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Legalization of Cannabis in CaliforniaCalifornians are taking the initiative to pursue the legalization of cannabis by the end of 2014 despite copious Americans' pessimistic beliefs against it. To legalize and unleash the United States' third most consumed drug behind alcohol and cigarettes seems ludicrous to most Americans yet more than half of Californians find it ideal. Although the consumption of cannabis may cause health hazards, criminal punishments, and motor impairments, an active social reform is underway in hopes of optimistic outcomes influenced by Washington's and Colorado's movement. The Prohibition era ended decades ago so why is its' lingering principles constricting cannabis' potential to assuage illnesses, induce happiness, conserve millions of dollars in criminal offenses, and bring in even more money in potential taxation? Cannabis deserves to be legalized and regulated in manner similar to alcohol and cigarettes to be cultivated, distributed, and consumed responsibly in California in order to benefit s |
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A Visit from the Footbinder by Emily PragerThis passage from Emily Prager's 1982, "A Visit from The Footbinder," encapsulates a young girl's first foot binding experience. Prager, an American author, provides readers with a non-oriental perspective on the tradition of foot binding. This excerpt takes place inside a temple, sometime during Ancient China where this crippling practice conforms to society and is deemed to be beautiful, leading to the idea that women with bound feet 'may marry well' and live a prosperous life. The overall tone of this passage is quite dark, with the opening paragraph graphically describing the mutilation of the Pleasure Mouse's foot, ending with her bellowing 'in agony.' This passage is told in third person by a heterodiegetic narrator, a narrator who is not a character in the story but is able to describe all the particular events that take place throughout the story. However, this means that we learn nothing about the narrator's own position, and we do not interpret the narrator as |
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Indian Parliament and the 2013 Companies ActAbstract The corporate sector in India continues to expand at a fast rate. There are close to a million companies in the country who have registered and are looking far beyond domestic boundaries to acquire funds in both financial and human aspect so as to merge with foreign companies. Foreign investors also look towards India as a viable and attractive destination for investment. In such a situation, it becomes the responsibility of the government to provide an effective legally structured environment for corporates. The financial development of any nation depends on strong investor protection and good governance. Introduction Companies Act, 2013 is an Act of the Parliament of India which regulates incorporation of a company, responsibilities of a company, directors, dissolution of a company. The 2013 Act is divided into 29 chapters containing 470 sections as against 658 Sections in the Companies Act, 1956 and has 7 schedules. It is a landmark legislation with far-reaching consequ |
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Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green KnightBeowulf, an epic written between the 8th and 11th century was first told in Anglo-Saxton England. This epic follows a young, brave, and powerful warrior who risks his life to save and protect others. He battles monsters above, and below land, and he slays dragons. He is the strongest of all men, and never backs down from a challenge. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a romantic poem that takes place in the Arthurian period. This poem introduces King Arthur's nephew, Sir Gawain. A mighty warrior he is, Sir Gawain is challenged with an ultimate test of his faith and loyalty to the covenant. Beowulf and Sir Gawain are epic heroes, not because they fought many battles, but because they both uphold a moral and ethical integrity that has yet to be seen in their peers. Throughout the story, it is evident that Beowulf lives by a heroic code of strength, courage, and honor. Along with strength and honor, this heroic code included characteristics such as loyalty, and generosity. Which are all |
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The Use of Sex in Teen Comedy MoviesSex and nudity is a concept that is not new to films and movies, especially in teenage romantic comedies or "coming of age" comedies. In these teen comedies, the ideas of sex and sexuality in teens is usually a main subject, and in the three examples I will be looking at, the ideas of teen sex and sexuality is almost over emphasized to a comedic level. The three movies I will be looking at are "American Pie" (1999), "Sex Drive" (2008), and "Van Wilder" (2002). "American Pie" is a teen comedy that follows four friends that are on a quest to lose their virginity by their prom, but first, the friends must endure many antics that confront them including picking up dates, learning how to have sex, and finally, completing their goals of having sex. The movie "Sex Drive" is a similar type of movie to "American Pie", in the fact that the main character wants to lose his virginity. As in "America Pie", in " |
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Letter to Public Officials - Needing a JobTo Whom It May Concern: I hope this letter finds you in great health and wonderful spirits. My name is Jermaine __________. I am 32 years old, unemployed, and live in Ruther Glen, VA. I am a fairly recent college graduate, having graduated in 2012 from George Mason University with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology. But, I am having the hardest time trying to find employment of any kind. I have been looking everywhere for almost two years...submitting multiple résumés, attending dozens of interviews...but still, I have no job. I believe the major reason why I haven't been able to obtain employment is because I have a criminal record. In 2008, I was terminated from Wawa Food Markets for stealing gift cards. During the time, I was in severe financial distress. I was using my paycheck to pay my bills, and used the gift cards to purchase food. I was an idiot, a bonehead, and let my pride get the best of me because I did not want to burden anyone with my problems. I als |
