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    considering if Beowulf is an ideal king and hero‚ it is hard to look at both as under the same category‚ therefore‚ it needs to be separated into two parts; king or hero. Beowulf is not an ideal king but he is an ideal hero. There are characteristics of his actions that make him a satisfying king but he also lacks a lot of other characteristics. Beowulf as a king is very arrogant. As said in the story‚ “the old and young rejoiced” (line 143)‚ just like Beowulf had intended them too. Beowulf had no reason

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    Most planners need to take part in planning places where they are unfamiliar with‚ it is important for them to get as much information as possible within limited time. According to Jacobs (1961:21)‚ there is no perfection in planning since cities are a laboratory for testing theories‚ errors will be made in process. Therefore‚ there will be rooms for improvement. Observing the pedestrian behaviour in Coburg‚ the safety issues are my main concerns. However‚ the Moreland City Council (2011) conducted

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    Truth is the only weapon which can make a person win a battle. It is a pen that can write anything without anyone’s terror; it is a game in which who follows its one golden rule can never lose it; it is a tree that never loses its leaves; it is a river that cannot get filthy and dry in any season. Overall it can create heaven or else if not followed properly can ruin the whole world. It is said that to hide one lie we have to speak hundred more lies and that’s true. A lie spoken intentionally means

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    Throughout Greek history‚ there have been many interesting city-states. Two very important poleis are Athens and Sparta. After studying these poleis it is clear that Athens is the better polis because of its government‚ education‚ and society. The government in Athens was better then Sparta’s government. After laws were written down and enforced‚ power was divided equally in Athens government. In Sparta "the ephors had unlimited power to act as guardians of the state‚ and they used that power freely

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    Some people believe Rome had a better system for citizenship‚ not in fact Athens system for citizenship is better. In 500 B.C.E Athens established a direct democracy. People have been arguing about this question‚ whom developed the better citizenship system Athens‚ or Rome? Better is defined as that which has a greater excellence‚ or is preferable or wiser. Athens citizenship made more sense because of three reasons: all citizens are equal‚ they had the power to ostracize‚ and they had full participation

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    the idea of being loved rather than being feared. Although Machiavelli believed it was better to be feared than loved “It may be answered that one should be wish to be both‚ but‚ because it is difficult to unite them in one person‚ is more safer to be feared than loved.” (chapter 17 paragraph 4). If Macbeth was asked to chose to be loved as a king or be feared as a king he would choose to be loved as a king. Duncan said “ Never again will that Thane of Cawdor deceive my

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    Chapter 5 Questions: 1. List four design issues for which the concept of concurrency is relevant. 2. What is the basic requirement for the execution of concurrent processes? Problems 1. Consider a concurrent program with two processes‚ p and q‚ defines as follows. A‚ B‚ C‚ D and E are arbitrary atomic ( indivisible ) statements. Assume that the main program ( not shown ) does a parbegin of the two processes. Void p() Void q() { { A; D; B; E; C; } } Show all

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    Answer of Q1: I think Maggie has made a rational decision as this is a family matter. Her uncle left her $100‚000. Maggie has used the emotional intelligence approach by obtaining the consent of her family members in making decision of investment. It can have two impacts; if her focused group has some good background in investment portfolios then the decision would be right. Otherwise she would have taken the wrong decision in involving too many people as too many cooks spoil the broth.

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    ever heard of was King Arthur. I guess I had also heard of the name Beowulf‚ but only because there was a new movie coming out called that. I knew nothing about him though. But after reading the stories in this lesson‚ I became much more aware of both of these characters. As I was reading‚ I found out that Beowulf is an epic hero‚ and that King Arthur is a romantic hero. There are two other heroes that I read about‚ Gilgamesh and Achilles‚ but I chose to just write about Beowulf and Arthur because

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    Making America a Better Place America has had many great leaders in its history. They were all great though they all had different strategies. Leaders also come in different packages like some were presidents and some were just common people that influenced people. It does not matter what they were or what strategies they used they all wanted the best for America and led it through tough times and change. Two leaders American leaders that admire are Martin Luther King Jr. and Eisenhower. They

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