fact that‚ “If it be admitted that a man‚ possessing absolute power‚ may misuse that power by wronging his adversaries‚ why should a majority not be liable to the same reproach?” (Tocqueville 210). Tocqueville brings up an extremely valid point in this passage by comparing the majority to an absolute monarchy. If a majority becomes too strong and too caught up in their beliefs it could lead to despotism‚ which is a term for absolute power in a cruel and obsessive way. Majorities have the potential
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Technology Changing Attention Spans Technology is a notion that will never end. New devices will be released and then advanced endlessly. It changes society by altering the environment in which individuals adapt. Technology now is a concept that individuals cannot survive without; an average person needs technology‚ to eat‚ to entertain‚ to cook‚ and to do many other daily functions. Let’s face it‚ individuals need technology to survive. But this is to an extent‚ for example a computer can be one
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What is social change? Social change builds community-based responses that address underlying social problems on an individual‚ institutional‚ community‚ national and/or international level. Social change can change attitudes‚ behaviors‚ laws‚ policies and institutions to better reflect values of inclusion‚ fairness‚ diversity and opportunity. Social change involves a collective action of individuals who are closest to the social problems to develop solutions that address social issues. 1 Example:
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Unit 2 Chapter Focus Questions Chapter 6: The Duel for North America 1. “Why was the French empire ultimately so much less successful than either the Spanish or the British empires?” France was a late player in the settling game of the New World. During the 1500s it was ravaged by wars and internal conflict‚ most of these were caused from the Roman Catholics at odds with the Protestant Huguenots. Also‚ once the colonies were created settlers did not stay‚ many either came home or never
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supports this source. World War II created a severe environment of “us vs. mankind”; nation against nation. These circumstances led to events such as the Holocaust‚ the formation of concentration camps and fanatical propaganda. When Hitler came in power during the mid 1900s‚ he had a very powerful motive of making “Germany great again”. He was very patriotic towards Germany and serving his motherland. But‚ his passion of patriotism led to nationalism which then developed to ultranationalism. This
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System 30 (2002) 419–432 www.elsevier.com/locate/system Doing focus-on-form Rod Ellis*‚ Helen Basturkmen‚ Shawn Loewen Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics‚ University of Auckland‚ Private Bag 92019‚ Auckland‚ New Zealand Received 17 April 2002; received in revised form 14 June 2002; accepted 17 June 2002 Abstract ‘Focus-on-form’ refers to a particular type of form-focused instruction - the treatment of linguistic form in the context of performing a communicative task
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Introduction The subject of performance measurement is encountering increasing interest in both the academic and managerial worlds. This‚ for the most part‚ is due to the broadening spectrum of performances required by the present-day competitive environment and the new production paradigm known as Lean Production or World Class Manufacturing (Hall et al.‚ 1991). In addition there is the need to support and verify the performance improvement programmes such as Just-in-Time‚ Total Quality Management
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Focus on the Learners A. The Intermediate level students have different backgrounds‚ learning experiences‚ and learning styles‚ but they find some common ground in the learning styles preferred‚ the parts of speech to be corrected‚ and the skills to be developed. The class is composed of 11 students who fall within the age range of 17 to 43 years. The group diversity also extends to their nationalities: five Thais‚ two Sri Lankans‚ two Pakistanis‚ one Japanese‚ and one Korean. The students with
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Mariah Wolford 10/13/11 Clare 105 PRO- Has the president become too strong? In today’s world‚ our President needs to be strong and influential. Congress used to have the time to debate every issue. The President is the only one today who can act quickly on important issues. Our nation only has one President compared to the 435 representatives and 100 senators. The Constitution was written to divide all powers between the three branches of government. However‚ a system of checks and balances
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training. During shaping‚ the animal elicits consequential behavior‚ resultant of the trained desired response during a series of reinforcing trials to emulate the objective behavioral response. In other words‚ shaping assists experimenters in setting particular goals to reach a preferred behavior. For instance‚ while attempting to shape Sniffy’s behavior‚ I employed the successive approximation method. Initially‚ the goal behavior for Sniffy was to associate the bar press sound to the food
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