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- 16201: Black History
- The United States is locking up people at an unprecedented rate. There are now 1.75 million people in state and federal prisons in the U.S.--up from 1 million people just four years ago. Young Black and Latino men are bearing the brunt of this. Over 70 percent of those imprisoned are Black, Latino or other people of color. For many youth, prison is a big part of the future they are handed by this system. According to the U.S. Justice Department 8.3 percent of all Black men between the ages of 25 and 29 are now in prison. The incarceration of people has been accelerated through the enactment of so-called "three-strikes ... states and the federal government passed new "three strikes" laws. While there are considerable differences in these laws, all of them mandate much stiffer sentences for people who have been convicted of multiple felonies. California's three strikes law--the second one to be passed in the U.S.--is one of the most repressive in the nation. California Three Strikes Law The three strikes law has made it possible ...
- 16202: Human Flaws of Orgon In Tartuffee
- ... even after Tartuffe has been found out ("We cannot always judge by what we see")" (Weals). Orgon believes because Tartuffe claims to be a man of God he should put everything he has into Tartuffe's hands. He proves how much he believes this after Damis tells him that Tartuffe was flirting with Elmire. From this accusation Orgon replies to Damis: "I disinherit you; an empty purse / Is all you'll get from me - except my curse!" (III, vii , 68). Madame Pernelle shows the family trait that she shares with her son when she states: "He's a fine man, and should be listened to."(I, i ,44), while speaking of Tartuffe. Although they share this trait throughout the play, Orgon's eyes are finally opened at the end of the play while his mother is still held by the farce of Tartuffe. Although Tartuffe is portrayed as the main character of the play, Orgon is ...
- 16203: Rock And Roll 2
- ... this nation. What happened during the harsh years of those trials and tribulations? The American nation has gone through some pretty big changes. In recent research, one of the leading influences of the great 1960's was the music. Thus we are here to discuss how the so-called "Rock and Roll" influenced the 1960's. First of all, how did all this rock ever come about? Who started it? Who followed it, who adored it? All these questions can and will be answered. At the start of "Rock and Roll ... all. Some adults called it the devils music. Yet the youth of America loved and stood up for it. Th old nagging parents got rid of the music, but bot for long. In the 1960's rock and roll made a huge revival. "Repots of its demise were highly exaggerated, said Gale Research. All that hated it, also hated the famous radio station WINS. WINS, was the first radio station ...
- 16204: Metamorphosis 2
- ... family are often affected when something suddenly changes. Family relationships and special bonds can be changed and sometimes even broken. The attitudes of family members may be altered around the sudden change. In Franz Kafka s The Metamorphosis, a family s bond is broken apart by a sudden change in Gregor Samsa. The author deals with changes in Gregor and within the whole family. The family s attitude changes throughout the book. Gregor s sister, Grete, showed the largest change in attitude. In the beginning she felt sorry for her unfortunate brother and she continued to show that she still cared ...
- 16205: Elitists in Democracy
- ... suggests that it is the fault of the elite, which represents only a minute percentage of the populations of Argentina and Brazil, that democracy has not had the chance to develop and flourish completely. Argentinas oligarchy revolved around the Conservative Party, and they were convinced that only the upper class was capable of governing (Snow, pg. 14). The conservatives restricted suffrage, and condoned fraudulent elections, making it virtually impossible for ... before. Argentina was run almost exclusively for the benefit of the landed aristocracy, the commercial and industrial elites of Buenos Aires, and foreign interest (Snow, pg. 17). The democratic transition of Argentina in the 1980s to the 1990s demonstrated a relatively smooth transition from Radical power to Peronist power, and then back to Radical control. On October 30, 1983, Argentines went to the polls for the first time in more than a ...
- 16206: Summary of Tracy's "Home Brewed, the Unauthorized Biography of Drew Carey"
- Summary of Tracy's "Home Brewed, the Unauthorized Biography of Drew Carey" Home Brewed, the unauthorized biography of Drew Carey written by Kathleen Tracy, provides insight into the wacky lifestyle of the comic and actor. This biography, complete with ... point of his life was when he first wrote a comedic piece for a friend for a local radio station. One thing led to another, and Drew eventually landed an appearance on the popular 80's TV show 'Star Search', as well as, what is often considered to be the peak of a comedian's career: an appearance on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1991. Finally in 1995, The Drew Carey Show premiered. After near cancellation, the show has become one the country's top-rated sitcoms. ...
- 16207: Why Public Education Must Integrate Information Technology
- ... we have very rigidly structured school days. Often this rigid structure will interrupt a dynamic lesson, or leave a student with nothing to do while the rest of the class finishes. To maximize each student's time and each teacher's interactions with their students, we need a flexible, demand driven, schedule. Where each student can get her individual needs met while maximizing the efficient use of the teacher's time (Alcorn 1). As science has been discovering how the human mind works, we have learned a lot about learning. Expecting every student to respond equally to the same type of learning environment is ...
- 16208: Analysis Of Gimple The Fool
- Although Gimpel did not die a fool he lived his life primarily as a fool. Singer s use of Gimpel the Fool demonstrated two lower levels of the human scale. The first is the coward s ability to justify to himself the reasoning behind his behavior. The second is the crowd s ability to pick out the weakling and exploit him for their own amusement. Gimpel proved he was a fool by all that he did. He allowed himself to be cornered, prodded, and teased yet ...
- 16209: Cloning
- ... the specific tissue cells and injecting them into damaged area of the heart, thus causing the tissue in those areas to regenerate. Considering that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S.(New England Journal of Medicine 1998), the implementation of these life saving techniques would be a major break through in the medical professions fight against heart disease. The fields of cosmetic, plastic and reconstructive surgery ... diseases, due to breast augmentation and other cosmetic surgical procedures. According to the human cloning foundation (1999), women will no longer suffer diseases of their immune system due to breast implants and other cosmetic procedure's thanks to dermal tissue cloning techniques. Accident victims who have suffered deformity will no longer have to introduce foreign materials into their bodies, to repair damage. Amputees will be able to receive new limbs without ... cloning. Cloning / 4 These new and innovative advances in reconstrctive surgery will allow doctors to repair or replace bone, fat , connective tissues, cartilage all through the process of cloning, the possibilities are virtually endless. Downs syndrome, cystic fibrosis, liver disease, kidney failure, Tay-Sachs disease and leukemia could all be eliminated through defective gene elimination; cancer could be irradicated as well. There are innumerable applications of cloning technology in ...
- 16210: How Raphael Personifies The Renaissance
- ... years in the life of Raphael proved to be his most impressionable. Perugino taught the basic laws of painting to the young Raphael and showed him what art really was. At this time in Raphael s life his works mimicked those of Perugino, but still many say that his works breathed an independence of their own. Raphael, had a precious talent right from the beginning and was an innate absorber of influences (Web Museum 2). In many of Raphael s early works of art he echoes the style of Perguino, like that in the painting St. George and the Dragon. The style of Raphael in his early twenties proved in many aspects to far exceed ... new methods and techniques, adopted from those of Leonardo da Vinci. From da Vinci, Raphael learned how to balance and individualize his figures in every work that he would fabricate from that day forward. Raphal s paintings now took on a much more vibrant and electric approach. Raphael took a special liking to Mary, the Virgin Mother of God, and Jesus Christ, the Son of God. In many different paintings ...
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