...In George Orwell’s Novel, Animal Farm, there is a character named Snowball that is assertive, eloquent, and passionate. In the passage it displays that Snowball is assertive when he replies to Mollie by saying, “Those ribbons that you are so devoted to are the badge of slavery. Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than ribbons” (Orwell 13). This quotation represents Snowball’s assertive side when he responds very sternly to Mollie. The reader can then detect that Snowball clearly does not want the animals to have any remembrance of humans upon them. In the animal’s eyes, humans are the antagonist and the animals should never trust or help them. When Mollie mentions the ribbon, it triggers Snowball because the ribbon is a symbol...
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...ancient civilizations had different worldviews, and government was an essential aspect of their cultures. How those peoples understood the role of government determined the expectations individuals had from rulers. Some written records provide essential information to understand the differences and similarities of governments of the first civilizations. A comparison and contrast of some of those written records on three ancient civilization aims to provide a description of the different understandings of the role of government in those cultures. The Judgments of Hammurabi, a collection of decisions or laws and the Epic of Gilgamesh, the story of a king, are documents that provide a glimpse in this topic in Mesopotamia. Also, the Tale of the Eloquent Peasant, a story that describes the proper role of magistrates in Egypt, and The Mandate of Heaven, a document that describes the virtues that are required to be a leader and the consequences of not fulfilling obligations, are documents that show the understandings of the role of governments in Egypt and China. Even though peoples in ancient societies had certain common expectations from the individuals who governed them, the rulers’ source of authority influenced some those expectations and the challenges leaders had to face. Even though for people in Mesopotamia kings were not considered divine, a king was granted power and authority; therefore, he was expected to keep order and fulfill certain obligations. The leadership was given...
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...The Arabs: A History by Eugene Rogan Robert Irwin on an eloquent history of Arab hopes and disappointments * Share17 * * * * * ------------------------------------------------- Email * ------------------------------------------------- Robert Irwin * ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- The Guardian, Saturday 31 October 2009 An American Army helicopter flies past a mosque in Baghdad, Iraq. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Arabs: A History 1. The Arabs: A History 2. by Eugene Rogan 3. 4. ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Buy the book Bottom of Form by Eugene Rogan 532pp, Allen Lane, £25 Early on in his book Eugene Rogan, who teaches the modern history of the Middle East, confesses that in "any free and fair election in the Arab world today, I believe the Islamists would win hands down". Again, towards the end of this engrossing and capacious book, he reiterates that the "inconvenient truth about the Arab world today is that, in any free and fair election, those parties most hostile to the United States are most likely to win". Today, Arab fear of the west and resentment at the humiliating and socially damaging effects of westernisation fuels Islamism and the spread of terrorism. How have we come to this pass? Rogan answers this question by tracing the history of Arab hopes and ultimate disappointments from...
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...as the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole. In addition, he sat on the Committee of Detail. Representing the interests in Massachusetts, he pushed for a central government strong enough to protect interstate commerce, promote international trade, and regulate the use of paper money. He favored long presidential and senatorial terms, and he also wanted to give Congress broad powers. However, he urged the appointment of federal judges by the executive. Finally, he wanted a consolidation of military authority through control of the militia by the central government. One of his fellow attendees William Pierce stated that "Mr. Gorham is … high in reputation, and much in the esteem of his countrymen, he is eloquent and easy in public debate, but has nothing fashionable or eloquent in his style." In conclusion, as a delegate to the Massachusetts ratifying convention, he stood behind the Constitution and defended it...
