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Justice Through Alternative Methods Of Punishment
692 wordsThroughout the years and around the globe there have been several types of punishment enforced upon criminals. Punishments ranging from calcification, flogging, whipping, caning, and of course imprisonment have been used. Imprisonment, the punishment of choice in the United States, does not serve the purpose Americans expect it to. Punishment should invoke remorse on the part of the criminal. Americans expect criminals to be punished in such a manner that it would present a criminal from committ...
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Men And Women Years To Life
1,338 wordsIn California there is a law known as the 3 -Strikes Law. Other states such as Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, and a few other states have also adopted this law. (2) This 3 -Strikes and Your Out Law, states that if a person has two previous violent or serious felony convictions, he or she is sentenced to a life sentence with no chance of parole. (1) It also states that if a person has one previous violent or serious felony conviction (which includes burglary of an unoccupied dwellin...
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Sex Tourism In Thailand
1,417 wordsAs we enter a new millenium the post-colonial nations in the world are still searching for ways to compete in an increasingly globalized, consumption driven economic environment. Many developing countries have speculated that Tourism is an effective catalyst for development as well as increased international understanding. Thailand, who has embraced tourism as the key to its modernization strategy, has been hailed by many as a paradigm for success. Over the past twenty years Thailand has enjoyed...
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Binge Drinking On College Campuses
1,342 wordsWe have all heard the terms boozing, drinking to get drunk, sloshed, tanked, tipsy, tooted, hammered, and the like. But have you ever really thought about what you were saying when you used these terms. You were saying that all that you did the night before was binge drink. Binge drinking on college campuses is something that has grown to an all time high. All too often we have heard the horror stories of how kids are getting behind the wheel of a car after a night of binge drinking, and end up ...
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman Gilman The Yellow Wallpaper
1,165 words... with the wallpaper she becomes. In her mind, the wallpaper becomes more than just wallpaper. It takes on human characteristics. This paper looks to me as if it knew what a vicious influence it had (107)! When the story begins, the narrator refers to the house as haunted. This theme is again brought to the forefront when she begins to describe the wallpaper. There is a recurrent spot where the pattern lolls like a broken neck and two bulbous eyes stare at you upside down (107). Gilman's senso...
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Credit Card Numbers Open The Door
1,193 wordsIn the Hotel Whether traveling on business or pleasure it may become necessary to stay overnight in a hotel or motel. It is important to give some thought about security, and what hotel or motel you select, and what room you are willing to accept. The cost of the hotel room is not always the best predictor of how safe the room or property will be. There are a few security rules that should apply to any hotel room you rent. Always request a room on an upper floor, if possible. Ground floor rooms ...
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How To Buy Girls In Latin America
1,456 words"How To Buy Girls (in Latin America) " is based on the real adventures of Don Juan of the Naughty Girls, an American who spent nearly 9 years there (and counting). All of it is true and sincere, and is NOT a parody or for amusement. Whether you agree or disagree with what's contained in it is irrelevant. The author believes in everything he wrote, and it IS based on real experiences. Probably its content will appeal mostly to men from the United States or Canada, but anyone who is interested is ...
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George Orwell 1984 Ministry Of Love
1,357 wordsSince the onset of the United States, Americans have always viewed the future in two ways; one, as the perfect society with a perfect government, or two, as a communistic hell where free will no longer exists and no one is happy. The novel 1984 by George Orwell is a combination of both theories. On the "bad" side, a communist state exists which is enforced with surveillance technology and loyal patriots. On the "good" side, however, everyone in the society who was born after the hostile takeover...
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Historical Analysis Of One Emily Dickinson Works
521 wordsEmily Dickinson was a reclusive person, with an emotional, passionate, intense life filled with her genius for writing poetry. Although criticized for her unconventional style of writing, including her rough rhythm and imperfect grammar and rhymes, she continued to write in her own unique way. Many aspects of her life, such as her relationships with various people, remain a mystery and are not well known. Emily Dickinson almost always stayed near her home; in fact she hardly ever strayed from he...
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Elisa Allen Yellow Wallpaper
748 wordsTalents and dreams, hopes and desires, shunned by the husbands and times of the women in The Chrysanthemums and The Yellow Wallpaper. The wife, Elisa, in The Chrysanthemums, reflects an internal struggle with herself to find her place in a world of definite gender roles. The Yellow Wallpaper traces the treatment of a woman who descends from depression to madness in the male-imposed psychiatric confinement of her room. The mirror-like situations that hinder the protagonists in both stories call t...