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The Driving Force of MotivationWorld leaders, athletes, scientists, and university students all have one commonality; motivation. According to the web page dictionary.com, motivation is the act of providing a strong reason to act in a certain way or accomplish something. Whether we want to admit it, we are all motivated by different things; and have different goals we want to accomplish. Without motivation, our goals would not be accomplished and our dreams would remain simply dreams; the world would be a totally different place.. The only way people can grow, learn and thrive in the world today is through motivation. Motivation makes the world go 'round and without it, the world would remain at a standstill. Motivation is what drives our every move which includes fulfilling our desires and wants along with having the necessities. It means to have incentive or being driven to advance and grow. Being taught throughout our lives that just passing in school and flying under the radar eventually leads people to not have the drive to be motivated. To bec |
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Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo AnayaThroughout the novel "Bless Me, Ultima," author Rudolfo Anaya, constantly mentions religion, as the main character Antonio battles for the truth in life. Antonio only possesses knowledge on Catholicism and the virtues of Christ until his age of innocence begins to come to an end. When he begins to see the truths in life he sees that so many people believe in other religions and other gods, especially his friends. Two friends in particular expose a completely new religion to Antonio and tell him of a mighty golden carp who holds the power of a god. Whether or not the mystical tales of Cico and Samuel have truth in them, they have an impact on Antonio's religious life, and may have set in motion a change in his beliefs in the golden carp, Ultima, and Catholicism. The origin of the golden carp seems as mysterious as the tale itself. According to Samuel the legend began long ago during the beginning of creation. He believes that the carp once lived as humans, and when they upset their go |
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The Cultures of Britain and TurkeyIn Turkey, the main influence on society is religion: "99% of the inhabitants are Muslim" (Carkoglu and Toprak, 2006) with Islam being the second largest religion in the world. The remaining 1% is composed of Christians and Jews, this illustrates that the Turkish culture is comparatively different to the UK where the majority are Christians. "59.3% of the resident population in the UK identify as Christian" (ONS, 2011) although religion is not practiced as much anymore in Britain due to it becoming a more multicultural society where secularism is promoted to create a fair and more equal society. "Everyone is equal before the law, regardless of religion, belief or non-belief" (NSS, 2014). However, Turkey is very patriotic where the people are devoted to their country and this is encouraged from a young age. Social organization involves how people in a given society are categorized, i.e. gender or social class. For example, the functionalists' theory of soci |
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ProgramSNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program which is formerly known as the Food Stamp Program is a government assistance program that provides food-purchasing assistance to help low- to no-income people living in the United States. This program is a Federal aid program which was administered by the U.S Department of Agriculture under the Food and Nutrition Service. SNAP is also the largest nutrition assistance programs out of the fifteen domestic nutrition assistance programs (SNAP, 2014). The food assistance program is addressing and fixing the problem of the amount of hunger in the United States. The program is aimed to provide unemployed people with food as a crutch for them to get back on their feet while they look for employment. Also, the program is to provide food assistance for those who are employed at low-income jobs. This program does not just focus on providing people with money for food, but allows them enough money to purchase nutritious food for their households |
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Frankenstein - A Marxist InterpretationIn Mary Shelley's book Frankenstein, Shelley outlines the socio-economic issues of her time period as theorized by Karl Marx in his Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844. Marx believes that alienation of workers is rooted in the capitalistic system. He writes that alienation occurs because of a worker's lack of ability to express himself under the control of the bourgeoisie, the capitalist class that owns the means of production. Viewing Frankenstein through a Marxist lens, it becomes clear that Victor's shortcomings are due to his work on the monster. The industrial revolution, which was at its height while Shelley was writing, greatly expanded the gap between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat, or the working class. "These working conditions, low wages, and increasing cost of living were only a part of the evils facing the proletariat" (Montag 368 as quoted in White 29). This gap gave the bourgeoisie an increasing amount of control over the proletariats. Shelley s |
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The American Dream in LiteratureThe American Dream has been something idolized and sought after for many years. Generations have flocked to the shores of America to try their luck in finding it. The American Dream is the ability for each and every person to follow their dreams, ideas, and the pursuit of happiness, despite obstacles that come their way. Holden Caulfield from J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, Maya Angelou and her autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham City Jail are prime examples of this, as they all go after what they want and believe to be right. Holden Caulfield, the main character of The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, believes that the American Dream is a phony and fake idea. To him, his American Dream is being as different and less phony as possible. People tend to act as if they are happy and successful in order to fit in with the rest of society and their peers. Holden s |
