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- 311: Preventing Chronic Delinquency: The Search for Childhood Risk Factors
- ... that nurturant parenting might protect against the development of such behavior. There is evidence that a good relationship with one parent, marked by warmth and the absence of severe criticism, can have a substantial protective effect against the development of later antisocial behavior.15 One might also expect that factors which promote good parenting might indirectly help prevent antisocial behavior. There is some evidence that providing social support (emotional, material, or ... suggests that early childhood programs which buffer the effects of a given delinquency risk factor should also be effective in preventing chronic delinquency. Second, because multiple risk factors appear to have such a pronounced negative effect, early childhood programs that reduce multiple risks may be more successful in preventing chronic delinquency than are those that target only a single risk factor. Third, the research implies that the content of preventive early ... on the results of the program evaluation studies reviewed here. However, even if such combined programs are widely implemented, they will not eliminate juvenile crime, and the early intervention community should not overstate their potential effect in that domain. Nevertheless, as one element in a comprehensive plan to address poverty, drugs, guns, and other environmental causes of crime, early education and family support programs may lessen the current devastating impact ...
- 312: Genetic Engineering And Its Fu
- ... pesticides and other harmful chemical forms of getting rid of pests. Genetics can also be used to enhance crop yield which would allow for farmers to bring in double what they are getting now. This effect would drop plant-based food prices allowing for more hungry children to be able to eat daily. We can also engineer plants to be more versatile allowing for growth of certain types of plants in ... make. With this comes the elimination of being overweight, we could literally eat 3,000 calories a day and not gain a pound because our bodies would burn it off so fast. The only side effect of this is that we would have to consume a lot in order to perform activities which involve a high amount of activity. But this would only effect those who perform seriously strenuous jobs on a daily basis. We could also enhance our immune system making ourselves more resistant to disease and bacteria. Genetically enhance our strength making us physically stronger then ...
- 313: He Got Game - Cinematography And Film Techniques
- ... the increasing space around him is a clue to his loneliness. Mise en Scene Lee also uses composition to separate Jake and Jesus. The items shown in a shot are often carefully selected for their effect. I found it interesting how Lee used objects of bright color in the film. Color can be a fine method for subtly expressing emotion and Lee is not afraid to use it. Most directors use colors to express emotion by filming a scene with a filter, a special lens, or colored light. In these cases, the effect of the color encompasses the whole scene. Lee, however, seems to prefer the use of color in backgrounds and objects. One way that he did this in He Got Game is through the color of ... walks into his apartment and sees his father for the first time out of prison, there is a jump cut of Jesus coming around the corner that is shown twice very quickly. This creates the effect of a double take. In this way, Lee emphasizes his surprise at seeing Jake. At other times, jump cuts serve to compare similar scenes in the film. When Jake knocks the young Jesus over ...
- 314: Is the US Policy on Drug Prohibition Effective?
- ... less dangerous than alcohol. Also, many drugs have minor side-effects when compared to acceptable drugs. One example, heroin, is highly addictive, but when used in a clean environment with clean needles, its worst side effect is constipation (Evans and Berent, eds. 24). Overall, while 35 million people use drugs each year in the United States, only 6,000 to 30,000 ever die of drug use; therefore, there is little ... example, marijuana is laced with unsafe fertilizers. Also, when cocaine and heroin users receive an unexpected potent dose, they may kill themselves when the same amount of a regulated dose would have given the desired effect (Evans and Berent, eds. 22). Another outcome of prohibition on the individual could also be considered a concern of society since the spread of AIDS affects both groups. The transfer of AIDS through needles needed ... crime." He continued: No addict who receives an adequate supply of opium and has money enough to live is converted into a liar or thief by the direct result of the drug itself. The direct effect is to remove the irritability and unrest so characteristic of psychopathic individuals. The soothing effect of opiates in such cases is so striking and universally characteristic that one is to believe that violent crime ...
- 315: Cinematography: Everything You Need To Know
- ... rate) differs from the number produced per unit time by the camera, an apparent speeding up or slowing down of the normal rate is created. Changes in the frame rates are used occasionally for comic effect or motion analysis. Cinematography becomes an art when the filmmaker attempts to make moving images that relate directly to human perception, provide visual significance and information, and provoke emotional response. History of Film Technology Several ... of real scenes recorded outdoors (workmen, trains, fire engines, boats, parades, soldiers) or of staged theatrical performances shot indoors. These two early tendencies--to record life as it is and to dramatize life for artistic effect--can be viewed as the two dominant paths of film history.^Georges MELIES was the most important of the early theatrical filmmakers. A magician by trade, Melies, in such films as A Trip to the ... voltages considerably.^During his experiments on the incandescent bulb, Edison noted a flow of electricity from a hot filament across a vacuum to a metal wire. This phenomenon, known as THERMIONIC EMISSION, or the Edison effect, was the foundation of electronic inventions of the 20th century.^Edison also invented (1877) the PHONOGRAPH, the invention he was most proud of; it used tinfoil and wax cylinders to record the sound. His ...
