Chapter one is more specifically about the different perspectives you have to take into account when discussing Incan history because while there are oral histories there is a complete lack of a written language and as such‚ historians must rely on either
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To summarize this Mill’s chapter two about what utilitarianism is‚ basically meaning that individuals would find some kind of pleasure that are more desirable and more valuable to themselves are inherently good. Utilitarianism is pleasurable when the actions are good; when the actions are bad the pleasure decreases. To Mill he compares human pleasures are as equal as animalistic pleasures. It depends on what kind of pleasure people are seeking. For this purpose‚ Mill mentioned that people would have
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5. Copy three important passages (minimum of 3 sentences each); and then respond to these passages. Why do you think they are important? How do they help the author create his purpose? 1.“Economics is‚ at root‚ the study of incentives: how people get what they want‚ or need‚ especially when other people want or need the same thing. Economists love incentives. They love to dream them up and enact them‚ study them and tinker with them. The typical economist believes the world has not yet invented
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Barbara Barclay Andrew Buckler English Comp II 02/22/2013 Summation of Chapters Three and Four In chapters three and four I found the examples to be very interesting. Not only did they show a way of incorporating the lesson they also showed us wording‚ punctuation‚ format‚ and on top of that‚ they were very interesting clips from what I am sure would be great complete essays. The fact that statistics are not always reliable is something I knew but I was glad that it was reiterated in the
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Chapter 11 Gases assumes both shape and vol of the container compressible‚ form homogenous w/ 1 another D is smaller then liquids/solids and highly variable depending on T and P Kinetic Molecular theory 3/2RT = total kinetic energy ½ mu2 = average kinetic energy Urms speed of mol with average kinetic energy‚ its inversely proportional to the square root of M when T is the same EX. Determine how much faster a helium atom moves‚ on average‚ than a carbon dioxide molecule at the same temperature
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Chapter eight asserts that the birth of the Revolutionary War occurred from 1763 to 1775 because of political values in the colonies‚ British legislation‚ and violent conflicts between the colonies and Britain. After the Seven Years War‚ even though they were the most powerful force in North America‚ Britain was heavily in debt and needed a way to pay for the war they had just fought and won. At the same time‚ the American colonies were enjoying their continent without any French involvement and
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The reading for today started on Chapter 9 on the day of Paige’s big breast cancer gala. Chloe had came home after being gone the night before and shared the news about her and Chris getting back together. They were still planning on going to California‚ and were leaving the next morning to start their road trip. Paige was upset because she did not want to see Chloe leave‚ but she knew Chloe was doing what she wanted and that she would be happy. Spencer came home from his trip to China minutes before
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Chapter 1 Communication and Competence * 126 definitions for communication * any living organism counts as communication communication is the process whereby human collectively create and regulate social reality -any object or activity can be viewed as either a thing or a process -things are static‚ bound in time‚ and unchanging -processes are moving have no beginning and no end‚ constant change -the communication process is like a river; active‚ continuous‚ and flow‚ never the
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have pointed out as the essential attitude in writing history: being self-reflexive and letting the reader participate in the process of writing. It can therefore be stated that Scott provides an example of how writing history should look like. In chapter 4.2 it is elaborated how literature can occupy an important role in rethinking how the past should be processed. It is also mentioned that for some marginal groups‚ e.g. Aboriginal Australians‚ literature is the only way to tell their version of (his)story
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Civil War about an African American young man who escapes from the south to the north. The story drew an emotional connection as well the basic facts about African Americans escaping and what life was when they reached the north. At the beginning of Chapter Four: Leg Irons‚ there is a newspaper that talks about how the Union soldiers should seize slaves that were escaping from the north. They were label as “contraband of war” and that the government encouraged it. After the newspaper‚ the story begins
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