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- 1131: Lyrics
- ... to the man, "Thanks man I got mine," causing the crowd to act wild almost as if he had saved someone's life, but ironically he unintentionally destroyed their lives. In addition Bob Dylan(Appendix D and E) also talked about getting stoned in some of his music. The song "Rainy Day Woman #12 and #13," blatantly says that everybody must get stoned." That tells people to disobey the law and tells people to mangle the temple of God, our bodies by perverting it with drugs and ... their discontent with life and thrust their ideas upon those who hypnotize with the musician's power position, thus, makes the listeners obey their thoughts without fully knowing. The lead singer Billie Jo, for Green Day, says to his fans, " I'm not going to say anything f****** intelligent, I'm just going too swear a whole d*** lot." The Bible tells us that we should let everything that comes ...
- 1132: The Need For Extreme Criminal Justice Reform in California
- ... of 1994." (Senator Quentin Kopp, Time Magazine Feb 14, 1996) C. By passage of this act, the State of California has acknowledged the limitations of incarceration as both punishment and a deterrent to criminal behavior. D. The legislature has in fact declared that "California's criminal justice system is seriously out of balance in its heavy dependence upon prison facilities and jails for punishment and its lack of appropriate punishment for ... proposes a community based system of intermediate restrictions for non-violent offenders that fall between jail time and traditional probation such as home detention with electronic monitoring, boot camps, mandatory community service and victim restitution, day reporting, and others. B. Pilot programs are to be developed as a collaborative effort between the state and counties requiring a community based plan describing the sanctions and services to be provided. C. A progress ... and continuing to pursue defensive punishment at the local level in the form of short term "shock incarceration" and bootcamps, the costly and ineffective methods of criminal behavior correction remain intact." (Charles Calderon-US News) D. By immediately eliminating incarceration for all non-violent offenses and requiring victim compensation and community service, resources can be committed to preventing crime rather than to the feeding and housing of offenders. E. This ...
- 1133: Violence In The Media
- ... and advertising in order to persuade us to buy certain products, to providing programs that depict violence, television has all but replaced written material. Unfortunately, it is these violent programs that are endangering our present-day society. Violent images on television, as well as in the movies, have inspired people to set spouses on fire in their beds, lie down in the middle of highways, extort money by placing bombs in ... It is this aggression that is rubbing off on our society, and it is this aggression that we are trying to hide. Why is it that like the tobacco companies twenty years ago, the present day television broadcasting companies refuse to consent that violent films and programming can and do have harmful effects on their viewers (Rowland 280) What can be done to combat the stubborn minded broadcasting companies and to ... and Aggression. Orlando: Academic Press Inc., 1982. Palmer, Edward L. Children and the Faces of Television. New York: Academic Press Inc., 1980. Pearl, David. "Violence and Aggression" Society Sept.-Oct. 1984: 17-23. Rowland, Willard D. Jr. and Horace Newcomb. The Politics of T.V. Violence. Sage Publications Inc., 1983. Feshbach, Seymour and Robert D. Singer. Television and Aggression. San Francisco: Jossey- Bass Inc., 1971. Skornia, Harry J. Television and ...
- 1134: Morocco
- ... monarchy headed by a king. Its Constitution gives the king broad powers. For example, he commands the armed forces, may issue orders that have the force of law, and controls the major government agencies. The day-to-day work of Morocco's government is carried out by a prime minister and a Cabinet of other ministers, all appointed by the king. The Chamber of Representatives makes Morocco's laws. Its 306 members serve ... in what is now Morocco at least 8,000 years ago. By 1000 B.C., Spanish had migrated to the region. They may have come from Europe, southwestern Asia, or northeastern Africa. From about A.D. 40 to the 600's, the region was ruled, in turn, by the Romans, Vandals, and Byzantines. During the 680's, Arabs from the Arabian Peninsula invaded Morocco. Many Hispanics adopted the religion of ...
