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    Employment and Life Decisions The decision of finding an organization that you can serve using your strengths, passions, and gifts is an important one. You will most likely look for a role that matches your domain of knowledge, as well as where you can stretch that knowledge, while gaining experience in progressing your career. Ramona is a bright new graduate at the top of her class, and has been presented with an opportunity to begin her career with a seemingly successful and popular company

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    While “One O’Clock Jump” has more similarities to swing it is still an example of modernism. In Coleman Hawkins “One O’Clock Jump” one can notice the more similarities with swing, compared to “Body and Soul,” however, one can still hear a more detailed portrayal. The song has more flow and more beats than swing usually has. Thus, use of more beats is part of the new technique that Coleman Hawkins used. The use of the new techniques shows how one can see modernism in “One O’Clock Jump.” However, due

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    overcrowding which led to “needless suffering and death” (Rogan, 2012, 262). The court ruled that the State must reduce the number of inmates in California’s thirty-three state prisons. This ruling came about after two class-action lawsuits were filed, Coleman v. Wilson in 1990 and Plata v. Davis in 2001 (Rogan, 2012, 261). These lawsuits were filed by inmates that claimed they received poor medical and mental health care within the State’s prison health care system (Vicini, 2011,1). The evidence presented

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    Thomas Ham looked out the rainy window. The cars and trucks passed by. He saw the gray buildings. He was scared. Why? When he got home his mom’s boyfriend was probably. His dad died from saving Tom from a fire. There was no money. They were forced to move to New York City in a small apartment. The yellow bus slowly came to a stop. Tom got off of the bus. Pressed the button to call up to his mom, “Hi, mom” “Hey, you can come up. The key is under the rug,” his mom said. He walked through the passageway

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    Introduction: The philosophies of Thomas Hobbes are inarguably essential foundations in materialistic thought. Idealists during his time believed that there reality is made up of concepts and nonmatter. In response to the challenge of explaining concepts that seemed only explicable through idealist thinking (such as thoughts and emotions), Hobbes used logic and reasoning to develop materialist theories – some impressively similar in nature to neurobiology. His pessimistic views of society are drawn

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    Association of University Women is releasing a new study that shows when men and women attend the same kind of college, pick the same major and accept the same kind of job, on average, the woman will still earn 82 cents to every dollar that a man earns”(Coleman). This form of discrimination dates back for centuries and derives from the common stereotype that since men provide for women and women take care of the home and children, men consequently are more effective in the career chosen. In today’s world

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    declaration of independence and the Constitution of the United States of America. (ushistory.org) George Clymer was born in Philadelphia, PA, on March 16, 1739 (ushistory.org). He was orphaned only a year later and was brought up by his aunt Hannah Coleman and uncle William

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    In any legal system, there is a notion that the chief end to be achieved is justice. Clearly no one would advocate for an unjust legal system, but what if the clear distinction between just and unjust is not so clear? What if there are diametrically opposed moral principles supporting competing arguments? On three occasions, the Supreme Court of Virginia has declined ruling on whether the relationship with an assailant 's wife deprives a defendant of the right to self-defense. The Supreme Court

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    A Historiographical Discussion of the Duel Between Aaron Burr and The duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton holds a significant relevance in American history and should be examined within the context of early American culture and politics. The recent historiography of the incident provides us with a complex, evolving web of conflicting interpretations. Since the day of this tragic duel, contemporaries and historians have puzzled over why these two prominent American statesmen

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    Thomas Hobbes and John Locke have authored two works that have had a significant impact on political philosophy. In the “Leviathan” by Hobbes and “Two Treatises of Government” by Locke, the primary focus was to analyze human nature to determine the most suitable type of government for humankind. They will have confounding results. Hobbes concluded that an unlimited sovereign is the only option, and would offer the most for the people, while for Locke such an idea was without merit. He believed that

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