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- 17061: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- ... Yugoslavia was once a large country; and it is now slowly breaking apart. A few sections such as Croatia and Bosnia have already become their own country and now Kosovo would like to also. Kosovos history is filled with violence, and it is now repeating. In the early 1900s many Albanians were tortured, raped, and massacred. The same thing that is happening today. Kosovo was also the objective of the Serbian liberation movement and of the program of the national unification. That objective was ... be presidential are, citizens would be more involved in the working system which would help there economy. Presidential could also use another kind of system, checks and balances. This would ensure that the government couldnt become to controlling over money and power keeping everyone in their place. Most of the countries around kosovo are parliamentary. Presidential government is a lot similar to parliamentary. If kosovo was a Democracy and ...
- 17062: History Of Islam
- ... and united was the Arab Empire at the death of Ali? {1996} Abu Bakr,, was the father-in-law of Mohammed and was the first converts to Islam. After the demise of Mohammed, Abu Bakar's main objective was to maintain the heritage of the prophet. However, distance tribes refused to recognize Abu Bakr's authority as their treaty relation was with the late Mohammed only. Thus after learning about the death of Mohammed, their nomadic instincts recoiled at the prospect of being subordinate to the men at Medina. These tribes refused allegience to Abu Bakr, Mohammed's successor as they felt that they had no part in electing him. This *repudiation is known as The Ridda or Apostasy. In fact, many of the tribes involved had never formally adopted Islam and ...
- 17063: America's Network of Representative Governments
- America's Network of Representative Governments America as we know it includes a vast network of representative governments. During the colonial period of early America, Virginia was the first to introduce a representative assembly. This first glimpse ... in America, there is democracy. Whether a church council, school club or the state general assembly, a representative group is always present. Democracy shapes America. One could view the first democratic group responsible for today's freedom. This was the assembly formed by George Yeardly (p.13). Perhaps, if the Virginia Company had not instructed the governor to establish an assembly, the idea of democracy might not have instilled into the ... owned servants and slaves themselves, slavery was easily passed into law. It has a huge impact on the racial tension in America today. Because of the representative government approved slavery, it existed in America. Virginia's first representative body helped form present America because it set an example of democracy for other colonies and broke from the common practice of lordship and monarchy. It eventually caused the colonies to drift ...
- 17064: Radon
- ... dissolved in it. This can be a hazard if the water is agitated or heated, allowing the gas to escape and elevate the levels that are in the building.(6) Health Risk The Surgeon General's office reports that indoor radon gas is a national health problem. This gas causes thousands of deaths every year.(7) These deaths are a result of lung cancer, which is caused by the radioactive particles ... is because the water must be heated or agitated to release the gas. This can happen in a shower, boiling water on a stove, or by using a washing machine. Most public water supplies don't present a radon risk, this is because the water is aerated at the treatment site and the gas escapes into the atmosphere. Most water that contains hazardous amounts of radon comes from wells. Wells should ... laboratory for analysis.(21) Active devices are test equipment that requires power to operate. These devices continuously monitor for radon. They do this by recording the amount of radon that is decaying in the building's air. This type of testing is more costly because it requires a professional, as well as expensive equipment.(22) Testing can either be long term or short term. Long term tests run for more ...
- 17065: Paul Laurence Dunbar
- ... learned poetry herself by listening to her slave-master read poetry to his family in the evenings, and she was determined that Paul receive an education and inspired him in the writing of poetry. Dunbar's ability to write was recognized from early childhood. He wrote his first poem at age six and made his first oratorical performance at age nine. Dunbar began to bloom in high school. Although he was ... write. At age twenty he appeared before an audience to give an address before the Western Association of Writers. This lead to notoriety outside of Dayton. A famous poet, James Whitcomb Riley read of Dunbar's work and encouraged him to publish his work. Dunbar approached the United Brethren Publishing House of Dayton, which eventually printed his first book, entitled Oak and Ivy. His second collection was published in 1895, Majors and Minors. Dunbar's poets received positive reviews by novelist Williams Dean Howell,(one of America's greatest critics of the times) in an articles in Harper's Weekly. This marked the beginning of Paul Dunbar's national ...
