Hi,
Below are 10 world changing events from 10-1 from a BBC Poll in the UK.
10. The Iranian Revolution 16th Jan 1979
The Iranian revolution is credited by many historians as launching an era of Islamic radicalism, with subsequent Islamic movements such as Hezbollah and Al Qaeda seen as influenced by the notion of a %26quot;revolution%26quot; to bring about a pure Islamic state.
9. The Election of Margaret Thatcher 4th May 1979
Admired and revered, hated and despised in equal measure, Margaret Thatcher will, surely, never be forgotten. The first, and to date only, female British Prime Minister, she quickly gained the moniker The Iron Lady for good reason
8. The Cuban Missile Crisis 14th - 18th Oct 1962
Armageddon never came closer than one bright Saturday afternoon in October 1962. A stand-off between the USA and the Soviet Union over the locating of nuclear missiles on the island of Cuba left the future of the planet, quite literally on a knife-edge.
7. Establishment of the State of Israel 14th May 1948
Antagonism between cultures has caused many a conflict. But this particular conflict has divided the world for the past sixty years and shows no sign of ending. The partitioning of Palestine to create a new Zionist state would cause a series of clashes that persists now.
6. Martin Luther King's Speech 28th Aug 1963
He had a dream, that one day his children would live in a nation where they'd be judged, not by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character. His speech, in front of a vast crowd in Washington, would lead, eventually, to the end of racial segregation in the USA.
5. Fall of the Berlin Wall 9th Nov 1989
The cold war was effectively ended in November of 1989 with the collapse of communism, symbolised by the fall of The Berlin Wall. This wall had, for 28 years, separated the Soviet Bloc from the west.
4. Invention of the WWW 6th Aug 1991
Invented by Tim Berners-Lee, the World Wide Web has transformed global communication and has entered every-day life in homes across the planet. Berners-Lee, an Oxford physics graduate made no money from his invention, he is now a campaigner for freedom of information.
3. The First Moon Landing 21st Jul 1969
At 13:32 GMT on July 16th 1969, Apollo 11 took off from Cape Kennedy in Florida carrying three American astronauts into the annals of history. They were about to take a small step for man, but a giant leap for mankind.
2. September 11 2001
On the day known, universally as 9/11 two American airliners were flown into the World Trade Center towers by Islamic Fundamentalist hijackers. Similar attacks would follow in Washington and Pennsylvania.
1. Discovery of the Structure of DNA 28th Feb 1953
Two British Scientists published an article in which they claim to have answered the question about how living creatures reproduce themselves. What they've actually done is to unravel the structure of DNA and with it, the secret of life.
Saturday, 24 September 2011
How are YOU changing the world?
How is it that you're making a difference in our world? Keep in mind, taking small actions (such as changing lightbulbs, recycling etc...) count.
How are YOU changing the world?
No one know's how they change the world but we can venture a guess.
One's decisions decide the future, but changing the world is difficult to predict.
For example, you decide to buy a solar panel to save electricity and coal consumption. You hand the clerk some money and a coin that is old and costs $100,000 but you didn't realize it (You thought it was a penny). The clerk gets the $100,000 from a banker, but the banker who exchanged it took the coin and sold it to the black market. The mobsters look at it, realize it's part of a collection, and then goes on a mission to collect all of it, because for some reason the entire set is $100 million. They go around the world and killing people to track down the coins.
So, from buying a solar panel to decrease greenhouse gas emissions, you release a crime wave that swepts the world.
This is due to the butterfly effect.
This situtation is not likely, but it is probable. Which is why, with all due respect, that one cannot know how one is changing the world.
All intentions have unintended consequences.
How are YOU changing the world?
Everybody's trying to change the world, and that's why it's so messed up.
Not spitting gum in the floor.
stop the black on white hate
We Are Just All Destroying The World And They Is No Way In Really Stopping People =[
carpooling and voting
Sitting on my @$$!
i do volunteer work at a soup kitchen every other weekend if that counts?
i can tell u a shortcut way ..
just support bush .. he sure will change world and u will get your share.
:d
lol
Hopefully, by making the least impact.
Great question! I don't shop at Walmart because they hurt people worldwide. Many people call me silly, but hey change starts with one person.
by minding my own business, and living from day to day to do what i can to survive
I'm planning on taking a course in Thailand in the next few months about how to work with children who are orphans, child soldiers, kids with AIDS, child prostitutes, etc. And I am going to work in an orphanage after that...giving kids a second chance at life.
