Was giving eighteen-year-olds the right to vote a mistake? Discuss. I believe that for the time period‚ it was not a mistake to give eighteen-year-olds the right to vote. However‚ I do not believe that the succeeding generations deserve that right. If it was possible to change the voting age back to 21 with a clause allowing younger military‚ students and political party members to vote that would be ideal in my opinion. In 1971 the voting age was dropped to 18. This decision came about during
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How to Create a Mobile Home Money Machine by Lonnie Scruggs [pic][pic][pic]My ad read "Mobile Home For Sale--Will Finance" and the phone was ringing off the hook. Some of the callers didn’t even bother to ask what the selling price was‚ or the interest rate. Most of them were interested in only two things: "How much down and how much a month"? These are the type of people that will make you rich if you understand notes and seller financing. The financing alone will make you rich. But if you
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When some think back to when America was expanding they might not think of the war we went against with Mexico‚ but this point in time was a huge part of the expansion. Other thing still had a continuation when the war was taking place such as: the annexation of oregon territory (1846)‚ the first diamond is laid out in Cooperstown‚ new york (1840)‚ and due to the Mexican cession the US’s size increased bey 50% (1846). Texas won its independence from Mexico in 1836 in a battle at the Alamo. This then
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Have you ever wondered how our government was created? Two philosophers named Thomas Hobbes and John Locke played significant roles in the shaping of what is now our government. Both philosophers lived during the period of Enlightenment. Thomas Hobbes had a negative view of mankind‚ while John Locke had a positive view of it. Both men wrote a book and\or an essay about social contract. Each philosopher had different views on government. Thomas Hobbes and John Locke had opposing views on rebellion
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taken years to develop. Similar to America‚ western civilization is the result of a melting pot of different cultures and their influences on one another. Amongst these cultures specifically to influence each other were the Judo-Christian and Germanic cultures. To reiterate the Judo-Christian culture influenced Germanic culture through devout faith and trust in God‚ furthermore Germanic culture influenced the beliefs of Judo-Christians by providing an argument in support of God’s decision to create
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Nursing Theory: How Nursing was before and How Nursing is Today Abstract Nursing has been and will continue to evolve with new theories related to patients‚ nurses‚ education‚ and science. The past and present research and ideas of nursing theorists impact the science of nursing and the standards of the nursing profession. Core components of nursing have resulted from the development of different nursing theories developed over the years which have contributed to guiding
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How popular culture repeats itself No one can argue that many trends make a comeback over the years (styleflair.com). Popular culture recycles itself‚ and many old‚ and sometimes forgotten trends return to the present. Taking a look at the past trends can show us how they are prevalent in today’s popular culture. It is evident when one takes a look into the past that there are many repeats in fashion‚ music and fads. There is really no specific time frame that is followed when trends make their
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Zappos Zappos was founded by Nick Swinmurn in 1999. The initial inspiration came when he couldn’t find a pair of brown Airwalks at his local mall. That same year‚ Swinmurn approached Tony Hsieh and Alfred Lin with the idea of selling shoes online. The company was officially launched in June 1999‚ under the original domain name "ShoeSite.com. A few months after their launch‚ the company ’s name was changed from ShoeSite to Zappos so as not to limit itself
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smart home is an application of computing to the home environment and it is monitored by ambient intelligence to provide services and facilitate remote home control. This paper presents an overview of previous research on smart home as well as the related technologies. A brief discussion about smart homes and their interrelationships is presented here. It describes combined information about sensors‚ communication protocols‚ multimedia devices‚ and systems‚ which are widely used in smart home implementation
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Atlanta home loan 1) Identify the controls that Al Fiorini implemented to manage his business both before and after he went back to school. 2) Did Al use the wrong types of controls? Or did he use the right types but fail to implement them properly? Case Study: Atlanta Home Loan Case Study: Atlanta Home Loan Synopsis of the Situation: Atlanta Home Loan was a mortgage lending and financing company based in Atlanta‚ Georgia. The company’s founder‚ Al Fiorini‚ had many years experience in
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