...People who Changed the World in Politics: Mahatma Gandhi - This guy is at the top of my list. He popularized the non-violent movement. He stopped eating "sugar" only so he could tell a child to give up sugar. He sure lives by the phrase, "be the change you wish to see". Queen Elizabeth I - Queen of one of the most successful monarchs, who defeated the Spanish Armada which laid the foundation for the British Empire. She probably did more to change the perception of what women can do than anyone else on the planet. Augustus Caesar - This guy took the the first "Democratic Republic", the Roman Empire, to the big time (it was already big, partly thanks to his great uncle Julius). However, his focus was building "internal" strength which allowed technologies such as roads and agriculture to flourish. Technologies we still use today. George Washington - First president of the United States, but who knew at the time what kind of country they were building. It went from a fragile country to the "800 pound gorilla" in 200 short years. Nelson Mandela - He was a prisoner in South Africa and became the first black president in South Africa. Who would've thought a person sent wrongfully to prison could be a president. He's one of the most oppressed people who changed the world. Abraham Lincoln - A president who fought to give the country heart. One of the most influential people that helped abolished slavery. Winston Churchill - Outgunned, out manned he persevered against the Nazi...
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...The article “The World Has changed,” by Stacie Berdan describes how learning a second language is important. She says that not only it is essential in this competitive global market, but can aid in cognitive development, cultural enrichment and helps build and connect relationships around the world. She also states that learning more language in earlier years is actually better. In my opinion, I think I totally agree with her, there are lots of reasons to learn a second language : opening up communication to millions of people around the world, gaining new perspectives from these connections, and it also boosts brain development. Firstly, learning new language can offer experience in culture, history to people that otherwise would have been incomprehensible. Learning a new language will give us access to a new world of people, it will bring people closer if they know that you understand and speak their language and they will not be intimidated by you. A lot of communication gets lost in translation when you use a translator,and might not be taken as seriously as when talking directly to them. For instance, my maid cannot understand english at all and she has to communicate through her friend who knows english, I feel over the years she has lost lot of business because of language problem, and even after knowing her for so many years, I haven’t been able to build a relationship with her. This example proves that if she made an effort to learn english...
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...THE CINEMATIC ADVENTURE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD The Cinematic Adventure That Changed The World Andrew Theroux University of Phoenix The Cinematic Adventure That Changed the World The year was 1977 and movie theatres around the world were bristling with excitement. Movie goers of all ages had gathered to see George Lucas’ new film. Little did the audience know that they were about to bear witness to a film that would change the entire world. A film that would change the way people act, think, and live. A cinematic adventure that would do more than just entertain the audience for an hour and thirty-one minutes. A film with a name would be known throughout the globe, Star Wars. The first Star Wars movie spawned forth a universe in which fans dreamed they could become a part of. Despite all of its box office success, the greatest accomplishment of the Star Wars universe, was the change it caused to cultures worldwide. Star Wars pioneered modern cinema, brought upon us a new age of thinking, and created fans whose passion knows no bounds. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope was the first film to be released in what is now known as “The Original Trilogy.” Along with its successors Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, A New Hope showed film studios and filmmakers around the world that movie trilogies can be extremely successful. With such an elaborate and lengthy storyline that spans across the three movies, it kept audiences entertained for years to come. This paved...
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...Historical Events that Changed the World Between World War I and World War II America went through events in the political, economical and social areas that would change the face of the nation forever. The various eras- World War I, the Roaring Twenties, The Great Depression & the New Deal, and World War II each had separate issues that caused changes in relation to class, gender, domestic and international affairs. Although many of these events were only effective temporarily, others still show a strong influence today. Movements such as woman suffrage, events such as dropping the atomic bomb, and social eras such as The Harlem Renaissance still play an important role in the lives of Americans today. World War I laid the foundations for the political and economical crisis that was soon to follow. Even before the end of the war, Allies claimed reparations from Germany, whose economy was destroyed. Wilson, after meeting with the Big Four, slowly began to accept the idea of reparations. Once implemented, the American banks were now beginning to profit greatly from loaning to both Germany and the Allies- Germany who had to pay their reparations and fix the infrastructure of the country, France whose infrastructure was destroyed and Great Britain, who had to pay back America for all the ammo and weapons they had bought. Germany entered a never-ending debt cycle- repaying the allies by taking out loans, then repaying the loans by taking out even more loans. Germany’s dey...
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...Potatoes, most people don’t spend time thinking about them but, they are an important ranking “with rice and wheat as one of the world’s leading food crops” (Reeves and Rushing 118). Potatoes are more than just a tasty side dish; did you know the potatoes also helped give rise to America. In his article, How Potatoes Changed the World, author Charles C. Mann writes that historians believe that the potato’s arrival in northern Europe from the Andes spelled an end to famine and food shortage in Europe. In his article Mann also quoted historian William H. McNeill on how the cultivation of potato in Europe led to an empire: “By feeding a rapidly growing populations, Potatoes permitted a handful of European nations to assert dominion over most of the world between 1750 and 1950.” (Mann). Whether mashed, baked or french fried potatoes are an important staple in the American diet because potatoes are easily stored and “can keep for up to about eight months, especially if they’re a variety known for storage quality (Poncavage 2014).”...
