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ability to fight terrorism. This loss in confidence puts the current president’s, François Holland, position at risk. In Germany, an anti-immigrant party calls for a mass deportation of failed asylum seekers. While in the anti- Islamic party in the Netherlands is in a prominent position to win power in March of 2017. These factors could create a more hostile generation of leaders throughout the European…

In most modernized democracy, U.S. and West European countries, there exist of government influences that revolve around social and economic policies. Social polices mainly concerns of ideals that directly promote the well-being of every individual in society; most social policies tend to target different groups involved, with the opinion of existing biased towards the wealthy (Greenberg and Page 2007, p. 414). Economic policies are policies with the ideal of improving the welfare of individuals…

Gogh? And why the night cafe is one of his masterpiece and most famous painting? In the Modernist world there were so many fabulous and famous paintings but in this essay I want to focus in Vincent Gogh.Vincent Gogh was born on March 30 of 1853 in Netherland. He studied paintings while living in Paris in 1886. He was a Dutch artist whose work had a far reaching influence on 20th-century art. He never married he declared his love to Eugénie Loyer, but she reject him because she was already…

Everybody knows Audrey Hepburn as a famous actress and model, but not many people know her background. Her childhood was definitely not pleasant in fact, it was very corrupt while growing up in Brussels, Belgium with World War 2 being in effect. The war caused her childhood to change in many directions. However, that did not stop her from losing hope and determination for her future. Hepburn was brought into the world on May 4, 1929, in Brussels, Belgium. She was born from a Dutch mother, Ella…

On August 2nd, 1914, Germany’s military began moving troops through neutral Belgium in an indirect attempt to weaken the French Army. Ultimately the plan, first penned in 1905 by German Field Marshall Alfred Von Schlieffen, involved a swift invasion of France, complete debilitation of its military, followed by a defensive operation on the Empire’s lengthy shared border with Russia. Although the assassination of Austro-Hungarian archduke Franz Ferdinand did not occur, for nearly 9 years after the…

If you had diabetes back in the 1900's you had to check your blood sugar every week by boiling your blood on the stove. If the boiling blood turned black, you knew you were going to die soon. Corrie Ten Boom was the first licensed women watchmaker in Holland. Before Holland was invaded, they remained neutral in the war. However, when Holland got bombed by Germany they surrendered quickly after. After Holland was invaded, the citizen’s curfew was 10 pm, they had to turn in their radios, and…

fell in love with Clasina Maria Hoornik, an alcoholic prostitute. Van Gogh became very depressed when Hoornik went back to prostitution. His family threatened to cut him off unless he left her. Van Gogh left and moved to a desolate town in the Netherlands. He roamed through the countryside and drew the landscape and its people.…

Another 50-m free analysis...I know, don't give me a hard time, but once again, not only is it a short race, but the video often shows multiple angles. If you missed our Analysis of Florent Manaudou, don't forget to check it out. For past race analyses, be sure to check out our race analysis page. Start On the start, B. Campbell had a similar reaction time as the rest of the competition, as most of the athletes were in the 0.65-0.69 range. Now, this Underwater dolphin kick women 50 Free…

regulate it and protect prostitutes and the public from harm and prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases within their city. This policy of toleration has proven to benefit the Dutch in terms national STD and teen pregnancy rates, with the Netherlands consistently having lower rates of teen pregnancy, HIV, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, and Chlamydia when compared to other European countries as well as the United States (Wade). The idea that prostitution is not something the people accept or…

Reading about Anne Frank’s life certainly has changed my own in a large number of ways. Reading entries from the play and seeing the movie version affected myself by giving a different perspective on someone’s life experience, like how the Germans judged the Jews, but in the movie when the officers figured out about Anne and everybody in the annex they were rushing them to pack and to leave. But when Mr. Frank was getting his suitcase the officer asked him what was in it and how he had it…