strong influence on Descartes throughout his life. Upon graduation from school‚ he studied law at the University of Poitiers‚ graduating in 1616. He never practiced law‚ however--in 1618 he entered the service of Prince Maurice of Nassau at Breda‚ Netherlands‚ with the intention of following a military career. In succeeding years Descartes served in other armies‚ but his attention had already been attracted to the problems of mathematics and philosophy to which he was to devote the rest of his life
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VU University Amsterdam Supervisors: Anna Bon and Wendelien Tuyp Nienke Akkermans S1575619 Email: Nienke.Akkermans@gmail.com Master International Relations / International Organizations Faculty of Arts‚ University ofGroningen‚ the Netherlands Contents 1. Introduction 2 2. Preparation 4 3. The project and the
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10 Reasons for Not Legalizing Prostitution Janice G. Raymond Coalition Against Trafficking in Women International (CATW) March 25‚ 2003 The following arguments apply to all state-sponsored forms of prostitution‚ including but not limited to full-scale legalization of brothels and pimping‚ decriminalization of the sex industry‚ regulating prostitution by laws such as registering or mandating health checks for women in prostitution‚ or any system in which prostitution is recognized as sex work or
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(born on April 11th‚ 1918 in Amsterdam‚ Netherlands; died on June 25th‚ 2006 in New York) was an interior designer‚ sculpture‚ architect (for tiles and statues)‚ and a Dutch resistance fighter during World War II. Penraat always had respect for the Jews; ever since he was a child he would switch the lights for Shabbat‚ which was forbidden to do for a Jew at the time. He started his resistance activities when the Nazis first started to occupy the Netherlands. He began by taking a risk and forging identity
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facts_and_figures_2012_A4 04.10.13 12:21 Seite 1 FEDIAF The European Pet Food Industry Facts & Figures 2012 FEDIAF European Pet Food Industry Federation Avenue Louise 89 · B - 1050 Brussels · Tel: + 32 2 536 05 20 fediaf@fediaf.org · www.fediaf.org facts_and_figures_2012_A4 04.10.13 12:21 Seite 2 Page 1 of 9 FEDIAF Facts & Figures 2012 Estimated number of European households owning at least one pet animal 72 million households Estimated percentage of European households owning at least
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and many countries all over the globe do not allow Euthanasia to be administered to terminally ill or elderly. Firstly‚ although many people believe Euthanasia to have many negative impacts‚ it actually has many positive impacts. Secondly‚ The Netherlands‚ located in Western Europe successfully legalised Euthanasia in 1994. Additionally‚ if Euthanasia is not legalised the alternatives are horrifying. There are many people who think that Euthanasia is a bad thing with many negative impacts. Contrarily
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IP-4 BikeSmith Annual Report 2011 Ian Blanken & Wishaal Sewambar 2E 9-5-2011 Table of Content 1.0 Letter to Shareholders 2 2.0Financial Summary 3 2.1 BikeSmith in 2007 3 2.2BikeSmith in 2008 3 2.3BikeSmith in 2009 4 3.0 Company Operations 5 3.1 Competitors 5 3.2 Growth Strategy 5 3.3 Future Strategy 5 3.4 Goals & Mission 5 3.5 Company Structure 5 3.5.1 Autonomous 8 3.6 Marketing Strategy 9 3.7 Marketing campaign 10 3.7.1 Press release 11 3.7.2 Market
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experience of the planter. [Caribbean planters] would have gone to the moon‚ if necessary‚ for labour. Africa was nearer than the moon ……”1 Comment. Fourteen Caribbean nations are suing the governments of the United Kingdom‚ France and the Netherlands for reparations over what the plaintiffs say is the lingering legacy of the Atlantic slave trade. In a speech Friday at United Nations General Assembly‚ Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves said the European nations
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Karen Ann Quinlan‚ a twenty-two year old from New Jersey‚ went to a friend’s birthday party at a club‚ took Diazepam and Quaalude‚ in addition to consuming alcohol while on a diet. Later that night‚ she went into a coma and was in and out of vegetative state for months. Her parents then asked the doctors to take her off the ventilator so she could die peacefully‚ but the physicians refused. Quinlan’s family took the situation to the courts‚ and then won so she was removed from the ventilator‚ and
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“If the ministers matter so much‚ or the quality of the ministerial governments matters so much‚ why don’t we already have this government and this political infrastructure‚ which can govern us better and which New Zealand has‚ Norway has‚ the Netherlands has‚ Denmark has and a number of countries have? Why haven’t we built up a system of government which suits our needs‚ which can look after us well and which doesn’t neglect us‚ as it has done up to now?” During my essay I will discuss how much
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