When it comes to historical events, the happiest are remembered and celebrated while the worst are often forgotten and ignored. The events that have shaped society have not been the pleasant ones but they are the painful, horrendous, and bloody disasters. One such disaster was the exploitation of the Congo by King Leopold II of Belgium in the late 1800s and 1900s. In colonial Africa, the people of the Congo were subjected to personal greed, terror, and a few acts of heroism from specific…
different and unique ideas at the time they were profound ones and had impacted the world and its ideas today. Locke was an Influential philosopher his writings had a significant impact he was born on August 29, 1632, in Wrington, a village in the English county of Somerset.He was enrolled in the army for a period of time and was inspired by other thinkers to express his opinion which led him to get out of the army.He wrote many books and works in his life and some had a profound impact and was…
The text is a letter written by Nicholas Cummins, a county magistrate from Cork, in the end of 1846, and addressed to Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington. Cummins also sent the same letter to the London Times in a desperate attempt to call upon the sensitiveness of the readers in London, in order to fight against the public disbelief about the magnitude of Irish suffering, acting as an eyewitness of the horror lived by peasants, children and women, in the south west of Ireland, namely in…
Fluoridation: Creating Better Smiles Everyday “Water Fluoridation has changed the smiles of Americans for 57 years” –Scott M. Presson, DDS, MPH, and Chief of the Program Services Branch in the division of Oral Health at the Center for Dieses Control and Prevention (Molony). Water fluoridation is defined as; “to add fluoride to drinking water to reduce tooth decay” (Fallon). Most communities have fluoridated drinking water. Almost all water contains some naturally occurring fluoride, but at…
The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006) director Ken Loach has repeatedly admitted that The Battle of Algiers (1966) has had a large influence on his own filmmaking career. In Martin Evan’s interview with Ken Loach about the Gillo Pontecorvo film, Evans says “[Loach’s] film-making is committed to a realist style; one that strives to give a voice to ordinary people and their daily lives.” The Pontecorvo film as an early example of postcolonial film is a good place to start when looking at The Wind…
If you use part of your home as an office, you may be able to deduct depreciation on that part based on its business use. For information about depreciating your home office, see Publication 587. Inventory. You cannot depreciate inventory because it is not held for use in your business. Inventory is any property you hold primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of your business. If you are a rent-to-own dealer, you may be able to treat certain property held in your business as…