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- 331: Treatment And The Sex Offender
- ... Raymond L. Weeks, 57 year old sex offender living in a near by town. The paper that ran the list of offender names in San Diego, California decided to get another paper that ran every day to say that the one man was not a offender and should not be harmed by the public. Journalists must decide whether to publish names, addresses, and pictures of offenders, knowing that the information could ... crd/forum/e034/e034j.htm Marques, Janice K. (Apr. 1999) “How to answer the question: Does sex offender treatment work?” Journal of Interpersonal Violence, v14n4, pp.437-451. Marques, Janice; Nelson, Craig; West, Mary Ann; Day, David M. (Jun. 1994), “The relationship between treatment goals and recidivism among child molesters,” Behaviour Research and Therapy, v32n5, pp.577-588. Marshall, W.L. (1996). “The sexual offender: Monsters, victims, or everyman”. Sexual Abuse ... Robert. “What Works:-Questions and Answers About Prison Reform,” excerpts from”What Works?- Questions and Answers About Prison Reform,” by Robert Martinson, The Public Interest 35: 22-54. 1974. Miner, Michael H.; West, Mary Ann; Day, David M. (Jun. 1995) “Sexual Preference for child and Aggressive stimuli” Comparison of Rapists and Child Molesters using Auditory and Visual Stimuli,” Behaviour research and Therapy, v33n5, pp.545-551. National Institute of Corrections, ...
- 332: Why Did The Textile Workers Un
- ... Gonna Rise is a testament to the new conditions. “We’ve been working all our lives in the cotton mill, and you [the speaker’s wife] can’t take no moe. I just wish they’d get somebody up in there that’s got enough sense to run the mill without trying to push the help to death…I’m gonna retire” (28). The wife’s response to this statement was ... money to leave and even used threats to deep workers in the mills. One worker sayed, “It was a stinking job. I got paid minimum wage. Two dollars and something…My supervisor told me, ‘you’d better do a good job and you’d better not quit because you won’t get another job anywhere if you do.’” She asked him why, and the only response he could think of was “Because we need a spinner” (Conway 92). ...
- 333: The 1960's
- ... rights supporter. Black unity and white support continued to grow. in 1962, with the first large-scale public protest against racial discrimination, rev. Martin luther king, jr. Gave a dramatic and inspirational speech in washington, d.c. After a long march of thousands to the capital. the possibility of riot and bloodshed was always there, but the marchers took that chance so that they could accept the responsibilities of first class ... of impromptu oratory that was catching, dramatic, and inspirational. "I have a dream," King cried out. the crowd began cheering, but king, never pausing, brought silence as he continued, "i have a dream that one day on the red hills of georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood." "I have a dream," he went ... people's injustices, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. i have dream," cried King for the last time, "that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." Everyone agreed the march was a success and they wanted action ...
- 334: Eisenhower
- Dwight D. Eisenhower What do you think of when you hear the name, Dwight D. Eisenhower? For most they think of him as just a president and nothing else, but he was also one of or maybe the greatest general of all time. In 1909, Dwight D. Eisenhower graduated from Abilene High School, Abilene, Kansas. After he got out of high school, he got a invitation to enter West Point Military Academy. He did not want to be in the Army, ...
- 335: The Life and Accomplishments of John F Kennedy
- ... graduate business school, but dropped out six months later. Kennedy enlisted as a seaman in the U.S. Navy after taking a trip through South America. For a few months, Kennedy was stationed in Washington, D.C. He applied for sea duty following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Kennedy was assigned to a PT boat squadron late in 1942. After learning to command one of the ... himself being injured (back), he spent five hours towing one of the disabled crewmen to shore. Over the period of the next four days, Kennedy was in the water searching for help. On the fifth day, he persuaded friendly natives on Cross Island to go for help. On August 7th, Kennedy's crew was rescued. For heroism and leadership, Kennedy received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal. He was also awarded ... Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Lodge, a popular and experienced legislator, seemed certain to win re-election. Kennedy's brothers and sisters, their wives and husbands, and his mother joined him in the campaign. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Republican presidential candidate, carried Massachusetts in the 1952 election. But Kennedy upset Lodge by 70,637 votes. In 1951, Kennedy met his future wife at a dinner party in Washington, D.C. ...
