Essays on Territory

International Criminal Law

Question 1 A. There are several modes of the liability that are used for the determination of the liability of the person prosecuted for the international crime. Given the merits of the case in question, the prime minister of Sanchista should be liable for the order issued in reference to the Nisum Campaign. The provisions of the ICTY are designed in the manner so that to address all criminal offences that are committed by the state bodies and relevant executives in the prosecution of particular persons. The article 6 of the ICTY defines that committing of the criminal actions ...

The Canadian healthcare and social assistance sector falls under the NAICS classification. The sector entails a publicly funded healthcare system. The sector is guided by the provisions of the Canada Health Act of 1984 (Belchetz). The sector, relative to its peers in most other countries including the U.S and Mexico, is unique. Its uniqueness arises from the fact that despite being predominantly publicly funded, most of the healthcare services at the point of sale are provided for by private practitioners. The Canadian healthcare and social assistance sector has been billed in many quarters as a model to be followed ...

Human rights are fundamental for any individual anywhere in the world. The world is always changing and transforming to meet the needs of the increasing globalization and internationalization. In essence, different countries have different sets of human rights. However, there are universal human rights established by international organizations, most notably the United Nations. They are mostly the fundamental freedoms. They include the freedoms of speech, religion, association, expression, and the right to life. Everyone is entitled to these rights, and there are disciplinary measures for countries or leaders who commit crimes that violate the fundamental rights. However, a select ...

Impact of Policy Changes on Financial Stability of Commercial Banks in India

Paper Due date Abstract The study envisages financial stability of Indian Banks, especially schedule commercial banks, in the backdrop of macro-prudential policy changes. Banks are put under microscopic vision in terms of performing as commercial units while strictly adhering to the policy norms. The effect of regulatory and supervisory policy changes can be evidently seen in stressed performance of banks in the recent years, in-spite of growth in their retail portfolios. The policy changes of increased provisioning for NPAs, improvement in asset account quality, revised guidelines for Net Stable Funding Ratio, restructuring of large accounts and many more have ...

A. Beyond the merits of the case, the chances of Edie in winning this case depend completely on the investigation of the behaviour of the defendant as the reasonable person in the similar conditions. This approach is regarded as the main pillar of the tort law that is used for the determination of the liability between the parties during legal proceedings. With that, it should be noted that there are several cases when the applicant faces difficulties in proving fault for slip and fail accidents. There are several conditions that should be met established and proved in order to ...

Introduction

Companies in different industries are adopting marketing strategies that aid them achieve uniqueness and difference from their competitors. At an age where companies experience stiff intra-industry competition, it is imperative that their marketing managers be regularly involved in the development of distinct strategies that help them acquire a comparative advantage over their competitors. The whole process of adopting unique marketing strategies to attract a certain target market is called strategic marketing. According to Wilson & Galligan (2012), strategic marketing refers to all activities undertaken by a company to differentiate itself from other players in the same industry in the marketplace. ...

Nowadays, it is extremely hard to imagine the world where there is no war, no blood and no struggle for power and influence. We get upset when we turn on the TV. However, it is important to remember that people were at war with each other from the very beginning of civilizations. People were militant because they wanted to conquer new lands and prove their strength to their neighbors. Many wars, including the legendary Trojan War, were fought for women. The entire nations were brought up prepared to go to war with other empires, including Spartans, Persians and Romans, ...

Response

Australia is one of the unique parts of the world. A continent isolated from the outside world, which is almost empty. Indeed Australia’s population is tiny in comparison to its territory. There are two major areas where all the population is clustered – Eastern coast and Perth area (De Blij, Muller and Nijman 570). Such population distribution has both its advantages and drawbacks. For instance, highly urbanized and clustered population fosters interconnectedness and makes it easier to implement innovation. Australia is still in the beginning of its path. On the other hand, such large territory causes several burdens that ...

