...But how does this tie-in to the quote. I am in agreement that a low voter turn-out is not necessarily a bad thing. These voters usually represent those voters who are knowledgeable about the issues at hand and want to see the best person for the job get elected. But does this continuous process yield a better outcome as a whole. The populace needs to be educated about the issues and understand what they are voting for. If people tend to vote on blind faith or, worse, emotion, it is an ignorant and potentially costly move for us all. In order for communities as a whole to bind together and elect the right people for the job, they must take the time and energy to get involved and to become educated on the important issues that are affecting them and their families. The question was asked in our discussion as to what kind of a program we could devise to not only increase voter turn-out but to educate the common voter in such a way as to not make them feel like an idiot. This would be community participation at its best. Here is my idea. First, it is important to educate the voters. A good way of doing this is placing candidate and initiative information in grocery bags at supermarkets. It would be non-partisan and the program would be run by a social change initiative conceived and run by...
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...Secret Life of Bees Study Guide Prewriting: Confederacy, rednecks, grits, fried chicken (and waffles), slavery, civil rights, strange accents Kudzu is a quick growing plant from asia that was used for erosion control and has become a pest in the south. Grits are boiled, ground corn kernels usually served at breakfast Sweet-grass baskets are baskets that are coiled tight enough to hold water 3. Malcolm X was a civil rights activist and a religious leader. Saigon is now known as Ho Chi Minh city and was a very important city during the Vietnam War. The Beatles were an english rock band, and they were thought of as one of the most influential groups of the rock era. The civil rights movement was a movement in the late 1900s that wanted...
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...Would the United States be a better country if more people voted? Why or why not? Voting in America is a responsibility. People will always speculate if we should go out and vote, people will always persuade people to go vote, but does it ever work? Just because we see celebrities like Diddy and Usher out telling us slogans to “Rock the Vote,” will it make me want to go vote? Answer is most likely not. As a black American, I get told over and over again that I should go vote because of what my ancestors went through to give me the right to. Will guilt tripping me really make me go vote? Let’s think, as a young child I rode a school bus, I learned that riding in the back of the bus was cool. That’s where all the cool kids were, so of course, that’s where I wanted to be. But as a BLACK American, I learned that Rosa Parks was pivotal in enabling me to sit in the front. By telling me that didn’t want me to sit in the front, it is my choice to sit there. It doesn’t make me and better or any...
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...Ethan Gross Dr. Cary Voss Speech 1315.1 25 March 2015 Election Day Registration I. Introduction A. Attention device – In today’s busy world, how many of us actually take the time to register to vote? Not many of us do; in Texas the lack of voter participation is particularly alarming B. Credibility Claim – I’ve done extensive research on the issue of voter apathy and I’ve found a solution C. Preview – Voter turnout is suffering, especially in Texas, because of the way the current voter registration process works, but by enabling Election Day Registration (EDR), voter turnout can be increased. II. Body A. Problem 1. For Example – In the recent gubernatorial race, we had the lowest voter turnout in the country; The Intercept, a reputable non-partisan journalism site, reports 33% turnout, down from 38% 4 years ago 2. Politifact, an organization dedicated to fact-checking the statements made by politicians, points out that the U.S. Census Bureau ranked Texas 48th in turnout in 2012, 47th in 2008 and 49th in 2006. 3. The cause? – Rock the Vote, a nationwide effort to promote voter participation, shows that the Texas registration deadline is a mere 30 days before the election. Many citizens become most interested and engaged with elections in the last few weeks before Election Day, when candidate debates and campaigns reach their peak. But registration deadlines may already have passed at that point. 4. Inaccurate voter rolls; Many previously-registered...
