Marijuana Legalization Marijuana, also known as marihuana, is a drug that is taken from Cannabis sativa, a hemp plant. It is one of the most frequently used and popular drugs in the world along with caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol. The United States Continue Reading...
Obesity in Los Angeles County The United States, while being one of the most technologically developed countries in the world, is not a healthy nation. Typically, when we think of disease pandemics we think of things like Swine Flu, Ebola, Lyme dise Continue Reading...
Country: Morocco -Committee: Special Summit Technology -Topic Area Summary- Topic a: Privacy Technology in 1890, Samuel Warren Louis Brandeis penned article Harvard Law Review entitled "The Right Privacy. Morocco: Position statement Morocco's nati Continue Reading...
Iran's Nuclear Threat: As the development of Iran's nuclear program has increased rapidly, there has been a simultaneous increase in the amount of enriched uranium that could be swiftly transformed into weapons-grade material. While Iranian leaders Continue Reading...
When this happens, there is a possibility that these countries could lose their competitive edge because of the new guidelines. (Markowitz, 2011, pp. 139-151) (Jebberger, 2011) Moreover, there are concerns about sovereignty and the scope of authori Continue Reading...
Iran's Nuclear Weapons Program Institution of Learning Course Code / Title The interest of Iran's leaders to pursue nuclear energy technology has been active since the 1950s when the then United States President Dwight Eisenhower launched a progra Continue Reading...
Decision Making Strategies Within any organization or process, there is the cognitive and purposeful role of decision making that is the result of taking in stimuli, choosing from alternatives, and making a final choice of an action, in action, or c Continue Reading...
S. scored 40. The Turks still distrust although they know well how to hide it. Turkey scored 45 in femininity vs. masculinity. Holfstede used feminine values of modesty and caring and masculine values of assertiveness and competitiveness to arrive at Continue Reading...
The fourth allegation is that less than 12% of all Native American children in the state of South Dakota foster care system have experienced physical and/or sexual abuse. The Native American children continue to suffer from this modern-day version o Continue Reading...
She not only became a model for young people into what sporting is about, but also took a stance and a leadership role in issues that she believed in. Over the years, tennis has been the main promoter of women in sports as team sports have not been Continue Reading...
Crime and Social Theory Deviance Interpreted by Social Theories Illicit Drug Use Illicit drug use has historically been seen as a global threat towards society and a primary contributing factor for the prevalence other crimes, such as smuggling, h Continue Reading...
The same thing goes for the IMF. Question 22: What are some of the most important examples of types of transnational crime and organized groups that commit these crimes? How have the United States and other countries tried to combat transnational c Continue Reading...
" Because depleted Uranium is a toxic metal, it remains dangerous to the environment and its inhabitants long after the cessation of hostilities in which it is used. Furthermore, on combustion, depleted Uranium also aerosolizes releasing particles s Continue Reading...
(Deuteronomy 22:28-29). While these Biblical endorsements of unequal treatment may seem historical and antiquated to a modern, Western audience, the fact is that many parts of the world still treat women in a similar fashion, so that the Bible would Continue Reading...
Many young people voted for Reagan as he represented rebellion against the authority figures in society but was a rebellion characterized by valiance and effectuated through skillful communication. The approval rating of Reagan was approximately 42% Continue Reading...
(CED, 2006) The work entitled: "Rights based approach the Millennium Development Goals: The UNDP and Hurist Experience" states that the commitment of the UNDP is characterized by "the promotion and application of the human rights based approach to Continue Reading...
The results found are very credible. Looking at simply the correlation between rotating countries on the Security Council and the purchase of oil contracts, even a layperson becomes suspicious. As an example, both Nambia and Gambia only received oi Continue Reading...
Personal Statement Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work." -- H.L. Hunt immigrated to the United States when I was seventeen from Seoul, South Korea. I came not only with a kee Continue Reading...
Military Spending In today's society, military spending is on the minds of American citizens more than ever. With the constant threat of terrorism and imminent war on the horizon, the United States government is spending billions of dollars on drast Continue Reading...
President Bush's War On Iraq President Bush feels the United States should launch a preemptive strike on Iraq, rather than waiting for sanctions by the United Nations. He has received support from some political groups while facing opposition from Continue Reading...
