...Celebrating a dying republic? SAYAN DEY SILCHAR, JAN 25: Countdown has almost reached its climax with only a few hours left to greet the January 26, 2013, the 63rd Republic Day. All are in readiness to celebrate the ultimate celebration in democratic Republic nation. But haven’t you encountered of a dirty flip side picture in the Republic day? We all will rise late from our couches with a holiday disposition in our mind. The significance of the day seems to have shrunken up to only as day to hang out with family and friends. A mere day for picnic and parties! We hardly try to go deep and explore the true essence of being a Republic citizen of India. A very meagre number of people join the Republic day celebration organised by administration. Especially young generations have parted their ways from this basic tenet of being a Republic national and are more exuberant to play a few ‘flirt games’ over FaceBook, the new mass hysteria. But introspecting and churning thy souls, can we really blame the masses for their reluctance in celebrating Republic Day? Ruma Roy , a varsity student feels, “aftr so mny yrs of indpndnce we r nt fllly indpndnt speclly grls . bfre cm out frm hm we hv to thnk thsnd tm whtr it is mtro cty or rural area. in case of littrcy grls r tll nw far awy 4m it, mny prtns r svng mny 4 dowrry nt 4 their eductn The most common and popular definition of ‘Republic’, according to Dictionery.Com says “ a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens...
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...History of Central African Republic: The Central African Republic (CAR) is located in the heart of equatorial Africa. The country, with an estimated population of 4.4 million and a landmass of 622,984 sq km , is landlocked, sharing borders with Chad, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Republic of the Congo, and Cameroon. The country, a former colony of France (formerly known as Ubangi-Shari), gained independence on August 13, 1960. Like most former colonies, CAR was subject to interference in domestic affairs by its former colonizer. The French were linked to the death of Barthélémy Boganda, the country’s pre-independence leader . The French were also directly involved in several coups within the CAR. Following the death of Boganda, David Dacko a former Boganda aide, would go on to become the country’s first President (with assistance from France). During his first term as president, Dacko significantly increased the country’s diamond production, and even had a diamond cutting facility built in the country’s capital city of Bangui. As a result, diamonds became the co... ... middle of paper ... ... documents, administrative fees for customs clearance and technical control, terminal handling charges and inland transport. The cost measure does not include tariffs or duties. Based on the Bank’s data the cost for importing one 20-foot container into the CAR is $ 5,554, and the cost for exporting, $5,491. Compared to the Sub-Saharan average of $2,365 and $1...
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...Classics 101 May 3rd, 2013 Myth in The Republic After railing against myths many of the books of The Republic, Plato ironically chooses to end his masterpiece on justice with a myth. The story concerns the hero Er and what he has seen in the underworld regarding how human souls choose their lot in life. Plato uses this myth as a way to illuminate three main concepts that all relate back to the dialogues. The first is that it is a means to a guiding principle, a story that might frame an individuals understanding. It also proves that not only is justice attainable it is worthy pursuit. Ultimately the myth culminates in a validation of philosophy as the most honorable earthly pursuit. The myth is a guiding principle, an ever-constant reminder. After nine long books covering a plethora of topics, Plato breaks everything down to a simple story that is able to illuminate the conversation in a succinct way. In a myth, major life questions can be broken down into short, memorable stories. The reason it does this is because the story evokes emotion; the dialogues evoke thought. As a listener of this myth the reader is able to sympathize, pity and rejoice along with the characters of the story. As an reader of the dialogues, the reader is merely a contemplative observer. The emotions reinforce the ideas that are being brought out in the dialogues. The powerful emotions are brought out in this myth by the very first anecdote. The common man in his rush to pick a favorable fate...
