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- 151: Crime and the Death Penalty
- ... penalty include lethal injection, gas chamber, electric chair, hanging and fire squad. In a 1986 poll 70% of Americans favored the death penalty as a punishment for murder. There have been many comparisons of crime rates of death penalty states to non- death penalty states. These clearly show that the death penalty has no effect on the deteration of crime. The homicide rates in Michigan, Ohio and Illinois rise and fall along with Wisconsin. Michigan, Ohio and Illinois all have the death penalty. Wisconsin does not. In 1994, the average murder rate in a death penalty state of ... penalty. In 1976 Canada got rid of the death penalty. In 1986 the crime rate decreased to 2.19 per 100,000 people, the lowest in 15 years. Isn't it odd that the crime rates were high with the death penalty and low without? Clearly this shows that the presence of the death penalty has no effect on the increase or decrease of crime rates. Even with the death ...
- 152: The Debt: An Economic Catastrophe
- ... of Canada. There is a pressing need for long-term policies to lift Canada out of the national debt hole it is in. Eliminating the debt will not only free up money being spent on interest and reduce taxes, but make Canada a more feasible place for future generations to live and work. Interest on the debt has eroded the government's ability to fund its own operations and essential social services. Presently, thirty-five cents of every tax dollar the federal government raises is used for interest payments alone on the debt. Though there have been operating surpluses within the federal government, they have been eaten up by the debt interest payments. Few people understand the devastating effects of compound interest. ...
- 153: Rates of Reaction
- Rates of Reaction BACKGROUND INFORMATION What affects the rate of reaction? 1) The surface area of the magnesium. 2) The temperature of the reaction. 3) Concentration of the hydrochloric acid. 4) Presence of a catalyst. In ...
- 154: Is Government Dominated by Business
- Is Government Dominated by Business Special interest groups have dominated government since the advent of America's political system. Special interest groups or lobbies are collections of individuals who join together to pursue common interests and to influence the decisions on public policies. Many people view special interest groups as an integral part of the political process, legitimized by the first amendment of the Constitution. In that way, special interest groups are good. The point that disgusts many people is that more ...
- 155: David Korten's "When Corporations Rule The World"
- ... abuse the environment that we all have to live in. Corporations have been destroying both the renewable and non-renewable resources of the world. Many of the nonrenewable resources are being used at very excessive rates for profit to the few and nothing for the people where the natural resources are being taken from. "When industrialization caused countries to exceed their national resource limits, they simply reached out to obtain what ... due to salinization form irrigation projects" (28). Two of the most important aspects of good health are in the abundance of clean water and proper sanitation. "Countries with high income levels are experiencing increases in rates of cancer, respiratory illness is, stress and cardiovascular disorders, and birth defects, as well as falling sperm counts" (41). This is due mostly to what is left after economic growth, waste and pollution. One of ... problems. These are in the family. With out security stress levels can become very high causing many problems in the family. Is this why the divorce rate in America has climbed to unbelievable heights? "High rates of deprivation, depression, divorce, teenage pregnancy, violence, alcoholism, drug abuse, crime and suicide are among the more evident consequences in both high and low income countries" (45). One of the other main problems falls ...
- 156: An Analysis Of Political Eliti
- ... of those who were political élites in Canada over the past centuries. Also, some new discoveries may be turned up that help us have a better understanding of this elitism. Finally, we will discuss if interest groups and minorities have real political power, or perhaps they are just given token compensation. Hopefully, by the end of this essay, there will be a better understanding of who really has political power in ... first and foremost, deals with financial status. What’s more, Plato’s opinions and definitions of elites are blatantly out of date. Though political élites are predominately high-class and wealthy, it does not explain interest groups and lobbyists. The men and women in these groups are, on the whole, not particularly "rich" or "important". What makes them truly important or powerful is that they alter public opinion (The media works ... elected, was always a man, and absolutely had to be British. His council was appointed, and though some were Canadian, all were wealthy, privileged, white men. It is believed these men had little or no interest in the majority of the people. Thus, the Canadian political system at the time was more like a "boys club" rather than a democracy. In those times, the poverty gap was much wider, and ...
