Elizabeth Catlett‚ born in 1919‚ American sculptor and printmaker‚ whose figures of African Americans in wood‚ marble‚ and bronze convey dignity and pride. Throughout her career‚ Catlett has focused on themes relating to the black woman’s experience‚ and mother and child form the subject of many of her works. Her lithographs and other prints also celebrate the contributions of black women‚ such as Underground Railroad leader Harriet Tubman‚ to African American history. Catlett’s style has remained
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Handout 1 Qualitative vs. Quantitative: The Assumptions of Qualitative Designs * Qualitative researchers are concerned primarily with process‚ rather than outcomes or products. * Qualitative researchers are interested in meaning how people make sense of their lives‚ experiences‚ and their structures of the world. * The qualitative researcher is the primary instrument for data collection and analysis. Data are mediated through this human instrument‚ rather than through inventories‚ questionnaires
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Queen Elizabeth II addresses the UN Mr President‚ Secretary-General‚ Members of the General Assembly‚ I believe I was last here in 1957. Since then‚ I have travelled widely and met many leaders‚ ambassadors and statesmen from around the world. I address you today as Queen of sixteen United Nations Member States and as Head of the Commonwealth of 54 countries. I have also witnessed great change‚ much of it for the better‚ particularly in science and technology‚
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taken seriously or it is a work of satire is unclear‚ the excessive and flowery praise of Loronzo De’Medici‚ whose family Machiavelli fought against on more than one occasion‚ leads the reader to the latter mind set. Although there are many historians who believe that The Prince is a “job application of sorts”1 meant to endear himself to the powerful family. “And although I deem this work unworthy of being in your Illustrious presence my confidence in your benevolence persuades me that it will
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although this meant a nice lifestyle‚ she wanted so much more in her future. As the eldest daughter Cixi recounts her early life as hard and enduring‚ she is quoted “Ever since I was a young girl‚ I had a very hard life. I was not happy with my parents‚ as I was not their favorite. My sisters had everything they wanted‚ while I was‚ to a great extent‚ ignored altogether.” Cixi longed for attention and approval from other around her. The treatment she endured as a young child was the motivation to rise
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Niccolio Machiavelli (Born May 3rd‚ 1469 – 1527 Florence‚ Italy.) His writings have been the source of dispute amongst scholars due to the ambiguity of his analogy of the ‘Nature of Politics” and the implication of morality. The Prince‚ has been criticised due to it’s seemingly amoral political suggestiveness‚ however after further scrutiny of other works such as The Discourses‚ one can argue that it was Machiavelli’s intention to infact imply a positive political morality
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The Prince was written by Niccolo Machiavelli for Lorenzo de Medici so that Machiavelli could get back in his good graces. After his many years in politics‚ he wrote this to explain what would make a prince virtuous and how to rule properly. The book shows the background of politics and to some people it can be seen as immoral. There are two types of principalities: a hereditary prince or a new prince. Machiavelli focuses more on the new princes and uses other princes as references to what should
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Lao-tzu vs. Machiavelli Government is the essential authority of a country or state‚ which is directly‚ affects society because it provides key securities. Two of history’s greatest thinkers Lao-tzu‚ authors of the Tao-te Ching‚ and Niccolo Machiavelli‚ author of The Prince have similar but very contrasting ideas of government‚ and how people should be governed. Lao-tzu was born in the Chinese state of Ch’u. He spent most of his life working in the library of the Chou dynasty. Once he decided to
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Machiavelli intended The Prince to serve as a guide to creating and holding on to a principality. In it‚ he also characterizes a "good" society and the necessary tools for building one. Although Machiavelli conceives the republic as being the most practical form of government‚ he reasons that it is still possible to create a good society under a monarchy‚ as long as the leader of the monarchy follows the stipulated guidelines. Machiavelli realized that humans are predisposed to act perniciously and
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Machiavelli’s The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli lived from 1469-1527. During his life he spent time both very well respected and exiled from society. In The Prince Machiavelli shares what he thinks are the greatest attributes of a strong leader. Though this was written hundreds of years ago his incites seem to still be applicable to many modern situations. Machiavelli survived an incredibly tumultuous period in his region. Growing up Machiavelli’s family was financially comfortable though not incredibly
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