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Google Earth's impact on national sovereignty and state power

There are a number of astute observations made in Sangeet Kumar's article "Google Earth and the nation state: Sovereignty in the age of new media." This article principally presages or chronicles what the author believes is the progression of the inevitable downfall of the nation state system of…

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Royal Dutch Shell's response to oil spills in Nigeria versus developed nations

Major oil companies such as Royal Dutch Shell are responsible for hundreds of oil spills every year that cumulatively involve millions of barrels of oil.

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Socrates' claim that the unexamined life is not worth living

Socrates' speech in Plato's Apology. It is this author's opinion that Socrates' position that the unexamined life is not worth living has validity. We will see that this is the case as we examine Socrates' spontaneous oration regarding virtue and how it can not be learned.

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Mill's response to Glaucon's challenge in Plato's Republic

Glaucon's challenge to Socrates at the beginning of Book II of Plato's Republic is to clarify in what sense justice is a human "good." Glaucon begins by separating goods into three categories: those which are harmless pleasures with no results, those things which are good in themselves but also…

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The Loathly Lady motif in medieval romance: variations in femininity and sovereignty

Cite some variations in the Loathly Lady fabula across the three tales in your Reader. Focus on the conditions by which the lady is either beautiful or ugly, and the actions of the knight/king/"hero"

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Prostitution legalization and public health in Nevada

We mainly focus on the reasons as to why prostitution was illegalized, the public health concerns regarding prostitution, prostitution and STDs and STIs, the development of laws regarding prostitution, prostitutes and STD's, why prostitution is legal in Nevada, the use of body for sex as well as…

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Critical consciousness and social change in digital media activism

In early March of 2012, a 28-minute video on the plight of African children received more than 21 million YouTube views.

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Montressor's unreliable narration and psychological disorder in "The Cask of Amontillado"

Edgar Allan Poe is most known for his fascinating tales of the macabre and grotesque. Many of Poe's short tales are told from an unreliable perspective in which the narrator tells the events that have occurred as he interprets them.

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The American Jobs Act of 2011: provisions and economic impact

This paper advocates passage of the American Jobs Act of 2011. Two years after the Great Recession of 2007-2009 ended, unemployment continues at near record highs.

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The case for legalizing same-sex marriage in America

Gay marriage has become a prominent issue in American politics and society in recent years.

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