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    Govt 2305‚ 09/20/13 Argument Against Abolishing the Electoral College I must say that when starting this semester I was staunchly for the abolishment of the Electoral College‚ believing that it was inherently unfair‚ went against the best interests of the people‚ and favored the power-elite; however‚ that opinion has recently changed due to my learning more historical facts‚ which‚ in turn‚ led to the ability of making a better-informed decision. My change of opinion started when I learned

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    technology these days have made our work much easier. For example‚ it is even possible to hook the cameras up to an ordinary television or computer to watch the footage. In this report we are going to discuss on the pros and corns of a CCTV camera system. BODY: The use of CCTV (close circuit television) cameras in streets‚ stations‚ shops and other public places has increased rapidly in recent years. I completely agree with the statement above. We can’t

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    What are the advantages and disadvantages of going to college directly after high school? The advantages of going to college directly after high school is you’ll still have the knowledge you’ve learned from elementary up to high school still etched in your mind. The disadvantages of not going to college directly after high school is that you just might not go to college for example I graduated from high school in “98” and I started a new job working at Lowe’s then in “04” gave birth to my first

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    The president is elected every four years. The Electoral College works by the people voting for the candidate. The Senate has 100 senators and has 435 members of the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives are separated among population. If you live in a big state you have more representatives and if you live in a small state you have just a few representatives. The votes are counted by congress. Senate only has two senators per each state. Every state allows the citizen to vote.

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    Television: Advantages: Convenient and Flexible: The television is a convenient and flexible advertising medium‚ owing to its widespread popularity and the ease with which a message can reach millions of viewers internationally and nationally. Television advertising allows advertisers the flexibility to use various approaches and different combinations of audio‚ video and text to make ads memorable and emotional‚ depending on the product or service or the target audience. Strong Impact: Television

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    Advantages and Disadvantages of Internet Ten years ago‚ the Internet was practically unheard of by most people. Today‚ the Internet is one of the most powerful tools throughout the world. The Internet is a collection of various services and resources. The Internet’s main components are E-mail and the World Wide Web. Actually‚ there’s a lot more to the Internet than E-mail‚ search engines‚ celebrity web sites‚ up-to-the-second sports scores‚ and chat rooms full of discussions. The Net also ranks

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    Advantages and Disadvantages to Teaching” Teaching is one of the things I always desired to do. Growing up I admired my teachers and their enthusiasm they had towards teaching. Though teaching sounds like a supreme job‚ there are always advantages and disadvantages when it comes to teaching. Just like any other occupation there may be things we may not like. So‚ today I am going to address what the advantages and disadvantages to being a teacher are. An advantage to teaching is interaction you

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    There are other ways to satisfy the majority rather than abolishing the Electoral College. Lawyer Jeanne Kempthorne states some of the issues seen with the EC. One being that‚ “[the election] can easily result in an outcome that conflicts with the will of the people‚ whereby a candidate who loses the popular election nonetheless becomes president‚ as occurred in 2000 and almost occurred in 2004. This is a serious‚ recurring problem that afflicts both parties” (Jones 1). Robert Hall‚ a professor at

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    The electoral systems of the United States and Europe are quite different from  each other. Americans hold more frequent elections at all level of government for more  offices than any other nation and the number of participating electorates increases  steadily over time (O ’Connor‚ Sabato‚ Yanus 359). Many European countries use Single  Transferable vote system; a voting system designed to achieve proportional  representation that apportions legislative seats according to the percentage of votes a 

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    Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of budgeting as a system of organisational control. A budget is a short-term financial plan of income and expenses expected over a certain period of time (usually one year) used to achieve a businesses objective. Budgeting can be useful for exercising control over a business because of its nature as a representation of a plan. Control is generally viewed as making events conform to a plan. As a budget is represented as a plan‚ allowing events to conform

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