Encyclopedia - Globalization: Encyclopedia - Globalization
Globalization is the term used to describe the changes in societies and the world economy that result from dramatically increased interna...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Globalization: Encyclopedia Ii - Globalization - Pro-globalization Globalism
Supporters of democratic globalization can be labelled pro-globalists. They consider that the first phase of globalization, which was mar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Globalization: Encyclopedia Ii - Globalization - Pro-globalization Globalism
Supporters of democratic globalization can be labelled pro-globalists. They consider that the first phase of globalization, which was mar...   » Read the article

Article - Global Consciousness: Seeking For Whom The Bell Tolls - Exploring Mind-matter Interactions On A Global Scale
Is there a global mind? Could it be detected quantitatively? In an empirical approach to this question, over the last decade a half-dozen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Globalization: Encyclopedia Ii - Globalization - Meanings
"Globalization" can mean: Globalism, if the concept is reduced to its economic aspects, can be said to contrast with economic nationali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-globalization: Encyclopedia - Anti-globalization
Anti-globalization is a term most commonly used to describe the political stance of people and groups who oppose current global trade agr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Globalization: Encyclopedia - History Of Globalization
Although the process known as globalization has visibly taken hold during the twentieth century, it has distinct historical antecedents. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alter-globalization: Encyclopedia - Alter-globalization
Alter-globalization (or altermondialization from the French altermondialisme) is the name of a social movement which supports the interna...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming: Encyclopedia - Global Warming
Global warming is an increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans. The term is also used for the scientific t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Consciousness: Encyclopedia - Global Consciousness
Global Consciousness is the idea that there is a collective consciousness in which all individual consciousness participates in, in some ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canwest Global Communications: Encyclopedia - Canwest Global Communications
CanWest Global Communications Corp. TSX: CGS.SV TSX: CGS.NV NYSE: CWG is Canada's largest international media company. The company's head...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Consciousness Project: Encyclopedia - Global Consciousness Project
The Global Consciousness Project, also called the EGG Project, is one of the most significant of current research projects into parapsych...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Association For Global New Thought: Encyclopedia - Association For Global New Thought
Association for Global New Thought is an umbrella organization for the New Thought movement. Other related archivesNew Thought    » Read the article

Dictionary - Globalism: New Age Dictionary On Globalism
Globalism - N A modern-day term referring to the need for a transformation from the present nation-state divisions into a one-world co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-globalization: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-globalization - Organization
Although over the past years more emphasis has been given to the construction of grassroots alternatives to (capitalist) globalization, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-globalization: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-globalization - Organization
Although over the past years more emphasis has been given to the construction of grassroots alternatives to (capitalist) globalization, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Empire - History
Earlier empires were largely confined to the American or African and Eurasian continents. Nations such as ancient Egypt, the Aztec Empir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Title: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Title - Global Title Translation
Global title translation is the SS7 equivalent to IP routing. Translation examines the destination address (e.g. the number being called)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Governance: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Governance - The Concept Of Global Governance
Traditionally, governance has been associated with "governing," or with political authority, institutions, and, ultimately, control. Gove...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Warming - Causes Of Global Warming
The climate system varies both through natural, "internal" processes as well as in response to variations in external "forcing" from both...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Warming - Causes Of Global Warming
The climate system varies both through natural, "internal" processes as well as in response to variations in external "forcing" from both...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Warming - Causes Of Global Warming
Main articles: attribution of recent climate change and scientific opinion on climate change The climate system varies both through natur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Empire - Legacy
The legacies of the colonial global empires cannot be escaped today. It can be seen in the spread of western languages, culture, religion...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Optimization: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Optimization - Approaches
Global optimization - Deterministic. The most successful are: Branch and bound methods Methods based on real algebraic geometry Glob...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Warming - Effects
The predicted effects of global warming are many and various, both for the environment and for human life. The primary effect of global w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Warming - Effects
The predicted effects of global warming are many and various, both for the environment and for human life. The primary effect of global w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Warming - Overview
