...In my opinion the world today is much better than it was fifty years ago, in many ways due to, technology, civil rights and medical breakthroughs. Technology today is far more advanced than it was back in 1961. Computers were not household products back then. If you look in a house today you will see at least one computer in most homes. Not only were computers not household items but flat screen televisions, cable, internet, DVD/Blu-ray player, cell phones, digital cameras/camcorders were not in the homes either. With all these things it’s clear that we have more now than people did fifty years ago and these are only a few examples of what we have now that was not around fifty years ago. Today with the technology we have, we can do more and achieve more than anyone ever did fifty years ago. Advancements in technology that have been made today have made life easier for people than it did for the people in 1961. The cost alone for a computer has dropped thousands of dollars, making it possible for us to have one or more computers in our house instead of not having one at all. In 1961 people didn’t make enough money to have a household computer. The cost of computers were anywhere from five to ten thousand dollars back then. Very few people would have ever been able to afford that. Now computers cost as little as three hundred dollars and they are much better than the computer that were made back then. Computers are not only for our homes though. We now have the technology...
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...As of today, the world has changed quite significantly since fifty years ago. There has been much advancement that was created and has greatly improved our lives. Fifty years ago, it was the year 1963 and there was not as many of the great things that were invented today. Many people struggled with certain things which today have now been known to become easier for us to accomplish. Inventions have tremendously grown in the medical field leading to new technological equipment and as well as important environmental research that we have learned over the last fifty years. With the growth of these certain measures, the world has changed for the better. What we have known throughout the medical field fifty years ago has changed in so many different ways. Many people have died from little to serious injuries only because we did not have the proper equipment to use. Doctors did not have the knowledge or treatments to save a patient’s life. Treatments today such as chemo therapy have been used effectively around the world. Breast cancer, which would surely have killed in 1962, has now become treatable. With the newer medical equipment today, doctors can now perform more effective surgeries. Complications were known to have happened in surgeries back fifty years ago. Serious medical emergencies such as someone having a heart attack did not have a high percentage of survival only because doctors could not perform any procedures to save the patient’s life. Today, medical equipment has...
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...Transitions of Time: Comparing Life now to Life Fifty Years Ago. On the edge of the 21st century, man had discovered more ways than one to make this world a better and safer environment for the future generations due to the increasingly advancements of technology and science, civil reform and medical breakthroughs. However, this does not seem so compliant between generations based on life views, beliefs and opinion differences as they continue to induce provocative dialogues such as comparing life now to that of 50 years ago. The conflict “time” between generation always have been a theme for deviating discussions, and as rule; elder generation tend to influence youth's opinion, pretending on the idea that life was coherently better in half of century ago and they passed more simulating and constructive time rather than doing what young generations think is the norm; squandering their youth on petty things such as aspiring to false values. On the other hand; energetic, smart and wise youth generations are disagree with these points of views, considering that they have freedom to gain their own experience, the right to act in a proper manner, and in the end, that is their own turn to save the world today. The following lines of reasoning will examine the ways these mechanisms has influenced the world. As Faith Baldwin once said “Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.” Technology advancement is amazing. In 1960, computers were not household items, nor were cell...
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...In the year 2013, twenty-five billion songs had been sold on iTunes (“iTunes Store”).The music industry has become a large part of modern day culture. Music is loved by many people and will be for years to come. During the 1920’s thru the 1940’s, Jazz, and the Blues were a big part of the American culture. The 1950’s changed all of that (Vaillancourt 6). Nineteen Fifties music has been affected by the problems of Segregation, Civil Rights, and The Cold War during the decade. The Cold War, the baby boom and the struggle for equality were all a major parts of the 1950’s. During that time the country's economy was limited. When the Cold War hit the American economy grew and consumers were spending great amounts of money. Soldiers returning from...
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...The year 2061 Fifty years from now I will be writting in a corner of my diary the year 2061 and the world won’t be the same...And even though I‘m not considiring the fact that I will be almost seventy year old lady,I still can not picture the world which is unavoidably coming. I know that there is a millions of people who would disagree with me,but I’m not really optimistic about the future.There is so much evil in the world.I litterally can see how the world is falling apart in our hands.It seems like those disasters that are ruining our planet aren’t about to stop.Plus the people are so mean to each other.You can barely see a someone giving a hand to an other.The world is just full of hate and anger.If you picture this rissing amount of these disasters,hate,corruption,discrimination and all those bad things that are going on now,how will it be in fifty years ? On the other hand a lot of people believe that the world WILL be a better place.We still can put our hopes in to the scientists.Who can find some way to improve the current state of the world.They can find some new cures or ways how to dispose a waste without leaking it into the sea. To sum things up I’m this kind of a person (maybe a crazy one ) who believes in the potential end of the world in 2012 not in the cause of that some huge asteroid will hit the Earth or that the magnetic poles will turn over.But I really support the teorie that the year 2012 will be „the start“ of the end and since now on the Earth will...
