...on the nation while consistently retaining an overwhelming popular stature amongst the citizens of the U.S. Jackson’s presidency has been widely debated and analyzed in terms of its effectiveness compared to other U.S. presidents. Proponents of Jackson’s presidency point to Jackson’s ability to focus legislation that directly supported the “common man” as a representation of Jackson’s efficiency. Opponents of Jackson’s presidency look to the times that followed Jackson as disastrous and set up by an irresponsible and inefficient eight years in office. Andrew Jackson...
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...The Hate U Give is about a young woman who witnessed the shooting and death of her childhood friend by the hands of a police officer. We see how she questions the world around her, and what she goes through as a result of her friends brutal demise. Starr, a black teenage girl going to a nice school with an overwhelming white majority, lives in a stereotypical “black neighborhood” and is dating a rich white boy. Which is contradictory to what her family sets an example for, a good black man for Starr, not a “simple” white boy. Starr goes through much turmoil throughout the book, with losing two friends to gun violence, facing the threats of a notorious gang leader King, and with the choice of telling the world the truth about what happened or to forever stay quiet and let the cop get away with murder. Starr goes through experiences with press, racism, and the new revelation revealed to her, which is that Having a voice is the most powerful weapon she has to offer. The...
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...amidst growing concerns from both MG Rodriguez, the commander of CJTF-82 and his successor, MG Schloesser, commander of CJTF-101 about the future of COP Bella, and the growing amount of information lending to the idea that it was bound to be hit by an overwhelming attack by insurgent forces. In response to these growing concerns by task force commanders, TF Bayonet decided to evacuate COP Bella and redistribute forces to COP Kahler, at Wanat. Wanat is a remote village located in the heart of the Waygul Valley. The village is occupied by approximately 50 families with a total residency of nearly 200 people Wanat is a point of interest as it is the primary business and trade epicenter of the Waygul Valley, which is the main MSR for the Nuristan Province. The village is deep-set in a traditional V-shaped valley beset on both sides by mountain faces that are almost entirely traversable by foot only with the majority of...
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...thwart verb [ with obj. ] prevent (someone) from accomplishing something: he never did anything to thwart his father | he was thwarted in his desire to punish Uncle Fred. • oppose (a plan, attempt, or ambition) successfully: the government had been able to thwart all attempts by opposition leaders to form new parties. overwhelming adjective very great in amount: he was elected president by an overwhelming majority. • (esp. of an emotion) very strong: an overwhelming feeling of gratitude. verb [ with obj. ] bury or drown beneath a huge mass: the water flowed through to overwhelm the whole dam and the village beneath. • defeat completely: his teams overwhelmed their opponents. • give too much of a thing to (someone); inundate: they were overwhelmed by farewell messages. • (usu. be overwhelmed) have a strong emotional effect on: I was overwhelmed with guilt. • be too strong for; overpower: the wine doesn't overwhelm the flavor of the trout. hostile environment drawback: 1 a feature that renders something less acceptable; a disadvantage or problem: the main drawback of fitting catalytic converters is the cost. 2 an amount of excise or import duty remitted on imported goods that the importer re-exports rather than sells domestically. constitute: verb [ with obj. ] 1 be (a part) of a whole: single parents constitute a great proportion of the poor. • (of people or things) combine to form (a whole): there were enough members present to constitute a quorum. • be or be equivalent...
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...Khat is popular at every level of society, from beggars on the street to the president of Djibouti; Ismail Omar Guelleh. The khat addiction also plays a huge role of desensitizing the entire population of Djibouti. This small country’s passionate affair with khat has elevated this dry, hot and predominately Muslim area on the Horn of Africa to more than just your average narco-state. Djibouti is not like any other country. Even though Khat isn’t a narcotic, Djibouti is the only country in the world that fits the definition of a narco-society. This is a place where the drug is not a business but a way of life. Khat is literally the drug of choice for ninety-nine percent of the male Djibouti population. Second, the poverty in Djibouti is overwhelming. Djibouti endured a Civil War from 1991 to 1994 which had devastating effects on the economy. Djibouti’s main source of income for the country comes from the port where it handles all of the land locked country of Ethiopia’s Crockett 2 imports and exports. Since the modernization of the port to handle large cargo containers instead of the small shipping containers most of the dock workers have lost their jobs. There is a seventy percent unemployment rate in Djibouti. This rate exceeds any South American country. The weather and the climate in Djibouti do not allow for any type of crops to be grown and there is not enough sustainable water for livestock. Without crops or livestock all food items are...
