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- 12241: Nathan McCall
- Nathan McCall When he was 20, Nathan McCall shot a man who made an offensive comment about his girlfriend. He robbed a McDonald's. He sold drugs. He broke into homes, stole cars and gang-raped girls. He went to prison. There, he read Richard Wright's Native Son and became fascinated with words. He “got into his spirituality,” and decided to “give life a try life on the other side of the fence.” Since then he has used words to convey ... said he and his friends did not believe they had a future. Self- destructive behavior was the result. He credits his 12 year prison sentence for changing his attitude. His fellow inmates told him "don't do what we've done," and encouraged him to change his lifestyle. He read books as part of the prison programming and was influenced by authors that wrote about being Black. In February '94 ...
- 12242: Book Report On Strunk And Whit
- ... between one person to the next. In the book, White has his rules and Strunk has his own, but they come together to make the book more detailed. Strunk talks about things such as using 's when you are talking about plural, adding 's to make a noun possessive, putting commas where they are needed and breaking sentences off properly. On the other hand, White is talking about things like placing yourself in the background, don't overwrite and don't overstate. Although Strunk's rules deal more with the mechanics of writing and White tends to talk about the presentation of the writing, it comes together to make the book ...
- 12243: Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson I really didn't have any problems finding information about Thomas Jefferson. On the Internet, I just did a search for Thomas Jefferson, and I got all kinds of information, from the Thomas Jefferson University to his autobiography. If I was the teacher, I would have allowed the students to print off of the web pages. It isn't illegal, and it would make it much easier and more efficient to hit command-p and hit return than copy down 5 pages of information longhand and not be able to write legibly for the rest of the day because of a numb hand. I also would have given a little more time than a week. All of the information I have came from the Internet. I didn't use one book to find information. I think that it is much smarter to try to find information electronically than it is to go to a library, do a search, hope they have it ...
- 12244: Decartes vs. Russell on Whether The Self Is An Object And The Mind Stability
- ... Descartes says that the proposition "I exist" is certain, because of the theory he uses in the first meditation. If we think we exist, then were thinking period. So even if we think we don't exist, then that proves that were still thinking, therefore we must exist. Russell wants to disagree with Descartes by saying that the "I", as Descartes uses it, stands for the self, but for Russell the ... a different self for every perception, and if this is true, then the statement "I exist " can not be true, because every time you use the term "I " to say what you are perceiving, it's not always the same thing. One moment you could say that you are perceiving green, and the next second you could be perceiving blue. Russell says that it could be a different self for every new sequence of data. Sense data to Russell are things like greenness or smoothness or cold. Descartes says that it's not the self that changing. It's only the perceptions in the conscience. I sway towards Descartes on this issue. I don't see the logic in the self changing for every new sense ...
- 12245: Antigone Vs. Socrates
- ... attacking his own brother just so he could become king. On this day, both brothers died. One, Eteocles, was given funeral honors, but the other, Polynices, was not. This decision was made by Creon, Antigone s uncle and the current King of Thebes. Creon said He is to have no grave, no burial, no mourning from anyone; it is forbidden. (Pg. 432; l. 165) He also announced that anyone who should attempt to bury him would be put to death. After hearing this decision, Antigone said that Creon couldn t do that and that the Gods would want Polynices to have a proper burial, therefore Antigone promised to her sister Ismene that she would be the one to defy Creon and bury her brother; and she didn t care if the whole city knew of her plans. After being caught in the act, she was taken to the palace and when asked by Creon why she did it. Knowing the punishment that ...
- 12246: Jerry Falwell vs. Hustler Magazine
- ... the publication of a parody that portrayed Falwell as having had a drunken incestuous rendezvous with his mother in an outhouse. The jury found against Falwell on the libel claim specifically because the parody couldn't “reasonably be understood as describing actual facts...or events”, but it ruled in his favor on the emotional distress claim, stating that he should be awarded compensatory and punitive damages. The Court of Appeals agreed by rejecting Hustler Magazine, Inc.'s argument that the “actual malice” standard of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan had to be met before Falwell could sue for emotional distress. However, because the jury decided that the ad didn't describe actual events, it was considered an opinion protected by the First Amendment. The court ruled that the issue was whether or not that opinion was outrageous enough to be considered an intentional infliction ...
- 12247: Human Genetic Engineering
- ... gene therapy and DNA manipulation. Can we play God? What guarantees can we truly give? What about the possible mutation? What about possible prejudice and discrimination? What effects would cloning have on an individual? Wouldn’t loss of genetic variation be a serious problem? Since antibiotic resistance could occur, what happens when a person is sick? What about the unexpected effects? Should we even interfere with nature? All of the above ... person is going to look like. There has been a movie recently released called GATTACA that is all about whether it is right or wrong, and the effects genetic engineering could have on society. Don’t forget the consequences of creating a new species. Won’t isolations and prejudice then occur? What about the absence of genetic variation? When there are a lot of people out there with similar genetic make-ups, the threat of disease will increase. If it ...
- 12248: Affirmative Action Today
- ... qualified applicant applying for a job will not necessarily be the applicant that is hired. All public, private or non-profit businesses with more than 15 employees must comply with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's "Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures." The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has the authority to prosecute any business for discrimination "if the percentage of minorities hired is much lower than the percentage of minorities applying ... businesses to suffer grave consequences. In Detroit, the Michigan state legislators pressured the Detroit Symphony Orchestra into hiring more blacks by threatening to take away 1.3 million dollars in state funding. The Detroit Symphony's usual hiring process of "blind" auditions, to prevent racial discrimination, was then abandoned to ensure black employment. Rick Robinson, a black bassist, was hired and the state funding was preserved (Flick 109). Racial discrimination does not cease once a black person is on the job. Affirmative action has attached a stigma to black success. One woman, who was a direct beneficiary of a major corporation's affirmative action program, complained, "If anything, you feel like you are under a microscope and have to constantly prove yourself by overachieving and never missing the mark" (Monroe 22). Blacks that have gained opportunity ...
- 12249: Personal Writing: Our Big Trip to State College
- ... College be any different than any other. All that college kids do when they go up to State is drink, dance, and throw-up. Well this particular trip involved my roommate Jason, myself and Jason's best friend Nick's ex-girlfriend. This is where the plot thickens. Jason and I sneaked up to State for the day and neglected to mention to Nick that we were going, due to the fact that we were ... ex-girlfriend Nicole. When we arrived in State College we met up with Nicole and a couple of her friends. We proceeded to go to her friends dorm and began playing drinking games prior to t he evening of partying. Needless to say after a couple hours of drinking games we were all a little tipsy, so we then sauntered on over to a Fraternity party, where we continued working ...
- 12250: Influences of Chinese Culture
- Influences of Chinese Culture Dear mother, I feel so blessed and thankful to represent my school there and to observe the great T’ang governmental system here in China and return there to assume official position. By the time you receive this letter from me, I’m pretty sure that you are so much excited to know how ... life was that of the School of Literari, often called Confucian school here in West. I’m here at the school of philosophy that he founded (Ru).1 And I met one of Master Kung’s or Confucius’ disciple, he told me a lot about Confucius. Chinese think of him as the First teacher, the sage, not chronologically but because he stands first.2 He told me that Confucius’ early home ... was modest. His father died before he was three, leaving his upbringing to a loving but impoverished mother. My friends told me that he was a bookworm but his disciple told me that he wasn’t, but he did like school and did well in his studies. Confucianism has influenced Chinese attitudes, life patterns, and social virtues. It also has provided the background for Chinese political theories and institution. I ...
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