ABSTRACT In the contemporary world of today‚ elections have become the most accepted means of changing the government. Although history has shown that it is usually difficult to hold elections that are free and fair. But the importance of a good electoral act cannot be underestimated especially in a developing country like Nigeria where elections were reported to be marred by irregularities by foreign and local observers. It is on this basis that this paper critically observed‚ even with the electoral
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California‚ population (total 37‚ 691‚912) For many years‚ Southern California was America’s “Promised Land”‚ an ideal fuelled by the warm sunshine‚ golden beaches‚ and the mystery‚ glamour and romance of the film industry. Now it seems that the state is cursed by natural disasters‚ and Los Angeles‚ with its 13 million inhabitants‚ has become known as ‘hazard city’. The summary diagram has explained the interrelationships between the hazards which threaten Los Angeles‚ but it is necessary to
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On August 21st of the year 2017‚ a massive storm named “Hurricane Harvey” struck Dallas‚ Texas. Because the South western communities of Texas were heavily affected‚ it has left them in a stance of desperation and lose of hope. As a result of the thunderous storm‚ thousands of Texans have had to leave their homes‚ belongings‚ friends‚ and even what one would consider a life to escape the storm’s flooding. Houses‚ neighborhoods‚ and even the roads have been submersed in water. Even though just Fifty
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Severe Weather in Texas Research Notes * Sudden fronts can drop the temperatures as much as 20 degrees in an hour (During severe weather) * January 9th 2012- That years first confirmed tornado with hail the size of ping pong balls (Houston and Galveston) * April 6‚ 2012- More than a dozen tornadoes ripped through north Texas‚ there were as many as 19 in progress at a time‚ the strongest one reaching an EF4. -Forney EF3‚ wind speeds up to 150 mph “ It was like a bomb hit”-Patti Gilroy
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The influences that shaped the Texas Constitution of 1876 were The Constitution of 1845 (the Statehood Constitution)‚ the Civil War Constitution of 1861‚ The 1866 constitution (that was created after the Civil War) and the 1868–1869‚ constitution that centralized power in the Texas state government.( CTC Texas Politics pg. 42-44) The Individuals and groups that played a role in drafting the document include the Union that forced Texas to change its stance on slavery‚ the 1845 constitution modeled
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The Texas legislative body is designed to represent the citizens of the state of Texas . Forty five percent of Texas is White‚ twelve percent is black‚ thirty eight percent is hispanic‚ and four percent is Asian. In contrast two thirds of the Texas House and seventy percent of the Senate is white‚ about a tenth is black in the House and Senate‚ only a fifth of the House and Senate are Hispanic. The body that is representing us isn’t exactly fair with the consensus of the general population. Minorities
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Singapore Airlines is one of the key players globally within the airline industry. It has employed a set of core strategies which seek to combine excellent customer service with high rates of profitability. Using the SWOT analysis tool defined by Jobber (2001) it is a useful task to look at SIA’s competitive strengths that contribute to increasing shareholders value. As mentioned above the high quality of its customer service is one of the strengths of SIA and its brand image of ‘Singapore Girl’
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2015‚ p.53). Daily‚ the Texas Constitution impacts the lives of Texans such as a legislative session being held Austin this past week stating that “under the [Texas] Constitution‚ we cannot hear bills on the floor of the House during the first 60 days of a legislative session unless they are declared to be an emergency item by the governor” (Metcalf‚ 2017‚ p.1).Evidently‚ we see that the Texas Constitution plays a huge role in every decision such as in Austin with the Texas Legislature. A state constitution
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Data Interpretation and Short Essays B.1. Using the results from A.1‚ describe and comment on the differences in the mortality parameters (CDR and I-SDR) and patterns of the Black and White American female population. Please justify what are the possible reasons of its differences. Using the results from A1‚ we can see that there is the Black American Female Population has a lower CDR and a higher ISDR than the White American Female Population. As we know CDR does not refer to sub-groups that
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DEMOGRAPHICS Demographics in the true essence of the word means the records of the human population in a country. This includes the country’s population density‚ ethnicity‚ education level‚ health‚ economic status‚ religious affiliations‚ and other aspects of the said population. In some commonly used demographics gender‚ race‚ age‚ income‚ disabilities‚ educational attainment‚ home ownership‚ employment status‚ and even location are also included. Also called demographic data‚ these are the
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