2.4 LOCAL LITERATURE 2.4.1 Electronic Voting Literature Review Computer scientists who have done work in, or are interested in, electronic voting all seem to agree on two things: * Internet voting does not meet the requirements for public elections * Currently widely-deployed voting systems need improvement Voting on the Internet using every day PC's offers only weak security, but its main disadvantages are in the areas of anonymity and protection against coercion and/or vote selling
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municipalities” (TreeBaltimore). American Forests, a pioneer in the science of urban forestry, determined that the healthiest cities have a 40% tree canopy (TreeBaltimore). This encouraged communities to adopt urban tree canopy goals. Working with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Forest Services, Baltimore City was the first jurisdiction in the area to adopt a goal to significantly improve their tree canopy. Baltimore City’s goal is to increase the tree canopy to 40% by 2037(City
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and may be renewed after its expiration. Due to the wide rate of cannabis acceptance in the world – especially medical practitioners’ consistent advocacy for the positive effects it offers patients, over 22 states in the United States of America now issue these cards. Some others with legalized
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Introduction With practices aimed at reducing discrimination such as affirmative action, the argument has been made that racial discrimination is no longer a pressing issue in American society.[1] It has further been argued that the Constitution protects all citizens, and race has no weight in the American criminal justice system.[2] While the United States Constitution guarantees equal treatment of all citizens, regardless of race, racism still exists in the American law enforcement and criminal
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Internal, External, and Situational Factors Affecting Consumer Behavior MRKT 410 Consumer Behavior March 29, 2015 University of Maryland University College Introduction We do everything for a reason, even if we can’t articulate what the reason is. The goal of marketing is to satisfy consumers’ needs. That is why understanding motivation would lead to understanding why consumers do what they do. Different individuals react differently to the same stimulus. Below are influences that affect consumer
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growing population, rising incomes, and falling commuting costs. Although these sound positive to societies well being, market failures are distorting their positive social desirability. The allocation of agricultural land converted to urban usage has justified the criticism of urban sprawl by not accounting for the benefits of open space, social costs of road congestion, and developers failing to pay for the infrastructure costs generated. The remedies projected for these market failures in hope of alleviating
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marriages has brought a new way of viewing relationships. Blended families of both gay and heterosexual design surface new issues. And children being born out of wedlock and its normalcy in today’s society. High Rise in Divorces The American society has been demonstrating signs and symptoms of change with the rise of technology. Marriage has long been recognized as a fundamental social institution but with the rise of modern economies and the associated individualism, many functions once confined to marriage
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have communication issues or have no local family support, we as their caregivers need to ensure that all methods of communication are utilized to ensure a smooth relocation situation. Some of these methods will include the more traditional types, such as letters or phone calls to the guardians of those affected by the relocation (Du Pré, 2005). Other methods available for our use will be electronic in nature. One type of electronic communication is email (Du Pré, 2005). Social media communication
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Symptoms The symptoms experienced by people with SAD are similar to some of those experienced by depressed people. In general it starts with a change in appetite, fatigue, significant weight gain or loss, irritability, frustration and avoidance of social situations. As indicated in the DSM-IV-TR, to
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Legal and Social Environments of Business Snyder v. Phelps 25 March 2011 A case that could be argued for ages between countless people with deciphering opinions, Snyder v. Phelps, is one of the most controversial cases I have ever read about. Pretty much everyone has an opinion about it, with the vast majority of people favoring against Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church. Westboro’s hate covers every end of the spectrum, all the way from Roman Catholics to homosexuals, with American soldiers
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