Terminology 'Global warming' is a specific case of the more general term 'climate change' (which can also refer to cooling, such as in Ic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Warming - Issues
Main article: Ozone depletion Although they are often interlinked in the popular press, the connection between global warming and ozon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Warming - Effects
The predicted effects of global warming are many and various, both for the environment and for human life. The primary effect of global w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Warming - Overview
Terminology 'Global warming' is a specific case of the more general term 'climate change' (which can also refer to cooling, such as in Ic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Warming - Issues
Main article: Ozone depletion Although they are often interlinked in the popular press, the connection between global warming and ozon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Warming - Mitigating And Adapting To Global Warming
"Mitigation of global warming" covers all actions aimed at reducing the extent or likelihood of global warming. The world's primary inter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Warming - Mitigating And Adapting To Global Warming
"Mitigation of global warming" covers all actions aimed at reducing the extent or likelihood of global warming. The world's primary inter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Optimization: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Optimization - General
The most common form is the minimization of one real-valued function in the parameter-space . There may be several constraints on the so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Frequency: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Frequency - Overview
The Global Frequency is an independent, covert intelligence organization headed by a former intelligence agent who uses the alias of Mira...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-globalization: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-globalization - Criticisms
The anti-globalization movement has been heavily criticized on many fronts by politicians, members of conservative think tanks, mainstrea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Challenge: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Challenge - Global Challenge 2004/5
In a remarkably incident-free race, again sailed in the Challenge 72 fleet, Australian skipper Andy Forbes won in BG SPIRIT . * Retired f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-globalization: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-globalization - Criticisms
The anti-globalization movement has been heavily criticized on many fronts by politicians, members of conservative think tanks, mainstrea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global 200: Encyclopedia Ii - Global 200 - Introduction
The Global 200 is based on the WWF's comprehensive system of ecoregions defined by the WWF as a "relatively large unit of land or water ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Guardians: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Guardians - Membership
The members include: Doctor Mist: an ancient African sorcerer who serves as the leader of the Global Guardians. He lived for 11,000 years...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Warming - Mitigating And Adapting To Global Warming
"Mitigation of global warming" covers all actions aimed at reducing the extent or likelihood of global warming. The world's primary inter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Challenge: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Challenge - Background
The seeds of the race were sown in Sir Chay Blyth’s previous sailing exploits. In 1970/71 he became the first person to sail alone roun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Television Network: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Television Network - Global Stations
Most of these stations serve their entire province through a network of relay stations as a part of the key station's license, although s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Challenge: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Challenge - Bt Global Challenge 2000/1
On 10 September, a new fleet of 72ft steel cutters made their debut in this race. The winner, Conrad Humphreys and crew on LG Flatron , w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Community: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Community - Background
One day, after two millennia of prophesy that calls for the world to come to an end (Christianity), the biblical Rapture occurs, effectiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Effects Of Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Effects Of Global Warming - Effects Of Global Warming
Effects of global warming - Weather. Increasing temperature is likely to lead to increasing precipitation [3] but the effects on storms...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Title: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Title - Structure Of The Global Title Value
The structure of a global title is officially defined in the SCCP standard (Q.713), and further extended in the supporting numbering plan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mitigation Of Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitigation Of Global Warming - Mitigating The Effects Of Global Warming
Mitigation of the effects of global warming (often referred to as "adaptation" in climate change circles) focusses on defending against r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Challenge: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Challenge - Bt Global Challenge 1996/7
An expanded fleet of 14 Challenge 67 yachts set out from Southampton in driving rain and gales. Again rigging problems struck in the Sout...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global 200: Encyclopedia Ii - Global 200 - List Of The Global 200 Ecoregions
Global 200 - Terrestrial ecoregions. Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests Afrotropic 1 Guinean moist forests 2 Congolian co...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Global Warming: Oceanography Dictionary - Global Warming
