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Police Corruption

... acting alone or in-groups to steal money from dealers or distribute cocaine themselves. Large groups of corrupt police have been caught in New York, New Orleans, Washington, DC, and Los Angeles. Methodology: Corruption within police departments falls into 2 basic categories, which are external corruption and internal corruption. In this report I will concentrate only on external corruption because it has been the larger center of attention recently. I have decided to include the fairly recent accounts of corruption from a few major cities, mai ...

Number of words: 3168 | Number of pages: 12

Web Page Critiques

... and when you do go back it starts up the intro again. The "our stuff" page is laid out very nicely, instead of linking to seperate pages for their differant products it opens a menu for the products on the same page. On the "where to buy it" page you can search for a retailer in your area (it has information about Cal Skate!), or you can connect to "e-tailers." You can also download the catalog and view it in acrobat reader. http://www.ccmsports.com CCM's site starts out with a loading page that includes a status monitor to let you know ho ...

Number of words: 331 | Number of pages: 2

Cabalgata

... every year the amount of people that participate changes from 120-500 riders on this event. Hores riders are mainly from Acuña and pretty much know each other. Friends sign up and get together to interact amongst others. In the Northern part of Mexico two ’s are held each year. One is “Acuña” and the other is “Sabinas.” This event doesn’t have a specific date; however, the in Sabinas is usually held on Labor Day weekend. In Acuña it is usually held on the first week of October. The I’m going to talk about is the one held ...

Number of words: 1246 | Number of pages: 5

The War Against Athletes

... and unrightfully suspected of drug use. But why just athletes? Why not the rest of the students? In their quest for a more civil society, administrators have forgotten their true goals ­ equality for all students. If an athlete is to be stripped of his rights, why not another student? What makes an athlete more susceptible to drug use than a non-athlete? A clear level of discrimination is evident in the Supreme Court decision to make drug testing of athletes legal in the United States. (no author, 4). It is wrong to suspect a person mo ...

Number of words: 1080 | Number of pages: 4

Mcdonaldization Of Society 2

... family (Ritzer, 1996, 1). I observed three East Side Mario’s Restaurant’s establishments while the dinner menu was being served on Saturday evenings between 6pm and 8pm to evaluate the ways in which McDonaldization has affected their company. On January 29th I visited East Side Mario’s in London, Ontario, on February 19th I visited East Side Mario’s in Plano, Texas (I used to hold a job as a server at this location) and on February 26th I visited East Side Mario’s in Orange, California. With the diversity of locations I was able ...

Number of words: 3294 | Number of pages: 12

Advertising

... the images posted over our urban surroundings are inescapable. Pervading all the media, but limited to none, forms a vast superstructure with an apparently autonomous existence and an immense influence."(11) Television commercials and magazine advertisements tend to focus toward the people most likely to watch that television program or read that magazine. For example, if people are watching a soccer game then the commercials in between will most likely have to do with soccer. In magazines the advertisements are related to the t ...

Number of words: 1034 | Number of pages: 4

The Land Ethic

... up this idea. To adopt a land ethic similar to the one Leopold describes and consistently apply it decade after decade would mean demodernizing the world, and people are too smart and too ignorant these days to give up all the modern day conveniences. In saying too smart, I mean they have to many good ideas that can land them some serious money or power, but they are too ignorant to realize that they are in a sense biting the hand that feeds them. The fact that our earth is in trouble is not obvious enough right now for these people to ...

Number of words: 1639 | Number of pages: 6

Psychological Stress

... of cancer. There are also some societal issues that can hamper. There are numerous elements that trigger the effects of psychological stress. Frustration is one of these elements that will trigger stress. Frustration is one of the most prevalent sources of stress in my life at this moment. A lot of different events will cause frustration. Frustration occurs from something blocking our attainment of certain goals or needs (Corey 207). All of the little things that frustrate us include waiting in lines or traffic, sense of failur ...

Number of words: 1817 | Number of pages: 7

I, Robot, A Metaphorical Analy

... turn out. As children we want to experiment with things, whatever they be. That is the purpose of the juvenile mind. It is a curious mind, full of amazement with, "What happens when I do this?" This thought carries though childhood, though puberty, and even through adulthood. The people who this applies to are most often scientists. The scientists in i, robot seem to be the people who as moppets, played with putting things together to see what they made. To these people, the robots in the book are just Tinker-Toys, which are very big and h ...

Number of words: 1050 | Number of pages: 4

Asdfa

... in life. When a person loves with their heart, the feeling they have is like no other. Anyone can love with his or her mind or body, but love of the heart and soul is hard to come by. I have loved with my mind many times before, but its not the same. I believe I have been struck with love, because it hit me like a freight train. The swift perfume and luscious looks of a girl are usually only temporary and I forget about it after the essence is gone. Although I believe I found the perfect combination of perfume, looks, and personality. He ...

Number of words: 1619 | Number of pages: 6

Psychoanalytic Approaches To P

... were also major themes of the psychoanalytic approach. Successful therapy was a long-term and costly process, which most people during that time, with the exception of the wealthy, could not afford. Sigmund Freud’s main contribution to this new field of studying personality was in the area of the understanding the unconscious, an aspect of the mind to which, he claimed, we did not have ready access to, but was the source of our actions and behavior. Freud believed the human mind was divided into three parts: the id, ego, ...

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The Significance Of The Plot O

... around twenty years. The gradual development of the plot, the actual, end of the book is easily noticed. A big role in that development plays hospitality or as Homer calls it the xenia. Odysseus' journey on his way back to his island Ithaca contains numerous details about hospitality and what it is to be a good or a bad host. His voyage is based on the kindness and the warmth of the people. There are gods and humans, and giants that do not appreciate the hero but he deals with them and we meet with the actual plot of the story, his homecoming ...

Number of words: 1503 | Number of pages: 6

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