Section B. Is local diversity a product of regional forces‚ local forces‚ or both‚ and how might we know? In ecology‚ the change in species diversity across space and time is one of the oldest studied subjects‚ however the underlying causes of many diversity patterns is under much debate (Field et al. 2001; MacArthur‚ 1972; Rosenzweig‚ 1995). How does diversity arise (Erwin 1991)? How is diversity distributed in space (Dean et al. 1997‚ Fonseca et al. 2000)? And how is diversity maintained
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Why is our national government a Federal Democratic Republic? Well my most simple answer for this is. We are a Federal Democratic Republic because the citizens are the ones that have the power‚ and the government itself is ran through elected officials. Or at least that’s what we like to tell ourselves. The politics of this country work in a peculiar way‚ since usually the person who has the most funded campaign‚ is the one who wins‚ and the ones who tend fund a politicians campaign usually happen
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presence in local administration since local governments formed. Local administrations can differ greatly in size and scope‚ yet they are all affected by regional political attitudes and state policies. Politics played a much greater role in previous eras‚ with the pinnacle being the era of “machine politics” that dominated local administration throughout the 19th century. A series of reform movements that began in the 1880s would curb this trend and set a path towards the modern state of local administration
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Budget Setting Process within Local Governments in the UK Introduction Finance is one of the key resources available to local authorities for use in providing their services and for meeting their statutory obligations to their residents. Other resources include staff‚ systems‚ property/buildings and information. Finance is the resource that allows all the other resources to be secured and as such managing it becomes a very important activity to ensure an efficient use of all resources. Finance
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n CheckPoint: Local Environmental Issue Many environmental problems‚ such as depletion of natural resources‚ air pollution‚ and overpopulation‚ exist throughout the world. The root of most of these global problems stems from the local environment and decisions made at local levels that are based on lifestyles choices such as those regarding food‚ transportation‚ and housing. Due Date: Day 5 [post to the Individual forum] Post a 200- to 300-word response to the following: Discuss an environmental
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Amber Scoubes Mr. Burton English 1010‚ Period B-2 12-17-2013 Solving a Local Problem The Hazards of Driving Many people take for granted their ability to drive. When we drive‚ we are putting ourselves in dangerous situations. At some point‚ one small mistake in judgement can cause serious injury or even death to another person. This is a power no human should yield. The only reason that driving is necessary is to better our lives and to make things much simpler and easier to do. Driving is
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Learning Log: 1st reading log/week 2 Lecture 1 Required Reading Reference: Velasquez‚ M. (2012). Business ethics: concepts and cases‚ (7th ed.) (pp. 76-83). Upper Saddle River‚ N.J.: Pearson. (Utilitarianism). Lecture 1 Additional Reading Reference: Taylor‚ A. (2008). Examined Life: Peter Singer on our obligation to alleviate suffering [video file]. Retrieved from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVViICWs4dM Record a brief description of what the required reading was about. What responses do you
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Investigations in any area spring from previous knowledge. No matter how minimal or extensive they are‚ they serve in part as baseline data. This Chapter presents the literature/references gathered by the researcher. These studies included foreign and local studies/literature having direct or indirect bearing on the present study. Frank Pogue (2000) did a research project to determine why students fail. What he founds to be true in that study habits survey was that more than 30 years ago still rings
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between national‚ state‚ and local governments who share power within the same political system. All of the separate powers regulate certain laws for all individual citizens. Before the U.S. had federalism and The Constitution in 1789‚ the U.S. first created The Articles of Confederation. The problem with the Articles of Confederation is that the states had more control than the national government. States had their own permission of creating laws and making their own currency making the national almost
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: LOCAL CLUSTERS IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY By: Porter‚ Michael E.; Economic Development Quarterly‚ Feb2000‚ Vol. 14 Issue 1‚ p15‚ 20p‚ 4 diagrams Economic geography during an era of global competition involves a paradox. It is widely recognized that changes in technology and competition have diminished many of the traditional roles of location. Yet clusters‚ or geographic concentrations of interconnected companies‚ are a striking feature of virtually every national‚ regional‚ state
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