This region has had a long and tonoilous times. I will give you a little info on it after WWI to WWII during since that is when you grandpa served there. I would encourage you to continue researching both before and the times after WWII. Annexation to Italy of all the lands they claimed were inhabited by an Italian speaking population. Many local Italians enrolled voluntarily in the Royal Italian Army (a notable example is the writer Scipio Slataper. After the end of World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved, and many of its border areas, including the Austrian Littoral, were disputed among its successor states. On November 3, 1918, the Armistice of villa Giusti was signed ending hostilities between Italy and Austria-Hungary. Trieste was occupied by the Italian Army (warmly welcomed by the Italian portion of the local population after the Austro-Hungarian troops had been ordered to lay down their arms, a day before the Armistice was due to enter effect, effectively allowing the Italians to claim the region had been taken before the cessation of hostilities (a similar situation occurred in South Tyrol). Trieste was officially annexed to the Kingdom of Italy only with the Treaty of Rapallo in 1920. The region was reorganized under a new administrative unit, known as the Julian March (Venezia Giulia). The Narodni dom, Slovene Hall of Trieste, burned down by the Fascist squads in 1920.The union to Italy, however, brought a small loss of importance for the city, with the new state border depriving it of its former hinterland. The Slovene ethnic group (around 25% of the population according to the 1910 census[9]) suffered persecution by rising Italian Fascism. The period of violent persecution of Slovenes began with the riots of April 13, 1920, which were organized as a retaliation for the assault on Italian occupying troops in Split by the local Croatian population. Many Slovene-owned shops and buildings were destroyed during the riots, which culminated when a group of Italian Fascists, led by Francesco Giunta, burned down the Narodni dom ("National House"), the community hall of Trieste's Slovenes. After the emergence of the Fascist regime in 1922, an official policy of Italianization began. Public use of the Slovene language was prohibited, by 1927 all Slovene associations were dissolved, while names and surnames of Slavic and German origin were Italianized by the end of 1930. Several thousand Slovenes from Trieste, especially intellectuals, emigrated to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and to South America, where many became prominent in their field. Among the notable Slovene ?migr?s from Trieste were the writers Vladimir Bartol and Josip Ribi?i?, the legal theorist Boris Furlan, and the architect Viktor Sul?i?. Meanwhile several thousands ethnic Italians from Dalmatia moved to Trieste from the newly created Yugoslavia. In the late 1920s, Yugoslav irredentism started to appear, and the Slovene militant anti-fascist organization TIGR carried out several bomb attacks in the city centre. In 1930 and 1941, two trials against Slovene activists were held in Trieste by the fascist Special Tribunal for the Security of the State. Despite the demise of its traditional multicultural and pluri-linguistic character, and the emigration of many Slovene and most of the German speakers, the overall population continued to grow. Even the economy enjoyed a significant improvement in the late 1930s, with development of industrial activities. The Fascist Regime built several new infrastructures and public buildings, including the almost 70 m (229.66 ft) high Victory Lighthouse (Faro della Vittoria), which became one of the city's landmarks. The University of Trieste was also established in this period.

Several artistic and intellectual subcultures continued to swarm even under the repressive Fascist regime. In the 1920s, the city was home to an important avant-gardist movement in visual arts, centered around the futurist Tullio Crali and the constructivist Avgust ?ernigoj. In the same period, Trieste consolidated its role as one of the centres of modern Italian literature, with authors such as Umberto Saba, Biagio Marin, Giani Stuparich, and Salvatore Satta. Among the non-Italian authors and intellectuals that remained in Trieste, the most notable were the Austrian Julius Kugy and the Slovene Boris Pahor. Intellectuals were frequently associated with Caff? San Marco, a caf? in the city which remains open today.

The promulgation of the anti-Jewish racial laws in 1938 was a severe blow to the city's Jewish community, the third largest in Italy. The Fascist anti-semitic campaign resulted in a series of attacks on Jewish property and individuals, culminating in July 1942, when the Great Synagogue was raided and devastated by the Fascist Squads and the mob. This are played an import part in 1998 with the genocide and Bosnian War

Yes, only if Qaddafi uses his air force again protesters and civilians. Britain has already mentioned it as have other nations including the US. I think they are trying to intimidate and scare him out of the idea 1st but, NATO will do it if hundreds of civilians and protesters are blown away.

