Commonwealth of Independent States

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States once said “A house divided against itself cannot stand (1).” This holds true as shown by the history of the United States. Much like a house, the US cannot hope to function if its states are asunder. As a response to this problem, the Founding Fathers created the Articles of Confederation. The Articles marked a leap forward to a stable government. Giving more power to the state governments was done in order to preserve the notion of…

For example, in my current position I supervise the radiation therapy students from Virginia Commonwealth University. This requires that I attend several meetings per year to discuss upcoming students and clinical changes. I discuss how to delegate work and how to discipline students with other supervisors. The meetings give me a chance to improve…

essay, we will consider, what the state of nature is from Locke’s perspective and how this is so vastly different from Hobbes, what are the so-called ‘problems’ contained in the state of nature according to Locke, what are Locke’s reasons for leaving the state of nature, and finally what are the consequences of this on the new political society that emerges out of the state of nature. Subsequently, Locke challenges Hobbes, developing a different version of the state of nature that provides…

In Kathyn Fuller's article Lessons From the Screen; Bernard Moitt who teaches at Virginia Commonwealth University says,”I can lecture about traders and the items they sold like gold and salt. But when they see the images of lines of camels, and the blocks of salt tied on each animal's back, it creates a whole different impact for them” (Fuller 3)…

In the country India, the nation fought nonviolently for their independence, but with this happening there had to be a leader to make sure the violence tendencies are balanced and that leader was Mohandas Karamchand Ghandi (history.com). Ghandi was considered the leader of nonviolence around the world during the campaign for independence from Great Britain. Ghandi was born on October 2 1869 in Porbandar, his father was Chief Minister of Porbandar. Because of his father’s high position in the…

Barbados is an island located in the southeastern part of the Caribbean Sea. They got their independence on November 30, 1966. Barbados is an example Folk and Local culture. They have their own way of doing things, and many traditions. They have many traditions that distinguish themselves from everyone else. The capital and largest of Barbados is Bridgetown. “Barbadian culture emerged out of the plantation slavery economy as a distinctive synthesis of English and West African cultural…

reaching Rome. By AD 200 “Rome was the most important center of Christianity”(“The Western Heritage”, lix). In AD 395 Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire. The third, fourth and fifth centuries found the Roman Empire in a state of turmoil,…

that theory into what he called the “state of nature”. While Machiavelli focused more on the aspects of rule from a prince’s perspective, Hobbes focuses more on the idea of man. Hobbes gives us the definition of the state of nature and the purpose of man’s existence in Leviathan. Once again, “every man for himself” is the theme. Hobbes state of nature is essentially an endless drive of desire and the will of man to do anything to attain that want. In the state of nature, this drive for power is…

In two totalitarian societies, Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany, politics and the arts were prevalent. In both countries, a strict one-ruler government was formed in the 20th century. However, through these dictatorships, citizens in each country were able to connect to the history of dance. Dancing helped to entertain and also advanced political propaganda. While dance was famous in Russia under Lenin and Stalin, dance in Germany was not as revered as Russian ballet, especially during the time of…

This can be referred to as the insurance companies and the government public programs. By its very nature insurance causes a phenomenon known as “moral hazard”. Unlike most other industries, in health care a third party actually pays for most of the services used instead of directly by the consumer. The consumer’s out-of-pocket costs are therefore lower than the cost of the services. This shields them from the knowledge what the prices are, and increases usage of the services, thus driving up…