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...END OF THE REPUBLIC End of the Republic William J. Byers Grand Canyon University: HIS-318 April 28, 2013 End of the Republic Freeman (1996) describes the period before the first Roman triumvirate as a time that corruption weighed on Romans in general. Cicero had emerged as a skilled orator that both served Rome in the fight against injustice, but also became viewed by the senior senate as someone who was able to undermine the old institutions of power through skill and manipulation. The public corruption had begun to expose the weaknesses of the current form of government and opened many minds to the sentiment that some individuals could be trusted with governance more than the current leaders who could be manipulated by the aristocracy. This paper will compare key players like Julius Caesar and Caesar Augustus in their rise to power, as well as their importance in the events leading to the end of the republic government. The role of Mark Antony and Egyptian Queen Cleopatra will be examined in the events leading up to the battle that ended the republic and began the empire. Finally, the Roman Empire’s expansion north into Gaul, Germania, and Britain will be examined. Around 60bce, leaders like Pompey had had very successful campaigns outside of Italy that provided wealth and influence that held both military and diplomatic appeal. This was precisely the case with Pompey having gained wealth and the loyalty of a large army. Having operated independently from...
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...Weimar Republic Key Vocabulary: Weimer Republic: The name of the German government lasting from the end of WWI (1919) to Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor (1933). Spartacists: A left-wing revolutionary group that later became the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) Nationalist: One who puts their country above all else The Reichstag: The German congress President Hindenberg: Leader of Weimar Republic Surprisingly, given its vast industrial and military power when the war began, Germany emerged from World War I a battered and, in many respects, a bewildered country. In the final months of 1918, Germans had witnessed the reversal of their army’s spring offensive, the resignation of the chancellor and abdication of the Kaiser, and the signing of a hastily arranged armistice, all in the midst of massive civil unrest. Establishment of the Weimar Republic. Germany had also changed internally. When the Kaiser and chancellor left, members of different political parties vied for power, and the country limped along for several months without a firm government in power. Then, in elections in January 1919, 76 percent of Germans voted for the three parties that favored democracy: the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Catholic Center (plus its allies in the Catholic Bavarian People’s Party), and the smaller German Democratic Party (DDP). In February, the elected officials met in the city of Weimar to draw up a constitution and establish a coalition, and the Weimar Republic was...
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...Have you had any previous experience traveling or living outside the US? (*) I have not lived outside the United States; however, I have traveled internationally. In 2010, I visited India for three weeks to visit my husband’s family. During this time, we lived in the homes of our family members in various villages and cities throughout the country including: Ahmedabad, Mount Abu, Pune, Delhi and Mumbai. Additionally, in 2007, my husband and I vacationed in Greece for two weeks staying in Athens and Greek Islands. Lastly, I have taken smaller vacations in several Caribbean countries and Mexico. Through these vacations, I came to appreciate the unique cultures and values of the people that I met. Despite the contrasting lifestyles and material wealth I witnessed in each country compared to what is in the US, I also saw how similar my values and beliefs are to those I met. In each case, the people I met helped make me a more well rounded person. I only wish I could have stayed longer. 2. Do you have any foreign language skills, either reading or conversational? (*) Currently, I would characterize my knowledge of Spanish as: Speaking = conversational, Listening = basic, Writing = conversational. I studied Spanish in high school and was fortunate to have the opportunity to complement my studies with the knowledge that came from conversing with the Latin American employees of my father’s various farming operations in their native language. After, moving away from...
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...The Roman Republic was an ancient republic that was supposedly a republic, while the facts say that they are closer to being a monarchy. During the Roman Republic time period (509 BC- 27 BC), they had many faults in their democracy. The ancient Romans said they were democratic, but they weren’t because they had unequal voting rights, the regular people did not have a big role in the government, and the upper class governed most of the society. The Roman Republic said they had equal voting rights, but not many people were able to vote. In fact, only about 2% of Romans voted. This is because when the Roman Republic expanded, the people living in the farmland regions couldn’t travel back to Rome to vote. Since they had to go to Rome to vote,...
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...Republic: The Best Type of Government? A republic form of government even though not perfect is one of the best governments to be used for a country. A republic gives people freedom while controlling them enough so they don’t get overpowered. The people elect representatives to be their voice in the government like voting like they would or acting like the people would. This type of government is one of the best to choose from and especially a good government for the United States of America even though a republic wasn’t the first choice for the U.S. The argument between the republic form of government was major in the new United States of America. People like Alexander Hamilton and James Madison argued for a republic for the new country....
