...'The House of Lords is now more effective than the House of Commons in checking government power'. Discuss In theory the House of Commons is the dominant chamber as it is elected while the House of Lords plays more of a revising role, issues to be considered include the powers of each chambers, the fact the House of Lords is more independently minded and the impact of the whips. It will ultimately be argued that the House of Commons remains far more effective due to having greater powers in checking the government power. Firstly, the House of Commons has the ultimate check on government power via a vote of no confidence, this last happened in 1979 when Margaret Thatcher was able to be elected due to the Labour government's failure. The vote of no confidence allows the House of Commons to directly confront the government which creates a mutual respect between the government and the House of Commons as they can get rid of a government if they believe the government is failing to use its power correctly and effectively. Also, only the House of Commons has the power to reject legislation compared to the House of Lords which can only suspend the legislation for a maximum of 2 years. For example, in 2001 the House of Lords voted 317-68 against a fox hunting ban, and in 2004 they again threw out the plans for a complete ban, however in November 2004 the parliamentary act was invoked and the bill came into force in 2005. However, the fact the House of Lords is more independently...
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...Powers of House of Commons and the House of Lords The House of Commons has, theoretically, a massive amount of formal power. It has a sovereign legislature, and can make, amend or un-make any law it wishes, and can be only delayed by the House of Lords. Can remove the government of the day in a vote of confidence. E.g. 1979 vote of no confidence in James Callaghan's Labour government. However, in reality it has only a limited influence over legislation due to executive domination of the House of Commons: the Westminster voting system offers the government majority control over the Commons and the party discipline system allows ministers to control backbenchers. Formal mechanisms to ensure accountability like Question Time and select committees are often relatively weak. But, declining levels of party unity have led to more independent, educated and assertive backbenchers, who are able to exert a greater influence. E.g. Conservative backbench rebellion 2011 on having an EU membership referendum, where a massive 81 conservative MPs voted for having it. However, counterbalancing this is a growing trend for landslide majorites, which allows governments to resist pressure from backbenchers and opposition. The formal powers of the House of Lords are, in contrast, quite unimpressive. Lords can only delay legislation from the Commons for a year maximum. Cannot delay money-related bills. Cannot remove the government of the day and can only veto a very limited range of matters...
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...UNITY FLAME INVOCATION In the name of the Christ, In the name of the I AM that I AM, I call forth and invoke the full power and the full gathered momentum of the Flame of Unity. I ask that this action be applied to the entire planet and all who live there on. I AM calling for the Unity Flame to consume completely, totally and utterly any and all misuses of consciousnesses in any way, but especially those that are generated, by virtue of claiming that there are differences between people, between conditions; and seeing them instead as all coming from the same wonderful source, and one day to return to that same wonderful fountain of light and love, peace and power. Let God’s Will be done! Let God’s S Will be done! Let God’s Will be done! Amen INVOCATION TO END SUPRESSION OF WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE EAST Oh Great and Holy Mother of us all, Divine One, Who holds us all, not only in the palm of Her hand, but the softest place in Her heart. I come to You this day, entreating and invoking Your direct aide and assistance in ending something on earth, which I find to be offensive and very painful to You. Oh Dear Mother, won’t You help us to overturn this terrible custom of suppression of Your own daughters, especially in the area of the Middle East, where barbaric customs are still continuing till this day. Oh Dear One, I need not remind You of these things, for You are She, who is feeling every one of them directly on Your own body. So I only want to let you know that I...
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...new business Contemplating the launch of a new product Reviewing the strength of your own marketplace @strategywrap strategywrap.com …Porter’s Five Forces model can help you understand your situation. This model was developed more than 30 years ago by Michael Porter, a Harvard academic. However, it remains as relevant today as it was when it was developed. @strategywrap strategywrap.com Porter’s Five Forces model Threat of new entrant Supplier power Competitive rivalry Buyer power Threat of substitutes @strategywrap strategywrap.com Let’s take each of the five elements… buyer power @strategywrap How much power is held by the customer? How many customers are there and how many customers does a typical player have? How much market share do the largest customers account for? What alternatives do customers have? strategywrap.com Let’s take each of the five elements… supplier power @strategywrap How much power do suppliers hold? How many suppliers are there and what market share do the largest suppliers hold? How distinctive are each supplier’s products? How straightforward is it for the customer to switch to another supplier? strategywrap.com Let’s take each of the five elements… competitive rivalry @strategywrap How...