Executive Summary

Procurement and Supply Chain Management P&SCM are two of the most important functions that inevitably lead to the creation of a high level of value proposition for an organization’s customers and stakeholders. The objective of this paper is to focus on a preselected organization that can make use of improved ways how to do their operations from a procurement and supply chain management perspective. In this paper, the organization that the author chose to focus on was Education Above All Foundation (EAAF). In this report, the EAAF’s fundraising and partnership building department were emphasized. The goal was ...

Answer two questions

Answer two questions

The Islamic influence in Spain was a strong one lasting for a long period of time. Islam offered more than just a territorial succession to the public, but it was the religion that offered intellect and social structure as well as a great privilege to society. Islamic principles did conquer the thought, language and architecture of Spain, particularly in the cities of Granada and Al-Andalus. Islamic influence was deeply ingrained in the Spanish society. Hence it led to the development of Islamic thought that promulgated deep in the society, and much of the former Christian world ...

The President,

United States of America. Introduction The concept of corporate ethics is widely accepted today. In order to stabilize the growth and development of the overall U.S economy, industries regardless of their nature or size must be instructed to follow certain ethical guidelines. In the current corporate environment, it is advisable for the U.S government to introduce three key changes to its corporate governance framework. First, there should be a single body or statutory regime to deal with corporate governance affairs in the country. Second, corporate ethics is essential to distinguish the roles of chairman and chief executive officer in ...

Abstract

The decision to invade and occupy Veracruz, Mexico in 1914 by the Americans was a serious mistake. This brought about the development of resentment by the Mexicans of America, as it came on the heels of the loss of Mexican territory to the United States. President Wilson’s decision was clearly an example of the meddling that was to be typical of the United States in order to promote its hegemony around the world. That the United States would go as far as making decisions on who would become the leader of states such as Mexico and other neighboring ...

The common resources are natural and cultural resources, and they include air, water, ocean and habitable earth. These common resources are accessible to all society members. The resources are not privately owned but instead are held in common. Due to a tragedy of commons, individual users of the shared resources act independently as directed by their self-interest and deplete the resources by behaving contrary to the shared resources. For instance, oceans as common resources are usually subjected to overexploitation and abuse since it is not private property. Since the competition of fisheries is high, the fishing firms demonstrate predatory ...

The WWI was perpetuated by several reasons especially one regarding the fallout of European imperialism. Moreover, there were increased social class conflicts around the western world especially that revolving around the social class conflicts when Marxism was rising, and the Russian Revolution took place as well, which established the Soviet Union. A rising sense of Nationalism in Europe also rose from Marxism and the conflict of social class. Changes in the governmental structures also sparked WWI, when fascist and authoritarian governments grew in number. The effects of WWI caused the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire (Burlingham). General disillusionment prevailed. ...

According to Berger (1977), editorials are articles written to reflect the opinions of the newspaper and the majority stakeholders of the newspaper. Rocco & Hatcher (2011), therefore, provided the guidelines for this essay.

Editorial for The Voice of Enterprise: What the Critics Won’t Tell You

We at The Voice of enterprise support the government’s pipeline project that will not only go a long way in meeting the country’s petroleum needs but also generate additional revenue through export of the surplus oil and natural gasses. The government is proposing to construct a 2000 km crude oil pipeline that will traverse from the mines in the remote frontier through the largely uninhabited ...

Part 1: Expenditures Approach to Calculating GDP

2. The process of inflation significantly influences the value of nominal GDP. The real GDP is calculated with a view to present real economic situation on the basis of GDP and other financial indicators of particular year. The real GDP presented in the table is calculated on the basis of chain-type quantity index as well as 2009 current-dollar value of the corresponding series. Therefore this index weights more than one period simultaneously being more reliable determinant of economic development. The nominal GDP of all the periods is greater than the real GDP that proves the phenomenon of inflation comparing ...

This paper will discuss the idea of sovereignty after the Cold War, it will examine how the idea of sovereignty has changed as the world becomes more globalized and why the concept of non-interference is no longer acceptable in a world that is becoming more global. Sovereignty is the dominion over a territory. There are four different types of sovereignty. These are Westphalian, which refers to the authority within a country and disregards external factors, interdependence sovereignty or the ability of the country to control the migration to and from their country, domestic sovereignty is the ability of the ...

