...advancements during the period between World War I and World War II. These advancements in machinery contributed to increased fighting capability by land, air and sea. Background- introduce your topic and...
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...The war to end all wars... on terrorism. The Iraq war was terrible, no one could have seen what was going to happen.So many countries went along with the US, but Canada said no. My thesis is that saying no to the Iraq war was a defining moment for canada because the war was unpopular in Canada and no UN approval, it forced the US to realize that Canada was not the 51 state, and the war did nothing but destabilize Iraq. This is how Canada listen to its people and decide not to go to Iraq. Canada has always been an ally of the US since we became independent from the UK. From WW2 to the persian gulf war and even the invasion of afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks. But, Canada did not join the Iraq war because it did not have the UN approval it...
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...study questions. Where relevant, think which reading and /or video would illustrate your answer. Why is the family important to study? How have its functions changed and why? The family is important to study because it is the primary agent for socialization. It is the first unit that teaches the rules of society to children. One of the two social entities recognized universally, the other is religion. The function of family has changed over time because it has shifted from an extended family to more of a nuclear family. The functions of a family: Protection, affection, procreation, production, education transfer of status. What are the three important differences between family systems in East Asia and the United States? Explain each. 1. Confucian values- places emphasis on loyalty and obedience to the group and its leader, where the United states has individualism 2. Gender Inequality- In east asia there is a patrinlean and multi-generational system, with the inheritence rights traveling down the male line, where in united states its bi-lateral and emphasis is placed on nuclear family. 3. Demographic Transition- Change from high fertility high mortality to a low fertility and mortality rates causing an aging population. Same in US but there is more immigration to the US which helps keep it more age balanced. How did the Japanese religious tradition view women? What roles were available to them? Confucian values states that women were inferior...
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...Popeye: Feminine Semiotics During the Second World War women were poorly represented within the Popeye cartoon. The character Olive Oyl was the symbol of femininity throughout the series. This research will analyse the representation of femininity through 'Popeye' and ideology behind the character Olive Oyl. Also looking on the semiology within the series that could of poorly represented women in the wartime and even women's capabilities. Everyone knows how the cartoon massively influenced spinach sales but what about the navy propaganda during the war or the representation of gender for the era? 'Popeye: The Sailor Man' was heavy influential in America during the Second World War. Americans felt Popeye was a strong representation of a 'true...
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...international security) We can also think about security in terms of the invasion of Iraq in 2003. This was a unilateral act of war, but sure it can also mean other things We can think of the national security agency, the agency in charge of spying all the signals and communications to a certain extent. What’s interesting about the NSA, it is seen as a threat to the security of the privacy. Lately, with the reports of the UN development programme, we start talking about HUMAN security (not military security, but rather the security of individuals, having a livelihood that’s acceptable). Whether security is international or not, it can be a rather confusing word The protection of values we hold dear. We search for it, we pursue it, we achieve it, we deny it to others. * what is to be secured? Is it the security of states? Or individuals? * What is the actual threat that we’re facing? Primarily to be dealing with military threats, or are there other types of threats we are facing. Essentially contested concept A concept that ‘inevitably’ involves endless disputes about their proper uses on the part of their users – Walter Gallie There can be ambiguity (one persons freedom-fighter is the other’s terrorist). A concept that is debated in its essence. We can think about a lot of situations in which ones security is the other’s INsecurity. So, how we go about studying a matter for which we are not able to find a definition? We rather think of it a label, as people...
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...The Founding of the Postwar System The foundation of the multilateral trade system we know today was decided in the years after the Second World War. In the end of the war the United States had emerged as a superpower and now wanted to promote its trade relations and realize the vision of a great assembly of international institutions with themselves at the top. The interwar experience showed that there is a clear relation between national macroeconomics and external economics so in order to expand trade and development the US wanted to use the “classic economic goals” of free movement of goods, people and funds. In order to realize their vision, the US already discussed their new trade regime and new system of global economic relations ideas with Britain during WW2 but no distinct and concrete proposals were made until 1945. America’s proposals for the new regime included among others the international acceptance of their concepts of freely competitive, private enterprise systems on the basis of “nondiscrimination” and “national treatment” as well as the call for removing quantitative trade restrictions. The British on the other hand wanted the maintenance of high level of employment to be included. This was related mainly to inner country affairs but justified the use of quantitative import restrictions. The above mentioned drafts were discussed on several international meetings, peaking in the conference at Havana in 1947. The Havana charter, America’s and Britain’s...
