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Private Military Companies are considered by many, such as Percy (2007, p 181) and Francis (1999, p.319) as the successors of historical medieval mercenaries. Since the first modern PMC, WatchGuard International, was established in the United Kingdom in 1967 by former members of the British Special Air Service, the use of PMCS has grown exponentially….

In the 1700s, an increased productivity was the result of a series of innovations and reforms that required less human energy and for factories and mechanisms to develop. Furthermore, the industrial revolution began in Great Britain due to the emergence of the textile industry, cloth assembled by hand in the homes of these workers for…

Singapore is a country located off Southern Malaysia, the country has a total population of 5 877 357 or 5.8 million people (based on August 2019 according to United Nations estimates) and the country is multicultural. The capital city of the Republic of Singapore is Singapore. Singapore is a city-state in the country of Singapore….

In Japan, the dominant language spoken by its residents is Japanese followed by Ryukyuan apart from the variety of dialects in Japan has. Japan has three different writing methods which are: Hiragana, katana, and kanji. For a person to become proficient in the language, it is necessary to start learning the grammatical rules, language characters,…

The Great Irish Famine, dated between 1845 and 1850, was one of the last terrible famines in western Europe and it changed Ireland in many ways. At the end of the year of 1845 the potato crop partially failed, this was happening around Europe and it was the beginning of the Great Potato Famine. The…

“No wind-measuring instrument has ever survived the impact of a full tornado” (Ludlum 112). Tornadoes are one of the most destructive natural disasters on earth (“Tornado”). Tornadoes can generate winds in the three hundred mile per hour range. They have been reported on all continents except Antarctica. Tornadoes may occur wherever conditions favour the development…

The United Kingdom has been a member of the EU for 43 years and consequently, this membership has enabled businesses to trade openly across the entire EU market. For the insurance industry this has meant that UK insurers were able to write businesses in other EU countries without any further local capital requirements. Since Brexit…

Ireland is a large island off the eastern coast of Great Britain. The estimated population of the island is 6.5 million people. Ireland is divided into two separate regions, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Republic of Ireland’s capital city is Dublin and the capital city of Northern Ireland is Belfast. Northern Ireland…

Everyone have their own identity. It can be as an individual, as a community or as a country. Individual differs from identity because of their race, culture, customs and traditions they have live and grown with, so as Filipinos and Westerners. Who am I? This is a question that most of the people don’t know…

In the mid-1980’s, the concept of diversity begun in North America and slowly spreading in the other countries. Diversity means that everyone is unique in their own ways and recognizing our differences. Diversity management, on the other hand, refers to actions in an organization which promotes inclusion of employees having different experiences into an organization’s…