Bush v. Gore‚ 531 U.S. 98 (2000)‚ is the United States Supreme Court decision that resolved the dispute surrounding the 2000 presidential election. Three days earlier‚ the Court had preliminarily halted the Florida recount that was occurring. Eight days earlier‚ the Court unanimously decided the closely related case of Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board‚ 531 U.S. 70 (2000). In a per curiam decision‚ the Court ruled that there was an Equal Protection Clause violation in using different standards
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Perry w. James April 8‚ 2010 The Dangers of Groupthink Question 1 – One factor was that there appeared to be group unanimity in the new steps with the mail delivery system and appeared to be a consensus. The civilian worker was horrified with the process but lacked the confidence to speak up. Also‚ group members seemed to rationalize that the assumptions made were good because they had the majority. I think in the future after the teams have discussed the issues‚ they can take a discreet
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Social Networking Dangers When was the last time you checked Facebook? Have you tweeted anything today? Research has found that 72% of online adults use social networking sites. Think about it. That’s almost three-fourths of all Internet users. Social networking can range from posting photos on Facebook to tweeting a little daily thought on Twitter. Social networks were originally created to stay in touch with people not often seen or to reconnect with old friends. Despite the fact that some
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Bush vs. Gore Most of the post-electoral controversy revolved around Gore’s request for hand recounts in four counties as provided under Florida state law. Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris announced she would reject any revised totals from those counties if they were not turned in by November 14‚ the statutory deadline for amended returns. The Florida Supreme Court extended the deadline to November 26‚ a decision later vacated by the U.S. Supreme Court. Miami-Dade eventually halted its
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In this time and era‚ internet is the most important device in our lives. It provides us with helpful information‚ keeps us up to date with the latest news‚ and answers every question we could possibly think of. This usually gives us an unrealistic perception that everything on the internet is true‚ even though anyone from any country or city or state can say whatever they please‚ and still make that information sound as if it is straight from a professor. People can do anything imaginable on the
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Today i want to inform to my audients about disadvantages of smoking. There is having 4 disadvantages of smoking: Firstly‚ health problems. Health problems are the obvious disadvantage to smoking. The American Cancer Society warns about the dangers of nicotine addiction on their website. When you inhale the smoke from a cigarette‚ it is breathed deeply into your lungs. Smoking has been connected to several types of cancer‚ including lung cancer‚ pancreatic cancer and larynx cancer‚ as well as
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Dangers of Texting and Driving George Koudelka COM/155 February 09‚ 2014 Amy Hankins Dangers of Texting and Driving The letters LOL‚ TTYL‚ or just saying "Hey" have the power to cause an accident within seconds. The National Safety Council estimates that "1.4 million accidents occur every year due to people using their cell phones. 200‚000 of those accidents alone are from texting while driving."(How) The popularity of mobile devices has had some unintended and even dangerous consequences. We now
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PTSD and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Many children are exposed to traumatic events before they even become adults. All around the world they are exposed to child abuse‚ rape‚ natural disasters‚ terrorism‚ car accidents‚ and school violence among many others. Studies have shown that these traumatic events‚ if left untreated‚ can result in significant psychological problems‚ such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or other anxiety disorders‚ depression‚ or a number of
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all emotions because we want no one to see past the ideal façade‚ a point where we starve ourselves and refuse meals because we are so consumed by this lie that flawlessness exists. Our entire society is consumed‚ so far the 21st century has been focused on enhancing our lives but when it is causing young people to believe they cant be anything less then perfect‚ causing them to suffer from illnesses like Anorexia I would not call that an outstanding century. Perfection‚ it is the standard by
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beach width‚ figuring out the grain size of sand‚ record the weather for the day‚ look for signs of sand accretion‚ short and long-term erosion‚ and we take a lot of pictures for further study of the beaches in our office. With having the beauty of technology we can go on NOAA’s website and actually find the tide level for the certain time and day we need for our data. Other tools we use are measuring tape‚ a sand grain size chart‚ and cameras. A lot of the beaches on Saipan have vegetation which helps
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