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- 1521: Treatment And The Sex Offender
- ... states in the 1940’s have been phased out. In general treatment professionals have concluded that most sex offenders are not mentally ill and have not benefited from traditional psychiatric treatment. Fortunately for society, promising new approaches in corrections have been developed to help treat sex offenders that hopefully will reduce recidivism. The Association for the Treatment of sexual Abusers supports the position that treatment of sex offenders should not replace ... Related to the Incarcerated Male Sex Offender,” hereafter cited as (US Dept. of Justice) adapted by Barbara Krauth and Roger smith from A Practitioner’s Guide to Treating the Incarcerated Male Sex Offender summarizes the new treatment approach used to meet the needs of this offender population. The Administrator’s Overview highlights material contained in the Practitioner’s Guide used by those expected to treat sex offenders and is focused at ... showed major improvements in those behaviors, attitudes and cognitive distortions targeted for change, and no significant difference in untargeted behavior. Also contacts with enforcement agencies, the courts and the Correctional Service of Canada indicated no new offenses at the end of the seven month contract period among 16 treated offenders. Three offenders who had been assessed as high risk but who were not treated in the program did re-offend. ...
- 1522: BHP Revitalizes Its Global Management
- ... BHP is setting up the required management to handle a rapid global expansion. They have done this by appointing a network of regional corporate representatives and a corporate general manager, international. Representing BHP across the world, these managers will facilitate new developments, and assist global expansion. This overseas focus of expansion requires new systems and processes, to take on projects in different countries around the world. BHP has taken advice from other companies, that have expanded outside their home countries, also background advice from consulting firms. BHP ...
- 1523: Intelligent Design As A Theory
- ... consider the information inherent in flipping one-hundred heads in a row with a fair coin, we treat this event/possibility as though it were actualized. Information needs to referenced not just to the actual world, but also cross-referenced with all possible worlds. 2. COMPLEX INFORMATION How does our definition of information apply to biology, and to science more generally? To render information a useful concept for science we need ... the information in B that is not in A. Its point, therefore, is to spell out how much additional information B contributes to A. As such, this formula places tight constraints on the generation of new information. Does, for instance, a computer program, call it A, by outputting some data, call the data B, generate new information? Computer programs are fully deterministic, and so B is fully determined by A. It follows that P(B|A) = 1, and thus I(B|A) = 0 (the logarithm of 1 is always 0). ...
- 1524: Nuclear Weapons
- ... usually used. A fusion reaction releases about four times more energy per unit mass than a fission reaction. The United States supervised the development of the atomic bomb under the code name Manhattan Project, during World War II. The first nuclear chain reaction occurred in December 1942, at the University of Chicago. Soon after the first bomb test, atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The first hydrogen bomb was developed by a team of United States scientists and was first tested on November 1, 1952. After World War II, a new age of military strategy occurred. The United States built up massive nuclear weapons arsenals and developed highly sophisticated systems of delivery and defense. Today's intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) carry one or more multiple, ...
- 1525: The Television Show "Friends" Teaching Viewers A Lesson
- The Television Show "Friends" Teaching Viewers A Lesson A substantial number of television shows, current and new, really do not have specific meanings in them. However, there are some shows that actually give a message to the viewing audience. The show, which is on every night, which stresses in teaching viewers a ... Friends is a show about five people, both men and women, who live together and basically shows people what it means to be friends. In every episode of this show, important lessons are taught to world wide viewers that are interested in learning these lessons. This show is so immense in valued lesson, whom everyone can benefit from, attracts me to constantly watch this show, explains how I am so attracted to this show, and lets me escape the world of wicked friendships everywhere. Attraction is the perfect word that describes me towards this show; and how I constantly watch the show Friends everyday. Since, the show has heaps of informative lessons that people ...
