European Council Essays

  • Housing Affordability in Australia

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    affordability is complex and is contributed to by a number of factors including the impost created by Council processes, which is the scope of the HAF-T5 Project. The need to reduce these imposts is a key driver for continued improvement in Council processes to streamline the approval of housing related development applications. There is a direct correlation between the cost of housing and the time it takes for Council approval to be obtained for a development. It is the intention of this project to isolate

  • Conflicts In Ayn Rand's Anthem

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    us so, and they frowned when they looked upon us”. (21) After the House of the Students, Equality is assigned to work. The Council of Vocations choose his job for him. Being Equality, he has preferences and his preference is to be sent to the Home of the Scholars, the most intelligent and well-worth occupation. However, The Council knows of Equality’s natural skill. The Council is also well aware that Equality could add to their community if he is put in a Home that allows him to apply his talent.

  • Role of the IOC and the Council of Europe in anti-doping policy.

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    Role of the IOC and the Council of Europe in anti-doping policy. Anti-Doping policy has altered from concerning a small group of governing bodies and countries to a large global affair in the last 40 years. This has encouraged development of series of international agreements, development of series of international agreements, the establishment of new global forums (World Anti-Doping Agency) and the commitment of many millions of dollars of public and government body funding. Up to the late 80s

  • The Problems Created by the Doctrine of Judicial Precedent

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    Judicial Precedent and will attempt to find solutions to them. Whereas, English Law has formed over some 900 years it was not until the middle of the 19th Century that the modern Doctrine was ‘reaffirmed’. London Tramways Co. Ltd V London County Council (1898). Law is open to interpretation, all decisions made since the birth of the English Legal System, have had some form of impact whether it is beneficial or not The term ‘Judicial Precedent’ has at least two meanings, one of which is the

  • Maori Land Issues

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    Affairs, passed a notable piece of legislation: a Maori Land Administration Act which set up a Council which was based on Carroll^s ^taihoa^ (wait and see) delaying policies. In the Council, Maori owners were in majority, to administer the lease of Maori land. The Council leased but sold very little land and this caused settler discontent and in 1905, the Council were replaced by a European dominated Boards. By the end of the Liberal^s time in office in 1912, a further 3 million acres

  • Second Presidency Essay

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    Although the presidency is a great opportunity to influence European policies, it is also a big challenge, and during the second Presidency in 2006 Finland concentrated on “tackling Europe’s current challenges such as security, globalisation, demographic change and maintaining economic welfare” (Committee of the Regions 2006, 4). The Finnish government knew that the Presidency would be an opportunity for them to take the European agenda forward as smoothly and efficiently as possible in order to

  • Equality In Ayn Rand's Cry For Equality

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    exist, what is their purpose. The council wants to protect the people. The council doesn’t want the people finding out about what happened in the unmentionable times. But are they doing the right thing by keeping it a secret? Equality is stuck trying to figure out what to do and discovering new things and envisioning his new society. The citizens of this society are like pawns of the council. They are born in breeding houses. They are only taught what the council wants them to know. They have no

  • The Midnight Thief Book Report

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    rewards. He can both obey the council and leave Kyra to die, or he could disobey them and save her, in which would resolve in him losing his job and/or getting killed. “’When I took my [knightly] vows, I pledged to obey the council and protect Forge’s citizens. I never thought those two vows would clash’” (Blackburne 276). Even though Kyra has done many things Tristam is against, he cannot help to be drawn to her. But at the same time, Tristam has duties and must obey the council as he pledged. He ends

  • ontemporary Thinkers: Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aguinas

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    known as direct democracy. This class was further divided into three councils : Assembly of Ecclesia, Council of 500, and the Council of 50. The largest council was the Assembly of Ecclesia, which was a body of all male citizens over the age of twenty. The Council of 500 consisted of 500 members, chosen from lottery and election from the Assembly of Ecclesia. The Council of 50 was made up of 50 members chosen from the Council of 500. The second class of people in the city-states was the Metics.

