For Europeans‚ the African Congo was a land full of unsolved mysteries and intriguing economic prospects in the second half of the 19th century. It was the last region of Africa to be explored by Europeans; for over 400 years‚ Europeans had attempted time and time again to explore the region‚ and yet all had succumbed to unbearable hardships and impassible terrain. It is likely that this region would have remained unexplored until very recently if it were not for a man named Henry Morton Stanley
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How Democratic was Andrew Jackson? Old Hickory never backed away from a fight. Even at seventy-five Andrew Jackson was still fighting and leaving a trail of card games‚ busted up taverns‚ liquor bottles‚ and bloody noses in his wake which earned him the nickname Old Hickory. Jackson became a lawyer on the North Carolina Frontier at age twenty-one and later moved west to Tennessee where he settled down with his wife. In 1815‚ Jackson was made an American hero because he and his troops were victorious
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sickness‚ is a parasitic infection that is concentrated heavily in central and sub-Saharan Africa. The following research conducted on Trypanosomiasis is based on the African country of Central African Republic where the people there are most affected by the infectious disease. Central African Republic has a total population of 4‚525‚200; where 2‚226‚439 are males‚ and the remaining 2‚298‚770 females. In regards to age group‚ the majority of the country‚ being of 14 years of age and below‚ account
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behind going to the Dominican Republic was to provide service to those in need. This derives from when I interned for a Family Medicine Doctor by the name of Johnnie Cook M.D. When I interned with him‚ he left on multiple service trips to third world countries and provided free healthcare to the people there. Since then‚ my primary goal was to become a doctor and be like Dr. Cook by going on medical service trips and helping people in need. While in the Dominican Republic‚ I was able to accomplish this
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Federalists and Democratic-Republicans provided the U.S. with permanent political parties due to their interpretation of the Constitution‚ which would evolve and merge the beliefs of the two as time went on. When the political parties were created‚ people they might believed weaken the unity of the U.S.‚ but they checked and balanced each other out to make sure there would be no tyrannical party ruler. As the Federalists interpreted the Constitution loosely‚ mainly using the elastic clause‚ they
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Democratic World Government - An Outline Structure Introduction - problems and benefits of World Government The idea of world government has not received a good press for many years. It tends to make most of us think of Stalinist dictators and fascist domination of the globe. I wish to argue‚ though‚ that there is a viable form of democratic world government which could bring many benefits. A democratic world government that really worked would lead to a major increase in the freedom enjoyed
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Amended by R.A. 9194 These Rules shall be known and cited as the "Revised Rules and Regulations Implementing Republic Act No. 9160” (the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001 [AMLA]‚ AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9194. Purpose These Rules are promulgated to prescribe the procedures and guidelines for the implementation of the AMLA‚ AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9194. Republic Act 9160 It is an act defining the crime of money laundering‚ providing penalties therefor and for other purposes
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close to becoming a republic. There was a 4% difference in the vote for the referendum with 46% of voters in favour for Australia to become a republic and 54% of voters against becoming a republic winning by the smallest margin. But why become a republic? First of all a republic is a state in which the supreme power resides in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly but them (Macquarie Dictionary). In a republic a head of state is
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The Beginning of Citizenship in the early Republic When the collapse of the monarchy and the creation of the Republic had taken place‚ it is when the control of Roman government was allowed to only a small groups of influential families called the patricians. The remaining residents were the plebeians. Slowly giving way to a commonwealth (res publica)‚ a state governed by the people. The agricultural population of ancient Rome consisted of a dominant class of large landowners‚ the patricians‚ and
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There is currently controversy between the state and federal governments regarding the legalization of medicinal marijuana. On the federal level all use or possession of marijuana is illegal‚ but in California‚ laws have recently been passed at the state level that allows the herb to be grown and distributed for medicinal purposes only. In order to avoid constant battles between the two I feel that the final decision on legalizing marijuana should be left up to the state level authorities. If the
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