The homeowner saw a drop in their property-taxes. The drop caused the revenue for local governments by more than half, which then created park closures, denial of medical and welfare services to residents. Furthermore, the schools had to start teacher dismissals, elimination of summer programs and advance classes. (War by initiative; Proposition 13) One of the changes California saw was within the schools. The education…
“A newspaper is the lowest thing there is” is a notable quote from former mayor of Chicago Richard J. Daley, and an interesting one considering Chicago’s most famous journalist immortalized him in his unofficial biography of Daley entitled “Boss”. Mike Royko, the author of the book, tells the story of Richard J. Daley and his life at the top of Chicago’s political throne as its mayor. Part biography, part history textbook, part critique all play into the writing of this book. And the end result?…
good in politics. He entered parliament as the Tory MP for Newark in December 1832 and in his maiden speech defended his father against allegations that he had mistreated his slaves on their West Indian plantation. He married Catherine Glynne, the daughter of Sir Stephen Glynne, and they had eight children, four boys and four girls. Appointed Vice President of the Board of Trade in 1841, and later President of the Board of Trade in 1843. When the Tory Party broke apart in 1846, Gladstone, now…
Introduction: The study of macro economics entails the behaviour of modern economy as a complete system. The following paper centers specifically on the money theory postulated by Keynes. We focus on the flaws in the classical money theory and then move on to explain the Keynes money model, then work on the criticisms on it. Since it is believed in the 1960's 70's and even now that "Never trust any theory of money older than thirty years" The Classical Theory: The fundamental principle of…
The Rohingya are a Muslim ethnic minority group that has lived in Myanmar for centuries. Today, more than a million of Rohingya people are living in Myanmar, mostly in the western coastal state of Rakhine. They use their own language, and they have their own culture. However, Rohingya people claim that they have a long historical connection to Rakhine State. There are many conflicts and clashes between the Rohingya and the government, as well as some other ethnic groups in Rakhine. When Myanmar…
Brendon Kenney Dr. Hansen BLS 301 27 April 2015 What does it Matter? In Hard Times, Charles Dickens explores several themes that he believed adversely affected both the individual in particular and society in general in Victorian England. Following what Thomas Carlyle had termed the “Condition of England Question,” Dickens focuses on the physical, mental, and spiritual oppression of the people, both wealthy and poor, as a result of the prevailing philosophy of the era, Utilitarianism.…
Critically examine the nature of sexual violence in contemporary conflict. Illustrate your answer with reference to at least one case study. Contemporary conflict can be viewed as a social process where two or more people seek to either threaten or destroy the opponent’s purpose, land, money or community. Despite progress in the modern world to defeat 'conflict ' and 'understand ' why it occurs, regression of particular states are still taking place. "20th century technology and bureaucratic…
crime situations that involve crisis and trauma are explored from a counselling perspective. This is achieved by suggesting what particular models and assessment tools could be appropriate. A resource list [A1] is also included and it entitles what services and support could benefit a victim after their incident. For clarification,…
A brief introduction on peer-to-peer sharing network with some light on Bit torrent and DC++ protocols Vineeth.S.Kuduvalli(13bec123) The following paper begins on the basic fundamentals of why sharing is necessary and how sharing led to the revolution and also evolution of today 's modern INTERNET from the basic ARPANET. Then it tries to compare the client server model and peer to peer model along with various advantages and disadvantages about the same as well. Then discussing the two most…
of what the intelligence services call Sayanim (helpers), Jews who can be called on for operational assistance, including in many cases assassinations. "Israel has never admitted using Jews as Sayanim and doing so would carry the danger of endangering local Jewish communities." But of course despite this Israel recruits Jews around the world---many who cooperate without any formal relationship--and that creates a real burden for Jews who would never perform such services. Top US…