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- 10221: The Ineptitude Of The United S
- ... continued in the United States for nearly ninety years after this document declared that "all men where created equal," and those "unalienable rights" are still not shared by everyone in the United States. The U.S. has been lacking in its responsibility to its citizens. The state responsibility for human and civil rights must be expanded in the United States. In December 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted ... developed to provide a clear definition of human rights. It then became the responsibility of the states of the United Nations to protect those rights. This is where the United States is lacking. The U.S. is one of the founding nations of the United Nations and one of the most influential, yet it has failed to take adequate state responsibility for human rights. Before the ineptitude of the United States ... can be discussed. Rhonda Copelon once noted, "…the most limited conception of state responsibility [in the United States] has been essentially dismantled." Copelon also made a statement to the effect that rights in the U.S. are limited to constraints on government and that they do not reach private conduct or include the most basic social and economic needs. Copelon sights the case of DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of ...
- 10222: Wired Hands - A Brief Look at Robotics
- ... marvel of engineering. When it came time to go to work, a whole new work force marched onto the assembly line. There on opening day was a crew of 150 industrial robots. Industrial robots don't look anything like the androids from sci-fi books and movies. They don't act like the evil Daleks or a fusspot C-3P0. If anything, the industrial robots toiling on the Chrysler line resemble elegant swans or baby brontosauruses with their fat, squat bodies, long arched necks and ... highly specialized tasks - one robot may spray paint car parts while another does spots welds while another pours radioactive chemicals. Robots are ideal workers: they never get bored and they work around the clock. What's even more important, they're flexible. By altering its programming you can instruct a robot to take on different tasks. This is largely what sets robots apart from other machines; try as you might ...
- 10223: The Atomic Bomb
- ... http://park.org/Japan/peace/96) It killed 66,000 and injured 69,000 people. The atomic bomb blast in 1945 obliterated three-fifths of the city within seconds. On Aug. 9, 1945, an U.S. bomber dropped a plutonium atomic bomb on Nagasaki. They aimed this at the Mitsubishi shipyards. The bomb missed its target but destroyed about half of the city and killed approximately 75,000 and injuring 25 ... after the bombing. After 1945, the United States built thousands of atomic bombs. In addition, the more powerful hydrogen bombs. “In 1945 the United States was the only country to have nuclear capabilities. The U.S.S.R obtained them in 1949, Britain in 52,France in 1960, the People’s Republic of China in 1964, and India in 1974.” (Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia The Atomic Bomb Mar.99 CD-ROM NP) ...
- 10224: The Struggle Between Being And Knowing
- ... might be. Is it simply the required degree which allows us a label next to our name, or is it the opportunity to be introduced to a world so large and complex that we won’t ever again be content to live passively. Unfortunately for some of the students, the reasons have never been too clear. These reasons were not clear to me as a freshman and still not too clear ... need that degree to get that job to earn that living. It is as simple as that. Steffens is right; we do learn things we are not most interested in. But unlike him, we don’t have the luxury of simply studying what we like because what we like won’t always get us the job we need. The high demands in today’s job market and the intense level of competition require at minimum a baccalaureate degree or higher in any given field. The ...
- 10225: How the Media Can Effect Children
- How the Media Can Effect Children “Ooh baby, that’s right. Right there!” or “Hold it or I’ll shoot you in the a--” are just a few phrases that are all to common in today’s society, whether it would be a sexual or violent comment. Kids all across this country are observing this material everyday, most of the time without parental supervision. The material that is shown on the different ... research conclude that repeated exposure to high levels of media violence teaches some children and adolescents to settle interpersonal differences with violence, while teaching many more to be indifferent to this solution. Under the media’s tutelage, children at younger and younger ages are using violence as a first, not a last, resort to conflict,” (Levine, pg. 3). As a child grows, he/she always mimics what a parent does. ...
