Organizations around the World Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ‘One Vision‚ One Identity‚ One Community” History ASEAN was preceded by an organization called the Association of Southeast Asia‚ commonly called ASA‚ an alliance consisting of the Philippines‚ Malaysia and Thailand that was formed in 1961. The bloc itself‚ however‚ was established on 8 August 1967‚ when foreign ministers of five countries – Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ the Philippines‚ Singapore‚ and Thailand
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denying the historical impact market and planned economy have had on the world. There is also no denying that planned and market economies are outdated and not fit for economy’s today. The market economy is similar what the Nazis formed their government around. Planned is not much better‚ the communist Soviet Union was responsible for multiple wars and the failure of multiple countries’ economies today. Many former soviet states have terrible economy today because of what happened to them. So planned and
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Pressley‚ J.M. & The Shakespeare Resource Center. “The Authorship Debate” Shakespeare Resource Center. N.p‚ n.d. Web‚ Apr. 23 2013 <http://www.bardweb.net/debates.html> Print Sources: 5. Dobson‚ Micharl‚ and Stanley Wells. “Authorship Controversy” The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare. Oxford: Oxford UP‚ 2001 30-31. Print. 6. Epstein‚ Norrie. “The Authorship Question” The Friendly Shakespeare: A Painless Guide to the Best of the Bard. Ringwood‚ Vic: Penguin‚ 1993. 273-90. Print. 7. Regnier
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Beauty Ideals around the World When talking about beauty one must keep an open mind. What one finds true beauty someone else might find outrageous‚ weird or even ugly. There is no such thing as ultimate true beauty because you can not compare beauty. We do not live all following the same standards or principles; we do not have the same ideals. We are different‚ so is beauty. In Asia for example the standards for beauty differ from country to country‚ from culture to culture. In the Far East‚ in
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their Bloc and preventing military force from the Soviet Union from stepping in. With new important Communist Party officials supporting reforms‚ and countries allowed to make their own decisions‚ East Germans were given more rights‚ and had countries around them that practiced even more democratic ideas. The replacement of Erich Honecker gave East Germany a leader who was willing to implement reforms with freedom given to East Germans. With freedom to travel and hold demonstrations‚ East Germans pushed
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Everyone remembers reading the works of Mark Twain when they were in school. Freshman year of high school you’re sitting in your English class and the teacher is reading the story of Huckleberry Finn. As you go through the story‚ you start to think‚ “Wow‚ people actually treated other humans this way?” and you realize how cruel it really is. It teaches you that discrimination is not right and everyone deserves to be equal. Now just imagine never having read that book‚ never feeling the sympathy for
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Social media was the main factor that resulted in the fast spreading of the Arab Spring – a number of revolutions through more than 15 Arab countries. The Arab Spring is proof that social media makes it possible for one person’s idea to spread to millions of people in a short amount of time. Social media is the quickest and most powerful way to spread information and we should not deny it as a part of our daily lives. One advantage of social media is speed. The internet is the fastest way to spread
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“The Nuremberg Trials were a series of 13 trials which were held in order to bring Nazi war criminals to justice. The trials took place in Nuremberg‚ Germany‚ between 1945 and 1949. The defendants included Nazi Party officials and high-ranking military officers along with German industrialists‚ lawyers and doctors‚ who were accused on charges of crimes against peace and crimes against humanity. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler committed suicide and was never brought to trial. Although the legal justifications
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Disruption occurs when a smaller company with fewer resources successfully disrupts the business practices of an incumbent business. Disruptive innovation has brought success to countless companies. However‚ though it is effective‚ it can also be dangerous. This is because many theories on the subject are misunderstood or misapplied. Christenson believes this is because users tend to focus on the concepts created 20 years ago‚ rather than reading books and articles that have been published with refinements
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Sarah Silverman angered conservative Christians with a controversial Christmas message on Twitter about Jesus. On Christmas Day‚ the comedian posted a message on both her Twitter and Facebook accounts calling Jesus “gender fluid.” Sarah Silverman also posted a vulgar joke about Santa Claus on the same day‚ according to Time. “MERRY CHRISTMAS! Jesus was gender fluid!” said Silverman. The term gender fluid refers to a person who does not permanently commit to being male‚ female‚ or neutral. A gender
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