07 Application of Biometrics in Mobile Voting Donovan Gentles1‚ Suresh Sankaranarayanan 2‚ 3 1Mona Institute of Applied Sciences‚ University of WestIndies‚ Jamaica dongen02@gmail.com 2Computing & Information Systems‚ Institut Teknologi Brunei‚ Brunei 3Department of Computing‚ University of WestIndies‚ Jamaica pessuresh@hotmail.com Abstract — Voting process in today’s era is behind its time in respect of the usage of modern ICT. The voting process is being seen mostly as a manual
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those are a couple words that sum up Jim Crow laws perfectly. Jim Crow Laws were made to Segregate blacks and whites‚ they were very nasty and horrible laws. The Jim Crow laws were all laws that forced segregation. It was everywhere at all times‚ schools‚ public transportation‚ drinking fountains and even bathrooms (“Salem Press”). Before the civil war there were no set rules on segregation because most black were slaves‚ so there weren’t many segregation laws‚ how ever all southern states made an informal
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Louis Armstrong’s performance of “(What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue”‚ along with many of his other works‚ helped establish the “bluesy” feeling as part of Jazz’s harmonic foundation. In observing Armstrong’s performances‚ the meaning of his lyrics and the emotion behind the words are what helped makes jazz music so unique. Some of the lyrics that he sings‚ such as “I’m white… inside… but‚ that don’t help my case…” helped give Jazz expressivity as well as shows how Jazz could be very blue. Louis’
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Rights Movement before it existed. Jazz music brought together Black and white musicians alike‚ as well as‚ promoters‚ and performers. Many of these jazz musicians advanced the civil rights movement by their compositions and influences to decimate racial barriers and inequalities. Louis Armstrong recorded‚ “What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue" in 1929‚ and Benny Goodman bought arrangements from Fletcher Henderson and integrated black musicians into an all-white jazz band when it was illegal in many
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we already comprehend that there is a possibility complex organisms evolved from unicellular organisms during the Archean Eon‚ there is no explanation to how unicellular life came about. There are many theories to explain the origin of life‚ one of which stated that life came from deep-sea hydrothermal vents which provided chemical compounds to generate energy via chemosynthesis. Another theory claimed that life came from electric sparks based on the Miller-Urey experiment. This experiment stimulated
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a thread of a racial solidarity and racial empowerment during the enslavement of blacks‚ but this sense of unity and determination to connect to Africa is even seen in periods following slavery. While the 1865 Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution had finally and officially abolished slavery in the United States‚ America was still a nation convinced of white supremacy and black inferiority. Blacks were marginalized‚ and their new lives were in fact very similar to the conditions
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Customs and Trade Much of the history of international relations and trade concerns efforts to promote free trade among nations. The 17th century saw the growth of restrictive policies that later came to be known as mercantilism. The mercantilists held that economic policy should be nationalistic and should aim at securing the wealth and power of the state. Governments were led to impose price and wage controls‚ promote exports of finished goods and imports of raw materials‚ and prohibit the exports
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Huey P. Newton. Black Nationalism was a prominent approach the battle of oppressions blacks were facing during the mid-1960s. During the 1960s black progressive politics also began to become more radical. The effect of Malcolm X’s nationalist approach was affecting many Black activist nationwide. Some scholars believe that Malcolm X was the catalyst to the Black Power Movement. Malcolm X and independence movements in Africa inspired the Bobby Seale and Huey Newton to create the the Black Panthers Party
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the 1600’s and 1700’s‚ the American colonies grew larger and larger‚ becoming more than just small settlements‚ into large self sufficient territories. Originally the colonies were supposed to be settlements to find gold and raw materials‚ but they eventually became the beginnings of the colonies that would start the United States. As they developed most colonies relied on agriculture and certain crops and trading to have an economical balance. For example‚ colonies like Virginia‚ Maryland‚ Georgia
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Where and how did life come from? It’s very important actually to know where life started. We all have different beliefs‚ different opinions and different thinking on interpreting the information or facts that we get. For so many years‚ why is it still a question to us? Who can give confirmation to the truth behind all of these? Until now‚ none of the theories are approved and can be claimed as the origin of life. Up to this point‚ creationists and scientists are still debating whether life was created
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