Title: How did Fukushima change the World? Mission statement: Egy esetleges zéró nukleáris energia politika hatása Japán energia piacára I. Introduction Fukushima is a prefecture in the Tohoku region on the island of Honshu in Japan. On Friday 11 March 2011 the Great East Japan Earthquake hit the region with an epicentre 130 km away from the east cost of the island. The historic-high magnitude of 9.0 was followed by a major tsunami that inundated about 560 sq km and resulted in human death toll of
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Change and Progress in a Time of Peace Change has always been an inevitable part of life. Sometimes‚ change is for the better‚ and sometimes‚ change is for the worse. However‚ the “long nineteenth century” introduced changes that were undeniably for the better and would affect the lives of everyone living in that era and those that came after it. Specifically‚ health‚ methods of communication‚ and feminist ideas experienced great change during the years between the end of the French Revolution and
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Another major part of Stalin’s plan was to change Russia into a Humanitarian Socialist Society. This means that he would have to take forcefully action in shifting the life and culture of U.S.S.R. The most positive aspect of his reforms were the introduction of old-age pensions‚ free medical services
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Malcolm X went through a huge change in his life that ultimately led to his death. When he was young he faced racial discrimination by getting visited by the Ku Klux Klan and getting his house. Thinking this Malcolm X grew up and you can see how Malcolm X was trying to be more white by making his hair like theirs. Malcolm X wore a suit and was dating 2 women‚ a white girl named Sophia and a black Christian girl. He treated Sophia like she was his property and cheated on his black girlfriend‚ who
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“How Disco Changed the World” Disco got its start when Djs at gay Manhattan dance clubs started spinning black music in the early 70s. With such obvious homosexual and black roots‚ it is no wonder that‚ considering the time of its emergence in the mid 1970s‚ less than a decade removed from the Civil Rights Act in 1964 and only a few years after the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968 and the Stonewall riots in 1969‚ faced a hearty opposition from some Americans. On the warm summer night
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significantly due to changes in policies‚ the influx of immigrants and refugees from war-torn countries and the significant increase in global movements of peoples. The conclusion of World War II brought about major change to Australia’s migration patterns‚ as well as contributing to the abolition of the “White Australia Policy” and the gradual decrease in the country’s discriminatory views against non-white immigrants. It additionally set in place a series of motions that would radically change Australia’s
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In 1492 Christopher Columbus made a discovery that would change the world as they knew it; however‚ he did now know it at the time. What he discovered was the Western hemisphere. Columbus was a man from Genoa who wished to discover a direct sailing route from Europe to Asia‚ as everyone else who tried before only got as far as South Africa. He first asked Portugal to fund his voyage but they declined because they did not think he would make it all the way to Asia with the resources that he had without
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In the mid 1400’s‚ a lot of the people were poor and uneducated. They didn’t know how to read or write. They only people who were educated were the popes or the people working in the church. The popes and the church people really took advantage of the poor and the uneducated. They told them that they only way their relatives are going to heaven is by them paying indulgences. After all of this‚ the Renaissance happened and it changed everything. The renaissance was a cultural movement that began
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attack on pearl harbor. The pacific theater of World War Two was the most savage and cruel of the many fronts the war was fought on. The Pacific war had a large impact on the world as we know it. Some historians will argue that the second World War did not begin in 1939 with Hitler’s invasion of Poland. They would claim that the war began in 1931 when Japan invaded Manchuria. Manchuria was a region in northeastern China that was rich in natural resources. Japan pursued expansion for the same reasons
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All throughout Canada in the 20th Century there have been numerous events actions and decisions that we call defining moments. Canada has been through many battles‚ very hard chosen decisions‚ and gone through many changes that have changed the way Canadians live today. Certain people have influenced the country in a positive way and made Canada a stronger nation. Events such as the battle of Vimy Ridge‚ the formation of NATO‚ the creation of the Canadian flag and people such as Lester B. Pearson
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