es la voluntad de actuar… No estamos pidiendo la caridad internacional, sino, mediante la asistencia y un sistema comercial mundial más honesto, pedimos sólo la oportunidad de ser socios iguales en un mundo próspero y justo”. Índice Introducción5 Pobreza en África6 Organismos Internacionales16 Cooperación de China26 Conclusión42 Referencias Bibliográficas44 Introducción El resultado directo de los efectos adversos del capitalismo en su fase de globalización, deriva en el empobrecimiento creciente que limita, e incluso detiene el progreso social y económico, paralizando el mismo desarrollo general de la sociedad. África constituye hoy, la unidad regional más pobre del Mundo, que se manifiesta con obviedad en todas las variables macroeconómicas, e indicadores. El muy deficiente desarrollo, desigual entre sus diferentes regiones y países, se constata tanto en su dimensión económica como en los parámetros de la sociedad y así mismo en la propia estructura política, en particular en una débil organización administrativa y articulación territorial de sus Estados, hipoteca en gran medida de su herencia colonial. China no puede ser considerada como un nuevo actor internacional,......
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...Africa 10 frica lies south of Europe and southwest of Asia. Geographically it is about three times the size of the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii. At its northeast corner is Egypt, which is connected to the Sinai Peninsula—and hence to the Asian continent by a very narrow strip of land. This is the only spot where Africa touches another continent; otherwise, it is surrounded by water. The Mediterranean Sea separates it from Europe in the north; the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden lie between it and the Arabian Peninsula to the east. Two vast bodies of water—the Indian Ocean on the eastern side, and the even larger Atlantic on the west—surround the remainder of Africa. A Why Africa is important One of the greatest civilizations of all time, Egypt, was in Africa. Perhaps the only ancient civilizations that can be compared with it are those of Greece and Rome, which were influenced by it. Egypt, of course, has had its own chapter in this series; and Carthage, in North Africa, is also covered elsewhere. The focus of this chapter is entirely on Africa south of the Sahara 283 Map of Africa. XNR Productions. The Gale Group. Desert—that is, sub-Saharan Africa—as well as on the desert itself. That desert would have an impact on African history right up to the modern day; so, too, would the African civilizations of ancient times. There was the kingdom of Kush, which developed its own form of writing and briefly ruled Egypt; the kingdom of Aksum, an important......
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...Botswana and South Africa are two biggest exporting countries in Africa. South Africa is the world’s biggest producer of gold as well as diamonds. The country has a well-developed law system. South Africa has a large pool of skilled labor and, advanced infrastructure and developed financial resources. All these factors are mostly missing from other countries. The main exports of African nations are: * Palm oil * Gold and diamonds * Oil * Cocoa * Timber * Precious metals Africa struggles with food items and basic facilities. It is often under the grip of internal outbreaks, leaving less scope for infrastructural or administrative change over. Therefore, African imports feature medical supplies as well as food items The main imported commodities are: * Machinery and equipment * Chemicals * Petroleum products * Scientific instruments * Foodstuffs Principal trading partners of Africa include Germany, the United States, China, Japan, the United Kingdom and Spain. Per Capita GDP Africa | Algeria | 5.6 | 7200 | 69.90% | | | | | | | | | Africa | Angola | 4.3 | 5900 | 67.40% | | | | | | | | | Africa | Benin | 3 | 1500 | 34.70% | | | | | | | | | Africa | Botswana | 4.7 | 16300 | 81.20% | | | | | | | | | Africa | Burkina Faso | 3.6 | 1500 | 21.80% | | | | | | | | | Africa | Burundi | 2.9 | 400 | 67.30% | | | | | | | | | Africa | Cameroon | 3.9 | 2300 | 75.90% | | | | |...