Introduction

For the last two decades the popularity of the international investment arbitration and legislation has been dramatically increased. The volume of cases considered by virtue of the interpretation of the provisions of the bilateral investment treaties signed between the parties of the commercial relations has been increased. In addition, this trend reflects the preference of the business units and states in signing agreements with the umbrella clauses due to their simplicity and efficiency in determination of the disputes between the parties. The availability of several mechanisms that can be used for the determination of the interests of the parties ...

Part 1

According to Schram & Tibbetts (2014), there are 4 general goals of the strategy of achieving homeland security. These are:

Prevent and disrupt terrorist attacks

Protect the American people, critical infrastructure, and key resources Respond to and recover from incidents that do occur Continue to strengthen the foundation to ensure long term success. Here are my suggestions that could potentially improve the framework. As for the first goal, it would be better to prevent any terrorist-related weapon from entering the territory of the United States in order to prevent any terrorist-related operations within the US territory. For the second goal, certain actions should be taken ...

Introduction

One of the largest areas of the world where pastoral nomadism and irrigating agriculture had been predominant throughout the history is Central Asia. There existed a set of aspects of geography and ecology of Central Asia that influenced the emergence of pastoral nomadism and irrigation agriculture in that territory. In this paper we will attempt to explore some of the causes and effects of pastoral nomadism and irrigating agriculture in Central Asia, taking into consideration its ecological and historic settings.

Ecological reasons

First of all, let’s speak about some of ecological reasons of the appearance of pastoral nomadism and irrigating ...

Introduction

Mission command analysis can be defined in the light of its application and perception in philosophy, in war fighting function, and as a system. In the lens of philosophy, mission command can be viewed as the directive and authority employed by the commander to transmit his influence and demands to the other fighters and ensures uniform and unity of purpose in the hands of adversaries. In the light of the war functions, mission command can be viewed as the systems, people, and other resources that are employed by the commanders for the common purpose of the war. On the ...

Napoleon and the Battle of Borodino and his intense to defeat troops on the left bank of Kolocha River.

The current research is aimed at answering the question if Napoleon started the battle on the left bank of Kolocha River. In the year 1812, Napoleon assembled the popularly known La Grande Armée in the eastern Poland province for renewing the hostilities with Russia. This was precisely in the middle of the year 1812. Despite massive efforts having been made by the French troops to acquire the required provisions for this endeavor, there was hardly enough resources that were collected in order to endure a small campaign. With a collective effort put in by approximately 700, 000 army ...

Britain took Hong Kong as a 99-year lease from the Chinese authorities through a treaty in 1898. This happened at a time when China’s Qing dynasty was at its weakest after the first Sino-Japanese war of 1895 and 1895. Thus, Britain presented the Convention for the Extension of the Hong Kong Territory as a means of gaining a strategic trading post that could give Britain power to operate within the Asia-Pacific region. The lease ended on 1st July, 1997 and Britain handed Hong Kong back to China. As of 1997, there was a completely different China from Qing ...

Hamas movement has been perceived over the years as an Islamist extremist terrorist movement. This perception has been informed by the mission behind the formation of the movement which is in a nutshell, the obliteration of Israel and the ultimate establishment of a Palestinian state. Besides, the perception derives justification from the religious ideologies such as fundamentalism and radicalization often associated with Islamism and adopted by the Hamas in addition to several terrorist activities that have been carried out by the movement (Pettersen, 2009). However, this paper seeks to portray the Hamas as a movement in pursuit of self-determination ...

Introduction

With the ongoing process of internationalization, the inter-connectedness between countries significantly improved and it persuaded regulators worldwide to think about criminal justice on a global perspective. Though different countries follow different types of criminal justice systems, they all have identified the need of enhanced co-operation for establishing law and order in their territory. Fast advancements in the technological landscape assisted nations worldwide to take collaborative efforts to promote crime management and prevention. However, growing cyber crimes raise new threats to criminal justice systems worldwide because criminals have always been one step ahead of law enforcement agencies in terms of ...