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...SISTEMAS DE INFORMACION CALCULATING DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT COSTS 1. How should SSC prepare for a DMS if they decide to implement one? The Data Management Systems transforms the organization operations in many areas. The first one is cost reductions such as: reduced labor hours, reduced employees, reduced operational costs, warehouse costs and paper costs. Significantly reduced the inefficiencies and misplaced of paper workflows. According to Turban & Volonino (2011): “DMS can help a business to become more efficient and productive by the: enabling the company to access and use the content contained in the documents, reducing the time and effort required to locate information the business needs to support decision making, improving the security of the content and thereby reducing the risk of intellectual property theft.” (p.68) The DMS transformed the way that businesses operate, a part of the cost reduction can work more efficiently simply by accessing a database and avoid losing information as often happens in the papers. Spring Street Company should implement the DMS system. If the company decided to implement the major first step is figure out the workflows and processes to make that system meet its potential, and maximize its adoption. Also entered most of the old data and new data will be entered electronically. SSC will continue using paper but less than before the implement the new system. Document Management System ensures that the company will be...
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...That is why I itemized part of the memo. My first concern for the memo was to get across the information I desired. In doing so, I wanted to have a friendly and appreciative tone with the reader. I wanted the intern to feel appreciated and comfortable. This is how I prefer to be managed; first tell me what you require, and then be nice about it. 3. Constraints The two-week period seemed like a good time frame to me. I was able to draft the memo, submit it, and then re-read it. I did submit a draft to the OWL, and I used all of the feedback. 4. Outcomes I think I was most successful in expressing to the reader what the point of the memo was. I was least successful in drafting a memo which was eloquent. I sometimes read emails that sound very eloquent, and it makes me think the writer is intelligent and sophisticated. 5. Learning experience When writing this memo I enjoyed thinking about what did I want. I enjoy being specific. The OWL suggestions helped me write a better memo. I was unsure of how to be friendly or appreciative in the memo. I wanted to sincerely thank her. MEMORANDUM To: Kathleen Baker From: Justin Nutt, CEO Date: September 17, 2010 Subject: Employee-of-the-month Award Kathleen, Good morning. Your condo rental idea for the...
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...Does Entertainment Cause Tyranny? Anonymous FdEng 201, Section 24 15 October 2012 It is unlikely that one will understand a text without analyzing it. A cursory glance is not enough to internalize the important messages that the author wants to convey. Perhaps the most important texts to analyze are those written to persuade their audiences to believe something. Failing look closely keeps audiences from understanding the text's true strengths and weaknesses. By carefully examining the ethos, pathos, and logos of an argument, the reader is able to determine whether or not an author makes an effective argument. An analysis of this sort will show that Neil Postman's speech “Amusing Ourselves to Death” is lacking in all three areas to be effective. Summary Neil Postman, department chair of Culture and Communications at NYU, gave his speech “Amusing Ourselves to Death” at a book fair in Germany whose theme was “Orwell in the year 2000.” It was written to demonstrate that an “Orwellian dictatorship” was not necessary to deprive people or their rights. Instead, he asserts, the west is like that of Huxley's “Brave New World”; it is a society that has no need to be violently controlled because we are ever distracted by frivolities. The most potent distraction, he says, is the television. He begins by citing a few key statistics: eighty percent of all homes in the United States have a television, and the average American child watches 5000 hours of television before...
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...Writing Task 1 Exercise 1.2 - p.24 2.) If the public education fails to improve the quality of instruction in both primary and secondary schools, then it is likely that it will lose additional students to private sector in the years ahead. Answer: Conditional 5.) it is strongly recommended that you have your house inspected for termite damage at the earliest possible opportunity. Answer: Advice 7.) If stem-cell research is restricted, then future cures will not materialize. If future cures do not materialize, then people will die permanently. Therefore, if stem-cell research is restricted, then people will die permanently. Answer: Hypothetical 10.) Five college student who were accused in sneaking into the Cincinnati Zoo and trying to ride the camels pleaded no contest to criminal trespass yesterday. The student scaled a fence to get into the zoo and then climbed another fence to get into the camel pit before security officials caught them, zoo officials said. Answer: Report 11.) Mortality rates for women undergoing early abortions, where the procedure is legal, appear to be as low as or lower than the rates for normal childbirth. Consequently, any interest of the state in protecting the woman from an inherently hazardous procedure, except when it would be equally dangerous for her to forgo it, has largely disappeared. Answer: Generalization 12.) The pace of reading, clearly, depends entirely upon the reader. He may read as slowly or as rapidly...
