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- 1021: Cadmium And Sewage Sludge
- ... substance is excreted and absorbed by the renal ducts. This and other circumstantial factors prevent the excretion and redistribution of cadmium within the kidney and therefore encourage considerable cadmium build up in the body. The rates of renal excretion vary considerably between individuals, depending on metabolic rates, alcohol consumption and infections present. Cadmium in Soils As I mentioned within the section ‘Cadmium in the environment’, cadmium both occurs naturally within soils and is present due to artificial means. Naturally, cadmium is present ...
- 1022: Whistleblowing
- ... if you make such a disclosure to any other individual or organization, provided that that the disclosure is not specifically prohibited by law and the information does not have to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or the conduct of foreign affairs.” (National Border Patrol Council) (See attached sample of the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989) Whistlelowing is an important organizational behavior that can cause change in modern ... employees who report wrongdoing threaten the authority structure of organizations, whistle blowing can result in swift punishment. It seems that whistleblowers willing put themselves at risk to preserve the common good and further the public interest motives. (Brewer, Gene ,Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory, July 1998). Singer et,al (1998) state that in the context of organizational change the whistle-blowers are viewed as the organizations”change agent” “internal audit ...
- 1023: Should Marijuana Be Legalized?
- ... sperm and of the male sex hormone testosterone. Among females, it can cause menstrual irregularity and reduced fertility. Extended use of marijuana also has a long-term psychological effect on many people. These individuals loose interest in everything. However, according to scientific experiments, marijuana is known to be beneficial in medicine. The question is should marijuana be legalized. One of the consequences of legalization will be a tremendous increase in drug ... important prevention strategy is to enforce the laws against illegal drugs in order to control their availability. There are many uses for marijuana, and many are unexplored. Actually some are explored in depth because of interest and others are left behind. There are probably many other uses that have not been found because of the lack of experimentation on the drug as a whole. If marijuana is legalized there will be ...
- 1024: Should Juveniles Be Waived To Adult Court
- ... are out of the control of the juvenile. The key factors are: (a) Unemployment among teens was 19 percent in 1993, up from 15.3 percent five years earlier, and for black youths the unemployment rates were twice that. (b) Since 1970, Aid to families with dependent children benefits have declined an average of 45 percent in inflation-adjusted dollars, according to the Children’s Defense Fund. (c) In 1992, there ... according to the National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse- a rate 50 percent higher than in 1985. Studies also indicate that the majority of prison inmates were abused as children. (e) Teen suicide rates increased nearly 20 percent during the 1980’s. Side B also reminds us that the percentage of kids arrested has remained fairly constant during the past 10 to 15 years. The charges that juveniles that ...
- 1025: The Analysis Of The Blue Marbl
- ... strongly agree with precisely this theory. If one were to think about this trend just for a moment, it would become clear what is going to happen in the future of the Earth if the rates of consumption continue at their present pace. First, let me state my logic for agreeing with this statement. When the Earth was created in the beginning of time, there was and still is a fixed ... there are just not enough resources to sustain life for that many members of the species. Simon assumes that everything can and will be used, or the availability of resources will improve at the same rates as they are today, and this is just not true. Resources are finite, and eventually, they will run out. Simon would probably favor a policy, which placed absolutely no regulation on population growth. In fact ...
- 1026: Drug Prohibition
- ... This implies two things: that when addiction was worst in the United States 99.6 percent of the people were not addicted to a drug, and that if we would expect a return to these rates of addictions if drug Prohibition were repealed, then about one million people would be addicted, a clear contradiction to the claim that 70-75% of drug users become addicted (Trebach and Inciardi 49). Prohibition does ... black crime has two unfortunate results: first, the black victims, of course, and second, the fear of blacks by many whites. A racist person would point to this large discrepancy between black and white homicide rates as some sort of an inferiority (Trebach and Inciardi 34). The sad reality is that Prohibition has created much of this discrepancy. The analogy between selling drugs and stealing diamonds shows why this difference might ...
- 1027: Failure of Gun Control Laws
- ... to claim that possession of a gun turns average citizens into bloodthirsty lunatics. This theory falls apart under close scrutiny. If legal possession of a firearm caused this sort of attitude, then why are crime rates highest in areas such as Washington, D.C. and New York City which have strict gun control laws? And why are crime rates dropping in states such as Florida where private ownership of firearms is encouraged? Simply stated, legal ownership of a gun does not cause crime. The most recent efforts of the gun control lobby has been ...
- 1028: Bus Boycott
- ... to have much historical significance. Of the people who did, were considered of the rarest and oddest sort.4 The boycott needed something to really publicize it, something that would make it a point of interest. It needed something that open peoples eyes to what was happening in Montgomery. If something did happen it could have a positive effect on the outcome of the Bus Boycott. On February 21, 1956 M.L.K and 88 other priests and leaders of the boycott were indicted under an old state law prohibiting boycotts. The arrests of these men caused a story of national interest, pointing all eyes of the country on the boycott going on in Montgomery. Since, M.L.K was the president the M.I.A, much of the attention given to the boycott was focused on ...
- 1029: Dr Jekyl And Mr Hyde - Chapter
- ... in, and the two men carry on their walk. Enfield continues that the strange man he saw that night looked deformed, though he could explain how. Utterson assures Enfield that his story has caught his interest. The two agree never to talk about the story again. Chapter 2 The same evening, Utterson came home. Instead of reading until sleep at midnight, he poured over the will of his friend Henry Jekyll ... in confidence. Jekyll insists that he is in control, that he can be rid of Mr. Hyde at his own discretion. He begs Utterson to leave the matter alone. He explains that he has great interest in Hyde, and that Utterson follow his will and secure Jekyll's estate for Hyde if Jekyll passes away. Utterson promises to fulfill this duty. Chapter 4 One of Jekyll's maid servants is watching ...
- 1030: Hamlet 4
- ... even the other character noticing, which is the art of insult it is this unpredictability of action, this sporadic bouts of insanity and sanity, the inner turmoil brewing within Hamlet, which keeps the audience's interest. Nobody is really sure whether or not Hamlet was insane. Many have theories and beliefs, but Shakespeare never came out and said he definitely is or definitely is not sane, he only hints. There are ... even the other character noticing, which is the art of insult it is this unpredictability of action, this sporadic bouts of insanity and sanity, the inner turmoil brewing within Hamlet, which keeps the audience's interest. Nobody is really sure whether or not Hamlet was insane. Many have theories and beliefs, but Shakespeare never came out and said he definitely is or definitely is not sane, he only hints. There are ...
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