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    A Promise

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    was most motivated to finish school‚ because I made a promise to my mother before she passed with liver cancer in 2003. At that time‚ I was going to cosmetology school and had two little girls. I remember her looking weak and frail in her hospital bed. I could see how tired and almost sedated she was‚ but still she worried about how my future was going to turn out. She looked at me with tears running from the sides of her eyes and made me promise her that I would finish school. I have since then obtained

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    decisions and regret for making those decisions. A young person might be set on marrying young to a person they have in his or her mind but can’t realistically be found. So this leads to rushed relationships and hasty marriages in order to fulfill the dream of getting married. Incompatibility may soon arise resulting in a hasty divorce. I also interpreted this as a sign of a divorced person needing two incomes to support a lifestyle‚ especially one with children. My mother works two jobs currently

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    competent department while become the strategic partner and advisor that it needs to be? There are many paradoxes within Human Resources; probably more so than with any other profession. As a Human Resources professional‚ I have come across paradoxes in my career. I have not yet been at a level where I had to make the final decision and affect the company strategically. How will I balance paradoxes in my career? Administrative Expert/Strategic Leadership Human Resources has always been known to

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    The Vietnam War was probably the most problematic of all US wars‚ not the least due to the fact that there were many paradoxes. The US built up a harsh regime in the south of Vietnam in the name of protecting democracy; “saving” lives by destroying villages and communities. Although America was only meant to "advise" the Vietnamese; the border was crossed very quickly. This was mostly caused by the vague definition of the US objectives; everything was quite unclear and imprecise so that no one really

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    Three Paradoxes of Democracy 1. Consent vs. effectiveness 2. Conflict vs. Consensus 3. Representation vs. Governability What’s effective may not be what is popular -economic policies are a good example – hyperinflation and other painful unpopular reforms -even in established democracies you are thinking about getting elected not long term policies Examples: • Free trade – job loss • Terrorism – loss of personal liberties • Deficit spending – people like low taxes but also like government

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    The promise

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    What are the major issues for publics and the key troubles of private individuals in our time? To formulate issues and troubles‚ we must ask what values are cherished yet threatened‚ and what values are cherished and supported‚ by the characterizing trends of our period. In the case both of threat and of support we must ask what salient contradictions of structure may be involved. When people cherish some set of values and do not feel any threat to them‚ they experience well-being. When they cherish

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    Tri-Trophic Paradoxes

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    In a study conducted on the west coast of Vancouver Island by Markel & Shurn (2015)‚ they observed a classic tri-trophic cascade involving sea otters‚ sea urchins‚ and kelp. Their findings displayed a clear relationship between the presence of sea otters‚ with the abundance of sea urchins‚ and the resulting kelp forest depth and surface area. In the areas where sea otters were absent‚ sea urchins were found to be overabundant and the kelp forests were small and shallow. However‚ at locations with

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    in bold is things i could include in SAC and relavant stuff. Impoaratnt stuff basically. Paradoxes/Things in Twos/Oxymorons. Throughout Macbeth‚ there are many situations and characters’ internal conflicts which are paradoxical. There are also many things which come in twos; these are similar‚ but not always identical. From almost the beginning of the play ("when the battle’s lost and won")‚ paradoxes/doubles appear regularly. Examples include: "when the battle’s lost and won" (1.1.4) "fair

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    Paradoxes are ideas that seem to be in opposition to one another but are mutually needed to function. In Plato ’s Republic he discusses several paradoxes. While reading The Republic we can see which side of these paradoxes Plato favors. We find which side he feels should be stressed so that we may live in a reasonable and safe society and be better human beings. There are three categories in which these paradoxes have been divided into: ethical‚ metaphysical and political. Plato was a legendary Athenian

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    Paradoxes in King Lear

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    The analysis of contradicting elements present in literature can lead to remarkable improvements regarding the understanding of human nature. William Shakespeare’s tragedy‚ King Lear‚ contains an abundance of paradoxes that present the protagonist of the title as a dynamic character with opposing traits. Lear embodies a loving authority figure and parent while at the same time being portrayed as a hateful‚ neglected individual with the demeanor of a child. The side of him which is most evident varies

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