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...How far was the USSR responsible for the outbreak of the Cold War 1945-1949? To a certain extent, the USSR’s responsibility of the Cold War cannot be underestimated as their policies following the Second World War may have been seen as aggressive by USA. The forceful take-over of Eastern Europe through the Red Army occupations, especially in distinctive cases such as Poland and Czechoslovakia, can be seen as being far from the “liberation” over which the two war-time allies had agreed, while the rigging of elections did not conform to the Yalta agreement of the organisation of free ones. Stalin responded to the Americans’ policies of containment by creating his own agencies, therefore creating even more hostility between the two superpowers, while also refusing the existence of anything but Soviet puppet states in Eastern Europe. However, the event which cemented the outbreak of the Cold War was Stalin imposing the Berlin Blockade, taking direct action towards weakening the Americans’ position. One may see that Stalin’s blockade resulted in the official creation of two separate German states, one of the most significant events of the Cold War. On the other hand, revisionists point out that the USSR was taking defensive measures to protect itself from anything that could have caused as much damage as the Second World War, while the Americans, who were superior economically, adopted provocative policies. They challenged the patience of the Russians by hiding crucial events from...
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...emotionally and logically providing credible examples to support his reasoning. He challenges us to think in-depth while reading the article. For instance, are we mad at him personally, or mad that he pointed out the truth under the story. Churchill argues his interpretation of the events through three key strategies: credibility, emotion, and logic. Logically, his interpretations can’t be viewed in a substantial manner due to his credibility as an author. But, in fact, logically he supports his ideas about the attacks that day with evidence. Ethically, he recognizes the concepts of right and wrong; he tries to point out to the people of the United States that is in fact may be provoked by ourselves, and to halt the blaming of other third-world countries. Emotionally his tone connects with his argument, giving the article a sense of purpose. He provokes the reader by prodding them with examples in past history that are sour to the minds of the people. Churchill actively corresponds to his audience in such a manner that he purposely publishes this article for a wide variety of readers. He knows many people will empathize differently about his opinions, though logical and somewhat credible. His target audience is that of people open to ideas, people with a broad and open-minded view on his ideas as a whole about the article. Churchill...
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...Organizational Ethics Paper Jaime Terreforte II ETH/316 July 27, 2015 Tyra Barnes Organizational Ethics Paper What is organizational Ethics? Well according to definition, organizational ethics is best described as the work standards and principles of all operating businesses. Organizational ethics comprises of acts of compassion, fairness, honor, integrity, and responsibility. It is important for employers to fully make sure that all employees understand the principles of organizational ethics through training. (Small Business.chron.com, 2015) This paper will discuss the organizational ethics in the retail industry. The retail corporation of Dollar Tree is the primary focus of this essay. Some points that will be addressed are external social pressures, organizational issues and the relevance of organizational and personal decision making, and finally the relationship between legal and ethical issues. External Social Pressures The fundamental role of external social pressures are based on social influence. Social influence basically means that an individual’s actions, reactions, and thoughts are influenced by communities or groups. This will include peer pressure, persuasion, marketing, sales, and conformity. (Business dictionary.com, 2015) External social pressure is a very important aspect when it comes to business ethics in particular small businesses in small communities. There are many social expectations in which businesses needs to pay attention to. These expectations...
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...creation was a result of the conditions of the workplace, the stress that was being put on workers due to the expansion of the business's franchise and as their role grew the aim of moral protection for women and children was challenged by a need for higher output by the employers. Personnel management was pushed forward by WW1 due to women being recruited in high numbers to do the jobs of men that had left for war, which meant there had to be negotiations with the trade union about upping their employee levels to counter act the problem that their new hired workforce was unskilled at the job they were placed in and during that time personnel was being pushed forward by government schemes to get the most out of their employees. By 1916 it became mandatory to have a welfare officer in factories that manufactured explosives and was encouraged for munitions factories to have a welfare officer, at this time there was over 1,300 welfare officers. It was only until the WW2 that welfare and personnel workers were brought on at full-time at all locations that were manufacturing war materials because the Ministry of Labour and National service had insisted on it, just like in WW1 when welfare workers were placed in munitions factories. This was due to the government seeing personnel management as part of the process to achieve greater efficiency and through this the amount of people with the title of personnel officer was around 5,300 in 1943. During the 1920s, the engineering industry...