Spending crazy amounts of time on YA
recycling, composting, turning off the tap/lights, shortening my showers, carpooling and using cloth bags instead of plastic. i am also interested in becoming a member of free the children. I want to help design a more fuel conserving air plane or space ship and travel and research in space if i can become an astronaut or aerospace engineer.
lets just say.. i got plans! :D
i recycle and dont litter or by anything that hurts animals and %26quot;ruins%26quot; our economy or rainforest =]
I still need to change all the light bulbs in my house =x.... But i don't use nearly as much electricity as i used to. I always use my re-usable totes for shopping, try to carpool as much as i can. I don't let the water fun. And i try to inform everyone. I recycle everything i can too...
eat more candy so that it doesnt clog up the stores or cause car accidents so that there would be less bad drivers
I've change the light bulbs at home, I recycle, I bring my cloth bag when I go shopping so I don't have to get a bag from the store, I filled up a bottle with water and placed it in the toilet tank so it will use less water when we flush, I also turn off the water when I am applying shampoo and soap to myself (yeah, it feels cold!!) I belong to big brothers big sisters, volunteer at a nursing home, and I am also going to vote a smart way to change the world.
first hang racist people, then recycle, get rid of nuclear bomb, stop bombing contries, never vote for any who looks like bush, eat fresh vegi, love all, practice peace, that all
i am doing my recylcling and compost being local police an picking up rubbish on joking not local police but do pickup rubbicsh
im doing more excercise
i duno how that changes the world but soon we will encouter an ice age just not in my life time
I am in a drug and hooker infested neighborhood that has seen better days. We have put up fencing and cameras to stop the bad guys from ruining the family unit in our area. The biggest victory to date is we have broken the intimidation barrier. that was used to ply their trade. I am tired of seeing 12 and 14 year old hookers.
being nice to one another donating helping the elders
respecting one another picking up trash when seen no pollution etc....
Teaching people something! This may effect their future and consequently may change the world!
i absolutely support the whole %26quot;Go Green%26quot; campaign! i have energy saving light bulbs, i do beach clean-ups for school, i preserve water, and i recycle (i hate when people dont)! today in class we had to buy our own car for drivers ed. and everyone is choosing bmw's, corvettes, etc. and what do i choose, a hybrid. i really care about my environment, and i am not afraid to tell the world! i always wear my %26quot;green%26quot; shirts. i love the earth, and we need to treat it with respect, before its to late.
I'm really sad because I just realized that I'm not.....
Feed the hungary
Tryin to love more, u no, less fightin' and more f@#*^ng :)
I am recycling. My job at my college i recycle stuff all the time.
well i have a HUGE farm, and it has no trees for heaps long away, so i am spending heaps to make it a forest for all of my birds and also i use a shower bucket so the water i use it the shower goes into the water bucket so i put that on my lemons, apples and oranges
How are YOU changing the world?
No one know's how they change the world but we can venture a guess.
One's decisions decide the future, but changing the world is difficult to predict.
For example, you decide to buy a solar panel to save electricity and coal consumption. You hand the clerk some money and a coin that is old and costs $100,000 but you didn't realize it (You thought it was a penny). The clerk gets the $100,000 from a banker, but the banker who exchanged it took the coin and sold it to the black market. The mobsters look at it, realize it's part of a collection, and then goes on a mission to collect all of it, because for some reason the entire set is $100 million. They go around the world and killing people to track down the coins.
So, from buying a solar panel to decrease greenhouse gas emissions, you release a crime wave that swepts the world.
This is due to the butterfly effect.
This situtation is not likely, but it is probable. Which is why, with all due respect, that one cannot know how one is changing the world.
All intentions have unintended consequences.
How are YOU changing the world?
Everybody's trying to change the world, and that's why it's so messed up.
Not spitting gum in the floor.
stop the black on white hate
We Are Just All Destroying The World And They Is No Way In Really Stopping People =[
carpooling and voting
Sitting on my @$$!
i do volunteer work at a soup kitchen every other weekend if that counts?
i can tell u a shortcut way ..
just support bush .. he sure will change world and u will get your share.
:d
lol
Hopefully, by making the least impact.
Great question! I don't shop at Walmart because they hurt people worldwide. Many people call me silly, but hey change starts with one person.
by minding my own business, and living from day to day to do what i can to survive
I'm planning on taking a course in Thailand in the next few months about how to work with children who are orphans, child soldiers, kids with AIDS, child prostitutes, etc. And I am going to work in an orphanage after that...giving kids a second chance at life.