Regaining Control in a Post-Nuclear, Post-Colonial World

A glimpse of the book’s foreword reveals that this work is a case study that aims to analyze the issues that have social importance in relation to the historical, geographical and cultural aspect. It claims to provide a comparative analysis that underscores the impact of globalization, both locally and in a more massive scale. It boils down to having anthropological scholars works towards demonstrating how their investigations may lead, not only in building knowledge about human societies, but also in encouraging community empowerment, conflict resolutions and the achieving social justice (Baker, ix). Accordingly, this case study provides a ...

Assignment 1: Charter of Privileges Granted by William Penn

What did the first article guarantee for the inhabitants of the province? What did it accomplish? The first article guaranteed to the inhabitants of the province the freedom of faith, freedom to choose whichever denomination, one preferred as well as entitled representatives of any such denomination to be equally eligible for occupying offices, both executive and legislative. However, the very wording of the Charter is a little bit tricky in relation to religion, because having in mind the condition of believing in the Only Almighty God that was stipulated by Penn in the Charter one can conclude that diversification ...

Civil War in the USA 1861-1865 is the biggest event in the history of this country since it has left a lasting mark on all subsequent development of the United States of America. Negro slavery was destroyed in the course of bloody battles in the US. An outstanding role in the struggle for the abolition of slavery played a great citizen of America Abraham Lincoln. He remained in the history as a man who prevented the collapse of the country and freed the slaves. The main cause of the Civil War was the sharpest contradiction between different socio-economic systems ...

A health system entails all programs, institutions, resources, procedures and personnel that are used by a country to meet the health needs of its citizens. The essence of a health system is to promote and restore the health of the population (WHO, 2014). Furthermore, an efficient health care system is always committed to the provision of quality care services to the citizens. According to Amce (2014), health systems vary from country to country. However, we have common elements like training of the physicians, robust funding, policies, health informatics and medical logistics. According to Kalisch (2014), the Australian health system ...

Technologies such as articulation attract observation to the representations, practices, effects, and experiences that constitute them. Others such as assemblage heighten to this comprehension by drawing awareness to the methods that these representations, practices, effects, and practices articulate to use a particular dynamic shape with larger cultural outcomes. The notion of the assemblage may best be acknowledged by thinking about the term constellation, which is applied by Guattari and Deleuze when they speak about assemblage. For instance, a group of heavenly physiques such as the Big Dipper takes a particular form: it chooses, draws together, marks out, and covers ...

Australia and the USA have different health care systems whose aim is to promote good health of the citizens in the respective countries. Each of the countries has elaborate public and private health care systems managed by the governments, private health insurance companies, individuals, and other organizations. This essay aims at comparing the health care systems in the two countries with an objective to achieve an informed stance on the issue. The Australian health structure is composed of both the private and public players. The system has an explicit financing control to enhance regulation of the essential service. Further, ...

It happened on a of the sultry August day in 79th year AD. Life in the city was going according to a normal rhythm. No one could imagine that something was about to break this summer leisure. However, soon enough a terrifying roar broke the bird singing and people saw a column of dust, fire, smoke and ash ascending over the Vesuvius. The eruption lasted around 3 days and took lives of about 2000 people, out of 20000 that initially inhabited Pompeii. This occurred due to suffocation by gas, and not because of the lava that spilled or tons ...

War in Vietnam has deeply influenced other countries in the region – Laos and Cambodia. The movie Vietnam: a TV History demonstrates through the historic images, frames and evidence of witnesses and active participants of this war the policy of American leadership towards these nation-states and the consequences of this policy. In the 1961 President Kennedy claimed that security in Laos was in national interests of the United States, in spite of the fact that it was far away. One of the arguments was made by President Kennedy when he announced the importance of supporting Laos in its battle against ...

– Bill of Rights is a kind of an informal document, which has a direct bearing on the Constitution. If one defines it more precisely, it can be said that it is the so-called first ten amendments to the US Constitution itself, which had been proposed by James Madison, which were related to the rights and freedoms of people. – John Adams became the first Vice President. After George Washington was declared the US president, Adams was appointed as Vice President and was re-elected to the same position for the second time in 1792 (Perman 18). He did a very hard ...

