Affiliate Marketing Secrets

1. During George Washington’s administration, factions developed that eventually became the Federalist and Democratic-Republican political parties.
2. U. S. elections are generally “winner-take-all” elections. Therefore, the two-party nature of political party competition is reinforced.
3. A party realignment means that there is an increase in the number of voters who call themselves independents or ticket-splitters.
4. The procedures for selecting political party nominees for president are specifically outlined in the U. S. Constitution.
5. The process by which we develop our political attitudes, values, and beliefs is called political socialization.
6. Bias refers to any procedure that makes a public opinion poll sample not random.
7. A survey where listeners call a local radio station to express their opinions is a good example of a random sample.
8. Sampling error refers to the percentage that pollsters expect their results to be “off”.
9. The “bandwagon effect” refers to the phenomena whereby undecided voters affiliate themselves with the candidate who appears to be behind in the polls.
10. For most Americans, the media can be considered to be the most important factor in the political socialization process.
11. The most successful interest groups are those that have a large membership, solid organization, access to government officials, and financial resources.
12. Interest group activity is basic to the democratic process because it serves to promote the concerns of various interests in society.
13. Campaign contributions are rarely used by interest groups to influence the political process.
14. An amicus brief is a written document in which a group explains to a court its position on a legal dispute the court is handling
15. Interest groups are prohibiting from attempting to influence appointments the U. S. President makes to the federal courts or to government agencies.
16. Legislative vetoes were enacted following the abuse of power during the administrations of George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush.
17. The War Powers Act gives the President the power to declare war.
18. Diplomatic recognition involves exchanging ambassadors with other nations.
19. When the U. S. President exercises his emergency powers, traditional civil liberty protections may be suspended.

I have been a customer with Verizon wireless for 7 years. I am(was) ‘grandfathered in’ on unlimited data for my phone, but my wife and daughter didn’t have a data plan. Our bill was always around $160. I got a call 3 weeks ago from a guy named Richard from Verizon, who wanted to discuss my account. He said I was only using 1/10 of a GB of data on my phone per month, and if I switched to the newer ‘Share Everything’ plan, we would have unlimited minutes and texts and that my wife and daughter could use data on their phones too. He said with a 1GB plan my bill would be $10 cheaper, but to add another GB was only $10/month. I told him I wasn’t interested because their phones wouldn’t connect to wi-fi and their phones would have limited access anyway. He researched further and said if I switched he could give me 3 new phones for FREE. I had 4 to pick from (one was an I-Phone 4, which my daughter had been wanting). I got his name and number and told him I would call him back after discussing it with my family.
The next day I called with the 3 phones we picked and made sure he repeated that they were free and my bill would stay exactly the same. He kept reassuring me. At certain parts of the process, he would mention the call was being recorded. I made sure to have him repeat that the phones were free and the bill would not change during the ‘recorded’ parts. After placing the order, he said I would have to agree to the phone prompts and that afterward I would get an email disclosing everything about the order. I had to agree to the ‘terms and conditions’ on this email for the order to be completed. I thought at least this would be the proof he wasn’t lying to me. At the end he again stressed the importance of agreeing to the confirmation email.
After getting off the phone, I kept refreshing my email, but never got one. I checked throughout the next day and still nothing. I called Verizon , afraid of screwing up this sweet deal. They said the order was placed and that pressing ‘1’ at the prompts on the call was ‘agreeing’ to the terms of the order. Oh well, it was all recorded at least.
So within the next 4 days or so of activating the new phones, I was checking my data, because now I have a teenager using it. I seen that with her on the plan we had already used .5 GB. I knew 2 GB wasn’t going to be enough, but Richard also said I could add another 2GB for just $10/month more. That would bring my bill to around $170. I was looking through ‘My Verizon’ and clicked on my bill. The bill was over $400! I called Verizon to see why, and the lady I spoke with let me tell the story, and her and her supervisor researched the order for over an hour. She kept coming back on the line only to tell me they were still researching all this. Finally she told me that it wasn’t Verizon that called me, it was one of their 3rd party companies that place orders, KIPANY PRODUCTIONS LTD. They charged me $100 for my phone, $90 in upgrade fees, and increased my bill by around $30/month! Convenient to have 3rd party scapegoats and assume no responsibilty. These people had access to my Verizon account, and to me changed it illegally. I didn’t agree to any of this. The CSR told me finally that she could waive the upgrade fees because they could somehow ‘see’ that they weren’t disclosed, and give me $50 off my phone. This was all she could do. I wasn’t home at the time, so I asked her to call me back later that night after I could speak with my wife. In the meantime I sent an email to Verizon so this problem could reach the corporate end and maybe help stop it. Of course there was never a response. I also called the KIPANY PRODUCTIONS number several times only to be disconnected every time, and finally never allowed through again.
After the CSR called me back I asked her what we could do about KIPANY. She said they would file a ‘360’ and get back to me. I just wanted this fixed. She told me that as long as I could have those new phones turned in within 5 days they could switch me to my old phones, but after bringing this up to my daughter she almost cried. She’s a good kid and deserves a nice phone. My concern was how do they consider the phones ‘returned’? When the shipment arrives? When they log them in? What if the shipment is later than promised, just like when I got them on Monday rather than the previous Friday I was promised? I finally figured I was just screwed and told her to waive what she could and we would deal with it.
I keep calling, to be told someone is going to call me. I guess the idea was to push me past the limit to return the phones. New contract stranglehold. WHAT RIGHTS DO I HAVE IN THIS SITUATION??

I only have two, that I need.
Increasing the biodiversity of an ecosystem may result in more niches.
Diseases are more likely to spread in an ecosystem with high biodiversity than in an ecosystem with low biodiversity

Monkeys have evolved into their niche nicely, and are surviving quite well.
There is no need to pick on innocent monkeys when claiming evolution is false.