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...Andre Jones AC1208431 EN130.1.1 English Composition 2 Assignment 03 10/11/13 A business concept that has changed history Over the last 40 years there have been several changes that have occurred in the retail industry that has changed the way we shop today. The business concept of most department stores goes back in history for hundreds of years, but it has evolved and changed over the forty years. Initially most retail stores were independent and locally owned in the city they conducted business in. The products they sold identified department stores. There were hardware stores, furniture stores, toy stores, clothing stores, grocery stores, and even produce stores. Consumers went to specific stores to purchase specific items. The supermarket replaced local specialty stores. These new superstores specialized in fruit, vegetables and food items, while others went in the opposite direction offering their customers non-food items as the core of their business. Consumers were able to purchase essential products that included clothing, furniture, appliances, toiletries, cosmetics, jewelry, toys, and even sporting goods from one location. This had a bad effect on smaller stores, as owners were unable to compete with the bigger chains that offered consumers a wide variety of products. Over the last 20 to 30 years, we have seen these supermarkets evolve into yet a different shopping environment for the consumers to shop. For example, stores such as...
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...Sometimes you may ask yourself, what is the internet? What is so great about it? How do we benefit from the internet? I feel that the internet revolutionized the world enabling us to do many great things. With todays’ technological advances the possibilities to with which what we can do with the internet are limitless. The internet is a group of computers connected to a network. Which allow those computers to communicate and transfer information to one another. Whether for businesses or person use, the internet is useful for everyone. The internet is all around us. It’s in the checkout line at the cash register. It’s in the fuel pump at the gas station. It’s in the traffic cameras. The internet is also in our phones. For businesses, the internet saves a lot of time and effort, allowing each location to keep a live record of the other locations’ inventory. Small time companies that were once limited to where they could conduct business, can now conduct it globally. The internet provides a way to have a 24-7 store front without increasing labor costs. Companies like E-bay are driven by the internet and without it E-bay would not exist. The internet lets people separated by oceans stay in touch. Without the internet there is no Facebook or Twitter and you wouldn’t be able to like a comment or poke a friend. There would be no Xbox Live or YouTube. With the internet you can check Yelp for the best local restaurants. You can watch Netflix at home on your computer or on the go with...
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...live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan” (“WGBH”). World War II lasted from 1939 to 1945 (“World War II”). This was what Franklin Delano Roosevelt said to Congress asking them to declare war on the Japanese, thus launching the country into World War II. Many brave soldiers gave their lives to fight for their countries. They were killed by weapons that changed the world as we know it. As this war progressed the weapons got more deadly and were killing people on huge scales. They were not only killing soldiers but also civilians stuck in their cities or towns that were under attack. The weapons started as...
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...Charles Goodyear was the first man to ever invent and find rubber. Goodyear’s first business started to run low on money and ended up going bankrupt (Britannica School). He soon lost all of his money and went into debt. Goodyear found a way to make rubber useful. This changed the world for the better. Goodyear had a difficult childhood, but soon that would all change because of one invention. He was born on December 29, 1800 in New Haven. Charles Goodyear started his career in a hardware store where he worked with his father (Britannica School). That store became bankrupt in 1830 and Goodyear’s life began to spiral quickly (Britannica School). After, Goodyear was in and out of jail for ten years because of lack of money and increase in debt that he had accumulated (Noonan). Little did he know, his life would juristically change because of a world-changing invention....
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...How the Internet Changed the World Information could only travel as fast as we could physically move it, before the 1960s. How can we relay information across a wide area quickly and reliably? The old way of business is soon to change, thanks to the internet. Connecting the world to a system of unlimited amounts of information will change the way we shop, bank, and pay bills. Making life a little easier. The internet also compiled information for libraries, scientists, and military members. Where will technology take our society? There were a number of great minds at work. J.C.R. Licklider of MIT created the internet in 1962(Howe). Leonard Kleinrock of MIT and later UCLA developed the theory of packet switching, which was to form the basis of Internet connections (Howe). Lawrence Roberts of MIT connected a Massachusetts computer with a California computer in 1965 over dial-up telephone lines. In the early development, the internet was called ARPANET. Which came online in 1969 under a contract led by the Advanced Research Projects Agency or ARPA (Howe). This was not the user friendly internet we know today. E-mail was brought into action sometime in 1972 by Ray Tomlinson. He was the first to adopt the “@” symbol. According to Howe, “In 1986, the National Science Foundation funded NSFNet as a cross country 56 Kbps backbone for the Internet.” The first efforts to index the internet was created in 1989. Peter Scott came out with Hytelnet in 1990, which stockpiled information...