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The Peace TaxThe article "Peace Tax would provide war objectors with choice" by Kerry Walters discusses the funding for the war with Iraq and states that we as taxpayers do not at present time have a choice in paying for the war. Walters contends that those who have strong religious and moral objections to war should have the choice as to whether they contribute to the funding of the military. This article is effective in that he uses facts to support his opinion that there are basic First Amendment rights being infringed upon by not giving taxpayers the choice in participating in the funding of war. The author points out that the largest expense of the U.S. government is the military. He states that 40 percent of the federal budget in 2002 was spent on the military and in 2004 that spending will jump from $587 billion to $804 billion. Walters suggests that by forcing religious and moral objectors to pay for these military costs through taxes is violating their conscience. He also states that by " |
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The Great Gatsby and Vile BodiesIn The Great Gatsby, a theme widely explored by Fitzgerald is how class divisions that separate the wealthy from everyone else are presented. Considering that American society was supposed to be classless, Fitzgerald highlights all of the distinctions between those who had money and those who didn't. Moreover, he highlights the differences between people who had just made their money, and those who had it all along - the distinction between old and new money. Indeed, although the culture and society of America were different to the United Kingdom's, Waugh shows similar distinctions in British Society throughout Vile Bodies. Both do this through various techniques, descriptions and effective imagery, presenting a varied insight into the lives of the wealthy. The wealthy elite are first presented in the first chapter of the Great Gatsby. Nick describes where he and the other affluent individuals live, in the towns of East and West Egg on Long Island, an area around New York City. East |
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John F. Kennedy and the Kennedy CurseThe second of nine children, Kennedy was reared in a family that demanded intense physical and intellectual competition among the siblings - the family's touch football games at their Hyannis Port retreat later became legendary - and was schooled in the religious teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and the political precepts of the Democratic Party. His father, Joseph Patrick Kennedy, had acquired a multimillion-dollar fortune in banking, bootlegging, shipbuilding, and the film industry, and as a skilled player of the stock market. His mother, Rose, was the daughter of John F. ("Honey Fitz") Fitzgerald, one-time mayor of Boston. They established trust funds for their children that guaranteed lifelong financial independence. After serving as the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Joseph Kennedy became the U.S. ambassador to Great Britain, and for six months in 1938 John served as his secretary, drawing on that experience to write his senior thesis at Harvard |
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Accidents of Nature by H. McBryde JohnsonAccidents of Nature by Harriet McBryde Johnson is a young adult novel about a teenage girl with cerebral palsy, and her first experience at summer camp. Jean, the protagonist of the story, is a high school senior who attends a "norm school" and has never really come in contact with other teens with disabilities in a social setting. McBryde uses Jean's experiences at "Crip Camp" to show the readers the necessity of launching a movement towards disability rights. This book is drenched in commentary on the current societal views on the disabled community, and works as a call for justice. Prior to coming to Camp Courage Jean aspired to be "normal." All of her friends were non-disabled and she took pride in that. The only time that she really considered her disability was when she was acting as a "poster child" for cerebral palsy, or when she was being exploited in the annual telethon. When she comes to camp we see her struggle to accept her identit |
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Life as a Serbian-AmericanMy name is Stevan Gacanovic. I am a U.S. citizen, born in Chicago on the 28th of May, 1993. Although I am born in the United States, however, upon reflecting on my own race and identity I do not consider myself an American by race; I feel that where you are born does not correlate to who you are, but rather where you are from. In other words, your family defines who you are. Being born in the U.S. absolutely correlates to my identity and the people I interact with for the most part, but it does not alter who I am. I was born into the Serbian race, both on my father's and mother's side. It's no secret that there are crossroads, being Serbian by ethnicity and Serbo-American by identity. The Serbian race alone has a history of confusion and allegiance behind it. Safe to say, the same goes for my identity. To stay precise, in order to completely understand the following analysis, I am a Serbian male born and living in America: Serbian by race/ethnicity (Caucasian), Serbo-American by ident |
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Elie Wiesel - Messenger to MankindStatement of Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss Elie Wiesel's reasons for becoming an international activist and how his role as one made him a hero. Abstract Elie Wiesel began pursuing a role as an international activist after he realized that he had a duty to justify his experiences as a survivor. After becoming an activist, Wiesel used his role to take part in different human rights endeavors and to prevent future genocides from occurring. Elie Wiesel spent almost a year and a half in concentration camps and was finally liberated in 1945. His career as an activist began after he moved to America in 1955. He aided Cambodian Refugees in 1981 and got involved with the Kissinger commission in 1984. In 1985, Wiesel helped ratify the Genocide Treaty and his efforts were recognized with a gold medal from the white house in the same year. Elie Wiesel went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, and he became regarded as a "messenger to mankind" because of his heroi |