32. Wastes tend to accumulate in the environment as a population reaches the carrying capacity.
A) True
B) False
33.Regarding population dispersion patterns, which of the following is an inappropriate pairing?
A) randomly spaced — chance
B) evenly spaced — regular intervals
C) clumped — clusters
D) dispersive — randomly distributed
34.As a population reaches its carrying capacity, there is an increase in competition for
A) food.
B) shelter.
C) mates.
D) All of the above
35.Which of the following does not represent a population?
A) all the robins in Austin, Texas
B) all the grass frogs in the pond of Central Park, New York City
C) all the birds in Chicago, Illinois
D) all the earthworms in Yosemite National Park
36.An organism’s niche includes
A) what it eats.
B) where it eats.
C) when it eats.
D) All of the above
37.Because individuals in a population usually tend to produce more than one offspring,
A) populations tend to increase in size.
B) populations remain stable in size.
C) individuals tend to die quickly.
D) the number of individuals declines rapidly.
38.The movement of organisms into a given area from another area is called
A) immigration.
B) emigration.
C) population shift.
D) carrying capacity.
39.An organism’s niche includes its habitat.
A) True
B) False
40.When two species compete, the niche that each species ultimately occupies is its
A) competitive niche.
B) realized niche.
C) fundamental niche.
D) exclusive niche.
41.As resources in a population become less available, the population
A) declines rapidly.
B) increases slowly.
C) reaches carrying capacity.
D) enters a phase of exponential growth.
42.If a population grows larger than the carrying capacity of the environment, the
A) death rate may rise.
B) birthrate may rise.
C) death rate must fall.
D) birthrate must fall.
43.If the niches of two organisms overlap,
A) the organisms may have to compete directly.
B) the two organisms will always form a symbiotic relationship.
C) both organisms will disappear from the habitat.
D) one organism usually migrates to a new habitat.
44.In a logistic growth curve, exponential growth is the phase in which the population
A) reaches carrying capacity.
B) grows quickly.
C) growth begins to slow down.
D) growth stops.
45.What is happening in a population as it decreases?
A) The birthrate and the death rate remain the same.
B) The death rate becomes lower than the birthrate.
C) The death rate stays the same and the birthrate increases.
D) The death rate becomes higher than the birthrate.
46.An organism’s niche is the sum of all its interactions in its environment, including interactions with other organisms.
A) True
B) False
47.Which would be least likely to be affected by a density-dependent limiting factor?
A) a small, scattered population
B) a population with a high birthrate
C) a large, dense population
D) a population with a high immigration rate
48.The various growth phases through which most populations go are represented on a(an)
A) logistic growth curve.
B) exponential growth curve.
C) normal curve.
D) population curve.
50.Which of the following is a density-independent limiting factor?
A) earthquake
B) disease
C) emigration
D) parasitism

32. Wastes tend to accumulate in the environment as a population reaches the carrying capacity.
A) True
B) False
33.Regarding population dispersion patterns, which of the following is an inappropriate pairing?
A) randomly spaced — chance
B) evenly spaced — regular intervals
C) clumped — clusters
D) dispersive — randomly distributed
34.As a population reaches its carrying capacity, there is an increase in competition for
A) food.
B) shelter.
C) mates.
D) All of the above
35.Which of the following does not represent a population?
A) all the robins in Austin, Texas
B) all the grass frogs in the pond of Central Park, New York City
C) all the birds in Chicago, Illinois
D) all the earthworms in Yosemite National Park
36.An organism’s niche includes
A) what it eats.
B) where it eats.
C) when it eats.
D) All of the above
37.Because individuals in a population usually tend to produce more than one offspring,
A) populations tend to increase in size.
B) populations remain stable in size.
C) individuals tend to die quickly.
D) the number of individuals declines rapidly.
38.The movement of organisms into a given area from another area is called
A) immigration.
B) emigration.
C) population shift.
D) carrying capacity.
39.An organism’s niche includes its habitat.
A) True
B) False
40.When two species compete, the niche that each species ultimately occupies is its
A) competitive niche.
B) realized niche.
C) fundamental niche.
D) exclusive niche.
41.As resources in a population become less available, the population
A) declines rapidly.
B) increases slowly.
C) reaches carrying capacity.
D) enters a phase of exponential growth.
42.If a population grows larger than the carrying capacity of the environment, the
A) death rate may rise.
B) birthrate may rise.
C) death rate must fall.
D) birthrate must fall.
43.If the niches of two organisms overlap,
A) the organisms may have to compete directly.
B) the two organisms will always form a symbiotic relationship.
C) both organisms will disappear from the habitat.
D) one organism usually migrates to a new habitat.
44.In a logistic growth curve, exponential growth is the phase in which the population
A) reaches carrying capacity.
B) grows quickly.
C) growth begins to slow down.
D) growth stops.
45.What is happening in a population as it decreases?
A) The birthrate and the death rate remain the same.
B) The death rate becomes lower than the birthrate.
C) The death rate stays the same and the birthrate increases.
D) The death rate becomes higher than the birthrate.
46.An organism’s niche is the sum of all its interactions in its environment, including interactions with other organisms.
A) True
B) False
47.Which would be least likely to be affected by a density-dependent limiting factor?
A) a small, scattered population
B) a population with a high birthrate
C) a large, dense population
D) a population with a high immigration rate
48.The various growth phases through which most populations go are represented on a(an)
A) logistic growth curve.
B) exponential growth curve.
C) normal curve.
D) population curve.
50.Which of the following is a density-independent limiting factor?
A) earthquake
B) disease
C) emigration
D) parasitism