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Superior “Love” In the Symposium, eros is considered as the love between boys and men, while the true friendship is wishing for the well-being of others in the Nicomachean Ethics and the compassion is a strong feeling to sharing the pain of the whole world in The Heart of Understanding. Considering love to be a strong feeling of affection, eros, the true friendship and compassion can all be described as “love”. Love can be explored from 3 dimensions, the reason for love, the form of expression…

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Tax Treaties Are Self-Executing Tax treaties do not require any implementing law or guideline. A treaty is considered “self-executing” when it does not need any implementing legislation and it takes effect upon ratification. In US jurisdiction, a treaty that is not self-executing does not create a cause of action or provide a remedy. Under US law, the President and two-thirds of the Senate have the power to bind the country with the treaty by making the necessary implementing law. Both of…

My last day of therapy often replays in my mind. That day was important though. It gave me an idea of what I wanted to spend my life doing. After struggling with anxiety disorder and depression, I was sent to therapy. Walking into the appointment that day, I had no idea it would be the last. Sitting down in front of my therapist, the usual topics were discussed: how I had been doing, what was new, or any issues. After filling him in on everything that had happened since the last week we spoke…

One of the many bridge designs is the truss bridge, which works using both tension and compression forces. The Waddell a-truss was a simple truss to replicate using manila folders. Although the task of building the bridge was tedious, as all the components were cut meticulously to ensure the strongest bridge, the final result was quite amazing, as the bridge held double the mass required. In this experiment the bridge…

Standing in the press-section, Valerie waits for her moment. She reaches in her back pocket to grab a manila envelope, as Black Sun whispers into his jacket sleeve, “We’ve got a situation!” Before Valerie can say “You’ve been served!” he swipes Valerie’s left wrist. She yelps, “Arghhh!” Julian, huddles around Nicole Garbage and shoves her into a vehicle…

Even though the economic effects of silver trading from the mid-1500s to the early 1700s seem to perceived in a similar fashion to different countries, such as Spain and Portugal viewing the silver as beneficial, the effects socially are more biased because of the source’s point of view. Documents 4 and 5 show that silver was the preferred means of pay taxes or for other everyday items even though the sources were from different points-of-views, however; documents 2 and 7 prove that the Spanish…

In this monograph “The Long Way Home,” written by David Laskin, he covers over the experience of immigration from 1880 to World War I and delivers the immigrants point of view on US History for that period. Laskin is a graduate from Harvard University with a degree in history and literature who later went onto Oxford College and received an MA in English in 1977. In this narrative, David Laskin writes about “how twelve immigrant soldiers who became Americans through fighting in the World War I”…

Matthew Henson, born in Charles County, Maryland on August 8, 1866. Henson’s, full name was Matthew Alexander Henson. Better known as, the first man to reach the Arctic. Matthew Henson, was a smart man. Henson, lost his mother when he was young. Then, later he had to drop out of high school to get a job because he lost his father. Matthew Henson, was one of the first men to go to the Arctic. He was on an expedition with Robert Peary, when they arrived at the Arctic. Matthew Henson was an…

kingdom of Benin started in the 900s CE when the Edo people settled in the West African rainforests. By 1400, the kingdom had gained a lot of wealth and power through trade with the Portuguese of slaves, palm oil, pepper, and ivory in exchange for manila and guns. The kingdom was rich and had beautiful brass art and architecture. The kings, Obas, lived in elaborate palaces. The kingdom had lots of protection, including a police…