- 1135: Auguste Rodin
- ... there are few artists who have known such personal glory during their carriers. Rodin's sculpture was so powerful and original that those in control of the art world did not understand him in his day. He was refused admittance into the Ecole des Beaux-Arts three times and was the brunt of many articles criticizing his works. His talent and art was so powerful that despite all of the official ... the works of Michelangelo whose influence can be seen in many of Rodin's works. Rodin worked in Belgium for several years as a anonymous sculptor where he created his first true masterpiece L'Age d'Airin and exhibited it at the Paris Salon of 1877 where it was not well received and provoked many uncomplimentary articles accusing Rodin of copying another work or a living model because it was so lifelike. Many of the famous artists of the day came to Rodin's defense praising Rodin as a genius and the Government of France would purchase L'Age d'Airin in 1880 as the first of many State acquisitions of his art. It ...
- 1136: Their Eyes Are Watching God
- ... self-awareness. Janie does not love Logan nor does he love her. Janie is constantly looking for another horizon. She soon finds that horizon in Joe Starks. Joe appears in Janies front yard one day. He says the sweet things that Janie wants to her. Janie leaves Logan the next day, and therefor takes another step in her journey. Joe is a man who is concerned with little except power. He wants it, and he is going to use Janie to get it. He is cruel ... wind is commonly associated with love, the soul, and femininity. She expresses her feminist philosophy with the description of women not as weak creatures needing to be cared for, but as strong capable peers. Bryan D. Bourn, with help of Dr. Laura Zlogar of the Wisconsin-River Falls University discusses the role of Afro-American women in Their Eyes Were Watching God. He explores the role of African-American women ...
- 1137: Compare And Contrast The Way T
- ... This was to repeat itself in the Gulf War. Even the BBC itself was accused of "damaging the country's war effort" (5). However newspapers were also constrained by the ever-present threat of Schedule D Notices should they attempt to print something the government did not agree with. With the introduction of daily press briefings, another trend that was followed in the gulf war, there was a suspension of "off ... Grenada. In the Panama invasion the U.S government instituted the press poll system. This allowed the U.S military to keep the media away from the battle action for the whole of the first day, which proved to be the most decisive day of the whole campaign. Also it enabled the U.S military to keep the press confined to a military base for the following few days. The pool system was established, it has been argued, ...
- 1138: Canterbury Tales -- Role Of Wo
- ... as he gazes upon her: "The freshness of her beauty strikes me dead, Hers that I see, roaming in yonder place! Unless I gain the mercy of her grace, Unless I at least see her day by day, I am but dead, there is no more to say." (p. 49, l. 24-28). The knights believe that one man may love and worship Emily from afar and each vehemently contends that he should ... Nicolas, a young scholar, and their relationship is purely a physical one. The town's parish clerk, Absalon, also desires Alison for sexual gratification: "
if she had been a mouse/And he a cat, she'd have been pounced upon." (p. 109, l. 12-13). The tale never divulges insight into Alison's character. She is a trophy for her husband, who keeps her under careful guard, an object of ...
- 1139: Beyond The Horizon and Diff'rent by Eugene O'Neill
- ... that he should stay on the farm, instead of going in search of his dreams. "Oh, Rob! Don't go away! Please! You musn't now! You can't! I won't let you! It'd break my --my heart!" (Horizon, 91) Rob does not consider the long-term effects of this decision, he sees only momentary satisfaction. Rob does not realize the impact his decision will have on Andy, who ... time he would grow to hate it. "I can wish you and Ruth all the good luck in the world...but you can't expect me to stay around here and watch you two together, day after day." (Horizon, 110) So, Andy defies his own nature and sets out on the boat, Rob was to travel on, in search of happiness. This is a point that Andy is similar to Emma, in ...
- 1140: Their Eyes Were Watching God R
- ... self-awareness. Janie does not love Logan nor does he love her. Janie is constantly looking for another horizon. She soon finds that horizon in Joe Starks. Joe appears in Janie's front yard one day. He says the 'sweet' things that Janie wants to her. Janie leaves Logan the next day, and therefor takes another step in her journey. Joe is a man who is concerned with little except power. He wants it, and he is going to use Janie to get it. He is cruel ... wind is commonly associated with love, the soul, and femininity. She expresses her feminist philosophy with the description of women not as weak creatures needing to be cared for, but as strong capable peers. Bryan D. Bourn, with help of Dr. Laura Zlogar of the Wisconsin-River Falls University discusses the role of Afro-American women in Their Eyes Were Watching God. He explores the role of African-American women ...
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