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- 2151: Canada's Geopolitical Role In The Future
- ... Geopolitical Role In The Future Canada is currently sitting in an economic catastrophe, our unemployment is high, production low, and our deficit is increasing at a rapid pace. We are one of the few first world countries, and we need to strengthen our economy. Once we fortify our economy, our geopolitical role will increase. Geopolitics is defined as the study of a two-way relationship between political beliefs and actions on ... are almost finished the signing of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement). With this trade agreement, all three countries (Mexico, United States, and Canada) will virtually become one of the best trading partners in the world. With the vast differences that exist in the demographics, all three countries will find that trading with each other will bring prominent economic reform. Canadian and American capital, technology, and management expertise, will create many ... Since the United States is the strongest of all three, the new country will be named the United States of North America. Becasue the United States is currently the biggest and only superpower of the world, the addition of Canada (vast resources and open land), and Mexico (substantial labour power), the United States of North America will be one of the largest dominating forces in the world. However, this will ...
- 2152: History Of The French New Wave
- ... this nouvelle vague happened we must first look at the historical, social, economical and political aspects of France and the French film industry leading up to the onset of the nouvelle vague. After the Second World War much of Europe was in ruins. 35 million people had died and most European countries were hugely in debt. 1947s Marshall plan saw billions of American dollars poured into Europe in the form of aid ... The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) was born, a military alliance which committed members to oppose the USSR and Communism. This American influence extended into many aspects of society, including the Film industry. During the war years the flow of films from Hollywood into Europe had been drastically reduced. After the war the Americans were keen to expand again into Europe. The Motion Picture Export Association of America was formed. ...
- 2153: History Of The Car
- People lives changed more during twentieth century than in any previous period in history. With so many inventions came in this period, there are few of them that have influenced and changed world more than automobile. Since most people alive today have grown up in the automotive age, the impact of the automobile on the society is easily overlooked. Out of experiments in many places and with many ... run of motor cars from Paris to Rouen. In 1895 the race was organized from Paris to Bordeaux. The winner averaged fifteen miles an hour. In the first decade of 1900's, French led the world in the production of cars, and automobiles even took part in French army maneuvers. In England, they were allowed to travel on roads at fourteen miles an hour. Around the same time in the United ... crowded with cars, and on the British roads it increased to one vehicle per 6 inhabitants. The major automobile production in the mid-century was in the United States. More than two thirds of the world's passenger cars and half of its busses were being manufactured in the United States. Only mechanical excellence of the car wasn't enough any more. Manufacturers started to emphasize other features in order ...
- 2154: History Of Photography
- Photography is a technological invention that has become the most universal means of communication and artistic expression that the world has known. It overcomes the differences of language. It can be specific and realistic, where music and related media can only be abstracted or general. In the form of motion pictures it can be used ... precision in making visual records is beyond the capability of the human senses. The history of photography is a matter of technological growth and of simultaneous communicative growth (Encyclopedia of Practical Photography 1339-1340).The world first at large learned how to make photographs in 1839. In that year the Daguerreotype and the Collotype, general ways to make pictures were introduced to the public. Both were able to make pictures quickly ... By 1915 the nontheatrical film business was in full operation. New technologies contributed to the progress of the cinema. Inventions such as portable 35 mm projector that had its own retractable base. During the 1915 World Fair, held in San Fransico, films were showed that were sponsored by industry and businesses. Another important advancement was the development of 16 mm sound film.During World War II the film business saw ...
- 2155: Virtual Reality
- ... is happening. If you're open to new ideas, and you have a good imagination, virtual reality may be a toy for you. What is VR? Virtual Reality grew out of flight simulation research during World War II and early computer graphics research in the 1960's. In 1965, computer scientist Ivan Sutherland published a paper describing "The Ultimate Display" and set the stage for research on the technology of Virtual Reality ... computer-generated environment. With this definition, there are two main types of Virtual Reality, graphics-based, and text-based. Graphics-based VR In graphics-based VR, the user interacts and participates in a "virtually real" world. This world is a three-dimensional, computer- generated simulation. The user may become so immersed in the virtual world that the world appears to be nearly as real as reality. Graphics-based VR allows ...
