... by Anthony D. Smith argues that nationalism is "an ideological movement for the attainment and maintenance of autonomy unity and identity of human populations, some of whose members constitute an actual or potential nation". While the nation is "a named human population sharing a historic territory common, mass public culture and a single common currency". Smith emphasises in particular that pre existing heritages co ... heirs and continuators of all that was exalted and heroic in the past" Smith similarly acknowledged that national history and identity can be manipulated and twisted to ...

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... debate as to the reliability of Herodotus' history, wherein the sensational nature of the content of the Histories leaves historians skeptical as to whether the historic narratives are factual data, or are lavished tales to be read primarily for entertainment. Indeed, Thucydides dismissed Herodotus as a storyteller for the sensational nature of his Histories. However, Herodotus remains our most explicit ... examining the work in its entirety. Looking at the similarities and differences between the nature of history writing and storytelling through their presence in the Histories, will be...

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... ]. Major Users of Financial Statements As the DoD is a public organization, the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) and the Under Secretary of Defense, Chief Financial Officer (CFO or Comptroller) must ensure the intended end-users of the financial statements are meeting the targeted goal. The Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) identified four major users of federal ... + Shareholder's Equity. With the government and DoD sector, the financial accounting equation states: Assets = Liabilities + Net Position. The DoD's capital assets, such as naval ships, tactical aircraft or vehi...

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... from disease specific charity organizations, non-disease specific funding bodies and the pharmaceutical industry but stroke, another common (but not as common as cancer) disease affecting elderly people, has received less support for research due to the lower mortality rate of the disease (Rothwell 1612). Although the mortality rate of stroke patients is low, stroke survivors are more likely to suffer ... from dementia and epilepsy, which require further medical attention. As a result, stroke is "a major drain on health-care funding" (Rothwell 1613). Medical research costs hundreds of m...

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... because they felt ignored by the Labor party. Howard struggled to keep these voters in the following elections, perhaps due to policies or the promise of not introducing any further taxes. However the idea has often been criticized as having less to do with classes and more to do with the fact that most of the seats were 'regional' and 'rural' which ... minorities and party systems. Typically, non-English speaking households have often been considered a Labor stronghold (McAllister, 1992), this might be due to Labor's embrace of a multicultural agenda from the mid 70's or the noti...

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... during the development of capital-intensive industrialisation. Hence, traditional industries have such common characteristics as labour-intensive, small-sized, crafty (cultural, creative) or rural, regional (clusters, cottage) as well (Hunter, 2008 and Koga, 1968). Taking the definition of traditional industries from its historical development perspective ... have items. Thereupon, the industrialised distance between nations all over the world might become the motivation for running traditional business in less developed countries. One example regarding this area is India being suggested...

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... debt servicing. I will in this paper, present some arguments for and against the IMF and the World Bank possible undermining of democracy in Less Developed Countries, it is perhaps a common belief that poor countries suffer with economic policies from both institutions and the economic global order, nevertheless ... An example that confirms this can be found in Cambodia, a country that in 1999 spent $12.1 Dollars per capita on debt servicing yet, between 1990-1998 it spent only $17 Dollars per capita on health and on in five children died before the age of five during the same period ......

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... Marijuana for medical purposes, the nation is still many years away from the legalization of Marijuana for recreation use. The classmate stated that although the federal government appears less concerned about Marijuana use for medical purposes, the government has still continued to crack down on approved medical Marijuana dispensaries, has continued raids of state approved cultivation farms, ... medically prescribed users, to individuals possessing small amounts of Marijuana for recreational use. Furthermore, more and more states are also decriminalizing or reducing the legal penalty fo...

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... while drunk, injury, assault, unprotected and unsafe sex, suicide attempts, health problems, vandalism, property damage, and sometimes death from alcohol poisoning. Research shows that more than 70% of the youths have had at least one drink by age 18, and more than 40 percent of college students under the age of 21 have reported binge drinking in ... watched events by college students. It is mind-boggling that National Collegiate Athletic Association advertising rules prohibit ads for tobacco products, gambling, and alcohol beverages except beverages that contain 6% or less alcohol such a...

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... of the increasing trend for private vehicles, public means of transportation buses, trolleybuses, trams and trains, and rapid transit including metro, subways or underground (Wikipedia, 2015), should highly be encouraged to be open for the public in Cambodia for three major reasons: to prevent global climate ... p. 4). Therefore, to prevent this severe problem, public transportation must be introduced in Cambodia. The fewer the vehicles on the road, the less likeliness of climate change. As can be seen in the past few years, Cambodia has suffered many such bad weathers as flooding and...

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... of globalization. Tourism can be argued to be one of the world's largest industries that continues to develop rapidly. Tourism is generally involves travel for recreation, leisure, religious, family or business purposes, usually for a limited duration. Tourism is commonly associated with international travel, but may also refer to travel to another place within the same country. In sociological perspective, ... that bring tourists to receiving countries like British airlines are from the West and the host countries get nothing from profits made by these airlines. Further, small airline c...

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... thus contribute to the overrepresentation of special interests in Congress at the expense of the interests of unorganized citizens" (Smith 91). Contributors like Political Action Committees give billions of dollars every election in order to get candidates elected who will meet their interests groups wants. "GOP representative Randy 'Duke' Cunningham of California was found guilty of accepting $2.4 ... million in bribes from a defense contractor. Cunningham allegedly used his position on a defense appropriations subcommittee to funnel millions of dollars in contracts to the firm (G...

