also responsible for leading the citizens in their religious celebrations. Spartan Kings held limited Judicial roles yet still had the authority of judges in certain cases. They decided upon legal matters such as the marriage of orphaned heiresses and had control of all cases concerning highways‚ public infrastructure like roads and water supply. Any adoptions of Spartan sons could only be approved by Spartan Kings themselves. Their only Kingly power was as commanders in battle. If they
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One of the most commonly heard complaints at the end of the year comes from seniors. The complaint is from students in regards to the senior project. Of 99 seniors who took the Spartan Spin Senior Project survey‚ 63.6 percent voted for the termination of the senior project. But since there is no possible avoidance of the project‚ the least that can be done is amend it in order to make the work more fulfilling for students. Every day‚ students have to adhere to structures in the classroom‚ but this
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DEVELOPMENT AND ITS MERITS AND DEMERITS OVER LOCALS ------------------------------------------------- Development is a concept that signifies the enhancement‚ the betterment of present status of an Individual‚ an area‚ a state‚ a region‚ or a country in context with that particular space and time. Development is a view. It is a dynamic concept. The Term development is defined by whom‚ is inevitable to be answered. Development is a relative term. However‚ it should be pondered over that development
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Intellectual Merits of Television Steven Johnson wrote an article “Watching TV makes you smarter. In his article he explains how watching television can help you make a smarter person. He uses examples from several TV shows and series that may be affecting our brain activity even when we don’t realize it. He try to reach to audience from teenagers to older adults. He makes some good points in his argument as well. He argue that TV isn’t necessarily a bad thing‚ but too much of anything is never
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Can Merit Pay Accelerate School Improvement? James W. Noll’s 2008 book Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Educational Issues discussed a variety of current issues in American education. Our EDM 501 class used Mr. Noll’s book and its topics as subject starting points for our debates this semester. I found many of the subjects to be very interesting and controversial. It was one of the final issues in the book‚ Issue #21 Can Merit Pay Accelerate School Improvement that stuck with me and it
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Romulus is a Good Example of Merit and Fortune. Throughout history there have been many princes who achieved a huge success in ruling the country or making the change of the world. On top of that‚ merit and fortune are two of the necessary values that the princes should have in order to rule. Merit‚ as we know‚ is mostly determined by the education or talent ‚ on the other hand‚ It is always the internal factor that plays the roll. However‚ Fortune is usually determined by external factor‚ which
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Both Athenian and Spartan women lived much of their lives separately from the men of their societies. Athenian men spent time away discussing politics and philosophy‚ but when they went home they expected obedience from their wives. Moreover‚ no Athenian citizen would ever admit that he took advice from a woman. Spartan men were gone even more‚ since they were soldiers. Only the men held official office‚ but everyone recognized the influence of women in decision making. Spartan women gained freedom
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Analyse and discuss the merits and best use of management skills Throughout the essay I hope to be able to interpret the management skills that are essential in today’s working environment. I will also hope to explain my own positive and negative experiences I have come across throughout my working career. The main areas I will cover in this essay on management skills are Leadership‚ Teamwork‚ Partnership‚ Networking‚ Delegation and Negotiation. We all want to be the best manager we can be‚ whether
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CAPITALISM Capitalism is an economic system in which trade‚ industry‚ and the means of production are largely or entirely privately owned and operated for profit. History Economic trade for profit has existed since at least the second millennium BC.[125] Early Islam promulgated capitalist economic policies‚ which migrated to Europe through trade partners from cities such as Venice. However‚ capitalism in its modern form is usually tracedto the emergence of agrarian capitalism and mercantilism in
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of the Spartan’s and using it as a simile also in the passage. I think this allusion wants the people to imply on that people shouldn’t always stress on everything. The author gives us this piece to have an allusion on which we should be like Spartans and live indifferently to not stress over everything in life. To enumerate‚ in the second paragraph there is an allusion to Greek myths . This allusion shows the fable over the ants in Greek mythology stating that we shouldn’t be battling over
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