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...the Dominican Republic on the 27th of February in 1844 the Dominican Republic is a Spanish speaking country with more than ninety-five percent of Dominicans professing to be Roman Catholics. Practicing a typical democracy the Dominican Republic’s capital is Santo Domingo with Chief of State and Head of government being President Leonel Fernández Reyna. Columbus explored Dominican Republic on his first voyage in 1492. He named it La Española, and his son, Diego, was its first viceroy. The capital, Santo Domingo, founded in 1496, is the oldest European settlement in the Western Hemisphere. In 1821 Spanish rule was overthrown, but in 1822 the Haitians re-conquered the colony. In 1844 the Haitians were thrown out, and the Dominican Republic was established, under the leadership of national hero Juan Pablo Duarte, but the government remained unstable. The nation was again ruled by the Spanish between 1861 and 1865. The United States occupied the Dominican Republic from 1916 to 1924. The thirty-year rule of Rafael Trujillo began in 1930. Trujillo was assassinated in 1961, and writer Juan Bosch came into power briefly before being overthrown by a military coup in 1963. The U.S. military intervened in 1965. Joaquin Balaguer was elected president, a position he held into the 1990s. The country has basically been governed democratically since the 1960s. The system of government used is Parliamentary. There are three major political parties in the Dominican Republic. They are: the...
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...General Info They were formed originally in 1983. Their headquarters is in London. What do they do? Republic look to build up public support, and seek to abolish the Monarchy and transition to a Republic. Their plan would be to replace the Monarchy with a head of state. Interest or Cause? The concept would be that republic are a cause group, as they wouldn’t care who the person is, as long as they didn’t want the Monarchy. Insider or Outsider? Due to their big media and social media gathering of support, they are an Outsider type of Pressure Group. How many Members? They have a supporter base of around 30,000, they also have a board of directors and an executive office. Methods They have a great emphasis on getting a lot of support from Social Media and Media in general, they do this by promoting the campaign on social media, supporting a growing network of local campaigns and encouraging individual activism. As part of this work, they regularly give talks in schools and take part in debates in every part of the country. In order to support all of this, and to help themselves grow, they also run regular membership recruitment campaigns and fundraising appeals. Finances With their own website, they have a ‘Join’ tab, ‘donate’ and also a merchandise online store. With them being quite popular, that would be their main source of income, as for a yearly membership, it is £10, however, with their magnitude of members, that would be a good and steady source of income...
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...The Romans had a government system known as the republic ("The Roman Republic", 2008). The citizens voted and picked the representatives to rule. The wealthy or aristocracy class ruled the early Republic. The highest leaders in the government were the two consuls, they ruled the Roman Republic. The senate were put together of patricians. These patricians elected the two consuls that ruled the Roman Republic ("The Roman Republic", 2008). The lower class citizens in the Roman Republic had almost no say in the government of the Roman Republic. Even though both men and woman were citizens of the Roman Republic. Only the men were allowed to vote. Tradition made sure that the lower class people and the wealthy were to be separated ("The Roman Republic", 2008). There were not allowed to be any marriages between the wealthy and the lower class. Eventually the lower class people elected their own representatives which were called tribunes ("The Roman Republic", 2008). These tribunes gained power that allowed them to veto bills that were passed by the senate. After time passed the lower class people continued to gain power. Eventually the lower class people gained enough power and take a position in consul ("The Roman Republic", 2008). Even though they were able to take a position in consul, they still were not able to do much. This was because the wealthy people were able to use their money to buy control and have great influence over the other elected leaders. When an emergency situation...
