In what ways has First Past the Post been criticised? In Britain our voting system is called First Past the Post (FPTP). The UK is split into 646 different constituencies and each constituency elects a single MP to enter the House of Commons. The candidate with the highest number of votes automatically wins whether they have more than 50% of the votes or not. The party that forms the government however is not decided by the number of votes they receive across the country. Instead it is determined
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M13/5/MATME/SP1/ENG/TZ1/XX 22137303 mathematics STANDARD level Paper 1 Candidate session number 0 0 Thursday 9 May 2013 (afternoon) Examination code 2 1 hour 30 minutes 2 1 3 – 7 3 0 3 instructions to candidates Write your session number in the boxes above. not open this examination paper until instructed to do so. Do You are not permitted access to any calculator for this paper. Section A: answer all questions in the boxes provided
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Affirmative Action in the Past‚ Present‚ and Future Communications 220 May 22‚ 201 Affirmative Action in the Past‚ Present‚ and Future President Lyndon B. Johnson said in a 1965 speech at Howard University‚ “You do not take a person who‚ for years‚ has been hobbled by chains and liberate him‚ bring him up to the starting line of a race and say‚ ‘you are free to compete with all the others‚’ and still justly believe that you have been completely fair” (Calloway‚ 2010‚ p. 72). From the end
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Q) A critic has described Hardy as‚ “A poet obsessed with the past.” How far do you agree with the claim? In your answer‚ you should either refer to two/three poems in detail‚ or range more widely through the whole selection. Many of Thomas Hardy’s poems are centered on the feelings summoned up when reminiscing about the past. On the surface‚ it seems as though Hardy is ‘obsessed with the past’ as many poems are laced with memories which conjure up feelings of nostalgia. It is important
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Dividend per share one year ago Dividend per share two years ago Equity beta 5 million $3·30 40·0c 60% 23·3c 22·0c 1·4 Other relevant financial information Average sector price/earnings ratio Risk-free rate of return Return on the market 10 4·6% 10·6% Required: Calculate the value of Danoca Co using the following methods: (i) price/earnings ratio method; (ii) dividend growth model; and discuss the significance‚ to Phobis Co‚ of the values you have calculated‚ in comparison
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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL REPORT ON CANDIDATES’ WORK IN THE CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION MAY/JUNE 2003 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Copyright © 2003 Caribbean Examinations Council St Michael‚ Barbados All rights reserved 2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION MAY/JUNE 2003 INTRODUCTION Environmental Science is a two-unit course‚ each unit consisting of three modules. Unit I‚ which consists of Fundamental Ecological Principles‚ People and The Environment
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CHApter1 2.What key insights does the GEM study provide us about entrepreneurship? Of particular interest to GEM is early stage entrepreneurial activity‚ which consists of businesses that are just being started and businesses that have been in existence for less than three and one-half years. While the high rates of entrepreneurial start-up activities occur in low-income countries‚ where good jobs are not plentiful such as brazil‚ china‚ Argentina. Low rates occur in high-income countries‚ such
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Policing - Past and Present Policing - Past and Present It has been said that to understand the world of today‚ one must understand the world of yesterday‚ police and police agencies are no different. The history of policing ranges all the way from citizens attempting to protect their community to today’s world of technology based policing. A recent development in policing stems from the terrorist attacks on September 11‚ 2001 which resulted in the created of the Department of Homeland Security
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If I were to counsel a couple who was struggling due to past trauma‚ I would first begin by helping the couple identify the trauma and discuss how exactly it hinders their sexual experience (Penner & Penner‚ 2016). Once the problem is identified I would help them to work through the unresolved issues by addressing the emotions that are taking place when the problems arise during intimacy and also area of unforgiveness for what has happened to them (Penner & Penner‚ 2016). Penner & Penner (2016) stated
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Discuss concepts of attachment in human development. What implications does this have for a society in which the majority of Mothers are employed outside the home? Attachment is the bond and affection created by two people. It is a need developed in human beings since we are born to feel secure and safe. According to Bowlby‚ this theory is an emotion connection human beings generate when they are born where they get emotionally associated to caregivers‚ normally the mother‚ creating to
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