8. The "Spirit of the Law" refers to the _________ of the law.
C. The ghost manifested when chanting the law.

Having learned the hard way that I'm pretty rotten at focused research, I know I have to keep myself on a shorter rope, and find ways to keep myself on task. Fully engaged to me, means I have to have set concrete marks to hit, be it usable sources, progress through writing assignments, and getting things done and finished in a timely manner ( Read more... )

Maximilian I - A Habsburg on Montezuma's Throne
http://hdl.handle.net/1893/3433

The lack of direct citation in Joan Haslip's Crown of Mexico: Maximilian and His Empress Carlota has driven me to find another biographical source, but with citations, that are directly supporting. I once ( Read more... )

It's been quite sometime since anyone took a legitimate idea of mine without credit. But recently my manager did use one of my ideas without acknowledgment, so that's in the same neighborhood. It's not always about the time, effort, or idea, but about the respect that you may have been influenced by someone. I am often flattered that people will ( Read more... )

My the research topic I have chosen, or maybe it chose me is Maximilian I of Mexico, the short reigning emperor of the Habsburg family over the Second Mexican Empire (1864 to 1867). I find this topic very interesting, as it was the last European empire in Mexico, and the 2nd French Intervention in Mexico (1861-1867) is barely known outside of ( Read more... )

As an avid Google searcher, having earned the nickname “Joogle” (Joe + Google) at work, I feel I have mastered the layman's, and slightly professional's Google searching skills. I refer to my skill as “Google-fu” but often it's only searching Google, pulling up an Amazon link, and telling the customer that they can find the product they so deeply ( Read more... )

It seems that self assessments have come a long way since I took one as a sophomore in high school, which I gamed to give the job I think I wanted, film director. When I was an undergrad, the Myers-Briggs test was the most trusted, and looking at the price tag to take it online, it still seems to have a bit of weight. I found a great listing of ( Read more... )

I was not blessed with time management skills as a child, but I learned through life, and worse examples like my best friend, that nobody likes the person that holds up the whole show.  I know it's not meant to be a checklist, but reading 10 Common Time Management Mistakes, I'm sure I could mark each one at a point in my life.  However I know my ( Read more... )

Abolitionism and Women's Rights

1. Abolitionism served as a catalyst for the women's rights movement. From the beginning, women were active participants in the abolitionist crusade. Between 1835 and 1838, the American Anti-Slavery Society bombarded Congress with petitions, mostly calling for abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. More ( Read more... )

Modern Feminism1. The modern feminist movement was well timed. The civil rights movement had imprinted the politics of inclusion on the public mind. President Kennedy had been receptive, and his successor, Lyndon B. Johnson, although probably not himself a feminist, was steeped in the tradition of New Deal liberalism and social activism. Following ( Read more... )