- 157: Oxygen
- ... as water and carbon dioxide. This oxidative destruction, or rusting, of iron and steel--which are among our most important structural materials--is extremely costly to modern societies. Biological Oxidation Another important aspect of the rates of oxygen reactions concerns the rate of reaction with organic materials. Such oxidation reactions are, ultimately, the sources of energy for the higher plants and animals, are responsible for the cleansing of streams of biodegradable wastes, and are responsible for the natural decomposition of organic material. The rates of reactions in this category are selectively controlled by enzymes in the organisms that facilitate the reactions. Thus waste products and dead plants and animals decompose (are oxidized) principally through the agency of microorganisms, and energy-bearing foods are metabolized (oxidized) by means of biological processes. Reactivity There is a marked difference between the rates of reactions with oxygen at room temperature and the rates at elevated temperatures. Many substances that do not react rapidly with oxygen in air at temperatures below 100 deg C will do so at ...
- 158: Bleeding Ireland and Black America
- ... still at work, only it moved more cautiously due to its growing Communist/Marxist nature and some ideological dissension between its members.2 Data exhibits, just as the inner cities of the US, that the rates of poverty, unemployment, serious crime, single-female headed families and welfare dependency in N. Irelands Catholic slums, rose drastically during this time. There was an increase in drugs, alcoholism (in Ireland?!), guns, bombings (from both ... Irish Became White” explains the history of how the Irish immigrant rose from racially oppressed to racial oppressor. The oppressed themselves, have continually been used to further domination over others that are oppressed, in the interest of the universal oppressor. This is the only book I know of, to focus not on how the Irish were assimilated but how they assimilated as "whites." Utilizing newspaper chronicles, memoirs, biographies, and official accounts ... ins to the violent rebellions, black people are still not equal to whites. “Black infants die in America at twice the rate of white infants. (Despite the increased numbers of the middle class blacks, the rates are diverging, with black rates actually rising.) One out of every two black children lives below the poverty line (as compared with one out of every seven white children). Nearly four times as many ...
- 159: Computer Software Piracy and it's Impact on the International Economy
- ... the latest statistics from the SPA show that ninety-five percent of business software is illegally copied, that cost the U.S. $117 million in 1994 (“SPA names...” Internet). Although Asia has extremely high piracy rates, SPA Executive Director Ken Wasch comments "China, Russia, and Thailand (the three countries in Asia with the highest piracy rates) deserve credit for enacting copyright laws that specifically protect computer programs and other software..." Russia and China enacted copyright protection statutes several years ago, and Thailand enacted its law late in 1994 ("SPA names..." Internet ... enforcement action for the illegal use of software in Italy”. Piracy continues to be a significant problem in spite of the enactment of stronger copyright laws and successful prosecutions against software theft. “The average piracy rates of 25 European countries was estimated at 58 percent in 1994, with dollar losses exceeding $6 billion” (“The Impact...” Internet). Microsoft's studies show that many European countries including some which offer computer software ...
- 160: Sport Psychology
- ... concerns are often different, its centres of learning and teaching are often different, and its professional training is different." (Garfield, 1984:34) Yet despite this, sport psychology remains permanently bonded to psychology through its common interest in the fundamental principles of psychology, human behavior, and experience. No one can deny the significant role which sport and recreation plays in every cul-ture and society across the globe. In the western and ... determine whether psychology plays a signi-ficant role in the mind of a young athlete, we must look at the uses and techniques of sport psychology. Sport psychologists over the years have maintained a keen interest in psychological profiling and have been naturally drawn to the quantification of personality variables. As sport itself revolves aroung the measurement and reward of individual differences in per-formances, it is no surprise that scientists ... to form the cluster of core psychological constructs which would seem to be most relevent to our understanding of sport performance. With regard to achievement motivation and competitiveness, recent advances have been predicated upon the interest originally stimulated by the Atkinson model of achievement motivation. "Atkinson's nAch or the need to achieve was taken to be a composite of two independent factors, the motive to achieve success (M ) and ...
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