...The Mongols The Mongols became successful conquerors due to their military prowess coupled with their excellence in riding and attacking in an extremely brutal manner that terrorized enemies. During the thirteenth century the world was taken by a storm. It changed the entire map of the world. Many nations had to permanently leave their homes to settle in other places. Political boundaries as well as cultural values changed. The three major religions of the world: Islam, Christianity, and Buddhism were also affected along with other changes that came about. For our benefit the Mongols expanded the world where East met the West. Some of the most ferocious leaders of the Mongols were Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, Hulegu, and Tamerlane. (Nicolle). The life of the Mongols was a constant cycle of seasonal migrations from the flat open summer pastures to protected river valleys for the winter. Each tribe or clan would return to their traditional pastures year after year. (Marshall 16). Today, extended nomadic families live on large collectives of land controlled by the state. Eight hundred years ago, the Mongols lived not on collectives but in loosely defined tribes or clans. They shared the land; took care of their sheep, and horses. Horses were their most prized possessions. Some eight hundred years ago, they lived in tribes or clans. (17). In these modern times the life of Mongol herdsmen still revolves around their sheep and...
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...1 ANCIENT CHINA 1 Introduction and General Remarks for Ancient China Ancient civilizations of the Egyptians and Mesopotamians have long disappeared, but Ancient Chinese civilization and its transformation to modern times has lasted as the largest and most enduring one in human history. This is even more remarkable when observing the numerous leitmotifs of the Chinese society that were inaugurated so long ago, and many of these themes still resonate today. Ancestral worship, the Mandate of Heaven, and the numerous philosophical ideas, especially of Confucius, have been practiced or used for thousands of years. Remote and mysterious are two adjectives that Western Society has applied to China until recently. China is the only civilization where western thought had no influence until modern times, and also practically the only large region in the world where western men never ruled. For westerners, Chinese customs seem reversed to theirs. White is the color of mourning for the Chinese not black, and for them the left side is one of honor not the right side. Writing is read vertically from the top right-hand corner downward. These few differences reveal that Chinese culture evolved independently of western influences. One can only marvel at the longevity of Chinese civilization. Influence of Geography 2 Geography has played an important role in Chinese History as in most ancient, medieval, and modern cultures. While 85% of China is arid or inaccessible steppes...
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...The Shang dynasty, also known as Yin, was in power approximately from the years 1765 - 1027 B.C. According to the Chinese, the start of the Shang dynasty began when Tang, a man of great virtue and wisdom, overthrew the decadent emperor Kie. Kie was known to be the last man in the Hsia dynasty. The Shang Dynasty was the second hereditary dynasty in China. It lasted almost six hundred years with thirty-one kings and seventeen generations. The Shang used to be an old tribe that lived in the lower reach of the Yellow River. A very important part about the shang dynasty is their artifacts. The artifacts that go along with the history tell a story, and it is very close to their religions. One of their designs, have been in their dynasty for as long as it could be. The t’ao design, also known as that taotie design, is a historic piece of their spiritual virtues. The taotie characteristically consists of a zoomorphic mask in full face that may be divided, through the nose ridge at the center, into profile views of two one-legged beasts, or dragons, confronting each other. A ground pattern of squared spirals, the “thunder pattern” often serves as a design filler between and around the larger features of the design. The Shang taotie is a very popular design. Another culture that has very popular designs is the Pueblo Indian. Their pottery has made use of the market for ethnic art to express their artistic, religious and economic values. One remarkable thing about the interactions between...
