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The U.S. Mexican Border

The U.S shares a 1,954-mile border with Mexico, of which 1.200 miles belongs to the state o f Texas. The U.S.-Mexico border is very porous with much illegal traffic of would be immigrants, liquor and drugs. The U.S.-Mexico border has the highest legal traffic of any international border in the world with about 5 million vehicles crossing it annually. Illegal immigration and the menace of drug cartels pose an immense threat to U.S. national security. It is the task of the U.S. Border Patrol keep the border secure and prevent illegal traffic from entering the ...

Introduction

It is indeed important for any business entity to engage in the global market so as to strengthen its production capacity and also improve its efficiency. However, the decision to go international should be motivated by an organizations vision, mission and objectives (Martin, 2012). Various factors such as culture, business growth, production costs, profit-making opportunities, competitive advantage, availability of labor and resources should first be taken into account (Beamish, 2003). The paper will focus on SterMexicana an American-Mexican joint venture that was established in Guadalajara, Mexico. Sterling Metal’s primary objective for investing in Mexico was the desire to ...

The United Nations (UN) was founded immediately after the Second World War in 1945. The international organization was initially established by 51 country committed to developing friendly relations among member states upholding international peace and security, promoting social progress, promoting human rights, and improving living standards. Due to UN’s unique international character and the power within its founding charter, this organization can take action on a variety of issues. The organization can also provide a forum for its expansive member states so that they can express their views, through the Security Council, the economic and social council, the UN’s ...

“The Dynamics of Social Change and Mexico’s EZLN”

The purpose of this essay, as stated by the author, is to provide a better understanding of Latin American social movements and to elucidate the apparent confusion and theoretical deadlock surrounding the study of Latin American social movements in the Mexican context. The author analyzes and identifies various forms of struggle and social movements, as they relate to the quest for social justice and political power sought by the peasant and indigenous communities of Chiapas and elsewhere in Mexico. The author attempts to explain the developments that led to and followed the January 1994 uprising of the Ejercito Zapatista de ...

Business

Global Protection Practices
Global protection practices vary from each country. Every country has its own reason why it has to implement practices that will protect their local traders, goods, or even jobs. Policies and practices, which governments implement, will also ensure their control over local and international trades, which are being imported and exported by their country.

EU (European Union)

European Union is using one of the common tools in protecting and controlling their trades. EU uses the Tariff on their imported goods. As an advantage, tariff will raise the imported price giving more opportunities for domestic producers to sell goods ...

Gangs have continued to grow and spread in many American cities and counties. This occurrence has been paralleled by the growth of gangs in American prisons. Researchers reported that the boundaries between prison gangs and the community have become harder to identify because the gangs have become more sophisticated, and are a threat not only to the institutional security, but to the public safety, as well. According to a survey conducted by the National Gang Crime Research Center, in 1999, members of gangs in prisons and jails increased from 9.4%, in 1991, to 24.7%, in 1999. Other studies reported a smaller proportion ...

Introduction

In the 20th century, different artists and political leaders employed different styles to convey social messages to the masses. The artists who advanced ‘modernism’ as a way to communicate their messages, as opposed to those who embraced the traditional approaches to maintain their political regimes, evidenced this. Hitler and Stalin alongside their artists were against ‘modernism’ but instead created political regimes by the use of the traditional styles in their bid to establish and maintain their own ideologies. The paper examines the different styles of leadership approaches that were taken by the artists who were for or against ...

Mexican-American war is considered to be very important event in the history of the United States. After the end of this war US enlarge their territory a lot. Consequences of this war further led to the Civil War. James Knox Polk, the eleventh President of the United States, had several reasons to start the war with Mexican government. First of all, in that time California belonged to Mexico. It was a lucrative piece of land; basically because it allowed American ships to stay at San Francisco Bay and this in turn allowed United States to trade actively wit Asia. James Polk ...

Why were the battles at Gettysburg and Vicksburg significant? How did they change the tide of war strategically?