- 316: Proposal for An Advanced Art Project
- ... driven motors. At the age of 64, he created a kinetic sculpture with stainless steel wire mounted in a wood base. The base rested on a motor, and rocked gently back and forth creating the effect of grass blowing in the breeze. Thus, the composition is entitled: "Grass." These artists combined, make use of sculpture that uses sound, light and movement to go a new direction in art. This could be ... Some sort of novel supreme interface, where there is no physical sculpture at all, but merely a hookup that allows the viewer to connect themselves to it, and adjust the controls for maximum overall visual effect. Would provide visual phenomena without the use of photons as it directly stimulates the optic nerves via self-structured neural impulses coupled either inductively or conductively. Similar in theory to what researchers have call "flashing ... is not very time consuming, it could be combined with idea nine as well as a possible third idea to create one project. 11. This "Interactive Digital Sculpture" or IDS for short, relies on the effect of human body capacitance to vary the frequency of a tone as the user molds the mountain-like form of a putty-like substance. This incorporates a device similar to that made by RCA ...
- 317: The Death Penalty: Why We Should Have Capital Punishment?
- ... of their high crime rate, not the other way around. In the 1920s and 30s, death penalty advocates were known to refer to England as a means of proving capital punishment's deterrent effect. Back then, at least 120 murderers were executed every year in the US and sometimes the number reached 200. Even then, England used the death penalty far more consistently than we did and their overall ... the AIDS virus, criminals would actually have reason to back down. Given the evidence, there is no logical reason to believe otherwise. Abolitionists will claim that most studies show that the death penalty has no effect on the murder rate at all. But that's only because those studies have been focused on inconsistent executions. Capital punishment, like all other applications, must be used consistently in order to be effective. However ... and inefficient, criminals are able to stay several steps ahead of us and gain leeway through our lenience. Several reforms must be made in our justice system so the death penalty can cause a positive effect. Abolitionists claim that there are alternatives to the death penalty. They say that life in prison without parole serves just as well. Certainly, if you ignore all the murders criminals commit within prison when ...
- 318: Smoke The Prohibition!
- ... less dangerous than alcohol. Also, many drugs have minor side-effects when compared to acceptable drugs. One example, heroin, is highly addictive, but when used in a clean environment with clean needles, its worst side effect is constipation. Overall, while 35 million people use drugs each year in the United States, only 6,000 to 30,000 ever die of drug use; therefore, there is little reason to consider illicit drugs ... example, marijuana is laced with unsafe fertilizers. Also, when cocaine and heroin users receive an unexpected potent dose, they may kill themselves when the same amount of a regulated dose would have given the desired effect. This is what happened to the Mia Wallace character in Pulp Fiction when she snorted cocaine that was so potent that it nearly killed her. Another outcome of prohibition on the individual could also be ... crime." He continued: No addict who receives an adequate supply of opium and has money enough to live is converted into a liar or thief by the direct result of the drug itself. The direct effect is to remove the irritability and unrest so characteristic of psychopathic individuals. The soothing effect of opiates in such cases is so striking and universally characteristic that one is to believe that violent crime ...
- 319: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... are his dealings with his fellow trench soldiers. Unlike Baumer's feelings at home where he chooses not to speak with his father and makes an empty vow to Frau Kemmerich, Baumer is able to effect true communication, of both a verbal and spiritual kind, with his fellow trench soldiers. Indeed, within this group, words can have a meaningful, soothing, even rejuvenating, effect. Not long after his return from leave, Baumer and some of his comrades go out on patrol to ascertain the enemy's strength. During this patrol, Baumer is pinned down in a shell hole, becomes ... Quiet IX. 184-85). He is unable to regain his equanimity until he hears voices behind him. He recognizes the voices and realizes that he is close to his comrades in his own trench. The effect of his fellow soldiers' words on Baumer is antithetical to the effect his father's and his father's friends' empty words have on him. At once a new warmth flows through me. These ...
- 320: Assassination Of Caesar
- ... the increase of size and strength in Rome. His dictatorship helped the stability and prosperity in Rome. Caesars assassination lead to a monarchy that was ruled by Octavin. His death lead to a domino effect ending in the ultimate collapse of the Roman Empire. Many people of the 21st century follow the path of Julius Caesar and try to be as great as he was. The assassination of Julius Caesar ... the monarchy of Octavins reign proved to be prosperous, the power the people gave to the later emperors made it easy for the Emperors abuse it. The assassination of Julius Caesar started a domino effect, leading to the end of the Roman Civilization. This was due to the fact that the people trusted their Emperors too much. Caligula was the third emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, and he was ... reign was proved useful for the many people who still try to live in his footsteps and follow his path of prosperity. With the death of Julius Caesar, Romes civilization ended with a domino effect due to the contributions he made during his life and the chaos that occurred after his death. His strength in both military eminence and political strength made Rome prosper into one of the greatest ...
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