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    Modern World versus Traditional World The stories from Alistair Macleod’s The Lost Salt Gift of Blood are often related to the lives of the people of the Maritimes who are commonly miners‚ fishermen and farmers. The author repeatedly examines similar themes and issues in his short stories such as isolation‚ choices versus consequences and the concept of dying culture. However‚ the most prominent theme deals with the contrast between the rural ways of life and the more modern city life. This theme

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    Fitzsimons 1 How were the United States goals in World War I similar or different to the United States goals for fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan? The United States goals in World War I and Iraq and Afghanistan are very different‚ and this is partly because they are in totally different time periods and the technology is very different. World War I took place from 1914-1918 (Strachan 1)‚ whereas the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan started in 2003 and are still going (Deese 1)‚ although many of

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    World War II changed the world dramatically. It all began when Germany invaded Poland and captured the country. It was one of the most powerful countires in the world because of the strong military and leader. Germany feared people all around the world with its goals for domination and outcomes of the strategies that were a success. Even though they were defeated in the end‚ the Germans launched many campaigns to try to win the war. Germany’s invasions of Russia‚ France‚ and Africa were the most

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    Aldous Huxley’s book Brave New World strongly‚ the vast majority of the population is unified under the World State‚ an eternally peaceful‚ stable global society in which goods and resources are plentiful and everyone is happy. Happiness is deprived from mass produced goods such as obstacle golf‚ Centrifugal Bumble-puppy‚ recreational sex and the most common one‚ the use of the drug soma; a hallucinogen that takes users on enjoyable‚ hangover-free "holidays". We meet the protagonist Bernard‚ who

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    In the beginning of the 1900s‚ nationalism‚ industrialism‚ and imperialism were alive and well in Europe. These three things gave rise to World War I‚ The Great War‚ The War to End All Wars‚ and all of its atrocities‚ which changed the world forever. World War I‚ The Great War‚ The War to End All Wars did not begin with one or two separate incidences‚ Rather this debacle began/was put in motion with six distinct events. The first event was that the Ottoman Empire was dying‚ and many countries

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    World War One is one of the most significant event in world history. With the treaty of Versailles leading to hyperinflation‚ the rise of hitler‚ his dictatorship and the Second World War. The conception of the Anzac spirit at Gallipoli. And a change to the position that women held in society. It was also a significant event in the history of Australia because it was the first chance Australia had to prove herself as a newly formed country. The assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand the

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    World war one was one of the major wars that changed the world forever. World war one started in 1914‚ after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The participants were Russia‚ Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Allied powers‚ Britain‚ Japan‚ Romania‚ Italy‚ France‚ Ottoman Empire‚ Bulgaria.1 Australia’s involvement in ww1 began with Britain and Germany went to war on August‚ 4‚1914.2 On August‚4‚1914‚ German troops crossed the border into Belgium. In the first battle of ww1‚ the Germans attacked

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    w h i t e p a p e r JUNE 2006 The X-Internet Connecting the Physical World with the Cyber World contents 3 E xecutive Summary 4 I ntroducing the Future: The Extended Internet 5 T echnologies Enabling Seamless Mobility in the X-Internet World 5 A dvanced‚ cooperative wireless technology 5 Context awareness 5 P eer-to-peer awareness‚ self-organization and autonomous action 7 E nergy efficiency and self-generation of power 7 New form factors 8 T he X-Internet Architecture 8 Standards

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    of poverty changed the world. It’s true. The uprising of communism and states of war to become equal never came without a price. War was what the people thought would solve everything. But it only made more disagreements. More deaths and despair to grow throughout the countries‚ and the situations to become more difficult. World War I only started because of the unfairness of others. The need to be the one of almighty power. This power consumed the mind and took over the world. And if you look at the

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    The Second World War changed the history of the world forever.  Super powers emerged and other countries crumbled.  Economies changed and new ways of life were becoming present.  The United States emerged from the war as a world leader in government‚ economy and industry.  Most credit is deservingly given to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt for the success and victory for the United States in the war.  But in April of 1945‚ Roosevelt’s term came to an end with his unexpected death‚ and the weight

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