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...Marigona Misini Africa Music of Africa is divided into three main regions, which includes Shona, BaAka, and Kpelle. Shona ethnic group is from Zimbabwe. Shona’s belief is that when they die their spirits will play a role in lives of their people still living. Their main instrument is called mbira, which is a thumb piano. The song Nhemamusasa shows someone teaching the song and shows the interlocking pattern of the different melodies being played. This music is a polyphonic texture because many melodies are played at once. The Kpelle ethnic group is from Liberia. This music of Africa usually plays segments of stories. The “Kalu Lee, Lee”, is an example of one episode or short segment of a full story, but the Woi epic is a series of episodes that never ends, which is why its called cyclical. African music is made up of short segments or episodes of stories that create a whole to define faceting. Facets are short and repetitive which loses the direction of their music. Most African music is simple music so not really complex. Facets allow Africans to maximize their use of limited resources. “Horn and Drum Ensemble”, describes how they use their simple instruments to organize something more complex. Call and response is an important way of organizing and forming music. This form creates conversation and interaction within the music and uses collective participation because it involves everyone. There is a lead singer and the chorus joining the leader and there are several......
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...One of the reasons why Africa was and is so highly appealing to outsiders is because it is amongst the world’s greatest water and mineral resources(381). The modern European colonization of Africa was begun by the Portuguese. They established trading stations on the coast in the 15th and 16th centuries. The interior of what Europeans called "the Dark Continent", however, was not explored or colonized until the 19th century. By the early 20th century nearly all of Africa had been subjected to European rule. During early explorations Europeans, the Portuguese to be specific, took immediate notice to the wealth of the African continent by building forts at coastal trading posts in Western Africa, where ships could be loaded with the local slaves, gold, ivory, and palm products in exchange for alcohol, guns, and sugar; the vast wealth of certain areas in the Western African coast were given nicknames such as, Ivory Coast, Gold Coast, and Slave Coast for their chief products. Portuguese ships took gold from Eastern Africa to pay for the silks and spices of Asia(389). This world region has clear, mainly coastal, boundaries. In the colonial late 1800s and early 1900s, trade routes and connections moved away from the land crossing of the Sahara that connected northernmost Africa with the rest of the continent and toward the ocean routes linked with the expanding European global economy(380). Africa has a wealth of natural resources. Overall, however, Africa's potential mineral......
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...The summer of 2010 was a summer of adventure, self-confidence, and amazing culture. This summer I went to Tanzania, Africa for 3 weeks with 15 strangers. In Africa, I saw the beautiful terrain on a safari, I climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, and I aided at Orkeeswa, a tribal school of teenaged African students. The whole excursion was everything I expected and more. The best way to really get a feel of African terrain and see the wildlife is to take a safari in the “bush”. My group and I took a five-day safari through the Serengeti, the Ngorongoro Crater, and Lake Manyara National Parks. Covered in tourist attire and our cameras in our hands, our guide, Peter, told us about everything we passed as we searched for African wildlife. After hearing stories about dangerous animals like lions, elephants, and snakes; it really made me realize that even though humans are at the top of the food chain, being in their environment it sure doesn’t seem so. The toughest part of the trip was climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro. At 19,341 feet, it is the tallest mountain in Africa and a dormant volcano. We covered around 55 miles on our seven-day trek to the top and back. Our group leaders reminded each of us every day that to get to the top just take it hour by hour and go “pollie pollie” or slow in Swahili. Twelve members of our sixteen-person team summated at 8:30 A.M. after climbing eight hours through the night. The major lesson that I took from Kilimanjaro as well as applied to life was that anyone......
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...Harter April 12th, 2016 Analysis of “Africa” by Maya Angelou “Africa” by Maya Angelou poem provides a substantial amount of vivid illustrations by using rhythm and personification enhancing both imagery and tone of the poem, to describe the conflict Africa went throughout time; and how it rose to a better Africa. Throught the stanzas each have different tones through the rhythm of the meters. For example, the tones of the poem move from a pleasant to contemplative. The dactylic meter of the first stanza imitates the sound of distant drums beating in Africa, giving a tense and desperate mood. In the first stanza, Maya uses imagery and personification to describe the beautiful woman who everyone desires, “Sugarcane sweet desert, her hair, golden her feet,” (line 2-3). The reader cannot help but admire it’s beauty. The reverential and meditative tone gives us the feeling of admiration and the feeling to love this woman, in other words Africa. Although africa is shown as a woman with eternal beauty , Africa is also described as a sad and depressed woman; “Two niles her tears” (Line 6). After all Africa is passing through the violence of the Europeans, “thus she has lain, Black through the years” (Line 7-8). This shows how the colonization of Africa has been the same throughout the years, without change. This hurts africa, because her hometown and her soul are forced to change without letting her make any decisions of her own. Africa is being raped by the invasion of the......
