Politics questions a. What is meant by legitimacy? Legitimacy refers to the degree to which the state or its government can be considered to have the right to exercise power. A state or government can be said to be legitimate if it has a valid claim to rule. Legitimacy is generally understood as the popular acceptance and recognition‚ by the public‚ of the authority of a governing régime‚ whereby authority has political power through consent and mutual understandings‚ not coercion. The three
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Is Fracking Safe? February 3‚ 2012 Is Fracking Safe Safe natural gas fracturing or “fracking” is on the rise and our country is benefiting from in on several levels. From meeting energy needs to creating jobs and helping the economy‚ natural gas is an invisible miracle. Many precautions are taken during the fracking process in order to ensure it is safe as possible. Natural gas is something I work around every day due
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Julia Dmitrieva‚ gr. 7441 Safe tourism: the way forward While terrorism affects tourism and a lot has been discussed and spoken about it‚ there is a lack of clarity about tourism and its effects on terrorism. Over the past decade‚ acts of terrorism have taken place at tourist sites‚ as well as places where people have gathered in large numbers. Be it Bali‚ New York‚ Mumbai‚ or Madrid the repercussions have been felt the world over. Over the past couple of years‚ a number of stringent security
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Keeping History Alive/ Pearl Harbor “Yesterday‚ December 17‚ 1941--A date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan” (Roosevelt). These were the words spoken by the thirty-second president of the United States‚ Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The quote was part of a speech which was spoken the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The attack was located on the island of Oahu‚ Hawaii. The plan for the Japanese
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Drive Safe! People should be aware that every second someone dies in crash simply from not putting his/her seat belt‚ according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Web Site. Speeding‚ tailgating‚ giving the finger and outright violence. Each day Americans grow more and more likely to take out their personal frustrations on other drivers. It is called aggressive driving and it is on the incline and it is one more problem drivers should avoid. And third thing which should be stopped
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The government knew about the planned attacks on Pearl Harbor‚ kept the information from the military leaders that needed it the most‚ and used the tragedy to rally the nation toward war. "AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR. THIS IS NO DRILL." This is the message sent out by radioman Kyle Boyer at 7:58 a.m. Sunday December 7‚ 1941; a date which will live in infamy. The empire of Japan had attacked the United States’ Pacific Fleet based in Pearl Harbor. For months the US Intelligence community‚ as well as
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Certificate in Supporting Teaching & Learning in Schools Level 2: Unit 202 Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people 1) Complete the following chart. Ref 3.1 (If you have completed this in a class activity you do not need to answer) Completed in Class Child abuse categories. Type of abuse | Signs & Indicators | Physical | | Emotional | | Sexual | | Neglect | | Bullying | | 2) Complete the following chart (ref 2.1‚ 2.2) Illness | Signs & Symptoms
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Safe Haven Katie‚ a mysterious 27-year-old woman‚ moves to Southport‚ North Carolina. She maintains privacy at an extreme level‚ starts working at a restaurant named Ivan’s‚ and lives an isolated life without involving herself in anything social. It is apparent that she is hiding a secret. She becomes friends with her neighbor‚ a woman in her thirties named Jo. Katie regularly goes shopping at a store and the owner of the store‚ Alex‚ becomes attracted to her. Alex is a widower with two children
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WHAT TENSES MEAN TO ME Today fluency in English is a very valuable asset. For second language speakers‚ English creates better job opportunities abroad‚ and it is essential for living and working in foreign countries. Although tenses are only one small part of English language‚ they are nonetheless important to have mastered. One cannot run away from having to use the language in one way or another. China has come to realize the importance of mastering English‚ and have begun to learn the
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also to be looked at. It is this externalization of costs that has led to the ship breaking industry being an unsustainable one. Adverse Environmental Impacts: The 3 toxic materials present in any ship – asbestos‚ polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and toxic paint such as tributylin (TBT) – are the ones that have caused and are continuing to cause havoc in the environment. Mishandling of these hazardous wastes during ship breaking cause considerable and long-term consequences on health‚ safety and the
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