If you work in most states they have a "right to hire and fire" at will. They will usually not give you a truthful explaination if you worked there for a good amount of time. I not sure what you are saying in the 3nd to last sentence. Our you saying you did not know the cost a company pays for its employees to have health insurance? They do pay a group plan but, when you lose a job you do not get that group rate if you wish to continue with a COBRA plan. You can usually find health insurance cheaper than most COBRA plans. Your company is probably with in the law but, being unethical firing you b/c you hurt your back. Get Well and check with a lawyer to be sure. It can not hurt.

I would have to know more detail on the North American Union first. If it was an US controlled union with a gradual citizenship for most Mexicans and that they have to contribute a certain amount of money to our social security and Medicaid/Medicare systems before the could even apply for these services, I might now be for it after analyzing these numbers. Canada could be alright but, look at these number first. Why Mexico, it has a much larger population than Canada and is more economically challenged? I live in El Paso TX, a boarder town with a large Mexican city, and have always thought of Mexico as a third world nation. This is in fact incorrect. They are considered a firmly established upper-middle income country. Mexico is considered a newly industrialized country and an emerging power. It has the 13th largest nominal GDP and the 11th largest by purchasing power parity. They have approximately 111 million citizens and are the 11 th populous country in the world. The US has about 310 million and the largest GDP in the world by far. Mexico has a national debt of only 20% of their national GDP! They are a member of the G8 + 5, they are one of the + 5 countries, which is a new addition to the original G8 group of nations. Mexico is the sixth largest oil producing countries and is estimated to have the worlds #4 largest reserves of untapped oil. In fact Goldmans Sachs predicts by 2050 that Mexico will have the worlds 5th largest economy. Canada has a much smaller population with only 34 million people and the number 8 largest GDP in the world. They are one of only 3 countries in the world with a per capita income of over $40K per year. The US is #1 and Japan is #3. Canada has the worlds # 2 largest reserves of untapped oil. Adding Canada would be just like adding another state. A large sized state with a strong economy, vast natural resources and a well developed infrastructure and industry that is already predominantly English speaking. Adding Mexico would give us a large emerging market with a fast growing economy and vast natural resources as well. It would cut down on the tons of illegal drugs ruining millions of American lives. The new border would be only 600 miles with Guatemala and 140 with Belize which we might as well take too. I mean unite with.

All I know is when I was younger mid-20's and below, I always cheated on my girlfriends and fiancee. I look back and regret it all because I really hurt some good and kind people. But, did I really love all of them, no. But that does not make it alright. I will never cheat on anyone again, even if I am not completely in love or not. No, you just do not forgive them and continue on with that person. People must have consequences and be held accountable for their actions. If I wasn't I would never have changed and become a loyal person.

I remember that a Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium is impossible to occur in nature. It can only happen in a labratory, controlled, environment. That is because in a Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium there is no change in a specific population size either environmently or genetically. Everything remains constant generation after generation. Not sure whats on Chapter 13 of what book though.

Do not live in N. Ireland or any part of the UK. Do remember all the bombings and violence between the IRA and English police. Since the GF Peace Agreement of 1998 The Republic of Ireland has been a sovern independent country with its own elected government. While England, Wales, N. Ireland and Scotland compose the U.K. Conflict between N. Ireland, Ireland and England has been a rarity and even with disagreement at times neither country has seen any violence prior to 1998. I believe we have seen the last of any English on Irelish violence as we have seen in the past.

Technically yes b/c there was no lease agreement made and signed by both parties. You own the property and you can say that you would let them stay a few days or weeks, how ever long they have been there for. No eviction notice is needed b/c no defined length of time was ever put in writing. You might need to give them written notice that they must leave in X amount of days or all the locks will be changed and there possessions used to off set lock changes and days they owe for any rent as well as to repair property back to rent-able condition it was in prior to them staying there.

Venezuela, they have the awesomest beaches, inexpensive cost of living and the most gorgeous woman in the world.

There are federal and state taxes attached to each pack. The federal taxes are same on every pack. Its the state tax that make your packs in N.Y. $5 or $6 dollars more a pack.