Are sports team names racist or celebratory of Native American peoples? Support your opinion. Consider Thanksgiving and Independence Day. How might these holidays remind Native Americans of their marginal status?
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If you were defending the Cherokee and other native nations before the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1830s, what arguments would you make? If you were supporting Indian removal, what arguments would you make?
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what is globalization theory. please provide reference.
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Should attorneys be allowed to use their discretion in selecting jurors? Does the risk of discrimination and jury manipulation that appears in the use of peremptory challenges outweigh the value of giving the attorneys discretion to exclude jurors who might be leaning toward the opposition? Can we have a system of fair trials without the peremptory challenge? Explain
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Subject - Religion 1100-005
Describe in a religion of your choosing a bit about its historical origins and how, from those origins, information about ultimate being is revealed to that religion’s followers. Especially note a founder and weather this revealing U.B. is primarily a prophet, a sage or an incarnation. Given such descriptions, what does one learn about the religion’s Ultimate Being? Is it more relational, more mysterious, more transcendent or immanent? Generally, show how the kind of origins we find in the religion’s history is coherent with its concept of ultimate being. You may also argue that the religion’s origins are not very consistent with its Ultimate Being concept.
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Which do you think is more threatened in the U.S. today: individuals’ right to the free exercise of religion OR individuals’ right to due process and equal protection under the law? Explain.
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Describe and explain the roles of the different types of witnesses, such as the following:
Lay witnesses
Expert witnesses
Law enforcement witnesses
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Why do we speak to animals and why do we speak for animals?
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Answer the following question:
What are the origins of the romans?
How did they go from being peasants tilling the land, to conquerors of the world around them in the mediterranean?
How is the conflict between Plebeians and Patricians still in force?
How did the concept of "caesar" arise?
What is Pax Romana? Have you ever felt pax?
How did Octavio emerge?
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Compare and contrast the theme of disillusionment in Martin Eden by Jack London and The Flivver King by Upton Sinclair.
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Discuss why self-regulation should be thought of as occurring in a cybernetic system
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Activity 10: Methods of Coping
For each of the following situations, give one example of an emotion-focused method of coping (i.e., seeking sympathy, rationalizing, redirection of attention) and one example of a problem-focused method of coping (i.e., taking direct action to deal with the problem). You can review pgs. 523-538 (section 14.4) for a refresher on what an emotion-focused and problem-focused method are.
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