Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens participate equally—either directly or through elected representatives—in the proposal‚ development‚ and creation of laws. It encompasses social‚ economic and cultural conditions that enable the free and equal practice of political self-determination. The term originates from the Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía) "rule of the people"‚[1] which was coined from δῆμος (dêmos) "people" and κράτος (kratos) "power" or "rule" in the 5th century
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Democracy in the UK has many features‚ each one having positives and negatives points. The first feature is democratic elections. Elections in the UK are democratic to the point they are based on universal suffrage‚ free and fair‚ provide electoral choice these are the advantages of Democratic Elections. Disadvantages are that there might not be a good selection to choose from‚ choices are very limited. If the people are not happy with the result then they can re open nominations (RON)‚ this process
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Since connective tissues are found all over the body‚ there is almost no limit to what can be affected by Marfan syndrome. Features of Marfan
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“I would say that it is the explosiveness that I possess in my game. Like a crouching tiger waiting to pounce on it preys". -World No.1 Lee Chong Wei on being asked about what his badminton strength. Firstly‚ let us all congratulate Pandelela Rinong because she became our pride and joy when she created history by becoming the first Malaysian woman to win an Olympic medal. Then of course we must also salute Lee Chong Wei. Chong Wei fought all the way in the final against Lin Dan with intensity and
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Always in the Backseat Alienation is something the stolen generation faces every day and the western society knows nothing about these indigenous issues. Boredom consuming you as you watch another reality television show‚ prepared to be amazed as SBS are broadcasting a new series about indigenous Australia named A Bit of Black Business. The SBS TV series A Bit of Black Business gives you perspective on the issues indigenous Australian’s faces every day and how mainstream Australia affects
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The Cold War became a dominant influence on many aspects of American society for much of the second half of the 20th century. It escalated due to antagonist values between the United States‚ representing capitalism and democracy‚ and the Soviet Union‚ representing communism and authoritarianism. Being the two dominant world powers after WWII‚ contention between the Americans and Soviets became a global conflict. The Cold War differed from most wars in that it was as much of a propaganda war as a
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Intercultural Communication as a Dominant Paradigm Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Communications‚ Victoria University of Wellington Matthew Scott and Grant Sherson April 1999 Introduction To begin an overview of intercultural communication it is important to attempt to clarify the concepts of communication and culture. What Is Communication? For this paper we will use a definition that communication is: “that behaviour which happens whenever
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Economics – Features of Partnership Firms There are different forms of business organizations and a partnership firm is one among such organizations. Partnership is the relationship between two or more persons who have agreed to share the profits of the business carried on by all or any one or more of them acting for all. The following are the characteristics or features of any partnership firm: 1. Contract: It is formed on voluntary basis by means of an agreement agreed between two or more
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There are an infinite amount of reasons why China lost its dominant world position post-1400. Leading up to the 1400’s China was the “commander and chief’ of all Counties. They were much more developed and were way more advance than another culture at the time. A few major points as to why China lost its dominant world position would be because‚ they cut off trade and labeled all others as barbarians‚ they had a series of brutal power struggles‚ and Confucian scholars set China down a disastrous
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MSc THESIS Optimization of Texture Feature Extraction Algorithm Tuan Anh Pham Abstract Texture‚ the pattern of information or arrangement of the structure found in an image‚ is an important feature of many image types. In a general sense‚ texture refers to surface characteristics and appearance of an object given by the size‚ shape‚ density‚ arrangement‚ proportion of its elementary parts. Due to the signification of texture information‚ texture feature extraction is a key function in various
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