It is apparent that characteristics of MLO such as its history‚ its members‚ its location‚ and crimes they have committed demonstrates sufficient qualities to acknowledge it as a criminal street gang under the STEP act (Trial Brief‚ 2006). MLO originated in 1960’s from a group of surfers‚ members being predominantly white‚ that wanted to protect Malibu’s Private beaches against non-locals. It later developed into a more serious street gang‚ who continuously terrorized innocent individuals‚ committing
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contributions to classical republicanism and liberal theory are reflected in the American Declaration of Independence. Locke’s political theory was founded on social contract theory. Unlike Thomas Hobbes‚ Locke believed that human nature is characterized by reason and tolerance. Like Hobbes‚ Locke believed that human nature allowed men to be selfish. This is apparent with the introduction of currency. In a natural state all people were equal and independent‚ and everyone had a natural right to defend his “Life
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The Dark Ages – Defining the Darkness The Dark Ages as a term has undergone many evolutions; its definition depends on who is defining it. Indeed‚ modern historians no longer use the term because of its negative connotation. Generally‚ the Dark Ages referred to the period of time ushered in by the fall of the Western Roman Empire. This took place when the last Western emperor‚ Romulus Augustulus‚ was deposed by Odoacer‚ a barbarian. AD 476 was the time of this event. Initially‚ this era took on
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One aspect of this flowering is a rapidly growing crop of social scientific studies of semi-developed countries of which this university is fortunate to have a substantial collection‚ contained mainly in the library of Jan Smuts House. From this literature‚ one can extract five themes of particular interest. The first is the problem of uneven development and effective national unification‚ especially in deeply divided societies. Capitalist development has impinged on semi-developed countries from
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The Pleistocene period was a time when ecological changes emerged. During this period glacier formations began to arise and have been accredited with playing a role in the divergence of different species. For different species of avian there has been controversy between their origins and speciation events. Studies have been conducted for this controversy to try and find which theory to accept for the songbirds. Even though a majority of studies have accepted Late Pleistocene events role in the speciation
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Characteristics of Effective Planning Effective planning increases the likelihood of success for a program while ineffective planning practices almost always results in false starts and frustration. When a group is aware of the characteristics of effective planning and monitors the presence of these characteristics‚ formally or informally‚ they will be a step closer to high quality program accountability. Directions: Below is a list of effective planning characteristics. Rate how well your
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CheckPoint: Relationship Characteristics Vanessa Lewis SCI/164 February 9‚ 2011 Axia College CheckPoint: Relationship Characteristics The four characteristics that define intimate relationships are behavioral interdependence‚ needs fulfillment‚ emotional attachment‚ and emotional availability. Behavioral interdependence is how people affect one another mutually daily as their lives link. One person influences what the other wants to do‚ and can do. Relationships that have intimacy
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more methodical and less prone to risk-taking. Such person-centric models of entrepreneurship have shown to be of questionable validity‚ not least as many real-life entrepreneurs operate in teams rather than as single individuals. Still‚ a vast literature studying the entrepreneurial personality found that certain traits seem to be associated with entrepreneurs: • David McClelland - primarily motivated by an overwhelming need for achievement and strong urge to build. • Collins and Moore - tough
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Characteristics of Effective and Ineffective Speakers Effective 1. Confidence - Confidence comes from believing in what you are saying and being passionate about your subject. Self-confidence is developed by knowing everything you can about your subject and thoroughly preparing and practicing. 2. Likeability - As a general rule your listeners want to like you. When they do like you it makes delivering your speech easier. Your likeability is helped by smiling and being positive and friend
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Revolution is defined as a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving . There is indeed change during the Renaissance period; however‚ those changes cannot be considered as drastic change. Hence‚ I would like to say that the Renaissance is not a revolutionary period. First of all‚ there is no drastic change in the politics in the Renaissance period. Renaissance inherited Feudalism from the Medieval Period . During the Renaissance period‚ we can see that there is a movement
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