FWDP -- North, Central And South American Documents An online library of over 500 texts on indigenous peoples throughout the world. North, South and central american Documents. North America. general North America Between Indian Nations in Canada and the gov't of Canada to Resolve Outstanding Differences Prior to http://www.cwis.org/americas.html
Extractions: North, South and Central American Documents Central and South America 96-16746.TXT - E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1996/3/Add.1 Health and Indigenous Peoples - Statments by the Four Directions Council, Coordinating Association of Indigenous Communities in El Salvador, CHIRAPAQ, Legal Committee on Self-Sufficient Development for the Autochthonous Peoples of the Andes, and the Indigenous Parliament of America - UNWGIP 14th Session 12 June 1996 NFC_JOE.TXT - Keynote Address by Joe DeLaCruz to the National Fisheries Conference, Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, National Indian Brotherhood 5/20/80 NWPACTRT.TXT - The 1994 Pacific Northwest Treaty - Multilateral treaty between Indian Nations in the Northwest U.S. and Canada NWPACBAK.TXT - Background and List of Objectives - 1994 Pacific Northwest Treaty 1ST_NAT.TXT ABOR_SOV.TXT - Aboriginal Rights and the Sovereignty of Countries (including a case study of the Canadian Arctic) by Marc Denhez, Inuit Tapirisat of Canada ABORDECL.TXT
The American Civil War Homepage Civil War Trust. The central Virginia Battlefields Trust The american Experience Ulysses S. Grant. A Hero No More The Gravesite of general George by Rosemary Pardoe. Lt. gov. C. C http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
Extractions: General Resources Music of the Civil War Era 2nd South Carolina String Band Band Music from the Civil War Era (from the Library of Congress) Music of the American Civil War The Civil War Music Site Poetry and Music of the War Between the States Historic American Sheet Music: 1860-1869 (from Duke University) Civil War Poetry and Music The Civil War Music Store Civil War Songs Radio (NB: This site has a commercial character) Selections by 33rd NJVI Reenactors (NB: This site has a commercial character) Music of the Civil War Radio (NB: This site has a commercial character)
CIA - The World Factbook -- El Salvador Telephone system Definition Field Listing general assessment NA domestic station 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to central american Microwave System. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/es.html
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CIA - The World Factbook -- Nicaragua Telephone system Definition Field Listing general assessment inadequate system and wire system being expanded; connected to central american Microwave System http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/nu.html
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Central American Common Market All Infoplease. Almanacs general Entertainment United States. History gov't. Biography. Sports. Arts Ent central american Common Market. central american Common Market ( CACM http://www.infoplease.com/ce5/CE009861.html
Extractions: Central American Common Market Central American Common Market (CACM), trade organization started in 1960 by a treaty between Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and later Costa Rica. By the mid-1960s the group had made advances toward economic integration, and by 1970 trade between member nations had risen more than tenfold over 1960 levels. During the same period, imports doubled and a common tariff was established for 98% of the trade with nonmember countries. In 1967, at the conference of American presidents at Punta del Este, Uruguay, it was decided that CACM, together with the Latin American Free Trade Association (see Latin American Integration Association ), would be the basis for a comprehensive Latin American common market. However, by the early 1990s little progress toward a Latin American common market had been made, in part because of internal and internecine strife, in part because CACM economies were competitive, not complementary. Nonetheless, CACM has been judged more successful at lowering trade barriers than other Latin American groupings. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia
Great American Speeches: Speech Archives Defense of general Funston " Princeton integrate schools, Alabama gov central Los Angeles following the acquittal of four policemen videotaped while brutally beating Africanamerican http://www.pbs.org/greatspeeches/timeline
Extractions: Welcome to the Speech Archives. You have discovered one of the most comprehensive on-line collections of speech texts of contemporary American History. Here you can read the speeches and backgrounds of many of the most influential and poignant speakers of the recorded age. To help put each speaker in historical context, we have also provided a brief timeline of historical events. To learn about the speaker and what he or she was talking about, click on the background link. To skip the background and read the text of the speech only, click on the speech link. To listen to an audio sample, click on the audio link, and to watch a short video excerpt, click on the video link. Additional background stories and audio and video links will be added as each episode of Great American Speeches airs on PBS over the next five weeks. Speeches are arranged sequentially by era. To find a particular speech, scroll down through the page, or you can jump to a specific decade by using the 10-year timebar below.
