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    excellent marksman‚ and is highly skilled with bladed weapons (frequently carrying two swords strapped to his back)”. Deadpool is trained to kill people. His training took place in the army‚ and he even made killing people his job when he became a mercenary. Deadpool does not have to look intimidating because his fighting abilities make up for his size.

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    Pride and Prejudice

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    Pride and Prejudice Introduction A person frequently discovers himself in a variance with the system of society. Infrequently‚ rebelling is the pathway to happiness. However‚ generally‚ the actual way to happiness is through settlement. This is the way of society of England in the early 19th century in which Jane Austen wrote of Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen deliberately confines her description to the small tranquil world of the English landed gentry of her time‚ and takes love and marriage

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    Dependence upon Private Military Companies (PMCs) and Private Security Companies for governmental and Military Roles Setting the Scene: In the whole world‚ the scenario of war and weapons has tremendously developed over past few decades. America is no exception in this regard. From the wars fought in Iraq to Syria‚ Lebanon and Vietnam‚ the demand of military and security personnel has drastically increased all over the world. Some countries have their own back up of military forces and have large

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    changed things in our government. Dunne‚ M. (2011). Perfect Failure: the USA‚ Cuba and the Bay of Pigs‚ 1961. Political Quarterly‚ 82(3)‚ 448-458. doi:10.1111/j.1467-923X.2011.02212.x Dunne tells the history leading to the invasion of Cuba by mercenaries and concludes with the impact that the Bay of Pigs had on relations between the U.S. Cuba and the Soviet Union. Friedman‚ R.R. (2011). Crisis management at the dead center: The 1960-1961 presidential transition and the Bay of Pigs fiasco. Presidential

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    Johannes Kepler

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    feast day of St. John the Evangelist. Sebald Kepler his grandfather had been mayor of the town but‚ when Johannes was born the family fortune was in a steep incline. Kepler had two brothers and one sister. His father who was Heinrich Kepler was a mercenary who left Johannes when he was only five years old. He was said that he died in the Eighty Years’ War in the Netherlands. His mother Katharina Guldenmann was a healer and herbalist who tried for witchcraft. At six years old Kepler witnessed the Great

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    external interactions and problems within the Empire. Both civilizations experienced nomadic invasions from Huns or nearby tribes. In Rome Germanic tribes were forced out by the Huns and had no choice but to move toward Rome. This forced them to hire mercenaries to protect Rome‚ adding tot the deficit. Roman leaders were weak and corrupt and focused heavily on pleasure seeking‚ instead of trying to improve Rome. Rich and powerful men could easily buy their way into the government. They spent money unwisely

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    Discussion Question #1 Singer argues that there is no moral justification for denying moral consideration to animals. Can you think of a reason why our moral consideration should include all humans regardless of their level of cognitive ability‚ yet denied to non-human animals simply because they have lower levels of cognitive abilities (though still higher in some cases than those of human infants and some mentally disabled humans)? What response might he have to your way of drawing the line between

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    Study Guide Question #1 Rome – early empires Here is what I am hoping to do when I take write my response to this question. Definitely doesn’t matter how you do‚ just thought I would clarify for any one still a bit confused. My plan is to take the main examples provided for why each is successful and format it as follows: Roman Republic‚ Roman Empire‚ both‚ hit on other civilizations‚ misc. I’m planning to link examples that explain how other emperors didn’t do what Rome did correctly directly

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    Week 5 Quiz Humanities

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    Course | World Cultures I | Test | Week 5 Quiz | Started | 8/14/12 10:01 PM | Submitted | 8/15/12 12:53 AM | Status | Completed | Score | 62 out of 80 points   | Time Elapsed | 2 hours‚ 52 minutes out of 3 hours. | Instructions | This quiz consist of 40 multiple choice questions. The first 10 questions cover the material in Chapter 4. The second 10 questions cover the material in Chapter 5. The third 10 questions cover the material in Chapter 6. The last 10 questions cover the

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    so that he can defend his territory from invaders. As such‚ the prince would become more vigilant in keeping his people safe. To do so‚ he would rally the best possible army of his own troops‚ as opposed to mercenaries‚ auxiliaries‚ or a mix of the two‚ as defined by Machiavelli: "Mercenaries and auxiliaries are useless and dangerous; and if one holds his state based on these arms‚ he will stand neither firm nor safe; for they are disunited‚ ambitious‚ and without discipline‚ unfaithful..." (Machiavelli

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