Why were the Greeks defeated at Thermopylae? The battle of Thermopylae was the first between the Persians and Greeks during the Persian invasion of 480-479 BC. The Greek force was very small but was determined to make a stand against the huge Persian army. The battle of Thermopylae resulted in a massive loss to the Greeks as the Persian army heavily defeating them. According to Herodotus‚ the Greek army did not have enough troops to maintain the Persians troops so they were heavily outnumbered
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ALAGBE OLUFUNMILOLA DORCAS “The State is a necessary evil. Discuss. State‚ can be defined in political science‚ as generally a group of people inhabiting a specific territory and living according to a common legal and political authority; a body politic or nation. In this definition‚ the term state includes government; in another usage‚ the two terms are synonymous. [Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserve]. George Washington said that government is not
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CHANGE AND WHY WE NEED IT Pastor Bill Purvis Of Cascade Hills Church has a favorite saying: Change is Inevitable; but Growth is Optional Growth is the result of a Positive Outlook to CHANGE If you are not changing‚ you are not growing. Charles Darwin said: It is not the strongest of the species that survive‚ nor the most intelligent‚ BUT the one most responsive to change: When something is inevitable your best bet is to: 1. Prepare for it 2. Adapt to it 3. Don’t be surprised
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used by the Vietcong in Vietnam were unsuccessful" The Vietcong were a communist movement in the South who were against the South Vietnamese government and the USA’s involvement with the civil war. The use of tactics (the plans‚ weapons and battle strategies used in war) were prime in minds of the Vietcong and they went to all means to gain the upper hand in the conflict. For example the use of booby traps‚ tunnels and trails. Some like the Ho Chi Minh trail were a huge success among the Vietcong
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2.1 Questions 1 What changes in the work situation might account for the increase in productivity and the decrease in controllable rejects? Answer: As per the information in the case study‚ the morale of the employee’s involved in the manufacturing of Hotplates is extremely low. Due to this the controllable rejects are almost 23%. The reasons behind lack of employee motivation are analyzed as repetition of work and partial involvement that lack the outcome. To overcome the problem management decided
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Why Were Cornell Notes Invented? The Cornell note taking system‚ developed by former Cornell University professor Walter Pauk in 1949‚ features three areas. It features a three-part system used for condensing and organizing notes‚ whether in the classroom or out in the field. One area is for note taking‚ the second is for review notes‚ and the last one is for summarizing. Cornell notes was invented to benefit students in the classroom and help them formulate a way in which they can understand
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Is the strike no longer necessary? Throughout the years conflict has occurred between managers and workers resulting in industrial action taken either individually or as a collective form. The most favoured form of industrial action is the strike where employees demonstrate the importance of the issue concerned by stopping work and leaving the workplace. Strikes occur for a number of reasons one being pay. Strike patterns have changed over the years showing a decline in numbers that are due to
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about the way we were operating our department due to new Medicare Therapy Cap regulations (the trigger event). The initial plan failed as I did not implement the proper sequence of tools and tasks that is associated with the change implementation model‚ which has 4 steps that should flow seamlessly in the following order: redesign‚ help‚ people change‚ and system and structure (Spector‚ 2013‚ p. 41). In my particular case‚ I stared with step 2 helping‚ by attempting to drive change with training.
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And Then There Were None is a classic mystery novel by Agatha Christie where 10 people receive letters from a mysterious U.N. Owen asking them to Soldier Island to stay for the summer holiday. In each of their rooms they find a nursery rhyme telling of the deaths of 10 soldiers. The first night on the island during dinner a recorded message accuses each of them in turn of murder. Then one by one they all begin to die. I believe that And Then There Were None would be a good addition to the curriculum
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Why were plebeians so important to Rome? The Roman Plebeians were members of the common population of Rome and where considered lower class. The word plebs is said to be derived from plere‚ ’to fill up’. Plebeians were‚ therefore‚ people who were considered to be an addition to the ’real’ Roman population (livius‚ 2015). This unkind expression was used by the Roman aristocracy of the early republic‚ the patricians‚ who monopolized the magistracies and wanted to keep all others out of office (livius
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