Armed with a firearm or not, a criminal is a criminal and they will do whatever it takes to successfully commit a crime. Although there is a completely different type of culture in Europe, many things that are done across the pond are mimicked by the US. ... Without the use of guns in the general population, great generals such as George Washington would not have been as successful in battles as they were. ... I believe the federal age for open carry of guns should be 21. ... Florida and Texas have crime rates that are lower than the national average because those states allow its residents to...

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Adults were forced to show them how to handle the inhumane acts and degradation carried out by the whites without losing their spirits . ... They were punished when they did not listen. ... Some slaves, such as Frederick Douglass, learned to read with the help of old newspapers and books that he would carry with him each day. ... He stated: It was a new and special revelation, explaining dark and mysterious things, with which my youthful understanding had struggled, but struggled in vain. ... A slave who was capable of reading or writing was probable to attempt to escape or think too highly o...

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First, different ethnic locations have ways in which they approach food and how they choose and select it. ... But as they continue to grow, they begin to learn new ways of doing things that stick into their empty brains for life. These factors as Dindyal would state, emanate from the countries which they originate, and they shape their attitude about food. ... Also, such songs carry the 'gangster' feeling in them, which defines the groups' identity. ... These songs carry a message of oneness and are more linked to religious definitions of such groups. ...

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Teachers must also consider the actions and the behavior that they allow in the classroom. Things that most people would deem trivial, like always asking for a male student's assistance in carrying desks or other heavy objects, or hanging posters which only portray Caucasian heroes, may be view as discriminatory. ... If the students are able to perform these multiple assessments they prove that they have a clear and thorough understanding of the subject matter. A teacher must consider all of these things and be expected to make less their first year than a garbage man, but the teache...

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They were built at the direction of the Works Projects Administration (WPA) of the 1930's. ... Much of what they created has survived through the efforts of museums, libraries, and archives. ... They wanted "a new car every few years-. ... Perhaps one of the things that most characterize the 1950's society was the strong element of conservatism and anticommunist feeling. ... People carrying small transistor radios listened to music, which could be heard in any location because it was now portable. ...

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Stereotyping is generalizing a group of people based on skin color, race, gender, and age, amongst other things. Stereotyping can be as simple as your freshman comp2 teacher asking her 10 o'clock class if they had a part-time job during the summer. ... Yet America forgets about our northern boarder as if they too cannot be illegal immigrants. ... " Even though the game was never carried out, it raised major awareness to the fact that illegal immigrants can be anyone who is not an American citizen or doesn't have the proper paper work proving that they are allowed in this country...

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The Industrial Revolution accelerated the development of globalization and with the help of new machines or new transport carried the products further and faster. ... Globalization has increased trading and this increase in trade has encouraged people to do greater things. ... In a world where close to everything and very easy to reach, it is also easy to accomplish great things. ... They expect to manufacture high quality products at a low price. ... Companies try to find places where they can get cheaper workers. ...

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The U.S Supreme Court in a majority opinion by Justice Antonia Scalia explained that the Second Amendment guarantees "the individual's right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation" (2). ... A vivid example was the Travon- Zimmerman case, whereby Zimmerman who had a history of violence was allowed to carry a gun around for self-defense rather than retreat. ... In addition, according to Handgun Control, Inc. studies have found that guns are so complex that special training is necessary to use them properly, and so simple to use that they make murder easy. ... An ar...

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They have less of a chance of forming their own opinions about certain issues if they only know certain details of the issues at hand. ... And a large reason why many Americans even buy most of these products is because they believe that they will be protected by bad things that could happen to them if they didn't have these products, thanks to the media and the government for instilling this constant strain of fear into American citizens through their news coverage and other programming. Fear of the horrible things that happen in America causes American's to spend more money on mo...

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(p. 154) These figures show the effects on the consumer, who as a stakeholder has been excluded from a lot of the decision-making processes effecting such things as healthcare costs and the laws surrounding them. ... The government characterizes this priority as a way to encourage growth of large companies so that they can improve the quality of their service. ... The consequence is that middle class Americans often struggle to deal with medical costs, especially when unexpected medical emergencies occur, even if they do have full insurance benefits. ... They also reduced benefits for expen...