The Middle East history has a high number of full-scale, inter-state wars, such as the wars due to Arab-Israeli conflicts, Yemen war, and Iran-Iraq war. The Arab-Israel conflict has two elements to it, which are the Israeli-Palestinian element and the Israeli-Arab element. At the end of the 1800s, the Promised Land was set up so that the Jewish people can overcome the anti-Semitism and persecution and the migration of Jews to the Promised Land created issues. During WWI, the British convinced the Arab Leaders to revolt against Ottoman Empire as they support Germany, in return for which the British ...

over the Pacific Ocean in 1943- 1944

Abstract

The development of military and political events during the Second World War, determined by the main position of the Soviet-German front. Progress of World War II operations in the Pacific theater depended on the outcome of huge battles in Europe. The Soviet armed forces their struggle and victories won in 1941-1942., Predetermined the defeat of Hitler Germany and its European vassals, which, in turn, sealed the final defeat of imperialist Japan. The struggle of the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany enabled the United States and Britain to mobilize its human and material ...

Introduction

The Caucasus is a region, characterized by diverse ethnic and religious composition and the high number of ethnic conflicts and separatist regions. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the post-Soviet states of this region witnessed and suffered numerous confrontations on the ethnic ground and faced several claims for separation and independence. Azerbaijan and Armenia confronted each other because of the Nagorno-Karabakh territory; Chechnya was a problematic region of Russian Federation, striving and fighting for independence, as a result, suffered two wars; and Georgia – a tiny mountainous state that shares borders with Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey, witnessed a ...

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Although the United States of America became an independent country not so long ago there was a long history that preceded the mentioned event that happened in 1776. In this paper the history of the pre-independent USA will be explored. It is believed that the indigenous people have been coming to America from Asia for thousands of years in the gap between 15 and 50 thousand years ago, when the modern Bering Strait did not yet exist and the two continents were connected with land. Reliable evidence of their presence in the United States was received throughF the findings ...

The Book of Revelation, particularly, its chapters two and three, contains the letters written by John the Apostle to the Seven Churches in the Asia Minor (situated not in the whole territory of the continent, but just in its Roman territory).  These letters were created by Jesus and had to be sent by John. The writings are believed to be appropriate in any time (Barnett, 2004). During the whole period of studying the Holy Script, there were many attempts to analyze the letters from different point of view. Generally, researchers agree that these writings were written for Christian `churches` ...

Introduction

The Battle of 73 Easting was a war fought between the United States VII Corps and the Tawakalna Division of the Iraqi Republican Guard in 1991. The Battle of 73 Easting became one of many army fights that took place in Desert Storm. War tactics used in this battle were entirely different from the strategies employed in the current world. The development of modern war tactic methods such as the use of chemical weapons, and long-range ballistic missiles among others, are all signs that army forces must be ready to fight and win wars in complex environments and under ...

Nowadays, Hawaii is one of the most popular travel destinations. The first associations that come to one’s mind hearing about Hawaii are board surfing, aloha, hula, and incredibly beautiful ocean and sky. However, despite the seeming enervation, Hawaii islands have a rich history rooted in the history of the Polynesian Triangle. This paper aims to discuss the history and culture of ancient Hawaii and the kingdom. As well as New Zealand and Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Hawaii is one of the corners of the Polynesian Triangle. Most cultures of the islands in the Polynesian Triangle have similar Polynesian ...

Many Americans today tend to believe that Chicago is among the top cities that have developed and used its territory wisely to create not only comfort for its residents but also amazing and great possibilities, with the new era of technology and architecture. Windy City, that is how Chicago is nicknamed, had extended its territory drastically, especially the territory of downtown. The city now is full of amazing glass skyscrapers which may be seen almost from all parts of the city. This amazing city annually welcomes millions of tourists, who come to see and discover the best Chicago attractions ...