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...all around the world are working in different jobs just to make a living. Their jobs vary as opposed to type, pay, environment, and many other factors. However, over the years these factors have been changing due to the economy. According to Sweet and Meiksins in Changing Contours of Work, the old economy represents the various ways of assigning and structuring work that developed in the wake of the Industrial Revolution through the mid-20th century. Systems that were built around mass production, gender divisions of labor, unionized labor, and a variety of other enduring workplace practices were included in that economy. The United States was a major, and dominating force in the old economy. On the other hand, the idea of the new economy is questioning the nature of work whether it has changed, or not, and to what degree these changes are affecting lives on and off the job. There have been new jobs, new workers, and new work designs that are changing some of the ways of performing work, by whom, and the returns received. However, there are still some features of the old economy that tend to be permanent and dominated in the new economy from the old one. An example of that as mentioned in the book “Changing Contours of Work” would be old business that moved from the developed world to emerging economies; the job type did not change, but the people performing these jobs have changed. However, the workplace of today has been different than what it used to be 50 years ago. When analyzing...
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...greatness, but who really was Babe Ruth? He was one of the best baseball players in our nation. Sixty-eight years after his death and he is still seen as one of America’s greatest heroes. It all began around 1902 when Babe Ruth was seven years old and sent to live in St. Mary’s Industrial School for Boys, a catholic orphanage and reformatory that became his home for the next 12 years. Ruth was especially close to a monk named Brother Matthias, who quickly became a father figure to the young boy. Ruth was introduced to various sports...
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...4/16/15 Detroit Research Paper During the twenty to twenty-five years after World War II the auto industry and other industries in Detroit had changed to supply the demands for an ever changing world. Henry Ford had mass production techniques. Thousands of jobs were created to build the Ford Model T’s. Part by part each vehicle was made, becoming Ford’s first most popular mass produced car. Not only the auto companies grew with demand, but the steel companies also produced supplies for engines, chassis, and other metal fixtures for each vehicle. Tool makers also benefited by making machinery and tools for the auto manufacturers. The interior components of the vehicles such as, the seats and the roof, were manufactured by upholstery makers. All these subsidiaries were created to meet the needs of the auto industry as it grew year after year. When World War II began the auto industry changed production to military vehicles. A highly maneuverable, overland vehicle called “jeep”, built by the Willy’s company was made in large numbers for military use. Chrysler changed their manufacturing to make tanks for the war. Ford, among other things, made bomber planes. After the war ended, demands for new cars gave the auto industry a boost in sales and in profit. In the early nineteen fifties, a national network of the interstate highway was built. The highway was built under the Eisenhower Administration. When the highway was completed, a driver can travel cross country on not one...
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...South Africa’s Apartheid Policy Of 1948 World Geography Wanda L. Bonner ACO325151 December 27, 2013 South Africa’s Apartheid Policy of 1948 1 South Africa’s Apartheid Policy Apartheid was introduced into South Africa in the year nineteen hundred forty eight. South Africa apartheid policy maintained a segregated society until its fall in nineteen hundred ninety four. Martin Meredith states the term literally means “apartness” reflected a violently repressive policy designated to ensure that whites, who comprised twenty percent of the nation’s population would continue to dominate the country. Racial discrimination was rooted deeply in South Africa. During seventeen hundred eighty eight, the Dutch colorizers started establishing laws and regulations that separated the Native Africans and the white settlers. Dr. D Malan was the prime architect of apartheid is the one who led the National Party in the first campaign that centered on openly racist appeals to white unity. The National Party won eighty seats, mainly from the African voters. One of the first acts passed after the new government instituted a number of policies in the name of apartheid was the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act which outlawed marriage between Europeans and non -Europeans. After the policies was in place the name of apartheid searched to ensure the survival of the white race and to keep the different...
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...down Essex and Beacon streets, it was met with overwhelming resemblance to a march completed 30 years prior by the pride of the abolitionist movement, the Massachusetts Fifty-fourth volunteer regiment – the first colored regiment in United States history. Interesting, survivors of the Massachusetts Fifty-fourth were present during the parade and unveiling August Saint-Gauden’s masterpiece sculpture. The parade followed the similar path They gathered on the corner of Boston Common in front of the State house to welcome a structure erected in honor of the selfless deeds performed by the young Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and his brave black comrades of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment during their assault upon Fort Wagner, South Carolina in July of 1863. Massachusetts Governor Roger Wolcott reviewed the parade at the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Dartmouth Street, after which the Governor and distinguished quests were escorted to the memorial. Upon reaching the monument,...