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...Africa: Bharti Airtel Unfolds New Partnership Strategy to Boost Service Across Africa Moses Nosike And Emmanuel Elebeke 29 October 2010 [pic] Email| Print| Comment Share: |[pic] |[pic] |[pic] |[pic] |[pic] |[pic] | | Leading global telecommunications company, Bharti Airtel yesterday announced a new strategic partnership with IBM, Tech Mahindra and Spanco to drive world class customer service across 16 African countries where it operates. The partnership is also aimed at igniting a rapid growth in the nascent African Business Process (BPO) to deliver economic growth to many countries across the continent of Africa. Under the new agreement which is expected to be finalized soon, Bharti Airtel, which owns and currently operates the Zain brand in 16 countries across Africa, will outsource core customer service functions like call centres and back office to over 40 million of its subscribers as it prepares for significant growth in the region. Unfolding the agenda to the press in Lagos, the Chief Executive Officer (International) and joint managing Director, Bharti Airtel, Manoj Kohli said "Our partnership with IBM, Tech Mahindra and Spanco is aimed at redefining and providing a world class and seamless customer experience in all 16 countries we operate in Africa" He explained that the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) model partnership would enable Bharti Airtel customers to enjoy world class customer services with the partners introducing quality best......
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...not need and cannot use. He breaks in our curiosity, "to have a look" but does not understand what he sees. He is pathetic, as he seems anxious to make a mark of some kind, whether leaving a "mess" or steaming up mirrirs wih his breakth. He casually mentions how he might "pinch" a camerca - it is worth little to him, but much to those whose memories it has recorded. The final stanze seems more honest. The bravao has gone and the thief's real motivation emerges - boredom, which comes from his inibility to make or do anything which gives pleasure. The theftt of the guitar is typically self-decieving. He thinks he might learn to play but the reader knows this will not happen as it takes time and patience which the thief does not have. Stealing the "bust of Shakespeare" also seems itonic to the reader. The thief takes an image of perhaps the greatest creative talent the world has ever seen - but without any sense what it snads for, or of te riches of Shkespeare's drama. The final line, which recalls the poem's converstaional opening - the thief has sensed not just the person that he is speaking to is disturbed by his confession ut also that the reader of the poem doesn’t "understand" him. This poem is colloquial but the speaking voice here is very distinct. Sometimes the speaker uses striking images("a muky ghost") and some unlikely vocabulary ("he looked magnificent") but he also uses cliches ("Life's tough"). Single words are written as sentences ("Mirrors.........
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...friend’s house working on our final art project during my sophomore year of high school. We were running low on colored pencils, so we decided to take a trip to wal-mart and buy some new art supplies. Walking around, we found some other things that we decided to go look at. In the isle, there were many different lip glosses and make up that we wanted, but we thought it would be easier to just take it instead of paying for it. A child can learn that stealing can have serious consequences. One lesson a person learns is responsibility. Many people learn this the hard way when it comes to stealing things. The time I shoplifted, I thought nothing about my actions because I figured I wouldn’t get in trouble. I learned responsibility when I got caught and had to explain to my mom why I stole a two-dollar lip-gloss instead of paying for it. There are also many ways to prevent shoplifting, and I failed to think about the consequences of my actions. I was told about the social and legal problems caused from theft, as well as how stealing affects the entire family. For example, it can have lasting effects, such as a juvenile crime record that could follow me until I am 18, incarceration in a juvenile detention center or placing the responsibility to pay back the store for the item stolen. It’s embarrassing; I lost trust from my mom all because I chose to steal instead of pay for it. Another lesson learned is honesty. When I was younger, I was always told never to take things that......
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