Louis Isabella 15 November 2011 POSC-276 Dr. Dunham Of the people‚ By the People‚ For the People: Direct Democracy in America Since the first governments were created citizens have been trying to gain more influence on the laws and the politicians who make them. In representative democracies like the United States‚ sometimes relying on politicians to legislate in the interest of the people just isn’t enough. This is when the voters step in and use processes like initiative‚ referendum‚ and
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Fikri‚ who worked in a social business institution in Jakarta last year‚ was an avid backpacker exploring Asia on low-cost carriers. “I don’t have a huge budget‚ but I do have some money spare to travel abroad‚” he said. Many middle-class Indonesians are using their disposable income for travel and Fikri is one of them. The Transportation Ministry projected that the total figure of air travelers in the country will be as much or higher than 100 million this year‚ 11 percent up from 2013’s
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INTRODUCTION The indigenous peoples of the Philippines consist of a large number of indigenous ethnic groups living in the country. They are the descendants of the original inhabitants of the Philippines who have managed to resist centuries of Spanish and United States colonization and in the process have retained their customs and traditions. The Philippine government succeeded in establishing a number of protected for tribal groups. Indigenous people were expected to speak their native
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Countryside Destination T hese are rural areas away from town and cities and not necessarily specific named resorts. They are areas that incorporate a number of features‚ such as mountains‚ lakes‚ forests‚ hills etc. They are perfect for people‚ who love to be in the “nature”‚ like camper‚ hiker or just persons‚ who need fresh air. They enjoy natural environments and landscapes. The way they spent their time there is always different. Accommodations are one of these. They can stay in a big
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Peoples Temple On November 18‚ 1978 more than nine hundred people died in one of the largest mass murder/suicides in history. The man that implemented and carried out that atrocity was James Warren Jones‚ otherwise known as Jim Jones‚ a self proclaimed Second Coming (God). His exposure to an intensely emotional Pentecostal church service influenced and shaped his future beliefs and actions. In 1960‚ despite his lack of theological training‚ Jim Jones became an ordained minister. He made racial
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Persuade a family member that the world today is better than it was 50 years ago In my opinion‚ the world today is better than it was fifty years ago primarily due to technology‚ civil reform and medical breakthroughs. The technology of today is far more advanced. In 1960‚ computers were not household items‚ nor were cell phones‚ the internet‚ digital cameras/camcorders‚ DVD players‚ plasma television sets and GPS systems. It is clear that because of the increase in affordable household appliances
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Understanding People Abstract This paper explores how another individual can understand people in three different categories of; human behavior‚ influencing people‚ and the diversity challenge. Before you can understand people‚ you have to understand some of the influences that affect their behavior‚ persuade their behavior‚ and/or have generalized knowledge of human behavior. Part of understanding people and can come from understanding diversity‚ and how to deal with diversity. In‚ addition
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Contention 1 — Anthropocentrism Sovereignty belongs to the human and only the human—Nature and God are dead‚ giving the human the sole power to define and decide life. The unknowable and invisible extraterrestrial is the only remaining challenge to human sovereignty‚ existing at the limit of this metaphysic. Wendt and Duvall 2008 (Alexander Wendt‚ Professor of International Relations at the Ohio State University. Raymond Duvall‚ Professor of Political Sciences at the University of Minnesota
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The Laputans can be effectively characterized as a group of absentminded intellectuals who live on the floating island of Laputa. Gulliver encounters these people in his third voyage. The Laputans are parodies of theoreticians‚ who have scant regard for any practical results of their own research‚ they are so absorbed in their own thoughts that they must be shaken out of their meditations by flappers. These servants walk around with Laputans all day‚ holding special rattle-like equipment in their
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why past and modern day explorers traveled? Most explorers traveled in search of riches‚ or fame. One other reason why they traveled was to discover new things. Another reason was to complete deeds or tasks assigned to them by a person or group of people like NASA. That is why both past and modern day explorers traveled. Do you know why Hernan Cortes traveled? He traveled by ship in order to conquer an empire for Spain. He traveled for a group called Cuba with a force of six hundred men. Hernan
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