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National Park Service San Francisco Bay
1,096 wordsNestled in the foothills of San Francisco, lies one of the United States most beautiful and historic national parks. Dating back to 1776 when Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza established the Presidio as a military garrison under commission of the government of Spain. In 1848 it was transferred by a treaty from Mexico, to the United States. The Presidio has played a major role in the settlement and defense of the West for more than 200 years. It served as a mobilization and embarkation poin...
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Death Row Inmate Supreme Court Ruled
1,617 wordsThe issue of capital punishment has been an ongoing controversy for many centuries. Punishment by death has been in practice since its first appearance in Babylonian writings by Hammurabi dating to 2000 B. C. This form of punishment was later termed as "capital punishment. " Abolitionists of capital punishment rely on the eighth amendment for support. Stating that the execution of an inmate regardless of its manner is cruel and unusual punishment. Abolitionists also believe that the punishment i...
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Correctional Facilities Deter Crime
1,331 wordsPrivatization in corrections is a trend that is assuming increasing significance. Pratt and Maahs, characterizing privatization in corrections as a growth industry go on to note: Rooted primarily in the political and economic context of the 1980 s. The movement to privatize public services has received increasing support in response to taxpayer demands that government provide more services with fewer resources. Advocates of correctional privatization often argue from a public choice theoretical ...
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Cancer Has Spread Lymph Nodes
1,980 words... important consideration is the stage of the disease. The stage is based on the size of the tumor and whether the cancer has spread. The following is a brief description of the stages of breast cancer and the treatments often used at each stage according to (Dollinger, Rosenbaum and Cable, 1991): Stage 0 is sometimes called noninvasive carcinoma or carcinoma in situ. Lobular carcinoma in situ, or LCIS, refers to abnormal cells in the lining of the lobule These abnormal cells seldom become inv...
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Afford To Pay Heroin Addicts
2,057 wordsAdding to Pakistan's Misery, a Heroin EpidemicRaees Khan sleeps most nights on a pillow of dust. His home is a median strip along the busy Liaquadabad Road, across from a mosque. A little before dawn a loudspeaker announces the first call to prayer, a reminder to the holy that before Allah all men are naught. This noisy summons fails to awaken Mr. Khan. Though a Muslim, he does not pray five times a day. Other rituals command him: emptying a tiny bag of heroin into a plastic bottle cap, adding w...
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Long Distance Lower Back
904 wordsAn acute hamstring pull is a common and frustrating injury occurring particularly in sprinters. It can be related to some of the following factors: 1. Lack of flexibility of the hamstring group. 2. Imbalance in the ratio of strength and power between the hamstrings and the quadriceps. In sprinters the quadriceps are usually stronger than the hamstrings, while in long distance runners the ratio of quadriceps to hamstring strength may be a closer 1: 1. 3. Inequality of strength of the left versus ...
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Violent Crimes Violent Offenders
1,485 wordsThere has been a steady increase in the number violent crimes committed by todays adolescence. Headlines in newspaper read Two teen kill 13 and wound several others Fourteen year old boy kills one and wounds another. Incidences like these are shocking society today. Why is this violence happening? Todays children are growing up in a more violence society. Violence is shown on television, through video games and through different advertising campaigns. Are young kids killing their peers to solve ...
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Does Sentencing Minors As Adults Work
1,658 wordsDoes Sentencing Minors as Adults Work? In 1990 s American society got fed up with juvenile thugs. People complained that juvenile justice system failed to reform young criminals and what is more, it became a revolving door where young criminals thumbed their noses at discipline, kept right on committing crimes and avoided consequences because of their age. The decision was made to toughen punishment for adolescents and to allow their trying in adult courts. As a consequence of it, in 1996 many s...
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Hospitality Industry Disabilities Act
1,831 wordsThe Dynamic Impact of the American with Disabilities Act on the Hospitality Industry The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a Federal civil rights law that was passed in 1990. It was created with the purpose to protect people with hearing, vision and speech impairments. The law should protect them against discrimination in everyday activities. It is known that it is difficult for such people to buy an item at the store, or to travel somewhere, or to enjoy meat at a restaurant. The ADA incl...
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Drug Testing In The Workplace
1,875 wordsDrug Testing In The Workplace Drug testing in the workplace is one of the hottest issues at the moment. The majority of the public opposes this practice at the moment, and there are good reasons for this. The most important cause for the opposition to drug testing at work place is the invasion of privacy associated with it. Many people consider it to be quite humiliating and think that this practice should be outlawed. However, despite all the opposition, drug testing in the work place is becomi...