- 2156: Beginners Guide To Hack
- ... what hacking and phreaking is all about and to reveal confidential information to the hacking/phreaking community so that we can learn more about computers, telephones, electronics, etc. We are hoping to get our own World Wide Web page soon, so keep an eye out for it. It will contain all of the hacking, phreaking, computer, telephone, security, electronics, virus, and carding information that you could possibly want. Also, if some ... be used as a reference tool for advanced hackers and phreakers. Please distribute this document freely. Give it to anyone that you know who is interested in hacking and/or phreaking. Post it on your World Wide Web page, Ftp sites, and BBS\\'s. Do whatever you want with it as long as it stays UNCHANGED. As far as I know, this is the most complete and in depth beginners guide ... BBS will be zipped. A zipped file is a file that has been compressed. Zipped files end with the extension \\".zip\\". Then you need to get yourself a good prefix scanner.(also known as a War Dialer) This is a program that automatically dials phone numbers beginning with the three numbers (prefix) that you specify. It checks to see if the number dialed has a carrier.(series of beeps that ...
- 2157: Affirmative Action
- ... land would serve his civilized people well as slaves. Even Columbus was discriminatory against people who were of a different race and way of life. Columbus has been blamed for "introducing slavery to the new world". But at the time, Columbus was commended for having done so. The racism did not end there. Discrimination was everywhere, but no person had the means to address it as a problem, or fight to ... or any of them, in any efforts they may take for their actual freedom." But this proclamation did little for most African-Americans held in bordering states fighting on the Union side in the Civil War, or other slaves held in the south under Union control. Later it was found that Lincoln was reluctant to even release this statement, but did so in the hopes to bring about an end to the Civil War- a war fought to end slavery itself. Lincoln himself was a believer in white supremacy. However, Lincoln was not the only one to stir up interest in discrimination in the nineteenth century. Harriet Beecher ...
- 2158: Telecommunications
- ... the full realization of the integrated services digital network (ISDN), which is projected to be capable of transmitting through a variety of media and at very high speeds both voice and nonvoice data around the world in digital form. Other developments in the industry are aimed at increasing the speed at which data can be transmitted. Improvements are being made continually in modems and in the communications networks. Some public data ... task to develop and realise a completely new communication system that would be either fully damage-resistant or at least functional even if an essential part of it was in ruins, in case the Third World War started. The scientists did what they had been asked to. By 1972 there were thirty-seven nodes already installed and ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency NET), as the system of the computer nodes was ...
- 2159: Of Mice And Men - Lonliness
- ... t you shoot him, Candy?" (44). Candys dog, old and frail like his owner, is his only companion and once he is put out of his misery, Candy is left completely alone in the world. He turns to George and Lennie who, reluctantly at first, agree to include him in on their plans of one day owning their own farm. Today, seniors are still slightly perceived as somewhat incompetent for ... are no longer capable of tending to themselves, many relatives have them placed in senior homes to be taken care of by complete strangers. This puts them in isolation away from the rest of the world. The reason why many elderly people are owners of pets is because they long for their company and unconditional companionship, something the rest of the world is blindly incapable of offering. The only difference: Animals are not dismissive and uncompassionate creatures. They dont know any better than to love and accept people who treat them with the same respect ...
- 2160: Nicholas Romanov
- ... from the Romanov empire may not have been able to prevent the revolutions which were to come. As he was even more poorly prepared for his role as Tsar, Nicholas had no knowledge of the world of men, politics or government. His training was only adequate for the role of constitutional monarch. Yet he only recognised an inherited belief in the moral rightness of the autocracy and a religious faith that ... all his actions . In the early years of the twentieth century the Russian economy entered a depression, this aroused extensive urban and rural unrest, partly due to this unrest the government led Russia into a war with Japan . The feat of Russian forces led to the onset of revolutionary events which reached to 1907. The real starting point of revolutionary activities was the January 9 1905 protest which became known as ... lives forced him to make chaotic decisions. For most of their marriage her political interest was minimal, but near the end of their reign she was in charge Russia as Nicholas had gone to the war front to assist his generals. She was sacking ministers and advisors on Rasputins behalf. With Nicholas away from St Petersburg rumours of scandals within the royal family were running through the public arena. ...
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