America: land of the free‚ home of the brave. Named after Amerigo Vespucci‚ an Italian merchant and cartographer who explored large parts of what is now South America‚ this country historically always had an enormous attraction on immigrants. Give me your tired‚ your poor‚ your huddled masses yearning to breathe free‚ The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these homeless‚ tempest- tost to me‚ I lift my lamp beside the golden door. This famous part of a poem written on a plaque on the inner
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Sarah Forsyth’s Slave Girl Reviewed Many people do not see slavery as a current issue of concern. However‚ “Globally‚ the International Labor Organization estimates that about 20.9 million people are trafficked and that 22% of them are victims of forced sexual exploitation”(Alcindor). Readers are forced to acknowledge the existence of slavery in today’s world through the personal experiences told in Sarah Forsyth’s book‚ Slave Girl. Forsyth presents readers with the sad‚ shocking‚ and gory details
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SWOT Analysis of easyJet SWOT TEAM easyJet is Europe’s leading low fares airline. Formed in 1995 by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou‚ it has grown rapidly to become Europe’s fourth largest airline by passengers carried. Sir Stelios has credited easyJet’s success to two strategic imperatives. The first was “sweating the assets”‚ that is making sure that the planes were as full as possible and flying as much as possible. The second was a sophisticated yield management system which would set an infinite number
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Norwegian airlines started its operations in 1993 on a regional basis‚ however‚ only appeared on the market as a low-cost carrier on a small scale in 2002. The company is currently operating a mixt fleet of Boeing 787 and Boeing 737-800’s aircrafts. Now‚ Norwegian Airlines are holding eighteen destinations across Europe and USA. Norwegian Airlines succeeded to launch low-cost long haul flights from Gatwick to USA‚ and are currently awaiting AOC approval to launch flights from Ireland to US. This
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occurred. The main character’s story starts off in 1863‚ as he returns to the Five Points from an orphanage in which he spent most of his childhood. Amsterdam Valon’s father was a Catholic Priest‚ and leader of an Irish immigrant group called the Dead Rabbits. He was killed by Bill ‘The Butcher’ Cutting‚ a Native American Protestant leader‚ when Amsterdam was a young child. He returns to the bustling Five Points to avenge his father’s death by killing the Butcher. The film continues with Amsterdam’s
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of hepatitis B‚ by granting addicts to exchange their used needles and syringes for new sterile ones. As the risk of AIDs continued to increase some cities such as Amsterdam‚ started expanded their clean needle programs. According to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health in 1991‚ researchers at the Municipal Health Service in Amsterdam reported that the HIV infection rates in a group of 622 drug injectors had remained stable for over 4 consecutive years (Consumer Reports‚ 466). Showing that these programs were not spreading
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work for the state‚ private corporations lease the prisoners… (ask class/grennan) 13) 19th century we shifted from ______ forms of punishment to mostly forms. (Ask class/grennan) 14) One of the earliest forms of imprisonment was? Around 1596 in Amsterdam. Work houses / house of corrections / Dungeons 15) First state prison in America? Walnut Street Jail 16) Reformatory system introduced _____________ innovations. (Zebulon Brockway) Believed that prison was to rehabilitate not punish. Taught useful
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The Legalization of Marijuana in America From an Economic Standpoint 12/2/2012 ID: 1175376 Introduction After the recent 2012 United States Presidential Election‚ whereupon Colorado and Washington passed the policy to legalize marijuana for “adult purposes‚” government officials faced conflict as to whether to legalize the drug on a federal level or not (Smith 1). There is a battle between the Supreme Court and federal government regarding enforcement as state law allows production
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merchants and bankers as well. When the other countries were busy fighting each other the Dutch were specializing in trading with them. Out of 20‚000 trading vessels 16‚000 of them were Dutch ships." In the early 1400’s two thirds were based in Amsterdam."The English and Dutch went to war over trading not only once but three times. The first was fought in 1652-54 the second in 1665-67 the third and final was in 1672-74 with the Dutch being the victor at Solo Bay in 1672. The most important thing
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