Enlargement of the European Union

Italy has an interesting geography that is unique to it. For example, its absolute location is 42 N, 12 E. Italy borders France to the west, Switzerland and Austria to the north, and Slovakia to the east. Italy’s area is 301,340 square kilometers and is slightly larger than Arizona (Italy CIA). Italy has many rivers and the longest of them, the Po, stretches across the northern part of Italy, which is mostly plains. Italy has more than 1,000 bodies of water with many of them are small lakes…

The US retains a huge edge over its potential competitors, China included, especially in military power and in research and development. In recent years it has been spending more on defense than the rest of the world combined, and its navy enjoys enormous power preponderance over any competitors. In addition, it has a relatively young and dynamic population and enjoys a uniquely secure geopolitical situation. The US economy is basically sound and may well overcome its present difficulties (as it…

The world largest furniture retailer Ikea is also well known for selling food, with Swedish meatballs being their signature dish. But recent studies have shown that some of these meatballs are not only made with the beef they advertise, but with hidden amounts of horsemeat. CBC’s news article explains the recent horsemeat scandal that Ikea is involved in. Ikea says that no Canadian stores were affected but as of now large traces of horsemeat was found in 13 stores across the continent. “The…

Being an Immigrant in the United States is exhausting. Every day you hear the negative comments made by the privilege people of this country, you are called a drug dealer, a rapist, an illegal, an alien – the list goes on. Every day, you have to face the prejudice brought against you because of your status. In this country your voice doesn’t matter because you weren’t born here, you are just part of the background. You have to keep your head held high or else those who see you as a burden will…

Jon Dyllan Shoemake 10/5/15 Hist. 17 M-W 12:00-1:30 Paper #1 Prompt: By the end of Anzia Yezierska’s 1925 immigrant novel Bread Givers, has Sara Smolinsky succeeded in making herself into an “American”? Why or why not? By the end of the novel Bread Givers, The Main character Sara Smolinsky has succeeded in making herself into an American. Through her experiences in life, she shaped herself into a self sufficient adult. She becomes this way by following the Culturally valued American ideals…

3. The dilemma with immigrants: policy winners and losers, need for cheap labor and problem with so many illegals. redistributive policy, Lowi. The latest congressional effort to address the issue of immigration was undertaken in the spring of 2013. “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act,” or S. 744, is a broad-based proposal for reforming the U.S. immigration system written by a bipartisan group of eight Senators known as the “Gang of Eight” ( Charles Schumer…

Italy is a country in southern Europe. It is located in the Mediterranean region. Italy is a peninsula that has the Tyrrhenlan Sea to its west, the Adriatic Sea to its east, and the Lonian Sea to its southeast. Austria and Switzerland border Italy to the north. France borders Italy to the northwest. The Capital of Italy is Rome, also the largest city. The official language of Italy is Italian. About 98% of the people in Italy are Roman Catholic. The pope lives in Rome. Italy is 116,320 sq.…

When the word immigration is conjured up especially in today’s world where the economy is moving toward recession, an image of poor, uneducated, job takers and opportunities for a better future come in mind. The media blew it totally out of proportion that politicians only talk about the undocumented immigrants like Mexicans rushing across the border. the media is convincing the citizens to believe that immigration is mischievous and dispensable in our society. the conception of migration as a…

Throughout United States history there have been many problems the country has had to face and overcome, from segregation to financial disasters, but one that is very significant in the way the United States is today is immigration. Since the end of the Civil War up until the late 1920’s into 1930, immigrants faced many obstacles, fortunately these obstacles have been triumphed. Around 1848 when California joined the United States, hundreds of thousands of immigrants flooded the United States…

Barry R. Chiswick’s assumption of whether or not native born Americans would jump to “pick the lettuce” in a sudden halt to illegal migrant labor is far more complex than the reasoning that there is an existing population of native born Americans capable of executing such jobs. There is no question that Americans are capable of completing the jobs many migrant workers hold. The jobs are not meant to be specialty ones, which essentially allow for any average American to successfully complete them…