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...Female Education in the Early Republic Dr. Benjamin Rush was an advocate for a republican form of government after the Revolutionary War because he believed it was a way to distinguish the United States from Britain. As a part of the republicanism philosophy that he was promoting, he advocated for the proper education of women through many speeches including one influential speech called “The Education of Republican Women.” Dr. Benjamin Rush had many thoughts about the education of women, which included not reading novels, using ornamental accomplishments to yield principles and knowledge, and to help promote republicanism in the United States. Dr. Rush wanted to discourage young American women from reading novels because he thought they didn’t apply American life. He didn’t think that reading these novels filled with “extravagant love, jealousy, ambition or revenge” would help the American women in the life that she was facing. Dr. Rush didn’t dismiss all novels, but he did dismiss the subject matter of the novels. He believed that their time would be better spent studying concrete subjects that would help them work in the home and raise their children better, rather than wasting their time reading frivolous things that wouldn’t be helpful. Dr. Rush “tended to link a woman's need for knowledge to their duty as wives and mothers” and the topics talked about in novels didn’t pertain to their duties. He thought that women should be educated in things that would help...
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...Plato’s Republic: Metals Metaphor Interpretation In Plato’s The Republic, there are many arguments to what may build a perfect city. Plato offers the reader an in-depth presentation of Socrates’ personal thoughts and philosophical ideas. One concept I thoroughly examined was the Metals Metaphor. This metaphor states, citizens are born with innate metals within them whether it be gold, silver, or iron/bronze. This would be utilized to ensure people would understand which of the classes they are placed within the city. The Metals Metaphor has been interpreted in many different ways. Some believe this would be told to the city to ensure the auxiliaries, or working class, would be pleased with their place in society, while other have interpreted it was a means to maintain the rulers’ happiness considering they lived a life without wealth and possessions. I do not believe this tale would be told to preserve the rulers’ contentment. I disagree with this specific interpretation for a few different reasons. First and foremost, Socrates speaks on how highly valued education is. Socrates presents “The Allegory of the Cave”, and how a leader would need to metaphorically “be dragged out of a cave as far as possible” to rule efficiently. I believe a ruler, with all of the education provided, would understand the importance of their leadership and would place that above possessions and/or wealth. They are born into thinking a “philosopher-king” position is the outmost highest achievement;...
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...being treated as merely a means to an end, but rather as a means to their own end, that otherwise cannot be achieved unless through use of the noble lie which, I hope, has already been established as ethically permissible. As Strauss (1964) claims in The City and Man, the entire structure of the Republic can only be possible if the wise philosophers have absolute rule; which the noble lie facilitates. In general, citizens are ignorant in that they lack proper education, do not have the ability to think and act in a way that benefits the state as a whole, and are thus incapable of knowing ‘truth’, and by necessity, cannot be allowed to contribute to decisions or rulings that affect the way the state is run (assuming the state has knowledge of the ‘truth’). To further this point, they cannot be trusted to rule over themselves, or be allowed to threaten an established ‘perfect’ (stable) societal and political hierarchy in any way as it would be...
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...During the last century BC the Roman Republic was in turmoil, civil wars had wrecked the country, and out of these conflicts came a powerful dictator the general known as Sulla. Sulla took power through corruption and violence. His dictatorship was characterised by the constitutional reforms that he tried to implement in order to prevent future violence, and paradoxically to retain the traditional Roman power distribution. These reforms did not create an environment in which the Roman Republic was better off, the senate was weakened and corrupted and he failed to curtail the power that the major generals had gained through the Marian reforms. Furthermore he damaged the republic by setting a precedent for future leaders to follow when he marched on Rome with his own army, an example which would be followed by generals such as Caesar. Whilst there was a certain inevitability surrounding the fall of the Roman Republic, some scholars believe that through concerted efforts to reduce the power of the military Sulla could have saved the Republic. Sulla’s reforms, whilst they were able to be enforced by him, curbed the violence and made the Roman Republic a more civil society, however, once he was no longer around the Republic reverted back to violence and instability. This shows that these reforms lacked popular following and there was no longevity in them. Sulla’s dictatorship, though brief, made many changes to the Roman system that would not remain in place after his leadership ended...
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