Analyse the strengths and weakness of the Electoral College (15 marks) The Electoral College is an old and complicated system set up by the Founding Fathers to elect the Executive branch. It was created in order to put a layer in the system of electing president as they did not fully trust democracy. As a result‚ the outcome of the president election is not determined by simply adding the national vote of each of the candidates. Each state is allocated a number of ECVs‚ one for each senator and
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Hi‚ today I’m here to argue about the strengths of Sparta. I’m going to tell you about how they started training at the age of 7 and how great of an army they were and how strong they had to be. In order to be known as the great Sparta. When a child is born‚ they take it to see if it’s strong or weak. If it’s strong‚ they take the baby back home‚ if it’s weak they put the baby on a mountain to die. So the parents raise their child till they’re 7 then he goes to the military till he’s 60. They do
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terrorists only had one intention. To break the unity and strength of the people in the United States. The terror attacks of September 11th had me cold to my bones. I can’t even begin to fathom the level of hatred people must have for one another to commit an act so catastrophic. I tried to put myself in one of those situations‚ like if I was on United Flight 93. If I was one of the 44 people on the flight that crashed into the field‚ what could I possibly do to help anyone in this
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Kantian Ethics Strengths: It overcomes the problems of acting on inclination and whether this does or doesn’t lead to moral behaviour. Inclination and emotions are too changeable and inconsistent to base morality on such feelings The Categorical Imperative is a powerful set of principles that prohibit acts that would commonly be considered wrong‚ e.g. theft‚ murder‚ and fraud. *It is independent of religion; this makes it accessible to all human beings because it appeals to reason alone
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Shakespeare depicts King Richard II as someone having multiple fundamental character weaknesses throughout the play‚ including: a lack of maturity; extreme insecurity; blatant incompetence; and a self-serving personality. Believing himself as God’s gift to England‚ Richard II follows his own narcissistic plans rather than doing what would have been what is best for the people. Consequently‚ as you can imagine‚ the choices made by Richard II were detrimental to England and its’ people and ultimately
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Strengths Amazon has proven to be a successful and profitable organization in terms of growth‚ with a current net income in 2008 of 663 million dollars. The company uses Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Information Technology to record customer buying habits‚ investing a lot of time and money researching customer trends. Doing this they are able to locate and prepare for sales estimated from previous years. A high percentage of their customers buy during the holiday season; knowing this
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Matthew Williams HIS 3 Paper #1 Throwing off the British monarchy on July 4‚ 1776‚ left the United States with no central government. It had to design and install a new government and quickly. As early as May 1776‚ Congress advised each of the colonies to draw up plans for state government; by 1780‚ all thirteen states had adopted written constitutions. In June 1776‚ the Continental Congress began to work on a plan for a central government. It took five years for it to be approved‚ first by members
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Digital Marketing Planning - Task Three To: Jane Smith‚ Marketing Director‚ Airmiles From: Keiran Smith‚ Marketing Manager‚ Planning Solutions Subject: Strengths and weaknesses of the digital planning process Date: 23/11/10 Executive Summary In today’s competitive landscape‚ Airmiles understands the value of customer service and how it impacts acquisition and retention activities. The digital planning process is key in their delivery of an enhanced online customer service
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The Disney Corporation is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with five business segments: media networks‚ parks and resorts‚ studio entertainment‚ consumer products and interactive media. (Disney Corporate‚ 2009). This company did not become one of the leading corporations in the world without hard work‚ an extreme dedication to the mission and core values of the organization‚ and the successful application of the four functions of management: planning‚
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Committee of the States which had one representative from each state. Even though that the Committee of the States was the most central form of the federal government‚ they had very little power to the Constitutional Congress. The Articles had many weaknesses that stunted the growth of the nation. First off‚ The articles had the inability to gain funds from its citizens. Congress could not
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