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- 931: Child Sex Tourism Bill in Australia
- ... wanting it in other legislation. You would throw aside 200 years of criminal justice with fairness for the accused. Fairness for the accused is also fairness for the community." This statement was expressed by Mr. John Dowd. Another statement that supports the argument Mr. John Dowd presents, is the response Mr. Martin Sides, QC, offers. "It is my view that there are significant and powerful procedures that are not available to accused persons or, for that matter, the prosecution, in this legislative scheme." In conflict with the views of Mr. John Dowd and Mr. Martin Sides, Senator Margaret Reynolds presented this argument. "I do not propose to comment on the technicalities of the Bill except to emphasise that it is essential that the intention of ...
- 932: Laws of War
- ... gain an understanding of one facet of international law and how it works. Two cases in specific will be dealt with here. First, the extradition of Adolf Eichmann from Argentina, and second, the extradition of John Demjanjuk from the United States of America. These cases demonstrate two very different ways that Israel went about obtaining the custody of these alleged criminals. The cases also expose the intricacy of International Law in ... their opportunity of obtaining Trifa, decided that Hausner's idea of establishing Israel as the place to bring Nazi war criminals to trial was a good one, which lead them to seek the extradition of John Demjanjuk from the United States. The Wall Street Journal reported: Israel's request for the extradition of a suspected Nazi war criminal living in the U.S. . . appears to be a test case that could ... see that the previously mentioned American rule on dual criminality gives the United States the option of recognizing "murdering Jews" as simply to mean "murder." Therefore, the requirement of dual criminality in the case of John Demjanjuk is satisfied. The issues of identification and probable cause, along with the requirement of criminality help to demonstrate the complexities involved in the extradition process. Two more brief issues to consider regarding Demjanjuk' ...
- 933: Kristallnacht
- ... in the United States. The Klan was first organized on December 24th, 1865 in the Law Office of Judge Thomas M. Jones. There were six people who organized the Klan. They included Calvin E. Jones, John B. Kennedy, Frank O. McCord, John C. Lester, Richard R. Reed, and James R. Crow. This information is proclaimed on a wall in Pulaski, Tennessee. It was unveiled on May 21, 1917 by the widow of Captain Kennedy, who was the ... Greek word kuklos which means a band or circle. James Crowe suggested that the word be split in two and changing the last letter to an “x.” This gave them the name Ku Klux. Then John Lester remarked that all six founders were of Scottish descent, therefore he proposed that “clan” be added to the end, but spelled with a “k” for consistency yielding the “Ku Klux Klan”. This name ...
- 934: Treatment of Drug Offenders is Dysfunctional
- Treatment of Drug Offenders is Dysfunctional For John Russell it was just another ordinary night. At 2:00 A.M. he was calmly sleeping. He arose to a cracking noise outside; just then the police came crashing into the house. They ransack his ... taken to foster homes to raised. Mothers and fathers are left to raise a family on their own while the other rots away in prison. During his first wife’s first six months of pregnancy, John M. was imprisoned for drug charges. John never had the opportunity to see his daughter born. He also had a very steady career and family. He is now divorced and rarely sees his kid. Thus forcing the mother and daughter to ...
- 935: On the Jews and Their Lies
- ... Israel. St. Paul himself admits this when he says in Romans 9:5: *Quorum patres*, that is, "To them belong the patriarchs, and of their race is the Christ," etc. And Christ himself declares in John 4:22, "Salvation is from the Jews." Therefore they boast of being the noblest, yes, the only noble people on earth. In comparison with them and in their eyes we Gentiles (Goyim) are not human ... though no Jew understands this. All the prophets censured them for it, for it betrays an arrogant, carnal presumption devoid of spirit and of faith. They were also slain and persecuted for this reason. St. John the Baptist took them to task severely because of it, saying, "Do not presume to say to yourselves, "We have Abraham for our father'; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to ... 7]. Oh, that was too insulting for the noble blood and race of Israel, and they declared, "He has a demon" [Matt. 11:18] Our Lord also calls them a "brood of vipers"; furthermore, in John' 3:39 he states: "If you were Abraham's children would do what Abraham did.... You are of your father the devil." It was intolerable to them to hea r that they were not ...
