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Dylan Bass FSEM 132 Professor Nevison 11/12/14 Internet Voting Internet voting is a type electronic voting in which voters submit their ballots, as shown by the name, by way of the Internet. There are many perceived advantages and potential issues to this method because of the simple fact that is so new and they are still working out many of the kinks. The idea behind Internet voting is that it would provide a way to improve on many of the current voting methods by making the vote processing…

to reconsider previous work and reformulate the notion of nationalizing states (Brubaker 2011, 1787). To help Brubaker describe the purposes of his article he chooses four post-soviet states to use as the focus of his article. These states were Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan as nationalizing states. Also, to help him convey his purpose he describes of five motifs. These motifs purpose was determined to be characteristics of nationalist discourse in the successor states. The motifs…

Those people have not been convicted for the crime, but still the same restrictions as for prisoners are imposed on detainees in the USA. Should be noted that derogation of prisoner right to vote affect of the society as a whole. For example in Estonia citizens are not very active on the voting. By the deprivation of prisoners right to vote decreased the number of active citizens, who want to participate in voting. Situation in the USA…

You may not know much about bullying in the USA. You might think that the US is bully free but you are surely wrong. Did you know that according to www.stopbullying.gov, 49% of USA students in 4th grade to 12th grade has been bullied, 28% of students in 6th-12th grade has experienced some sort of bullying and 20% of students in 9th grade to 12th grade has experienced bullying. Tencally about half of kids that are in school is being bullied and that doesn’t even include the bullies! 30% of…

For this week’s topic, I chose to write about the double day system within the EU, with Estonia in mind. The concept of the double day captures the idea that women who work outside their homes must also perform the daily household's duties as well. In Estonia, approximately 28-30% of women have paying jobs and perform the normal household duties. Whereas, men work normal 40 hr /wk. jobs, but do not help out as much around the house. According to our text, “Women burdened by double day…

Joshua Stobbe October 2017 Communism Albert Zhuravlev About the author: Albert Zhuravlev was a Russian citizen living in Moscow. He was one of many who did not agree with communism. He wrote this because communism took everything that he had, as well as his family. The year 1929, and Russia has a new dictator. His name is Joseph Stalin, and how he imposes communism cruelly. Communism is now worse than before. Communism is when the government decides what you get, what products you sell and…

goals of the kindergarten curriculum on a 5-point scale. The assessment were based on the study by Stipek and Byler (2004), and the descriptions were form as described in the National Curriculum of Kindergarten Education in Finland (13 items) and in Estonia (34 items). Their assessment was to observe Academic Skills (e.g. the development of pre reading), Activity and Motivation (e.g. child interest and continue in learning situations), Social Skills (e.g. group work skills and positive…

In 1987, the country of Estonia, a member of the Soviet Union, demanded autonomy. Estonia had one thing in mind, diplomatic freedom. Communism had gradually took over the Socialism of the Soviet Union. Communists organized the kidnapping of the Soviet dictator, Mikhail Gorbachev. On August 19, 1991, the Communists televised that Gorbachev was ill and would no longer be able to run the country. Massive protests were held in the Soviet Union cities of Moscow and Leningrad. Soldiers were called in…

Futuristic Advantages of Maintaining a Genetic Database As time has strengthened the understanding of the genome, controversy has arisen over the role of genetics in society. Genes store the recipe for human life. Thus, by having access to an individual 's genetic information, a vast amount of knowledge could be gathered. Genetic information can be obtained through specific forms of DNA analysis, which include testing for monogenic recessive or monogenic dominant condition, as well as more…

soldiers, three empires that had existed for several centuries; Russian, Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian; gradually stopped existing, and several new nations began to emerge. In the East, Poland was reconstituted and the Baltic republics of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania were also established. In addition Austro-Hungarian Empire and the vast southern part of Europe was also divided into several smaller states. It lasted about five years alongside signing of several treaties for the…