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...Exercise 5A, Case 1 I can see I will need the following equations to help me solve the next few cases involving the power plant. V=IR P=IV P=I2R Where V represents Voltage drop, I represents Current, R represents Resistance, & P represents Power lost. This intro tells me that I will be using a plant voltage of 120V to solve the first cases. I can see that I’ll be predicting various voltage drops across a completed circuit, from a power plant to a house. Exercise 5A, Case 2 If nothing is hooked up in the house: 1.) What is the current through the supply wire? To solve this I go back to my equation, deciding to use I=V/R , but thinking back on the intro I see there is nothing hooked up in the house; therefore, there is no current. The answer is 0. 2.) What is the voltage drop along the supply wire? To solve you would use the equation V=IR, I is 0; therefore, the voltage drop will also be 0. 3.) What is the amount of power converted to thermal energy (Power loss)? To solve this one, P=IV, I and V are both 0; therefore no power is lost in this Case. My predicted answers were correct in this case. If there is nothing in the house, then no current is flowing through the wires. Exercise 5A, Case 3 Now I’m asked that if I’m using super conducting wires with 0 electrical resistance and we plug in a 100 Watt lamp inside the house: 1.) What is the current through the circuit? I=P/V (100 watts)/(120 volts)= 0.83 Amps 2.) What is the resistance of the...
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...Leadership and Power Paper We have described power as the capacity to cause change and influence as the degree of actual change in a targets behavior. Ho Ching’s power as a leader has been recognized by many but would you describe Ho Ching as an influential leader? Ho Ching is a very aggressive leader who takes risk. She pushed forward on the deal with India and overcame different obstacles that were presented thought the years and now because of that her corporation is now starting to see a positive outcome of the India expansion. Based on the excerpt from Ho Ching’s speech, what type of tactics does she use to influence the behavior of others? Ho Ching uses tactics of sympathy and hope by saying that the country was down and going through rough times and now change is occurring in a positive way that looks to be best for the country’s economic growth. Ho Ching most powerful point of persuasion is when she says “Now it’s India’s turn to stir” Ho Ching has been named one of the most powerful leaders in Asia what are her major sources of power? Ho Chings major sources of power come from her power of persuasion, her marriage to the prime minister, and her accomplishments as CEO of Temasek. Ho Ching uses all of this a source of power to help influence the public and potential clients. How would you characterize Ho Ching’s motives? I would characterize Ho Chings motives as bold and aggressive. Ho Ching uses her power to create business with India and increase the profits...
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...“It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.” (Aung San Suu Kyi) In the tragedy Macbeth by William Shakespeare, a man named Macbeth is approached by three witches who tell him his future. Macbeth tells his wife Lady Macbeth and they plan and follow-though with killing the king for power. Macbeth gets in over his head with the desire for absolute power and fears that his friend’s son will kill him for power as the witches predicted so he sends hit men to kill his friend and his son. William Shakespeare uses personification, diction, and characterization in Macbeth to reveal the theme of power corrupting innocent people. Shakespeare...
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...of the Shrews’ Power Relationships The theme of Power has been used for many, many years. Power has been used from the olden days up until now and will continue being used into the future. Power isn’t always just used; it is also abused quite often. People who are abused by another’s power typically tend to have the desire to have power over others. In the play The Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare uses the theme of power relationships amongst many characters. The theme of power is used, abused, and subverted throughout the play in many relationship including Petruchio and Katherina, Bianca and Lucentio, and Baptista and Katherina. The theme of power is used in the Relationship of Petruchio and Katherina. It is used because, around the time that this play takes place; the men had more power over the women. This is shown in many ways throughout The Taming of the Shrew, one of which is during Petruchio and Katherina’s conversation. “Petruchio: Good Lord, how bright and goodly shines the moon! Katherina: The moon? The sun! It is not moonlight now. Petruchio: I say it is the moon that shines so bright.” (4.5.2-4) In this conversation, Petruchio is telling Katherina that it is the moon that is out and shining; however, Katherina, refusing to believe so, insists that it is the sun. Basically, Petruchio is telling Katherina that it is what he says it is, and is technically telling her what to think. Therefore, this is showing how Petruchio uses power over Katherina....
