Latvia and NATO Latvia has been a member of NATO since 29 March 2004. Arguments for Joining NATO: Security - for independent Latvia. NATO will uphold its commitment to Latvia as any other member. Stability - for us and our children in a safe and independent country. Never will our homeland‚ be marred by footsteps of unfriendly powers and never will our people be forced to leave their homes to seek refuge in foreign lands. Our development and prosperity has a secure foundation - our independence
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Standardized testing skyrocketed after 2002 No Child Left Behind Act. By definition‚ a standardized test is any form of testing that requires test takers to answer the same questions to compare the relative performance of individual students or groups of students. The question whether or not standardized testing is beneficial to children’s education has been around for quite some time. Studies show that on average‚ in America’s public schools‚ students take around 112 tests from kindergarten to twelfth
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In recent years‚ globalization has become one of the most popular term involving in many business articles and speeches. Globalization has brought both advantages and disadvantages to the world in many aspects‚ from economy to culture. Along with the trend is the expansion of multinational company. Nowadays‚ it is common to see a company with operations in many countries. In order to penetrate to a new country‚ every entrepreneur should have a SWOT analysis about the country to know about its strengths
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The creation of a truly global economy and increasing pressure on companies to find and retain top talent have caused changes in the real estate management arena to occur at breakneck speed. Increasingly‚ commercial tenants are using revamped‚ top-of-the-- line office space as an incentive to attract candidates and to improve overall productivity. Whether it’s a foosball table and first-class catered lunches in a company cafeteria‚ an in-house workout facility and track‚ or a masseuse who occupies
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CASE EXAMPLE Global forces and the European brewing industry This case is centred on the European brewing industry and examines how the increasingly competitive pressure of operating within global markets is causing consolidation through acquisitions‚ alliances and closures within the industry. This has resulted in the growth of the brewers’ reliance upon super brands. In the first decade of the twenty-first century‚ European brewers faced a surprising paradox. The traditional centre of the beer
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of market considerably and even lost its number one position in the market due to bad strategic management. History of Nokia The roots of Nokia go back to the year 1865 with the establishment of a forestry industry enterprise in South-Western Finland by a mining engineer called Frederick Idestam. In 1967 Nokia merged with other two companies to form Nokia Corporation. Nokia is a company that is engaged in the manufacture of mobile devices and provide mobile network device‚ solutions and services
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are the reasons police corruption is abuse of authority and power; it is also betraying to the public trust. The researches proved that in socioeconomic disadvantage countries the percentage of corruption is higher. Countries like Zealand‚ Denmark‚ Finland and Canada has very few cases of corruption (pg. 176). Then we have countries like Afghanistan‚ Hungary and Pakistan where the corruption level is very high. According to
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exciting place full of animals and people. There are many types of animals that have their own habitat and it isn’t all frozen. The animals vary in size and characteristics. The Arctic has eight nations within it. They are Canada‚ Denmark (Greenland)‚ Finland‚ Iceland‚ Norway‚ Russia‚ Sweden and the United States. It is an area with 2 million people in it and over 50 languages. One reason that it is a very important area is because of how it affects the weather patterns in the northern hemisphere. The
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The Russian empire was established in 1721 and it lasted until the February Revolution in 1917. It was one of the largest empires to ever exist‚ it ranged over three continents. Russia’s main trade partners and who they formed trade contacts with were both the same thing; Middle Eastern empires. They established a very prominent presence in Iran around 1828‚ through its connections with Iranian Armenians. They were a community that was an important passage of trade and influence between Russia and
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A valedictory speech Ladies and gentlemen‚ dear family and friends‚ teachers. My fellow students‚ we did it! Many years passed as we watched others graduate‚ imagining ourselves to their places. And now‚ after three years‚ here we are. Three years of lack of sleep‚ agonizing over too hard homework assignments and not really knowing what we were doing. However those three years were not that terrible after all. There were moments of joy‚ laughter‚ and most importantly moments of true friendship
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