  Definition and meaning of global warming:   global warming - the gradual increase in global temperatures caused by the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Global Change: Oceanography Dictionary - Global Change
  Definition and meaning of global change:   global change - a transformation which occurs on a worldwide scale (for exam...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Global Temperature: Oceanography Dictionary - Global Temperature
  Definition and meaning of global temperature:   global temperature - an area-weighted mean of temperatures recorded at ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Guardian: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Guardian - Global Guardian And The September 11 Attacks
The September 11, 2001 attacks occurred during that year's Global Guardian and Vigilant Guardian joint exercises. That year, according to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Globalization: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Globalization - The British Empire
History of Globalization - British East India Company. ... See also:History of Globalization, History of Globalization - The Dutch Em...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Warming - Public Controversy
Main article: Global warming controversy The global warming controversy is an ongoing dispute about what effect humans have on the glo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Warming - Public Controversy
Main articles: Global warming controversy, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Warming - Climate Models
Scientists have studied this issue with computer models of the climate (see below). These models are accepted by the scientific community...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Warming - Climate Models
Scientists have studied this issue with computer models of the climate (see below). These models are accepted by the scientific community...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cnh Global: Encyclopedia Ii - Cnh Global - Planted Seeds
The combined companies of CNH Global have a strong and rich, 170-year, tradition in the manufacture of agricultural equipment. The combin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Effects Of Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Effects Of Global Warming - Consequences
See also Mitigation of global warming Effects of global warming - Economic. Main articles: Global warming and agriculture, and [[{{{2...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming Controversy: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Warming Controversy - Overview
Leaving the realm of scientific journals, the debate has spilled out into the public arena, with some politicians making the issue a comp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Warming - Warming Of The Earth
Relative to 1860-1900 the global (land and sea) temperature has increased by 0.75 °C. Temperatures in the lower troposphere have in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Globalization: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Globalization - The Dutch Empire
History of Globalization - Dutch Reformed Church. The Dutch merchant fleets were obliged to deny other religions from creating churches...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Warming - Climate Models
Scientists have studied this issue with computer models of the climate (see below). These models are accepted by the scientific community...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Dimming: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Dimming - Cause And Effects
It is now thought that the effect is probably due to the increased presence of aerosols and other particulates in the atmosphere. It is t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming And Agriculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Warming And Agriculture - Background
Global warming and agriculture - Assessment: global vs local. Despite technological advances, such as improved varieties, genetically m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Television Network: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Television Network - History
In the 1970s, a call went out for "third" television stations in several major Canadian cities. A group of investors, led by Al Bruner an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Warming - Public Controversy
Main article: Global warming controversy There is an an ongoing dispute about what effect humans have on the global climate and what p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Domination: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Domination - Throughout History
Global domination - Ideologies. Many proselytising religions such as Islam and Christianity are universalist, viewing it as their task ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Ecovillage Network: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Ecovillage Network - History
Hildur and Ross Jackson from Denmark established the Gaia Trust, a charitable foundation, in 1991. Gaia funded a study by Robert Gilman a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming And Agriculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Warming And Agriculture - Conclusions
In the long run, the climatic change could affect agriculture in several ways : productivity, in terms of quantity and quality of c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mitigation Of Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitigation Of Global Warming - Technology
Mitigation of global warming - Electricity generation. Main articles: Renewable energy and Renewable energy development One means of r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Financial System: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Financial System - History
The history of financial institutions must be differentiated from economic history and history of money. In Europe, it starts with the fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Warming - Warming Of The Earth
Relative to 1860-1900 the global (land and sea) temperature has increased by 0.75 °C. Temperatures in the lower troposphere have in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Positioning System - Applications
