share its official status with north India’s Hindi and was due to lose it in 1965. It did not happen: Southern India said no. 2 Today‚ India. Tomorrow‚ unofficially‚ the world. [fhe spread of English] is well under way; at first‚ because the British not only built a global empire but settled America‚ and now because the world (and notably America) has acquired its first truly global-and interactive-medium‚ the Internet. 3 David Crystal‚ a British expert‚ estimates that some 350 million people speak
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A World In Flux by Andrew Broggins In an election year where all things cannot be considered constant and things are forever changing we are in a world of flux. Just a year ago‚ the things happening in our local economy‚ national economy‚ and worldly economy‚ couldn’t have been predicted. In the midst of an erratic and hostile election year‚ where there are mass changes of commands of world powers and numbers are up and down in a week from revisions and upticks‚ who knows where
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January 30‚ 2008 THE WORLD IS FLAT The world we live in today is going through enormous changes in economics‚ technology‚ culture‚ politics‚ etc. The effects of the changes are not so clear‚ since it is hard to predict how each sector would affect the other and how society will be affected. However‚ analyzing past and present occurrences provides some information for experts to interpret society’s reaction in the future to different transformations. Globalization can be seen as a process in which
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Using the concept of a ’world view’‚ identify some of the beliefs and attitudes‚ particularly to education and learning that you bring to your learning now. Reflect critically on how your worldview has been shaped by factors such as your gender‚ age or community. In your answer refer to Hobson (1996) and Samovar and Porter (2004) from the SSK12 Reader‚ and Chapter 1 in A Guide to Learning Independently (Marshall and Rowland‚ 2006‚ 1-18). Through our world view we hold a “set of beliefs through
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school curriculum is just not enough to prepare students for the real world. Our schools have become too old-fashioned. Today‚ success in the real world is not about memorizing the periodic table or the quadratic equation. It’s not about studying for hours the night before a test to get a 100 percent‚ then forget it all the next week. School should be about how to apply these sciences and arts to the real world. In the real world‚ if you need to know something for your job‚ you look it up online
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INP 900: Group Paper World Vision April 13‚ 2012 Ajay Athwal Peter Pham Ghazala Khalil Ahmet Er Namulinda Lester There are over 161 000 non-profit organizations in Canada. Non-profit organizations work to achieve goals for the benefit of humanity rather than for profit like a business. Obviously with so many organizations‚ there are various types of organizations that vary in size and scope‚ with unique
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VIRTUAL WORLD CONTENTS: VIRTUAL IN THE REAL WORLD HISTORY APPICATIONS/USES WHY VIRTUAL WORLD RATHER THAN REAL WORLD FUTURE REAL WORLD: It is the world where we can feel ‚ touch‚emotions etc. VIRTUAL WORLD: It is a world where digital creatures look like real life ‚ sounds like real life & feel like real life. ABOUT VIRTUAL REALITY: In 1965 ‚ Ivan Sutherland published a paper called ‚” The Ultimate display “ in which he described the computers as
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Yunhwa Sung 1155061299 2015-03-01 GLBS 3402 Korea and the World: Politics‚ Economy and Culture 2. What is ‘economic democratization’ in South Korean society? Do you think is it a possible way to resolve the current problems on economic structure‚ business culture and employment crisis in South Korea? Please elaborate your answer with examples. Economic democratization stands for the argument that unequal distribution of wealth which is confined to big corporations should be relieved by legislative
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itself directly in position to the industrial location and social activities of our target market. We believe that this is critical to our initial success and long-term growth. TABLE OF CONTENT: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BUSINESS OVERVIEW PRODUCT & SERVICE COMPETITIVE COMPARISON COMMERCIAL VIABILITY MARKET ANALYSIS Strengths Weakness Opportunities Threats CURRENT MARKET SITUATION OBJECTIVES VISION MISSION KEYS TO SUCCESS SOCIAL VALUE
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Assignment 2.2: Policeman of the World Final Pape HIS105 – Contemporary U.S. History 3/15/14 Since gaining independence from the British in 1776‚ the United States foreign policy over the years has gone from expansionist to isolationism to defending democracy. With the responsibility of defending democratic rights for those who cannot defend themselves‚ the United States in my opinion has taken on the role of “policeman of the world.” This role became more evident with the
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