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... that they manage are strikingly familiar. For instance, as metropolitan territories develop, they develop to be progressively diverse. Numerous colonial residents in the city experience to a greater or even lesser extent coming from severe environmental well-being challenges of lack of clean water, inadequate sewerage facilities, & insufficient solid waste materials disposal. Two major reasons colonialism took ... at any rate a million individuals. Today, there are almost 400 urban areas everywhere throughout the world that contain more than a zillion occupants and around 70 percent of t...

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... agriculture reaches only 5.9% of the national territory, 3.8 % for intensive cultivation and 2.1 % for permanent crops. The studies in return report that "farming has been responsible for the degradation of 70 % of the land used for grazing" ( FAO ) due to overgrazing , compaction and erosion , it leads to an acceleration in the desertification of the soils. Therefore this decreases the percentage ... has brought disastrous consequences for the Amazon, which is considered one of the lungs of the world. The increase in demand for livestock products (meat, eggs, etc.) in Brazil, "70 percent...

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... ndash; their franking privilege (the ability to send mail to constituents at no cost). With these resources at their disposal an incumbent has a much less harder time securing their reelection than a new challenger with no name recognition, staff that is not professionally trained to handle an election, nor the ... does so unknowingly during his process to get as rich as he can off of politicking (Murphy begins to raise tens-of-thousands of dollars through PACs and donations). This occurs without any means of a disclaimer that these funds must be used for reelection purposes, and cannot ...

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... as hostile by the Protestant majority. In January 2013, when after the government in Northern Ireland decided to restrict the flying of the union flag the loyalists (in fear of a less British Northern Ireland) began a protest that soon turned violent and injured several police officers. Although across the rest of the United kingdom the flag is flown at a restricted level also ... ...

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... we leave it alone for long, that hot, steaming cup of coffee cools down, making it easier to drink but less delectable. To prevent or delay this, some of us use special insulating cups, or cover the open top of the cup. Also, consider that one can enjoy a steaming cup of coffee only for ... a short period of time if one drinks it at an outdoor Paris cafe in the dead of winter, as the cold winter air will cause the coffee to ... hand, there is more time to enjoy this same hot cup of coffee in this same outdoor cafe on a warm summer day, due to the air's temperature being closer to that o...

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... concrete idea of the impact their purchases have on their environment. This method also promotes consumers to buy local, organic and recycled products that don't require extensive transpiration and have less of an impact on the environment. Although this numbers may show a bleak image of the future, on the bright side, addressing the textile industries impact on the environment is fairly ... point is to create a social conscious regarding fashion and clothing recycling and textile recovery. These processes allow for reduction of landfill space, reduction of pressure on "virgin" or unuse...

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... -world and therefore are also anticipated to follow and have confidence in what information their adored monarch, Kim Jong Un, is offering to his people through such propaganda posters. Although less traditional propaganda techniques are used in todays distribution of propaganda posters, the customary techniques used in World War Two are seemingly more effective in the contemporary digital world as the ... ...

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... dependence. Little wonder then, that most of the underdeveloped world has gone through the colonial capitalist transformation with inefficient and unsustainable capitalist institutional structures locked-in. Thus one would be less inclined to advocate the "circulationist" (the view that all societies evolve through the same capitalist dynamics)prediction that all societies have gone through what the underdeveloped world is going through ... ...

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... used as diagnostic criteria. To be diagnosed with Schizophrenia, one must display 2 or more of the following for at least one month: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, disorganized or catatonic behavior, and negative symptoms (First 285). The hallucinations and delusions that children experience are usually much less complex than those of adults, and thought interference is not usually expressed in ... excessive motor activity, and motoric immobility, and Undifferentiated type, where one does not fit into any of the other categories (First 287-9). Schizophrenia only rarely a...

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... . 2000). These externalities include the cost of congestion, especially during peak periods adding to the cost of fuel and time to the journey, air pollution and its resulting effects upon both human health and the environment, noise pollution effecting property value in areas surrounding busy roads, and the ... of road travel and therefore reduce the demand for road transport. Alternatively the external costs are paid for with a decrease in wage income or increase in tax else where, as a reduction in productivity caused by congestion increases manufacturing costs. However undercharging ...

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... . 2000). These externalities include the cost of congestion, especially during peak periods adding to the cost of fuel and time to the journey, air pollution and its resulting effects upon both human health and the environment, noise pollution effecting property value in areas surrounding busy roads, and the ... of road travel and therefore reduce the demand for road transport. Alternatively the external costs are paid for with a decrease in wage income or increase in tax else where, as a reduction in productivity caused by congestion increases manufacturing costs. However undercharging ...

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... reflected through the stance that Australia's Federal Government has taken in relation to asylum seekers, non-legal migrants, boarder applicants and refugees or "boat people" as they have been called by both media and government officials alike. The problem becomes more complicated as manipulation and ... In theory, asylum seekers can only be detained in a detention centre for up to 273 days while his or her case is being assessed. This time period is theoretically, less for children who, under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Australia is signatory, ... directly ...

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... of risk and return that is consistent with share-price maximization. Businesses raise money to support investment and other activities in one of two ways, either externally from investors or creditors, or internally by retention and reinvestment of operating profits. Sole proprietorship and partnerships face very limited external funding opportunities, but the choices for corporations are much richer. They can raise ... amounts of short-term funding by issuing commercial paper directly to investors in the money market, the market for debt instruments maturing in one year or less. Longer ...

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