means anything at all‚ it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.’ This sentence sums up the very essence of free speech; it is‚ as Orwell believed‚ the mother of all civil rights. Without the unconditional freedom to offend it cannot exist. Ideas are‚ more often than not‚ dangerous things. There is little point in having freedom of speech if it only defends the most popular and innocuous of opinions. The freedom to offend can perpetrate racial‚ social or religious intolerance;
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proliferation of definitions and explanations of culture‚ its anthropological origins and lack of clarity undermines its value to our understanding of organizational behavior. It is too ambiguous a concept for the effective day-to-day management of the organization.’ Do you agree? What role do you think culture plays in the management of your own organization? I partly agree with the statement the proliferation of definitions and explanations of culture and lack of clarity undermines its value to
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Iliad The gods in the Iliad are characters who seem very human to us. How do their actions propel the story forward? Are they responsible for the events of the Iliad‚ or are other characters? Like normal people‚ the gods have both good and bad qualities‚ their own strengths and weaknesses‚ personal disagreements and struggles. Similarly‚ like many of the other characters‚ the gods have a key role in the determining what happens‚ even from the very beginning. While not the only catalyst to the events
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Of course they do. Why else would tens of thousands of people from all nations around the world and all periods in human history report seeing them under more or less similar circumstances? The question you should be asking yourself is‚ granted that ghosts exist -- what are they? The most important thing to know about ghosts is that they are not the souls of dead people returned to communicate with the living. Dead is dead. Unless you believe in the reincarnation of the lower soul with the memories
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meanings to culture in the English language culture is the most difficult word it means buildings and civilization. In French the culture relates to art and in German it refers to a high culture ‚ A very simple meaning of culture is sharing ways of behavior ‚ thinking and beliefs it is not inherited it’s something you learn from your family‚ friends and workplace . A person’s nature cannot be assumed as culture‚ cultures are integrated it is mainly based on symbols. The characteristic of cultures is the
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To what extent do you agree with the view that the period 1815-48 constituted a ’time when nothing happened’ in ’Germany’? The term “a time when nothing happened in Germany” is defined by in terms of unification between the 39 individual ‘German’ states and monarchies. Between the years 1815 to 1848‚ ‘Germany’ as one individual country still didn’t exist‚ and ’’German’ people continued to lack nationalist sentiment and liberalist views not until the end of 1848‚ a period when a series of ’German’
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Why do we need a diploma to succeed in business? What do we have behind us after graduation? On the one hand - specific knowledge and skills with the hope to use them in practice when applying for a job. On the other hand - the diploma‚ which ostensibly shows that this baggage we have. "We need a person with a higher education ..." - these words are full of almost all offers of employment. How is it important for an employer‚ what high school diploma in your hand? Does a diploma
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Do aliens exist? Aliens have always been a debate issue because human beings are not completely sure of their existence yet. Now‚ some people do not believe at all in extraterrestrial life and are convinced that they are the only living beings. Others keep searching evidence of life outside the Planet Earth. They are trying to demonstrate that aliens really exist. Many people think that they are alone in the Universe and reject the idea of aliens life‚ but I believe in their existence for different
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"Do the Right Thing" Jason Smith Film Studies‚ April 2002 Right off the bat Spike Lee’s ideology is apparent in his film "Do the Right Thing". In the opening credit sequence Rosie Perez is dancing to the Public Enemy song "Fight the Power" from the album Fear of a Black Planet. The main theme of the song and dance is frustration and anger at the status quo. "Most of my heroes don’t appear on no stamps…Nothing but rednecks for 400 years if you check…" is one example of how the songwriter (Chuck D)
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1. What do those numbers (130/87) mean? What do they relate to in the cardiac cycle? The numbers 130/87 is the blood pressure of the patient. The top number 130‚ is the reading that is received when the heart is in contraction and blood is pushed out of the heart into the rest of the body (this is called systole). The bottom number 87‚ is the reading when the heart is at it relaxed state and is being refilled with blood (this is called diastole.) 2. This deposition of platelets and fibrin can
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