Popular vote vs. Electoral College By: Asllan Alija 8-211 Did you know you do not actually vote for the president? The popular vote is used for only choosing which of the two out of three candidates can run for president. The job of choosing the president goes to the Electoral College‚ which consists of representatives chosen from a certain party‚ which differs from every state. Generally‚ the political parties nominate Electors at their State party conventions or by a vote of the party’s central
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to raise awareness of global warming. The film An Inconvenient Truth (2006) gave him a platform for illuminating the dangers of climate change before a wide audience. It received an Academy Award for best documentary. The Nobel committee cited Al Gore as “the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted” to halt global warming. Given this historic blizzard‚ should this most recent evidence of a global warming trend be taken
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On November 22‚ 1963‚ President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated. The 35th president of the United States of America was shot in Dallas‚ Texas while in a presidential motorcade. There has been much controversy surrounding his death in regards to both the possible shooter and to the tampering of evidence. Everything from the CIA to JFK’s limousine driver has been part of various theories as to who really killed Kennedy. Officially‚ Kennedy was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald but many
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Corbin v. Safeway Stores‚ Inc. 648 S.W.2d (Tex. 1993) Corbin/customer/plaintiff below/appellant below/appellant here Vs. Safeway Stores‚ Inc./grocery store/defendant below/appellee below/appellee here Gary Corbin slipped on a grape or grapes in a Safeway produce aisle injuring his collateral ligaments and the kneecap of his right knee. He saw that there was no large non-skid‚ non-slip walk-off mat that is part of the store’s policy to have in front
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The Electoral College is what gives states around America a say in the General Election‚ and is how the people have their say in every national election. The Electoral College is how every National Election in the United States is based off of. Each state gets a certain number of Electoral Votes that is determined by the number of Representatives the state has and their two Senate members.. Whoever wins a certain state in the election‚ will receive the number of Electoral Votes that the state has
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Many Americans believe they pick the President of United States on Election day. The truth is‚ we really don’t have a say so. We‚ in reality‚ just vote for State Electors who then hold the electoral vote to vote for the next president. This is an unjust way to do this in a “democratic” country. I do not believe the electoral college is an equitable way to elect the President of United States. Alexander Hamilton‚ one of the Founding Fathers of United States‚ had agreed with the electoral college
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Galley Proof 29/09/2012; 8:55 File: nre811.tex; BOKCTP/llx p. 1 1 NeuroRehabilitation 00 (2012) 1–12 DOI 10.3233/NRE-2012-00811 IOS Press Casting for upper limb hypertonia: A retrospective study to determine the factors associated with intervention decisions Kathy Kuipersa‚∗ ‚ Laura Burgerb and Jodie Copleyc a Department of Occupational Therapy‚ Princess Alexandra Hospital‚ Woolloongabba‚ Queensland‚ Australia Strive Occupational Rehabilitation‚ Queensland‚ Australia c
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Introduction Metallic yarns or threads‚ in general‚ have been known for more than 3000 years. Gold and silver were hammered into extremely thin sheets‚ then cut into ribbons and worked into fabrics. These were the first ‘man made’ fibres‚ which came thousands of years before nylon or rayon. The Persians made fabulous carpets with gold thread and the Indians‚ ornamental sarees with it. The metal threads were twisted‚ doubled or wrapped around some other thread such as cotton. With the advancement
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terrible. The acting is terrible‚ the attempts at humour are cringe worthy and a plot involving an undead lumberjack trying to eat some flapjacks covered in blood is… well‚ dumb. I will give the movie this‚ though‚ there are some pretty cool kills and the gore is not bad. If you’re still worth me and want to see what the movie is about‚ read on… [tabbyending] [tabby title="Plot Summary"] [tabbyending] [tabby title="Movie Review"] Years ago‚ a lumberjack was killed for his flapjack recipe and every some
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org/10.1007/s00254-008-1615 Donald‚ R Duderstadt‚ James J. (2011) Global Sustainability: Timescales‚ Magnitudes‚ Paradigms‚ and Black Swans. Millennium Project. http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/88746/1/2011_Glion_VIII_Black_Swans.pdf Gore‚ Al Holdren‚ John. President’s Address to AAAS Meeting. Washington: American Association for the Advancement of Science‚ 2006. Jackson‚ T. (2009) Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet. London: Earthscan. Kolbert‚ E‚ (2009) Obama’s
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