Impacts of a borderless society We live in a world where geographic boundaries cease to exist when it comes to goods‚ services‚ and even food. We think nothing of having freshly squeezed orange juice or kiwis for breakfast‚ even if we live in New York City with 10-inches of snow on the ground in the middle of January. We live in an age where everything and anything is available for consumption year-round at your local grocery store. Convenience comes with potentially major ecological and economic
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of January. He was raised in a religious Baptist environment‚ and as a result‚ developed strong moral beliefs and served as pastor and worship leader in several churches‚ including Montgomery‚ Alabama’s Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. King’s iconic "I Have a Dream" speech‚ delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington‚ D.C.‚ in 1963‚ is considered the most vivid and significant representation of his optimism. On April 4‚ 1968‚ he was tragically killed in Memphis‚ Tennessee‚ which resulted
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the Spanish founded Colonial Latin America‚ the cultures socially‚ physically‚ and politically united to form a new society. The Spanish‚ Indians‚ and African slaves attempted to embed their homeland’s culture into this new society. This formed a clash of cultures because each came with its own set of norms. The go-betweens played a pivotal role during encounters between the cultures acting as interpreters and the Jesuits as Christian converters. As colonial Latin America society was forming and blending
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to solve some of the national problems‚ such as‚ lack of cultural identity‚ absence of economic policy and so on‚ the development of mass media was boosted. The need for communicating with the masses and influencing them was felt in order to have the impact of the independence. This led to tremendous progress in the fields of print and the broadcast media. Freedom of speech and expression along with freedom of press was provided by the constitution as a fundamental right. Over and above‚ constitution
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markets play an important role in contributing to the health and efficiency of an economy. There is a strong positive relationship between financial market development and economic growth. For example‚ in Chapter 1 of their 2001 book‚ Financial Structure and Economic Growth‚ editors Demirgüç-Kunt and Levine concluded: In particular‚ researchers have provided additional findings on the finance-growth nexus and have offered a much bolder appraisal of the causal relationship; firm-level‚ industry-level
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is estimated to have grown by 17.2 percent in 2006-07 as against 5.7 percent of last year. The higher demand for construction workers is also reflected in a continued double-digit rise in their wages since FY05. Their wages increased by 11.1 percent in FY07. Keywords: Construction Sector‚ GDP‚ Causal Relationship‚ Co-integration. 1. Introduction The construction industry plays an essential role in the socio economic development of a country. The activities of the industry have great significance
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the past fifteen years or so‚ there have been immense changes that have come about through technologically. These remind one of the speed at which the human mind has been working; man has invented and innovated things so that they can serve their purposes more and more conveniently. This has resulted in the purpose for which things were made; computers for instance are modified so significantly that they are now in demand for various functions that may not have been perceived years ago. Such is
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Film’s Impact on Society Film has played a huge part in American society since 1878 when Edward James made the first real motion picture. Ever since Edward’s first movie production‚ film has made many technological advances that change the way we look at film today. This is obvious when you go to a local movie theatre today rather than looking at movies from the 1900’s. I am very interested on finding out information about the impact of film on society. I personally think that today’s film has many
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IMPACT OF TOURISM TO MALAYSIA ECONOMY The significant role played by the tourist industry in Malaysia can be traced from its earliest developments. This is because in comparison with other South-EastAsian states such as Indonesia and Thailand for instance‚ Malaysia was less developed in the tourist industry sector. Today it has become the country’s second biggest source of foreign exchange and the third largest economy sector. Over the years the industry is significantly contributing to GDP (gross
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Art is an extremely private experience‚ yet‚ it is meant to be shared with the public. Society‚ as a whole‚ examines the art produced and has the right to approve‚ disapprove‚ acknowledge‚ ignore‚ praise and abuse it. The public or society has not remained constant over the years. In the time of the Renaissance‚ for example‚ only a select few were "society." They commissioned art‚ were patrons of the arts and their artists. Today‚ almost anyone can share in the experience of art. They can attempt
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