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...Colleen Worth Florence Nightingale January 28, 2008 Throughout history, wars have emphasized the need for nurses. During the Crimean War (1854-1856), the deficiency of care given to soldiers led to a public outcry in Great Britain. Florence Nightingale played an impressive role in addressing this problem. Florence Nightingale was born in Italy on May 12, 1820 into a rich, upper class, wealthy and intellectual family. She believed she was “called by God to help others and to improve the well-being of mankind.” She was determined to become a nurse despite societal restrictions and opposition from her family. She received three months of training in nursing in Kaiserwerth in 1847. After studying in Paris with the Sisters of Charity, she returned to England to assume the position of superintendent of a charity hospital for ill governesses (Kozier, 2004). During the Crimean War, the poor sanitation and huge death toll inspired a few to help. Florence Nightingale became the best known of these sojourners. She organized a battlefield nursing service to care for the British sick and wounded (Hunt, 2005). She and her nurses found wounded soldiers being badly cared for. There was a short supply of medicines, hygiene was being neglected, and mass infections were common. Men were kept in rooms without blankets or decent food. Many were still wearing their army uniforms stiff with dirt. Diseases such as Typhus and Cholera were the main reasons why the death rate was so high. Nightingale...
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...Collaboration and Argument Paper Kelly Barnes, Jill Sanders and Estela Yanes ENG/215 January 28, 2013 Sophia Hsia Collaboration and Argument Paper Collaboration is defined as working cooperatively with others or simultaneously to achieve a goal. Especially, in a creatively endeavor to put together the right elements of success to accomplish their objective. Argument is defined as a debate or the implication of expression through opinions for an effort to persuade the ideas that provides support or is a contrast. Robert Ennis defines an argument as “an attempt to support a conclusion by giving reasons for it.” (Critical Thinking, 1996). Collaboration changes the research process because it is a group idea instead of an individual idea. Collaboration also gives each individual in a group or team the ability to share their original ideas along with interacting with others by sharing thoughts through a critical thinking process. Collaboration can be motivation for the better prepared students to help provide support and reassurance to the team who might not meet their goal or objective. The students who are not prepared are likely to work harder to try and not disappoint the team. Having a team leader shares the responsibility for student’s success through frequent use of collaboration as an approach to improving directions for an effective use of planning time. Collaboration also encourages diversity with a social...
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...They killed the landlord when he opened the door, and then Mr. Hsia, a tenant who had fallen to his knees to beg them not to kill anyone else… The Japanese then dragged Mrs. Hsia from under a table in the guest hall where she had tried to hide with her one-year-old baby. They stripped her, raped her, and then bayoneted her in the chest when they finished. The soldiers thrust a perfume bottle in her vagina and also killed the baby by bayonet. Then they went to the next room where they found Mrs. Hsia’s parents and two teenage daughters… The soldiers then stripped the girls and took turns raping them: sixteen-year-old by two or three men, the fourteen year-old by three...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix G Eastern Religion Elements Matrix | |Hinduism |Buddhism |Confucianism |Daoism | |Countries of origin |India |India |China, founded by Confucius |China | |Historical figures and |Adi Shankara |BUDDHA IS THE HISTORICAL FIGURE IN |1200 C.E. JAPAN ADOPTED CH’AN |PHILOSOPHERS, YANG ZHU, LAOZI, ZHUANGZI, | |events |MODERN HINDUISM GREW OUT OF THE VEDAS. |THERAVADA AND MAHAYANA. |(MEDITATION). CONFUCIANISM STRONGLY |AND LIEZI. | | |EPIC POEMS RAMAYANA AND MAHABHARATA WERE | |INFLUENCED CHINESE, POLITICAL, SOCIAL, | | | |WRITTEN IN 500-100BC. PHILOSOPHERS | |INTELLECTUAL, BEHAVIORS IN CHINA, KOREA, | | | |BROUGHT IN THE CONCEPT OF YOGA AND | |TAIWAN AND OTHER COUNTRIES OF SOUTHEAST | | | |VENDANTA. ...
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...Introduction X is a B2B company that has occupied the front of the stage on the in-room entertainment and HSIA (high speed Internet access) market for over a decade. The company has debuted after the acquisition of two start-ups, and was called XX . At the beginning of the century, it started to grow rapidly as an innovative HSIA gateway provider for entities offering Hotspot Internet services. The focus was placed on the hospitality industry and a number of alliances been signed with major hotel chains such as Hilton, Mövenpick, Holiday Inn, or Kempinski. The company has linearly progressed on the European market. It started to expand outside of Europe in 2006 when it took over a North American company. Its market share culminates at 400’000 guest room and nearly 2500 hotels serviced. In 2007 a new solution has been introduced to the portfolio of XX . IP based customizable interactive TV was offered to the company’s clients as a response to the hospitality industry looking for solutions to differentiate themselves from their competitors. Throughout the last five years, X has acquired two more companies and changed its name to the latter. It has expended its geographical presence to the Middle East and Asia 2012. Although the company has suffered some disappointments and lost a fifth of its clients, it remains one of the key players on the market. It had tried to adapt his marketing strategy to the financial changes as well as to regional requirements and imperatives. What...
