THE RIVERS AND LAKES OF THE USA The United States has many thousands of streams. Some of them are mighty rivers‚ which cross the state and even international boundaries. Others are tiny streams. Some rivers flow lazily across wide‚ flat valleys‚ others rush swiftly down deep canyons and steep gorges which they have carved out for their paths. The rivers of the United States belong to the Atlantic and the Pacific basins. The chief drainage system of the country is the Mississippi River
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Greening Your Work and Your Commute Raising awareness and reducing your carbon footprint Did you know that by our everyday habits and choices‚ the average American puts out 22 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year? Experts studying the recent climate history of the earth agree now that global warming is occurring at a precipitous rate‚ and human activities are the dominant force driving the trend. Our smokestacks‚ tailpipes‚ and burning forests emit CO2 and other gasses that add to the planet’s
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Machiavelli was an author and an aspiring political figure who had a strong influence on several aspects of Europe’s government. Due to his critical writings in The Prince‚ many historians see Machiavelli as a cruel and diabolical political figure whose true intentions were to gain power for himself. However‚ after looking further into Machiavelli’s political past‚ one can see that Machiavelli is in fact an intelligent man who possesses a hidden motive to write his novel. In his work‚ he covered
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Good and bad princes are typically easily distinguishable‚ regardless of the time period from which they rule. For today’s rulers‚ we tend to gravitate towards leaders that we like or leaders who are popular. Standards for rulers have changed over time‚ but in the middle ages rulers were judged by a very strict set of criteria in which rulers were meant to be feared by all and loved by none. Kings and Princes of the middle ages were not necessarily popular as they are today. Instead‚ they strived
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Machiavelli’s The Prince was written as a response to the disunity of the Italian state system. The Prince can be read as a satire of the corruption of the Papacy in order to reveal all of the problems of the ruling class. Concurrently‚ The Prince can also be read as an earnest attempt to help reunify Italy under the Medici family of Florence. Considering the circumstances‚ The Prince should be read as a satire just for the underlying reason of why it was written. Machiavelli had a hidden agenda;
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Around 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli while writing "The Prince" would not be considered a theologian. When thinking of Machiavelli many people confuse him together with the names of rulers who have abused his writings. It also seems other people confuse Machiavelli with the rapper who took his name. Either- way people confuse Machiavelli it seems they fail to look at his true message‚ bettering the state and the greater good. Machiavelli may seem evil to some but his political theory properly applied
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Mark Twain had said that The Prince and the Pauper was a tale for young people of all ages. Primarily‚ it is a children’s book‚ and the dominant themes running through the books are of childhood fairy tales: death of a parent‚ cruel substitute parents‚ abandonment‚ lost identity‚ and injustice. However‚ the two most major themes represented by the book are that of lost identity and confronting injustice with righteousness and mercy. Mark Twain starkly contrasts the two worlds from which the two
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STATES OF AMERICA‚ Plaintiff-Appellee‚ v. ALFRED JAMES PRINCE‚ Defendant-Appellant No. 90-6370 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 938 F.2d 1092; 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 14248 July 9‚ 1991‚ Filed SUBSEQUENT HISTORY: Writ of certiorari denied Prince v. United States‚ 502 U.S. 961‚ 112 S. Ct. 427‚ 116 L. Ed. 2d 447‚ 1991 U.S. LEXIS 6611 (1991) Post-conviction proceeding at‚ Motion denied by United States v. Prince‚ 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 17403 (10th Cir. Okla.‚ July 10
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Rabbi Judah the Prince is one of the remarkable personalities in the Jewish history. He emerged as the leader of the Jewish community and the Sanhedrin during late second century C.E. Through the cordial relations he established with Rome‚ Rabbi Judah embarked one of the major milestones in Jewish law and religion‚ the Mishnah‚ which refers to the codification of a previously existing law. Later on‚ Mishnah evolved as one of the three significant legal codes of Jewish law. According to Aggadah‚ the
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In machiavelli’s The Prince‚ Machiavelli discusses many of the traits and requirements a leader needs to rule properly. Machiavelli discusses many ideas and requirements a rule must do one of which is if you can’t be both loved and feared it is better to be feared than loved. In: machiavelli’s view being feared brings more loyalty from his people than being loved‚ he bases this on his view of people as a whole‚ which in my opinion is a strong argument that was definitely true in his time and still
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