The Battle of Vicksburg was significant due to the important role it played in restoring dwindling morale in the Union Army. Before that point, Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg had ended in defeat for the Union, but Ulysses S. Grant saw a chance to make up for that in Vicksburg. Once there, one Union Army handled two Confederate armies at once, defeating them after a pitched battle. Tens of thousands of prisoners were taken, the Mississippi River fell under Union Control, and the Confederate army became bisected, cutting their effectiveness in half. This made them a lot easier to defeat for the remainder of ...

Analysis of human failure contribution to process risk – The Case of Blowout in the Gulf of Mexico

Abstract

The Gulf of Mexico is considered to have accounted for roughly 90% of the complete offshore drilling in the United States of America in terms of the oil volume that is extracted. This number can be further equated to approximately one-third of the total production of oil in the United States of America. There are more than 50, 000 wells that have been drilled here since the year 1947 and of these 4,000 wells were dug deeper than 1, 000 ft. of water. As of date, more or less 80% of the total offshore drilling happens at a ...

Question 1: The Rise of Japanese Democracy

Japan stands out as one of the nations that have a thriving democracy in the East Asia. Just before the end of the Second World War II, Japan was only a formative democracy just like it is the case with most Middle East countries at the moment. However, following the writing of a new constitution in the year 1947, Japan transformed into a constitutional democracy. The building of democracy in Japan has been achieved through a combination of factors. First, Japan is an ethnically heterogeneous nation which enables for accommodation of other people’s views, a key facet of democracy. The country boasts of a rich ...

- In March 1766, Declaratory Act was passed by the British Parliament to affirm the Parliament’s right to pass laws in their colonies “in all cases whatsoever”. This news of repealing gave colonists confidence that British government respected and understood their situation regarding taxes. Few appreciated and recognized the claim of Parliament in passing laws “in all cases whatsoever” through the Declaratory Act.
- Colonists wanted to be represented in the Parliament by some one of their own, whereas policies of British were determined by a sole leader. Apart from the colonial legislatures, mobs in many cities demonstrated ...

Human Behavior

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Sheila´s challenges during her experience at the university were attributed to jean Paget’s theory of assimilation or accommodation. Sheila was challenged in college with regards to attaining equilibrium due to her inability of being able to assimilate new experiences within the realm of her existing schemata. Sheila was from a rural environment and was used to making friends at a much slower pace. She had challenges adjusting to her new environment. Sheila’s dyslexia also was one of the driving forces behind her behavior. She did not have the schemata required for adaptation for information processing due ...

In Brumberg’s chapter “Tales Out of School,” he details how young Jewish immigrants learned and were integrated into the American school system. The biggest thing that stuck out to me was the passage about the growing Americanization of the students of these schools, regardless of heritage:

“Bleeding form and content, ritual and subject matter, the schools provided its immigrant students with a new “American” persona. The school clerk often changed the names of recent arrivals. Among these interviewed, we find Moses changed to Morris, and Nachum to Nathan. Last names became altered as well.”

This idea is extremely disconcerting ...

Part 1
- Race in Mexico and Peru
Native Americans were comprised of indigenous tribes such as Maya, Inca and Aztecs. They inhabited largely Mexico and Peru. Before the arrival of Spanish conquistadors, the ancient civilizations lived in peace and harmony and were able to establish local empires that were rich in culture and traditions. With the arrival of Spaniards in 15-16th century, the civilizations were deemed to suffer either from diseases brought externally or by bloody conquests. With the engagement of Europeans, the African slave trade was introduced to the American continent. The population was mixed ...

History

There are many historic stories of Houston city and the old, established neighborhoods and new subdivision tell a lot of the historic stories of the city found in Texas State. According to the city residents I got a chance to interview, he told me that the founders of the city Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen named the city after a General Sam Houston in 1837. The city of Houston is termed as a Freedmen's Town because it hosts many African Americans and it has significant value due to the general name after him. He was one of the liberal military ...

