Essays on Railway Line

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Railways for cars are a new and modern way of transporting cars from one place to the other using trains. This is one of the brightest in innovation in the history of humankind since it has helped to solve many problems that are normally associated with moving cars. Because of the availability of the above service, it is now very easy for people especially those who own personal cars to move their vehicles from one region to the other. The idea works on the principle that the cars are loaded into the train using very simple loading techniques. This ...

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In the process of designing and implementing projects, some ethical issues are faced by the project managers on a daily basis. If such ethical issues are not dealt with effectively with solutions, the efficiency of project implementation becomes reduced significantly. Ethical issues relate to how team members develop and sustain a good working relationship with each other and vary in the type of project and the region involved. There are no existing hard and fast rules that act as directives to solutions when ethical challenges arise. Therefore, professionals need to apply both leadership and entrepreneurial skills to resolve ethical ...

The Current Effects of Colonialism in Kenya

Kenya was a British colony since the Berlin Conference held in 1885. By 1920, Kenya was fully declared a British colony and the Briton settlers occupied the territory, though the Asians and Africans were banned from any political activities until the year 1944. In the colonial period, Indians were brought to the country to build the Uganda-Kenya Railway Line, which made some of them to settle there, and continued with their trade activities (Berman, 1977). Mau Mau was formed after the year 1942, and started the resisting the colonial rule. As the rebellions continued, multiple Mau Mau leaders were ...

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This paper gives an insightful preview of the Panama's economy. It analyzes key data from the current major economic indicators to comprehend the state or nature of Panam. The analyzes espouse data and statistics drawn from the Panamanian Bureau of Statistics and Economic portfolios. It analyzes both the endogenous, exogenous economic factors, as well as their impact on the Panamanian economy. One of the most conspicuous endogenous factors is the Panama’s unsustainable development growth models. Its economic growth mostly focuses on the economic indicators while ignoring critical and pressing aspects such as social as well as environmental problems. ...

Immigrants contributed for the 37% growth of the United States of America population after the civil war (Bell, Kwesiga, & Berry 179). Millions over the last two centuries have migrated to the United States. This contributed to the technological and economic advancement of the region. The 19th century was however the most remarkable time of expanded immigration. The California gold rush saw numerous ethnicities abandon their villages in various regions of the world and entered America. In addition, after the civil war, slave trade was abolished therefore employment opportunities were very high (Lecture 7). While others came due the ...

The invention of the railway line revolutionized the transport sector. The time taken to travel from New York to Los Angeles was reduced from six months to less than a week. The Trans Continental Railway line that was opened in 1869 opened up areas that contained unexploited economic resources. The movement of goods from one place to another was increased. Before the invention of the modern rail transport, the Greeks were hauling goods on carriages pulled by people along rail tracks. The invention of the railway tracks is attributed to Pariander, one of the Seven Sages of Greece. Advancements in ...

Question 1: Wolf refers to ‘a collaboration between the war-making rulers and the merchant class’ (Wolf p.101, p.5 of Unit Reader) and ‘a political coalition between the centralizing executive and the merchant class’ (Wolf p.109, p. 9 of Unit Reader). Explain what those phrases mean, and illustrate what those alliances did, by referring to three different European regions described by Wolf. Wolf begins with an explanation of the reason behind the collaborations between the merchants and the ruling class as states expanded their influence and merchants gained new frontiers of trade. For example, the Mediterranean region had long connections with ...

- Brief Outline Singapore as a former colony of Great Britain has struggled over the years to grow its economy and improve the quality of life of her people. One of the ways that Singapore has maintained its economy afloat is by maintaining bilateral ties with the country’s former colonizers. For any economy to flourish there has to be efficient infrastructure in place to allow the transport of goods and services across territories for trade purposes. As a developing nation Singapore has limited capital endowments. As a result of capital limitedness, Singapore continues to experiences various challenges with the transport ...

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The Canadian Confederation entails the process through which the Canada emerged in 1867 when three colonies under Britain formed the four provinces Canada. During the emergence of Canada in 1867, several factors played vital roles in its formation and these factors include political, economic and social factors and other forces and actors. The National Policy was introduced by John Macdonald in the year 1879 and it entailed the implementation of high tariffs on the manufactured imported products so as to safeguard and protect manufacturing industries in Canada. The National Policy was also very crucial in the development of the ...

John A. MacDonald was the first prime minister of Canada. His policies were focused in growing the country politically, economically and physically. His wish for a bigger nation that was independent economically was not easy considering the other bigger and stronger nations that surrounded Canada. Furthermore, Canada was under the leadership of Britain which made it quite challenging for any leader to make and implement any laws. However, this did not hinder MacDonald from achieving his dream of better Canada. In his national policies, he still considered Britain to be its great supporter and in fact engaged the nation to ...

The major stakeholders in California High-Speed Rail Policy include local governments, transit agencies, economic development corporation, legislative staff, universities, voters, and other organizations that have significant in the policy formulation and implementation process. California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) is responsible for development of the plan for the high-speed railway in California (CHSRA, 2013). Inspired by the success of high-speed train system worldwide, the Authority saw the need to embark on a similar program to plan and implement a project that could help meet the growing need for transportation infrastructure. The authority is also responsible for conducting feasibility and environmental study ...

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Business location is always a decision that needs a lot of research. This is especially so for a multinational company. Some of the key areas that a multinational company should be able to critically analyze before locating its plants in a country are matters of security, the international relations between the country and other nations, regional security, the availability of natural resources, transport and the internal competition that is likely to be experienced in the host country (Donaldson, 2011). In this paper, the Eurasian country- the republic of Turkey is analyzed as a host country. The authorship of this paper focuses on the ideal location ...

Questions and Answers

1. The word technology has extensively been used to mean practical and productive advancements which are made in tools and devices which are used in making work easier. In such situations, technology is usually taken to be something which is beneficial and awesome in man’s life. Nevertheless, this general perception has been challenged by Marx who analyzes some technological advances which have led to total failure not mentioning their cost of maintenance. Consequently, the word technology should not be used to represent advancement which is beneficial and practicable as some technological approaches have led to total disaster ...