Myth of the First Amendment The concept of "Big Brother" surveying all our actions and censoring what we hear and what we know is something that goes against the very conception of American society. The centuries old fear of control motivates the pe Continue Reading...
Edit Geena Rocero is a model with a purpose. Rocero was born and raised in the Philippines, and recently returned to her homeland to help victims of Typhoon Haiyan. In the midst of a busy schedule, Rocero spends time in her first interview because Continue Reading...
Preventing Terrorist Attacks on the Water and Wastewater Systems Sector Terrorism is nowadays an already established threat that is part of every security strategy of modern states. It is not only an un-conventional threat at the address of national Continue Reading...
Global Warming Since its first mention at the UN General Assembly, global warming has come to be regarded the greatest human development challenge for the 21st century (McInerney-Lankford, Darrow, Rajamani and Banque, 2011). This has prompted multip Continue Reading...
International Culture and Disaster Management Gujarat, which is one of the India's wealthiest states, was stroked with earthquake that shook the Indian province on 26th January 2001 at around eight fifty local times. It was on Friday and a Republic Continue Reading...
Al Qaeda is an international terrorist organization, which was formed in August 1988. The word Al Qaeda means 'The Base'. This organization is considered as a top threat for the world super power United States of America. Al Qaeda is responsible for Continue Reading...
The CDM is meant to award the developers 'credits' for supporting projects in developing countries which avoid greenhouse gas emissions (Joy, 2000). Provided that these credits can be bought and sold, effectively the price of the project is decrease Continue Reading...
Why the huge disparity in viewpoints when the science has been empirically established for twenty years or more? Journalist Bryan Walsh references sociologists from Michigan State and Oklahoma State Universities (Riley Dunlap and Aaron McCright, res Continue Reading...
Biodiesel Distillation The Advantages of Biodiesel Distillation The search for non-fossil alternative fuels has been conducted now for more than a decade. The impetus for this search has increased in more recent years mainly due to the talk of supp Continue Reading...
Persian Gulf War Effects of war in the Persian Gulf on the U.S. Economy Okruhlik notes that "state strategies chosen to manage crises- like price booms and busts, worldwide recession, and war- have very real, though unintended, social and political Continue Reading...
Zimbabweans are very intelligent people who are now scattered all over the world as a result of Mugabe ruining their beautiful country Kaira). This report goes on to state that; "...If Zimbabweans all over the Diaspora come together and map a cour Continue Reading...
The Chinese invented gunpowder, but they do not use it to make guns to invade others, the Chinese invented the compass, but they do not use it to make warships to prowl about the four seas. At the United Nations, Chinese leaders once promised to the Continue Reading...
Sex Workers in Thailand Thailand ("Land of the Free") is the only Southeast Asian country that has avoided being colonized by a Western power. It is known for its rich culture and hospitable inhabitants. Unfortunately it also has the dubious distinc Continue Reading...
Vietnam War which was a legacy of the inability of the French to suppress the nationalist movement in Indochina. The article contains five references. The Vietnam War was a legacy of the inability of the French to suppress the nationalist movement Continue Reading...
U.S. Invasion into Iraq: After the 911 terror attacks, the Bush Administration launched the war on terrorism in attempts to deal with the threats of global terrorism and enhance homeland security. The war on terrorism was characterized by a successf Continue Reading...
Food Wars Place of publication: London and New York Publisher: Verso Date of publication: 2009 Walden Bello's book The Food Wars is not a meaty book in terms of length, but it covers an issue all of us are and should be concerned with: food. Bell Continue Reading...
Damns on Wildlife and the Environment Background to Dams and Levees - One of the issues resulting from civilization and urbanization is that most of the places humans chose to locate, for reasons of convenience, agriculture, transportation, and eco Continue Reading...
These human actions that alter the living and nutrient conditions of soil organism include the repetitive tillage or burning of vegetation, soil erosion, overusing the land without replenishing it with humus or plant compost, clearing of forests. Wh Continue Reading...
" This song is a call to fight. It notes that the English have plundered their houses and causes their families to run from their home. They refer to the villains as murderers and state that they should have no mercy because of this. The chorus of th Continue Reading...
