Discuss the effect that political and economic factors had on the composition of Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus. ‘Judas Maccabaeus’ is an oratorio composed by George Friderick Handel and was written to be first performed in 1747. The piece was written in honor of the duke of Cumberland to acknowledge his success in the battle of Culloden during the Jacobite rebellion. The political links with the work had a clear influence on the final outcome of the piece‚ and this is shown through its story and
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Single Mothers; How Family and Childcare Issues Affect Employment In fall of 2009 Specialist Alexis Hutchinson‚ a 21-year-old Army cook and single parent‚ was days from deploying to Afghanistan for a year when her mother backed out of an agreement to take care of her 10-month-old son for the duration of her tour. Her mother‚ Angelique Hughes‚ had a child of her own at home and was also caring for a sick sister while running a day care from her home in California. Feeling overwhelmed‚ Ms. Hughes
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COURSE: BACHELOR OF COMMERCE (BCOM) UNIT: INTRODUCTION TO MACRO-ECONOMICS QUESTION: MICRO-ECONOMICS AND MACRO-ECONOMICS INTRODUCTION Economics is the foundation of all commercial activity and comprises two areas: microeconomics and macroeconomics. Macroeconomics is concerned with the big picture‚ for example‚ the national economy and gross domestic product. By contrast‚ microeconomics is concerned with the small picture and focuses on theories of supply and demand. Microeconomics is
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Megyn McCaustland Environmental Science Final Project 5 December 2012 Environmental Science – Final Project Environmental Science has been an interest of mine since high school. I originally planned on studying environmental science upon graduation‚ but my life took a different turn when I went straight into the workforce and actually ended up in the construction industry. However‚ I chose this course in the hopes that not only would I fulfill my science credits‚ but I would take something
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Economics is the social science that studies the behavior of individuals‚ households‚ and organizations (called economic actors‚ players‚ or agents)‚ when they manage or use scarce resources‚ which have alternative uses‚ to achieve desired ends. Agents are assumed to act rationally‚ have multiple desirable ends in sight‚ limited resources to obtain these ends‚ a set of stable preferences‚ a definite overall guiding objective‚ and the capability of making a choice. There exists an economic problem
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Md. Anwar Hossen‚ Department of Economics ‚ Shahjalal University of Science and Technology‚ Sylhet‚ Bangladesh‚Email: anwarbabu40@gmail.com 1. Introduction A debate has been raging in the country on whether transit facilities should be given to India or not through the land territory of Bangladesh. Some argue that it should not be given unless some core bilateral issues with India are resolved‚ while some have advanced the view that transit is an economic issue for trade facilitation and should
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1. Distinguish between Micro economics and Macro economics. Microeconomics may be defined as that branch of economic analysis‚ which studies the economic behavior of the individual unit‚ maybe a person‚ a particular household‚ or a particular firm. It is a study of one particular unit rather than all the units combined together. In microeconomics‚ we study the various units of the economy‚ how they function and how they reach their equilibrium. An important tool used in that of microeconomics is
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Analysis of environmental issues and economic performance and population density Executive summary The main goal with the report was to analyse the relationship from 16 different countries on how‚ if any‚ CO2 emission per capita is getting affected by population density and GDP per capita by using descriptive statistics and regression. The conclusion is that CO2 emission per capita is affected by changes in GDP per capita and that population density has no significant relation to CO2 emission
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almost the size of the continental US (“AUSTRALIA”). Australia really is unique from the rest of the world from their political parties‚ their mixed economy‚ and their legal system to their religion‚ culture‚ and social structure. II. POLITICAL – ECONOMIC – LEGAL –ETHICAL ENVIRONMENTS a. POLITICAL SYSTEM The Australian political system is much like that of the United States. Both systems of government follow the idea of indirect democracy and are based on principles of the preservation of minority
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Ethical Issues and Management By Khristy Thomas XMGT/216 August 26‚ 2012 Craig Fowler Ethical Issues and Management: Manager as a role model Anyone who is in a manager position has the obligation of being a good role model for all of the employees in the company. Setting good examples for employees in the workplace is a major part of creating a lucrative team to support and run the business. Most people in
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