If war is necessary‚ it is a necessary evil. Its evil is sometimes concealed for a time by its glamour and excitement but when war is seen in its reality‚ there is a little glory about it. At its best‚ it is hideous calamity. It brings in awful loss of life. In recent great wars‚ millions of men‚ women and children were killed‚ many died of diseases‚ famines and untold sufferings. A war generally sweeps away the strongest and best men of a country and leaves the aged‚ the weak and the unfit to carry
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Athens‚ one of the most famous and well known city-states of ancient Greece. This city-state‚ named after the goddess Athena‚ was famous for its innovations in architecture‚ arts‚ and government. The city-state of Athens is very famous for its unique system of government that was the first of its kind‚ direct democracy. This system allowed for the citizens of the city of Athens to decide what was to be done in their city‚ without the necessity of representatives to do what they thought the people
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11 October 2013 Why social Media is Good Social media is good to have because it can help get important information around faster and help students learn digital responsibility. Social media can help get important information around in a much faster manner. “Burlington parents had instant access to information and a place to have questions answered swiftly. This saved school administrators hours that in the past we would’ve spent answering phone calls from parents and news media.” (Larkin‚ 72).
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Atomic Bomb Position Paper Was the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki necessary? No‚ it was not. Neither of the two cities were military targets. Both cities had more civilians than troops. This would also mean that we broke the rules of war. We bombed innocent civilians. This‚ according to multiple documents of war‚ is illegal. Especially since the towns had no means of defending themselves. Bombing these towns also started the Cold war arms race. Everyone wanted the atomic bomb
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Professor in the Department of Media and Communication at Erasmus University Rotterdam‚ explains how interpersonal social media surveillance renders users visible to one another‚ and these users being both the agent and the subject of surveillance. His recent research considers the use of social media by the police and intelligence agencies‚ as well as other forms of policing that occur on these platforms. In the article‚ Trottier looks at Facebook as an exemplar of social media that shapes how we are perceived
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Sample Grant Proposal Use this sample grant proposal to help you in the process of preparing your own request for funding. Check with your state department of education to see if they require a certain format in their request for proposal (RFP). Many foundations also have specific requirements. This sample grant proposal contains: • • • • Sample Cover Letter Sample Cover Page Sample Grant Proposal Sample Letter Format Grant Proposal for Foundations Kurzweil Educational Systems 14 Crosby Drive
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Solid Waste Management Sci/275 Shannon Johnson 08/21/10 Shannon Gumtau The terrestrial resource I chose was solid waste. The EPA defines solid waste as “any garbage or refuse‚ sludge from a wastewater treatment plant‚ water supply treatment plant‚ or air pollution control facility and other discarded material‚ including solid‚ liquid‚ semi-solid‚ or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial‚ commercial‚ mining‚ and agricultural operations‚ and from community activities. What this basically
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election‚ Louis Brandeis (who was responsible for many of Wilson’s ideas in the first place) wrote a series of articles for Harper’s Weekly which outlined why the New Freedom was necessary and how best to implement it. In 1914‚ the articles were collected in book form and published under the title Other People’s Money--and How the Bankers Use It. Brandeis’ central thesis was that the large banking houses were colluding with businessmen to create trusts in America’s major industries. Brandeis felt
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What are your culture shock experiences? Culture and society go hand and hand but their precise meaning differ. Culture is a shared way of life and society is a group of people constantly interacting with each other in a given territory and share a culture. Therefore there is this cultural difference around the world. This is the main reason why most travelers experience this so-called “culture shock”. It is a personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life. Personally‚
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most circumstances cheating is not necessary‚ if you really feel like you shouldn’t be with that person you should talk to them in person about how you feel‚ but never go behind their back and start having relations with another person‚ it’s almost if you are lying to that person. There most likely be Cheating in a relationship is the equivalent to lip-syncing in a concert‚ someone is eventually going to notice and not be happy about it‚ and it’s not necessary. Being in a relationship with someone
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