In his speech to Civil War veterans in Osawatomie‚ Kansas‚ Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed that‚ “the object of the government is the welfare of the people” (p. 140). Furthermore‚ Roosevelt claimed that the welfare of the people is dependent on each citizen having equal opportunity to pursue the American Dream and advance their station in life. Therefore‚ the government has an obligation to provide equal opportunity to all of its citizens in order to ensure this moral requirement is met. However‚ trusts
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them personally or just knows their type. The people in the jury are devoted to following the church and try to be pious and humble. With this speech the Inquisitor serves a double purpose: having the jury forget Joan’s piety and warning them that no matter how humble or god-loving you are‚ the church knows best. The multiple warnings throughout the speech are used both for warning the jury members not to do the heretical acts mentioned but also do not congratulate or empower anyone who does these
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In the movie‚ A Civil Action‚ the plaintiff’s case commenced when a group of various parents and families suspected that the health related issues and deaths in their city of Woburn was the result of contaminated water. Although the attorney‚ Jan Schlichtmann‚ was reluctant to take the case at first because they didn’t have plausible cause “who is going to apologize to you when you don’t know who did it and pay me” [1]‚ he perceived that 2 corporations sat on the border of the river. Mr. Schlichtmann
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In Legends on the nets‚ Jan Fernback explains how oral culture has developed from past to nowadays‚especially the unique type of oral folklore-urban legends. In addition‚ the author shows what functions oral culture and literate culture have and what the differences among primary orality‚ residual orality and secondary orality. Finally‚ he describes some main characteristics of oral culture. According to the article‚ urban legends are the most important symbols in the historical development of
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Jan & Ken: Managing Conflict in Relationships Unit 9 Assignment Marie Holloway Kaplan University Author Note: This research is being submitted on March 11‚ 2014 for Mark Lambertson’s CM206 Interpersonal Communications course. Q #1: Using the chapters on language and emotions to help frame your answer‚ suggest two ways that Ken could open this conversation more productively‚ beyond clearly expressing his emotions and using “I” language. Ken could have used language that promotes
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Avid Speech This was my first year of participating in the avid program‚ and to tell you the truth‚ I wasn’t sure what to expect. However‚ I feel that with the help of Mr. Kaiser’s freshmen avid class‚ my first year of highschool will become one of my most memorable. From field trips‚ to tutorials‚ our class has been extremely interactive with one another. We have gone on a total of 3 field trips. One to Pacific Lutheran University‚ one to UW Tacoma‚ and one to Evergreen State College.
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At the diversity speech‚ we were given the wonderful opportunity to listen to the stories of three very different women: Dr. Xiaoyi Liu‚ Pia Driessen-Knittle‚ and Bernadine Lewis. Listening to these women speak really opened my eyes to how different we all truly are from each other. Although these women were probably some extremes of diversity‚ it demonstrated a good sense of differing backgrounds. Regardless of where these women came from‚ they found themselves here in America‚ on stage‚ speaking
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encompass all that a person is. A Ted talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie warned about the dangers of single stories. A single story is essentially a stereotype built by limited knowledge or interpretations of something or someone. The point of her speech was to say that both people and culture are more complex than the one side people are aware of. This remains true with identities. A person
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materials” (Stokstad 778). Unlike oil paints‚ tempera dries quickly. Tempera is used before oil paints become popular. One example of Tempera is Baptism of Christ (1450) made by Piero della Francesca. The color is not as bright compare to other paints. Jan van Eyck is a painter. According to Marilyn Stokstad‚ he painted for” Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy” (575). He used oil media to paint portraits of the duke. His famous artwork is the Ghent Altarpiece (1432). The altarpiece is highly detailed‚ fill
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Jan Van Eyck (before c. 1390 – 9 July 1441) was a Flemish/Netherlandish painter active in Bruges‚ who was born in Maaseik‚ Holland. He took employment in the Hague as painter and Valet de chambre with John III the Pitiless‚ ruler of Holland and Hainaut in the Hague around 1422‚ when he was already a master painter with workshop assistants.Van Eyck painted both secular and religious subject matter‚ including altarpieces‚ single panel religious figures and commissioned portraits. And he was highly
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