Which Egyptian Queen made the greatest contribution to her country? Hatshepsut or Cleopatra? Pharaonic and Ptolemaic Egypt were ruled by a "king‚" and the Egyptian ideal of succession was from father to son (Shaw‚ 2003). The female relatives of the ruling king often played significant roles in the rule of Egypt‚ and the ideology of kingship itself was a careful blend of both male and female elements. Women who ruled autonomously as king were unusual in Dynastic Egypt‚ but it did occur; the best-known
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Article Summary of the Effects that Phones have on the Brain In the article titled “How Smartphones Hijacks Our Minds” (Carr‚ 2017)‚ the author discusses how the continuous usage and dependence on phones may actually be diminishing intellects. Carr uses various research articles to highlight the different ways that the use of smartphones affects the brain and the brain’s ability to concentrate even when we are not using our phones. We have become so addicted to the phone that it continues to affect
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Radicals.” This group‚ which included James Mill (father of John Stuart Mill‚ more on him later)‚ was dedicated to social reform and the promulgation of Bentham’s ideas. Bentham based utilitarian ethics on the so-called “greatest happiness principle‚” an idea originally enunciated by Frances Hutcheson (16941746)‚ one of the founders of the Scottish Enlightenment. Put simply‚ Bentham believed that the goal of ethics was to promote “the greatest happiness of the greatest number.” Interestingly
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The Effects of Population Density (PSY460) /July 26‚ 2013 Shelly Sisneroz Sarah Ingram The Effects of Population Density The term population density is described as little more than the ratio of organisms to the size of an area (Xpeditions‚ 2008). This ratio is determined by taking the number of people in a given area and dividing that number by the area they occupy. As of the last U.S. census‚ the average population density of the United States was 70 people per square mile (Xpeditions
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Environmental Scan Paper Craig Clark University Of Phoenix MGT/498 March 9‚ 2013 Environmental Scan Paper The environment of any organization consists of internal and external factors. An organization should conduct a scan of its environment in order for it to determine development‚ and a forecast on the factors that may influence the success of the organization. Scanning the environment refers to the possession and utilization of the information that an organization has about trends
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Environmental issues are harmful effects of human activitity on the biophysical environment. Environmentalism‚ a socialand environmental movement that started in the 1960s‚ addresses environmental issues through advocacy‚ education and activism. The carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere has already exceeded 400 parts per million (NOAA) (with total "long-term" GHG exceeding 455 parts per million). (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report) This level is considered
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Environmental Engineering Course Description: Ecological framework of sustainable development; pollution environments: water‚ air‚ and solid; waste treatment processes‚ disposal‚ and management; government legislation‚ rules and regulation related to the environment and waste management; and environmental management s...ystem. Pre requisite: General Chemistry Course outline: 1 Ecological Concepts 1.1 Introduction to Environmental Engineering 1.2 Ecology of life 1.3 Biogeochemichal
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Environmental Racism in Los Angeles and its Formation The siting of a $500 million railyard project backed by BNSF Railroad Company‚ which recently won the approval from Los Angeles Harbor Commissioners and Los Angeles City Council‚ has been a highly debated issue in Long Beach‚ Los Angeles. According to a report from Pacific Swell‚ ‘The BNSF railway’s project would serve as a transfer point between the harbor complex and rail. Short-haul trucks would travel four miles up the freeway to move
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------------------------------------------------- Chapter 5—Job Order Costing MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following organizations would be most likely to use a job-order costing system? a. | the loan department of a bank | b. | the check clearing department of a bank | c. | a manufacturer of processed cheese food | d. | a manufacturer of video cassette tapes | ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate OBJ: 5-1 NAT: AACSB: Reflective Thinking LOC: AICPA Functional Competencies:
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Environmental Problems The poisoning of the world’s land‚ air‚ and water is the fastest-spreading disease of civilisation. It probably produces fewer headlines than wars‚ earthquakes and floods‚ but it is potentially one of history’s greatest dangers to human life on earth. If present trends continue for the next several decades‚ our planet will become uninhabitable. Overpopulation‚ pollution and energy consumption have created such planet-wide problems as massive deforestation‚ ozone depletion
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