- 336: Opinions on Esoteric Practices
- ... general. On the other hand I would not put any scope into truly predicting the future via this becuase the whole theory behind it doesn't work any longer if they are using the present day calendar and symbols. The original basis of astrology was not 12 but 13 Astrological constellations, which were the predominant sign for each Lunar month (13 signs, 13 moon cycles to a year). The missing sign ... there are some who do just this, but they are not the majority. Never believe Mass-marketed horoscopes in books, magazines or newspapers...they pay no attention to the time you were born or actual day and thus lack the information on your ascendency sign. Again don't put all your faith into this nor your hard earned dollars that you can't afford to lose. Remember Hitler had an astrologer ... far too much of the false mediums and spiritualists of the 1920's who hoaxed so many people out of so much money by promising to contact dead relatives for bereaving widows and widowers. Modern day channelers instead promise contact with people you've never heard of for the most part, who claim to be from Atlantis, or Moo, or various other pre-Christian era locales and times that have ...
- 337: Patton
- ... was complete, Patton was removed from the commanding officer to the seventh army. German Commanding Officers felt that Patton was the General that would lead the invasion on Europe. The Allies used this in there D-Day deception. The German felt that the invasion would come directly across the channel at Calais not at Normandy. The Allies let rumors let that Gen. Patton had been place in charge of the invading army. The allies even created a fake base with blow up tanks and sounds of tanks moving being played through the P.A. system. On D-day when the Normandy invasion occurred the reason the Germans didn't move there armor divisions from Calais was they thought Normandy was just a diversionary tactic and still was waiting for the invasion ...
- 338: Civil Rights
- ... revolution for Blacks in America. Blacks made more gains during the 1960s than they did in all the decades combined since the Civil War. It was kicked off on May 17, l954, which was the day the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in schools was unconstitutional. In many ways this triggered an awakening amongst Blacks that they could protest against injustice and achieve results. The legislation passed in the 1960's ... the NAACP, was told to give up her seat on a city bus to a white person. She wouldn’t budge and was promptly arrested for refusing to move. The local NAACP, led by Edgar D. Nixon, realized that the arrest of Parks might rally local blacks to protest segregated buses. Montgomery's black community had always been upset about the rude treatment they received on the buses. The community had previously considered a boycott of the buses, and the incident with Parks was enough to get one started. The next day one was organized. The Montgomery bus boycott was an immediate success, with virtually unanimous support from the 50,000 blacks in Montgomery. It lasted for more than a year and dramatized to the American ...
- 339: Popularity of Television and Magazines On Designing Individual Space
- ... Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright will be examined in chapter one. Nigel Coates' 'Oyster House' will also be discussed to highlight the change in the nature of western society from 1940's architecture to present day, and the impact of the media on architecture and lifestyle today. The current trend for cheap and chic, self-build 'designer' furniture is also on the rise with the increase of 17% consumer expenditure on ... Architect imposition on Occupier The aim of this chapter is to discuss previous attitudes towards 'social engineering' through architecture, using the key architects Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright and comparing them to a present day architect, Nigel Coates. It will look at how these architects imposed a lifestyle on the occupier and this will later help to explain the dictatorship of the media over the individual of today. Le Corbusier ... economic group Le Corbusier (1887 - 1965) is one of the most well known architects of the 20 th century but he could also be considered a dictator of design (REF) through examples such as Unite d' Habitation FIG which imposed such a strict regime on the inhabitants. The main idea of this mass-housing scheme was to solve housing problems and create a complex to fit Le Corbusier's social ...
- 340: Benjamin Franklin: A Man of American Ideals
- ... newspaper, but through his hard work, he buys the Pennsylvania Gazette and later brings it to prominence as the designated public printer for the colony. During that time, “reading was the only amusement [he] allow’d [himself, and he] spent no time in taverns, games, or frolicks of any kind” (873). Even later in his life when he has achieved financial independence and retired from his business, he does not waste any valuable time. He keeps himself fascinated in scientific thinking and occupied with political activities. As one can see from his timetable for the twenty-four hours of a day, reading and working dominate most of his time. Aside from being diligent, frugality and the simplicity of life have been an important part of Franklin’s life as evident from the following passage. We kept ... also spent a considerable amount of time in developing a method to keep track of his progresses. I made a little book in which I allotted a page for each of the virtues. I rul’d each page with red ink, so as to have seven columns, one for each day of the week, marking each column with a letter for the day. I cross’d these columns with thirteen ...
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