Introduction

A free trade area has been used to describe the regional market that eliminates most, if not all, trade barriers between the trading partners such as quotas, barriers, and preferences on the flow of the services and goods traded between the member countries (Plante, 2004). Nevertheless, in the free trade areas, members negotiate trade agreements separately with the countries that are not members of the free trade area. A customs union on the other hand, refers to the trade agreement where a group of countries charges a common set of tariffs and quotas to external countries. This refers to a higher level ...

Introduction

There are numerous multinational enterprises (MNEs), which dominate the global market and operate in different regions, but proliferation of MNEs has existed for more than 200 years now. Initially, multinational enterprises represented a segment of direct foreign investments in various states as they did not form joint investments with local firms. However, with the introduction of globalization coupled market liberalization, MNEs have had an opportunity to expand their market niche and enhance efficiency and productivity; a move that has propelled them to become key players in the business arena. Although MNEs dominant global markets, they have experienced several global financial crisis ...

Q1. The imprisonment of ten percent of Black American parents has huge social implications on the affected families and the Black community in United States of America.

It leads to loss of income and make it difficult for the remaining Black American parent to raise his or her children. The loss of income is responsible for high poverty level among the affected families. For children from single parent, the imprisonment leads to poor parenting because of the changes in caregivers. The affected children can acquire deviant behavior if he or she identifies with the parent. Consequently, the imprisonment of parents elevates the chances that a black child shall develop antisocial behavior. Indeed, some studies have shown that the affected children are more likely to experience negative outcome ...

Colonialism, social change as well as resistance to revolution and colonialism are overarching themes throughout the films, Salt of the Earth, the Battle of the Algiers and the Memories of Underdevelopment. This paper seeks to review the films with a view to exploring how revolution and resistance are dealt with, in the films. This exploration will also provide answers to the critical questions of the intention of the film makers while making the film. In this process, the paper shall conduct an audit of the success or failure of the filmmakers in putting across their message to the audience in ...

1. Nigeria to Chicago

Discuss the distinct advantages and disadvantages for Israel and Ngozi in comparison to Barine even though all three were immigrating from the same political context in Nigeria. How did their gender, class and race impact their experiences in the U.S.?

Israel Nwidor, wife Ngozi and Barine were among individuals who were living in Nigeria and were to be sent away from the country. Their destination was the United States. However, the three parties were facing different merits as demerits. Nwidor and Ngozi were disadvantages in that they were to be sent away from Nigeria with no wealth or money ...

1. In just ten short years, the discourse about immigration reform and legislation became more hazardous and restrictive. In 1986, the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) permitted seasonal agricultural illegal immigrants to have amnesty given good circumstance, and all illegals who had entered the United States before 1982 (and who still lived there) were granted amnesty as well. However, just a decade later, the much more restrictive Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) would right away be deported for a period up to ten years (if they had stayed in the United States for more than a decade). The ...

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MUMFORD, Tex. — Across the parched American West, the long drought has set off a series of fierce legal and political battles over who controls an increasingly dear treasure — water.

Just outside this minuscule farm town, Frank DeStefano was feeding a 500-acre cotton crop with water from the Brazos River 16 months ago when state regulators told ...

Bottled water consumption has been on the increase year after year. A research conducted by International Bottled Water Association in conjunction with Beverage Marketing Cooperation indicates that the number of bottles consumed in America has grown by an average of 6.5% in the last three years. In terms of gallons, the consumption has tremendously grown in the past two years from 9.1 billion to close to 10 billion gallons. This growth is closely associated with the growth of pa capita income in the United States. Bottled water consumption per head was estimated at 30.8 gallons per year. The consumption ...

Introduction

Costco, the third largest retailer chain in the U.S. and the seventh largest retailer in the world, has significantly grown in the last ten years, a critical period disrupted by the great recession, e-commerce revolution, and global competition. Although a big number of retailing enterprises failed to survive the difficult challenges of the decade, Costco demonstrated an outstanding revenue growth performance over its key competitors – Wal-mart (includes Sam’s Club), BJ’s, Target, Sears, and JC Penney. However, based on an analysis of the 10-year financials of Costco and its key competitors, the profit performance of Costco has not ...