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Animal Like Imagery Stella And Blanche Stanley
1,034 words... hite skirt. The colours used on the clothes are soft pastel colours, which are generally colours worn by women. These light colours are a contrast to the bright, bold colours that were used to describe the clothes on the men. The colours on the mens clothes infer masculinity and aggressiveness while the clothes on Stella and Blanche are feminine, passive / neutral and calm colours, reflecting their personality. The white skirt that Blanche wears denotes purity and fragility, which contradict...
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Differing Mentalities In Hip Hop And Rock
787 wordsSome of my friends listen to certain genres of rock music, some listen to hip-hop. Despite our friendship we have differing views upon each genres of music. Having listened to both genres of music at one point in my life I have an understanding of why some rock listeners would be quick to reject hip-hop as meaningful, complex and valid art form. The production of hip-hop music first consisted of two turntables and a microphone. The originators of the music who embraced the essence of spoken word...
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Metric Tons Space Shuttle
1,092 wordsApproaching the end of Apollo, my frustration often surfaced. No one in America seemed to care that we were giving up, surrendering the future of the next generation of young people with stars in their eyes... How I wished John F. Kennedy were still alive, challenging us to dare and to dream. I feel the same way today; the boldness and scope of his vision is not to be found today in our space program and in our nation... Entering the twenty-first century, we have an unimaginable array of technol...
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Mental Illness Yellow Wallpaper
1,114 wordsThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a story of a woman with psychological difficulties whose husbands prescribed treatment of her mental illness sends her into insanity. The so-called treatment consists of the Rest Cure as developed by the notable Dr. Weir Mitchell, which includes complete bed rest, no work, and no emotional or physical stimulus an enforced idleness of body, mind, and spirit. The husband, John, takes complete control of all decisions on behalf of his wife concern...
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Temporary Insanity Insanity Defense
1,073 wordsWhatever happened to the old axiom "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time"? The reality, of course, is that it seems to be getting more and more difficult to put criminals behind bars. This leads directly to a growing disregard and disrespect for the law. This should hardly be a surprise. Why think twice about committing a crime if you have little reason to fear the consequences? Today's "prisoner" seems to have little to fear. Many find themselves better off behind bars than they were on ...
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Sense Of Security Fairy Tale
952 wordsOnce Upon a Social Issue Fairy tales have always been told to us as children; whether to comfort or entertain us, they always seem to be a part of most everyone? s childhood. When Nadine Gordimer was asked to write a children? s story, she replied with a short story titled? Once Upon A Time? . Although the title is characteristic of a fairy tale, she leads the tale to an ending that is anything other than? ? happily ever after. ? Gordimer distorts the fairy tale by dealing with certain issues ra...
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Fake Id Jail Time
1,031 wordsHow do fake IDs assist in illegal activity in underage minors? We think that with the use of fake IDs, minors are able to obtain things they would not be able to get without a fake id, thus increasing the use of alcohol (going to bars), and underage smoking. It also increases other things that minors would not be able to do, such as get into over 18 clubs, R rated movies, buy spray paint and weaponry such as box cutters. The problems of the underage youth using fake IDs to buy substances, and do...
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United States Army Joint Chiefs Of Staff
1,978 wordsBook Report on Colin Powell? s My American Journey Introduction Retired General Colin Powell is the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He spent a career in the United States Army lasting 35 years. He retired at the rank of four star general. He started his military education and career at the City College of New York in 1954. He was the son of Luther and Arie Powell of New York, born on the 5 th of April 1937. His parents were meager people and he lived in a rented apartment until the...
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Roald Dahls Life Roald Dahls Life His Book Charlie
581 wordsEverything in Dahls books includes either scary fiction or adventure. In 1973 Dahl was awarded for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The book in its time was very popular for children. Between 1980 and 1990, over eleven million of his childrens books were sold in paperback form-considerably more than the total number of children born there in the same period. I will discuss Roald Dahls life, his book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and how you can apply his stories to you life. Dahls life wa...
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Specialty Coffee Coffee Beans
1,157 wordsI Company Profile and Case Analysis Purpose Starbucks Coffee Co. changed the concept consumers had about drinking coffee. With more than 1000 outlets across the USA (1997 numbers) and the intention of doubling that over the next 3 years and considering international expansion, the company has transformed a simple beverage into a lifestyle accessory with as much elegance as the latest fashion. The Seattle based chains success over the past 25 years has a lot to do with the quality of the product,...
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