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Los Angeles California Three Strikes Law
2,100 words... it will deny these people from receiving rehabilitation and instead they will be put in state prison. Crime rate will also increase if proposition 21 is passed. This Proposition was also proposed so that crime rate would reduce, but in reality it will only increase. Many teenagers will go to prison for silly things like for example shoplifting. Shoplifting is a crime but it is not serious enough for one to be put in jail for. This will increase the statistics because there will be more teena...
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Takes Advantage Square Feet
1,514 wordsBuilding Cost Comparison: Historical Tax Credit vs. New Construction For the construction companies there is often an issue raised of whether or not to start a new construction or to renovate some historically existing building. This issue has many variables that need to be figured out in order for the correct solution to be found. There usually is a special team of researchers who analyse the situation before the project and than give their critical opinion as of what to do more convenient. Pha...
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United States Constitution Man Who Kills
2,381 wordsHow do you feel about the saying, ? an eye for an eye? ? Do you feel that it is a good saying to run a nation by? Or do you agree with Gandhi who added to that statement, ? and everyone is blind? ? There have been many controversies in the history of the United States, ranging from abortion to gun control; however, capital punishment has been one of the most hotly contested issues in recent decades. Capital Punishment is the execution of a criminal pursuant to a sentence of death imposed by a co...
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Imposing The Death Penalty Life Sentence
659 wordsThere are five basic reasons that society uses when imposing punishment that Ive been able to conclude from my readings. I will discuss these societal concepts and show that the death penalty does not serve to further them. As a result William Smith should not be subject to the death penalty and in fact the same should be abolished from our system of punishment. Deterrence Deterrence is basically defined as the punishment should fit the crime. Under this concept, the individual committing the cr...
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Completely Incapacitated By Their Addiction Incapacitated By Their Addiction Drugs
786 wordsDrugs Drug Addition Drug Addiction Drugs are not new. Man has been experimenting with them for thousands of years. People use them to escape feelings of isolation, and to feel a sense of unity with everything and everyone around them. The appeal is that they change the way a person feels and perceives the world around her. Users take them to feel more sociable, relieve boredom, and forget problems. Addiction doesn t discriminate- addicts come from everywhere. There are a myriad of attitudes conc...
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Thin Layer Gas Chromatography
547 wordsDRUG TESTING Drug tests are a chemical analysis used to detect the presence of drugs in a small sample of urine or sometimes in blood. There are six types of drug testing: Pre-employment, Random, For-cause, Periodically Announced, Post-accident, and Rehabilitation. Pre-employment is testing that is done in a work place after you begin working and they only get to keep working if they pass the drug test. Random drug testing is testing without the person knowing on an advanced notice. For-cause te...
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National Football League Illegal Drugs
1,109 wordsSmoak 1 Michael Smoak Professor Rudolph English 101 15 November 1996 Drugs: Hurt Players and Sports Brett Favre, Diego Maradona, and Darryl Strawberry are all big name sport stars. They all play different sports, but all have the same problem: they tested positive for using illegal drugs. Cocaine, anabolic steroids, and painkillers are just a sample of drugs found in sports. Cocaine is described this way, It makes you feel like you can do anything, and for athletes who long to be in control all ...
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Music Therapy Ancient Times
658 wordsMusic therapy is the systematic application of music in the treatment of the physiological and psychosocial aspects of an illness or disability. It focuses on the acquisition of non musical skills and behaviors, as determined by a board certified music therapist through systematic assessment and treatment planning. Music therapy in the United States of America began in the late 18 th century. However, using music as a healing medium dates back to ancient times. This is evident in biblical script...
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Anti Sex League Ministry Of Love
844 words1984 By George Orwell, 1949 Main Characters Winston Smith The 39 year old protagonist of the novel whose rebellion against Big Brother and the Party and love for Julia is completely wiped out by Obrian at the Ministry of Love. Julia Member of the Junior Anti-Sex league who becomes Winston's secret lover and fellow rebel. Obrian Member of the Inner-Party who learns that Winston has rebellious tendencies and sets a trap for him over the course of 7 years and ultimately destroys him. Big Brother My...
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Psychological Treatment Mental Disease
1,014 wordsSchizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disease. Although schizophrenia affects men and women with equal frequency, the disorder often appears earlier in men, usually in the late teens or early twenties, than in women, who are generally affected in the twenties to early thirties. Available treatments can relieve many symptoms, but most people with schizophrenia continue to suffer some symptoms throughout their lives; it has been estimated that no more than one in five individuals...
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