Global Positioning System - Military. The primary military purposes are to allow improved command and control of forces through improve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Climate Model: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Climate Model - Structure
Three (or more properly, four) dimensional GCMs discretise the equations for fluid motion and integrate these forward in time. They also ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economics Of Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Economics Of Global Warming - Distribution
The costs and benefits of global warming are distributed quite unequally. low-lying countries' risk of floods many countries subject to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Positioning System - History
The inspiration for the GPS system came when the Soviets launched the first Sputnik in 1957. A team of U.S. scientists led by Dr. Richard...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Positioning System - Satellites
The GPS system is made up of a satellite constellation of at least 24 satellites in an intermediate circular orbit (ICO), in 6 orbital pl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Digital Divide: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Digital Divide - Obstacles To Overcoming The Global Digital Divide
However, before all these promises can be realized, basic obstacles must be overcome. There is the initial problem of actually buying and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economics Of Global Warming: Encyclopedia Ii - Economics Of Global Warming - Mitigation
The estimated costs of mitigating global warming (i.e. reducing it - it cannot be prevented) depend on a number of factors. One fundament...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canwest Global Communications: Encyclopedia Ii - Canwest Global Communications - Operations
See also: List of assets owned by CanWest Global Communications CanWest MediaWorks is the company's Canadian operating unit. It consists ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Climate Model: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Climate Model - Accuracy Of Models That Predict Global Warming
According to the IPCC, the majority of climatologists agree that important climate processes are imperfectly accounted for by the climate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Brain - Other Names For This Concept
Different people have proposed many different names for this concept of a cognitive system at the planetary level: planetary brain (Joë...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Consciousness Project: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Consciousness Project - Research
Their research works by examining the output of hardware random number generators located around the world. The remote devices have been ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Positioning System - Applications
Global Positioning System - Military. The primary military purposes are to allow improved command and control of forces through improve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Greens: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Greens - Member Parties
The Global Green Network brings together Green parties and interested individuals from Africa, the Americas, the Asia-Pacific region and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Positioning System - Awards
Two GPS developers have received the National Academy of Engineering Charles Stark Draper prize year 2003: Ivan Getting, emeritus presid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Cooling: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Cooling - Physical Mechanisms
The cooling period is well reproduced by current (2002 on) GCMs that include the effect of sulphate aerosol cooling, so it (now) seems li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Electric Motorcars: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Electric Motorcars - Vehicles
The company produces four vehicles based on similar designs: GEM e2 NEV - A two-seat vehicle similar to a golf cart GEM e4 NEV - A four-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Globally Unique Identifier: Encyclopedia Ii - Globally Unique Identifier - Algorithm
The OSF-specified algorithm used by Microsoft used for generating new GUIDs has been widely criticized. In these (V1) GUIDs, the user's n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Globally Unique Identifier: Encyclopedia Ii - Globally Unique Identifier - Subtypes
There are several flavors of GUIDs used in COM: IID - interface identifier; CLSID - class identifier; LIBID - type library identifier; C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Globalization: Encyclopedia Ii - Globalization - Anti-globalization
Main article: "Anti-globalization". Various aspects of globalization are seen as harmful by public-interest activists as well as strong s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Globalization: Encyclopedia Ii - Globalization - Measurement Of Globalization
To what extent a country is globalized in a particular year has until most recently been measured employing simple proxies like flows of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Globalization: Encyclopedia Ii - Globalization - Nature And Existence Of Globalization
There is much academic discussion about whether globalization is a real phenomenon or only an analytical artifact (a myth). Although the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Globalization: Encyclopedia Ii - Globalization - Glocalization
A term coined by Roland Robertson, glocalization describes a process whereby the "local" is integrated into the "global". This results in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Globalization: Encyclopedia Ii - Globalization - History
Since the word has both technical and political meanings, different groups will have differing histories of "globalization". In general u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Globalization: Encyclopedia Ii - Globalization - Characteristics
Globalization/internationalisation has become identified with a number of trends, most of which may have developed since World War II. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Globalization: Encyclopedia Ii - Globalization - Characteristics
Globalization has become identified with a number of trends, most of which may have developed since World War II. These include greater i...   » Read the article