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subnational and local governments pursued their own interests independently.” (pg.85) Protected from interference with one another by thick layers of icing. Both are forms of federalism. Have national, state and local levels of government. Marble cake federalism, meaning “the notion that the national, state and local governments are interacting, working together to solve common problems. 4. Define the meaning of decentralization. How does the US federal system display decentralization?…

Sapir-Whorf hypothesis Zainab Saleem Khan Section K It is often thought that the reality expressed in spoken word is the very same as the reality which is perceived in thought. Perception and expression are frequently understood to be synonymous and it is assumed that our speech is based on our thoughts. This idea presumes that what one says is dependent of how it is encoded and decoded in the mind. (Badhesha, 2002) However, there are many people that believe the opposite: what one…

Borrowing ideas from other sources can date back centuries, it can even be seen in art. Early Christianity had no idea on how to portray Jesus so having no clear image of what Jesus actually looked like lead them to rely on pagan art. Borrowing of pagan art can be seen when looking at a portrait of Jesus because their image of is based on the pagan gods Hermes and Apollo. There are two main reasons why Christians use pagan art to create their image of Jesus. The first one being that they wanted…

When creating commercials, marketers need to establish a targeted audience. Depending on the brand it can be targeted towards women, men, little kids, adults, old people or sometimes a combination of them all. When body wash commercials are designed, the two different types of targeted audiences are either for men or women. Advertisements for men and women differ by promoting different results based on what each gender wants. While men’s commercials promote his desire for getting the woman,…

In The King’s Speech, Bertie, who ends up becoming King George VI of England, suffers from a severe speech impediment that impacts his ability to complete his responsibility as a Duke of York. Together, Lionel, a speech therapist, and Bertie work to overcome Bertie’s speech impediment, which in the end allows him to successfully capture the country’s approval of his ability to effectively fulfill his position as King George VI of England. The King’s Speech includes a variety of realistic…

The sources by McNeel Marble Co. and a Confederate Veteran were similar in their subject matter, namely both discussed the hardships yielded by a tough economy. The advertisement implied that the Marble Company needed business and that the UDC did not necessarily have enough money to provide such business. Since slavery was outlawed, the South was struggling to…

surrounds David gives the scene an added sense of drama and movement. It is amazing how Bernini could use such a stiff and hard material to create such a fluid and dynamic piece of art. As stated by Fiero, “Insisting that he wished to render the marble flexible, Bernini created a David who breaks into space with athletic vitality” (Fiero 268). Another common theme of art in the Italian Baroque era is that art creates a scene and a story. Bernini expresses so much in the story of David through…

tell us about the lives of the Romans? The Roman wall paintings depicted many different things depending on the style of the painting (Kleiner, 2012). The first style of wall paintings within Roman art had purposes that were meant to replicate the marble walls of Kings (Kleiner, 2012). In the second style of wall paintings, the Romans utilized art to create three-dimensional scenes on the wall (Kleiner, 2012). The second style portrayed an alternate reality most commonly religious or…

through them. Ahead a steep ridge is filled with oaks, maples and elms. That have changed color already and their leaves are starting to fall. As they fall they hit other leaves going crunch. Then as acorn fall they go crashing down making a thud like a marble hitting the ground. From atop the ridge a slimy deer trail comes down, breaking into two trails that go opposite ways. There are fresh deer tracks from the mud that oozed in between the deer's hooves. Behind an old trail climbing as the…

to read and rewrite it. At the end of the semester, I totally understand now the importance of proofreading after writing as most of the time I used to forget it. Sontag gives a great example here that," As the statue is entombed in the block of marble, the novel is inside your head. You try to liberate it". This is the unique and interesting…