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    Slaves played an important role in Athenian society during the 5th Century BC. They performed tasks which allowed male Athenian citizens to have time to themselves and so they were able to participate actively in the Democracy aspect of society‚ they helped out the wife with domestic chores. Without slaves Athenian males struggled to keep up with the daily duties they were required to participate in during the day which caused them stress and put them under huge amounts of pressure. The institution

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    Sachs 2nd block Archimedes Inventions of Archimedes Archimedes area of expertise was inventions and coming up with great ideas. He was a very smart person‚ and had invented some useful inventions for human kind for what is still used today. BC. He was a physicist‚ engineer‚ inventor‚ astronomer and a Greek mathematician. Archimedes is one of the greatest math mathematicians of all time. He has been given credit for the invention of the lever even though it was used thousand of years

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    Championship Series or nationally known as the BCS. A flawed system‚ which relies on computer rankings‚ coaches’ polls and media voting to determine the best two teams in the nation. Over the years this system has proved ineffective and unfair to the point that even our president‚ Barack Obama has called for its demise in favor of a playoff system. A playoff system is the only true and accurate way of declaring the outright champion of College Football. The BCS has been in place for 14 years now after

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    BCS vs. Playoff System In college football‚ the BCS system has been around since 1998 and has become well established. The BCS system is well established but has accumulated much criticism over the years due to inefficiencies with the system. Like history shows‚ as time passes‚ people find better and more efficient ways to do things. In this case‚ a large percentage of college football fans would like to see college football take on a playoff system versus the traditional BCS system. According

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    Paper #4 Why the BCS should implement a playoff system In five out of the last ten seasons in Division One college football‚ there has been an undefeated team that did not get the opportunity to play for a national championship‚ and three of those times they were beaten out by a one-loss team. Also‚ in nine of the last ten seasons‚ there have been more than two teams with the same amount of losses as a team that got the opportunity to play for a national championship. The BCS‚ Bowl Championship

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    INTRODUCTION BCS Hospital is preparing to maintain compliance with the recent government regulations placed on hospitals. BCS Hospital currently uses an EHR system to maintain and transfer electronic records‚ but their current system will not meet compliance in the future. This Executive Summary outlines the current EHR system and recent government regulations‚ analysis of our options of implementing a patent portal or HIE system‚ and proposes that BCS implements a patient portal. OUR UNDERSTANDING

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    Archimedes Terri Melanson Instructor : Barbara Viola Fundamentals of Mathematics February 21‚ 2011 Archimedes was known for several things‚ a few were Infinitesimals‚ Hydraulics’s‚ levers and two things that were named after him they were Archimedes ’ Principle and Archimedes ’ Screw. He was born in c. 287 BC in Syracuse Sicily‚ he died in c. 212 BC said to be around the age of 75. In his lifetime he had many great works in mathematics‚ physics‚ engineering‚ inventing and he

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    highlights that the Republic was being restored. Ensuring that Octavian who have the support of the public “He seduced the army with bonuses‚ and his cheap food policy was successful bait for civilians. Indeed‚ he attracted everybody’s goodwill by the enjoyable gift of peace. Then he gradually pushed ahead and absorbed the functions of the Senate‚ the officials‚ and even the law. Opposition did not exist “as said by Tacitus Although Octavian had laid down power he was still able to win power back

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    Evaluate the Settlement of 27BCE The primary concerns of Octavian were the glory of the empire‚ the glory of Rome and most-importantly self-preservation. In January 27BCE Octavian announced to the Senate that he was renouncing all his powers and provinces‚ placing them at the disposal of the people‚ an attempt at ‘restoring the Republic. The results of this can be seen to fulfil Augustus’s concerns‚ reflected in his retention of high status and importance as well as increased safety in his position

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    Archimedes was one of the greatest philosophers who lived from 287 BC to 211 BC in Syracuse. Archimedes was a physicist‚ astronomer‚ engineer and mathematician who discovered and invented machines such as the Archimedean screw‚ Archimedes principle‚ Archimedean spiral‚ Archimedes claw‚ planetarium‚ compound pulley system and many war machines. His greatest contributions were in geometry and his methods and ideas started the idea of calculus and finding the density of an object without damaging the

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