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Orlando Consort The Orlando Consort, a singing group that performs repertoire from the years of 1050 to 1550, has given a concert on January 13 at the Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center. It was really a great honor to have watched the amazing and spectacular performance. This group consists of five singers, who are Matthew Venner (countertenor), Mark Dobell (tenor), Angus Smith (tenor), Donald Greig (baritone) and Robert Macdonald (bass). They were invited as one of the performers in the…

Ivan IV began the Livonian war while fighting another army, the Tartars which were the Turkic people who had Khan ancestry, that he was struggling to fight. The Livonian war had begun because Ivan wanted control of Livonia, modern day Latvia and Estonia, which belonged to Poland. At first, Russia was victorious in many battles, however, while fighting the Polish, the Tartars were able to advance all the way into Moscow, where they burned down the entire city leaving on the Kremlin, a citadel,…

northwest, eminently Iceland and Jan Mayen, the hilly western seaboard, reaching out from the bumpy segments of Great Britain. With the focal north mountains and slopes of Sweden and the substantial eastern plain, which contains, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland. The average forecast of Northern Europe can be described as long winters and short cool summers. It is not shielded by mountains from brutal winds, Europe's climate is affected by the current of winds. Despite the fact that Europe…

overwhelming violence in response” (Fisher). As Fisher also states, use of violence also tends to reduce the public’s support for an uprising. An example of how injustice was dealt with peaceful protests was the “Singing Revolution” (1986-1991). Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were wanting independence from the Soviet Union; protestors gathered in the streets, singing songs of national pride, which had been outlawed by Soviet occupiers. After four years of peaceful demonstrations, and the deaths…

increasingly expect and demand from their government. An important, nascent trend is digital governance. Internationally, more tech-savvy forms of government have emerged already. The D5 countries (Estonia, the UK, New Zealand, South Korea, and Israel) have begun to or have already digitized many services. Estonia offers hundreds of services through its government platform directly to citizen’s computers and smartphones. Singapore’s Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) is exploring the use of…

Canada – Estonian, Canadian and Diaspora identity. This theme is meaningful for me. My best friend lives in Sweden for the third year and her biggest problem is the feeling of homelessness. She tells me that she never feels at home – when she is in Estonia, she feels alienated; when she is in Sweden, she feels that she doesn't belong there either. I think she has a split personality and she agrees. Keith Battarbee’s paper on the push and pull immigration model contained some new information for…

Valentine’s Day Fun Facts Here at Lady Luck Black Hawk, we just love the month of February. It’s home to one of our favorite holidays, Valentine’s Day. No matter if you’re single or in a relationship, Valentine’s Day is the perfect day to show the people you love just how much you care about them. We’ve even got some fun promotions of our own to show our guests just how much we love them. With V-Day just around the corner, we thought it’d be fun to share 10 interesting facts about this day of…

take up rate among eligible workers is modest compared to European countries. Moreover, FMLA only guarantees up to 12 weeks which is lower in comparison with other OECD countries where paid leave ranges between 12 weeks in Mexico to 166 weeks in Estonia (OECD Family database, 2017). Despite…

It would only be the greatest if the world could be so perfect and there were no Political, Financial, or Social problems . There was once a famous communist that said “Communism - the effort to give all men what they need and to ask of each the best they can contribute ,this is the only way of human life. However, 1917-1919 there was a Russian Revolution were two Revolution came and revised Russia. In 1917, there was extreme poverty in Russia when Tsar Nicholas II the last emperor of Russia…

Introduction For many years, the U.S has been known to be a country that thrives on democracy. In other words, the U.S most closely resembles a democratic regime. However, many now believe this to be false. The U.S is now being viewed an authoritarian regime. The U.S. still possesses democratic ideals. It does not possess any aspect of an authoritarian regime. Democratic Regimes Regimes are much more complex than states and governments. Regimes are often perceived in a negative way. When one…