Albania

Come Be My Light “In the light of her upbringing, Mother Teresa’s private vow took on added gravity: She was determined to be faithful to her word given to God, even at the price of her life” (Kolodiejchuk pg 31). Mother Teresa explained that in Albania they have a word called “besa” and absolute fidelity is expected once a vow is made, especially since she made one to God. Mother Teresa vowed to never say no to God, she vowed to not refuse and instead go out and deliver God’s message as He…

in ethics. Culture is another strong factor for ethics. In ways such as depending on what area we come from as individuals. As well as how the household we grew up in helps develop our ethics as individuals. For example, someone that grew up in Albania has a different view on family then someone that grew up in America. These sort of examples add up and develop into an individual’s personal ethics. So our background and our culture that we have and were brought up by in many ways forms a big…

(Franning, 1997, p. 284) The idea of a quick and violent tactic such as Blitzkrieg did not develop in World War II; on the contrary, it was methodically practiced and perfected through campaigns in Ethiopia, Spain and Albania before proving its worth in Poland. (Reilly, 1940, p. 244) The original idea behind the blitzkrieg tactic was to introduce a sequence of short campaigns aimed at minimizing the duration of the war. Germany’s ability to rapidly employ a combined armed…

On September 1, 1939 under one year after the Munich Agreement, Adolf Hitler attacked Poland. His objective was to wipe out the majority of the Jews. England and France guaranteed to help Poland yet Britain was too far away for their Air Force to help and France was excessively anxious, making it impossible to help on the grounds that they feared the Germans. Poland had next to no Navy and Air Force to battle the Germans. Poland was likewise attacked by the Soviet Union in the meantime so their…

The Soviet Union was one of the most powerful communist countries in the world due to its invincible army. During the Stalin’s era, Moscow was the center of an international communist movement. Most of the communist nations during the Cold War were the Soviet satellite states such as Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria, along with China. From the Soviet’s perspective, the foreign communist parties could be used in diplomatic games with the Western powers and as necessary parts of the…

respected administrator and fierce warrior by Julius. Julius was a competitive warrior who won various wars. Having this type of father figure influenced Augustus become a savage warrior. He studied and underwent military training at 18 in what is now Albania. Later in life he fought in many battles (and won) in spain, Egypt and…

Ever since communism was created, many people have feared it. They mainly feared being taken over and controlled by it. For example in the later years of communist, after WW II, Americans feared it. They had so much fear that it created a cold war. This cold war almost led to global destruction. Many americans first started fearing communism between 1947 and 1948. They started fearing it because it was expanding through Europe. The Soviet Union was the biggest country that was led by a…

Maura Ploesser #14 7R Hurricane Katrina February 18, 2015 One of the deadliest hurricanes in history Billions of dollars in damage a hurricane that killed thousands. They call it Hurricane Katrina. Katrina initially formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 205 as a tropical depression .on the North side of the storm circulating in the center early in the morning of August 24 , 2005 , forty to sixty five miles wide , the storm now name a tropical storm , a tropical storm called Katrina . On August…

“Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide?” This quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau notes very clearly that suicide may be justifiable in certain situation, but society generally doesn’t define this type of act as suicide because of the stigma associated with the word itself. Suicide can be more than just killing oneself over emotional distress, and can include…

Dive bars are broadly defined as a shabby and disreputable establishment—essentially the lowest of quality drinking establishments. Though there are numerous guides to Boston’s “best dive bars,” this complicates the definition of what exactly constitutes what makes a bar a “dive”. If a dive bar is always shabby and seedy, is it possible to be “the best” in being the worst? If so, would the award for the best dive bar actually go to the worst? Many of these common standards that define a dive…