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    Scotland’s “ultimate hope” and his victory is still talked about by the Scottish people today. Whether it was his wise tactics against the English or his daring patriotism‚ William successfully led the Scots to triumph. Without William Wallace’s military power and inspirational leadership‚ Scotland would have never prevailed in gaining its independence and therefore he is and continues to be honored as a hero‚ by the Scottish. Throughout mankind’s history‚ many have questioned what a leader is

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    SOCIAL POLICY 1. Private troubles can become public issues when there is a problem that has moved from a micro level to a macro level in society. This means that personal problems can start to affect a small number of individuals and their immediate relations. When the number of individuals who have the same problem rises on a larger scale‚ and it impacts on more than half of society‚ it then becomes a public issue. An example of this could be a massive company who went into liquidation‚ causing

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    Hong Kong – Jenny Bakery – Best Butter Cookies Restaurant: Jenny Bakery Cuisine: Dessert/Bakery Last visited: April 10‚ 2010 Location: 5 locations - Central‚ Hong Kong Address: Metro: Central Station Shop 126‚ #33 Queens Road Central‚ Melbourne Plaza 1st Floor‚ Central‚ Hong Kong Tel: 2524-1988 Price Range: $10-20 1: Poor 2: OK 3: Good 4: Very good 5: Excellent 6: Tres Excellent!! Food: 6 (for butter cookies) Service: n/a Ambiance: n/a Overall: 5 Additional comments: * Since

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    Should proportional representation be introduced in Westminster elections? The current system under the Westminster elections is first-past-the-post. This is a majoritarial system in that winner-takes-all. Those who are in favour of PR argue that the FPTP system is under-representative towards minor parties and votes are then typically ‘wasted’. However those who are in favour of the FPTP system point out that it leads to a strong government‚ a clear outcome and keeps extremist at bay. Proportional

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    Destiny Takes A Toll While reading Things Fall Apart it is important to realize that in the end it is not Okonkwo’s choices but in fact destinies work that brought Okonkwo’s life to his tragic end. Since the day Okonkwo is born destiny is not on his side. His father is a nobody‚ Okonkwo accidently murdering a clan member and his son Nwoye converting to Christianity can all be shown to prove it is in fact destiny’s work and to show he has absolutely no say in his tragic end. Destiny is a debatable

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    Question: 1 Black Tuesday refers to a day in Bahamian history‚ April 27‚ 1965. The then-Opposition Leader and former Prime Minister of the Bahamas Sir Lynden Pindling threw the Speaker’s Mace out of the House of Assembly window in protest against the unfair gerrymandering of constituency boundaries by the then ruling United Bahamian Party (UBP) government. Thursday the 16th day of April‚ 1965‚ around 3 o’clock in the afternoon‚ the draft order providing for the new constituency boundaries under

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    A member of ComfortDelGro CASE STUDY ComfortDelGro offers efficient‚ innovative call booking services with advanced Avaya Contact Center solution Challenge Solution To maximize the profitability and operational effectiveness of ComfortDelGro’s taxi business by balancing costs management against growing customer base. ComfortDelGro looked to Avaya to improve on call automation and response time to customers‚ as well as enhance agent job satisfaction at its Customer Contact Center

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    Were anglo Scottish relations characterised by change or by continuity? Throughout the Tudor period it was certainly the norm for Anglo-Scottish relations to be uneasy bordering often on emnity and‚ despite such periods of improved relations as 1486-9 - the years of the three year truce‚ and between 1497 and 1509‚ due to the diplomacy of Henry VII‚ however this did not continue into the reign of Henry VIII and the protectors‚ with relations of the 1540’s and early 1550’s characterised by hostility

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    Established in the Palace of Westminster in London‚ the British government system is the first and most well-known example of the Westminster model. However‚ in 1987 Arend Lijphart has stated “New Zealand has a special status among the world’s democracies as the purest example of the Westminster model of government”. 23 years has passed and many changes have taken place during those time but despite all‚ the New Zealand government system in 2010 is still an example of the Westminster model though

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    Question: The British Parliament was once supreme. Discuss with reference to Britain’s membership of the EU and its obligations to the ECHR. Answer: It has been suggested that the British Parliament was once supreme (or sovereign) but that its supremacy has been eroded as a result of Britain’s membership of the EU and its signature of the ECHR. In order to examine this proposition‚ it is necessary to consider the origins or traditional doctrine of Parliamentary supremacy and differing theories

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