She argues that violence is a function of uncertainty and that it is due to a threat from outside the state or within it. The arguments presented in this text focus on how changes in the balance of power between states and non state actors generate uncertainty and threats which in turn create an environment that is conducive to violence
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Hunger Games‚ Katniss Everdeen was the best fighter‚ the one everyone depended on. This is quite unusual because this casts her in what is normally a spotlight for the male lead. Katniss is shown to have great fighting skill with the bow and arrow from a very young age. This is because the District she lives in is very poor‚ and she was taught by her father to hunt in the woods to be able to provide food for her family. When her father passes away in a mining accident‚ Katniss is forced to become
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through dissonances on words such as "amaramente" and "l’aspido‚" all relating to the feelings of discord or distress. The second piece was Caccini’s Vedrò ’l mio sol‚ classified as a solo madrigal because of its monody. This piece highlights the change from having multi-voice madrigals to one in which there is one vocal line accompanied by a chordal instrument realizing a figured bass line. Also attached to this piece are ornamentations the solo singer can employ to color the melody‚ such as the gruppo
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structure acts as an alarm system to screen any threats and communicates it to the rest of the brain. Comparatively‚ the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) releases chemicals such as adrenalin and noradrenalin to prepare the body to fight off or run from danger (Tennant; Shanker). Similarly‚ when stress triggers
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successful in the ‘real world.’ However‚ today students are faced with a multitude of choices regarding their future. Nevertheless‚ a college education has the ability to prepare students to be successful and the skills‚ knowledge‚ and character build from attending college makes the benefits of college significantly outweigh the costs. Critics of the cost and demand for a college education argue the “social pressure for students’ to pursue ‘lower-risk trajectories’ in their career choices will lead
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is endless. Pinker says “Knowledge is increasing exponentially…” where people are unable to keep up with the amount of knowledge that is accessible to them‚ but as they are able to learn‚ technology will continue to grow. Just like Pinker says “Far from making us stupid these technologies are the only thing that will keep us smart.” As technology grows the ways of communicating continue to become more effective. We have the ability to communicate through cell phones and the internet. The advancement
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Citizen Kane (1941‚ Orson Wells) was a very insightful movie. There could be much to write about on the narrative of this movie and has been for years. I am going to first write about the development of Charles Foster Kane. When we are first really introduced to him and his goals we meet him in Mr. Thatchers office where he turns down many wealthy holdings he was entitled to. Instead‚ Kane asks to run a newspaper. His reasoning is that he wants to “look after the interests of the underprivileged
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Racism can be “defined as the hatred of one person by another or the belief that another person is less than human because of skin color‚ language‚ customs‚ place of birth or any factor that supposedly reveals the basic nature of that person. It has influenced wars‚ slavery‚ the formation of nations‚ and legal codes” (“What”). The face of racism over the past 50 years has changed but yet‚ some still stay the same. People made laws against racism and it is not as blunt anymore. But opinions and stereotypes
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is essential for monitoring and maintaining a relatively constant level of glucose in the bloodstream‚ hence the liver is involved in glycogen breakdown and synthesis because these pathways allow the liver to remove glucose from the bloodstream for glycogen synthesis when blood glucose is high and to release glucose into the bloodstream from glycogen breakdown when blood glucose levels are too low. Glycogen provides an additional source of glucose besides that produced through gluconeogenesis which
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Aspirin Synthesis Introduction Out of all the pharmaceutical drugs in the worlds‚ aspirin is made the most. Any potential pharmacist must be familiar with synthesizing the drug. The goal of this lab is to synthesize as much pure aspirin as possible. The reactants‚ acetyl anhydride and salicylic acid‚ must react in phosphoric acid. With phosphoric acid as a catalyst‚ the reaction yields aspirin and acetic acid. The equation for the reaction is as follows: “(CH3CO)2O + HOC6H4COOH □(→┴yields ) CH3CO2C6H4CO2H
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