A good leader is not one thing. To be a good leader a person must be capable of being many things as the situation calls for it. In question is the decisions made by a particularly manager I once had when I worked as a waiter in a Mexican restaurant. This is an example of a bad leader, but by identifying the flaws in a particular manager’s leadership style, it is possible to use this as a counterexample to understanding what good leadership is.

One of the allures of the Mexican restaurant was the fact that patrons could get unlimited chips and salsa. On an average ...

Q1: What three industries in which a cost leadership strategy would be difficult to implement?

These three industries that would find it difficult to implement a cost leadership strategy include film, automotive, and aircraft manufacturing industries. These industries are essentially extremely high-minimum cost industries that even cost-cutting programs do not easily translate into low-prices available to mass consumers. Oftentimes, these industries rarely practice cost leadership strategies.

Q2: What is your favorite cost leadership restaurant?

McDonald’s

Q3: Name three examples of firms conducting a cost leadership strategy that use no advertising. Should they start advertising?

Q3.1: The three firms that conduct a ...

Foreign Trends in America

Like most American youth, my daily life involves some activities that are influenced by the media and current trends. The American culture consists various forms of traditions and trends borrowed from foreign sources that threaten to drown the original distinct culture of America. As the American culture encompasses various cultures from around the globe, it also spreads its culture to interacting nations. The Internet is instrumental in ensuring people from (if possible) all backgrounds share information and borrow ideas to integrate into their cultures. I believe the future generation will not differentiate their cultures basing on the countries of ...

It seems that there is no subject surrounded in so much taboo as when it comes to sexual attitudes and behaviors. With such a myriad of what is considered “normal” within a certain society or culture, trying to identify what is socially acceptable can be, at times, tricky. Media bombards viewers with images of scantily clad individuals in various adulterous escapades and the spam folders of emails are chock full of advertisements for discreet illicit affairs. With companies catering towards married individuals boasting over 20 million customers (Woo, 2013), is it possible that humans are not meant to be monogamous? ...

“Bribery and corruption in the public sector, is endemic and unavoidable in all societies.”

Introduction
In 2012, the biggest stories of corruption were the allegation against Wal-Mart regarding the payment of bribes amounting to US$24 million in its Mexican operations (Barstow, 2012). A year before, in 2011, a survey was carried out by the Transparency International in 30 countries for their views on corruption. “The results found that 27 percent, or more than one in four businesspeople surveyed, think that they had lost business in the last 12 months due to bribery” (Hardoon, 2012). Corruption is a multifaceted event that involves a wide variety of actions taken by individuals. A simple definition of ...

Abstract

This paper surveys the different types of risks that workers and employees usually face within a given work setting. There are many hazards and dangers that employees in different types of industries encounter, particularly individuals in the manufacturing, construction and mining industries. All other known industries also have considerable risks facing their workers. This paper analyzes the case study of the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill that occurred in 2010, as it relates to the risks that different British Petroleum (BP) workers faced during the oil spill.

Workplace Risk Analysis

Workplace Risks: The term Workplace Risk refers to the various types of hazards ...

“Bribery and corruption in the public sector, is endemic and unavoidable in all societies.”

Introduction

In 2012, the biggest stories of corruption were the allegation against Wal-Mart regarding the payment of bribes amounting to US$24 million in its Mexican operations. A year before, in 2011, a survey was carried out by the Transparency International in 30 countries for their views on corruption. “The results found that 27 percent, or more than one in four businesspeople surveyed, think that they had lost business in the last 12 months due to bribery” (Barstow, 2013). Corruption is a highly complex phenomenon; which ...

Defining Art: Set 1 1. How can we define art?

