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establishing ties to the new monarchy in Spain, the Bourbon regime formed and established rule during one of the most tumultuous periods in history. With Napoleon’s conquest of Spain in 1808 ending the Bourbon regime, questions of legitimate leadership formed. The colonies owned by Spain faced a difficult choice of either remaining true to the Spanish Crown or to recognize Napoleon as their new king. After escalating conflict in Europe during…

Education and Hurt the Economy) of the US News shares an example of former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s view on funding of prisons and schools. Arnold explains, “Thirty years ago, 10% of the general fund went to higher education and only 3% went to state prisons. Today, almost 11% goes to state prisons and only 7.5% goes to higher education. Spending 45% more on prisons than universities is no way to proceed into the future.” Elizabeth Prann of Fox News writes in her article,”…

When discussing the greatest competitors in NFL history the name that resonates above all is New England’s very own, Tom Brady. Number twelve has been competing for a spot on the field ever since his days at the University of Michigan. For two years Brady worked his way up a dense depth chart. When he was afforded the chance the future superstar…

every athletic team or company drug tests. It is a big part in sports behind the scenes. You hear on the news about how a big time athlete is under questioning about a drug scandal they were involved in or knew about. Many people involved in drug scandals have tarnished their careers and the name of the sport they played. Some of these athletes include, Barry Bonds, Jose Canseco, Marion Jones, Andre Agassi, Floyd Landis, Hope Solo and Lance Armstrong. Many of these…

last decade, there has been a rapid increase in requirements for students to graduate and get accepted into good colleges. In fact, Stanford, a well-known private college, has dropped its acceptance rate by nearly eight percent since 2004. With these new painstaking requisites, students have recently become pressured to succeed within their classes as well as compete with their peers for superiority. Oftentimes, this pressure stems from parents who want their children to apply to selective…

English has been the dominant global language since the nineteenth century. As a result of British imperialism, the language was spread to every region of the world. Since the twentieth century the United States’ role as the global economic and cultural power, has helped to maintain the global influence of the English language. Various dialects of English reflect cultural, racial and socioeconomic aspects of these groups (“What Privilege”) Standard English has often been defined as the correct…

Napoles Jose English 12A Economics 12A November 17, 2014 Apples Working Conditions Apple, the largest known electronic company in today’s present day that has revolutionized technology making up to $626.52 billion. Apple is also paired and partners with big electronic making companies such as Foxconn. Foxconn, the largest electronic contractor manufacturer in china, to make production in China for apple electronics. With new technology coming out such as the new IPad minis, new Laptops, and…

upon them has eliminated almost any chance of upward mobility in the lives of those labeled a felon. Once one is labeled a felon it is legal to discriminate against them in their search for both employment and housing, essentially making felon “the new n-word,” and delegating felons to a second-class citizenship reminiscent of Blacks living in the Jim Crow South (Kilgore). The legal barriers to societal and workforce reentry, coupled with propaganda that reinforces the fallacious perception that…

Chinese companies plan to increase silicon production from 20,000 to 100,000, and twenty new plants are already being constructed. To increase profit, many plants in China have decreased their launching times by nearly half. (Nath, 2010). These are raising major concerns about whether firms are taking reckless steps in order to reduce costs…

Unfortunately, some companies have mismanaged their greatest asset—their brands. This is what befell the popular Snapple brand almost as soon as Quaker Oats bought the beverage marketer for $1.7 billion in 1994. Snapple had become a hit through powerful grassroots marketing and distribution through small outlets and convenience stores. Analysts said that because Quaker did not understand the brand’s appeal, it made the mistake of changing the ads and the distribution. Snapple lost so much…