Spending crazy amounts of time on YA
recycling, composting, turning off the tap/lights, shortening my showers, carpooling and using cloth bags instead of plastic. i am also interested in becoming a member of free the children. I want to help design a more fuel conserving air plane or space ship and travel and research in space if i can become an astronaut or aerospace engineer.
lets just say.. i got plans! :D
i recycle and dont litter or by anything that hurts animals and %26quot;ruins%26quot; our economy or rainforest =]
I still need to change all the light bulbs in my house =x.... But i don't use nearly as much electricity as i used to. I always use my re-usable totes for shopping, try to carpool as much as i can. I don't let the water fun. And i try to inform everyone. I recycle everything i can too...
eat more candy so that it doesnt clog up the stores or cause car accidents so that there would be less bad drivers
I've change the light bulbs at home, I recycle, I bring my cloth bag when I go shopping so I don't have to get a bag from the store, I filled up a bottle with water and placed it in the toilet tank so it will use less water when we flush, I also turn off the water when I am applying shampoo and soap to myself (yeah, it feels cold!!) I belong to big brothers big sisters, volunteer at a nursing home, and I am also going to vote a smart way to change the world.
first hang racist people, then recycle, get rid of nuclear bomb, stop bombing contries, never vote for any who looks like bush, eat fresh vegi, love all, practice peace, that all
i am doing my recylcling and compost being local police an picking up rubbish on joking not local police but do pickup rubbicsh
im doing more excercise
i duno how that changes the world but soon we will encouter an ice age just not in my life time
I am in a drug and hooker infested neighborhood that has seen better days. We have put up fencing and cameras to stop the bad guys from ruining the family unit in our area. The biggest victory to date is we have broken the intimidation barrier. that was used to ply their trade. I am tired of seeing 12 and 14 year old hookers.
being nice to one another donating helping the elders
respecting one another picking up trash when seen no pollution etc....
Teaching people something! This may effect their future and consequently may change the world!
i absolutely support the whole %26quot;Go Green%26quot; campaign! i have energy saving light bulbs, i do beach clean-ups for school, i preserve water, and i recycle (i hate when people dont)! today in class we had to buy our own car for drivers ed. and everyone is choosing bmw's, corvettes, etc. and what do i choose, a hybrid. i really care about my environment, and i am not afraid to tell the world! i always wear my %26quot;green%26quot; shirts. i love the earth, and we need to treat it with respect, before its to late.
I'm really sad because I just realized that I'm not.....
Feed the hungary
Tryin to love more, u no, less fightin' and more f@#*^ng :)
I am recycling. My job at my college i recycle stuff all the time.
well i have a HUGE farm, and it has no trees for heaps long away, so i am spending heaps to make it a forest for all of my birds and also i use a shower bucket so the water i use it the shower goes into the water bucket so i put that on my lemons, apples and oranges
Are the weather patterns of the world really changing?
Or are we just seeing regular historical patterns?
Are the weather patterns of the world really changing?
There is good evidence to suggest that the global patterns are shifting abnormally, but there is also good evidence to suggest that the patterns are not shifting abnormally.
Ask again in 20 years and we'll know for sure. ;)
Are the weather patterns of the world really changing?
yes
Yes, it has been scientifically proven that weather patterns regularly get worse around the homes of people who worry too much about the weather. It is believed that these weather situations are in fact not caused by global warming, but that they are caused by research.
Yeah.
That's a good question. How do we know whether or not this doesn't happen every so many years? I know that it seems to me that the seasons are off kilter, as if they don't arrive at the same time, everything starts later than they did years ago. Maybe this is what happened just before the flood of Noah.
Yes, the Earth's Weather Patterns are really changing.
According to me this is because of the changes in the Magnetic Field of the Earth.Earth's Magnetic Field have an intensive affect on the Weather.
try to watch the day after tomorrow, and see what happen when there is an abrupt change of weather patternlove girls myspace loreal hair
Are the weather patterns of the world really changing?
There is good evidence to suggest that the global patterns are shifting abnormally, but there is also good evidence to suggest that the patterns are not shifting abnormally.
Ask again in 20 years and we'll know for sure. ;)
Are the weather patterns of the world really changing?
yes
Yes, it has been scientifically proven that weather patterns regularly get worse around the homes of people who worry too much about the weather. It is believed that these weather situations are in fact not caused by global warming, but that they are caused by research.
Yeah.
That's a good question. How do we know whether or not this doesn't happen every so many years? I know that it seems to me that the seasons are off kilter, as if they don't arrive at the same time, everything starts later than they did years ago. Maybe this is what happened just before the flood of Noah.