- 10226: Expanation Of A Rose For Emily
- ... was the main character in the story. Faulkner uses characterization to revel the character of Emily, he expresses the content of her character through physical description, through her actions, words, and feelings, through a narrator s direct comments about the character s nature and through the actions, words, and feelings of other characters. In the story A Rose for Emily , the main conflict was an external one, it was Emily Grierson versus society. The protagonist in the ... lives as a recluse for many years No visitor had passed since she ceased giving china painting lessons eight or then years ago (414). Emily removed herself from society through her actions after her father s death, she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people hardly saw her at all (415). After the death of her father, Emily s push against society was stronger than ever. This ...
- 10227: Dueling
- ... or until the chamber was empty or a severe gunshot wound had been reached. In Irish law it was considered to be foolish to fire into the air or purposely missing your opponent. They didn't believe that just showing up at the "field of honor" was enough to not battle. Cochran wrote that it "was strictly prohibited. It was looked at as dishonorable on one side or the other (Cochran ... to send a letter of challenge right off. He was to send a very courteous letter in regard to what had happened asking for an apology from the person that had insulted him. The person's second would take the letter to the person. The second would also take every step to keep the duel from actually happening. When the other half of the dueling party receives the letter, the letter ... a divorce from her former husband. Jackson was very sensitive to this matter and would not tolerate anyone speaking of her in bad terms. So when Dickinson made a comment of Jackson marrying another man's wife, Jackson did not hesitate to duel this man. Jackson was the lesser of the two in the usage of the pistol, but this did not matter to Jackson. His honor had been depreciated ...
- 10228: Evaluation of Baja Seasons Resort
- ... find just by going down the main highway in Baja California. The beautiful drive along the coast of Mexico just makes the drive go even faster. The Baja Seasons Resort is between two of Baja's major cities, Ensinada and Rosarito. Both cities are about a half-hour away from the resort. Families are urged to visit this vacation spot in Mexico because of what it has to offer as far as recreation. If the parents are looking for rest and relaxation, and don't want to worry about the kids, then this is the place to go. On the other hand, if they want a place where they can enjoy the fun with the kids, be near the beach ... and a lounging area with a big screen television playing movies all day long. Outside of the recreational center is a miniature golf area that can be use for just two American dollars. Moms, don't even worry about lunch, the poolside taco stand will fill the kid's stomachs and won't put a huge dent in your wallet. This stand, open only on weekends, offers fish tacos, shrimp ...
- 10229: Environmentalists
- Bill McKibben and Edward Abbey are both modern environmental writers who have had a noticeable impact on the environmental movement. One of Abbey s novels, The Monkey Wrench Gang, was an inspirational piece for some of the founders of Earthfirst!, a far-left environmentalist group. McKibben s most famous novel, The End of Nature (1989), is more widely read than any other nature book since Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring. Abbey, who is commonly associated with the Southwest,a has often been ... and wrote for and edited the The New Yorker . Abbey and McKibben write differently but they are bonded in that they both demand change. Abbey and McKibben would agree that something is wrong with America s attitude toward the environment. However, Abbey s writing invites doing battle with those who invade the forests while McKibben simply tries to point out that there is a problem and that something radical must ...
- 10230: God’s Expectations
- God’s Expectations God loves to be worshipped and rewards people for doing so. He expects to be feared and demands people to be loyal to him. They must worship only him, and no other God. If ... that believe in him. People must also do as he says, obey him and pray for him. When people do this, he often either rewards them with good luck or gives them things. God doesn’t understand what it is like to be human and sometimes gives punishments too harsh for what the person has done. God is sometimes very strict. When people do not live up to his expectations, he ... have to bear children in pain, and man will dominate women. The man would have to work for a living and be no longer immortal. There were also people who did live up to God’s expectations; they were usually rewarded and lived happily. Noah, Abraham, and Daniel are three examples of them. Noah was the only good person in the world, so God did not kill him, his wife, ...
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