in our dear country. Daily‚ we read nightmarish stories of people being abducted as they go about their daily business. A criminal act‚ which first attracted national attention on 26 February 2006 when Niger Delta militants kidnapped foreign oil workers to press home their demand‚ kidnapping has since become ubiquitous and commercialised. It has spreadfrom the Niger Delta to virtually all nooks and crannies of the country‚ with some states of course being hotspots. Similarly victims have changed from
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Legitimacy enables a state to depend not on shear force or coercion‚ rather the idea of consent of the governed. Consent of the governed is a principle that goes back to the English philosopher John Locke‚ stating that a government’s legitimacy and moral right to use state power is justified and legal when it is consented by the people or society that the power is being exercised over. Consequently‚ this makes legitimacy an integral component of any successful modern state. Various forms of political
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America was founded on the belief that all men (people) should have equal rights. This was not true for another eighty years‚ when President Abraham Lincoln put the Emancipation Proclamation into effect. And still‚ over one hundred fifty years later‚ this is not true. People are being refused from jobs and schools due to their gender or race. I believe this is unjust‚ that everyone should have equal opportunities‚ and that our country should evolve to change their prejudices. “Segregation is that
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different types of people (as people of different races or cultures) in a group or organization. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) The United States gotten increasingly diverse over the past 50 years. In 1965 the American population was 84% white‚ and only 3% of congress was made up people of color. Today the American population is 62% white‚ and 17% of congress is made up of people of color. Although there is still a long way to go before the United States embraces all of it’s people‚ this is a drastic
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of the republican institutions they would have or have already created. This paper will look at the acts of naturalization which made up the citizenship of the American people based on the practice and incongruity in the citizenship of women‚ blacks‚ and the Native Americans. The conceptualization of citizenship in the United States of America has been billed to have come of precedents from Europe‚ and then the pioneer leaders of the new world made their identity from them. During and after the Revolutionary
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Obesity has been a serious health problem in the United States in the past ten years. More and more people suffer from obesity and the problem should not be ignored. We should tackle it wisely and effectively. In this paper‚ we are going to analyse the obesity situation in the United States and recommend solutions for those who are suffering from this sickness. Furthermore‚ the other purpose of this paper is to encourage people to do more excercise and have more healthy meals in order to maintain
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Chapter 13 Acids and Bases (Dr Chong Fai Kait) 1) A 7.0 103 M aqueous solution of Ca(OH) 2 at 25.0 °C has a pH of __________. A) 12.15 B) 1.85 C) 1.4 102 D) 7.1 1013 E) 11.85 Answer: A 2) The acid-dissociation constant at 25.0 °C for hypochlorous acid (HClO) is 3.0 108 . At equilibrium‚ the molarity of H 3 O in a 0.010 M solution of HClO is __________. A) 1.7 105 B) 0.010 C) 5.8 1010 D) 4.76 E) 2.00 3) Using the data in the table‚ which of the conjugate acids below is the weakest
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Quiz Chapter 13: How Cells Obtain Energy From Food . The energy released by oxidizing glucose is saved in high energy bonds of: ATP and other activated carrier molecues 2. Sugars derived from food are broken down by: glycolysis‚ the citric acid cycle‚ and oxidative phosphorylation 3. Catabolism: a breakdown process in which enzymes degrade complex molecules into simpler ones 4. The digestion of polymeric food molecules into monomeric subunits occurs in: extracellular space (i.g. lumen of
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that one’s own culture is superior to others. You can find ethnocentrism just about anywhere you find people‚ though it is true that it will affect some areas‚ and subsequently‚ the people in those areas‚ more strongly. This is the most terrible way of thinking‚ and many people are affected by it. Ethnocentrism is prevalent in today’s world‚ even in the diverse environment of the United States. However‚ this diversity may actually cause ethnocentrism as new immigrants enter the country while still
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As a newly formed country the United States largely adopted a policy of isolationism‚ meaning that the government believed it was better to keep itself out of the political affairs of other countries. The United States was successful in its isolationism because of its geographical separation from Europe and most other major countries (proquest staff). After the conclusion of the American Civil War‚ this attitude remained the same. The country had to focus its efforts into the reconstruction and rebuilding
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