Technology was, is, and will be mediated by society. In order to understand it, we need to understand the roles played by technology in human existence and society. When technology is used, it helps to shape the relations between human beings and the world. People have always panicked about the implications of new technologies. They always worried about the nature of technological change today, and also about its pace. We went from having no World Wide Web to a full-blown...
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There are many concerning issues within juvenile corrections. One of those pressing issues is solitary confinement. Solitary confinement is defined as the isolation of a prisoner in a separate cell as a form of punishment. Every day across the United States, young people under the age of 18 are placed in solitary confinement. In this essay, I will discuss the issue surrounding juveniles in solitary confinement compared to Germanyâs treatment of juveniles and the ways it has improved. According to...
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During most college studentsâ four years of studies, they are required to live in dorms. As expected, dorms are usually shared between two or more people, which automatically makes them your roommates. Throughout these four years every student gets to meet many different types of people, coming from various countries and backgrounds, and most times students are required to share their living spaces with those same people. As time progresses, we, students, are predisposed to live with a variety of...
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Traditionally, oceans did not find their place in economic analysis. They were considered to be a part of the natural resources that could be exploited. The factors of production included land, labor, and capital, with oceans being a fixed factor in production. Oceans were classified as public goods, which means they are non-excludable and non-rival. In recent years, the finite nature of the oceans and fish stock and the ecological degradation of oceans due to harmful effluents have been analyzed...
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You really don't know what you have until it's gone. We complain every day about not liking the food that's on the table and complaining about not having the latest model of phone. If we searched around us, we could find at least a hundred things that we are not thankful for. However, people less fortunate would be grateful for it. We never stop and realize how lucky we are as we take our family and friends as normal things...
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âStargirlâ is a novel by the author Jerry Spinelli. Jerry is an American writer that grew up in Norristown, Pennsylvania, and he now lives in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He decided to become a writer at the age of 16 after a poem he wrote about sports was published in a local newspaper. Jerry went to Gettysburg College and he got his masterâs degree at Johns Hopkins University. Jerry has written over 45 books and âStargirlâ is one of them. In 1991,...
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Do you know how you were conceived? Do you know how you became? The reproductive system is the framework that made that all conceivable. Without the regenerative framework, you wouldn't have been conceived. So as to create posterity, the male and female regenerative frameworks must be unique. Every system has various parts, issues, and care. Every framework has various purposes: the male conceptive framework's capacity is to create sperm, while the female regenerative framework's capacity is to deliver ova, store...
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The final milestone in a personâs life â funerals â carries many significant meanings in both Judaism and Hinduism, the various traditional rituals help overcome the heartbreak of funerals. Looking firstly at a Jewish funeral. According to Levison (2002), âAll Jews believe as long as they follow the laws laid out in the Old Testament, they will attain holinessâ. As soon as possible after death, the Chevra Kadisha, a Jewish organization that arranges funerals, must be notified, as Jews believe...
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Genre theory is utilized to explore films and place them into a category, so people are aware of what genre of film it is before seeing it. Genres are classifications based on the tale of the movie. All movies belong to a genre or sub-genre type. One of the better well-known but missed genres is a romantic comedy. The cheesy back-and-forth, clever actions, sexual pressures, good-heartedness soliloquies, and the conflict betwixt the central two people in the film, are why...
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Peer review is an essential step when it comes to publishing an article or even a book. It is when you get someone in the same field or a field similar to evaluate work ready to be published. Peer review is extremely necessary as it ensures the quality of work is up to a good standard and has reliable information referenced. Peer-reviewed articles are important as they keep up with current trends and any other research in a variety of...
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Morality is the relationship between right and wrong in human behavior. Simply put, it is a system of right and wrong principles. A dilemma is just a difficult decision, which means that you must choose between two or more. In other words, a dilemma is a situation where there are two possible solutions. A moral dilemma is a situation or problem in which a person is faced with a dilemma between good and evil. There are several types and common...
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This essay will describe the structure, function, and interrelationship of one of the bodyâs major systems, the endocrine system, and illustrate its malfunction and associated causes, symptoms, and treatment. A sporadic network across the body, the endocrine system, consisting of glands and organs with no physical connections, produce and secrete chemical messages called hormones. The term hormone, derived from the Greek word âhormaoâ, meaning âI exciteâ, refers to each hormone exiting or stimulating a particular part of the body or...
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In BBCâs âSherlockâ, Sherlock Holmes is portrayed as a âhigh functioning sociopathâ who considers himself married to his work and despises working with others. After John Watson returns from war and needs a roommate, the two meet each other and decide to room together. Once Sherlock asks John to accompany him on a case, they become partners: Sherlock is the consulting detective and John is the blogger of the cases. Throughout their many adventures together, Sherlock seems to have growing...
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Euclid of Alexandria is one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, and his work, âElementsâ, remains one of the most published books to this day. Considering the legacy he left behind, it is unimaginable how much of his research was truly lost. Some sources claim that as much as half of his works did not survive, especially the ones regarding conics and mechanics. Another field of ancient science that was lost with the Library of Alexandria is optics. While...
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Jeff Bezos, one of if not the most successful entrepreneurs the world has ever seen, was born in 1964 as Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen to a teenage mother Jacklyn Gise (16 years old at the time), and a teenage father Ted Jorgensen (barely 18 years old), in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Jeff was challenged in his life from a very early age when his parents divorced when he was just 17 months old. That was the last time Jeff ever saw his...
