New York ruled that the National Security Agency’s collection of American phone records in bulk is illegal. Specifically‚ they ruled that the practice did not fall under the scope of the USA Patriot Act‚ which allows wire tapping of individuals to detect and prevent terrorism. What is the USA Patriot Act? The USA Patriot Act is a 10-letter acronym for uniting and strengthening America by providing appropriate tools required to intercept and obstruct terrorism act of 2001. It was passed by Congress
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The Sub-Saharan long distance commodity and slave trade as well as the syncretic interweaving of Islamic culture and traditional African culture accounts for Africa’s major influence as a superpower. Traders from all over the world were drawn to Africa’s riches in gold‚ ivory‚ and human beings. The fact that Africa was rich in resources posed influence in itself. Considering that a great number of the visiting traders were Muslims and they begin to intermarry and form relationships – economic
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Executive Summary The following report is providing a overview of the furniture manufacturing company Adorn expanding its sales operations into a foreign country and the consequences of such a decision. The assignment covers: The decision to go global and how to Adorn should choose which country to expand its operations into. Discussed are such aspects as G.D.P. and demographic trends The U.S.A. is the proposed country to expand into. With this‚ data was gathered from many different sources
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Coal power vs. Nuclear power Safety & Efficiency With nuclear power came what was thought to be a more clean alternative to burning coal and other fossil fuels; Nuclear power does not produce nearly as much of the greenhouse gases as coal produces. People and society have given nuclear power a bad name‚ considering the amount of accidents that have happened. Although when you look at statistics it’s not as many as you would believe‚ or expect. When nuclear power is put head to head with coal
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Solar power is the conversion of sunlight into electricity. Sunlight can be converted directly into electricity using photovoltaics (PV)‚ or indirectly with concentrated solar power (CSP)‚ which normally focuses the sun’s energy to boil water which is then used to provide power. Other technologies also exist‚ such as Stirling engine dishes which use a Stirling cycle engine to power a generator. Photovoltaics were initially‚ and still are‚ used to power small and medium-sized applications‚ from the
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Tourism and hospitality industry is a large industry where cross cultural incidents are always an issue. A comparative study between Chinese and American culture will be made in social and business context followed by a theoretical approach using cultural dimensions to explain the differences among the cultures. The results will be used to suggest and recommend methods to overcome cultural conflicts and tensions Contents 1.0 Background 2 2.0 Introduction 3 3.0 Cultural awareness for tourism
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‘The separation of powers‚ as usually understood‚ is not a concept to which the United Kingdom constitution adheres.’ The doctrine of separation of powers was perhaps most thoroughly explained by the French Jurist Montesquieu (1989)‚ who based his analysis on the British Constitution of the early 18th century. This essay will discuss the doctrine of separation of powers‚ its meaning and importance within the United Kingdom’s un-codified constitution. It will analyse the relationship between
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Dual Nature of British Society－The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner I. Introduce I am interested in the British schools‚ especially public school. The public school does not mean “state school” like Japan. The public school is the school to nurture the human resources to be active in public. It is like a private high school in Japan and costs much money to graduate. The public school in the UK was built for upper-class students. Also‚ it is a boarding school. First of all‚ I was going
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displacement and the distance| |traveled. (Points : 5) | | [pic]The displacement is either greater than or equal to the distance traveled. | | [pic]The displacement can be either greater than‚ smaller than‚ or equal to the distance traveled.
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There were many cultural differences between the Masai’s and the U.S. The fundamental difference I notice was their simplicity. They think that every big celebration and every tragedy that people go thru in their lives should be celebrated or minimized by the gift of cows. I think that the fundamental similarity between our cultures is the need to help those in need‚ compassion. When September 11th. happened the whole nation was shocked and hurt. Even those who didn’t have family in the twin towers
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