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This paper discusses controversial issues surrounding Dvora Baron. Dvora Baron is a female Jewish author who lives and writes in Palestine, and though the popular conception is that Baron is a feminist and Zionist, this essay argues that her actions and literary works suggest otherwise. The essay asserts that a woman can write in a man's world without being a feminist, and can live and work in Palestine without being a Zionist. Further, the essay claims that the misconception that Baron is a feminist and Zionist is a product of scholars projecting their own worldviews onto the author.

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"Perhaps one only needs to say that she was a Jewish woman writing from Palestine in Hebrew about women's issues in a male-dominated literary society to accept both the feminist and Zionist labels on her behalf. In fact, the act of writing her short stories in Hebrew is seen by many as a deliberate declaration of both feminism and Zionism. The problem with these assumptions is that they are just that: assumptions. Though such an interpretation of her beliefs makes sense on paper, neither her work nor her life hold any proof of veracity."

Tags:feminism, zionism, jewish, woman, hebrew

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This paper explains that Baron von Steuben, known as Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus von Steuben in America, and as Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand, was born in Magdeburg fortress in 1730. The author states that, in February 1778, Baron von Steuben reached York, Pennsylvania, volunteered his services free to the Americans, and teamed up with Alexander Hamilton and Nathaniel Greene to develop an army training program, which remained the basis for many similar training programs for many the years to come. The paper relates that von Steuben's method of training included simplified drills, which were repeated numerous times until the soldier became quite proficient, and officers who demonstrated a mutual respect and love in dealings with their men.

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"In order to understand the extent of the achievement of Baron von Steuben, the condition and the working of the soldiers during a war or battle in the eighteenth century must be understood. Warfare in those days was a general free-for-all wherein the emphasis was on firing as quickly as possible, and at the closest ranges possible. It was, in fact, a mass fire combat, where the soldier on one side would find it of utmost importance to fire before the soldier on the opposite side could; he would always try to get the first shot across, before the other could. The rules and regulations for the soldiers were dealt primarily with drill, and firing arms. The sole emphasis was on the conduction of drills for the soldiers whereby they would become more and more proficient at handling the arms, and it would finally become nothing that would take up any sort of effort of concentration; the process of loading and firing a firearm would become totally automatic."

Tags:training, officer, prussian, pride, discipline

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The writer discusses that while Baron von Haxthausen was writing in 1843-44, he discusses a land distribution system which was not very different from that instituted later, by the Bolsheviiks in the1920's. It is thus proposed that it was not Marxist ideology, but rather experience with mirs that led to success of the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.

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"When the German philosopher Karl Marx published Das Kapital in 1867 he was not thinking of Russian peasants as the backbone of his proletariat revolution. Writing in the mid 19th century, while the Industrial Revolution was already changing the relationship between workers, the land, and the means of production, Marx anticipated uprisings in nations like Britain or France. They were supposed to pit industrial workers against their bosses, not farmers against local governments. The proletariat revolution was supposed to result in the liberation of the ..."

Tags:commune

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This paper explains that the British comedy "The Ali G Show" revolves around four interviews by three different characters played by the Baron Cohen: Ali G, Borat and Bruno. The author points out that each of the characters come from different countries, have different cultural backgrounds and interests and usually target different aspects of the American society. The paper relates that the goal of the show is to emphasize different underlying traits of the American society and how the influences of the American modern culture are impacting the rest of the world.

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"This brings us back to Ali G, the character coagulating the entire show. As a hip hop TV show host, I think that Ali G wants to bring together the stereotypes that the other two characters have sought and met throughout the US and summarize the cultural impact of the US culture as simply a culture of ignorant hip-hopers. Ali G is a "completely illiterate, wannabe gangsta, from this streets of Stains, England" who discovers America by being ignorant. By this, Cohen plays into bringing forth the ignorant characteristics of the Americans themselves, in his view. "

Tags:homosexuals, fashion industry, stupidity stereotypes radicalism

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The following third year environmental studies assignment is a book review of "The Baron in the Trees". The review looks at the story, major themes and evaluates the book. The paper focuses on the themes of nature civilization and freedom oppression.

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"The Baton in the Trees is the fictional account of Cosimo Piovasco di Rondo the rebellious son of Baron Arminip Piovasco di Rondo. After refusing to eat the snails that he had tried to free, Cosimo decides that he will protest his oppressive situation by moving into the trees and never coming down (Calvino 12-13). Cosimo's relations initially think that he is going through a phase and try to ignore his antics (Calvino 14). However, Cosimo is serious about remaining in the trees and manages to remain in the tree his entire life."

