What is smarm‚ exactly? Smarm is a kind of performance—an assumption of the forms of seriousness‚ of virtue‚ of constructiveness‚ without the substance. Smarm is concerned with appropriateness and with tone. Smarm disapproves. Smarm would rather talk about anything other than smarm. Why‚ smarm asks‚ can’t everyone just be nicer? The most significant explicator of the niceness rule—the loudest Thumper of all‚ the true prophetic voice of anti-negativity—is neither the cartoon rabbit nor the publicists’
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The McKenzie-Condon Chicagoans was created in 1922. The team member‚ Jim Lanigan‚ Jimmy McPartland‚ Dick McPartland‚ Bud Freeman and Frank Teschemacher‚ were all the students from Austin High School. They always got together at a place named the Spoon and Straw to listen to their favorite jazz. One afternoon‚ they heard a new batch of music played by The New Orleans Rhythm Kings. They felt excited and played this kind of music five hours at the Spoon and Straw. They formed their band and named it
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English 215 Research and Writing Should Juveniles Be Given the Death Penalty? Strayer University‚ Morrow‚ GA Larry P. Harmon Dr Zachory Kirk I believe that juveniles should not be given the death penalty because they are too young to understand their actions and the consequences that come with their actions. The Supreme Court has recently decided to reexamine the constitutionality of executing individuals under the age of 18 at the time of an offense. Capital punishment is one of the most
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The Social Construction of Gender she states‚ “Once a child’s gender is evident‚ others treat those in one gender differently from those in the other‚ and the children respond to the different treatment by feeling different and behaving differently” (Kirk 65). In simpler terms‚ since the
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evil of the death of both the mother and the fetus. In The Wrath of Khan (1982)‚ After sacrificing himself to repair the ship and save it’s crew‚ Spock says “Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” Captain Kirk answers‚ “Or the one.” This is a great example of the utilitarianism that follows when correctly adhering to the Double-effect’s conditions. It is an appropriate allegory of the belief among Christians that God sacrificed his son‚ Jesus
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Happy workers are productive workers: Shorten The World Today By Alexandra Kirk Posted Thu Apr 5‚ 2012 3:32pm AEST Photo: Bill Shorten says happy workers could add to the nation’s productivity. (AAP: Penny Bradfield) Map: Australia Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten says happiness is the key to boosting productivity in the country’s workforce. At a speech on Thursday night‚ he called Australia’s productivity performance over the past decade woeful. He says the solution is for
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The Frozen Closet." Newsweek. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 06 Feb. 2014 The article ‘The Frozen Closet’ by Abigail Jones was a defiant statement made about figure skaters personally pertaining to male figure skaters. Jones stating‚ “The message is clear: When competing‚ being gay may not hurt you‚ but being straight helps”‚ was enough to grab any reader’s attention that was disconnected before hand. The author‚ Abigail‚ talks about how USFS(United States Figure Skating) is still closeted themselves yet Obama
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packaged goods under brand names. Previously consumers had not been aware of or influenced by brand names. The first product that had brand names were soap products. In the 1880 ’s a few brands came out and they were Ivory‚ Pears‚ Sapolio‚ Colgate‚ Kirks American Family and Packer ’s. Not long after brands such as Royal baking powder‚ Quaker oats‚ Bakers chocolate‚ Hire ’s root beer‚ Regal shoes and Waterman ’s pens were nationally advertised. In the early 1900 ’s America began to become aware of such
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Nupe people Nupe is an ethnic group located primarily in the middle belt and northern Nigeriais. Nupe‚ traditionally called the Tapa by the neighbouring Yoruba and Nufawa by the neighbouring Hausa. They are the dominant group in Niger and an important minority in Kwara State. Although a version of their history claim that they originally lived in Egypt‚ the more common tradition traces their origin to Tsoede who flect the court of Idah and established a loose confederation of towns along the Niger
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reasoning as a critical process in conducting investigations. Thus resulting in a hypothesis being falsely categorized as a deductive conclusion; when in fact it remains nothing more than a statement until supported by follow on testing (Thornton & Kirk‚ 1997). As we see in the case of Betty Lou Jensen and David Arthur Faraday‚ believed to be the first victims of the Zodiac killer‚ one may make the induction or inference that the prime suspect in the young couple’s murder is likely the individual
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