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    Christianity Transformed the Roman Empire Christianity started with Jesus. Jesus had many followers that spread the good news about Christianity not only in Rome but to its surrounding countries. New ideas can change people and places rapidly. These ideas had an impact on the family life of Romans‚ the Pax Romana‚ the Roman Tolerance for other religions‚ and the Rebirth of Roman State Religion. The family life of Romans was changed. Paterfamilias is where the male is the head of the household and

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    1. What is containerization and how did the innovative use of containers transform the distribution of goods? The traditional way of transporting goods from one place to another was highly labor intensive and goods were in individual crates of different sizes and shapes and they had to be manually lifted and stowed in the holds of ships. As the time passed by‚ the concept of containerization emerged. Basically‚ Containerization is an inter-modal system of transporting the general cargo or product

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    INTRODUCTION A container terminal is a facility where cargo containers are transshipped between different transport vehicles‚ for onward transportation. The transshipment may be between ships and land vehicles‚ for example trains or trucks‚ in which case the terminal is described as a maritime container terminal. Alternatively the transshipment may be between land vehicles‚ typically between train and truck‚ in which case the terminal is described as an inland container terminal. Maritime

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    The Introduction of Shipping Containers Until the 1960s‚ shipping had not changed much in decades. Handling cargo was a labor-intensive activity‚ and transportation costs and times—whether by land or by sea—were huge obstacles to trade‚ often making transcontinental‚ let alone global‚ and trade economically unfeasible. However something happened that changed that. That was the invention of the shipping container. The birth of the shipping container dates back to April 26‚ 1956 when a crane lifted

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    The Container Store • What motivational strategies does The Container Store use to keep employees productive and satisfied? The Container Store principally uses the Maslow hierarchy of needs‚ this theory talks about of an arrangement of five basic needs (physiological‚ safety‚ social‚ esteem and self-actualization needs) that motivate behavior. (Jones & George‚ 2007‚ pp. 330). 1) Physiological Needs: The Container Store looks for satisfy this need in proving employees with a good wage

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    2. How did the Industrial Revolution transform society? During the 1700’s‚ manufacturing companies in Britain began producing goods in a completely new way that would soon spread across Europe and then across the world. Inventors built remarkable machines. New forms of power‚ such as steam‚ replaced the strength of human and animals. The factory system of making goods also came into use. All of these advances affected patterns of living as well as working. Because society was so transformed‚ this

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    I. How did technology transform the “modern” and “post-modern” world in the West? Technology transformed the ‘modern’ and ‘post-modern’ world in the west by causing large‚ more rapid advancement within society. The modern era was the era of the Renaissance man. The Renaissance man was normally an individual with a great mind and too much time and money on his hands. These men were the first of their kind; inventing things and thinking ways no other man had thought before. There were only a few of

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    INLAND CONTAINER DEPORTS (ICD) PERFORMANCE/PRODUCTIVITY IN NIGERIAN ENVIRONMENT Obed B.C. Ndikom and G.C Emeghara Department of Maritime Management Technology‚ Federal University of Technology‚ Owerri ABSTRACT This paper reviews the nature‚ characteristics‚ structural operations‚ operational modalities and strategies for improving Inland Container Deports performance/productivity within the confines of the Nigerian Maritime Environment. Inland Container Deport is a place where containers/cargo is

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    The Container Analysis

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    What better way to go to the theater then to watch a play on the stage‚ in the flesh of the actual actors. Clare Bayleys’s play “The Container” had a total of 28 seats for the audiance. Performed in a hot‚ dark‚ stuffy and smelly 40ft shipping container‚ as you watch scared annd anxiously awaiting to see if the refusges make it to the UK. Tom Raybould’s sound plan makes you feel as if you are stuck in a truck moving‚ shocking‚ shivering to an unpropitious stop. The entryways‚ hammered and catapulted

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    How did the Cold War transform American foreign policy? Introduction This essay will explain‚ describe‚ and outline factors‚ events and speeches that show how the cold war transformed American Foreign policy. To fully understand the cold war we must to travel to the past‚ even before the second wold war. America was the first democratic country in the world‚ with a private enterprise ideology‚ which can be called of capitalism. In contrast

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