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- 2421: Jesus and Youths In America
- ... the most cherished institutions of American society. Its function is one of philanthropy, to raise America's children in accordance with our accepted norms and various proscriptions and prescriptions. However, rising teenage pregnancy and juvenile crime seem to indicate that the American family is not doing this. Many Americans insist that a family is capable of producing a productive citizen in every instance and believe that only a traditional family can ... the notion is that Christianity is the only faith to recognize that killing and stealing are bad. What exactly are the "norms" that are so exclusive to Christianity? The Christian world is more afflicted with crime than Singapore ever will be, just take a walk through the super Catholic ghettos of Buenos Aires. I personally believe that the break from moral traditions does not exist. The vast majority of American youth ...
- 2422: The Meaning Of Life
- ... himself. In order to find the meaning of his own existence he creates the human race so that we might evolve to an intelligence greater than his own, in much the same way that a computer programmer wishes to create true AI, an intelligence greater than human, which might 'evolve' within a computer. We are given the title of pet and the instinct of worship while the creator waits for a companion in the search for meaning. Of course this is wrong, or I would have been struck ...
- 2423: The Salem Witch Trials
- ... assume the "specter" of an innocent person, was relied upon despite its controversial nature. It was not until late in the year that sanity started to return. After twenty people had been executed for the crime of witchcraft because they would not confess, a man named Thomas Brattle wrote a letter criticizing the trials. This letter had an impact Governor Phipps who was now alarmed by the fact that his wife had just been accused of witchcraft. Backed by the clergy he forbade any further imprisonment's for the crime of witchcraft where they relied on spectral and intangible evidence. Governor Phipps pardoned all those convicted or suspected of witchcraft in early 1993.
- 2424: A Lesson Before Dying
- ... he did not do. It also deals with the emotions that this black boy faces because he has been treated unfairly by the white people. Major Characters: Jefferson, black boy who is accused of a crime and sentenced to death; Grant Wiggons, teacher sent to help Jefferson. After he went and obtained a college degree, Grant Wiggins goes back to live with his grandmother. Being that he is a very educated ... feel better, and helps him through them. Summary: This story is about racism in the south and how it affects the people it concerns. It starts out with Jefferson being sentenced to death for a crime that he did not commit. He was in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and because he was black, they assumed he did it. Grant Wiggins is told to go up to the jail ...
- 2425: Global Warming -.
- ... the last 18 years. These satellites use advanced technology and are not subject to the "heat island" effect around major cities that alters ground-based thermometers. - Projections of future climate changes are uncertain. Although some computer models predict warming in the next century, these models are very limited. The effects of cloud formations, precipitation, the role of the oceans, or the sun, are still not well known and often not well ... Scientists who work on these models are quick to point out that they are far from perfect representations of reality, and are probably not advanced enough for direct use in policy execution. Interestingly, as the computer climate models have become more sophisticated in recent years, the predicted increase in temperature has been lowered. Are humans causing the climate to change? - 98% of total global greenhouse gas emissions are natural (mostly water ...
- 2426: Macbeth
- ... us for your trouble". (Lines 13-15). Act 1 Scene 7: Macbeth has slipped out of the room and is having second thoughts about murdering Duncan. He is aware of the seriousness of his proposed crime as an act of treachery against an innocent guest. When Lady Macbeth finds him, Macbeth has decided to cancel the plan but his wife persuades him to change his mind again. She outlines her tactics ... his wife who, seizing control of the situation, finds that she has to take the daggers back to the room because Macbeth has removed them and is incapable of returning to the scene of his crime. A loud knocking is heard and Macbeth is led out by his wife to wash the blood off himself and to change his clothes. IMPORTANT TERMS: 1. quenched: put death out to sleep 2. possets ...
- 2427: Impact of Television Violence In Relation To Juvenile Delinquency
- ... in many Congressional hearings as early as the 1950s. For example, the United States Senate Committee on Juvenile Delinquency held a series of hearings during 1954-55 on the impact of television programs on juvenile crime. These hearings were only the beginning of continuing congressional investigations by this committee and others from the 1950s to the present. In addition to the congressional hearings begun in the 1950s, there are many reports ... violence, one very strong summary is provided by Eron during his 1992 Congressional testimony: "There can no longer be any doubt that heavy exposure to televised violence is one of the causes of aggressive behavior, crime and violence in society. The evidence comes from both the laboratory and real-life studies." (Eron, 1992) Television violence affects children of all ages, of both genders, at all socio-economic levels and all levels ...
- 2428: Lasers And Their Applications
- ... would require advanced technologies some of which were only in the preliminary stage of research. Given the name "Star Wars" the plan required space and ground-based nuclear X-ray lasers, subatomic particle beams and computer-guided projectiles fired by electromagnetic rail guns. Also a network sensors and specialized mirrors for laser targeting would be required. Some of the systems were in development, but some, particularly the laser systems, were unattainable ... light can carry one thousand times the television channels than that of the channels today being carried by microwaves. Low-loss optical fibers have been developed to transmit laser light for communication in telephone and computer systems. Lasers, though valuable in their many different uses, can be extremely dangerous and should be handled with care and common sense. A helium-neon laser though low in power and radiation can cause serious ...
- 2429: Macbeth - Independence And Failure
- ... he is unable to complete the task and "carry them [the daggers], and smear the sleepy grooms with blood" (II, ii, 48-56). The scene is painful in the way it separates husband and wife. Crime had at first brought them closely and eagerly together, but now they discover how the execution of the crime separates them...In fact, after the murder they can only speak in short sentences, not communicating or even answering questions. (Jorgensen 67) Although he blames his rage on the grooms for killing Duncan, he was ...
- 2430: The Reality Of Good And Evil
- ... choice? The other thing about individualism is that to that person his action might be justified but in the eyes of others. For example lets say a convicted murderer that is being punished for his crime may say that his actions are justified because he murdered the person that brutally murdered his wife and walk away from the system because of an technical error. As a human being what he did was justified and anyone in his placed would have done the same thing. But in the eyes of the legal system, he has committed a crime no matter what the reason is. The systems say that no one should take matters into their own hand no matter what the reason. To them he is wrong and should be punished. Is the ...
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