Throughout the course of modern history, numerous events have revolved around the Middle East, affecting the cultural perspectives of the people living there. For instance, the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and the subsequent political maneuvering by Western/Arab nations spawned decades of bloodshed in the region, destroying both an entire generation of people and the viability of a nation. The creation of Israel in 1948 created a massive power shift in the region, as the Arab nations attempted to retake the territory but were soundly defeated, and again in 1967. The Second World War engulfed the North African Muslim countries, ...

Charles Wilkinson and his famous book “Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations” provide a brilliant description of the life of American Indians and how Indian tribes' could lose their sovereignty in the 1950s that was the turning point in the history of Indian nations. The author of the book characterizes Indians as passive victims of dark pages of their history. In fact, the author provides the description of separate stories which prove how American Indians became the active creators of their own history and moved from dispossession and darkness to well being and flourishing. Wilkinson accurately demonstrates ...

Abstract

It is well-known fact that people in the US are watched, listened and even recorded against their notice and surely, will. It is also known, that all these undemocratic actions are performed in the name of security. The United States of America is not always related to an advanced technology, high-quality of education and excellent art venues, and Hollywood, sadly, the term “police state” often pop-ups and is being closely affiliated with the America. George J Bush introduced and implemented Patriotic act shortly after September terrorist attacks (2001), however, Barack Obama kept his legacy and Edward Snowdens’ famous leaks ...

Factors that led to the writing of the United States Constitution and the ideas behind the design

The needs to establish a national government and guard the fundamental rights of citizens are the factors that led to the writing of the constitution. Previously, the United States governing document was the Articles of Confederation that made the national government weak since states operated like independent countries (Archives). With the new constitutions, therefore, plans were in place to make the federal government stronger by having three branches including the executive, legislative and the judicial (Archives). Also, the design of the three branches was that no single branch would have much power since there were systems of checks and ...

Asimov’s Laws of Robotics

Since discussions of robots and artificial intelligence began, humans began to wonder if the idea of AI was even safe. Would robots harm us? Would it be okay to allow a robot to function without a human controlling it at all times? And even if we were to allow it, how would we know for sure? Asimov’s three laws of robotics suggest if we take proper precautions, it may be possible to allow artificial intelligence to exist in today’s world. However, Asimov’s laws state a robot will never harm a human, which would make a robot’ ...

Corruption poses a profound economic and legal threat for international corporations that are engaging in business globally, especially in transitioning and developing countries. The US Securities and Exchange Commission and the United States Department of Justice is at the forefront in the fight against bribery (Dean, et al., 2012).According to Oslen (2015), the establishment of the two organizations has seen an increase in the number of investigations and the prosecution of persons and corporations that engage in corruption. The Foreign Corruption Practices Act was established in 1977 to help in addressing the rampant corruption and bribery by American-based ...

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The process of globalization makes many companies worldwide think about becoming international. There are many reasons for it, such as going to the international markets, increasing sales, reducing costs of manufacturing and research & development by means of outsourcing, engaging skills and talent from other countries, increasing company’s revenues, and etc. Lewis Globalworks Co., Inc. has been working in the market for many years and now would like to expand its activities to the other countries in order to optimize its operations and financial results. This research paper is focused on evaluation the possibilities and ...

Part One

Chapter 1: After the WWII, the United States experienced industrialization, population boom, and the “America First” pride that pushed the country forward, while Indianness symbolized past. As the result, the nation and the government wanted to assimilate Indians as soon as possible, and the BIA took the leading role in this process. Furthermore, the BIA managed all Indian issues. The absence of exclusive rights on the tribes’ territories, the consequences of the 1887 General Allotment Act, and the new harden policies that aimed to cause the rapid assimilation of Indians led to lack of food, health and education services, ...

Jazz is such a unique and distinguished genre of music that delights the ear of every person who listens to it. Found in New Orleans, it grew in fame all around the world and will always be popular. Why New Orleans? The founding of jazz and what impacted it is astonishing. The 19th century was a century that united different ethnic groups such as German, French, Irish, Spanish, African and Italian together, these ethnicities had one main thing in common – the same taste in music. How did Jazz develop and what were the main causes of it being found ...