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...Technology has change the communication process by roots, now in days is almost impossible for people not to use technology to communicate. A huge example is Facebook, everybody even my grandmother has a Facebook account. This source of communication makes it possible for her to post pictures and chat live with her relatives on the other side of the world. On the other hand Business have also changed people communications within, most businesses have gone paperless where memos or messages are sent via emails, conference agendas, and some even provide cell phones for faster communication. Now in days if you want to sell yourself for job positions you must file the application online and attached your resume as well. Everything is about technology, in my job we are required to use ADP for our paystubs, change of address, and medical plan choices. Just as an example I was at the LA county office and an elder walks in and apparently he was asking to see his case officer; the first response of the receptionist was if had an appointment scheduled. The man said no but he was trying to make her understand that he had called his officer before but there was no response. The receptionist replied that the problem was that now in days the only method to make appointments was trough the website or a kiosk that was on the corner of the office. I saw his facial expression of wordiness. He was sending her a message but she was too busy to help him. I step up and ask to help him, I felt so bad...
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...How 9/11 Changed the World The first major change that took place after 9/11 was more security was created. For example, the screening that happens now wasn’t as intense as it is now. It seems as if you are stripped from everything before entering the security screening process. Prior to September 11, 2001 you only had to show you’re identification card. You were even allowed to carry on knives and scissors. Although I do not remember this because I was only 4 years old, but my mother told me that only a curtain was used to separate the area of passengers from the pilot. Now, at every checkpoint you are asked to show you’re identification. We could board the planes without removing clothing, shoes or belts, but now you have to take off your shoes to be run through a metal detector and it is mandatory that if you are wearing a belt it must be taken off. Our bags were not searched and now every single piece of your luggage is scanned for harmful objects. We could bring regular sized bottles of shampoo instead of struggling to find ways to carry toiletries in quantities less than 4 ounces. We could walk with our family and friends to their gate while watching their plane take off; now, you have to plan on being at the airport two hours in advance and only ticketed passengers can pass through security. And pilots can now apply to become a federal flight deck officer, which allows them to carry a loaded gun and act as a federal flight deck officer aboard the aircraft...
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...Lord Help Me to pass all these classes! He was married twice in his life the first wife name was Fernanda Oliver she was the mother of his son Paulo and the second wife Marie-Therese Walter, she was the mother of his daughter Maia. He wrote a scandalous novel on about the individual who he was bored with is Dora Marr; Françoise Gilot, Claude and Paloma. Those are some of his companions that he was involve with throughout his live. Then he married again to Jacqueline Roque in 1961, when he was in his eightieths. He had many women’s in which he was involve with and keep a great novel of his affairs while he lived. Picasso never gave interview at all even thou he was famous for his work. He accomplished many things in his life as a painter which was a ceramic painter in 1947 and decorated many pieces as well. In 1935, he took and Englishmen in nature of art. In 1909 and 1910, Picasso worked with Braque to experiment with style of virtually looks. This is some of his accomplishment of his life journey of a painter. Critical Analysis The pieces that I will be analysis are the “Girl Before a Mirror” by Pablo Picasso. My opinion is a girl looking into the mirror seeing her self-different for the self-image of imperfect body in her mind. How our body change over the years and the stages we endower over the years. We see ourselves in many ways that other will view our appearances thought out our lives. I would have never known exactly what the painting meant until...
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...Science has changed our world in many different ways, such as transportation, the telephone, and the computer. Of course these are the most obvious of technology, but there are more things that can relate to technology in a good way. Science will most likely keep improving as time goes by, and if people keep thinking of ideas. Without creativity in the world we wouldn’t have had this amazing technology that we have today. This is why technology will keep advancing as long as we keep thinking of stuff that will make our lives easier. Science and technology has changed our world in many good ways; for instance, transportation, such as the car, and airplanes. There are other more useful forms of technology such as the computer, telephone and other forms of communication. Telephones have become more advanced over the years; the cell phone is an example of this. These also became more advance, making a more interactive, hand held, touch screen device. This advancement led to Skype, a program that allows you to talk to other people face to face, long distance. These are the most fundamental of technology that we use often today. But before this, life was different. Before the modern technological advancements, people used stone tools to defend themselves, cook, and discover. This is what led to the Iron Age, where people discovered the technology of smelting iron, which replaced bronze. As technology advanced even more, they used iron and bronze to make weapons to go to war with...
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...Human life is rapidly changing and the main impact is technology. With the help of internet, computers and smart phones, world has become a global village. One can learn about the culture from any corner of the world with just few clicks. Our new generations are growing up with smart phones, iPads and internet in their hands. You will not find any teen without a cell phone in his/her hand which means they are in direct contact with their fellows all the time. Not only communication is become fairly easy but also access of information is not a big deal nowadays. Technology has brought significant changes in our lives. The lives our parents or grandparents might have lived are completely dissimilar than the one we are living. Meaning of luxury is changed as it is associated with the obtainability of internet wherever you go. No one can imagine living without computers or internet nowadays. Wedding and party invitations are sent through electronic mails, Picture are shared with family and friends on social media networks and even academic reports are submitted through university portals which is also controlled through technology. There is no such field around us which is considered complete without participation of technology. As far as change in the world culture due to technology is concerned, it could be seen in two perspectives; good and evil. Culture brings change in human’s lives with respect to environment around them and same can be said about technology as it is bringing...
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