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...In today’s society, obesity in children is a growing concern. According to CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) (2015), children obesity has doubled in the past thirty years. With an increase in obesity, an increase in health problems can also be seen. Some of which, noted by CDC (2015) include cardiovascular diseases, prediabetes and diabetes. In addition to, the elevated risk of certain cancers, such as colon, kidney, pancreas and thyroid cancer. Because of the rise in health problems it is becoming more and more important to find the sources of obesity in children. When looking at previous research; a popular theory is that the amount of screen time (i.e. time spent in front of a television or computer) has a direct effect on...
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...Vulnerable Population Laura Nelli Nur 440 11/27/2011 Annette Guinther Vulnerable Population January 19, 2011 — Access to trauma care is limited for many vulnerable patients, according to the results of a cross-sectional analysis reported in the January issue of the Archives of Surgery. "Associated with the increasing closures of trauma centers is the growing concern regarding disparity in trauma access," write Renee Hsia, MD, MSc, from the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California–San Francisco, and San Francisco General Hospital; and Yu-Chu Shen, PhD, from the Graduate School of Business and Public Policy, Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. "Several studies have highlighted that access to trauma centers is not even for all populations, especially rural and urban groups. Another important aspect of access that has been less studied but suggested as a possible area for intervention is that of socioeconomic disparities in system-level access to care, specifically, race/ethnicity, income, and age." The study goal was to compare geographic access to trauma centers among various populations, including those that are traditionally vulnerable. Data from the American Hospital Association Annual Survey from 2005 were linked with Zip code–level data from the US Census in rural and urban communities, and a multinomial logit model allowed assessment of the odds of having difficult vs easy access to trauma centers for a given subgroup of vulnerable...
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...Berikut merujuk kepada konsep-konsep ajaran Moisme kecuali | A. | Mengutamakan golongan cerdik pandai | | B. | Menyerah kepada nasib | | C. | Pemerintahan berteraskan undang-undang | | D. | Mengecam sikap suka berperang | Dalam Tamadun Cina, dinasti manakah yang memerintah dalam Zaman Peralihan? | A. | Dinasti Chou Barat, Dinasti Chou Timur dan Dinasti Song. | | B. | Dinasti Hsia, Dinasti Shang dan Dinasti Chou Barat. | | C. | Dinasti Song, Dinasti Ming dan Dinasti Manchu. | | D. | Dinasti Chin, Dinasti Han dan Dinasti Ming. | Berikut adalah falsafah yang terkandung dalam "100 Aliran Pemikiran" Tamadun China kecuali | A. | Taoisme | | B. | Legalisme | | C. | Konfuciusnisme | | D. | Animisme | Tamadun India dianggap sebagai tamadun tertua di dunia. Manakah penyataan yang tidak benar mengenai tamadun ini? | A. | Orang Dravida mendiami bahagian Utara dan berbahasa Sanskrit. | | B. | Orang Indo Arya mengamalkan Sistem Jati dan Trivarna | | C. | Terbahagi kepada India Utara dan India Selatan | | D. | Terbahagi kepada dua kumpulan iaitu Indo Arya dan Dravida. | "Mengutamakan pemikiran sosio politik dan kekuasaan pihak pemerintah terhadap rakyatnya". Penyataan di atasa merujuk kepada salah satu falsafah dalam Tamadun China, iaitu | A. | Legalisme | | B. | Toisme | | C. | Konfusianisme | | D. | Moisme | Bangsa Cina digabungkan oleh lima kaum besar yang dikenali dengan nama _________. | A. | Zhonghua...
