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- 311: Tinker vs. Des Moines
- ... The Tinker's disputed the suspension of MaryBeth and her brother, John, and took their case all the way to the Supreme Court. 2. The Tinker's accused the school district of violating MaryBeth's rights as stated in the first and fourteenth amendments. These abrupt accusations were not just and should not have even been permitted in the court of law. The punishment that the school district endured was that adverse publicity and a challenge to the authority of a school district, or school to establish rules for student behavior and conduct. 3. The Tinker's accused the school district of violating The Bill of Rights, first amendment, the right of freedom of speech and the fourteenth amendment, the rights of the citizens [civil rights]. They claimed that MaryBeth was exercising her rights under the Constitution. They then sued the ...
- 312: Alcoholics Anonymous
- ... in Akron, Ohio. These meetings took place between 1935 and 1939 when Alcoholics Anonymous was an integral part of “A First Century Christian Fellowship” (Pitman 56). A.A. was the outcome of a meeting between Bill W., a New York stockbroker, and Dr. Bob S., an Akron surgeon. Both had been hopeless alcoholics (Fingarette 14). Before this time, Bill and Dr. Bob had each been in contact with the Oxford Group, a mostly nonalcoholic fellowship that emphasized universal spiritual values in daily living(Fingarette 15). During this period, the noted episcopal clergyman, Dr. Samuel Shoemaker, headed the group. Under this spiritual influence, and with the help of an old time friend, Ebby T., Bill had gotten sober and had then maintained his recovery by working with other alcoholics, though none of there had actually recovered (Wekesser 23) . Meanwhile, Dr. Bob’s Oxford Group membership at Akron had not ...
- 313: Death Penalty and The Eighth Amendment
- ... no way to reverse its effects. It will end up taking the lives of innocent victims as long as there is fault in the justice system. The death penalty contradicts the whole idea of human rights. Human rights are significant because “some means may never be used to protect society because their use violates the values that make society worth protecting.” “From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery ... Also, by incarcerating criminals for life, instead of executing them, it makes them think about what they did and forces them to live with the consequences of their actions. The death penalty violates our constitutional rights and should be made illegal. It directly contradicts the Eighth Amendment, which forbids “cruel and unusual punishment.” If the death penalty is not “cruel and unusual punishment” then what is? Is there possibly anything ...
- 314: Literature: Tool For The Masses to Grasp and Form Opinions on A Subject
- ... to stir controversy wherever he traveled. Paine's forceful yet eloquent prose made him a hero for the three great causes to which he devoted his life; the American Revolution, religious reform, and the natural rights of man. At the age of 37, Paine strove for the fabled shores of America, determined to forget his past. He made the acquaintance of Benjamin Franklin, and settled in Philadelphia. There, Paine was eventually ... if they were ever to form a single nation. This latter argument was more than likely influenced by Franklin's famous "Join or Die" cartoon. Finally, Paine argued that the only way to gain the rights desired by the colonists and help from outside powers was to claim total independence. In Paine's own words, "Until an independence is declared, the continent will feel itself like a man who continues putting ... he complimented the cartoonist for being "our best recruiting sergeant" (Levenstein 75). After the war, Nast was particularly involved in protesting Andrew Johnson's attempts to weaken Reconstruction. For those who tried to undermine the rights of blacks, Nast was equally vocal. By exaggerating the features of his intended "victims", Nast revolutionized the art of political caricature, and his work reached new heights. He has also been accredited with creating ...
- 315: Bill Gates
- Bill Gates, cofounder of the Microsoft corporation, holds 30.7 percent of its stock making him one of the richest people in the United States. He was the marketing and sales strategist behind many of Microsoft ... the industry standard in the early 1980s and has just increased in distribution as the company has grown, so much that the Federal government is suggesting that Microsoft has violated Sherman and Clayton antitrust acts. Bill Gates' first interest in computers began at Lakeside, a private school in Seattle that Gates attended. There he wrote his "first software program when I was thirteen years old. It was for playing tic-tac ... Rohm 94) said a lawyer for the case. The operating system that works with all applications and other operating systems wins. That is IBM and Apple's Taligent and OS/2's strategy. Right now Bill Gates is building a multi million dollar water front home outside of Seattle, equipped with all the technological luxuries that a few years ago only science fiction writers could dream up, for he and ...
