In The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America (2007)‚ Katherine Newman and Victor Tan Chen explore the lives of several urban‚ working families who live above the official poverty line‚ but who are one catastrophe away from it. Entrenched within the stories of these families’ lives‚ the authors explore themes and key issues which permeate many discussions of poverty‚ including gentrification of neighborhoods‚ credit card debt‚ lack of health care‚ childcare and education challenges
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Technology has changed the face of warfare. Today‚ technological advancement has enlarged the battle space‚ increased the lethality of weapons and enabled greater precision. In other words‚ technological advancement has sold this idea that war can be won with minimal casualties and collateral damage. As a result‚ in place of human beings‚ we are starting to see an increased use of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA)‚ drones and robots in today’s wars. This phenomenon is picking up pace today to the extent
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Terrorism is an insidious form of warfare; it’s a subtle process and it comes without warning‚ claiming the lives of young children and innocent bystanders. Destroying and corrupting the daily lives of many‚ and in most instances we are unaware of the alliances they are associated with until after the damage is done. This kind of war tugs at the heart strings of many people around the US and throughout the globe. We fear the unknown and terrorism is truly terror that can strike at any minute. Unlike
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Warfare is one of the most dangerous‚ violent and most physically and mentally traumatic atrocities of our world‚ accounting for hundreds of thousands of deaths and costing nations billions of dollars in supplies‚ weapons development and other war-time needs every year. In the Twenty-First Century‚ one of the biggest “frontiers” in weapons development has been the idea of chemical weapons‚ especially those in the form of weaponized gasses. These weapons‚ which are defined as an “ammunition or device
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Matt Clement RD Willard (9:25-10:40) Final Paper Is Drone Warfare the Answer? In recent discussions of the use of unmanned drone strikes in the war on terror‚ a controversial issue has arisen in relations to the collateral damage involved in such attacks. Despite the popular beliefs of many people around the world they sky is not full of unmanned killing machines. These machines are piloted from a safe distance from the battles or target areas. They are flown by experienced Air Force pilots who
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The situation in the Middle East is a stark one. Terrorists groups have been appearing since the turn of the century and wreaking havoc across countries in the Middle East. Innocents are dying and the governments of the Middle East are becoming corrupted by the influence of radical jihadists. Since 9/11 the United States has truly taken it upon itself to put a stop to the spread of this terrorism (Bergen and Tiedemann 12-18). Today the United States’ weapon of choice against terrorists is the
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The State in the Modern Day Context The state can be seen as a concept which has emerged over thousands of years in order to sustain the needs of societies growing in size and complexity. This growth in size and complexity was coupled with the growing need for authority and order‚ due to special mechanisms being needed for society to benefit from its increased social power and productive capacity (Petho‚ 2010:6). State formation passes through stages of development and hinges upon ecological‚
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towards the latter part of the 18th century. Of the several changes to occur as a result‚ it was the revolution in military warfare that was most significant. Napoleon Bonaparte‚ the French military and political leader who rose to prominence during this timeframe‚ can be credited with influencing many aspects of this warfare revolution. This evolutionary period in warfare was significant because it transformed the ideology of nationalism for many people as well as the ways in which armies were raised
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Are western management concepts (like HRD) applicable worldwide? “Every aspect of a firm’s activities is determined by the competence‚ motivation and general effectiveness of its human organization. Of all the tasks of management‚ managing the human component is the most important task because all else depends upon how well it is done.”(Likert 1967). Although this quote has already over 40 years of age‚ the core statement has not changed in any way. Still‚ managers have to focus on the people working
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Factors and Motivations That Influence Biological Warfare Maham Ahmed November 11th‚ 2010 Modern World History Katie Ehrlich Many troops during the years of World War I met their demise in what is arguable the most terrifying and inhumane of all military tactics - biological warfare. Soldiers inhaled a deadly acidic gas that burned them from the inside out‚ suffocating them in an excruciating and unimaginable pain. Kurth Audrey‚ a professor of strategy at the U.S. National War College in
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