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...knowledge depends on memory. It is because when memory distortion occurs, we may learn incorrectly.(Sveiby,1997) Knowledge components is a process which a people is using it alone or in combination with other knowledge component. There are a few kinds of knowledge components which are domain knowledge, prerequisite knowledge, integrative knowledge and metacognitive knowledge. Domain knowledge is including concepts, facts, rules, principles and so on. Prerequisite knowledge is defined as the basic knowledge we must have. Integrative knowledge is including steps that link to other knowledge components. Metacognitive knowledge is about understanding of how the knowledge is used(Anonymous,2016). According to Chun-Yao Tseng, Da Chang Pai, Chi-Hsia Hung (2011,p.971), knowledge is the main ability and internal resources of the company and the company can uses knowledge to generate new ideas and to create unique product or services which are different from the competitors to gain competitive advantages. According to Yen-Ku Kuo...
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...Sistem Beraja Tamadun India / Indus http://tamadundunia-stpm.blogspot.com/2009/03/sistem-beraja-tamadun-india-indus.html Dalam tamadun awal India ( Tamadun Sungai Indus) yang bermula pada tahun 2500 SM, pemimpin adalah dari golongan pendeta dan berkuasa mutlak ( kerajaan bersifat teokrasi).Ini bermakna, India pada masa itu belum lagi melaksanakan pemerintahan beraja. Semasa India diperintah oleh Dinasti Maurya yang diasaskan oleh Chandragupta Maurya (321 SM), India mengamalkan sistem pemerintahan beraja mutlak dan secara monarki.Gelaran raja bertukar menjadi maharaja apabila perluasan kuasa ke kawasan-kekawasan sekitar dilakukan. Kerajaan ini kuat dengan bantuan 700,000 orang tentera yang cekap tetapi tiada belas kesihan. Petani-petani dikenakan cukai yang berat di bawah pengawasan pegawai-pegawai raja yang sangat zalim. Raja memerintah dengan bantuan Majlis Penasihat. Empayar dibahagikan kepada 5 bahagian atau wilayah dan setiap wilayah diketuai seorang wizurai. Kerajaan ini mempunyai Pejabat Peperangan yang mengandungi 6 Jabatan dan Perkhidmatan Perisik yang teratur. Pentadbiran awam termasuk Badan Perdagangan, Jabatan Kerja, Badan Upah dan Pendaftaran kelahiran, kematian dan pendapatan. Bandar-bandar dalam empayar Maurya ditadbir oleh satu badan yang dibahagikan kepada 6 jawatankuasa dan dianggotai 30 orang ahli. Ada ahli sejarah berpendapat, Chandragupta Maurya ini menjelankan sistem pemerintahan awam untuk kesejahteraan rakyat dan kemakmuran negara dengan memperbaiki...
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...Global Executive MBA – FGV (2015) Course 303: Mergers and Acquisitions Professor: Hsia Hua Sheng Department: Accounting, Finance and Controls, Module: 3/2015 Assignment # 1 The merger between Hewlett Packard and Compaq Local Team 2 Mark Hollenstein Andre Nadjarian Glasson Fonseca Patricio Ducó Jan 8th , 2014 1. What would a SWOT analysis of HP and Compaq reveal? The main takeaway from this analysis is that the macro environment was tough, especially after the 9/11 attack and the technology industry was getting increasingly competitive and ever-changing. Therefore, even though both companies had their strengths, management was aware that the same business model would not last much longer. They were both clinging from very weak businesses: HP from the imaging and printing solutions that was already threatened by other brands and was evolving into digital solutions. Compaq was relying on a PC distribution model that was already showing signs of decay, especially shown by the negative operating margins they had even though they were the leaders in the market. Clearly they both needed a profound change and understood that combining with a company with opposite strengths could be a viable solution to ensure continued growth and the needed skills to adapt their model for the future, where enterprise 2 FGV15-303: Mergers and Acquisitions Case 1: The merger between Hewlett Packard and Compaq services was developing fast (as shown by IBM resurgence)...
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