Pope Urban II gave a very motivational speech at The Council of Clermont. The speech was so motivational that it even motivated people to embark on the conquest to Jerusalem whom he did not even intend. The quest to recapture Jerusalem from the Turks was not only a religious escapade‚ but also unified the Christians‚ promised repentance of sin‚ promised fortune‚ happiness‚ and shame to those who did not serve God. Before the Pope called for a crusade to recapture Jerusalem‚ he noticed that the
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When it comes to Voting participation‚ those who have a higher socio-economic status are likely to have a higher voter turnout/participation rate. However that is not the case for Asian American voters. With Asian Americans having some of the highest level of income and education‚ they still result in low voter turnout in general elections. With Asian American political participation being a puzzling phenomena‚ there are bloc of reasons for their bizarre voting behavior. The reasons for lower turnout
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1.Brunei The national flag of Brunei has the crest of Brunei in the centre‚ on a yellow field. The field is cut by black and white diagonal stripes‚ although they are officially called parallelograms. The yellow field represents the Sultan of Brunei. (In Southeast Asia‚ yellow is traditionally the colour of royalty‚ and the royal standards ofMalaysia and Thailand‚ along with the presidential flag of Indonesia‚ also use a yellow field.) The crest consists of a crescent (symbolizing Islam) joined
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Jefferson County School System (JCSS) is one of the largest school systems in the US. It provides education for about 10‚000 students and consists of fourteen elementary schools‚ two middle schools‚ and two high schools. In 1976‚ the school system purchased and implemented the DEC PDP 11/34 computer that helped to develop the student management applications‚ financial applications‚ and other student management applications. Today‚ the JCSS owns four Dell servers running on UNIX and everything is
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“Filipinos are known to be competitive in the international community. While this may be true‚ our current education system hinders us in becoming more competitive among other countries.” This quotation from A.T. Abueva of HubPages caught my attention as I struggle to know more about the “Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2011” or what is commonly known as the K+12 Program. Through the articles that I have read and studied‚ it made me realized that K+12 is not the solution to cope the increasing rate
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requirement for voting since the inception of democracy. The 28th amendment lowered the age from 21 to 18 in 1971‚ and this improved the voice of this demographic in all elections. The balancing act of the rights of the citizen versus the responsibility of the citizens sometimes faces question of definition. For a democracy to function many things need to work in a cohesive manner and representation of the younger population segments is an important aspect‚ and allowing voting rights would help
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Every four years‚ Americans from across the country cast a vote in hopes to elect either a Republican or a Democrat to become‚ or continue being‚ President of the United States of America. Each candidate attempts to earn as many votes as possible from a diverse range of groups. In the upcoming election‚ President Barack Obama is said to maintain the majority of Latino votes‚ however‚ a question currently being asked is if the president can keep the Latino votes. Although it is important to have the
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McDaniel‚ Jason Although presidents have limited constitutional authority‚ many of them effectively use. Write an essay in which you discuss the limits to presidential power‚ the importance of the presidency’s informal powers. Explain whether you think the nature of presidential power makes the Presidency too weak‚ or too strong. In 1776 America declared independence from British Empire and became forming a national government. In 1777 Congress adopted The Article of Confederation. This attempt
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One issue from this year’s ballot is Elections having to do with choice voting. One of the Pro’s is we do not need to run off expensive elections. This choice voting include the solvation to elections this results in no greater number of winners through the clearance of steps and having runners choose their second and third choice runners. Another pro is our spokespeople are playing a strategy game. This plan includes our third forces are less likely to ruin elections with the see to of removal
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America will have a positive change and prosper. When viewing Mr. Trump’s voting history‚ it is not constant throughout the years. According to Bump‚ the New York-based political consulting firm states that Mr. Trump has voted 18 out of 28 general elections and has been a republican‚ democrat‚ a member of the Independence Party‚ and for a period of time‚ he did not identified as any party. Trump has an inconsistent pattern in his voting history‚ but sides more with the Republican Party (2015). Donald Trump
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