history‚ and science shaped the growth of Western civilization. Many of these cultural aspects began with Greece’s Golden Age. The Greek’s Golden Age was a time of peace and cultural prosperity‚ and it was the time from which most of Greece’s contributions to Western civilization originated. Democracy‚ myths‚ and the Olympics all began with the ancient Greeks. Among the many aspects of Greek culture that have influenced Western Civilization‚ the most notable would be that of their philosophy. The
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My most significant contribution to a community‚ without any doubt in my mind‚ has been to both of my local Boys and Girls Club of America branches. I first began to go to the Boys and Girls Club shortly after the divorce of my parents. In the beginning‚ I was at my lowest point‚ until I learned many of my peers were in a similar situation. From that point on‚ I helped the staff at the Club‚ mentored younger kids‚ and provided assistance to anyone who needed it. Quickly‚ I became the Club’s youth
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Bernard Lawrence Madoff‚ a former chairman of the NASDAQ Stock Market and founder of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities‚ was one of the few NASDAQ market-makers who competed with the New York Stock Exchange‚ by trading stocks listed on the Big Board. Through the Cincinnati exchange‚ the Madoff was a pioneer in electronic trading and publicly spoke of the need to use technology to transform the inefficient and sometimes shady over-the-counter stock market (Monica Gagnier‚ 2008). But Madoff became
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Madoff: Greed over Ethics? Bernard Lawrence Madoff is a former American stockbroker‚ investment advisor and financier that surprised the world of finance when it was uncovered that he had been operating the largest Ponzi scheme in history for near two decades. The fraud worth approximately 65 billion dollars ruined the lives of many who had trusted Madoff with their money and admired him as successful‚ charismatic‚ smart and exceptionally good at his job. Some even considered him as a hero‚ including
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Today’s world is slowly developing one global culture. Countries share elements of their cultures with one another‚ and groups of people grow to understand one another better. The United States of America is a great example of a country whose culture is comprised of bits and pieces of many other cultures. One culture in particular that has had an effect on many Americans is the Chinese culture. China’s long history has seen some extremely important inventions emerge‚ most noticeably gunpowder‚ paper
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Ophelia ’s Contribution in Hamlet One thing critics of Hamlet can agree on is that Ophelia‚ though brief in appearance‚ enamored readers and audiences because of her cryptic death and her symbol of innocence in the play. Linda Wagner claims she "is pictured as the epitome of unsophistication and of purity" (Wagner 94). While the play mostly focuses on Hamlet and forces the reader to sympathize and view him as a misunderstood character‚ it practically brushes over Ophelia ’s struggle as unimportant
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The title "Arms and the Man" derives from the opening lines of the popular epic of Virgil‚ "Aeneid" : "I sing of Arms and the Man" However‚ as Virgil highly praises war as described by its heroes‚ Shaw’s aim in writing "Arms and the Man" is to provide a more realistic picture of war and to remove all pretensions of the nobility from war. As General Philip Henry Sheridan put it "Many of you here believe that war is all glory; but let me tell you‚ boys‚ it is all Hell". Even though Shaw is
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Arrigo and Bernard’s (1997) article identifies six theoretical statements that compare conflict theory to radical and postmodern criminology. These six concerns include; the focus of the theory‚ the goal of conflict‚ control of crime definitions‚ nature of crime‚ explanation of crime‚ and policy implications. Arrigo and Bernard’s (1997) theory suggests that postmodern criminology is consistent with conflict criminology’s definition of crime‚ while radical criminology is consistent with conflict criminology
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Towards the end of the Second World War‚ in July 1944‚ representatives of the United States‚ Great Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ and 40 other countries met at Bretton Woods‚ a resort in New Hampshire‚ to lay the foundation for the post-war international financial order. Such a new system‚ they hoped‚ would prevent another worldwide economic cataclysm like the Great Depression that had destabilized Europe and the United States in the 1930s and had contributed to the rise of Fascism and the war. Therefore
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Many are scared of death and try their hardest to avoid it but most do not know what they are avoiding. George Bernard Shaw uses figurative language to describe what he saw and what he learned during the cremation of his mother. Shaw uses ironic tones of humor and beauty to describe the cremation. Shaw describes the cremation by stating: “The feet burst miraculously into streaming ribbons of garnet coloured lovely flame‚ smokeless and eager like pentecostal tongues‚ and as the whole coffin passed
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