Territory

Containing earthquakes, massacres, hippies, politicians, ABBA, artists and a gay bar, ‘Bastard Territory’ by Stephan Carleton, covered a lot of topics, but simply put, it was a story about a boy and his parents. Presented by the Queensland Theatre Company and separated into three acts; each covering a different year, 1967, 1975 then 2001, ‘Bastard Territory’ covered the life of married couple Lois and Neville and later on their son Russell, while narrated by an adult Russell acting as a…

skyrocketed across the world, new challenges have arisen. Serge LaTouche, a French economist, states that geometric economic growth cannot be sustained forever in his chapter “The Territory of De-Growth” from his book Farewell to Growth, calling for controlled economic growth to ensure a successful future. In the chapter “The Territory of De-Growth”, Latouche distinguishes the difference between his proposed de-growth and negative growth by defining de-growth as abandoning “the goal of…

Thomas Jefferson should buy the Louisiana Territory, in the interest of the Port of New Orleans for exporting and importing goods.To begin with the Louisiana Purchase being a great deal. The Louisiana Territory is a good deal for just 4 cents an acre. Addition that was in included is getting 828,000 acres of land that included the Port of New Orleans and Mississippi River. We are also getting more land to settle and people can live here in a Louisiana Territory. At the same time Thomas…

The Oregon territory dispute started between the Americans and British in 1818. Oregon was the next territory the Americans were looking to take over, due to its “fertile soil.” (Shi & Tindall) With the nation's people rushing to those lands it caused an Oregon fever that swept through the country. The settlers came up with wagon trains that made the trip to Oregon much easier. The idea of the manifest destiny would help the Americans take the entire continent of North America. The one problem…

Several concepts from the Birth Territory theory can be applied to the critical situation that occurred in August 2013. ‘Terrain’ is referred to several times in the incident. During induction the woman was placed in a birthing suite for early and active labor. A hospital-birthing suite closely resembles a ‘surveillance room’. Birthing suite rooms are designed to closely monitor the mother and her babies throughout the course of the labor via maternal and fetal heart rate monitoring,…

Wyoming Territory: First State to Grant Voting Rights On December 10, 1869 Wyoming legislators passed the bill, granting women the right to vote in state elections. Wyoming became the first state to officially grant women the right to vote in America. Although it was a major accomplishment for the women’s suffragist movement, Legislatures were more motivated by free publicity rather than their commitment to women’s rights. Due to the rough and isolated terrain, the territory was mostly…

Countries and Territories The Gaza Strip Geography The Gaza Strip geography has changed several times through the years (see Appendix B). The territory is located in the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea and borders on the southwest with Egypt and with Israel on the east and north (The World Factbook, 2016). Political and Legal Factors The Gaza Strip’s governance is carried out by the Hamas Administration. Gaza’s current Prime Minister is Ismail Haniyeh (The World Factbook, 2016). Economic…

Mediterranean Sea in Asia. Palestine is a state in the Middle East, which was declared independence in 1988. It locates in West Bank and Gaza Trip in the Western Asia. The Israel – Palestine conflict was begun from the religious differences and territory conflict.…

The two elements of thought that most significantly challenged the Israeli commander as he executed his mission to remove settlers from the occupied territory in Gaza are Point of View and Implications and Consequences. The element of Point of View posed the greatest challenge because the commander understood both the frustration of the settlers due to his emotional and personal ties to them and the strategic goals of his government. As a result of his compassion, he was further challenged by…

Territory expansion and manifest destiny When the 1830s through the 1840s rolled around the idea of having the manifest in the U.S. people didn’t feel as if it was the best decisions they had made. It went fast throughout the continents. They promoted it to further expansion of territory witch was close to the 1845. In around the 1846 the Oregon treaty ended with in the U.S. Then Britain claimed the territory of the treaty. Everybody started to move west ward it seemed like any other day with…