Country Essays

            Scientists and specialists in energy industry believe that energy tops the list of problems facing humanity today because it impacts all other major problems, including water, food, environment, poverty war, disease, education, democracy, and population. Energy impacts everything that occurs in modern society. Most …

Introduction The Great Depression was a by-product of the roaring twenties. During the 1920’s the United States economy flourished and the American people spent money freely. In October of 1929 the free spending ended. The stock market suddenly crashed and people throughout the United States were affected. There were four …

Understanding that native people such as the Cherokees is the underpinning concept of The Journal of Jesse Smoke written by Joseph Bruchac. Jesse elaborate the heartrending story of what it was like to experienced the Cherokee removal – an arrangement from the United States government to compulsorily relocate Native Americans …

Introduction Public administration refers to two distinguishable but intimately related activities: (1) a professional practice (profession, occupation, field of activity), and (2) an academic field which seeks to understand, extend, criticize, and improve that professional practice as well as to train individuals for that practice. The simple meaning of the …

Berlin has been the primary site of political, social, and cultural transformation in modern Germany. Unlike any other German city, Berlin, known as the “Athens on the Spree and City of Crisis,” has witnessed, influenced, and mirrored the political metamorphosis of Germany during the entire twentieth century (Cohen 1983). The …

There is a children’s rhyme about the discovery of America that begins “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” The fact is, however, that Christopher Columbus may not have actually discovered the North American continent.  His place of honor has already been challenged by the Vikings; now, it seems, the …

Observations of Risk: While systemic risk has been in a decline since the peak of the 2008 Financial Crisis, like all financial systems, the Brazilian Financial System is at risk from both internal and external factors. These factors coupled with developmental issues have created a higher risk environment for Brazil’s …

Caliban in “The Tempest” was the son of Sycorax, and his character is a symbolic representation of indigenous or “savage” people. His character represents the stereotypes of indigenous or uncivilized people and a direct contradiction of his more “civilized” counterparts, most specifically Prospero who is seen as his conqueror or …

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) reported bogus transactions that hid losses and inflated its net worth. AIG inflated reserve funds that were to be used for paying claims by millions of dollars and that AIG’s CEO Maurice Greenberg repeatedly directed AIG traders late in the day to buy AIG shares …

Abstract The given paper is designed in order to discuss the origins of ballgame and its meaning in Mesoamerica. The topic is essential because games have been an important part of human culture for thousands of years.  Since very old times various civilizations competed on the field of sports, and their …