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Why you should go vegan Do you know how many animals are being killed this year for food in the United States so far? 5,542,850,346 and counting. (accessed on Feb 7, number changes by second) This connects to our water supplies. 1,800 gallons (6,800 liters) of water is used to produce one pound of beef. This matches 7 years of our drinking water for the average person, but instead, this water is being wasted for beef. Becoming a vegan is...
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Discoveries can provide new insights that transform an individualâs perception of themselves and the world. Both William Shakespeareâs tragicomedy The Tempest (1611) and Laura Palmerâs memoir, Mystery is the Precinct Where I Found Peace (2002) highlight how introspection enables individuals to be emotionally transformed. Furthermore, both texts reveal how by reconsidering prior assumptions, individuals may discover renewed perspectives and future possibilities. Emotional discoveries can arise from introspection in response to provocative encounters. In The Tempest, Renaissance Humanismâs emphasis upon self-reflection...
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In the nineteenth century, women were oppressed in American society at the time, and it was dangerous for women to fight back. The womenâs role in society wasnât pleasant either and no one could fully understand what it meant to be a woman or the hardships they were faced with at the time, to which they also werenât allowed to have very much freedom. Both â The Story of An Hourâ and â The Yellow Wallpaperâ depict the relationships between...
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When addressing the concern about the United States being able to provide fair access to health services there are two popular theories that most people agree with. The two contrasting theories are market justice and social justice and in this paper, the theory of social justice is discussed. Social justice believes healthcare should be on a population level instead of an individual basis and should not consider wealth as a requirement for healthcare. The term âsocial justiceâ was invented in...
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Maathai is locally and worldwide renowned as a conservation environmentalist and crusader for gender and social justice. A woman of many firsts, amongst them, the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in East and Central Africa (1971) and to head the Veterinary Anatomy Department, at one of Kenyaâs oldest and most prestigious Universities - the University of Nairobi (UON) in 1976 to ultimately becoming the winner of one of the most coveted global prizes, the Nobel Peace Prize (2004), (valued...
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Sexual harassment is thriving on silence. How often do you hear the word harassment and feel the pain attached to it? I believe everyone should be free from objectification due to their gender, religion, and race. Sexual harassment is one of the most common types of harassment found. Considering gender as a sexual object and making crude jokes, passing remarks, or behaving in any way that makes the other person uncomfortable is not acceptable. We live in a world where...
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âAn Experiment in Zero Parentingâ by Eliot Marshall ia an article that discusses an experiment done by the Bucharest Early Intervention Project (BEIP) in Romania. In the 1960âs the dictator felt Romaniaâs population needed to be boosted, so he started taxing women for having less than five children with no consideration about their financial and physical abilities to care for any or all of the children. This left a heavy burden on Romania to take care of these children when...
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âForests are the worldâs air-conditioning system - the lungs of the planet - and we are the verge of switching it off.â - Prince Charles (âExplore 100 Famous Scientist Quotes Pagesâ). This quote explains that humans are about to lose most of the trees which are necessary for the existence of life on earth. In addition, deforestation refers to the removal of trees which can occur through natural or accidental means but, it is commonly carried out by humans. Recently,...
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The First World War was central to the coming of the 1917 revolution in Russia because it put enormous strains on the population and dramatically increased popular discontent. It also undermined the discipline of the Russian army, thereby reducing the governmentâs ability to use force to suppress the increased discontent. â whether or not Russia would have avoided revolution had there been no war is difficult to determine, however, it is certainly true that, even if a revolution was probable,...
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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the author, Harper Lee, tells a story about two young children, who live in a period of racial discrimination against African Americans. The reader learns about the charactersâ experiences that shape their moral views about people of different social classes and races. Lee portrays African Americans as a segregated community that was considered inferior and constantly faced social injustice, yet they were respectful to the whites, despite the cruel and unfair treatment they...
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One of the most controversial, social, and legal issues in the United States today is the legalization of marijuana. Just like with every issue, there are pros and cons that come along with it. I believe that the benefits of legalizing marijuana outweigh the negatives that are associated with it. This paper will focus on some of those benefits, which include, the economic, social, and medical standpoints. Taking into consideration the negatives that correspond to each topic. Marijuana is estimated...
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Good afternoon all, As a citizen of America, I am here to let you know that we are all under attack. World War 3 is rapidly evolving in front of our very eyes and we are oblivious about it. This silent but deadly killer is mutilating over three hundred thousand harmless citizens every 12 months â however, 80% are scared to admit the hardship they face. 85% of its victims are women and children, and the remaining 15% are men....
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What happens when a country, put through continuous mistreatment from a sovereign power and pushed to its limit, must either choose total submission or total independence through all-out war? One historical event that serves as a significant example of this dilemma is the American Revolutionary War. The American Revolution was a lengthy conflict that occurred during the second half of the eighteenth century. It involved American colonists rebelling against their ruling monarchical British government, with all the battles taking place...
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World War I changed America's character forever. Participation in the war confirmed the leading role of the United States in international affairs. World War I marked the first war in which American women were allowed to enlist in the armed forces. While thousands of women did join branches of the army in an official capacity, receiving veterans status and benefits after the war's close, the majority of female involvement was done through voluntary organizations supporting the war effort or through...
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Euthanasia is described as an act or omission which of itself and by intention causes death, with the purpose of eliminating all suffering [1]. As such because this is a controversial topic that involves both life and death it falls under the category of being a biological ethical issue [2]. However, recent a form of euthanasia referred to as voluntary euthanasia, where a doctor acts out euthanasia at a patientâs request was legalized in Victoria in June 2019, will be...
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