State of matter

For four years the second Monday in November till the last full weekend in February I have slaved away in the wrestling mat room to try and qualify and make the top eight wrestlers in the state championship tournament. Most years haven’t been successful, but last year was different. In The November of 2015, on the Monday that wrestling practice was planned to start, I showed up to practice after all day at school to meet my teammates for the year and plan out the season. This year been my…

How could a simple blue line cause so much controversy? The current political climate of the United States makes every little thing seem so important. So many of us waste so much time arguing over a blue line, or the way people use cell phones, or a yard sign. Why? Will it even matter in twenty years? The election, did it deeply, truly affect your life? Maybe it did. Maybe I’m just being ignorant. But a blue line? Sure, you may think “It’s not the line, it’s what it stands for.” The line,…

original definition and added a specific time span in which the mother kills her child. During the time of the killing the mother has to not be in her right state of mind due to she has not recovered properly (mentally) giving birth to her child. The punishment for this is manslaughter; however, if the mother is proven to be in her right state of mind then it would be considered murder. Society feels that infanticide is a crime that has two victims. The first victim is the infant and the second…

The state that I was born in has established a process to determine the level of knowledge gained during a school year. The Oklahoma Board of Education has a requirement that every student take standardized tests at the end of each school year. These sets of tests are commonly called “EOI.” EOI stands for End of Instruction test that are supposed to determine the level of knowledge gain on the corresponding academic level on a yearly basis. Also the test is a means for the state to…

the Late 20th Century , Decline in Female Happiness in the United State, After the Fall: The Impact of Government Regulation on Church Attendance in Eastern Europe, A Developmental Twin Study of Church Attendance and Alcohol and Nicotine Consumption , Influence of Church Attendance and Spirituality in a Randomized Controlled Trial to Increase Mammography Use Among a Low-Income, Tri- Racial, Rural…

the act of learning, where states learn about other alternatives being practiced by other states (Berry & Berry, 2014). By augmenting their political knowledge, other policy makers are inspired to incorporate some changes into their own state. Exploring polices for inspiration however takes time and effort, forcing policymakers to take short cuts by narrowing their attention to neighboring jurisdictions or choosing to imitate exemplary policies practiced by other states in their jurisdiction…

Service (USDA/FNS). SNAP is administered through each state under the policies prescribed by FNS. In other words, they are directly responsible for making sure that SNAP (and other programs) are being run the way it needs to be run. USDA/FSN is responsible for the follow programs: • National School Lunch Program (Including School Breakfast Program) • Child and Adult Care Food Program • Summer Food Service Program • Food Distribution…

There is a lack or presence of civil society, the state controls the economy, the people are disadvantaged, the location of the Middle East and North Africa is disadvantageous for democracy, and the culture of the region can impact the government (Bellin 2004, 139-141). In The Robustness of Authoritarianism in the Middle East: Exceptionalism in Comparative Perspective Eva Bellin argues that these factors are not enough and instead “…a coercive state deeply opposed to democratic reform has…

LITERARY ESSAY “Strength lies in differences, not in similarities,” -- Stephen Covey. Stephen Covey is a famous lifestyle author and has explained in his quote that diversity creates strong societies, whereas sameness makes weak societies. Societies are better when the people are all unique because of the different attributes contributed. With sameness, there is no variety and no change and no growth. Having a community with identical citizens is like a sagging chain link, but with…

The above abstract drew my attention and Daniel Treisman wrote the abstract. The author synthesis a thesis and antithesis which introduces a new thesis for deliberation. The abstract is a combination of economic growth and governance associated to a democratic government. The abstract points to the fact that a dictatorial government could only maintain a grip on power when the economy improves. The abstract presents two main ideas; one agrees that when the economy improves, democracy is enhanced…