Ladies and gentlemen, I have the honor today to present to you the wonderful opportunity for our great nation – the purchase of the Russian territory of Alaska. This opportunity offers several benefits to our country. First is that the purchase will help cement the ties that we presently have with the Russian nation. We can be called partners in growth and development. Purchasing this territory will show the Russians that we intend to deal with them always in good faith. How then shall we recognize the fruits of our investment? The second reason is thus clear. The annexation of ...

1.In your opinion, what should have the British voters chosen, to leave or to remain in the European Union ? Why? Common sense seems to dictate that British voters have chosen the right way because now they can seal all the borders in order to protect the economy of one’s country from refugees, who are willing to find asylum and humanitarian parole in the European Union, as well as in the United Kingdom. Migration is the biggest key factor that forced Britons to make this kind of decision, mainly this issue is considered to be too problematic and ...

Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia had several specific military advantages over the Union Army. Ultimately, however, the Union Army triumphed. General Lee and the officers and men under his command could not overcome the inherent strengths of the Union Army and ultimately were defeated.

Lee’s Army: The Strengths

The Army of Northern Virginia had three major military advantages compared to the North (“Confederate States Had Many Advantages at Civil War Outset,” 2014). The North had to invade them and obtain the complete surrender of the South. Otherwise, the North could not preserve the Union (Wells, 2013). This meant that the South could ...

Arguments for Aboriginal Child Protection

In most countries of the world, the level of democracy has reached recognition points whereby people have exclusive rights to express their democratic rights. Governments are made on the basis of the popularity of political parties and individuals who dominate these governments tend to make policies that protect their interests and those of their families. These individuals usually constitute the majority in the country and once they get into throne, they tend to disregard the positions of the minorities. In some cases, public policies tend to be discriminatory where social services and protection are offered to particular groups while ...

The New World was so called because it was unchartered territory for quite some time. Through exploration, it was soon discovered by chance through the exploration of navigators such as Christopher Columbus who was en route to finding a shorter way to the Asia. The New World Specifically refers to areas that lie within the Western Hemisphere. The Europeans, in general, came to the Americas to increase the wealth of their nations, through expansion, trade and the exploitation of resources. However, each nation had their intentions which later led to a rivalry within the New World. In 1492 the ...

Of the world’s many disputed regions, perhaps none is as unique as Kosovo. To be sure, depending on one’s national origin, ethnicity, religion, legal-historical perspective or political point of view, especially if you live in or are from southeastern Europe, Kosovo is either an independent nation or it is a province, albeit autonomous province, of the Republic of Serbia. The starting point to these differences in understand about Serbia is most likely 1389 and the Battle of Kosovo. Prior to that event, the region that is now known as Kosovo was under the control of the Serbian ...

Colorado Springs:

Colorado Springs located in central east of the United States. It is basically situated in the fountain creek some 97 km away from the Colorado State Capital in Denver. Colorado Springs is blessed with much natural beauty. The mountainous region provides a scenic beauty and a place for tourism. Colorado basically is situated around the base of Pikes Peaks. This city is also the centre of around 24 national sports governing bodies. It was entitled as the best place to live in the USA by the U.S. News and World Report ("100 Best Places to Live in the USA | ...

Social Module: Venice

1) What is the name of your city, town or village and where did this name come from? Note, there may also be an informal name, that is a name that local people refer to it. You may also discuss any name changes over time and the reasons for these name changes. In that case, if the word Veneti has the Indo-European origin, it means “famous”, but if we consider this word with the pre-Indo origin, it means “foreigners” or “new comers” (nuovi venuti). Perhaps the name of the Veneto is from the word “new comers”. In this case, ...

Geography

2016-06-22

Introduction

This paper is devoted to the issue of Chernobyl nuclear disaster. This accident has happened in 1986, 26th of April on the eve of the May Day holidays. It has happened on the territory of the former Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (now it is the territory of Ukraine). The place of the accident is the Chernobyl nuclear power plant that is located three kilometers from the city Pripyat, eighteen kilometers from the city Chernobyl and eighty three – from Kiev, current capital of Ukraine. According to the official data more than 600 thousands of people have been injured by ...