- 316: Jacksonian Democracy
- ... that during the 1820s and 30s, Jacksonian Democrats were the guardians of the people, and worked to improve the nation for the people. The truth remains, however, that during this period, President Jackson vetoed a bill to recharter the Bank of the United States of America, infringed on the rights of Native Americans, used “brute” force to bring Southerners under submission during the Tariff of 1832. He enacted the Spoils System which did not guarantee the best leadership, and was morally corrupt. Although the nation’s economy and political democracy flourished during the reign of President Jackson, constitutional rights, equal opportunity and individual liberties were discouraged. In her 1834 visit to America, british author Harriet Martineau wrote of the nation’s economy being strong and properous. The absence of poverty and ignorance and ...
- 317: Tinker vs. Des Moines
- ... The Tinker's disputed the suspension of MaryBeth and her brother, John, and took their case all the way to the Supreme Court. 2. The Tinker's accused the school district of violating MaryBeth's rights as stated in the first and fourteenth amendments. These abrupt accusations were not just and should not have even been permitted in the court of law. The punishment that the school district endured was that adverse publicity and a challenge to the authority of a school district, or school to establish rules for student behavior and conduct. 3. The Tinker's accused the school district of violating The Bill of Rights, first amendment, the right of freedom of speech and the fourteenth amendment, the rights of the citizens [civil rights]. They claimed that MaryBeth was exercising her rights under the Constitution. They then sued the ...
- 318: Noise Reduction In Hearing Aids
- ... fitting techniques, subjective client opinions are one of the most important factors in decreasing hearing aid returns. In the past several years, technological advances have given audiologists several options. One such LDFR hearing aid incorporates BILL (bass increase at low levels) circuitry. If it were assumed that most detrimental noise occurs in the low frequencies, then decreasing the low frequency response of a hearing aid at high levels would reduce noise ... By reducing low frequency sounds at high levels, a hearing aid could minimize the upward spread of masking, and allow for increased speech reception. According to one study, while it is reasonable to assume that BILL circuitry would be beneficial in the presence of low frequency noise, “there is no evidence that listeners with hearing loss exhibit increasing amounts of upward spread of masking with increasing level.” (Bacon, et. al. 1997) Another study shows that while there is a significant difference between unaided performance and BILL aided performance in noise, there was no significant difference between BILL processing and linear processing. (Bess et. al. 1997) Since both studies showed no detriment or reduction in speech scores while using BILL processing, ...
- 319: Violations of the Declaration of Human Rights During the Salem Witch Trials
- Violations of the Declaration of Human Rights During the Salem Witch Trials During the Salem witch trials, many violations of today´s Universal Declaration of Human Rights occurred. Inclusively, some are still being done today. Upon having a victim under an acusation, many articles were not respected. This is shown in the manner in which past time juries treated the accused. In ... been seen as people who are just like us, they would have been saved from such destiny. Article Six is also a great, and maybe the clearest, example to prove the point of violated human rights. This article says "all are equal before the law and entitled without any discrimination to equal protection before the law. All are entitled to protection against any discrimination in violation this Declaration and against ...
- 320: Censorship on Televison
- ... ourselves and make our own intelligent, moral decisions. We all understand the differences between right and wrong and are freethinking, liberated people. The founders of this great, blessed, and splendid country guaranteed its citizens many rights, which are documented in the US Constitution, our formal laws of existence. The United States is the only country in the world where all men are created equal, endowed with certain unalienable rights, among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Most importantly, freedom of speech, press, and religion are our constitutional right. Somewhere along the line, someone had the notion that Americans are not smart ... should and should not be viewed and thus began this travesty. Government organizations, such as the FCC, routinely and systematically subjugate and suppress the freedoms that we have to express ourselves as guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. Censors edit radio broadcasts, discriminately place “black-bars” over televised images, and even try to refine works of literature and art so that they meet "acceptable standards.” As US citizens, we should ...
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