The Loyalty and Loss written by Margaret M. Storey is a well-written and persuasive book studying how the Unionists in Alabama‚ the Deep South state‚ confronted the Confederate authorities during the civil war and their life in the Reconstruction. The first interesting thing I found was that the diversity of the Unionists. The author tried to find the similarities among the different Unionists and surprisingly she found out that the Unionists were highly distributed. Some of them could from the
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Antigone It takes a lot of courage to stand up and defend an action or idea that is forbidden by society. This is what Antigone does in Sophocles’ story Antigone. She clearly disobeys King Creon’s order that no person should bury Antigone’s brother‚ Polynices‚ which is punishable by penalty of death. In this case‚ though‚ is Antigone’s decision the correct one? Her actions affect many of her other countrymen negatively; they cause problems within the royal family‚ disagreement among the people
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DOD) 1. The obligation to carry forward an assigned task to a successful conclusion. With responsibility goes authority to direct and take the necessary action to ensure success. 2. The obligation for the proper custody‚ care‚ and safekeeping of property or funds entrusted to the possession or supervision of an individual. See also accountability. (DOD) The obligation imposed by law or lawful order or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property‚ documents
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1. formal and iconographic characteristics are seen in high renaissanace‚ venetian and mannerist paintings. to begin with‚ in high renaissance michaelangelos Moses is shown holding the 10 commandments. You can clearly see the anger that is dipicted through the facial expression on moses. Michaelangelo wonderfully portrays the psychological states in moses‚ through the iconographic characteristics of his puffed lower lip‚ arched toes and the bulging of his veins. the formal characteristics are seen
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Act-Utilitarianism V.S. Deontology: Jimmy’s Fund Ethics can be seen as an understanding of the nature of dilemmas that arise from imperatives human beings hold as moral agents. It serves as a guide to how best we may deal with conflicts in regard to duties and obligations or with potential outcome. The ethical theory of act-utilitarianism places the locus of right and wrong solely on the consequence of choosing one path of action over another as it weighs a ratio of benefit to harm. Thus‚ the moral
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Progressivism Between 1870 and 1920 a population shift occurred from rural to urban. Early immigrants and new immigrants differed greatly in many areas. Urbanization lead to changes in technology such as transportation‚ water power‚ steam power‚ and machinery. Though city dwellers received technology first‚ this technology allowed for people to live outside the city and still work there. The industry was dominated by large companies‚ who supplied work. America had several problems during the urbanization
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M1: discuss the characteristics and causes of one type of challenging behaviour Aggression is a difficult behaviour to predict but also it is often hard to control. It comes in many physical‚ verbal and non-verbal forms. Physical aggression can appear from as little as slapping/ hitting a person to firing a gun at someone. Verbal aggression can be someone screaming or using abusive/racist language and non-verbal can include things like using offensive gestures or invading an individual’s personal
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Describe the factors that will influence your choice of leadership styles or behaviors in workplace situations. There are several factors which may affect my choice of leader style in my workplace situations. The first factor is the task. A manager needs to be certain that all team members share a common goal. Once this has been clarified it is the manager’s job to guide his team to accomplish these goals and complete the task. To make it easier for the manager the team’s tasks should be created
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Unit 27 1) A) From 1997 to 2002‚ Marlboro has reduced greatly in the competition of leading brands. Companies such as Microsoft and GE gradually increased in their brand recognition and became world leaders. However‚ Coca-Cola remained the top company when it comes to brand recognition based of the brand values. Some of the emerging companies in 2002 happen to be car companies such as Toyota‚ Honda‚ Ford‚ Mercedes and BMW. Lastly‚ the beer company Budweiser completely fell out of recognition
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M27_MARI6128_10_SE_CH27.QXD 1/19/11 6:38 PM Page 411 R E V I E W NAME ________________________________ LAB TIME/DATE _______________________ S H E E T EXERCISE 27 Functional Anatomy of the Endocrine Glands Gross Anatomy and Basic Function of the Endocrine Glands 1. Both the endocrine and nervous systems are major regulating systems of the body; however‚ the nervous system has been compared to an airmail delivery system and the endocrine system to the Pony Express. Briefly
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