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- 2061: Microbursts
- ... systems (LLWAS) have been installed at many large airports around the U.S. where thunderstorms are frequent. This system monitors surface winds at remote sites around the airport and communicates the information to a central computer. The computer evaluates the wind difference across the airport to determine if a wind shear problem exists. Additionally, terminal Doppler weather radar (TDWR) systems are being installed across the U.S. at many vulnerable airports to provide ...
- 2062: The Scarlet Letter: Light and Darkness
- ... in the novel through a common tie prevalent in the three different scaffold scenes. The tie is that of creation and release. In the first scaffold scene, Hester releases not only her guilt about her crime, but, she also releases Pearl to the society and creates in Pearl the need for strength and determination that she will need to overcome the legacy of her creation. In this scene she also creates ... release his guilt from the first scaffold. However, Pearl creates a need in Dimmesdale to repent in front of the town. During the third scaffold scene, Dimmesdale is able to release his guilt about his crime and his lack of strength. He is also able to complete his obligation to accept the hands of Pearl and Hester on the platform from the second scaffold scene. Through his confession, he creates a ...
- 2063: The Impact The Death Penalty Has On The Global Community
- ... just a few of the problems people see in the death penalty. People believe that killing these criminals could possibly deter other criminals.(Encyclopedia) Is there truly a way to get people to stop commiting crime, I don't think so.Crime has been here for a lomg time and it's not just going to just disappear. Yes, it hasn't always been so extreme but that is just part of the world getting larger and ...
- 2064: Shoeless Joe Jackson
- ... he deserves the credit he is due. By passing this resolution, the House took its first step towards making the famous Shoeless Joe a Hall of Fame inductee. "Although throwing ball games was not a crime in Illinois, Landis said, Jacksons confession barred him . . ." (Seymour 331). Even though the law stated that these players had actually committed a crime, Judge Landis saw it as dishonorable and disrespectful to all of baseball, so he punished the accused harshly.
- 2065: Yours, Jack (about Jack The Ri
- ... the police who seemed to have no leads. The first confirmed Ripper murder took place on the 31st of August 1888. In response Robert Anderson an Irish born police official was appointed Assistant Commissioner for crime. Later Sir Anderson would become famous for saying that the police had captured Jack as a reason for the end of the murders, while refusing to state the identity of the killer. Anderson selected his ... day after the dogs were tested personally by Sir Charles Warren of the Home Office in Hyde Park. Unfortunately the dogs fail the test this time. Jack seemed remarkably unphased by the advancements in police crime stopping technology, as on October 16th George Lusk received a package in the mail. When he opened it he discovered that it contained half of a human liver. (Later identified a similar to the half ...
- 2066: Differences Between Various Crimes
- Differences Between Various Crimes What is the difference between a crime and a tort and why do courts treat those who commit crimes and torts differently? A crime is an offense against the public at large and is punishable by the courts, where as a tort, is a private wrong doing that injures a persons physical well-being , property or reputation. The courts ...
- 2067: Female Infanticide in China and India
- ... poverty. Adele Fielde, a missionary who wrote such perceptive and vivid accounts of the lives of a number of Chinese women during the 1880's, made some attempt to ascertain "the extent of a great crime" and concluded that: The causes of this crime are two, poverty and superstition. The acceptance of Christianity brings about a cessation from child-murder, because it destroys the superstition, which is its cause, leading the parents to depend on God, not on male ...
- 2068: The Evaluation of the Microprocessor.
- ... decade. The microprocessor has changed the way computers work by making them faster. The microprocessor is often called the brain of the C.P.U.(or the central processing unit)and without the microprocessor the computer is more or less useless. Motorola and Intel have invented most of the microprocessors over the last decade. Over the years their has been a constant battle over cutting edge technology. In the 80's ... need for additional chips to provide that function. A 16-MHz version was used in the Macintosh IIx, IIcx, and SE/30. A 25-MHz model was used in the Mac IIci and the NeXT computer. The 68030 is produced in various versions like the 20-MHz, 33MHz, 40-MHz, and 50MHz. The microprocessor 68040 was invented by Motorola(Encarta 95). The 68040 has a 32-bit addressing and a 32 ...
- 2069: Japanese Media Overview
- ... world s Internet-connected computers (Cooper-Chen, 1997, p. 221). The United States had 70 percent. This is a great disparity, but is worded ambiguously. Stated differently (and taking into account the relative proportions of computer ownership), Japan was only one-tenth as wired as the United States. Some of the reasons for this: Computer ownership is, by some estimates (Cooper-Chen, 1997, p. 221) more than three times more common in the United States than in Japan; Japan s telephone company (NTT) was extremely slow in meeting customer needs ...
- 2070: Gun Control Is Needed
- ... that needs to be taken in order to save lives. A good definition of gun control is needed to understand the sides and issues. Gun control is an effort to stop the rise in violent crime by strengthening laws on the ownership of firearms. Persons in the group against gun control believe that gun control is wrong, and that it is a violation of constitutional rights. Those in favor of gun ... being presented by the pro-gun control groups. The NRA has several good points, but HCI has points that are more relevant to the society we live in. Pro-gun control groups can prove that crime can be reduced with more gun control laws by showing death statistics in countries with stricter gun control laws (Figure 1.1). The NRA argues differently, but does not have the extremely convincing evidence to ...
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