- 1526: William Faulkner
- Aulkner By: Anonymous An American Writer: William Faulkner William Faulkner is viewed by many as America's greatest writer of prose fiction. He was born in New Albany, Mississippi, where he lived a life filled with good times as well as bad. However, despite bad times he would become known as a poet, a short story writer, and finally one of the ... flight training in 1916. After awhile he began to get tired of school once again. He started cutting classes and finally stopped going. In the summer of 1921, Faulkner decided to take a trip to New York to receive some professional instruction from editors and critics, because Stone was busy with his academic studies. Faulkner stayed in New York and shared an incredibly small apartment with a man named Stark Young (Minter 35-40). During Faulkner's stay in New York, Stone became worried about him and his financial troubles. So Stone ...
- 1527: World War I
- World War I World War I, the supposed "war to end all wars" was anything but that. Previously actively involved in foreign disputes, the United States reversed its role as mediator and refused to get involved in the international ... and therefore, existing international law could not be made to fit it. Traditional warships were bound by international law to stop and board merchantmen, but this rule could hardly apply to the U-boats. These new weapons posed a serious threat to the United States, at this point still a neutral nation. Berlin officials declared that they would try not to sink neutral shipping but still warned that mistakes could ...
- 1528: Origins Of The Cold War
- Origins of the Cold War The Cold War can be summed up as a lengthy period of high tension and rivalry between the two world dominating superpowers, the USA and USSR, although which never involved direct conflict between the forces of the two powers. Starting around 1950, the Cold War kept all mankind and society on the brink of mass ... of half a century, ending finally in 1990 with the collapse of the USSR as an empire and global superpower. The origins of the Cold War itself stem mainly from the end of the Second World War, when the two superpowers emerged victorious from the ashes of Europe and both looked to seize the advantage in gaining control in Europe. When the atomic bomb and the advent of long-range military ... less of a barrier to potential conflict. The origins of the friction and disharmony between the two states, which served as a prelude to the Cold War disunity, can be traced back to the First World War. The War, the Russian revolution and the Russian civil war brought the armies of the two powers together for the first time, and paved the way for a continuing struggle for mutual survival, ...
- 1529: Ferdinand Magellan
- ... years, he started checking the supplies for the ships going to India. This was work for the India House, run by the monarchy. India house was the agency for overseas trade. Magellan heard reports of new discoveries brought back by returning ships. It was here that Magellan learned practical aspects of navigation from the sailors and by helping outfit the ships he learned about rigging, repairing, armaments and supplies. In 1495 ... Captain General sent 500 sailors to take over the village of over 1,200 people. The sailors climbed the wall surrounding the village, and fought their way to the palace. The chief fled and a new leader was put in his place. This was Magellan's first battle for his country. Then the Portuguese took over trading posts and sailors guarded them for almost two years. By early 1509, the Portuguese ... help the tribe fight an enemy tribe. Magellan was killed in the fight against the natives, and another man called Juan Sebastian finished the voyage and was given all the credit for sailing around the world. Out of the five ships only two ships, the Trinidad and the Victoria, made it to the Spice Islands. Magellan's crew had made the first voyage around the world! Because of Magellan, it ...
- 1530: Summary: Lord of the Flies
- ... as the use of violence became more frequent and progressed into an ultimate pinnacle. The violence provided a sense of realism in that the author did not try to hide the factual harshness of the world by covering it with a false softness. The text was very descriptive of the setting and the physical and mental appearance of the protagonists and antagonists. The style of writing being sometimes simple-minded and not fully aware of "the outside world" suited the characters' ages. The book dealt with our true nature as revealed by the freedom from the disciplinary boundaries of modern society. Chapter 1 The description of the lead character in the beginning of ... s exploration of the island allowed the reader to examine the innocent and playful nature of a small group of boys. Their playful attitude was clearly evident as they were energetic and enthusiastic towards their new environment. They interpretation of their surroundings were truthful and simple. Their first encounter of the pig ended with Jack hesitating to stab the pig. This demonstrated Jack's inexperience as a killer, as compared ...
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