International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) is a Taekwondo organization founded on April 11‚ 1955‚ by General Choi Hong Hi (최홍희) in Seoul‚ South Korea.[1] The ITF exists to promote and encourage the growth of the Korean martial art of Taekwondo. Taekwondo (태권도; 跆拳道; Korean pronunciation: [tʰɛkwʌndo]) is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean‚ tae (태‚ 跆) means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon (권‚ 拳) means "to strike or break with fist"; and do (도‚ 道) means "way"‚ "method"
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In January 1901‚ the six separate‚ self-governing colonies of Australia united in federation‚ consequently creating the continent- nation‚ the Commonwealth of Australia. A constitution was drawn up modelled similarly‚ upon the British and American constitutions. As an outcome of federation‚ the life of the separate states‚ and individual citizens shifted. Edmund Barton‚ the introductory prime minister of federal government supported the growth of the nation ’s economy‚ and developed the creation
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document entitled “Bartolomé de las Casas‚ from Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies.” Bartolomé de las Casas‚ who spent most of his time in the New World protecting the native people that lived there‚ authored the document in 1542. The main reason for the writing of the document was to portray the devastation of the crimes made by Spaniards against the Indians who inhabited the islands of the Indies. The author wrote this document as an objective account of how the Spaniards‚ upon their
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because of the copious amounts of lumber‚ cotton‚ and coal. Bartelomé de Las Casas‚ a Dominican friar‚ went to the new world as a bishop where he witnessed the poor treatment of the Native people. This lead him to publish the Apologetic History of the Indies where he argued against the corruption of the Native Americans innocence and of their lands by the Spanish colonists. Casas’ main arguments for why Native Americans
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Students Federation of India (SFI) is one of the major student organisations in India. Founded in 1970‚ it is the students’ wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). As of 2012‚ it claims a membership strength of nearly 40 lakhs school and university students.[1] SFI is currently led at the All India level by Ritabrata Banrjee‚ General Secretary and V.Sivadassan‚ President. Being the students wing of the ‚ the Students’ Federation of India‚ abbreviated SFI‚ carries forward the heritage of
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The American Federation of Teachers was founded in 1916 by eight local teachers. However‚ the American Federation of Teachers had lost majority of their members by 1920. The union fought hard for tenure laws for long standing teachers as well as teachers who were being sought after for having differing views and beliefs than those in the political arena especially during World War I. Over time‚ strength in the union’s leadership helped more members to join and saw a climb from less than 5‚000
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The West Amanda Miranda America was beginning to boom! With the war over and immigrants coming to the land of “freedom” from all over the world‚ people began to adventure to the West. There was a new‚ unsettled land presenting opportunities beyond what anyone could imagine. The west offered natural resources such as gold‚ oil‚ and lumber‚ also it gave hope to freedom and landownership all the while guarding it with dangerous obstacle such as natives‚ disease‚ and drought. The forge west brought
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To the Editor of the Bulletin‚ I am writing to draw your attention to the urgent matter of Federation and its unquestionably destructive effect on our people‚ our nation and our lives. Federation is another scam of an idea aimed to undermine‚ smaller colonies‚ like mine Tasmania. By enforcing this notion iscolated colonies like South Australia‚ Western Australia and Tasmania will be overpowered and forced to follow the rules of New South Wales and Victoria which is basically unacceptable. These
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The question that is being asked here is what is the West? The west can be defined as many different things‚ but According to Levack‚ B.‚ Muir‚ E.‚ & Veldman‚ M. (2011) the west is a “place” (p. 2). The west is thought of to be traditionally compromised of certain regions like Europe‚ the Americas‚ Australia‚ and New Zealand. There are in fact many ideas that are evolving around western civilization such as form of governments‚ methods of scientific inquiry‚ religions‚ and languages just to name
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The State University of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation Project Proposal Local Government in the Russian Federation Author: Viktoria Faculty of Public Administration Research supervisor: O.Kalugina Moscow 2012 Intoduction. Abstract. The
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