Trends Shaping Tomorrow’s World By Marvin J. Cetron and Owen Davies Forces in the Natural and Institutional Environments Introduction For nearly half a century, Forecasting International has been tracking the forces that shape our future. Some 20 years ago, we codified our observations into a list of trends that forms the basis for much of our work. For each of our projects, we compare the specific circumstances of an industry or organization with these general trends and project their
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Introduction I decided to write about drug trafficking in the USA. My topic will be, "How drug trafficking affects children in NJ. "The question will be answered and backed by credible sources found on various websites. I have three brothers who went to prison because of this issue, and my cousin was gunned down in Newark, N.J a decade ago. This was particularly painful and hard to deal with knowing he had an opportunity to get out of this drug dealing lifestyle and get his life on the right track
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Arnold played an important role in the American revolution, as Paul A. Hutton Prof. of history in University of New Mexico says, “to the average American, Arnold and traitor mean the same thing” . Arnold was the man who led the New Haven minute men in 1775, later on Arnold was given an army and along with the Green Mountain boys and Ethan Allen he successfully took Fort Ticonderoga. Arnold was also the man who sold his allegiance to the enemy ( the British) for 20,000 pounds! Benedict Arnold
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spreading with alarming speed into the remotest villages, cutting food production and threatening the very life of rural communities. This will then bleed into threatening the city and then the country itself. This disease has caused more death than war itself around the world. The article concentrates on Brazil and the different ways they are addressing their issues of HIV/AIDs. They are doing a good job stretching their budget to meet the need for condoms, informational meetings, plays, and movies
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concerning Latin America. One huge problem with Foreign Affairs/Policies is the Drug Trafficking from Latin America into the United States. Cuba is not necessarily a drug producing country but it is a transit one. In 1998 nearly 7.2 metric tons of cocaine were seized in Colombia on its way to Cuba. Also, there was a 50% increase in drug over flight, which includes people carrying drugs as mules on planes and the dropping of drugs into American water from Cuban planes heading to the States (House Government
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large, bold lettering: “Task Force Nabs $1.3 Million in Cocaine, Disrupts Drug Ring.” Open almost any newspaper on any given day and one is bound to find an article like this detailing the enforcement of the prohibition of marijuana, cocaine and other drugs, or gang-related crimes. The demand for black market drugs in America is alive and strong, fed by organized drug cartels from Mexico and other countries. To these drug lords, it is simple business mechanics; they have a source for their product
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pat-down on the chance that he may be carrying drugs or weapons. "Soft" racial profiling is using race as one factor among others in gauging criminal suspiciousness: the highway police, for example, have intelligence that Jamaican drug posses with a fondness for Nissan Pathfinders are transporting marijuana along the northeast corridor. A New Jersey trooper sees a black motorist speeding in a Pathfinder and pulls him over in the hope of finding drugs (Mac Donald). Racial Profiling really came to
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a research pharmaceutical company. Charles Pfizer started the company in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 1849. During World War II, Pfizer became concretely established as one of the United State’s top drug companies by producing the antibiotic penicillin for soldiers out at war aboard. By the 1950's, Pfizer began to establish headquarters in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, and England. This gave Pfizer a platform to be able to compete globally. Expanding aboard is a powerful concept that
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Muslims say their community is turning on itself- shying away from a society increasingly inclined to equate Islam with terrorism.” (Fear ‘as bad as after 9/11’, Hampson). Historically, cultural differences and religion have been at the root of many wars, but in today’s society, blaming and
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The Great Plains— To the Point Geography- West of the MS River *1800 Territory in the plains included North Dakota & South Dakota, Nebraska, and states such as Texas * Great Plains had very hot summers and very cold winters, very rainfall which droughts few sources of water very few trees - conditions not fit for farming *Before the late 1800s U.S. settlers did not settle the plains. Farming The Plains *Farming the plains was difficult * Gov’t
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