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...chinchilla by the over 50, many of whom blame the influence of television. With the primary aim of demonstrating my considerable intellect I will now demonstrate the complexity of the many faceted issue that is chinchilla. Social Factors Interweaving social trends form a strong net in which we are all trapped. The immortal and indispensable phrase ‘honesty is the best policy’ [1] was clearly refering to the impact of chinchilla on today's society. Both tyranny and democracy are tried and questioned. Yet chinchilla irons out misconceptions from our consciousness. Our post-literate society, more than ever before, relies upon chinchilla. Society says that every man must find their own truth. While one sees chinchilla, another may see monkeys playing tennis. Economic Factors Is unemployment inherently bad for an economy? Yes. Of course, chinchilla fits perfectly into the Maiden-Tuesday-Lending model, making allowances for recent changes in interest rates. Oil Prices chinchilla There are a number of reasons which may be attributed to this unquestionable correlation. In spite of the best efforts of The World Bank oil prices sings a very different tune. In the light of this free trade must be examined. Political Factors Politics - smolitics! Comparing the ideals of the young with the reality felt by their elders is like contrasting the vote of the man in the street with that of one more accustomed to chinchilla. It is always enlightening to...
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...I believe that there should be freedom from discrimination, equal opportunity in employment, education, housing, and the right to vote, and equal access to public and private facilities. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. influenced my political opinions and views because he fought for the civil rights such as freedom of speech, press, and assembly; the right to vote; freedom from involuntary servitude; and the privilege to remain equal in public places. During the period 1954 to 1968, Dr. King led the Civil Rights Movement, and he proved to government and society that different races of people can change politics and society. Dr. King has gone through multiple defeats, mistreatments, hatred, and discrimination from the people in the United States....
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...The Civil Rights Movement was a long movement that attempted to address numerous obstacles. This movement could be described as something that was building for years. In the film, Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock, we get a closer look at the process of desegregating the education system in the United States. The film encompases the struggle many students of color had to endure in order to obtain a basic public education. In Little Rock the journey to enforce integration of the schooling system was prioritized by Daisy Bates. This paper will explore the setbacks and triumphs that Daisy Bates and the “Little Rock 9” faced, and how the film achieved the importance of this moment in history to the viewers. The United States in the early...
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...Before my knowledge of this documentary I knew little about this decade. The sixties to me was more of a “rebelled” time and people were rebellious in their actions. It was a time to progress and grow for America. War was a big part of this time and the inequality of America. After I completed this video, I learned so much about the 1960’s. The war being on television gave American society the proof about how awful and brutal it was. Anti-war organizers protested against drafting. There needed to be regulations and standards on who could go to the war and who did not belong. “Why should children not be able to vote but can be drafted into war?” this was the question everyone was asking and was fighting against. That is why the age to vote...
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...slavery. The senate’s refusal to admit Kansas as a state, the issue exploded into a national political problem. In order to be admitted there had to be a big shift in power in the senate and the presidency. It wasn’t until January 29, 1861 that the constitution making Kansas the 34th state reached President James Buchanan’s desk and was signed. This January we will celebrate the 150th birthday of Kansas. Home on the range, the state song of Kansas, was originally a poem called My Western Home by Dr. Brewster M. Higley near 1872. The music was written by a friend of Higleys named Daniel E. Kelly. It was officially adopted as the state song of Kansas on June 30, 1947. In 1925 the Kansas Auburn Society conducted a contest in which the school children of Kansas voted on what bird that they wished to become the state bird. The western meadowlark, the bobwhite quail, the cardinal and the robin were the closest competitive candidates. Out of 121,191 votes cast the western meadowlark received 48,395 votes,...
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...| General Visa Requirements - fully completed visa application form - two passport photographs - valid national passport & one copy - original of valid resident visa - confirmation letter from your health insurance stating coverage & one copy - proof of group travel/ hotel booking in South Africa/ airline reservation for South Africa & one copy - current bank statement & one copy - reference letter from your employer/ education institution - visa fees for South African Visa | | Apple Marketing StrategyApple has been so successful in these last years thanks to his fresh, imaginative way to think and do its business: a winning combination of exceptional products, great style and design, great strategy, innovative marketing, sleek and enticing communications. Apple owes its overwhelming success in the last years to the iPhone and to the smart iPod and iTunes product combination, a combination of a great hardware piece with great style, great software, great performance, user friendly interface, with a good e-business service. The iPod + iTunes halo effect and new great Mac computers and Mac OS software did the rest in increasing Apple revenue stream. In the 5 years between 2003 to 2008 the Apple share value increased 25 times, from $7.5 to $180 per share. At july 2008 prices, before the US Financial Crisis, Apple stock market capitalization was $160 billion. In January 2010 Apple shares topped the $210 mark. But even...