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...has moved millions of people all around the world. Anne was not only in hiding for two years but she believed people were still good and because of that, is an inspiration to people all over the world. As you will see, she was such an important and inspiring girl to so many people world wide, she needs a holiday to celebrate her hope and optimism. The first reason she deserves a holiday is because of her extreme situation during the holocaust. Anne...
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...ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE | 2063 | EG462: World Culture | | Joshua Wallace | 9/5/2013 | This document is an imagined view of cultural differences fifty years after an epidemic, the fall and re-emergence of civilization, revival of governing powers, and decades of wars. | Prologue It’s the year 2063, fifty years has passed since the epidemic that changed humanity forever. During the fall of 2013, an airborne virus called raptus was spreading rapidly through North Africa’s population. The virus caused no significant symptoms out of the norm other than that of a common cold. Once contracted with raptus, the victim usually died in their sleep after five to seven days. With the latest advancement in international travel through a transport called Hyperloop, capable of transporting any adventurous traveler anywhere in the world in just a few short hours, caused the transmission of the virus seem almost instant. Within the first week, ten percent of the population had deceased; the end of the second, thirty-five percent had perished. By the end of October, a month after the spread of raptus, about three-quarters of humanity had been wiped out. The twenty-five percent of survivors, “the not so lucky few”, carried a rare immunity to the virus. After the passing of the epidemic, there was a worldwide collapse in societies. Governments ceased to exist after the epidemic, so chaos ran ramped amongst the twenty-five percent. Without any governance, people resorted...
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...with their own language, culture and beliefs (Background Note: Ethiopia). Though Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capitol is a fairly well developed and ever growing city much of the population lives in rural areas where quality of life services such as hospitals, doctors and medicine are often out of reach. Due to this it is not uncommon to see a gross difference in population data between rural and urban areas. Birth/Fertility Rates In the urban areas of Ethiopia the estimated birth rate for people between age twenty and twenty nine is two hundred eighty one while the birth rate for the same age group is four hundred ninety eight in rural communities (Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey 2011). The birth rate in rural areas is more than fifty percent higher than urban areas where significantly better prenatal and postnatal healthcare is available. These numbers help show that while Ethiopia has worked to reduce the birth rate and population growth more work is to be done in the rural areas. Putting rural versus urban locations aside we are left with General Fertility Rate (GFR) of roughly one hundred sixty one for the entire country. This means that for every one thousand...
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...English 1200 10/20/2012 “The” Tobacco Luxury, money, power, pure; these are the type of words that come to mind when one thinks of a cigar, another familiar word is usually Cuba. Cuban cigars contain the finest tobacco in the world and the numbers show for the communist economy as it generated four hundred million dollars last year for Cuba alone according to Money News. The United States which is the largest Cigar market in the world does not even sell Cuban cigars due to a fifty year-long trade embargo with the trifling sized neighbor which is the United States. So then where is Cuba exporting this product to generate such large numbers? Western Europe is responsible for the business, Imperial Tobacco Group located in Britain to be more specific, which is the largest cigar distributor to European nations. With a relationship like this one, the benefits are on each side of the transaction. The Imperial Tobacco group employs over 37,000 people and operates forty-seven manufacturing sites across the globe (Imperial Tobacco Group). That is a large amount of Europeans being employed by a growing industry. With the company mainly based in the United Kingdom, Western Europe is the biggest consumer of Cuban Tobacco right now (Money News). Imperial Tobacco remains at the top for cigar sales across Western Europe. Where would this power house company be without the fine Cuban tobacco? The company would definitely not be worth as much as they are now. The profit for Imperial...
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...The imperial edict below was issued by the Kangxi emperor (1654—1722) on December 23, 1717. By this time, Kangxi had ruled China for over fifty years and placed the stamp of his thoughtful and inquiring mind on the workings of the imperial state. The ambitious rivals who threatened the throne at the outset of Kangxi's reign were long since under control. Oboi, Galdan, Wu Sangui, and Koxinga were all dead and the forces they commanded in vain efforts to achieve their aims followed them into oblivion. In the final years of the emperor's life, Kangxi was the master of a powerful and unified state. While one glimpses through this edict the emperor's sense of his own accomplishments, there are also ruminations on mortality and the concerns of ruling a state so vast and complex as seventeenth- and eighteenth-century China. One of the agonizing difficulties of the final years of Kangxi's reign was the problem of finding an appropriate successor. Until 1712, Kangxi favored his second son, Yinreng, but the erratic and conspiratorial behavior of the heir apparent made him an impossible choice. By the time of the 1717 edict, Kangxi appeared to favor Yinti, his fourteenth son, for the throne, but the document merely suggests how burdensome this problem had become and makes no explicit reference to how Kangxi intended to resolve it.[1] [1] "Unofficial histories" of the Qing era have suggested that Yinzhen (later Emperor Yongzheng), son number four (si), simply erased...
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