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Did you vote during this presidential election? Did you feel proud when a poll worker handed you a sticker? This election was my first time voting. I felt every aspect of an election—from accomplishment in voting to stress in announcing a new president. Women did not have this constitutional right until 1920. Before the Progressive Era (from 1890 to 1920), women maintained traditional gender roles, as wives and housekeepers. They were not considered full citizens of the United States. The…

the admission packet arrives to your doorsteps and you open it with pride. After all, you got accepted to the college or university you always saw yourself at. You open the admission packet and the first thing that you see is the estimated family contribution and your heart starts to sink. All the joy, the overwhelming happiness, everything that you felt a moment ago comes to a stop. All those weeks of preparation and googling through college necessities go to waste. You ask yourself one…

Chapter 14 - questions* 1-20 on pages 442-443 1. Streams collect water from runoff and discharged groundwater, and they conduct it from elevated regions of the continent down to the sea. 2. Dendritic drainage develops a dendritic network which looks like the pattern of branches connecting to the trunk of a deciduous tree. Radial drainage form on a cone shaped mountain flow outward from the mountain peak. Rectangular drainage channels form along the preexisting fractures and streams join each…

3.1 Theoretical background of the study Use and significance of ratio analysis:- The ratio analysis is one of the most powerful tools of the financial analysis. this is used to a device to analyze and interpret the financial health of enterprise. Ratio analysis is stands for the process of determining and presenting the relationship of items and groups of items in the financial statements. It is an important tool of the financial analysis. The main following are the points of importance of…

to participate in science, and determined what opportunities could be gained. (Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English 1973) To the disadvantage of females, barriers have been erected on both conscious and subconscious levels; to diminish their contributions and role in science and medicine. These barriers can be considered political, economic, educational, gender and class related.…

Just In Time (JIT) is a widely used production and inventory control system in which materials are purchased and units are produced only as needed to meet actual customer demand. The use of this inventory system is a strategy to increase efficiency and decrease waste by receiving goods only as they are needed in the production process and therefore reducing inventory costs. Just In Time works as an inventory management system with the objectives of having inventory rapidly available to meet…

Voting across America Should we lower the voting age? This question comes to a very mixed emotion when asked among vast groups of people. We have groups of people that have got their rights only in the last hundered years. While this might be a tough guess to the outcome. The voting age has changed very little. I personally believe that the age should be left at 18. In the following response I will be reviewing both side of the topic and giving reason why I feel this decsion should stay…

World War 1 had a great impact on the industrial and non-industrial aspects of the United States’ economy. After offering arms and support to countries, like Britain and France, the U.S. quickly gained profit leading to more job opportunities, and higher paying salaries for workers in America. The abundance of money in America created the era known as the Roaring Twenties leading to the rapid expansion of the U.S. stock market. The crash of the U.S. Stock Market ended up wiping millions of…

The aim of the business strategy analysis is to identify key revenue drivers and risks involved to evaluate the company’s possible turnover at a qualitative level. It will also generate sustainable competitive benefits to make a feasible business, (Palepu & Hayley 2013). Market Situation: JB Hi-Fi Limited is one of the largest and fastest growing home entertainment retailers in Australia. This company started a business almost 43 years ago in Melbourne and has expanded over Australia and New…

Orders were grouped by the percentage discount offered, with the results seen in the below graphic. Most of the orders were placed without any discount, followed by orders placed at discounts of 5% to 25%. It can be seen that for discounts in the range 5% to 25%, there is not much of a different or a direct relationship between the discount offered and the number of orders or quantities placed by the customer. Based on this, it can be concluded that there is no significant relationship between…