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Cotton became a staple in America, which primarily carried their financial state in New York. ... African slaves were treated less than human, less than the Native and European slaves, they were given no option but to do as they were told or be punished. ... Over all African slaves were desired over Native and European servants because, they were stronger, fit for any job, they believed they had no choice, they never fought back and people could use them without paying them or compensating them in any way generating more revenue and profit. ... In Conards story it gives us a look into what the...

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Since Snowden leaked the information regarding this content, the NSA has made public what they can see and how they use it. On the NSA's website, a few things they mention that they have access to are: "Social media activity, mobile phone apps downloaded, websites visited, emails sent and received, and facial recognition data from surveillance cameras" ("Your Data: If You Have Nothing to hiding, You have Nothing to Fear"). ... Cell phones are carried around everywhere, making people more vulnerable. ... They have no choice but to give into government power because if they don&#...

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These parties will be described from their goals of what they wanted to accomplish and the American voters they affected in that time period. ... They were able to influence a wide variety of voters due to the different directional views they had on a prosperus U.S. ... This law was carried on by a new contract that solidfied its meaning of not allowing Chinese immigrants of being citizens. ... They recognized that their influence was dwindling. ... This does two things: gives them immediate credit and the opportunity to hold their crops until the market improves. ...

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They undermine human dignity and are morally wrong. ... What people choose when they think about a good death for themselves is often beyond what medicine can provide-for instance, an affirmation of love, a completion of important work, or a last visit with an important person. As a physician, I can't always make those things happen. ... To protect oneself they may have, in a written statement, their predicision for themselves of what they would like to proceed in their treatment in case of an accident or illness. ... Whether the patient, or family, chooses for euthanasia to be carried ou...

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Viewing class hierarchies as bad, they enact legislation that promotes policies, which attempt to correct this injustice. ... William Lind, the director of the Center for Cultural Conservatism, a think tank in Washington, D.C., carried out a comprehensive study of the origin of political correctness. ... Political correctness, however, have not consummated in the desired end results they were intended to bring about. ... Affecting every aspect of our daily lives, the words and things we do as well as the way we behave is always under careful scrutiny as if not to offend the wrong person. ...

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Members of the public and huge sports fan copy the jersey numbers and playing styles and they are also influenced by theirs sports star's use of drugs (J. ... They question the right of others to interfere with their decision to achieve their goals because what they are engaging in is a potential health risk. ... " They refer to this innate value as "the spirit of sport" and that all forms of doping are against the ethics of sport. Lincoln Allison (2004) in his article found online he comments on a study carried out to comprehend to relationship between the amount of drug ...

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Americans often hypocritically express the view that they are obligated as citizens to engage in politics, even though they are not involved in any real form of political activity. ... Accordingly, they make voting compulsory, as in Australia. ... They question why they should get involved in politics at all. ... They do not realize that one voice can make a difference in our government. ... Once people on the west coast know who is winning and who is not, are they more inclined to feel they don't need to bo...

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The Istanbul Declaration of Human Settlement argued that to sustain their global environment they must commit to sustainable patterns of production, consumption, transportation and settlement development; pollution prevention, respect for the carrying capacity of ecosystems; and the preservation of opportunities for future generations. ... They also believed by advancing technology all of the society's problems would go away. ... Mills states in Sociological Imagination, ordinary men are directly aware of the troubles they face and are so bounded by their daily routines they aren't a...

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Many argue that Gossip Girl carries a booze-without-consequence aura. ... When teenagers become intoxicated and lose inhibitions, they are more likely to engage in risky sexual activity. ... They are explicit in nature yet use things such as wealth, glamor, and an attractive cast to cover up the rawness of the actual issues at hand. ... They rely on it to expose them to new ideas and help them interpret the world around them. ... There is no doubt that America's teens today are struggling with illegal alcohol consumption, with 12.3 years being the average age of a teen when they have the...

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Today, we take these discoveries for granted, as if they appeared by magic out of thin air. ... Nor, do they understand the principles and procedures of inquiry well enough to promote, both old and new ideas. Coupled with this apathy for all things scientific, is a lack of wonder about the natural world and all that it has to offer. 21st Century Math and Science Education in Preparation of a Workforce There is a drastic decline (15%) in the number of college graduates who receive degrees in engineering or the natural sciences (SCANS, 1991). ... These skills are transferable, in that they mi...

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