"To bodily go where no one has gone before" is what Gene Rodenberry thought human progress was all about. I have been watching Star Trek for almost 15 years now and the way Gene Rodenberry portrayed human progress has made me wish that I was immortal‚ just so I could see what is to come. When I look at the picture of Tange Kenzo’s Metropolitan Government Offices in West Shinjuku‚ Japan all I see is the future. The tall unique building does not look like something from this time. It could be
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EU COHESION POLICY C O N T E N T 1. Introduction 2 2. The Lisbon Treaty – A Union for the 21st Century 3 3. The EU institutional framework: legal framework and main bodies for the EU cohesion policy 5 4. The Funds 8 5. Grouping of the Member States and its regions in the Fifth report on economic‚ social and territorial cohesion (2010) 15 6. Cohesion policy in the Multiannual Financial Framework 2007-2013 and in MFF 2014-2020
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Political correctness has gone too far The "Politically Correct" movement’s purpose is to bring historically condescending terms‚ offensive music and art‚ and controversial educational content to an end and replace them with more positive and less-offending references. Offensive and demoralizing efforts are wrong‚ but the censorship and deletion of words and phrases that do not contain the intention to demoralize are taking political correctness too far. Politically correct (or "PC") antics have
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5/15/2013 HUNGARY COUNTRY REPORT Energy policy and policy towards China 1) OVERVIEW 1 1.1 General information 1 1.2 Most important sectors (% of GDP‚ 2011) 1 1.3 Main import sources (2010‚ % of total) 1 1.4 Main export markets (2010‚ % of total) 1 1.5 Main expenses of foreign exchange 1 1.6 Main sources of foreign exchange 1 1.7 Political situation: Government with a two-thirds majority 2 1.8 Economic situation: A second IMF bailout package is needed 2 2) MAIN REPORT
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EU Politics and Governance The success of the European Union stems from delivering its initial objectives which were a lasting peace‚ prosperity and security. Having done so has created a body of laws and norms known as acquis communautaire in the Community ’s parlance. However‚ when analysing closely‚ one finds that the EU exports its norms and regulatory policies to its allies and countries and regions throughout the world. Having studied many of the EU policies that are either intergovernmental
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Running head: The Death Penalty Is the death penalty just and applied fairly? Michael Wirth PHI103: Informal Logic Instructor Philip Bence 2 December‚ 2012 The Death Penalty Capital punishment has been used around the world for many thousands of years as a way of enforcing justice when someone has done wrong by what standards that the cultures have. Over the past few centuries capital punishment has started to be questioned by many people in Europe and in the United States. Many
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How far do you agree that family is at the centre of Jerusalem and Death of a Salesman? Compare and contrast the presentation of familial responsibility in both plays. The concept of family has changed since the 1950’s‚ compared to the present day. Back then‚ the old fashioned family value system was seen as the norm – the wife typically stays at home taking care of the domestic side of the household including looking after the children‚ cleaning and cooking. While the husband goes out and does
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The Devil’s Favorite Sin: Vanity In "Where are You Going‚ Where Have you Been?" Joyce Carol Oates uses an allegorical figure of evil to illustrate the theme of temptation. Oates alludes to hell through the character Arnold Friend‚ as the devil‚ and his victim Connie‚ who invites him in by committing one of the devil’s favorites sins: vanity. The narrator implies that Arnold Friend is Satan by giving certain clues that the reader can easily deduce. The name that Oates gives to the character
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important of EU legislation. The EU is the leading authority in this area with up to 80% of UK legislation on environmental affairs estimated to come from the EU. However‚ critics of EU environmental policy question the efficiency of some measures‚ arguing that the cost of complying with these regulations leaves European business uncompetitive‚ especially in the face of increased competition from countries such as China and India‚ which do not have such strict environmental rules. How the EU ’s environmental
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Matt Merritt Professor Smith English 102 13 September 2012 Arnold Friend’s Identity in Joyce’s “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” In the story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” Joyce Oates portrays Connie as a beautiful young woman that is being coerced by a man‚ whom she doesn’t know‚ to come outside and go for a ride in his car. Who is this man that calls himself Arnold Friend? What does he represent? Looking at the things that Arnold Friend says and does will help to discover
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