During the ratification of the Constitution‚ it created a new system of government for the United States (US). One of the most pressing issues and topics of the Constitution was the idea of federalism‚ which describes the basic relationship between different levels and groups of governments within one nation. For the past 228 years‚ the US government has balanced the powers of state and national government on multiple domestic and foreign issues. Although‚ there have been issues where the idea
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Reflective Essay Culture can be described as beliefs‚ music‚ food‚ fashion‚ values‚ religion and much more. Some countries or states may have the same culture as one another. Being multicultural gives me knowledge and experience of distinguishing differences and similarities between the Lebanese culture and the American culture. I’m fully Lebanese but I was born and raised here in Richmond‚ Virginia. Juggling two lives at once was and still is very difficult for me. Most of the things my friends
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What is the meaning of freedom? Freedom is the right to do what you wantwithout being controlled or restricted by anyone. Such as‚ having the freedom to vote‚ freedom of information and freedom of choice. Some people may think that they have the freedom to do what they like without any restrictions. They are completely wrong. For instance‚ some people think that they have the freedom to join the heretical Church of Almighty God and to kill non-believers. But they are so free that many innocent
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For a great period of time emigrants from Lebanon have been establishing communities throughout the world‚ and have been talking a lot about migration‚ until the number of Lebanese people outside Lebanon became greater than the double the number of Lebanese citizens. The Lebanese migration seems to have several principal causes. Hence‚ how are those causes really affecting the Lebanese migration? The first one is the economic causes‚ the second one is the social cause the third one is the weakness
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Nire beltzaren These days we have become so accustomed to war that we don’t even know how many wars are currently active. Do you know how many there are? As I write this paper there are 10 wars and 8 active conflicts. That said most of these conflicts are taking place in Africa. But why there? Well there are a few reasons‚ first there isn’t a lot of education going around. Second there is a lot of poverty leading to unhappiness among the poor. But the third and most prominent reason is the muslim
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The wheels on the bus go ‘round and ‘round….. but they wouldn’t if not for one invention that occurred in Mesopotamia. Ancient Mesopotamia’s influence goes much farther than a common children’s song. The way that we measure time‚ our various modes of transportation‚ and how we communicate are three of the ways that Mesopotamia still speaks to us today. We measure the passage of time with seconds‚ minutes‚ hours‚ days‚ et cetera. Sixty seconds in a minute‚ sixty minutes in an hour‚ and 24 hours
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“ We need no language to laugh‚” said once Janaki Sooriyarachchi a Sri Lankan author. I come from a Lebanese family. Although I lived my entire life in Beirut‚ I visited many countries in my life. And every time I travel I get this amazing desire of learning about the new culture in the country I am visiting. Back to my high school‚ most of my friends were Lebanese. We shared the same food‚ the same “ways of living” and of course the same languages. I say languages with an “s”‚ because
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From 2005 to 2014‚ about 26‚000 refugees who arrived in Canada annually were forced to leave their countries due to fear and persecution.1‚2 The United Nations defines a refugee as "someone who is unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race‚ religion‚ nationality‚ membership of a particular social group‚ or political opinion”.3 Refugees in Canada are divided into two groups: those that have obtained the refugee status
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Keeping History In the Past I can feel my palms sweating as I make my way to municipal office‚ I hope that it does not make the matches in my hand too damp. I start to second guess myself‚ but I remember that the government needs to be stopped because it is very corrupt. Once I reach the office‚ I take the gasoline jug and pour it on myself. After I take a breath‚ I light the match.––When Mohammed Bouazizi set himself on fire outside of the municipal office in Tunisia‚ there was a wave of revolutionary
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Ligia Ismailyan May 19‚ 2014 AP Euro History / Per.1 The Armenian Genocide “We are few‚ but we are called Armenians”‚ is a quote from Paruyr Sevag’s poem. Who are the Armenians? They are an ancient people‚ who inhabited the highland region between the Black‚ Caspian‚ and Mediterranean Seas for nearly 3‚000 years. Is it absolutely necessary to eliminate the Armenian people in it’s entirely‚ so that there is no further Armenian on this earth? When people think of genocide why do they only think of
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