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...Women in society used to have the power to read write vote work and do whatever else they wanted to. But gileadian women,especially Handmaids, have been stripped of all power they once had and are now forced to follow strict rules. The Handmaid constantly looks back at how life used to be and cannot mentally adapt to how life is now. She used to be able to work, drive, vote, talk to whom ever she wished, go to school and Do whatever else she wanted. She was by no means high up in society but she was her own person and was able to make her own decisions and control her own life. Today, it's as if she's just an insignificant member, who was only put on this earth to further Gileadian population and then will be No longer be of use once she can no longer conceive a child. The Handmaids have been stripped of everything they once had down to their names which give them a sense of identity. All store signs were changed to pictures Because women were no longer allowed to read or write. Women could no longer work in the professional world or hold real jobs. They had one of three jobs, to Conceive, take care of children or take care of the home. Handmaids did not even have the power to chose what they wore.Every freedom they once had was now gone. "It's strange to remember how we used to think, as if everything were available to us, as if there were no contingencies, no boundaries; as if we were free to shape and reshape forever the ever – expanding perimeters of our lives. I was like...
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...It’s Good to be the King, Better to be the Emperor At the end of the year 1918, Europe witnessed incredible change to its political and social institutions across the board. Alliances between the countries of Europe plunged the continent into a world war that caused these massive changes to the European status quo of government. Over one thousand years earlier, the continent of Europe’s political and social institutions similarly endured a dramatic change due to an alliance. On Christmas Day 800 CE, King Charles the Great of the Franks (Charlemagne) and the pope of Rome, Pope Leo III, formed this monumental alliance when Pope Leo crowned Charlemagne Imperator Romanorum (emperor of the Romans). However, unlike the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance of the 1900s, the union of Pope Leo and Charlemagne was no formal treaty designed for the means of bailing the other out in some war to come, but simply two men seizing an opportunity to stand by each other for their own ambitions and for a chance at peace. Starting with the accomplishments of their predecessors and ending with the Christmas Day coronation, Charlemagne and Pope Leo created an alliance that brought some disadvantages to the two main protagonists involved, but still yielded more significant political profit for both men, and though Pope Leo stood more to gain from this pact, both men emerged as winners. To have a proper hold on the significance of Charlemagne’s coronation, one must understand the background...
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...Computer Maintenance and Training Manual Table of content Chapter 1 Safety Environmental concerns Power Protection Dust, static, and heat issues Downloading unauthorized software Chapter 2 Maintenance and Cleaning Tower Monitor Keyboard Mouse Chapter 3 Internal hardware installation Motherboard Power Supply Processor Memory Hard Drives Chapter 4 Basic Principles for supporting I/O Devices and Multimedia and Mass Storage Devices Installing a Video Card Installing a DVD Drive Chapter 1 Safety * Environmental Concerns There are many methods that can be used to dispose of obsolete computer equipment. These include employee giveaways, donations to charity, and in some cases, an execution of the old mainframe. Most all old computers are considered toxic waste and must be disposed of properly. When it comes to household computer monitors they are usually not considered hazardous waste and are not included under federal regulations, however if you wish to disposed of one, you may want to make sure that the hard drive has been cleaned. Now for the heart of this issue. Since old computers are considered toxic waste, the main way that most businesses handle obsolete computers is to let a recycling company handle the dirty work. These companies are regulated by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency, but you have to use caution to make sure that the company that you choose to use is regulated. So it pays to do your research, and it is well worth...