Tags:nature, book, review

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The paper relates that the BarOn Emotional Quotient Inventory is described as the most useful emotional quotient inventory available to date. The manufacturer describes this test as measuring an individual's ability to deal with everyday demands and pressures. The paper explains that the scales range from the identification of very high functioning individuals who have no difficulty with issues of compassion or empathy, to those who appear to have significant difficulty in harnessing emotional awareness and developing social skills. The paper discusses how the test appears to be clinically and statistically valid in identifying individual strengths and weaknesses.

Outline:
The Tool
Uses for the Tool
Theory of Emotional Intelligence From a Pathophysiologic Standpoint
Definition of Emotional Intelligence
Clinical Applications for Measures of Emotional Intelligence
Other Emotional Intelligence Scales Which are Available
Conclusion

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"It has been the tradition in psychological assessments to often attempt to predict a clients' ability to succeed in life by evaluating cognitive ability with things like intelligence testing. As the field of psychological testing continues to become more refined, it has been noted that often times, as well as the assessment of measures of pure intelligence, it is often times useful for individuals to have their emotional intelligence measured as well. To this means, there have been developed several instruments which measure emotional intelligence. It should be noted that not all of these tests are considered to be statistically valid by researchers and still require validation."

Tags:personality, test, weakness, strength

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The paper explains that the term, "Robber Baron," was first used in America in about 1878 to refer to any American capitalist during the late 19th century who became wealthy through the exploitation of various sources, such as natural resources, governmental influence, or by paying low wages for work performed. The author points out that these "Robber Barons", namely, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Henry Ford, were owners and managers of colossal capital and ultimately made themselves and America rich. The paper relates that they all possessed: (1) the true American trait of "rugged individualism"; (2) an overpowering need to acquire material things as a result of their upbringing, which mostly occurred in poverty; (3) subscribed to some type of commonly accepted philosophy, which aided them in (4) understanding the forces at work during their lifetimes; and (5) how to utilize these forces to their own and best advantage.

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"On January 10, 1870, Rockefeller incorporated the Standard Oil Company of Ohio and then sought to end the refining competition in Cleveland by forcing them either to join him or be eliminated. He also initiated a number of changes, a few being that the railroads must make more favorable "rebate" arrangements with Standard and refuse to export crude oil, due to Standard's plan to become the world's biggest exporter of crude oil. Thus, Rockefeller created the world's greatest oil refinery and literally wiped out all of his competition within the span of several years."

Tags:capitalist, exploitation, individualism, poverty, philosophy

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"The purpose of this research is to examine a modern biography of William Marshal, an aide to the Plantagenet royal line in England in the medieval period. The plan of the research will be to set forth the context in which the biography is presented, and then to discuss the details of the life and the biography with a view toward suggesting the significance of the instant work, as well as what it may reveal about the historiography of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries.
As biographer Sidney Painter points out in his introduction, the mode of biography as a means of elucidating medieval history is rare. The reason for this is the paucity of primary (and for that matter secondary) contemporaneous written sources. Nevertheless, Painter's method of assembling the biography has..."

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"The period in American history from 1865 to 1900 was marked by a great national expansion, both in physical and economic terms. From the nearly crippled state of a Civil War-racked society, the United States rose to the brink of becoming a world power. Within such a context, contradictions were inevitable: it was the age of Horatio Algerian opportunity for the individual entrepreneur; it was the era of monopolistic repression of the individual laborer and businessman. This paper will examine some of those contradictions found in the lives of three "robber barons" of the era - Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and J. Pierpont Morgan - men whose parallel careers exemplified both the wide-eyed hopes, and close-fisted realities, of that period.

Before discussing the individuals, however, examination of the context in which they flourished is necessary. Like all.."

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In this article, the writer looks at the effects made by the Robber Barons of the late nineteenth-century in the United States. The writer discusses this issue for the main part as it relates to economic and political power. The writer maintains that just as Robber Barons dominated American politics and economics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, modern robber barons have been dominating American politics and economics for the past twenty years.

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"The short and long term impact of the Robber Barons on the Western economy of the late nineteenth-century has been manifested in a number of ways, but particularly in terms of the pervasive economic and political power of Eastern big business and finance. Except for a brief period of progressivism in the early twentieth century and during the New Deal in the nineteen-thirties, powerful businessmen have exerted significant control over America's economic infrastructure, industry, and political establishment. "

Tags:robber, barons, issues