Spartan women were educated could do sports and had authority unlike Athenian women (HIST‚ 2013‚ p. 8). Both societies were influenced by the works of Homer in religion and culture. The Greeks used the term “arete” which means excellence. However‚ the two rival city-states had different interpretations of what this meant. Sparta saw this quality as being a courageous and ruthless warrior. Their whole existence was dependent on how they performed in the battlefield. The Spartans were criticized for their
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Although the 1920s and 1930s only have a ten-year difference the 1929 stock crash in New York distinguishes the years very differently. Cinderella Man follows the story of James Braddock‚ a popular boxer during the Roaring Twenties‚ and the Cinderella Man during the Great Depression. The opening scene is of James punching Tuffy Griffith in the face at Madison Square Garden on November 30‚ 1928. James has a different life in the 1920s and 1930s. In the 1920s the life of James is bright‚ in the 1930s
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nothing forces them to do that they can choose to not take that action. Example there is a theft breaks into your house because he thinks no one home but unfortunately there is your wife and your son in the house. They saw his face and he have to kill two of them. And you just arrived
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Democracy within America was destined to unite citizens through political participation and influence; however‚ there has been a constant battle between differing ideologies that divides the very citizens it’s meant to unite. Two parties represent each side of the political spectrum‚ each with their own values and beliefs detailed within their political platforms defined during their respective national conventions. These specified policies often disagree with each other; for example‚ in the case
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Two of the transportations used that can be hardly seen nowadays are the sampan and trishaw. Sampans are small wooden boats that are usually propelled by oars used for fishing and short range transportation used used along rivers and coastal areas in Singapore. There are different kinds sizes for the sampans and the bigger ones were used as cargo carriers or trading vessels. A small-sized craft takes one or up to three people‚ and it was also used to carry small amounts of goods‚ and some were even
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AFO‚ CAFO‚ AND FACTORY FARMING A factory farm is a general word that can be used to describe Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) and animal feeding operations (AFO). All three are very close to the same except for some slight differences‚ but are still all used interchangeably. A CAFO is a specialized‚ large-scale industrial agricultural facility (The Humane Society 2008). To be considered a CAFO the farm has to have at least 700 dairy cattle‚ 1‚000 beef cattle‚ 2‚500 hogs if they weigh
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of supply chain modeling‚ one dilemma that a corporation faces today is whether optimization‚ simulation‚ or a hybrid model (combination of optimization and simulation) is a better option to pursue. In this paper‚ we fundamentally distinguish the two modeling approaches – Supply Chain Optimization vs. Supply Chain Simulation‚ and the scenarios where the each option should be employed. Overview Optimization focuses on finding the optimal solution from millions of possible alternatives while meeting
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murdered Alexander Hamilton. Burr‚ motivated by years of political rivalry murdered Alexander Hamilton. After the Revolutionary war‚ Hamilton and Burr became lawyers and Hamilton knew Burr was a better lawyer than himself‚ this caused tension between the two because Hamilton was always asking Burr questions. Then Burr ran against Thomas Jefferson in the presidential election. Jefferson was also Hamilton’s rival‚ but Hamilton respected him for having beliefs unlike Burr. When it was time for the election
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which was supposed to help people understand better and their pension system work efficiently. It seems to be achieved for the first part that people now understand the pension system better. For the second part‚ however‚ there are always fights between governments and the public‚ because some governments attempt to cut pension payment in order to balance the budget that the government need in the year. One of the example that people fights against the government for cutting the pension payments
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properties or earnt a certain income to also vote. During the Edwardian era‚ many British citizens‚ along with Emmeline Pankhurst‚ fought to change the basic criteria needed to vote‚ so that it included women too. The movement to gain votes for women had two wings‚ the Suffragists and the Suffragettes. The Suffragists‚ led by Millicent Fawcett‚ had their origins in the mid nineteenth century‚ while the Suffragettes‚ whose colloquial name was given
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