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Europeans saw as civilization, but it also brought harm to those it was forced upon. Entire cultures were destroyed in an effort to convert. In the novel, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the characters of Mr. Brown, Reverend Smith, and the District Commissioner all represent different aspects of Western culture as they try to colonize Umuofia. First, Mr. Brown represents the compassionate and understanding side of Western culture. For example, he is tolerant of others. The novel states,…

The North Carolina Education Lottery was established in August 2005. In order for the NC Education Lottery to be established, “The North Carolina State Lottery Act and 2005 Appropriation Act was signed into the law by Governor Mike Easley (Campbell).” North Carolina is the forty-second state to use the lottery as a way of funding for education. Since 2007, nine million dollars have been raised for education (About US). Every year, North Carolina’s legislature changes the percentage of the…

their opponents. Steroids are ruining sports all around the world, as they continue to attract people to these substances, but we can reduce the steroid use in sports if more severe penalties to our rules are enforced. Professional sports commissioners should enforce a drug testing policy for all athletes even if they have not been using performance enhancing drugs. There are many examples where athletes have taken advantage of these rules, like in 2005, 39 major league baseball players…

to plague our modern society : NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione used statistically compelling results to highlight that incidents related to domestic and family violence - particularly against women - in proportion to the disregard of cultural , religious beliefs or sexual orientation and continues to dominate the policy and research agenda . At the very least , the Police Commissioner argues that domestic violence remains one of the…

Another thematic question would be; a woman is only desirable when she is young rather, not when she sets older; but on the other hand a man can age all he wants and pick any woman he wants. The point of this brief passage from Lysistrata between the Commissioner and Lysistrata is to show the different ways that men and women viewed reproduction at that time. Lets…

Maryland Rain Tax A recent public policy change that has impacted my state of Maryland and many of its citizens through ten counties is the Maryland Rain Tax. This rain tax has been a controversial proposal since it was proposed on April 2013 by Governor Martin O’Malley. The tax’s purpose is to require local governments to charge a storm-water remediation fee to pay for removing pollutants from rainwater before it reaches the Chesapeake Bay. (Johnson & Wiggins, 2015). This tax law was highly…

to understand how the American educational system works. As a Pacific Islander (PI.) commissioner in the Cultural Center (CC), also known as the Diversity of Retention at South Seattle College (SSC), I’ve learned different aspects about Human Rights at school. The Cultural Center empowers student leaders to explore, celebrate, and educate the campus community…

I file this complaint against United Bank 129 Main Street, Beckley, West Virginia. United Bank facilitated a lengthy fraud-for-profit scheme. Former United Bank Vice President Michael Farris, United Title employees, United Bank’s escrow attorney James Sheatsley, United Bank Vice President Larry Conway, and other United Bank employees took part in the criminal enterprise. In addition, Zaferatos Appraisal, United Bank’s exclusive appraiser, performed inflated appraisals in all properties used in…

when several members of the Chicago team conspired with gamblers to intentionally lose the World Series games. The 1919 World Series was the last World Series to take place without a Commissioner of Baseball in place. In 1920, the various franchise owners installed Kenesaw Mountain Landis as the first "Commissioner of Baseball." In August 1921, eight players from the White Sox were banned from organized baseball for fixing the series. This caused many forms of controversy a lot of people had…

In the fall of 1918, World War I was winding down and peace was on the horizon. US involvement in this Great War and its success in defeating Germany in the war greatly increased its national prestige among the countries, especially those in Europe. However, with the end of World War I, a deadly virus started to spread within the country, killing more people than during World War I. The influenza pandemic had disrupted US economy, in terms of gross annual production and loss of businesses, and…