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- 2171: Desertification
- ... 1981. 2. George, Uwe. In The Deserts Of This Earth. New York: Harcourt Brace J ovanovich Inc.,1977. 3. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia Of Science And Technology. Desertification.New York: McGraw-Hill Inc., 1982. 4. Molyneux, John, and Marilyn Mackenzie. World Prospects. Ontario: Prentice-Hall Canada Inc., 1987. 5. Myers, Dr. Norman. GAIA An Atlas Of Planet Management. New York: Anchor Press, 1984. 6. Seager, Joni. The State Of The Earth Atlas ... Hill Encyclopedia Of Science And Technology, Desertification (New York: McGraw-Hill Inc., 1982) 126. Dr. Norman Myers, GAIA An Atlas Of Planet Management (New York: Anchor Press, 1984) 46. Myers 47. Myers 59. Myers 59. John Molyneux, and Marilyn Mackenzie, World Prospects (Ontario: Prentice-Hall Canada Inc., 1987) 94. Myers 59. Myers 59. Joni Seager, The State Of The Earth Atlas (Toronto: Simon And Schuster Inc., 1990) 36, 37.
- 2172: The Cybernetic Plot of Ulysses
- ... Ulysses. But lest the listener persist in harboring doubts, as we say, concerning the cybernetic signature of the Joycean narrative, let me anticipate the first sentence of the 'Lotus-Eaters' episode: BY LORRIES ALONG SIR JOHN ROGERSON'S QUAY MR BLOOM walked soberly, past Windmill lane, Leask's the linseed crusher's, the postal telegraph office. As befits the narcotic theme of the episode, this first sentence is itself not quite ... signal, to put meaning to narcotic sleep, but again (as with Simon Dedalus' telegram about "Nother dying") Joyce is fascinated by the meanings born of random error. Like the bicycle tire's lemniscate that fascinates John Shade, in Nabokov's PALE FIRE, the noise that seems to spell out its own new meaning offers another kind of pseudo-signal: not one without an intended audience, this time, but one without a ...
- 2173: Standardization of the English Language
- ... the border between Midland and Southern and its dialect shows certain characteristic Southern features. Written London English of the close of the fourteenth century as used by a number of Middle English authors, such as John Gower and Geoffrey Chaucer, had not achived the status of a regional standard but was soon to become the basis for a new national literary standard of English. It was the language of the capital ... the "spelling-reformers" first to appear on the scene, beginning with a book in Latin by Sir Thomas Smith, entitled: De recta et emendata Linguae Anglicanae Scriptione (1568). Soon followed on the same subject by John Hart An Orthographie (1569), William Bullokar and Richard Mulcaster's book The right writing of our English tung (1582), Simon Daines Orthoepia Anglicana (1640). However, none of these achived anything like the stabilizing effect on ...
- 2174: A "Full House" in the "Hand" of Education
- ... students that are tomorrow's leaders. Work Cited Brooks, Gwendolyn. "We Real Cool." Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz 147. Hooks, Bell. "Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education." Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz 85--95. Lunsford, Andrea A. and John J. Ruszkiewicz, eds. The Presence of Others: Voices That Call for Response. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. . Newman, John Henry. "The Idea of a University." Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz 39--42. Rose, Mike. "Lives on the Boundary." Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz 97--110. Rose, Mike. "Lives on the Boundary: The Struggles and Achievements of America's ...
- 2175: Capital Punishment
- ... chair is activated the body strains and jolts as the intensity of electricity is raised or lowered. It is not known how long the prisoner retains consciousness. in some cases, as with the electrocution of John Evans in Alabama, it takes more than one jolt of electricity to kill the prisoner. An eyewitness illustrates the “barbaric ritual” in which it took three charges at thirty second intervals and ten minutes before ... with electrocution, suffocation by inhalation of a lethal gas is not always a quick and clean way of death. in the case of the execution of Don Harding in Arizona, U.S Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said that it took Mr. Harding more than ten minutes to die. the latest mode of infliction of the death penalty is lethal injection. some believe that this method is more humane, although ...