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...| From this data, we see that the number of items sold is heavily skewed to the right. Most of the item sales were within the 0-2 and 3-5 items sold range, comprising 74% of the sales. From this data, we can say that customers prefer to buy items in small quantities rather than large. The next variable we look at will be net sales in dollars. Net Sales | Percent Frequency | (0-50) | 39 | (51-100) | 35 | (101-150) | 16 | (151-200) | 6 | (201-250) | 1 | (251-300) | 3 | This data more or less agrees with the data that we acquired when looking at the number of items sold. We see that the data is heavily skewed to the right, with the majority of sales bringing in between $0-$50 and $51-$100. This makes sense because we already know that many people are buying in smaller quantities, so it makes sense that the majority of sales would bring in a proportionate amount of sales,...
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...and another 100,000 were injured. While the injured desperately needed help, the majority of the doctors, nurses, and medical professionals were killed in the initial bombing. The injured were then left to suffer and many went on to die from their injuries. The atomic bomb was able to kill nearly half of Hiroshima’s population. Some citizens were incinerated when the bomb exploded, leaving their shadows burned into their surroundings. Other citizens were trapped under mounds of rubble, slowly being crushed to death. Those who were injured were inflicted by burns, cuts, and broken bones which often led to their eventual death. With the lack of help and the overwhelming number of dead or dying people, the atomic bomb was incredibly effective at desolating a population. The atomic bomb was a new instrument of warfare capable of destroying most of a city, both structurally and population wise. In the cases of those who survived the bomb, psychological ailments were prevalent. Cases after the bombing of overwhelming fatigue, lack of concentration, and overall weakness greatly increased in the survivors of the bomb. Cases of PTSD were also found in many of the people who experienced the atomic bomb due to the horrors they had lived through during and after the bomb had been dropped. The accounts...
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...becoming a social pariah. De Botton’s (2000) argument is that the ability to think critically is grounded in philosophy; this allows one to confidently arrive at a logical position whilst acknowledging other arguments, which is supported by sound judgement. Thus, according to De Botton (2000, 7) the “Consolation for Unpopularity” is the self-confidence to challenge accepted norms through logical thought. The line of logic used by De Botton is that Socrates became a symbol of someone that stood up to the status quo using his intellect to challenge accepted ideas against the overwhelming majority. De Botton (2000, 16) asserts that because a person holds a position of power or influence over society, it does not mean their opinion is true and correct. Using philosophy De Botton urges individuals to test these propositions critically with their own logic. Socrates (De Botton 2000, 16) identified that the majority of Athenians generally...
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...acquaint myself with the cultural heritage of my new homeland. The glorious and multi-hued palette of India came to be as dear and precious to me as it was to them (Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi)”. These words from Sonia Gandhi clearly highlight her passion and love towards India. Mrs Gandhi brought in the assets of modifying, re-invigorating and adapting the Congress Party by her innovation into the party as a president. Her presidency has been unopposed consistently by an overwhelming majority and her resignations declined by the same overwhelming majority of party men in the Congress Party. But with her throngs of supporters, some traveling far distances from neighbouring villages just to have a glimpse of her, Sonia has shown that she has no need for top offices. She was the inspiration behind two of the Congress-led government’s most important policies concerning rural jobs, such as Mrs Gandhi supported UPA/congress alliances brought in enormous funds allocation to rural population (the majority in India )Mrs Gandhi supported regulation of policies to the middle class while diverting funds to the starving rural population .Any other party may barely understand such initiaves let alone executing them or spearheading such needed policies to success. Many of the policies pioneered by the UPA are but the result of Mrs Gandhi’s much needed interference to work for the Congress party’s manifestos. No other party can achieve the success of such policies as that initiated...
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...With every day that goes by there is another happy moment. With every happy moment, there is a negative moment to counteract the happy one. Negative moments consist of many things but especially times where people find themselves facing a generalization of who they are. Whether it’s categorizing certain behaviors and/or mannerisms, it happens to a majority of the population. It’s something everyone contributes to, if it’s conscious or not, it happens. One of the groups that faces marginalization every day is those of Latino/Hispanic origins. The fact that there are people who think that everyone coming from Latin America is Mexican only validates the existence of this idea. Although stereotypes relating to Latino/Hispanics come with a piece of truth as do all stereotypes do, breaking the myths on the Latino/Hispanic people requires understanding and education to combat the stereotypes surrounding this group of individuals. For stereotypes focus less on a person and more on a general grouping of a background. The idea itself lacks breaking the systematic stereotype in its tracks and ensuring that people are recognized for whom they are as a whole, not just a background assigned at birth. All throughout high school, I was involved in an...
