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Russian Bank Scandal

... dollars of transions are made to foreign soils and no one throws up a red flag. One may also conclude that this scandal reaches further that the banking structure. The question must be ask, “Where is all this money coming from”? This money could be money that was given by the International Monetary Fund to help rebuild the fallen Russian economy. That money could now be being used to support criminal activities. As we see now this could be not only an international problem, but a domestic problem also. In today’s warfare the vic ...

Number of words: 550 | Number of pages: 2

Eleanor Aquitaine

... on her though he died when she was only five. He was a man of extraordinary complexity, alternately idealistic and cynical, ruthless but impractical. He was no statesman, though aggressive and pugnacious. His most livid affair was when he stole and seduced Dangerosa of Châtellerault. He then kept her in a tower of his palace at Poitiers. She then became known as La Maubergeonne. William died excommunicated in 1127. Eleanor took very much after her grandfather's sarcastic wit and humor in the frivolity of her early years, although never m ...

Number of words: 2374 | Number of pages: 9

Nigeria And Ogoni's Campaign

... Demand for land is high with over six million people living in the region. The heavy competition between Ogoni for what is, by right, Ogoni land has resulted in extreme tension in the area and the severe punishment of the community. Shell has been operating in the Niger Delta since 1958. In its thirty-six years of operations, rather than setting standards and promoting a positive relationship with local people, as well as sound environmental and social policies, the company seemingly has done little. The importance of Nigeria's oil to Shel ...

Number of words: 1636 | Number of pages: 6

Hollywood Vs. The World

... major themes that bring Americans to the movies. While most Hollywood films are made purely for entertainment value, many foreign films are entertaining as well as forcing the viewer think and question their surroundings at the same time. This is true of many foreign films I have seen. The first film that comes to mind is Godard’s Masculine-Feminine. One of the themes in this film is the constant questioning that goes on between the characters. Through this interrogation, Godard is able to explore the different relationships between th ...

Number of words: 1284 | Number of pages: 5

Cedar Rapids Community School

... for all of the disputed services, finding that most of them are already provided for some other students; that the District did not contend that only a licensed physician could provide the services; and that applicable federal regulations require the District to furnish “school health services,” which are provided by a “qualified school nurse or other qualified person,” but not “medical services,” which are limited to services provided by a physician. The Federal District Court agreed and the Court of Appeals affirmed I ...

Number of words: 1171 | Number of pages: 5

Louis XIV, The Sun King

... position as king. Even though Louis XIV was now of age, the Cardinal remained the dominant authority in French politics. French kings gained respect as a soldier; Louis served with the French army during France's war with Spain. His biggest battle, however, was sacrificing his love for Mazarin's niece for politics. In 1660 he married the daughter of the king of Spain to bring peace between the two countries. Mazarin died March 9, 1661. On March 10, Louis claimed supreme authority in France. Not since Henry IV had s ...

Number of words: 1034 | Number of pages: 4

Emerging Trends - Body Wearable Computers

... accessible. Most notably, it is a device that is always with the user, and into which the user can always enter commands and executes a set of such entered commands. Unlike these other wearable devices that are not programmable, the wearable computer is as re-configurable as the family desktop or corporate mainframe computer. This is what sets the wearable computer apart from other wearable devices such as wristwatches, regular eyeglasses, and wearable radios. The best definitions probably given to date are those of Steve Mann. Steve Ma ...

Number of words: 3548 | Number of pages: 13

The Coming Food Crisis

... has made some people wealthy enough to pay off government restrictions of one child per family. China has been trying to solve this problem in many ways. It has put a restriction on the number of children a family can have, which is one. This for some families who are wealthy enough isn’t a problem. China has also looked to importing food, but this has had a dramatic effect on the world’s trade prices. If China continues to import food the international prices will skyrocket resulting in developing countries being unable to import fo ...

Number of words: 459 | Number of pages: 2

Woman In Theater

... that Classical plays may be re-directed with the feminine perspective to mock the fact of men in drag. Then on the other hand, this type of play may not be suitable to be shown to represent and study the practice of theatre. So does this mean the best way to study theatre is to just accept the fact that society was in fact extremely unjust to woman in this classical period? I feel it was unjust, but we need to continue to study theatre, and stop trying to change or justify how it was in the past. I think the most amazing thing about thea ...

Number of words: 331 | Number of pages: 2

Watergate Scandal

... of President Richard M. Nixon on August 9, 1974. (Watergate) At approximately 2:30 in the morning of June 17, 1972 five men were arrested at the Watergate Complex. The police seized a walkie talkie, 40 rolls of unexposed film, two 35 millimeter cameras, lock picks, pensized teargas guns, and bugging devices. (Gold, 75) These five men and two co-plotters were indicated in September 1972 on charges of burglary, conspiracy and wire tapping. Four months later they were convicted and sentenced to prison terms by District Court Judge John J. Se ...

Number of words: 2088 | Number of pages: 8

Art History Entombment And Adoration Of The Shepperds Painti

... life of Jesus, but at different times in his life. The Adoration of the Shepherds shows us Christ soon after being born. Cigoli chose to depict when the shepherds arrived to give praise to Christ after following the star of Bethelham. Moretto decided to pick a time much later in the bible when Christ was about to be buried after being taken down from the cross and brought to the tomb of Joseph of Arimathaea. Both paintings tell their respective stories more clearly by visualizing as much as possible. In Entombment for example, Cigoli display ...

Number of words: 1876 | Number of pages: 7

Reasons, Causes And Details Of Plantation Slavery

... seasons and many waterways provided great conditions for farming plantations in the south. The economy of the south depended greatly on plantations that were in the south for a strong economy. At first, colonists had indentured servants work for them. This worked out good but in the end they had allow them to be independent. Soon the indentured servants populations started to decrease, causing less indentured servants available. Without the indentured servants, colonist could not make as much money since they relied on them to do the ...

Number of words: 1756 | Number of pages: 7

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