Unlike some people who suffer from voter apathy‚ I believe voting does matter. Voting matters because this is how we elect our leaders to represent us as a country. Voting matters‚ as this is how we can choose the leaders who we believe will best represent our voice and our ideas. Ideas we will like to see come into effect when they are elected as President. I believe voting is important because people like to complain about politicians but do nothing about it. When people don’t vote it’s a
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Jan - Lisa Why did the 1848 revolutions fail? The Revolutions of 1848 began in Sicily‚ Italy‚ in January 1848. Italy during this time was not an independent nation like it is now‚ it was broken up into smaller states which were controlled by the Austrian Empire. This revolution was started by Italian nationalists who wanted independence from Austrian rule. The nationalists were initially successful in establishing an independent republic and it happen to only last 16 months‚ however this was before
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tunnel’. In some cases‚ there may be a perception of one’s body from above‚ sometimes watching medical resuscitation‚ or moving to other places. There are many other possibilities that may happen during NDE’s‚ such as hallucination of seeing loved ones‚ a sense of being somewhere else in an unearthly place. The features of what NDE brings may lead to questions about afterlife. What happens if you walk towards the end of the light? Do you really see god? But all questions lead to the ultimate question
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In this essay I will examine the principal reasons which led to the failure of the Peasants Revolt in 1381. Firstly I will look at the development of the rebellion‚ I shall then look at the primary reasons for its failure and finally assess whether in the greater context of things the revolt can be classed as a failure. The revolt was precipitated by aggressive attempts on the part of the nobility to enforce the third poll tax which allegedly was to finance a continuation of the hundred
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Why did some civilizations succeed and others fail? Why was it that some places had more resources than others? According to Jared Diamond‚ his theory‚ “Geographic Luck” is the answer. On Diamonds last trip to New Guinea‚ he proves his theory to be right. When he arrived‚ the natives ask him why the white men have so much cargo and why they had so little. The natives to the island worked just as hard if not harder than all the others but they were much less successful than the Eurasians. Geographical
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Frogs have sticky tongues that can catch prey that weigh up to 1.4x its own body weight. The reason as to why a frog’s tongue is sticky is due to the fact that its spit can change physical properties. The frog’s spit can go from a glue that is stickier than honey to a thinner fluid and back in enough time that it would have have been able to catch its prey. Instead of having saliva glands like humans‚ frog gets the saliva it needs from it tongue‚ which oozes out the saliva even when it has been taken
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Economic Downturn That Causes Decrease In Demand for Factories Export Trades Introduction An economic downturn will have an adverse impact on many sectors. One of which is the manufacturing sector. Companies seek to reduce manufacturing costs by sourcing for cheaper alternatives. For instance‚ importing raw materials from cheaper nations will help in cost reduction. As such‚ demand for local manufacturing and production will decrease. The article "Singapore factory activity shrink for 7th straight
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Arthur C Clarke once said "It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God‚ but to create him." This quote seems to summarize the many aspects of religion in that all the aspects seem to point to one fact: Man created "God". Many of the considerations can be taken into account when attempting to define religion. Being that there are so many‚ including some that aren’t very well understood‚ there will only be a few discussed here. These will include the intellectual aspects that go into
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Tony Hsieh‚ CEO of Zappos – an online shoe and clothing shop – always goes back to his story of the Skechers conference when he wants to demonstrate the importance given to Customer Service by the Zappos customer loyalty team members. It goes like this. Hsieh and some of the Skechers employees went bar hopping in Santa Monica and after a few too many‚ one of the Skechers team members felt like eating a hot pizza. It was 2 am and when she asked room service to send some up‚ they refused stating that
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Does history matter? This question is one of the most popular questions in today’s society. History is the reason we as kids or adults are here today and are communicating the way we are. If it was not for the history we would not be communicating‚ and according the guardian.com we a peple talk roughly 2000 words a day.If history gets taken out of schools curriculium kids will become a lot less aware about the past. Imagine school with one less period and getting out of school earlier‚ you could
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