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...main agendas that we wished to obtain from this negotiation. Next, the employment distribution was also important to the governor because of the political strength of labour unions in the state. The industry mix was also important in terms of economic stability and revenue in the long run for the region and the governor had expressed that “primarily dirty” industries were most desirable. In terms of the ecological impact the governor was not too concerned about the decision but was averse to imposing unnecessary costs on would-be developers. Finally, the Governor had expressed that she was not in favour of compensating the other ports for economic reasons and would like to have little compensation as possible. In consequence, to help me plan my negotiation strategy the governor constructed a 100-point scoring scheme assigning weights on each of the issues...
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...singer that comes out with the highest vote becomes the winner. Therefore, in that regard, I do strongly think that in the selection of the best CD from Kresge Library I would nominate Don William album “You Are My Best Friend “for my Oakland University, Kresge Library fans. Don William laid-back, straightforward vocal large imposing voice came to be known as the “Gentle Giant “. He got that nickname in the early 70s. He became playing guitar when he was a child, learning the instrument from his mother as a teenager, he played in different of country rockabilly, folk and rock and roll bands. After he graduated from high school, he formed his first band with a friend named Lofton Kline. And in 1966 his band signed a contract with Columbia Records. additionally, in the 70s, Williams became the most successful country artist in the world. His country, pop not only crossed over into the America pop mainstream, it also gained him a large...
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...Dr. King once said “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Dr. King had a vision that one day everyone could be seen as equal and that they would only be judged by their character. He knew that during his time, African Americans were at a disadvantage compared to the whites. The African Americans had fewer rights, and Dr. King sought to change that fact and help for the equality of all. While obtaining freedom and rights have been achieved in Dr. King’s dream, everyone being seen as equal or being judged by the content of a person’s character has not fully been fulfilled. I believe that Henrietta lacks would have responded to Dr. King’s speech with joy and acceptance. First off, Henrietta lacks was born in Roanoke, Virginia, on August 1, 1920 and had 9 other siblings. Henrietta was raised by her grandfather after her mother died. Henrietta attended school, but she stopped in the sixth grade. While walking to school she passed the white school where children threw rocks and taunted her. Later on, Henrietta married David and moved north. She was also soon diagnosed with cervical cancer and was treated as a research experiment. Scientists took her cells without her permission and discovered that her cancer cells didn’t die. Though they made much success, they gave her no credit because she was black. Henrietta would have loved a time where she wasn’t...
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...For a mere three dollars and 95 cents, a consumer could buy ... a rock — a plain, ordinary, egg-shaped rock of the kind one could dig up in almost any backyard. The wonder of it was, for a few frenzied months in 1975, more than a million consumers did, becoming the proud if slightly abashed owners of Pet Rocks, the fad that Newsweek later called “one of the most ridiculously successful marketing schemes ever.” Gary Dahl, the man behind that scheme — described variously as a marketing genius and a genial mountebank — died on March 23 at 78. A down-at-the-heels advertising copywriter when he hit on the idea, he originally meant it as a joke. But the concept of a “pet” that required no actual work and no real commitment resonated with the self-indulgent ’70s, and before long a cultural phenomenon was born. Gary Dahl, the man behind that scheme — described variously as a marketing genius and a genial mountebank — died on March 23...
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...Peaceful resistance positively impacts the free society in which we live. Through peaceful resistance, one can express their views without the violence or uproar that often comes with it. It has solved many fundamental problems in the US government. Henry David Thoreau expressed his distaste for the Mexican-American war by refusing to pay his poll taxes. He did not believe in no government, did not want to start an uprise, or create an anarchy but instead create a more just government. Thoreau wanted a government in which protected its people and was fair to all. He also opposed slavery and wanted equal rights for all. “There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men. When the majority shall at length vote for the abolition...
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