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...Is the power of persuasion the only real power a President possesses? What are the powers available to the President? It can be argued that the power of persuasion is the only truly effective way of reaching decisions within Congress that favour the president, whilst avoiding the gridlock that the separation of powers can cause. Despite the president have a set of constitutional derived powers which he cause use to come to decisions, it can be said that this is no longer enough in the modern day and that the president’s ability to negotiate is now a indispensible skill. Along with the growth of the federal bureaucracy and the Executive Office of the President, the power of persuasion has come more into play. The president can now utilise his staff to negotiate and come to decisions which favour the president and his respective party without having to use any of his definite powers himself. The president now exploits his vice-president to a greater extent. After the passing of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution and the Eisenhower presidency in 1953, when his vice-president Nixon was given more high profile tasks, the vice-president became a significant presidential adviser. Also, for example, President Bush’s vice president, Dick Cheney, with his experience brought connections with Congress which proved important in advancing the Bush legislative agenda. However, despite this bringing the ability to pass the presidents legislation more easily, it does not take...
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...PC Build and Manual Table of Contents 1.Computer Components 2.Tools 3.Workspace Preparation 4.Installing Motherboard 5.Installing Power Supply 6.Installing CPU 7.Installing RAM 8.Installing Hard Drive 9.Installing Optical Drive 10.Installing Video Card 11.Connecting Monitors, Keyboard, and Mouse 12.Bios Configuration 13.Installing Windows 7 14.Configuring Critical Windows Features 15.Bibliography 2 1. Computer Components: Motherboard with Socket 1336 Power Supply, ATX, 20+4 pin, PCIe Processor Ram Hard Drive CD-DVD Drive Video Card Monitor Keyboard and mouse 2. Tools 1. Phillips screwdriver 2. Needle nose pliers 3. Anti-wrist strap 3 3. Workspace Locations Location and environment is key to ensure you do not spend numerous hours and money troubleshooting the components after the completion of building your PC. One of the main concerns is static electricity also referred to as electro static discharge. Voltage as little as 300 volts can damage the integral components to put in comparison; when you feel static electricity is already 3000 volts. Here are some protocols to reduce or eliminate ESD. - Keep the temperature around 75 degrees - Humidity between 68 and 72 % would be ideal to reduce dry air the inducing ESD. - The use of a static mat would be preferred; ensure the mat is grounded and wear the grounding strap according the specifications. - Keep pets away, especially cats as they...
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...ENG.101 T-TH 10/24/2013 solar power Attention Homeowner’s: Solar Power is the wave of the future! What if I told you that the latest innovations in solar power can save you money? Innovations are the applications of better solutions and solar power is the conversion of sunlight into electricity. I have compiled a list of the latest innovations for you the consumer to decide whether solar power is the right for you. The three innovations are thinner film cells, micro-inverters, and racking options. These new technologies will make solar power cheaper and more affordable for you to obtain. These new innovations will save you money because they are much cheaper for you to purchase. They beat out the old power panels which cost the consumer well over 10,000 dollars to install a basic generating system, which really didn’t save the consumer any money unless you planned to stay 30 years or more in your home. Not to mention that solar power is much more efficient and is better for the environment than normal electricity. It is said that in the next decade at least 20% of our power will be supplied by solar power. One of the most promising technologies is ultrathin film that can reduce the amount of material in solar cells by up to a hundred fold. When you picture solar panels what picture comes to mind? Large black cells with an aluminum framing that have been used...
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...| MONTHLY COST | ENERGY OUTPUT LIMIT | Solar Power | $3.5 billion | $300,000 | 1,000 Megawatts | City Planning The state of Florida is known as the sunshine state. It is probably most famous for its beautiful, tropical like weather. South Florida (City of Miami) is probably the sunniest place in the state of Florida. Due to the Miami’s almost constant exposure to the sun, it would make Miami an ideal place for a Solar Power Plant. To set up a solar power plant in Miami, a couple of necessities have to be established first. For example, one would need to know the initial set up cost for the energy production. The cost to set up solar power plant will cost approximately 3.5 billion dollars. So if the yearly budget only allotted ten billion dollars for set up cost, there could be the potential for three facilities to be built. Also, the monthly cost will have to be figured out and calculated. If the monthly cost was $300,000.00, and the yearly budget after the initial receipt of the 10 billion dollars for set up cost was 1 billion dollars per year, there could only be one solar power plant built. The building of three would take the plans over the allotted budget because, although there would be set up funds available, the monthly cost would fall short. Moreover, the energy output limit would have to be established and maintained. Take a look at the chart above, it would take 1,000 megawatts to power Miami as of right now, however, the way Miami is growing, there is no...
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