Yes, the Earth's Weather Patterns are really changing.
According to me this is because of the changes in the Magnetic Field of the Earth.Earth's Magnetic Field have an intensive affect on the Weather.
try to watch the day after tomorrow, and see what happen when there is an abrupt change of weather pattern
History and world changing question?
If you could change one event in history, what would it be and why. What do you think the outcome for the future would bring?
History and world changing question?
the fall of greece to sparta. The Greeks (whom in my opinion were more successful than the Romans) would dominate the Mediterranean, with knowledge and prosperity, and philosophy and science would prosper.
History and world changing question?
the civilizing of mankind, we are better off as nomadic herders.
White/European imperialism. Why?? because by eliminating that, we won't be living in a white washed society like we live in today.
History and world changing question?
the fall of greece to sparta. The Greeks (whom in my opinion were more successful than the Romans) would dominate the Mediterranean, with knowledge and prosperity, and philosophy and science would prosper.
History and world changing question?
the civilizing of mankind, we are better off as nomadic herders.
White/European imperialism. Why?? because by eliminating that, we won't be living in a white washed society like we live in today.
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
What is an example of our ever changing world?
i need subjects for example: seasons
the more subjects the better... 10 POINTS
What is an example of our ever changing world?
Human's affect on the environment. I.E. ripping down rain forests, building cities, pollution, driving some animals to extinction. Humanity has a more profound effect on the environment than how the earth changes itself over time.
What is an example of our ever changing world?
ocean tides, weather, continental drift(Pangaea)
natural disasters
the more subjects the better... 10 POINTS
What is an example of our ever changing world?
Human's affect on the environment. I.E. ripping down rain forests, building cities, pollution, driving some animals to extinction. Humanity has a more profound effect on the environment than how the earth changes itself over time.
What is an example of our ever changing world?
ocean tides, weather, continental drift(Pangaea)
natural disasters
How is the world changing?
i have a geography assessment and really need some help also what does interdependence mean??? Thank you xxx
How is the world changing?
it either means
a.) that each nation acts without affecting another
b.) that all nations have disappeared
c.) independence
d.) that there will be no international problem
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_Interd鈥?/a>
How is the world changing?
it's sort of going back to glam rock...
How is the world changing?
it either means
a.) that each nation acts without affecting another
b.) that all nations have disappeared
c.) independence
d.) that there will be no international problem
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_Interd鈥?/a>
How is the world changing?
it's sort of going back to glam rock...
In a rapidly changing world: customer expectations, innovative technology, environmental and social aspects of
in a rapidly changing world: customer expectations, innovative technology, environmental and social aspects of life are all impacted. Change is everywhere!
What does change = to you?
In answering please consider the following:
How do you feel about change?
How have you changed your world?
How have you changed personally?
How you react to and handle change?
In a rapidly changing world: customer expectations, innovative technology, environmental and social aspects of
I have a love-hate relationship with change. I love the anticipation %26amp; excitement and I hate the uncertainty.
I change the world I live in by being an active, passionate, engaged participant. I don't live on the sidelines and watch the world go by! I jump in and make a difference (at work, at home, right now by answering this question...in a million small ways every day). In the act of doing all this--I change too. A week ago I had never participated in any online community...now I can't stop answering questions or posting them :-) A year ago I had never heard of an IPOD (yes thats how out of it I can be!) and now it travels with me everywhere. One is an example of how the changing world is encouraging me to reach out and communicate with total strangers in cyberspace and the other is an example of how the changing world is making me more isolated from interactions with others in the real world (as I listen to my own private music instead of talking to those around me on planes and trains!).
What does change = to you?
In answering please consider the following:
How do you feel about change?
How have you changed your world?
How have you changed personally?
How you react to and handle change?
In a rapidly changing world: customer expectations, innovative technology, environmental and social aspects of
I have a love-hate relationship with change. I love the anticipation %26amp; excitement and I hate the uncertainty.
I change the world I live in by being an active, passionate, engaged participant. I don't live on the sidelines and watch the world go by! I jump in and make a difference (at work, at home, right now by answering this question...in a million small ways every day). In the act of doing all this--I change too. A week ago I had never participated in any online community...now I can't stop answering questions or posting them :-) A year ago I had never heard of an IPOD (yes thats how out of it I can be!) and now it travels with me everywhere. One is an example of how the changing world is encouraging me to reach out and communicate with total strangers in cyberspace and the other is an example of how the changing world is making me more isolated from interactions with others in the real world (as I listen to my own private music instead of talking to those around me on planes and trains!).
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