- 17066: What To Do About Immigration
- ... to take care of their children and elderly relatives. And yet the illegal immigration is even bigger issue. He gives an example of California where "the cost to taxpayers of illegal aliens and their U.S. born children [is] at $3 billion annually" (340). Many of them receive the same aid from the government as the citizens do. According to Mills, "[m]ore than a quarter of all immigrants over the ... confirms the point of view of some radicals that the authorities of the United States need to sign the moratorium on the immigration. According to Mills "It is a lifeboat ethics that says we arent making it as a nation and that taking on even more people can only make our problems worse" (340). Notwithstanding, that not everybody opposes immigration. The pro-immigration liberals argue that immigrants do not present ... the path of a "cultural warfare"(315). As one can see, although Kennedy express the same concern as Mills does, his way to deal with the problem is quite different. The other aspect where Kennedys point of view is altered from that of Mills is the economic. Kennedy, unlike Mills who sees the immigration as a burden, tries to convince us that "immigration is a bargain for any receiving ...
- 17067: Whitman's Democracy
- Whitman's Democracy "I speak the pass-word primeval, I give the sign of democracy, By God! I will Accept nothing which all cannot have their counterpart of on the same terms." This is Whitman's expression of the idea of democracy taken from "Song of Myself." In this all encompassing interpretation Whitman says that the freedom offered by democracy is for all not a chosen few. It included all people ... poems Whitman wrote. In his poem "To a Common Prostitute" Whitman wrote: "Not till The sun excludes you do I exclude you." He has accepted the women as a prostitute, but this also conveys Whitman's ideas of democracy. The notion that all people should be covered under the cover of freedom. The sun is used as a metaphor for democracy in this poem, as it should shine upon all ...
- 17068: Hamlet - Revenge A Chain Reaction
- ... To do this Hamlet has people act out the death of his father in front of Claudius and declares him guilty by his reaction to the play. " O good Horatio, I'll take the ghost's word for a thousand pound." Hamlet declares Claudius' guilt to Horatio and now realizes that he must continue on with his revenge plot. The conflict between Hamlet and Claudius is delayed by Hamlet but does eventually occur in the last scene. Hamlet's mother has just died, Hamlet has been sliced by Laertes' poison sword, and Hamlet has just struck Laertes with a fatal blow when Laertes says that this was all brought on by Claudius. Hamlet, now ... revenge, stabs Claudus and kills him. Revenge was the motive for the conflict between Hamlet and Claudius. Shakespeare uses the revenge plot to create conflict between Laertes and Hamlet by having Laertes avenge his father's and sister's death which Hamlet is responsible for. After learning of his fathers unnatural death, Hamlet decides that he can no longer trust anyone, except for Horatio. While acting out his madness, he ...
- 17069: Scarlet Letter Essay
- Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is considered the best of his writings. It may also be the most strongest statement of his recurrent themes, an excellent example of his craftsmanship. Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter during emancipation ... happening around him was very influential in his literature. The main thematic emphasis in The Scarlet Letter is on sin and its effects upon both the individual and society. It is frequently noted that Hawthorne's preoccupation with sin originates from the Puritan-rooted culture in which he lived, and from his awareness of two of his own ancestors who had presided over bloody persecutions during the Salem witchcraft trials. There is a certain irony in the way in which this concept is worked out in The Scarlet Letter. Hester Prynne's pregnancy forces her sin to public view, and she is compelled to wear the scarlet "A" as a symbol of her adultery. Yet, although she is apparently isolated from the normal association with the " ...
- 17070: The Unknown Citizen
- The 20th Century witnessed the rise of nationalism. Government started to justify many of its actions, unimaginable before, as for the good of the nation. The government played a deeper role in people s personal life, probing and examining every minute detail in search for any unpatriotic crime. Individuals who met the government s standards were lauded as model and patriotic citizens. Those who did not, such as those in the Red Scare of 1950s, were ostracized. This alarmed a generation of writers who wrote to protest this new ... that sat passively while its government became more powerful and impersonal, restricting personal freedom and happiness. The speaker of The Unknown Citizen is a faceless government official, who is relating a report of a man's life to someone who asked if the man was happy and free. The poem carries a voice of very ironic tone, sometimes become sarcasm. The speaker describes the man as a model citizen who ...
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