Essays on Madagascar

One of the most dramatic ways in which the 19th century affected slavery was the abolishing of the slave trade from outside the United States in 1808 by an act of Congress. Despite this, slavery itself remained an institution until the end of the American Civil War in 1865. The last slave ship to arrive on American soil was the Clotilde, illegally smuggling African slaves into Mobile, Alabama in 1859. While the trading of slaves was abolished, the antebellum South still had more than its fair share of slaves to work the cotton fields and raise the South’s ...

(Student name removed for privacy) Analysis Report: Inception (2010)

Background

Christopher Nolan directed Inception and co-produced it together with Emma Thomas in 2010. Nolan was the one who wrote the script for the film and kept in the drawer of his table until the year it was released. The main roles were played by Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page and Tom Hardy. The score of the film, composed by Hans Zimmer, is said to be one of his most notable works. The production companies Legendary Pictures and Syncopy and distributed by Warner Bros. Paul Franklin ...

Intellectual Property Rights and Global Property Rights and Leasing Equipment

Intellectual Property Rights and Global Property Rights and Leasing Equipment Q.1. The existing fair usage exceptions strikes imbalance between the interests of the users and the copyright owners. For one, the exceptions are only limited to permit purposes such as news reporting, giving professional advice, criticism, and study. In this case, such exception does not provide a balanced treatment to the interests of the copyright users particularly in terms of their daily living. Furthermore, the exceptions are only limited to benefit specific users such as educational institutions, libraries, archives, and the media, which encompasses a failure to protect the ...

Introduction

Cyclones have been affecting populations throughout the world for a very a long time. From Southeast Asia, the Americas, the Western Pacific, and now so often the Island of Madagascar, cyclones have been having a significant influence on people, societies, and nations for centuries. For instance, over the last century alone, tropical storms have affected more than 629 million people and caused an estimated 1.33 million deaths in this timeframe (Doocy, Dick, Daniela, and Kirsch). Whereas the effects of cyclones on humans are widespread and devastating, studies show that this trend is poised to continue due to factors such ...

Outbreak of Rift Valley Fever in South Africa

Introduction Rift Valley Fever (RFV) is viral disease that affects animals but can be transmitted from animals to human beings. To be more precise, it is a zoonotic arthropod-borne germ that leads to stern mortality and morbidity in both livestock and human beings. It is usually spread by Culex or Aedes mosquitoes. The disease was first discovered in Kenya around Lake Naivasha in 1915 following deaths of many sheep in a farm. According to the studies that were undertaken during this period, it was discovered that the disease was originated from a virus that infected goats, sheep and cattle as well ...