It is the application or expression of human creative imaginations and skills mainly in a visual state such as sculpture or painting. 2. Is there one definition that sums up the meaning of art?
Art is the in-depth conception, discovery and establishment of elementary ideologies of nature into adorable forms essential for human usage. 3. How was the term, Fine Arts first used?
The term fine art was first used to refer to a piece of art developed and primarily intended for aesthetic purposes rather than utility. It entails many forms of art pieces such as paintings, sculptures or ...

Liverpool is one of the most important and popular cities in England. It citizens come from varied and different backgrounds belonging to different nationalities and ethnic groups. The major part population consists of white British. The citizens of Liverpool have traditionally been known for their hospitality and tolerance but the traits have dwindled and decreased over the years. Still, the citizens of the city are considered welcoming and intelligent since a huge chunk of population is literate.

As a city in England, Liverpool enjoys one of the most successful forms of democratic governments in the world. The parliamentary form of government ...

International Relations and Security 1. What is your idea or theory of international relations and how does this unit change or complement it?

My international relations theory is realism. I believe that the world lacks a global police. In this regard, the world is anarchic because it lacks a central authority that is bestowed with the responsibility of regulating and monitoring the actions of nation-states. One thing that is worth noting is that nation states did resources to survive (Patrikarakos 149). However, the lack of a global central authority gives nations the option of pursuing resources in the way they deem best. ...

Globalization has many advantages. The consumers are able to get access to a variety of goods from various producers and at a cheaper price. This improves the standards of living of the consumers. In addition, inefficient producers are removed from the market and this ensures quality products that at low costs (Milward, 2003). Therefore efficient allocation of resources is encouraged. In addition, the relationship between countries improves as people from different countries trade. Globalization also enhances technological transfer and this facilitates faster development of the poor economies.

Globalization however has several disadvantages. The effects of globalization are not the same for ...

The United States government has been facing challenges in controlling the illegal immigrants who enter the country through the Southern Border. The Federal government has been tasked with the mandate of protecting the border however due to its wide territory it has been facing several challenges. The States that have been facing the border have enacted laws to assist them to deal with the crisis. The State of Arizona came up with laws that have stirred up high emotions across the country. Statistics show that in the year 2010, 450,000 illegal immigrants managed to enter the country through ...

Question 1

The Ford Motor Company, a global American multinational automotive and an automaker leader based in Dearborn, Michigan produce and distribute automobiles across six continents. The company’s establishment dates back to the year 1903 by Henry Ford. It is the fifth largest motor company in the world. The company has about 163,000 employees and approximately 70 plants globally. The main automotive brands for the company include Ford and Lincoln. In addition, the company provides financial services via Ford Motor Credit Company (Ford Motor Company, 2012).

The company is fascinating to study as it has expanded becoming one of the ...

Crossing Arizona is a 2006 film directed by Daniel DeVivo and Joseph Matthew. The film captures the grim realities of illegal immigration in South West America. The film was inspired by issues emanating from illegal immigration of people from Central America and Mexico as they cross through the Arizona desert (Mathew & DeVivo 2). The film depicts women and children in their thousands crossing the hot Arizona deserts to reunite with their families.

The rising death toll due to the harsh weather conditions and lack of water prompts issues on human rights, class, labor, culture and national security. Humanitarian groups ...

How has Wal-Mart grown from a small region chain to the largest discount retailer in the world? How has its strategy contributed to the firm's growth?

The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962. The first Wal-Mart store was opened in Rogers, Arkansas. Seventeen years later, annual sales were more than $ 1 billion. In January 2006, Wal-Mart was the largest retailer in the world, with a turnover of $ 218 billion (for the same period, Kmart’ turnover $ 37 billion, Sears’s $ 40,9 billion, Target’s $ 36,9 billion, Walgreen’s $ 21,2 billion). However, the biggest figure of net income for the same period received Walgreen $ 3,7 billion, Target $ 3,4 billion, Sears $ 3,3 billion, the same as Wal - Mart$ 3,3 ...