historical site as a great setting for a novel. Her husband and publishing partner‚ Takis‚ agreed. "I think everybody in the U.S. should go to Ellis Island - North‚ South‚ East or West‚" he said. "So they will know what millions of people went through to get here." The Iakovous’ book "Bitter Tide" reflects the authors’ interest in the historical location as the setting for their latest mystery. They credited the work to a new pseudonym‚ Ann Stamos‚ because the book is vastly different from
Premium Statue of Liberty New York Manhattan
Through the years Native Americans have long endured from cultural and social assimilation. Native Americans have had to embrace a culture other than their own for many years. Native Americans have had to cope with a new culture known as “white culture”. There are numerous ways by which natives were obligated to learn the new culture. For instance‚ early colonist believed that through education could a native assimilate to their new culture thus leading to the foundation of boarding schools. In “Assimilation
Premium Native Americans in the United States United States Indigenous peoples of the Americas
various quarters for a budget that has quadrupled in the last seven years to a government panting to meet deadlines‚ not to mention public inconvenience. While the Commonwealth Games haven’t even started‚ many are already looking forward to their end. The country no longer seems to be enjoying its status as the next Games venue‚ rather‚ worrying more about how the expenditure will burden a common man’s pocket. So‚ is hosting the event a waste of national money? Does India really need mega sports
Premium India Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games
An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office.[1]Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century.[1] Elections may fill offices in the legislature‚ sometimes in the executive and judiciary‚ and for regional and local government. This process is also used in many other private and business organizations‚ from clubs to voluntary associations and corporations. Suffrageedit
Premium Elections Election Voting
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT THROUGH QUALITY EDUCATION BY OKWUOLISE A. GIFT (gift4classics@yahoo.com‚ 08067322718) A RESEARCH FELLOW‚ ENUGU STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL)‚ ENUGU PRESENTED AT THE 1ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE Venue: No 25/27 Colliery Aveneu‚ Surveyor House‚ Enugu THEME: DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR NATIONAL TRANSFORMATION ABSTRACT Youths are considered very important in the development and transformation of any nation
Premium Youth Ageism
There is no strict consensus on a standard definition of poverty that applies to all countries. Some define poverty through the inequality of income distribution‚ and some through the miserable human conditions associated with it. Irrespective of such differences‚ poverty is widespread and acute by all standards in sub-Saharan Africa‚ where gross domestic product (GDP) is below $1‚500 per capita purchasing power parity‚ where more than 40 per cent of their people live on less than $1 a day‚ and poor
Premium Secondary education Poverty Primary education
Corruption in Indonesia Indonesia that has been considered as one of the corrupted country in Asia and the world because of the corruption in Indonesia is something that becomes a habitual. Indonesia have corruption opinion index 2.6 from 10. These index makes us in the position 143 from 179 investigate country. Other investigation that use to test Indonesia capabilities which is: business easiness indicator by World Bank show us Indonesia need 12 procedures‚ 151 days or working and 130.7% cost
Premium Global Competitiveness Report World Economic Forum Per capita income
Running head: USING CHILDREN ’S BOOKS TO ENHANCE MULTICULTURAL Using Children ’s Books to Enhance Multicultural Education Using Children ’s Books to Enhance Multicultural Education Within elementary school classrooms‚ students learn traditional subject matter related to math‚ reading‚ science‚ social studies‚ and writing according to curriculum standards. What is not written in the standards of learning is what students should know about different cultures and ethnicities
Free Culture Multiculturalism United States
UNISA Study Course: National Diploma In Management Student: Morutse David Lelaka Student Number: 39508188 First Semester Module One: ENG 1511 – English Proficiency UNIQUE Code: 204488 Section B Language 1. a) Literal and Simple 2. . 3. a) Disdain: (noun –verb)noun; The feeling that something is not good enough to deserve your respect or attention. Verb; To think that something that something Is not good enough to deserve your respect. b) Affluent: (formal word) Having a lot of money and a
Free English language United Kingdom White people
According to Morris‚[3] corruption is described as the illegitimate use of public power to benefit a private interest. Senior‚[4] however‚ defines corruption as an action to (a) secretly provide (b) a good or a service to a third party (c) so that he or she can influence certain actions which (d) benefit the corrupt‚ a third party‚ or both (e) in which the corrupt agent has authority. Scales of corruption[edit] Corruption can occur on different scales. There is corruption that occurs as small favours
Free Bribery Political corruption Organized crime