The Spoils

Coca-cola soft drinks are products by a company known as Coca-Cola located in Atlanta Georgia. The company started its operations in 1944 and is still vigorously operating (Schaeffer & Bateman, 1995). The drink’s registered trademark is Coke. The Coca-cola drinks consumption is frequent during meals, snacks and when relaxing in a hot weather. The product has an extended market all over the world. Although the consumption in places such as United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) is reducing,…

philosophy, the purpose of life is to attain happiness through peace and freedom from fear. Epicurus believed that the universe is eternal, life is the final being; there is nothing call life after death. 8 Lessons from Epicurus Philosophy Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. – Epicurus I can relate this with mindfulness living, living in the present moment, without the worries of the future.…

"Every good citizen makes his county's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protections while he gives it." This quote by Andrew Jackson reflects his views as a president, military leader, and American citizen. Mr. Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United states of America. He ran for two terms for President that started in March 4th, 1829 up to March 4th 1837. He was on the…

sPreservation of the Sistine Chapel One of the most important monuments to human artistic inginuitiy and history is widely regarded to be the Sistine Chapel. Consecrated in 1483, a group of renaiscance painters consisting of Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perguino, Pinturicchio, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Cosimo Roselli, created the numerous frescos that adorn its walls and ceiling. The paintings have held up magnificiently over time, however, the era in which they were created were no the best for…

laws were codified to delay the right to vote among immigrants. Central to the mugwump goal was the most important political reform achievement of the era, civil service reform. Partly inspired by British precedents, its aim was to get rid of the spoils system that had long tainted the distribution of public jobs. The system, called "rotation in office," used payroll patronage at all levels of government to reward loyal followers of the party in…

character of a slimy criminal who has no empathy for others. When Odysseus comes home to ithaca disguised as a beggar, Antinoos is very rude to the him showing his horrible hospitality, “Antinoos said: ‘What bad luck has brought this nuscience to spoil our dinner? Just stand clear, will you, and get away from my table…’ then picking up the footstool, he threw it, and hit him full on the back under the right shoulder.” (Homer 221). This demonstrates Antinoos’ horrible hospitality, insulting a…

The Heroes however, live by the martial code, which is a code much different than the mortal civil code shown in the first city on shield; but is still linked to the central plot-line. On the shield we read of the second city—a city under siege. The residents of this city are resilient and ready to fight to protect their city, Homer describes their mentality as “. . . armed for a raid, hoping to break the siege—loving wives and innocent children standing guard on the ramparts, flanked by elders…

what would be required of them as God’s chosen elect. As Moses was gone for a significant amount of time the people got restless and demanded that Aaron make them a god of gold. In light of this treachery Aaron commanded that the people give of the spoils of their deliverance, the gold they acquired upon their departure from Egypt. The people without hesitation complied giving no thought of what YHVH had done in delivering them form the bondage of Egypt. For Aaron his loyalty was challenged not…

Magellan was the son of Rui de Magalhães and Alda de Mesquita, members of the Portuguese nobility. At an early age he became a page to Queen Leonor, wife of John II (reigned 1481–95) and sister of Manuel I (reigned 1495–1521), in Lisbon. In early 1505 he enlisted in the fleet of Francisco de Almeida, first viceroy of Portuguese India, whose expedition King Manuel sent to check Muslim sea power along the African and Indian coasts and to establish a strong Portuguese presence in the Indian Ocean.…

Growing up as the only boy in the house my parents would spoil me a lot. They would let me get away with a lot of stuff from cussing to breaking stuff. My mom would always define me no matter what and she always tell me, growing up, that religion was the only way to live a happy life. At first I doubted my mother, then as I grew up it all made sense. Growing up I would get all the new toys and new shoes, after all my parents waited and prayed for five years for a child. When their wish was…