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- 1561: Quebec's Quiet revolution: What is it? How has it changed Quebec's
- ... the modernization of the entire school system. The Church used to own the schools of Quebec. Most of the teachers were Priests, Nuns and Brothers. They provided a good education but Quebec needed more in business and technology. Lesage wanted a government-run school system that would provide Quebec with people in engineering, science, business and commerce. With the new freedom of expression, lots of books, plays and music about French culture were all developed in Quebec. French contemporary playwrights were very famous during that time. However, not all was ...
- 1562: Effects of the Great Depression on Canada
- ... wheat was still available in 1929. A good reason for the stock market crash in 1929 was that, the values of stocks of the New York Stock Exchange were grossly over-valued, but government and business appeared to ignore the signs. 2 Canadian revenues that came in from export sales were dependent largely upon the United States who had the money for growth; the commodities were grain, pulp and paper and ... 1930, R.B. Bennett promised to end unemployment, but did not. Prime Minister Bennett developed the Farmers Creditors Arrangement Act which "cleared more than $200 million in farm debts to banks and mortgage companies, and business who joined the reconstruction Party in 1935 to try and reorganize our chaotic enemy." 22 R.B. Bennett tried to help out with the unemployment problem through higher tariffs and unemployment benefits. This still did ...
- 1563: Video Games: "Ummmm? I do…buttt…. C'mon I'll play ya "
- ... in Japan for having the knowledge and the creative spirit to portray such realistic graphics in our very own TVs. Also the hard working makers in Taiwan should be acknowledged for providing cheap manufacturing. The business of realistic video gaming has reached an all-time high in productions and sales, among young-adult guys. Some guys have been unable to separate their school requirements from their friend's constant demands to ... that extent, but they can find themselves saying, "Yea, I'll play for ten minutes," but end up playing for hours at a time. One such student happens to live right down the hall, International Business major, Colby Sartin. He stated that the games give him an incredible feeling of relaxation and an easy way to find comfort from the troubles that plague him. Most guys also find it an easy ...
- 1564: Decriminalizing Prostitution And Legalizing Brothels In The United States
- ... into the underworld of crime" (”Prostitution" 669). This “underworld of crime” includes rip-off, robbery, and violence of customers, prostitutes or pimps. To avoid these crimes, the government operating brothels should handle prostitution as a business. First of all, what are brothels? The article, “Prostitution Goes Public” in Harper’s, defines that they are “licensed boarding houses at which the Independent Contractors, as female prostitutes, make available their services for the ... a public nuisance. In 1971, his dream that was to legalize prostitution came true, and then he started the current Mustang Ranch in 1971. In this article “Prostitution Goes Public,” the author explains how the business goes in the brothel: When payment is received by the independent Contractor, she will “log in” by (a) delivering the payment of the customer to the Brothel’s cashier, (b) explaining the agreement with the ...
- 1565: Gangs
- ... 2,000 members, break up into smaller groups called clubs and cliques. Clubs typically bring more territory to a gang-they are branches of the gang that move into a new neighborhood to develop new business (usually drug trafficking). Cliques assemble new gang members and unite them along similar interests (street fighting, burglary). In the 1970s many small gangs changed their names to create an association with the reputation of two ... States.Gang LeadershipSome gangs operate informally, with leadership falling to whoever takes control. Other gangs have distinct leaders and highly structured gangs have officers, much like a corporation. The president might direct the gang's business dealings and the vice president might keep members in line, overseeing the gang's communication network, including car phones, walkie-talkies, pagers and beepers. Gang members use these devices to coordinate drug deals and to ...
- 1566: Greed
- ... Vanderbilt University. Ted Turner donated $1 billion to the United Nations. But why do people think that giving away money is better than making money? Giving away money is much easier than building a new business. ] Building a new business creates new jobs for people, giving someone the means to support himself. When you give money away, it does not help them become more self-sufficient. Charity does not always make big impacts, as people ...
- 1567: Sex In Advertising
- ... remains. In adverts, men tend to be portrayed as moreautonomous. They are shown in more occupations than women;women are shown mainly as housewives and mothers. Men are morelikely to be shown advertising cars or business products; women are mostly advertising domestic products. Men are more likely to be shown outdoors or in business settings; women in domestic settings. Men are more often portrayed as authorities. As far as ads go, with age men seem to gain authority, whilst women seem to disappear. Voice-overs represent the programme-maker ...
- 1568: Progressivism
- ... itself. Progressivism never constituted a cohesive movement with a unified program but rather a diverse array of reform activities that sometimes overclapped and sometimes diverged. Many reformers insisted that restoring democracy required stricter regulation of business, from local transit companies to the almighty trusts. Other reformers, emphasizing the humanitarian theme, called for laws to protect workers and the urban poor. Other progressives concentrated on schemes for reforming the structure of government ... professionals, was certainly central, but on issues affecting the welfare of factory workers and slum dwellers, the urban-immigrant political machines-and workers themselves-provided critical support. Even corporate leaders at times helped to shape business regulation measures, especially when the pressure for such regulation became irresistible. The impetus for reform came at first not from the political parties but from private groups with names like the Playground Association of America ...
- 1569: Discrimination In The Workplace
- ... at a job so the employer can even out the different minorities to be fair. I have heard that Employers have quotas where they half to hire a certain percent of different minorities in their business. Discrimination is still a problem and if it is left alone there will be people out of work because of unfairness. As the list of CEOs at the nations 500 largest companies confirms, white men still run corporate America. But in the last 30 years African –Americans have made progress in their quest to join the country’s business elite. Some gains, of course, were virtually no high-ranking black executives. “We really had nowhere to go but up,” Today, the situation is somewhat different. At many of the nation’s biggest corporations, different ...
- 1570: Educating Children About Sexuality
- ... that sexuality education programs be allowed and kept in their schools. IV. Several different types of school programs educate children about sex. A. Girls, Inc. 1. “Will Power/ Won’t Power” 2. “Taking Care of Business” 3. Prevention of teen pregnancy(Friedman 76) B. Postponing Sexual Involvement(PSI) 1. Teens teaching teens 2. Quote(Friedman 76) 3. Quote(Friedman 76) C. The Sexuality Information Education Council of the United States (SIECUS ... prevention of adolescent pregnancy(Friedman 76). Girls, Inc. runs two different programs. The first is “Will Power/ Won’t Power” which is aimed at twelve to fourteen-year-olds. The second program, “Taking Care of Business,” is taught to older teens(76). Another successful program is Postponing Sexual Involvement (PSI). PSI is a public school program with teenagers teaching other teenagers to say no to premarital sex. Published studies conclude that ...
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