- 936: An Analysis of “Roses, Rhododendron”
- ... life can become rough and cruel sometimes but having a good and loyal friend would help to smooth out the harshness of life. Another words a good friend is for ever. The story begins with John Kilgore leaves his wife and daughter behind and moves to New Orleans. Life becomes tough for Ms. Kilgore and she decides to move to another state to continue her antique business there. Jane loves this ... her new friends in town. She find it very comforting and joyful when she spends time with her friends Emily and Harriet. Her mother is having a hard time making money and writes letter to John asking for financial help. Jane spends most of her time with her friends. Often she does not even hesitate to spend the night over. they keep in touch even when Jane moves to San Francisco ... the story. There are minor characters who are not very involved in the story. They just show up for a brief moment and then disappear. For example the character Lawrence who finally dies from emphysema. John is also a minor flat character that is talked about just a couple of times. He is not involved in the story at all. The author used John and his departure to create a ...
- 937: Edgar Allen Poe
- ... passed away, succumbing to tuberculosis. After her death, Poe, his infant sister, Rosalie, and brother William were separated. William was sent to live with their paternal grandparents. Poe moved to Richmond Virginia to live with John and Fannie Allan; Rosalie was taken in by another family in Richmond (Silverman 1-15). John Allan was a successful businessman; the poverty that Poe had been accustomed to was a thing of the past. Although not extravagant with Poe, John Allan ensured that he had a Brassfield 2 quality education. While in living in England with the Allans, he attended private academies and continued his education in private schools when they returned to the ...
- 938: Treasure Island: Teamwork Overcomes Greed
- ... Jim is “stuck” in the middle of all the chaos that is occurring around him. Jim, along with the reader, is introduced to characters with extremely different personalities and opinions such as Dr. Livesey, Long John Silver, Squire Trewlawny, and Captain Smollet. The author’s intent is to portray to the reader how by working with one another much can be accomplished. Also after reading this book the reader will ponder ... believed in helping one another and taking care of each other and because the pirates lacked this, they were not the strong enemy that they could have been. So even though the pirates and Long John Silver may have had the advantage of numbers, their quarreling force was not nearly as strong as Captain Smallet’s, which had fewer people but teamwork instead. Thus the winners were not the greedy, thoughtless ... who were willing to work hard together. Sayings like “what comes around goes around” and “good wins over evil” apply to this book, but the real point is that working together pays off. When Long John Silver finally realizes all the damage he has done, it is too late. Those who are dead cannot be brought back and forgiveness cannot be easily given to one who has done so much ...
- 939: Nurture Plus Nature
- ... the hereditary genetic framework, inherited from our parents, is the sole determining factor in our behavioral characteristics. These two opposing viewpoints have produced a multitude of ideas, theories, and arguments in the history of psychology. John Broadus Watson, the father of American behaviorism, greatly reinforced the source of nurture by studying learned and adaptive behavior patterns in our environmental surroundings (Rathus p.13). During this same time of revolutionary ideas in ... of this erratic situational difference will result in a inner-conflict between a child's hereditary instincts and environmental behavior. Although the factors of genetics may have a small deciding component to sexual orientation, psychologist John Money, concluded that "sexual orientation is not under the direct governance of chromosomes and genes" (Rathus p.367-368). Children from these conditions have usually been found to acquire a more admissible attitude towards homosexuals ... one man's revolutionary research and ideas could not be ignored on this subject. Thomas J. Bouchard's famous studies on twins at the University of Minnesota allowed the comparison between exact human genetic copies ("John Bouchard" Encarta Encyclopedia). These unique experiments modified the scientific views of genetic similarities and the influence of environmental surroundings. This research conducted by Bouchard and other twin researchers also presented accurate information on the ...
- 940: Poul Voulkos Ceramist
- ... department at the L.A. County Art Institute, now Otis College of Art and Design, and during the five years that followed, he led what came to be known as the "Clay Revolution." Students like John Mason, Paul Soldner, Ken Price and Billy Al Bengston, all of whom went on to become respected artists, were among his foot soldiers in the battle to free clay from its handicraft associations. By the ... also was gaining attention, and he was invited to teach at the experimental Black Mountain College in Asheville, N.C., in 1953. Once again, timing was in his favor, as other artists on hand included John Cage, Merce Cunningham and David Tudor, with whom he later stayed in New York, where he met Abstract Expressionist painters Franz Kline, Jack Tworkov, Philip Guston and Robert Rauschenberg. That fall, he returned to Helena ... It didn't move fast enough for me." But soon Voulkos gained a supporter, sculptor David Smith, known for his balanced cubes of steel . Voulkos shared a studio on Glendale Boulevard with his former student John Mason (his neighbor was architect Richard Neutra), and in the evenings, he and his students, who were also his friends, would listen to jazz at the Tiffany Club. “L.A. Conceptual artist John Baldessari ...
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