The Singularity of China • No historic point of departure: The myth of the Yellow Emperor. L’empereur jaune ou Huang Diest est un souverain mythqiue de la Chine‚ considéré comme père de la civilisation chinoise. • First historical record dates back to 2000 BC.: The Shang Dynasty. La 2ème dynastie à avoir dominé le pays. • The Long Cycles: “The Empire‚ long divided‚ must unite; long united must divide” The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. An important
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Tyco: I’m Sure That It’s A Really Nice Shower Curtain Ann Samantha Nelson Columbia Southern University Business Ethics Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski worked for the company for 27 years. In the 27 years that Kozlowski worked for Tyco‚ he along with many other board members and employees looted millions of dollars from the company. In the beginning of his career at Tyco‚ it seemed that Kozlowski meant well for the company‚ considering he grew the company from $2 billion‚ it showed that he wanted
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Everlost By: Neal Shusterman (book report) Allie and Nick both die in a car crash. They ’re supposed to go towards that light at the end of the tunnel‚ but they bump into each other and get knocked into a mysterious world between life and death called Everlost. The world is filled with terror‚ and unexpected twists for the souls that reside there. Both Nick and Allie want their lives back‚ so they start exploring this new world‚ hoping to find a way back to their normal lives. There is a catch
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Brazilian army said four of its peacekeepers were killed and a large number were missing. A French official told AFP about 200 people were missing in the collapsed Hotel Montana‚ which is popular with tourists. There have also been some reports of looting overnight. Rachmani Domersant‚ an operations manager with the Food for the Poor charity‚ told Reuters that overnight the capital was in total darkness. "You have
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Haiyan Typhoon The storm‚ described by some as "tropical cyclone perfection" and "off the charts‚" packed sustained winds of 195 miles (315 kilometers per hour)‚ with gusts as strong as 235 miles (380 kilometers per hour). Causes The West Pacific has long been one of the most storm-struck spots on earth. On average‚ the Philippines suffers from eight or nine severe ones a year. But 2013 has seen record activity‚ with seven typhoons developing in the region in October alone. However‚ the
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“I refuse to remain silent while the leaders of the world make excuses for failing to protect the people of Darfur. I am writing to voice my compassion for the victims and my anger at the leaders who are timorous‚ complacent‚ and unwilling to take risks. Remember: Silence helps the killer‚ never his victims.” -Professor Elie Wiesel In early 2003‚ the struggle for land and power in the western Sudanese region of Darfur erupted into violence between Sudanese government forces and rebel groups
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During November 1937‚ Japanese Imperial Army too Nanjing‚ the capital of China at the time and home to more than one million Chinese citizen. The Japanese began a spree of murder‚ rape and looting‚ destroying and burning everything. As a result‚ hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizen were dead‚ with hundreds of thousands more starving‚ traumatized and homeless. This historical event The Rape of Nanjing is the focus of this book. The book “The Good Man of Nanking” by John Rabe also known as “The
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Most of the world recognizes Daesh‚ (more commonly‚ but inappropriately referred to as ISIS; Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)‚ because of their extreme beliefs‚ and brutality expressed towards anyone who has differing views from themselves. Daesh has roughly 10‚000 fighters‚ and aims to completely eliminate religions that aren’t their own (Greenfield‚ 2016). Unfortunately‚ we have failed to realize that some of Daesh’s actions are more dangerous than they appear. An uninformed American might view
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Hurricane Katrina: Destruction and Devastation Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane‚ as well as one of the five deadliest in the history of the United States. The record of Atlantic hurricanes said it was the sixth strongest overall. Prior to Katrina‚ the most deadliest hurricane was the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane. Hurricane Katrina was formed on August 23‚ 2005 over the Bahamas as a moderate Category 1 hurricane. The storm weakened before making its
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“Children are not resilient‚ children are malleable.” Memories shape how we view and react to the world surrounding us. For no one is this more true‚ than children‚ as Dr. Bruce Perry‚ an internationally renowned psychiatrist‚ is quoted saying above. Children are born with no memories‚ malleable to those caring and interacting with them. Often‚ when faced with either incomprehensible‚ traumatic events or incomplete facts‚ they are forced to fill-in the blanks with their own imagination. A Mercy explores
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