called a democracy when we still had millions of slaves. Our nation today is called a democracy when millions of citizens never exercise their right to vote‚ a few hundred party leaders select our national political candidates‚ and only those who have million-dollar treasuries can run for political office with a reasonable chance of winning. Latin American military dictatorships are called democracies. South Vietnam with a single candidate for president during the Vietnam War was called a democracy. The
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When we are young‚ we tend to exhibit over confidence about our state of health and we ignore what seem to be minor ailments. A visit to the doctor is a big no-no unless one is so sick there is no alternative. Warning signs are generally put on the backburner and considered unimportant - all with the supreme confidence of youth. But the damage this attitude can cause in the long run is quite scary. Consider yourself one of those lucky ones if these signs do not show up later in life with more severe
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Strategy Implementation Teresa Duncan BUS/475 12-06-12 Prof. Eric McMath A balanced score card is a valuable method for analyzing the objectives of a strategic plan. Pro Audio Superstore will be able to use this method as a key component of the strategic plan. There are four main areas of the strategic plan that can be analyzed using a scorecard‚ which include: Financial‚ customer‚ internal business process‚ and learning and growth. Each of these categories
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INTRODUCTION The Commonwealth Games is an international‚ multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years‚ apart from the 1950 British Empire Games‚ which took place after a 12-year gap from the 3rd edition of the games. The Games are described as the third largest multi-sport event in the world after the Olympic Games and the Asian Games[citation needed]. It was initially known as the British Empire Games and
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of America today is the growing gap between the wealthy and the poor‚ and the discrepancy is caused by capitalism run wild and only the helping hand of the government can only fix the problem. A question that turns the tables is what if the growing wealth disparity in America is actually caused by the government? For years‚ the idea that inequality is economically neutral has been the prevailing view not just among traditionalists but also between most Americans outside the further reaches of a political
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TM Democracy index 2011 Democracy under stress A report from the Economist Intelligence Unit www.eiu.com Democracy Index 2011 Democracy under stress The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Index of Democracy 2011 Democracy under stress This is the fourth edition of the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy index. It reflects the situation as of the beginning of December 2011. The first edition‚ published in The Economist’s The World in 2007‚ measured the state of democracy in September
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Desktop Computers · Also called personal computers. · sit on‚beside‚or under a desktop. Notebook or Laptops · Similar to desktops · Advantages · Netbook · Similar to a notebook · For wireless communication or access to the internet Tablets · Looks similar to a notebook · Touch screens capability Servers · A computer dedicated to shaaring resources among 2 or more computers and managing large amounts of data. Hand-held or Mobile Computers · Any computing devices that fits in
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This thesis is a collection of three independent essays on the causes and consequences of local elections in non-democratic regimes. The first essay examines the political consequences of local elections on the first democratic election after the fall of an autocratic regime. My theoretical analysis highlights that officials that were appointed by upper levels of government have a stronger incentive to continue to use local patronage networks to signal their alignment to upper levels of government
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ELTU2402 Academic Writing I (Term 1‚ 2013) Practice on Paraphrasing and Summarizing (Suggested answers) Essay title: Separating the Sexes‚ Just for the Tough Years Thesis statement: Although some parents and educators oppose same-sex classes‚ there is some evidence that separating boys and girls in middle school yields positive results. A paraphrase Despite the fact that a number of parents and professionals in the field of education oppose single sex education‚ there are signs that
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Accuracy and Bias In general‚ a set of forecasts will be considered to be accurate if the forecast errors‚ that is‚ the set of et values which results from the forecasts‚ are sufficiently small. The next section presents statistics based on the forecast errors‚ which can be used to measure forecast accuracy. In thinking about forecast accuracy‚ it is important to bear in mind the distinction between error and noise. While related‚ they are not the same thing. Noise in the demand data is real and
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