Commonwealth of Independent States

Puerto Ricans and The United States. The United States of America since its early days has been the target of mass immigration from all around the world. The promise of the new land, the freedom, and the great nation, was the perfect attraction to many immigrants that migrated for various reasons like a better life, freedom, safety, among others. Out of all the immigrant groups that have historically found their way into the United States of America, Puerto Ricans are a particular case. With the…

was to be treated as an attack on all members. Although the United States was by far the most powerful nation in NATO, Canada still had a major role in the alliance which, consequently, further asserted its rank as a middle power. Another defense organization Canada joined after World War Two was the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). NORAD was a defense agreement signed in 1958 between Canada and the United States. Its purpose was to provide aerospace warning, airspace…

Earlier this year at the ALP National Conference, Labor leader Bill Shorten stated, “Let us make this the first decade where our head of state is one of us. We can be an Australian republic, with an Australian head of state.” (Ireland, 2015). This statement embodies the ongoing debate concerning Australia’s status as a constitutional monarchy, rather than an independent republic. Interestingly, despite widespread love for the royal family, recent polls indicate that the majority of Australians…

sacrifice himself. In The Case of the Speluncean Explorers, Justice Foster has put forward his argument in favour of the accused and has put forward his arguments on two independent grounds in support of his views that the law does not compel "(…) the monstrous conclusion that these men are murderers… ", the first one is the "state of nature" at the time of the killing and second ground is the “functional approach” that should be used in applying the statute. In the first ground,…

Turkmenistan’s telecommunications services are considered to be the least developed of all the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries. Overall, the telecom market in this predominantly rural country is relatively small but has been trying boldly to expand in recent years. The state-owned Turkmen Telecom has been the primary provider of public telephone, email and internet services, and through a subsidiary has been operating…

firstly must recognise she is having trouble coping and must make the decision to seek help (Commonwealth of Australia 2010; Meadows 2012, p. 60). This concept of recovery places emphasis on personal wellbeing, individual choice, empowerment and self-management through the holistic notion of living well with an ongoing mental illness, having hope and setting goals for the future (Catania et al. 2011; Commonwealth of Australia 2013; Muir-Cochrane et al. 2014, p. 9; Slade 2009). A personal…

The nation known as the Commonwealth of Australia was a colony of the British Empire and then its own independent state, this can be traced with the settlers from other parts of the world, namely those from Europe and Great Britain. I will focus on the immigrants who went to the continent of Australia and its development as a colony then how it became a nation. In particular, there will be a concentration on how mining and prospecting interest help cultivate Australia as we know it today. This…

A large proportion of public hospital funding in Australia comes from the State and Commonwealth government. Currently, public hospitals in Victoria have been largely funded prospectively based on their casemix for inpatient as well as non-inpatient and sub-acute patient services. Casemix is a provider payment method which classifies mix types of patients, treatments as well as the associated costs. Each episode of patient care is assigned to a Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) which classifies…

with different responsibilities for definite areas of the law. The judiciary is the authorized arm of the federal government. It is independent of the additional two arms, and is liable for enforcing the laws and determining whether the other two arms are acting within their…

system of the United States. There are many problems with the United States voting system, but the most evident problem is its lack of fairness. The current U.S. voting system is unfair. One reason the U.S. voting system is unfair is the Electoral College. The Electoral College Isn’t required to vote for the candidate that the majority of the people in that state voted for. According to David Walbert, from Learnnc.org “In November of a presidential election year, each state holds an election for…