- 2176: The College Scandal
- ... even though it is a complete violation of NCAA rules. Sports Illustrated staff writer Phil Taylor wrote an article entitled “Tangled Web” which is a story about Marcus Camby and his violation with the NCAA. “…John Loensbury, who estimated that he, gave Camby more than $40,000 in cash and gifts between December 1994 and March 1996” (67). Agents are always ready for a good fight; they do not give up ... of dollars in cash and gifts from agents, in violation of NCAA rules, while he was an All-American at Massachusetts” (Taylor 66). In another Sports Illustrated article titled “Seminole Shame”, Douglas S. Looney and John Walters proclaimed that agents “lavished” Seminole players with gifts such as cash and merchandise from Foot Locker valued at over $6,000. Bobby Bowden, the Seminoles’ coach, has tried to put all this embarrassment on ...
- 2177: Thesis: More should be done to reform the United States Prison System
- ... D. Total taxpayer burden 1. delays legitimate cases 2. estimated cost to taxpayers is $200 million a year II. PRISONERS ENTITLED LUXURIES A. Weight lifting equipment 1. medical bills of $600,000-$700,000 2. John Hull quote a) taxpayers subsidizing largest health-club chain in America B. Cable television 1. HBO and Cinemax 2. prisoners have closed-circuit television studio a) sex b) horror c) violence C. Socializing with society ... Bidinotto, Robert James. "The Scandal of Prisoner Lawsuits". Reader's Digest. November, 1996. pg. 67, 68, 69. Gest, Ted. "The Law That Grief Built". U.S. News & World Report. April 29, 1996. pg. 58. Hull, John D. "Building a Better Thug?". Time. April 11, 1994. pg. 47 Press, Aric and Klaidman, Daniel. "'The Great Writ' Hit". Newsweek. May 6, 1996. pg. 72 Towle, Lisa H. and Witkowski, Tom. "Not In My ...
- 2178: Is Capital Punishment Biblical?
- ... preservation of criminals. Capital punishment is never used legitimately in the New Testament. Jesus' constant preaching of love and forgiveness shows his contempt for the harming of others. One example of love is found in John 15:17 “This is my command: Love each other.” An example of forgiveness is Matthew 6:14 “For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.” Jesus practiced what he preached by not condemning guilty persons. In John 8:1-11, Jesus did not let the people stone a woman that is caught in adultery. Jesus is known for giving people second chances. Opponents of the death penalty think that everyone should learn ...
- 2179: Medical Malpractice
- ... United States of America : Nolo Press, 1994. ( Internet: Fed up #32. Compensate Medical Malpractice Victims) n "Government to Rally Support Against Physicians' High Insurance Costs" Canada News Wire. [Toronto] 12 Dec. 1995. (Internet) n Taylor, John Leathy. Medical Malpractice. Great Britain: John Wright & Sons Ltd., 1980. n Law, Sylvia and Steven Polan. Pain and Profit: The Politics of Medical Malpractice. New York, NY.: Harper and Row Publishers, 1978.
- 2180: Misconduct in Police Departments
- ... s a net thrown over people of color." (114) "At Crabtree Valley Mall Police department we usually don't see that racism is a problem but we do see some kind of misconduct and Chief John O' Dell," he says. (PI O'dell) The practice of community policing will help lessen problems within the community. Although it takes many different forms, the basic idea of community policing is to get officers ... Sept. 1997 P23 McAlary, Mike. Buddy Boys. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1987. Miller, Mayann. Everything you need to know about dealing with the police. New York: The Rosen Publishing, 1995. O'dell, John Personel interview. 20 November 1998. "Police Recent Developments." World Book. Cd-Rom. Chicago. World Book inc. 1996. Reichel Philip. Selected Reading in Criminal Justice. San Diego. Greenhaven Press inc. 1998 Starr, Mark. "A widening police ...
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