State and Local Political Processes POL/215 Yolanda Nimmer-Williams July 27‚ 2011 Interest Group News Piece This is Elvina Scott reporting to you live from Channel 12. I am here in Baltimore‚ Maryland at the national headquarters investigating an interest group named the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary an interest group can be defined as a group of persons having a common identifying interest that often provides a
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Event Proposal Letter and Form Dear Event Coordinator‚ As an event coordinator your job is to run or plan an event either for or in conjunction with CAS Student Council. In order to host an event‚ you must submit an event proposal for approval. Your proposal should be submitted in person at a General Assembly meeting at least six weeks before the date of your event. Three copies of the proposal must be submitted: one to the attention of the Vice-President‚ one to the attention of the Secretary
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The genre of detective fiction is one that has changed significantly since its beginning during the Victorian era‚ with the scale of the crimes being committed on a larger scale nowadays and also the methods of solving crimes used by detectives. I will argue today that: “Fictional detectives that star in films and stories in the genre of detective fiction have changed dramatically in terms of their appearance and their role. Nowadays detectives can be anything from an investigative journalist to
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Death Valley National Park Trip My family and I arrived at the Death Valley National Park at the Mohave Desert in California‚ and saw the sign that said “Homeland of the Timbisha Shoshone”. We got out of the car to find it scorching hot. I hadn’t realized that it would be this hot in the afternoon‚ even though it was July. We checked into one of the many hotels there‚ which was the Inn at Furnace Creek. It was one of the most charming hotels I’ve ever seen. My mom said to the friendly
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“Create a comparison between a convention center and a conference center; cite examples and facts that lead you to discuss more if does Philippine should or should not build more and bigger convention centers.” ANSWER: The difference between convention center and conference center is that a convention center is s a large building that is designed to hold a convention‚ where individuals and groups gather to promote and share common interests. Convention centers typically offer sufficient
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Essay 1‚ Question 2 Slavery In The Constitutional Convention In the spring of 1787‚ fifty-five men representing twelve states traveled to Philadelphia to participate in drafting a new constitution. During the final days of the convention‚ in the month of August‚ the issue of slavery came up. Slavery was a major cause of sectional crisis in nineteenth century America. Northern representatives detested the slave trade and wanted it to end immediately‚ while Southerners avoided using the
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The simulated Constitution Convention that we held in class today was very eye-opening. Reading about the events that took place that day in Philadelphia‚ and actually participating in the tedious act certainly put things into perspective. It was interesting to take the concerns of the colonists in 1787 and fight for them as they did 230 years ago. By conducting this experiment‚ we got the chance to put ourselves in the delegates shoes and voice our apprehensions and get a sense of the hardships
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The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) In 1989 world leaders decided that children needed a convention that protected their rights and that people recognised that children had rights too. They felt that children needed special care and protection that adults do not The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the first legally binding international instrument to incorporate the full range of human rights—civil‚ cultural‚ economic‚ political and social rights. The Convention has set
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become possible. The Constitutional Convention was created to fix the problems that was facing the Articles of Confederation were the thirteen states became a confederation with a weak central government that gave some of their powers to the national government. Delegates‚ people who represented what the society wants‚ decided to not only helped with the Articles of Confederation‚ but also propose a new American government. During the Constitutional Convention‚ delegates also discussed how much power
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A feature article differs from a straight news story in several ways. A news story provides information about a (generally current) event or situation. A feature article has more functionality and longevity- it interprets news‚ adds depth‚ opinion or entertainment. Headline: The headline of a feature article uses bold and descriptive language to draw the attention of the reader. Also works to construct a vivid image in the mind of the reader. Headline is always visually appealing: bold and
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