  • NHS Essay

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    official role, by defining the reality of NHS. NHS works for the betterment not only of the Council Rock North community, but also of the community around us. We see this through the society’s extensive efforts in tutoring and fundraising. For example, last year, proceeds from the society’s annual volleyball tournament went to the Megan Garvey Memorial, which, for those of you who do not know, celebrates a Council Rock North graduate who went to teach in the Dominican Republic, where she unfortunately

  • My Grandfather Was My Role Model

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    My grandfather was my role model because he would always help others. He was a doctor, and he would treat patients, even if they could not pay him. It did not matter to him. All that mattered was that he was able to help someone. He was put into the hospital, and he was in need of blood. A stranger donated blood for him. Thanks to that stranger, he was able to live for a few more days. Those days were the most meaningful days of my life. Because of this incidence, I started volunteering at the

  • Secrets Found in Gimli by Diane Alexander

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    characters, which narrates while dialogue. Alexander narrates the entire first paragraph, and her point of view in that piece is trusted, because she narrates the historical fact. The second paragraph though is from the point of view of the members of council, who is a character of the story and is also trusted. The member expressed his feelings, which should...

  • Should Women be Ordained in the Pentecostal Churches?

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    ordination. Case Study The Council of Christian Communities of an African Approach in Europe cosponsored an African Christian Diaspora Conference with Humbolt University, Berlin, Germany, Rostock University, Rostock, Germany, and University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. On September 11-15, 2003, the conference was held in Berlin, Germany. The theme was “The Berlin-Congo Conference 1884-The Partition of Africa and Implications for Christian Mission Today.” The council invited me to present on the

  • Resource Allocation: An Economic Problem

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    Background The issue, which I have chosen to investigate, is the allocation of resources, which are primarily money, by a local authority, namely the City of Westminster Council. The reason why this allocation of resources has become an economic problem is because money is a finite resource, so therefore there is scarcity and the council have to make choices as to how to allocate the resources they have been given. This type of resource allocation is different to that faced by a private company as they

  • Free Essays - Anthem

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    that this tree was the tree of knowledge and to eat of it would give them knowledge equal to God’s.  In Anthem, Prometheus and Gaea are told that they have everything that they will ever need or desire by the council.  They are forbidden to gain knowledge that is not permitted by the council but only to do as they are told.  Adam and Eve disobeyed God in the pursuit of knowledge and ate of the tree in order to gain equality to God.  When they did this God found out and so condemned them and punished

  • Europe: The Lisbon Treaty

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    2013: 9). For some, the Treaty simply sets out incremental reforms designed to make the EU more accountable and efficient (Berman, 2012:3). This is demonstrated largely through institutional changes, particularly to the European Parliament, the Council of Ministers and the European Council, but also through the Citizens’ Initiative. However, others have attacked it as merely reinforcing the control of the elites over member states and conversely restricting transparency and encouraging secrecy. Furthermore

  • Anthem

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    philosophy that the society believed in. He figured that since the council wouldn't appreciate his work, he would rather show his invention to the scholars. When the World Council of Scholars arrives in his city, he will present to them, as his gift, the "glass box with the power of the sky." One night while Equality 7-2521 was working on an experiment in his tunnel, he totally lost track of time. He rushed out, and then the council questioned him on why was he late. Equality 7-2521 refused to answer

  • The Importance of a Sound Mind and Body in Homer's Odyssey

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    a sound mind. In an attempt to stand his ground, in front of the council he breaks down into tears. Antinoos says "Telemachos you are a boaster, and you don't know how to keep your temper!"{page 24}. Telemachos made an attempt to express his valid point of view, and does so, but fails to convince the council. He breaks down in tears, showing how immature he really is. He does not have a sound mind. The council basked in this weakness and was even more critical of him at that

  • Pouliuli by Albert Wendt

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    tasks. Pilis’ tasks were to eat a mountain of fish which the giant’s had caught that day, to race the giants down a river, and make himself disappear. Faleasas’ tasks were to destroy Filemoni, Make Moaula the new leader, and remove Sau and Vaelupa as council leader. Of course they couldn’t have done these tasks alone so both of them enlisted help from friends. Pili enlisted the help of Tausamitele, Lelemalosi, and Pouliuli. Faleasa enlisted the help of his long time friend Laaumatua and his son Moaula

  • Sea Defences at Minehead and Their Effectiveness

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    £21 million. Picture 3 However for a new wall to replace the damaged one the problem was down to who would be responsible for its 'upkeep'. This meant that for the new wall to built the Environment Agency, West Somerset Council, Butlins and Somerset County Council had to agree to employ engineering teams and landscape architects come to Minehead to build the wall which would cost millions of pounds. But before the sea front had a revamp, calculations of the size of the project, would show