In no way was the Presidential election of 2000 legitimate. Votes were completely stolen from the people of Florida and the next President was ultimately decided by a mere nine people. The way in which this election happened was a complete disgrace to the American Democratic process and forever left a stain on this Nation’s Presidential election process. To begin with‚ the number of votes that Gore was receiving was not in accordance to that of exit polls taken. When the first T.V. networks deemed
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Florida‚ the “Sunshine State”‚ has always had a big role for voting in the elections. According to the WEEK there a few reasons for that: Florida is a closed primary‚ they are more comparable to running a general election than most states‚ and they take a lot of delegates (WEEK staff 2012). The WEEK is a weekly British news magazine which also publishes a US edition. My goal in this paper is to explain why Florida holds so much importance. As we know‚ elections are not won by popular
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1992‚ 1996 are leap years because these years are divisible by 4and are not affected by the rest of the rule which applies to century years such as 1900 and 2000. Century years are not leap years except where they are a multiple of 400. Hence the years 1700‚ 1800‚ 1900 were not leap years and did not contain a date February 29. But the year 2000 was a leap year‚ the first such century leap year since 1600. Problem Answer(s): START START Problem 1: Strings (Flow Chart) String nameInitials
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service. Canada has been listed among the world’s leaders in administrative reform and one eager to experiment and innovate in public administration (Caiden‚ Halley & Maltais‚ 1995). One of Canada’s boldest attempts in recent years is Public Service 2000 (PS2000)‚ which attempted to change the way people in the public service saw themselves and their work through a number of initiatives focused on fostering an overall change of culture in the Canadian public service. The founders of PS2000 wanted to
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❶AGE PROBLEM In three more years‚ Miguel’s grandfather will be six times as old as Miguel was last year. When Miguel’s present age is added to his grandfather’s present age‚ the total is68. How old is each one now? This exercise refers not only to their present ages‚ but also to both their ages last year and their ages in three years‚ so labelling will be very important. I will label Miguel’s present age as "m" and his grandfather’s present age as "g". Then m + g = 68. Miguel’s age "last year"
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grown from 100 to 103. 1 Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 Average CAGR 2 3 4 X Growth X DlnX 100 103 0.03 0.0295588 100 -0.0291262 -0.0295588 103 0.03 0.0295588 0.01029126 0.00985293 0.00990163 Column 3 calculates by Xt/Xt-1 -1 and column 4 by ln(Xt)-ln(Xt-1)‚ click on the spreadsheet to check. What can we say? 1. look at column 3. Growth 2000 to 2001 is +0.03‚ but from 01-02 is -0.029. That means that using this growth rate‚ X does not quite return to where it was in 2000. This is clearly wrong‚ since
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important question is: What is the meaning of this data? In the website given below‚ we can find a graph representing reading literacy rates from 2000 to 2009. It would be extremely interesting to make a contrast between these two years. So‚ first we will write the objective information and then‚ we will analyze it. In the year 2000‚ the countries with the lowest reading literacy were: Ireland‚ Netherlands and Finland. In 2009‚ the countries were Finland‚ Netherlands and Estonia. By contrast
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Woody Allen is 80. Time is finite and he knows it. Every day the industrious same: wake‚ work‚ weights‚ treadmill‚ work‚ clarinet‚ work‚ supper‚ TV‚ sleep. Except today and tomorrow and Thursday‚ when he’ll do something futile. “I never thought there was any point doing press‚” he says. “I don’t think anybody ever reads an interview and says: ‘Hey‚ I want to see that movie!’” He smiles benignly‚ tip-to-toe in peanut-butter beige. Allen no longer reads anything about himself (except‚ maybe‚ one article
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In Woody Holton’s book‚ “Forced Founder’s‚” the traditional idea that the Virginia’s involvement in the revolution was led by the great land owning elite‚ like George Washington is questioned. Instead‚ Holton offers the theory that Indians‚ merchants‚ slaves‚ and debtors thrust Virginia into the independence movement‚ and the gentry’s motives for joining the revolution were those of maintaining power not liberty. The gentry in Virginia’s positions depended on land and labor and Britain was restricting
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Jonathan Kramer Professor Pina WRC 1013-13 February 15‚ 2013 Femininity throughout American History Femininity is the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women. Although the definition of femininity has not changed‚ expectations of a typical woman in today’s society has radically changed since the 1800’s. As the 19th amendment was passed and technological advances were discovered‚ cranes‚ forklifts and other heavy duty machinery requiring strength‚ women slowly became more able
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