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- 511: Federal Bureau of Investigation
- ... valid driver's license and muss pass a polygraph examination, a drug test, and a color vision test. They also must be graduates of a state-accredited resident law school, or a resident 4-year college with an accounting major and at least three years' work experience in this field. After being accepted into the FBI, agents are given 15 weeks of intensive instruction at the FBI academy at Quantico, Virginia ... receive the same training as FBI agents, but focus mainly on the organization of police schools. The FBI offers all types of jobs for all types of people. The professional positions require a four-year college degree in a specific field and/or a related work experience. These positions include Electronics Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Attorney, Contract Specialist, and Chemist. The administrative positions also require a four-year college degree. They include Personal Security Specialist, Intelligence Research Specialist, Computer Specialist, Management Analyst, and Language Specialist. The technical positions require individuals to be over 16 years of age and have a high school diploma. ...
- 512: The Selection of Presidential Nominees
- ... solution was to have each party's members in Congress, who were in the capital, choose the nominees. The Federalist party was the first political party to hold a congressional caucus. In creating the Electoral college, the constitutional convention explicitly rejected a proposal to have Congress elect the President. The Electoral College is still the center of the system, but all the related institutions and processes have changed dramatically. This is because the Constitution is so vague. It contains no provisions for organizing political parties, nominating candidates or campaigning for office. The Framers, assumed, incorrectly of course, that the selection process would be a reasonable one that would transcend partisanship. The original provision for balloting by the Electoral College was flawed and had to be superseded by the 12th Amendment, which stated "Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and vice-president. Modern Presidential campaigns vast and ...
- 513: Bram Stoker
- ... the third of seven children. For the first 7 years of his life Stoker was bedridden with a myriad of childhood diseases which afforded him much time to reading. By the time he went to college, Stoker had somehow overcome his childhood maladies and while at Trinity College, Dublin, the honor student was involved in soccer and was a marathon running champion. He was also involved in various literary and dramatic activities, a precursor to his later interests in the theater and his involvement with the rising action Henry Irving, whose performance he had critiqued as a student at Trinity. After graduation from college, and in his father's footsteps, he became a civil servant, holding the position of junior clerk in the Dublin Castle. His literary career began as early as 1871 and in that year he ...
- 514: Infomercials and Other Dishonest Commercials
- ... I instinctively clicked on the remote to flip through the channels to see what else was on. As I surfed through the channels I came across dozens of info-mercials, a commercial for getting a college degree at home, and a few psychic hotline advertisements. I stopped clicking the remote after a while to see what the commercials were selling, and to see how cheep the products were. There were advertisements ... the "fountain of youth" make-up, and the charcoal-less grill. It is amazing what they come up with nowadays. As I continued surfing I came across Sally Struthers trying to sell an "earn your college degree at home" commercial, honestly, how good can that kind of degree be? Then as I kept flipping, I came across the "psychic network of friends" advertisement, just as they were offering a "free psychic ... world if they get a degree and to them it does not matter where they get it from, as long as they have one; And for some people they do not have enough money for college, so this is the closest thing they can get to a real degree. I have always been curious about those psychic hotlines, they always make it seem like if I were to call, they ...
- 515: Emily Dickinson
- ... thirty, to a prominent family. [ 9. http://www.kutztown.edu/faculty/ reagan/*censored*inson.html ] She was the second child of three children. Her grandfather, Samuel Dickinson, was one of the founders of the Amherst College. Edward Dickinson, her father, held several political positions. He was on the General Court of Massachusetts, Massachusetts State Senate, and United States House Representatives. Edward was also a lawyer and the treasurer for the college. [ 9. http://www.kutztown.edu/faculty/reagan/*censored*inso n.html ] Emily's mother, Emily Dickinson, was a simple woman. She was dedicated to her home and family. Emily's mother suffered a long term of illness so she took care of her. Dickinson had an older brother, Austin, who also served as the treasurer for the college and other civic positions. Austin married Emily's best friend, Susan Gilbert. Lavinia was Emily's younger sister. She didn't marry anyone so she stayed in the family house. The three siblings shared ...