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...reporter-source privilege that protected journalists from testifying in front of a grand jury. (13th Cir. at 39). Not until Branzburg, was the Court faced with these compelling, but conflicting societal needs. Instead of reaching a clear consensus, however, this Court was split: a four justice plurality, a one justice concurrence, and a four justice dissent. Because of this split, almost every circuit has tried to divine the true holding of Branzburg. When there is no clear majority, the holding of the case must be viewed as the rationale of those who concurred in the judgment on the narrowest grounds. Marks v. United States, 430 U.S. 188, 193 (1977) (citing Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153, 169 (1976) (opinion of Stewart, Powell, and Stevens, JJ.)). This is an important signal to lower courts that this rationale with likely prevail in the future. See Frank H. Easterbrook, Ways of Criticizing the Court, 95 Harv. L. Rev. 802, 810 (1982). This Court uses the Marks principle to let lower courts contemplate cases without clear majority opinions and reach a consensus on the holding of disputed cases. See Nichols v. United States, 511 U.S. 738, 746 (1994). This allows the issue to re-percolate and if the lower courts reach a consensus, can help the Supreme Court decide in the future. See Evan H. Caminker, Precedent and Prediction: The Forward-Looking Aspects of Inferior Court Decisionmaking, 73 Tex. L. Rev. 1, 54 (1994). For example, in Nichols, this Court abandoned the Marks principle after circuit...
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...I never thought I would say this but I think we should reinstate the draft. It has been years since we have wanted or needed a draft, but in view of the United States being attacked on September 11, 2001, I feel our country must be ready and prepared to defend itself. If being prepared means reinstating the draft, a mandatory summons for military service, then I think we should consider this a reasonable proposal. I think the tragic events of September 11 will evoke most people to agree with me. Since September 11 we have seen a surge of patriotism in this country that seemed hidden for many years. I am so glad patriotism was not lost, and I think most Americans would be willing to defend their country in light of this attack. We are a nation and a people who believe in freedom and democracy. It tells other nations who we are and what we stand for. It is these beliefs that lead me to believe that the people of the United States will do anything to preserve our freedom and democracy even if it means reinstating the draft. I want to prove this notion, but am unsure how to accomplish this. I have not read any recent articles in newspapers or magazines that have dealt with this issue. My textbook was not a source either. So I decided to do two things. First, I went to the Internet for any information, articles, discussions, or statements relating to this issue. Second, I decided to conduct an informal poll. This informal poll consisted of male and female respondents with an age span...
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...In their, James H. Dormon and Robert R. Jones refute many different misconceptions that they believe other people have about slave life and culture. One of the people that they believe to have misconceive some parts of slave’s lives and culture is Stanley Elkins. The materials found within the book African American Voices, edited by Steven Mintz, confute many of the views found in both essays written by Elkins and Dormon and Jones. While Dormon and Jones and Elkins considered the institution to be a “closed” system, Dormon and Jones did not see it to be as “closed” as Elkins did. Elkins believed that the system in North American slavery was “closed”, meaning that a mass majority of slaves were restricted from having contact with the free...
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...particularly strong in the first few years of life in the new country. Majority of immigrants decide to resettle for economic reasons. Thus, they find it particularly challenging when unable to find suitable job that matches education achieved in their native country. (Browne, Kumar, Puente-Duran, Georgiades, Leckie, Jenkins, 2017). This process of transition causes many of immigrants to have frequent re-evaluation whether they made the right choice to resettle and “start over”. On their own in a new country, and with limited language skills, they often feel out of place and insecure. Regardless of one’s language proficiency, there is a period of cultural assimilation following the move. Different dialects can cause misunderstandings in a non-native speaker and immediate self-questioning of its own abilities. And there is...
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...MKT 315 WK 10 QUIZ 8 CHAPTER 15 & 16 To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/mkt-315-wk-10-quiz-8-chapter-15-16/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM MKT 315 WK 10 QUIZ 8 CHAPTER 15 & 16 MKT 315 WK 10 Quiz 8 Chapter 15,16 MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. According to the text, the Internet has had ________ impact on the design and management of marketing channels. a. little b. a major c. no d. an overwhelming e. some 2. Some observers predict that the Internet will so radically transform marketing channel structure and strategy that the __________ of the future will be profoundly different from what we see today. a. bandwidth b. interstate highway system c. distribution landscape d. cyberspace salespeople e. franchise system 3. Which of the following terms cannot be considered as synonymous with “electronic marketing channels” as stated in the text? a. Computer marketing b. Facebook commerce c. Social commerce d. Electronic commerce e. Internet commerce 4. Which of the following must be present to define electronic commerce as portrayed in the textbook? a. Purchases can be made via interactive electronic means b. The consumer must use a personal computer c. The consumer must also make use of the telephone d. Orders can only be placed by using e-mail e. Payments must be made using smart cards 5. If sellers list their products on the Internet and if customers who locate these products at the firm’s Web site still have to use...
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