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...A Different Shot My chosen text is “In Creve Coeur, Missouri” by Rosanna Warren. Only in Creve Coeur would an expert photographer firebug snap a shot so eloquent: fireman bent low over the rag of body held like impossible laundry pulled too soon from the line, too pale, too sodden with smoke to flail in his huge, dark, crumpled embrace. He leans to the tiny face. her hair stands out like flame. She is naked, she has no name. No longer a baby, almost a child, not yet a ghost, she presses a doll-like fist to his professional chest. Her head falls back to his hand. Tell us that she will stand again, quarrel and misbehave. He is trying to make her breathe Strong man, you know how it’s done, you've done it again and again sucking the spirit back to us from its lair of smoke. We'll call it a fine surprise The snapshot won a prize and the fireman saved her that night in Creve Coeur. 9/11, the Columbine Massacre, the Holocaust, Hurricane Katrina. All four were terrible and sad events. Yet, the photographs taken of these events are some of the most moving in the world. They may show some of the saddest things one can imagine, but they are still looked at as beautiful. The photographers of these events are said to be masters of their craft, and they receive praise from thousands of people, but what about the family members of those depicted in these pictures. How would you feel if you lost your mother? Even better, how would you feel...
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...Cicero: The “Father of His Country” Anthony Everitt, in his suave and gripping biography of Cicero, the famed orator of the late republic, paints a picture of one of the most brilliant lawyers and statesmen of all times. He derives most of his facts from Cicero’s own legendary speeches as well as letters to his close personal friend Atticus. His portrait of Cicero is a witty, principled, genius of political and legal tactics who at his core was a true patriot and conservative idealist. Moreover, Cicero was a vain, voluble, wisecracking sort of guy; in fact “often in his career, Cicero let his sense of humor do serious damage to his prospects.”(122) Cicero's life (he was born in 106 B.C., in Arpinum, and died in 43 B.C.) coincided with the last golden age of the Roman republic before it was dismantled and turned into an empire. A brilliant and sometimes scathing lawyer from a well-to-do provincial family, Cicero found himself unwillingly at the heart of a 100-year civil war that pitted the traditional oligarchy of the Senate, known as the “optimates“, against a new breed of fiery class-war demagogues known as “populares“. Like our left and right, Democrats and Republicans, both parties were drawn from much the same social class, attended the same dinner parties and often saw politics as a personal power trip. But they had two radically different visions of the Roman state. The “optimates” yearned for a moderate republican status quo; the radicals wanted reforms that would...
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...Camelot’s Heartbreak January 20, 1961 was the day John F. Kennedy swore to the nation to protect and serve the country’s needs as commander in chief. With a close election, Kennedy had to make his speech captivate all people of the United States and other countries around the world as well. Kennedy fell short in some areas to fully captivate everyone his speech should have been addressing. His speech was eloquent and very technical but coming from his background, Kennedy had to impress the leaders and the people of this country he was the right man for the job. Kennedy addressed many problems the world is facing, placing fear in his viewers. Kennedy did a great job at including the younger generation in his speech but he fell short on addressing the entire nation as a whole, leaving his audience fell disconnected. Kennedy won the election in a very close race leaving American’s skeptical about his ability to perform as a leader of the country and fulfill all the needs of the nation. Trying to lead a country with less support than expected was going to be hard for Kennedy, so his inaugural address needed to be on point connecting with everyone. Being the youngest president Kennedy attracted a new generation to the political world, which helped gain support for his campaign but the political veterans could see right through his false hopes and focusing more on other countries than of his own country. In paragraph 9, Kennedy is addressing other “republics south of our border”...
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...Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front captures the suffering caused by war. The novel is well written and articulate, truly showing the horrors of war. Reading the book, I was amazed by the detail and portrayal of Paul’s experience. The book was surprising at times, inciting emotion and realization. Remarque succeeds in exposing war for what it is: a violent and unnecessary event. The chapter in which Albert and Paul are in the hospital is the most memorable part of the book. Remarque’s writing reflects the pain felt throughout the chapter. Once in the hospital, Albert and Paul become friends with some of the other patients. The companionship between the injured soldiers is portrayed through the scenes in the hospital....