- 516: How To Get Along With Your Col
- How To Get Along With Your College Roommate College is a very difficult time in your life and one of the most difficult things is adjusting to having a roommate and sharing your space with someone else. Although it helps to know the person ... that you can work on the problem together. Getting along with your roommate may take some time but eventually everything will fall into place. Remember these couple of steps and you should be just fine. College is a big transition and your roommate should not have to be one of the many problems you may have. Your roommate should be someone to help you. Remember you are both going through ...
- 517: Infomercials and Other Dishonest Commercials
- ... I instinctively clicked on the remote to flip through the channels to see what else was on. As I surfed through the channels I came across dozens of info-mercials, a commercial for getting a college degree at home, and a few psychic hotline advertisements. I stopped clicking the remote after a while to see what the commercials were selling, and to see how cheep the products were. There were advertisements ... the "fountain of youth" make-up, and the charcoal-less grill. It is amazing what they come up with nowadays. As I continued surfing I came across Sally Struthers trying to sell an "earn your college degree at home" commercial, honestly, how good can that kind of degree be? Then as I kept flipping, I came across the "psychic network of friends" advertisement, just as they were offering a "free psychic ... world if they get a degree and to them it does not matter where they get it from, as long as they have one; And for some people they do not have enough money for college, so this is the closest thing they can get to a real degree. I have always been curious about those psychic hotlines, they always make it seem like if I were to call, they ...
- 518: History Of Feminism And Femini
- ... women , but rather with all women. The civil rights act of 1964, prohibited employment discrimination on the basis of sex as well as race, religion, and natural origin. During this, thousands of young women on college campuses were playing active roles within the anti-war and civil rights movement. However their efforts were often blocked by men, which lead them to form their own liberation organisations.20 2.) Womens liberation ... feminist reforms not through legislative change but rather through social changes and continual questioning of the patriarchal system. An Example of such a group would be The New Left ( a civil rights group, formed on college campuses , focusing on the liberation of black women in the civil rights movement.). b) Academic Feminism and Feminist theory With the issues concerning the suffrage movement, and civil rights being dealt with, feminism was forced ... Many of the recruits found feminism (and feminist theory) unresponsive to their lived experiences. Primarily because the issues, responses, methods, ways of talking, that had been classified as feminism were dominated by white middle class college educated, straight women, they did not portray the experiences of non-white women or women of the lower class. Therefore feminists have claimed that early feminist theories are completely inaccurate, since they cannot bring ...
- 519: Immigration to the United States (Maryland)
- ... told me they also have impoverished Hispanic immigrants living in their towns. In Kent County, there are 508 Hispanic immigrants living there. Of these 508 immigrants, 31 have high school diplomas and only 13 have college degrees. These are 64 households, and 10 of these makes under $15,000 a year. Caroline County has a population of 29,072, of those 178 are immigrants. Of these 178 immigrants, 61 have diplomas and only 2 have college degrees. Of 37 households, 7 make under $15,000 a year. In Dorchester County, there are 215 immigrants, of that 43 have diplomas and no a single person has a college degree. Of 64 households in Dorchester County, 48 out of the 64 families make under $15,000 a year. The pattern of Hispanic immigrants not getting an education drastically increases the chance of them ...
- 520: Newfoundland
- ... the war effort more of a medical persuasion. A couple examples of this are that of Ethel Gertrude Dickinson and Margaret Alexandra Shea. Ethel Dickinson was born in St. John's and educated at Methodist College. After taking a domestic science course in Guelph, Ontario, Ethel Dickinson returned to St. John's to operate the interdenominational Domestic Science School on Harvey Road. The school followed no religious creed, and neither did ... the school she had attended. Edith stayed for three years, leaving to complete grade 11 and Normal School in St. John's. She taught in several Newfoundland communities before joining the staff of Bishop Spencer College in 1929, the same year she founded the first Brownie Pack in Newfoundland. At Bishop Spencer, Edith taught all grade levels from primary to high school. She took a leave of absence from the College to finish her Senior Matriculation at Memorial University. Edith completed her Master of Arts in Education at Columbia University - no small feat for a woman of her time. Edith wrote the first series of ...
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