Library Of Congress/Spanish American War Introduction grew in the United States when general Valeriano Weyler that moved the population into central locations guarded de Lôme criticizing the american President on http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/intro.html
Extractions: Photographic History of the Spanish American War , p. 36. On April 25, 1898 the United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898. As a result Spain lost its control over the remains of its overseas empire Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippine islands, Guam, and other islands. Beginning in 1492, Spain was the first European nation to sail westward across the Atlantic Ocean, explore, and colonize the Amerindian nations of the Western Hemisphere. At its greatest extent, the empire that resulted from this exploration extended from Virginia on the eastern coast of the United States south to Tierra del Fuego at the tip of South America excluding Brazil and westward to California and Alaska. Across the Pacific, it included the Philippines and other island groups. By 1825 much of this empire had fallen into other hands and in that year, Spain acknowledged the independence of its possessions in the present-day United States (then under Mexican control) and south to the tip of South America. The only remnants that remained in the empire in the Western Hemisphere were Cuba and Puerto Rico and across the Pacific in Philippine Islands, and the Carolina, Marshall, and Mariana Islands (including Guam) in Micronesia. Following the liberation from Spain of mainland Latin America, Cuba was the first to initiate its own struggle for independence. During the years from 1868-1878, Cubans personified by guerrilla fighters known as
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Website Of The Belize Tourism Board The Prime Minister is appointed by the Governor general and is the leader of reason why Belize had played no direct part in the central american peace process http://www.travelbelize.org/gov.html
Extractions: Belize has a seventeen year history of self government, from 1964 to 1981. During this time the British had control only over foreign affairs, internal security and defense. Belize was granted independence in 1981. During the first three years of independence, the country was lead by the People's United Party, with George Price being the first Prime Minister. Following the first general election in 1984, the People's United Party were replaced by Manuel Esquivel and the United Democratic Party. The People's United Party (PUP) then took seats again in 1989, only to be defeated by the United Democratic Party (UDP) on June 30, 1993, after the they had called elections eighteen months early. August 27th 1998 saw the installment of Belize's third Prime Minister when the PUP, under the new leadership of Said Musa, were returned to power by the Belizean people. On March 5th, 2003 the P.U.P under the leadership of Said Musa made history becoming the first government to serve two consecutive terms. Belize's form of government is modeled like that of the Westminister system. The governor general, prime minister and cabinet are the executive branch of the government. The legislative branch comprises of a twenty-eight member elected House of Representative and an eight-member appointed Senate. 6 members of the Senate are appointed by the ruling Party, 3 by the Opposition and 3 by the Governor General. The President of the Senate is nominated by the ruling party but must be elected by the other members. The Prime Minister is appointed by the Governor General and is the leader of the ruling party and the Cabinet. The judicial system consists of a supreme court and magistrate court; each district has a magistrate court, with the exception of Belize City which has four. Each of the nine towns, including San Pedro and Benque Viejo, has a locally elected seven member town board, except Belize City which has a nine member city council.
Extractions: December 5, 1996 The Challenge of Central Banking in a Democratic Society Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I am especially pleased to accept AEI's Francis Boyer Award for 1996 and be listed with so many of my friends and former associates. In my lecture this evening I want to give some personal perspectives on central banking and, consequently, I shall be speaking only for myself. William Jennings Bryan reportedly mesmerized the Democratic Convention of 1896 with his memorable ". . . you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold." His utterances underscored the profoundly divisive role of money in his timea divisiveness that remains apparent today. Bryan was arguing for monetizing silver at an above-market price in order to expand the money supply. The presumed consequences would have been an increase in product prices and an accompanying shift in the value of net claims on future wealth from the "monied interests" of the East to the indebted farmers of the West who would arguably be able to pay off their obligations with cheaper money. The debates, before and since, over the issue of our money standard have mirrored the deliberations on the manner in which we have chosen to govern ourselves, and, perhaps more fundamentally, debates on the basic values that should govern our society.
Mental Health: A Report Of The Surgeon General - Chapter 3 controversy surrounds the use of central alphaadrenergic a medical evaluation of general and neurological health The american Academy of Pediatrics published a http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/chapter3/sec4.html
Extractions: Click to enlarge Inattention tends to persist through childhood and adolescence into adulthood, while the symptoms of motor hyperactivity and impulsivity tend to diminish with age. Many children with ADHD develop learning difficulties that may not improve with treatment (Mannuzza et al., 1993). Hyperactive behavior is often associated with the development of other disruptive disorders, particularly conduct and oppositional-defiant disorder (see Disruptive Disorders). The reason for the relationship is not known. Some believe that the impulsivity and heedlessness associated with ADHD interfere with social learning or with close social bonds with parents in a way that predisposes to the development of behavior disorders (Barkley, 1998). Table 3-3. DSM-IV criteria for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Either (1) or (2):
Mental Health: A Report Of The Surgeon General - Chapter 3 et al., 1992; Kendall, 1994), is deemed by the american Psychological Association different causes of toxic or infectious damage to the central nervous system http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/chapter3/sec6.html
Extractions: Children and Mental Health Normal Development Theories of Development Social and Language Development ... References The combined prevalence of the group of disorders known as anxiety disorders is higher than that of virtually all other mental disorders of childhood and adolescence (Costello et al., 1996). The 1-year prevalence in children ages 9 to 17 is 13 percent (Table 3-1). This section furnishes brief overviews of several anxiety disorders: separation anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Treatments for all but the latter are grouped together below. Separation Anxiety Disorder Separation anxiety is often associated with symptoms of depression, such as sadness, withdrawal, apathy, or difficulty in concentrating, and such children often fear that they or a family member might die. Young children experience nightmares or fears at bedtime. About 4 percent of children and young adolescents suffer from separation anxiety disorder (DSM-IV). Among those who seek treatment, separation anxiety disorder is equally distributed between boys and girls. In survey samples, the disorder is more common in girls (DSM-IV). The disorder may be overdiagnosed in children and teenagers who live in dangerous neighborhoods and have reasonable fears of leaving home. The remission rate with separation anxiety disorder is high. However, there are periods where the illness is more severe and other times when it remits. Sometimes the condition lasts many years or is a precursor to panic disorder with agoraphobia. Older individuals with separation anxiety disorder may have difficulty moving or getting married and may, in turn, worry about separation from their own children and partner.
