1. Fathers Of The Modern Computer
The government's plans for a new nationality and immigration legislation, including a possible citizenship test, sparked new controversy. The much debated citizenship test is already active in countries like USA and Canada, and in Britain's case aims testing in English proficiency, legal and social systems and the roles of the Monarchy and other institutions. After passing these tests, emigrants may be granted British citizenship. ...
But as the unemployment figures were so high, a new test had to be introduced to evaluate how much money could be allocated to you. This was called the Means test. ... The Means test was set up to basically save the government some money. ... In fact Mowat writes, "the means test was bitterly resented by working people." ...
To test the Entente between France and Britain, Germany challenged French presence in Morocco. ... When the Entente Cordiale was implemented it was tested by Germany. Kaiser William II tested the Entente Cordiale with a provocative visit to Morocco in 1905. ... The Entente was tested again in 1911 when Germany sent the Panther, a gunship, to protect its interests at Fez which was occupied by French troops against the Algeciras agreement. ...
They wanted labour to reduce benefits and introduce a scheme called means testing. Means testing meant families incomes would be examined before any benefit would be handed out. ... The first thing they did was to introduce the proposals of the May Committee which meant that Means Testing was introduced and benefits were made available for a period of 26 weeks. ...
After the First World War, everyone wanted to avoid repeating the mass slaughter of the war which had just ended. They also agreed that a League of Nations, an organisation that could solve international problems without resorting to war, would help achieve this. President Wilson wanted the Leagu...
Fads never go out of style It is always interesting and fun to see how styles, trends and fads change over the years and sometimes how they even try to make a comeback in our society. Everyone remembers a favorite toy, certain fashion or article of clothing that they grew up with. Fads ca...
In March 1932 however his unemployment benefit came to an end, and the family were giving a food ticket for twenty-three shillings per week, this stopped in January of nineteen thirty-three because of the dreaded Means Test. ...
Submarines of World War I The First World War introduced a whole host of new technology to the armies of the world. The machine gun, the tank, and the airplane ruled the battlefields of France and Germany. These new inventions changed the face of warfare forever. As equal, the submarine changed ...
France and Britain: The Difference Within Scholars from Aristotle onward have proposed that the characteristics of society directly affect the nature of government. If we apply this to Britain and France, we shall see that this proposal is definitely true. The difference between the British and French cultures becomes obvious when an assessment looks at their political systems, and each of the 6 structures, and the full range of the political culture's influence on each structure is understood. Political socialization is the learning of your political culture; it is the process of acq...
Penology Critically evaluate the prison as the central form of punishment in Britain at the start of the 21st Century. Prisons are mere places of confinement. It is used as a sanction for offences of which offenders stand convicted. Since the abolition of the death penalty in 1965 imprison...
Due to Mandatory Drugs Testing (MDT) now in place, prisoners have shifted from Cannabis (class c) to ˜harder' substances such as Heroin and Crack Cocaine as they are less easily detected in comparison to Cannabis residue, which stays in the blood for approximately 3 months. ...