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...focus of the Fed is to regulate, monitor and control the monetary system within the United States. While the Fed has been in existence in the United States it has not been without critics and proponents. Recently the critics have grown in number thanks to the TARP program in 2008 that provided bailout money to companies deemed too big to fail. While this policy is just many in the long history of the Fed, it has brought much attention to this entity that although sanctioned by the government, actually operates independently with exception to bi-annual reports to Congress. Although the Fed has faced many calls of audits and/or accountability, it has done well in the handling of the nation’s monetary policy through a Great Depression, two World Wars, and countless business cycles of boom and bust. Although the system, while not perfect, is a necessity to maintain the functionality of both our nation’s business, both foreign and domestic, and our monetary policy. History of Fed On 23 December 1913, the Owen-Glass Act founded the Federal Reserve System—the central bank of the United States. "The Fed," is unique in that it is not one bank but, rather, twelve regional banks coordinated...
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...America in 1942 Initially, the outbreak of World War II did not bring about any large changes in the German economy. Germany had spent six years preparing for war, and a large portion of the economy was already devoted to military production. During the war, as Germany acquired new territories (either by direct annexation or by installing puppet governments in defeated countries), these new territories were forced to sell raw materials and agricultural products to German buyers at extremely low prices. Fiction as Reconstruction of History: Narratives of the Civil War in American Literature by Reinhard Isensee Even after more than 140 years the American Civil War continues to serve as a major source of inspiration for a plethora of literature in various genres. While only amounting to a brief period in American history in terms of years, this war has proved to be one of the central moments for defining the American nation since the second half of the nineteenth century. The facets of the Civil War, its protagonists, places, events, and political, social and cultural underpinnings seem to hold an ongoing fascination for both academic studies and fictional representations. Thus, it has been considered by many the most written-about war in the United States. The War That Never Goes Away: The Significance of the Civil War for the Cultural Imagination in the United States Despite the overwhelming body of academic work on the Civil War produced in the United States (and beyond)...
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...Mcevoy 1 Brandon Mcevoy ENG 105 Malory Klocke April, 27, 2016 Prison reform in America For the entirety of our lives in America we all know of certain taboos, the no no’s of American culture. Examples being drugs, assault, theft, drug distribution. What needs to be discussed are how these infractions are handled in America, how our justice system operates, how mandatory minimum sentences are discerned, parole and probation are handled as well as their violations, and punishment for violations are handled. Dating back to Sweden around 1746 coffee was made illegal on the basis of public safety without any evidence. King Gustav the 3rd was fighting for prohibition of coffee for 20 years and citizens suffered because of the ignorance of the peoples in power (Gustav III of Sweden's coffee experiment). Alcohol was banned just the same, and the end result? Legalization and the realization that the governing bodies were essentially harassing people unjustly without truly understanding the substance in question. Yet it is common knowledge that using substances may be addictive and harmful. As well the sale of drugs could be considered tax evasion. These non-regulated drugs may be impure and even more damaging by way of containing harmful chemicals. The real issue is your brain gets used to operating on synthetic versions of natural chemicals or large quantities of the synthetic version. (“What drugs do to the brain”) Early prohibition of marijuana originated after the Mexican...
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...Military expenditures in the US and compared to Russia Name: Institution: Tutor: Course: Code: Date: Write a paper about 7-10 pages, single space about military expenditures in the US and compared to Russia (or any other country), Then we can ask how much military expenditure is optimum. It means beyond a point more military expenditures brings us no more security but less security in terms of not spending for education, health and infrastructure. Introduction. There has been a controversial and growing concerns in the recent years about the harmful effects of military expenditures in the developed countries. According to the studies conducted they reveal that these expenditures disrupts and worsen the balance of payments deficits, hinder economic growth and social sector. These effects of the military expenditures seem to have the adverse effect to the overwhelming majority of the poor and in general the whole nation (Aizenman, Glick, & National Bureau of Economic Research. (2003)). This paper set to compare the military expenditure of the US and that of Russia. These two countries are among the world super nations and therefore it will be crucial to study trends in military expenditures over time. The paper will also highlight the effects of military expenditure on economic growth. The chief purpose to study military expenditure data, is to clearly to have an appropriate way to identify and measure the resources absorbed by the military over time in various countries...
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... | |of the requirements in the subject | |Tour 12 Tourism Research | |03/15/2013 | Presented By: Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Problems and its backgrounds Statement of the Problem Hypothesis of the study Significant of the study Scope & limitation of the study Definition of terms Chapter 2 Review of related litreture Theoretical/conceptual framework Research paradigm Chapter 3 Research methodology Research design Research setting Research subject Research instrument Validation of Instrument Data gathering procedure Statistical treatment Chapter 4 Presentation Analysis Interpretation of data Chapter 5 Summary of findings Conclusion...
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