Erwin Rommel Explain the strengths and weaknesses of your chosen commander. Erwin Rommel fought as a German lieutenant in France‚ Romania‚ and Italy in World War I. Rommel’s courage‚ strong understanding of his troops‚ and great leadership showed potential for a glorious career. He also was a very talented military teacher who was appointed to posts at a range of military academies after WW1. (Gorlitz‚ Encyclopedia Britannica) During Rommel’s six-week campaign on the invasion of France (1940)
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In 1990‚ both Eve Sedgwick (Epistemology of the Closet) and Judith Butler (Gender Trouble) made significant contributions to the ever burgeoning field of queer studies with theories about sexuality as performance. Following the central Foucauldian thread in which sexual conduct is but a construct specific to one’s cultural context and a factor of historical and cultural connotations‚ queer theorists proposed gender as a socially and culturally constructed performance. The performance of gender is
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trigger that can jump-start the creative process for those who are in need a creative spark. Roger von Oech’s A Whack on the Side of the Head is a short book describing how to figuratively “whack” some creativity into people. Roger von Oech states that there are ten mental blocks that hinder creativity‚ and sometimes‚ all people really need is a whack on the head to think differently and more clearly about their current situations. Members of society do not have a need to be creative for most of
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The article “The Effect of Protective Headgear on Head Injuries and Concussions in Adolescent Football (Soccer) Players” by J. Scott Delaney‚ Ammar Al-Kashmiri‚ R. Drummond‚ and J. A. Correa‚ the authors examine the effectiveness of protective headgear in teenage athletes. For their study they focused on the Oakville Soccer Club in Oakville‚ Canada‚ using soccer players ages 12-17. The athletes were to fill out a questionnaire examining their 2006 season‚ asking information about concussions they
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In the spooky story titled: Pumpkin head Hadley is a young widow (just as Oates recently lost her husband)‚ and she’s attracted—for mysterious reasons that relate to her childhood—to Anton‚ a young post-doc who works at the local Co-op. He has “dropped by”‚ and she’s not too upset to see him—it seems she might be ready to finally emerge after a long period of mourning—but she is slightly repulsed by Anton. The man is forceful‚ though‚ and she doesn’t have the strength to ask him to leave‚ although
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What are geomorphic processes and how do they affect the coast at Hengistbury Head? Setting the scene Hengistbury Head is a scenic and historic headland near the town of Bournemouth on the south coast of England. It stands mid-way between Poole harbour and Hurst spit and forms the main division between Poole and Christchurch Bays. Coastal Processes | Description | Sub Aerial | Coastal erosional processes that are not linked to the action of the sea. Erosion occurs via rain‚ weathering
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Resilience is our ability to adapt and bounce back when things don’t go as planned. Judith Rodin defines five characteristics of resilience as being aware‚ diverse‚ integrated‚ self-regulating and adaptive. I will examine awareness and integrated because I find these two characteristics interesting and an essential aspect of resilience. According to Rodin‚ being aware is an important characteristic of resilience because you have to know your weakness and strengths to be able to effectively prepare
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Judith Thomson: A Defense of Abortion Judith Thomson article simply outlines the right of abortion with women. Judith presents the argument that everyone has a right to life. However‚ throughout the article she underlines key arguments and give multiple examples and analogies to further prove her point. Thomson began by saying that because everyone has a right to life‚ it is automatically assumed that the fetus is a person‚ and therefore has a right to life. Furthermore‚ the mother does have
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Huck Finn vs. Judith Loftus The women presented in the novel so far are mostly smarter than the men presented. One of these women is Judith Loftus. She outsmarts the trickster himself‚ Huck Finn. Mrs. Loftus is a hypocritical maternal figure. Up until this point‚ Huck has been a very good liar. He has been able to outsmart and trick anybody he wants‚ but not Judith Loftus. He is out of his element during his meeting with her. First off‚ he is dressed as a girl. This situation makes
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Calculating Tank Volume Saving time‚ increasing accuracy By Dan Jones‚ Ph.D.‚ P.E. C alculating fluid volume in a horizontal or vertical cylindrical or elliptical tank can be complicated‚ depending on fluid height and the shape of the heads (ends) of a horizontal tank or the bottom of a vertical tank. Exact equations now are available for several commonly encountered tank shapes. These equations can be used to make rapid and accurate fluid-volume calculations. All equations are rigorous‚
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