The Hague

Vincent van Gogh is arguably one of the most influential, and well-known post-impressionist artists people in the art world. His aim to capture his mental instability and emotions through his pieces has been adapted to many following movements since. He is quoted to have stated, “I am seeking. I am striving. I am in it with all my heart” (Quotes) a viewer can see this statement in every piece of work through his stark brush-strokes and color palette. Van Gogh was born second out of six children…

Terrorism is not a new phenomenon for us. The term “terrorism” originated in French Revolution in 1789 to describe the behaviour of revolutionaries. However, with the development of technology, international terrorist activities become easier, we heard the news about terrorism more and more frequently in the past few years. In order to protect the countries from terrorists, some countries passed laws that allow government to use extreme measures against terrorists. Those actions caused great…

The Great Depression of the 1930’s: a dismal time that most people associate with the stock market crash, severe unemployment, poverty, the Dust Bowl, creation of the New Deal, and the less distinguished Second New Deal, under the courageous President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. There has been many disagreements about the Works Progress Administration and the Social Security Act, which are key programs in the Second New Deal. The main arguments against the WPA are that it hired lazy people, spent…

J.M is a 65 year-old, White American, German descent, upper-middle class male. He is married and father of three (three boys and a daughter; ages 30 33 and 35). He got married three times, and he has been married with his last wife for five years. He was born and raised in Wisconsin, and never lived in another place. He enrolled a couple of universities and departments, but he finally decided to go to the Milwaukee School of Engineering. He still works in a company as a high-level…

Holocaust survivors left in the world. However, the term “Holocaust survivor” means someone that survived through the events of the genocide, whether that means inside a concentration camp or hiding in the real world. Dr. Robert Krell was born in Hague, Netherlands in the year 1940. He survived the Holocaust by hiding with some of his former neighbors, the Munniks, while his parents hid elsewhere. Krell’s father told Robert to refer to the Munniks as his parents. Dr. Krell said, “I was a little…

Canada's Contribution to the Allied Effort Canadian Military Contributions were essential to win WWII. Ortona, D-Day-Juno Beach, and The Liberation of the Netherlands are three critical conflicts that Canadian Army and Navy conquered to deliver victory to the Allied effort. Through the hard work, courage, and great sacrifices of Canadian soldiers and the Allied forces, German forces surrendered on May 7th, 1945, and on May 8th, 1945 Victory in Europe (V-E) Day was declared. Canada proved a…

The United Nations (UN) was established in 1945 to promote global peace and international cooperation. It replaced the League of Nations which was deemed as ineffective since it failed to prevent the Second World War. The organization enjoys a membership of 193 nations with the privilege to operate extraterritoriality. The UN also ensures that human rights of member states are not violated in any way. To ensure that the body achieves the task, UN has established a global structure that oversee…

What we are doing about an issue as large as global warming is not enough. We pollute the air to an extreme extent, and we aren’t doing anything about it. The first step in reversing the effects of climate change is to realize how dangerous it truly is. Then, people will realize what our society has to do. Everything we do affects something else- for example, putting too much CO2 into the air causes an increase in temperature, which then causes ice to melt, etc According to NASA, the National…

Having fun with my baby girl on the sledge and my dog in the Swiss Alps/Me and my little girl owning the sledge with my dog in the Swiss Alps /Trudging through the Swiss Alps with my little girl on the sledge and my dog If you want to experience truly spectacular sights of great mountains, I would send you straight to the little village called Grindelwald, situated in the heart of the beautiful and captivating Switzerland which offers relentless pleasure for skiers and adrenaline-packed…

When Huntington published his book The Clash of Civilizations in 1996 it was largely ignored but after 9/11 this book flew off the shelf. His idea does not stop at global terrorism but brings up a broader question of the effects of these civilizations in other spheres such as historic and future security crises, the global economy, the environment and climate change, and globalization. Looking through each of these subjects it becomes evident that Huntington’s clash of civilizations is quite…