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...Gospel (Deffinbaugh, 2007). Paul started his ministry or preaching of the gospel message after his transformation in Jesus Christ; his conversion to Christianity on his way to Damascus (Acts 9:1-19). Paul’s focus throughout Romans is “the righteousness of God” (Romans 1:16-17). Focusing on chapters one through eight of Romans, it will take me through the elemental and “structural” illumination of the Christian faith. The chapters will reflect on the “plan of Him who works out….everything to His will” (Ephesians 1: 11). These are the Biblical instructions on the responding to human relationships, treatment of the universe and environment, and religious issues. Paul (1 Corinthians 2: 1) (2 Corinthians 10:10) like Moses (Exodus 4:10) was not an eloquent speaker, but they spoke volumes for the kingdom of God. By having a grasp, foundation, for my views I can state my convictions to others (1 Peter 3:15) with certainty and in love (Ephesians 4: 15). The Natural World Paul expounds on components and truths of the Biblical Worldview as it relates to the natural world. He is adamant in his teaching that the general revelation of the natural world is foundational in God. He wants all to believe in the Biblical fact that God is the Creator (Roman 1:22) of the world and all the “fruits” it contains. Paul relates his teachings to God’s creations (Genesis 1:1-2:3), but there were some rules or expectations that were required. God’s request was forsaken, so there were consequences...
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...Dear Editor, I am writing to offer my response apropos of the article which has been supervised by you and entitled "Why do so many parents think it’s funny when young children swear" by Kelly Rose Bradford. I personally agree with some eloquent, imperative and robust points made but also on the other hand, I strongly contradict with what Miss Bradford has indicated and I wish to defend some transparent parents by challenging these deluding, dupe and deceptive denunciations. Firstly, I strongly disaccord with Bradford when she states "some parents just don`t care" What kind of parent ever wants to be reprimanded like this after years of providing conservation, love and food ; which is not straightforward when in our so called society 45 people get killed every day! So instead of bickering about negative language, I would advise Bradford to get pragmatic and publish a more indispensable article. Nine months full of brutal affliction and torture. This evident approaches to me as if Bradford is overjoyed to heavily judge others which I don't see her proficient enough of to do so because intelligibly she has not got a gavel on her hand or neither is she wearing a white wig as shown on the picture; what I mean is Ms. Bradford might not be aware of the situation but still continues with her normal routine hypothesize, for example: the poor child might have Tourette’s syndrome (effected 200,000 people last year) which is a disorder characterized by involuntary movements caused by...
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...Precious few works in the history of music have enjoyed so esteemed a place in the hearts and affections of so many – far fewer have rivaled the profound scope and monumental artistic achievement of Ludwig van Beethoven’s ninth and final symphony. This work, whose genesis was in many ways influenced by the course of then-recent human history would ultimately help shape and define the history of civilization itself, and in doing so become firmly rooted in the world’s shared cultural patrimony – the single most eloquent representation of the universal brotherhood of Man. Beethoven’s masterwork, while the definitive choral symphony, was not his first attempt at using the human voice on a par with orchestral instruments. 1808’s Choral Fantasy (Op. 80), though on a more modest scale than the Ninth Symphony, was the composer’s first successful introduction of the voice in a large scale orchestral composition. Beethoven’s defiantly inventive departure marked a new and daring chapter in the further development of the symphonic form. And perhaps no other work has had such singular and fruitful influence on successive generations of musicians. Divers composers, impelled by Beethoven’s example, would later craft their own “choral” symphonies: Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Mahler, and Shostakovitch, to name a few. Even so, examples such as Gustav Mahler’s massive “Symphony of a Thousand” arguably fail to rival the emotional resonance and transformative power of Beethoven’s Ninth which so...
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