F) Canada, Mexico, And Central America Affairs and Governance met with the US Attorney general to discuss to a collective mutual legal assistance agreement among all central american countries and http://www.state.gov/g/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2001/rpt/8478.htm
Extractions: Belize I. Summary The Government of Belize (GOB) recognizes that the transit of drugs is a serious concern and works closely with the United States on narcotics control and international crime issues. In 1999 Belize was removed from the list of major drug-transit countries, but it remains a country of concern to the United States. In 2001 several large shipments of cocaine were seized in Belize territorial waters and mainland Belize. Belize is a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention. II. Status of Country Belize has a population of approximately 250,000 and a landmass of 8,866 square miles with borders contiguous with Guatemala and Mexico. The topography consists of large tracts of unpopulated jungles and forested areas, a lengthy unprotected coastline, hundreds of small caves, and numerous navigable inland waterways. These factors, combined with Belizes rudimentary infrastructure, make Belize a natural transshipment point for illicit drugs. On January 15, 2002, Belize formally ended its economic citizenship program. This program had raised serious concerns in the past, because it allowed some international criminals and fugitives from justice to receive Belize citizenship. III. Country Actions Against Drugs in 2001
SOUTH AMERICA was a treeline lowering of 600800m in the central american mountains, relative For the Caribbean islands, the general indications from pollen, sediment fluxes http://www.esd.ornl.gov/projects/qen/new_sa.html
Extractions: Last modified Sunday 13th April 1997 Return to QEN Home Page RETURN TO ATLAS MAIN MENU For Central America and Caribbean region, see: For South America, see: South America 18,000 14C years ago South America 8,000 and 5,000 14C years ago, combined South America, present-potential. VIEW NEW SET OF PALAEOVEGETATION MAPS (PRELIMINARY) AT MORE FREQUENT TIME INTERVALS List of References (separate document) Key to the vegetation classification system used in the atlas Return to QEN Home Page C years ago (Last Glacial Maximum, or LGM). Distribution of sites used towards reconstructing the LGM palaeovegetation distribution for South America Note that a number of new sites (referred to below) have come to our attention since this diagram was made, and these sites are not shown on this map. Distribution of sites used towards reconstructing the LGM palaeovegetation distribution for Central America Sea level, ice sheets, lakes For cartographic convenience, coastlines are drawn at the -150 m bathymetric contour (the only shelf contour available on most atlas maps), although this is almost certainly too great a lowering, as sea level was probably only around 120-140m lower than now (H. Faure pers. comm.). Broad-scale climatological evidence . Recent broad-scale evidence from ice cores in the high Andean Huascaran Glacier core,
NORTH AMERICA DURING THE LAST 150,000 YEARS In general it seems from the pollen profiles that Through much of the southern and central Cordilleran area been the case for the lowland american and Mexican http://www.esd.ornl.gov/projects/qen/nercNORTHAMERICA.html
Extractions: Back to map index NORTH AMERICA DURING THE LAST 150,000 YEARS Compiled by Jonathan Adams, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA Summary From around 150,000 to 130,000 years ago, North America experienced colder and generally more arid than present conditions. About 130,000 years ago, a warm phase slightly moister than the present began, and conditions at least as warm as the present lasted until about 115,000 years ago. Subsequent cooling and drying of the climate led to a cold, arid maximum about 70,000 years ago, followed by a slight moderation of climate with a second aridity maximum around 22,000-13,000 14C years ago. Conditions then quickly became warmer and moister, though with an interruption by cold and aridity in many areas around 11,000 14C years ago. Present-potential vegetation This, roughly speaking, is the vegetation cover that existed 500 years ago as Europeans began to arrive in the Americas. In the eastern USA, forest was predominant with warmth-adapted temperate forest in the south-east. To the west, decreased rainfall and the resulting fires prevented trees from growing, and a wide grassland belt (prairie) existed. In the mountains and plains of the far west, sparse rainfall gave semi-desert, open scrub and open conifer woodlands. To the north, various conifer forest belts extended across Canada, opening out into the meadow-like tundra where climates were too cold for trees to grow. 130,000-125,000 y.a. Eemian 'optimum', Isotope Stage 5e.
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