Essays on Unification

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PETCO is a huge corporation that was established 1965 and is a leader on pet specialty retail market. It has nearly 1,100 stores all over the USA. From the logistic point of view, it has very complicated structure. The stores are serviced by 10 different distribution centers that are located in different parts of U.S. Moreover, the company uses plenty of carriers for logistic (more than 30 different motor carriers, 3 dedicated carriers, some private fleet, and four brokerage firms). The PETCO Company uses all this logistic system for both inbound and outbound freight movement.

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America and the Great War

Nationalism, imperialism and militarism are considered to be the three major causes to have set the stage for the Great War or the World War I (WWI). Nationalism is a strong association, devotion and loyalty to one’s country. It was not specific to a single country as nationalism was prevalent throughout Europe (Hamilton & Herwig, 2003). During the course of the nineteenth century nationalism became stronger. During this period basic literacy had increased which contributed to nationalism. Imperialism is the second major cause of the WWI. Imperialism refers to a country expanding its power and influence using military or ...

History of Poland

Poland or officially, the Republic of Poland, is located in central Europe. It shares borders with Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Belarus and Ukraine. It has a population of 38.4 million people and the country is divided into 16 administrative units. The World War II was a grim event for Poland as millions of Polish people perished in this war.

Political makeup

Today Poland has a representative parliament, a president and a prime minister, demonstrating a representative democracy. It is composed of Council of Ministers, where the prime minister leads them. Historically, the migration of Slavs in the early Middle Ages to ...

In the history there were various different leaders, which had a very good leadership qualities and leadership styles. The Athenian statesman Pericles is known by its democratic leadership style. He made sure to restrict the office and public distribution in order to make all accountable under the law. Under the democratic rule the freedom of investment as well as trade was accomplished. The leader in the 5th century BC made sure the traditional Greek culture was valued within the economic flourishing with other nations (Buckley, 1996). He was a factual leader with popular policies since he supported education, and ...

Research Paper

Introduction The social world is as complex as the physical world. Due to such complexity, sociologists have made considerable efforts to explain various social phenomena through different sociological theories. One of the major sociological theories is functionalism, which has its origins in the works of Herbert Spencer and Emile Durkheim. The functionalist theory explains how societies survive and maintain social stability. It also explores dysfunctional events like suicide. This paper argues that functionalism can provide a reasonable and accurate explanation of the phenomenon of suicide since social factors, like excessive social cohesion or the lack of it and extreme ...

International Air Law

Air transport is currently considered the fastest and safest means of transport globally, Passengers want to feel secure when flying from one place to another and expect the airline to be responsible in the event where they experience any form of injury while under the airline’s care. However, the application of treaties and agreements in determining the liability of airlines in instances of accidents has triggered debates as to what extent the airlines are liable for the damages experienced while the plaintiff is onboard. A particular question arises regarding the extent of injuries that an airline can be ...

The grouping of conditions, persons, or activities that the society may find to be against their virtues, finds to be offending them and later condemns them with the strongest terms in the same society. The fact that some acts may be found to be positive and negative to a group of people in the society and unacceptable to others. In respect to the topic deviance maybe considered to be going against the societal values and agreements (Henry 6).

Example of Deviance

Child Kidnapping Kinsley is a child from a village in New York. The boy was living with the parents in the ...

I have read a part from the book I Speak of Freedom: A Statement of African Ideology by Kwame Nkrumah. Once he was a political leader of Ghana, the first European colony, which gained independence. In this passage Nkrumah’s views are not limited to Ghana but refer to the whole African continent. He supports the idea of the African Union and confident in its success. Nkrumah believes that unity is the source of the African power. This fragment starts with the reminder that Europeans in their attempts to civilize Africa, just used its resources and enslaved people. But ...

A. The Executive Branch. Discuss why you think we need (or do not need) eight different statewide elected officials. Why not just have a governor and a cabinet appointed by the governor? Explain your answer using the information available. Administering California’s state government belongs to the duties of the executive branch, which is led by the state Governor. The office of Governor consists of other executive officers, including the Governor himself (Edmund G. Brown Jr. at present) and his Cabinet, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Controller, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction and Insurance Commissioner. All eight ...

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Nationalism is a significant transitional power in the annals of history. Though the concept of loyalty is generally believed to be of a more contemporary vintage, theories as to the actual origins and the development of nationalism as a concept abound. Allegiance in the Arab world and the Palestinians in particular, have remained unexamined not due to lack of significance, but due to deliberate omission. Those who hold that nationalism comes about as a natural sociological process cannot sufficiently expound the segregation of the United States and Britain or the union of the English and French quarters ...

The world has witnessed many examples of discrimination, persecution, and genocide throughout history. These various practices have occurred due to differences in race, culture and religion. One way a society discriminates against a particular group of people is through laws. In ancient times, the Roman Empire used laws to discriminate against Christians, and since then, we have seen many other examples of a state using laws to negatively control a group of people. One current example of Israel and its laws that discriminate against the Palestinian people. This is a brief look at some of the ways the state ...

Hegel took idealism to its most extreme point with his absolute idealism. This idea can be best understood in the established relationship between being and identity that he discusses. This relationship is essential in order for the individual to attain knowledge of the world. Furthermore, this knowledge is fundamentally predicated on the associations between subjective perceptions and established objective truth. The universalization of the particular through the lens of personal experience therefore becomes an essential aspect of his philosophic inquiry. Subject and object, codified by normative experience, are the source of idealism within Hegel's perspective. Hegel's argument rests on ...

PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN NATURE

Summa theological is a theological summary that seeks to explain the relationship between God and man. The theological text explains how the reconciliation of the divine and man is made possible through Christ. The book by Aquinas cites proof for existence of the Almighty creator of the universe and outlines the activities that make the nature of the Almighty God. Then the next part, almost one half of the theological summary looks at the nature and existence purpose of the humankind. St. Aquinas writes as a philosopher who is intellectually interested in the truth. The saint writes as a ...

Colonization is the process whereby one powerful country invades and takes control of another foreign territory. The occupying country, then subjects the inhabitants of the captured territory and places them under its dominion. They can as well get treated as slaves working under very tough conditions with limited or no pay at all. The colonizers on the other hand freely utilize and extract resources with no restriction.

The German empire

In the late 19th century Germany was a growing industrial and economic power. By that time, they had made massive gains in their processing and manufacturing industries. As a result, the country’ ...

Introduction

Globalization is an inevitable phenomenon in the history and future of humanity. It means that the world because of the exchange of goods and products, information, knowledge and cultural values has ​​become more interconnected. Over the past decade, though, the pace of this global integration has become much higher due to the unprecedented and impressive achievements in the areas of technology, communications, science, transport and industry. Although it is believed that the globalization processes have been launched in 1492 by Christopher Columbus, the world community forgets the globalization processes of the ancient world, especially the most famous of ancient ...

Introduction

Passengers aged over fifty years often develop Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)during prolonged flights. The development of DVT among passengers is well documented but is not often experienced by pilots flying commercial aircraft; however, there are a few cases where pilots have developed DVT in the course of duty.The potential liability of airlines is much more expounded with respect to claims arising from injuries caused to passengers without any sort of monetary limitation. In order to address the problem and help balance the liability to a proper proportion, the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International ...

The Sardinians were eager to evict Australians from their land. Despite the defeat they suffered during the First World War, they did not lose hope. Instead, they were determined to see that their country was liberated from the grip of Australians (Avery). They were under the leadership of King Vittorio Emanuele when they realized that it was tough to fight the Mighty Australian Empire. The King and Cavour decided to find assistance from the other European States. Initially, Cavour had entered into a secret alliance with the Piedmont- Sardinia Kingdom during the War of Crimea. He was on the ...

1. In “The Postmodern Condition” Jean Francois Lyotard defines post-modernity as “Incredulity towards metanarratives”. In outlining Lyotard's position as elaborated in this essay, it is evident that his work focuses primarily on the possibility of achieving what he calls a “unity of experience”. In order to understand his conception of this idea it is necessary to first assess his view of society in relation to the modern world. Postmodern culture demonstrates “a radical break, both with a dominant culture and aesthetic, and with a rather different moment of socioeconomic organization” (Lyotard, 1990, p. vii). This demonstrates a fundamental shift ...

Notably, the Arab World consists of around 385 million people living in 22 countries stretching from the Atlantic coast of Morocco to the Arabian Sea (“Data; Arab World”). Ninety percent of the population in the Arab world belong to Islamic religion, while the remaining ten percent belong to other religions, for example, Christian and Jewish religions. The idea of unifying the Arab nations started with the formation of the Arab League in 1945. Most Arab states gained their independence from British and French colonialists in this era. The Arab League allowed the independent states to maintain their sovereignty as ...

The leadership of Jiang Zemin can be described as successful considering the achievements made during his reign. His successes against his failures can be rated at 80% against 20% because he was able to rebuild broken ties with the United States which had been broken since 1989. Furthermore, regardless of the fact that he was an object of ridicule on so many occasions, he managed to meet the demands of the period and ensured sustainability in China (Qin). His efforts towards eradicating corruption also defined his tenure together with social, political, and military changes he introduced in China. The ...

The Paris Peace Talk Negotiations

The Paris negotiations were long and involved many parties. There were the United States, the Soviet Union, North Vietnam, and South Vietnam. The aim of the negotiations was to end a war between North Vietnam and South Vietnam, which had been in existence for a very long time. My main role was negotiating for the North Vietnam side. The negotiation process was intense with each side putting its demands on the table. Our negotiation team laid out the following demands as was expected of us as representatives of North Vietnam. First, we agreed that it was important to keep ...

Victor Turner’s “planes of classification in a ritual of life and death” is an analysis of the ritual and symbols among the Ndembu people of Northwestern Zambia. In the article, he describes Isoma- a ritual about female reproduction to expel bad spirits such as the death of infants. The multi-vocal quality of Ndembu symbols contributes to the ritual efficacy in their cultural context. The use of symbols among the Ndembu is extensive. Turner notes that the symbols are the "basic building blocks, “the molecules” of ritual” (Turner 14). The Ndembu use symbols to elaborate on three main areas; ...

The Mongols are an ethnic group of people. They lived as minorities in areas of China and Russia. Their origin can be traced to the 8th century. They were equated with ethnic groups such as Magog and Tungusic. Their ancestry was traced back to the nomadic confederation that had occupied Manchuria and Eastern Mongolia. Mongols indeed lived a nomadic lifestyle in search of mostly food and pasture, also for adventure. Mongolia received 250 cloudless days in a year. Their only way for survival was mobility hence their nomadic lifestyle. It was a demanding lifestyle to avoid the hazardous environments ( ...