1) Origins of the State of Israel What is the Jewish claim to the land? Ancient Hebrews 3‚000 years ago. Forced out by different invaders‚ lastly the Romans. A tiny Jewish community continued to live there‚ having never left. What is the Palestinian claim? Also descended from Abraham. Lived along the coast – the Philistines. The land had been populated by Arabs since at least the 7th century. When the Arab conquerors arrived‚ there were Christians and a smaller number of Jews living
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In Chapter 3 of Newman and the article by Babbie Concepts‚ Indicators and Reality I learned about how you can never really “know” anything‚ indicators of concepts never can fully describe and validate concepts‚ concepts are constructed by society and reality implies that there is one truth which there never is. In essence nothing really exists without society making it so and even this is arguable. Newman says emphasizes reality as being constructed when he says‚ “Reality whether in the form of
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Risk Taking: A Corporate Governance Perspective ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The genesis of this book lies in the teaching materials prepared for IFC’s Risk Governance Workshops conducted in 20 developing countries during the 2010–2012 time period by the book’s authors. The book and workshops also benefited from the contributions of Torben Andersen of Copenhagen Business School and Zur Shapira of New York University’s Stern School of Business. The contents of the book reflect this team’s years of risk
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Ozone Our Global Sunscreen By Mike Carlowicz t’s not often that scientists get to conduct experiments that seem like they come out of a science fiction novel or a video game. Yet‚ that is what some researchers at NASA did a few years ago. Atmospheric physicists Paul Newman and Luke Oman built a simulation of the Earth’s atmosphere and then proceeded to strip away our protective ozone layer. Their computer model reproduced the chemistry and circulation of the air; natural variations in temperatures
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BUSINESS HISTORY Adidas is a name that stands for competence in all sectors of sport around the globe. The vision of company founder Adolf (“Adi”) Dassler has long become reality and his corporate philosophy the guiding principle for successor generations. 1920- Was where it all began. Adi Dassler created his first pair of shoes using the few materials that were available after the First World War. 1949- Adi Dassler registered his company in the commercial register‚ named after himself taking ‘Adi’
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to swim‚ for example. In order to learn to swim we must plunge into the water first. Initially‚ we might swallow a bit of water and become disoriented‚ but gradually our natural ability will take over and we feel at home in the water. If instead of taking the risk of plunging into the water‚ we take elaborate steps in studying about all aspects of swimming‚ theorizing about it and then carefully testing things out‚ we would probably never get to the actual process of swimming. Even if we do learn to
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In the article “Grace is A Gift”‚ the author‚ Laura Durham‚ tells a story to the audiences about her childhood and a life lesson that she was learned from it. When Laura is in third grade‚ her teacher plans activities to celebrate the Easter Day. She is very excited and can’t not wait to prepare the eggs for the party. In the day before the Easter Day‚ the teacher says all of the students will celebrate the Easter Day on Friday. Moreover‚ they must bring the spelling tests with their parents signed
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The contribution of Mark Hymans article is to make people aware that all calories are not the same just because the calorie amount is the same. Different food affects our bodies differently which is important to know due to the new interest in fitness and health because people that are
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substitute for the industry’s major product c) economies of scale make marketing unnecessary d) superior product will sell itself (dangers of R&D) 2. Failure to broadly define their industry restricts companies from taking advantage of growth opportunities. Inability of being proactive and staying one step ahead of competition destroys company’s own high profitable assets. 3. Building an effective customer-oriented company involves profound matters of human
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Summary:Working at McDonalds In the article‚ Working at McDonalds‚ Sociologist‚ Amitai Etzioni speaks about how teenagers don’t benefit as much from a McDonalds job. Etzioni start off by saying there are over two-thirds of high school students who works at McDonald‚ and many believe fast food is a good first step in the right direction. Fast food restaurants‚ pay more than an average teenagers job‚ but there are downfalls to it. Etzioni has a few examples‚ to prove his claim. He believes there are
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