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Our world, once divided by the vastness of its oceans, has become connected more so than ever through globalization. International transport, communication, and commerce are results of this development. While globalization has its benefits, it instills regional and global competition between cities. Some cities have flourished, becoming world cities. Others struggle to maintain or catch up. To better understand this sense of competition, indexes have conceptualized universal characteristics of…

Interest groups exist in order to protect the people within their groups in many ways including through influencing governments. These groups exist for everything from aboriginal issues, to peace, and women’s issues. Within the concept of “interest groups”, they are split up into categories:“economic” or “non-economic”. Economic groups work for professional or personal gain, compared to groups that instead focus solely on goods that help society as a whole rather than individual people. Some…

He earned his BFA and MFA from the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music. During 1988 and 1993, Nara studied at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf which also known as the German State Academy of Arts. He stayed in Köln, Germany after graduation. During the time in Koln, his first girl character was created. According to Nara's own words, "When I make the drawings, I don't think of it" where…

Schumann’s Involvement in Resurrecting J.S. Bach As editor and writer for his own music journal, Neue Zeitscrift für Musik, Robert Schumann made it his personal mission to write about worthy composers and lift them up as examples to the music community. He was tired of the “Philistines” of the current music establishment, such as Wagner and Meyerbeer, who he felt were commercial and pretentious. He brought Brahms and Chopin to Germany’s notice, because he felt that their music was “honest craft…

Over the centuries the United States has seen and been through a lot. For Example The Yalta Conference, John F. Kennedy’s assassination as well as the Hostage Crisis in Iran. These events have occurred throughout the United States History from 1876 to our present day. Yalta Conference February 1945, Allied leaders came together knowing that their victory in Europe was practically impossible of loosing. At Yalta Churchill and Roosevelt talked with Stalin about the Soviet Union joining in the…

The novel chemical compound alpha-phthalimido glutarimide (thalidomide) was first synthesized by Ciba in 1952 but found to be ineffective in the animal models tested and was ultimately discarded. Then in 1957, the German manufacturer Chemie Grunenethal in West Germany bought the patent for the chemical, which contained the active pharmaceutical drug substance thalidomide. The initial indication of the novel medication was for use as an anticonvulsant but early studies suggested that it was not…

neanderthalensis, more commonly known as Neandertals, are the closest extinct relative of the genus species Homo sapiens. Homo neanderthalensis lived approximately 30,000 to 125,000 years ago, populating regions of Europe and southwestern Asia. In 1856, near Dusseldorf, Germany, the very first Homo neanderthalensis remains were found in a cave in the Neander Valley, pronounced Neander Tal in old German), thus resulting in the name Neandertal. The genus Homo neanderthalensis quickly became…

The Lufthansa group wants to be the greatest choice in air travel for the customers, shareholders, employees and fellow worker. In words the Lufthansa group are interested on taking the role of model of the global aviation market. Here are the 4 strategy of Lufthansa airways management; a. New concepts for growth The way toward enhancing some measure of an undertaking 's prosperity. Business development can be accomplished either by boosting the top line or income of the business with more…

This research essay looks at the potentials and limitations of DNA and human remains in archaeological research using two case studies. The first case study focuses on the potentials and limitations of the extraction of Mycobacterium Bovis from DNA to further understand the pathological history of societies in Southern Siberia. The second case study looks into the successful reconstruction of DNA sequences from Neanderthal fossil remains and the limitations that appeared during its study. DNA…

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION Washington Crossing the Delaware is an oil on canvas painting by Emmanuel Leutze. Leutze was a German - American artist who lived from 1816 until 1868; Washington Crossing the Delaware was created in 1851 (metmuseum.org). The painting is 12ft 5in. by 21ft. 3in and is in good condition; there does not appear to be any damage. Washington Crossing the Delaware is currently on display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It is displayed in a gallery with other…