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Diary of Abigail Williams - The CrucibleDear Diary. It is 1662 in the town of Salem; I have committed sins worthy of the Devil. Throughout my treacherous lies, many people have lost their lives, suffered and confessed to lies. I have run off because this guilt brings me too much pain to bear. I leave this diary in those hands I trust in my absence. Caught in the Woods Dear Diary. Today, the most unfortunate event took place. The other girls and I were in the woods with Tituba creating spells to get boys to fancy us, but I had the grand idea of damning Elizabeth Proctor so I could be with John! "Oh John, how I miss your lips, your smell and the way you blush when you are near me. Damn Elizabeth! Kicking me out of your home for what is her fault!" But in my anger toward Elizabeth I could not help myself but curse her! As we were in the woods my uncle walked in on us, scaring us like sheep being chased by a wolf. As we fled the little lamb Betty stood faint and dropped lifeless, but with a howling scream that could |
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The Value of Valuing LifeValuing life is the most important thing you could ever do. Simple actions can be taken rather easily to live a life with happiness surrounding you 24/7. The key elements to valuing life are doing what you love, improving your community, and living mindfully. Doing what you love, keeps you striving to improve and become better than how you were the day before. Not giving up is what keeps your body, mind, and spirit running so you can get to be where you want to be. In a speech by Steve Jobs, "You've got to find what you love" he stated that he was fired from his own company, had enough money to live for the rest of his life workless, but he still admired what he did so he created another company which is still popular to this day. This shows how just by doing what you love can never stop you from being happier than you were the day before. Even though Steve Jobs was set for life, the only thing |
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Professional Athletes and PEDsOn January of 2013, third baseman of the New York Yankees, Alex Rodriguez, admitted to taking performance enhancing drugs (PED). Keep in mind he has a guaranteed contract of over 100 million dollars over the next 3 years. The Yankees have a decision to make between either to keep or release him. The concern for the Yankee organization is that he is returning from a one year suspension due to using PED's. A-Rod is known to be one of the best hitters in Major League Baseball history placing in top - 5 in career home runs and was projected to be the home run king at 750. Within the greats of Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth and Willie Mays. My question to you is would you keep this man with such high ranks and expectations at the risk of his prime days behind him or release with the cost of paying 21 million dollars over each of the next 3 years. The New York Yankee third baseman has served his season long suspension for PED use and cover up. Imagine A-Rod becomes an everyday player in 2015. If you are a Yankee fan maybe you would not want for that to happen. Steamer Projections, "a system that predicts baseball statistics said that A-Rod would get 561 at-bats if the Yankees' season starte |
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Electronic Control SystemsIntroduction I have always found the electronic world around me quite fascinating. And in this electronic world what fascinates me the most are the gadgets like spy-bots and control systems. Control system is a type of device which is controlled by the user and has a camera inside it; the user operating this system can see everything the camera captures wirelessly, it's basically an on-going video clip and the camera too can be controlled by the user. So if the object moves around then we can see everything. This kind of system can be used for spying as well finding objects at unreachable positions; it can also be used in probes satellites. The clip can even be recorded by the user. This can be used in places where there are possibilities of mines, as a spy bot, as an object finder, moreover a film came up where a micro camera was inside a pill thus the body from inside could be seen. Moreover the chapter electricity in our physics text book was quite interesting. Ever since then I fou |
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America, Religion and Gay RightsI. In our country we have created our society based on the belief of individual freedom. The common ideology in the United States political culture is a thought that enforces the importance of individual rights and liberties, more closely known as liberalism. Gay Rights has been a prominent issue in the United States, trying to attain their equality II. With the progression of time, people's views regarding gay marriage have had a drastic change. "When same sex couples first claimed an equal legal right to marry in the 1970s, their claims were quickly rejected. In the 1990s however, some legislative proposals and court decisions supported the concept, reflecting the first stirrings of cultural change within specific states" (Pearson 181). The thoughts/concepts of these cultural changes caused voters and legislatures to enact new legal measures in order to ban same-sex marriages. This, however, did not discourage homosexuals from giving up this battle. Homosexuals put up a |
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Poetry Analysis - Ode to a Grecian UrnOde to a Grecian Urn THOU still unravish'd bride of quietness, Thou foster-child of Silence and slow Time, Sylvan historian, who canst thus express A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme: What leaf-fringed legend haunts about thy shape Of deities or mortals, or of both, In Tempe or the dales of Arcady? What men or gods are these? What maidens loth? What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape? What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy? Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on; Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone: Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare; Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss, Though winning near the goal-yet, do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair! Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu; And, happy melodis |
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Lab Report - Density and CompositionTwo objects can have the same weight but have densities that are completely different. Pure substances tend to have a constant composition but mixtures vary in amount with each part. This experiment is determining if each component in a mixture play a part in its density. By measuring the mass and volume of different pure substances and mixtures we can find the density of each. This process is done three times with different amounts in each. My lab partner and I calculated the density for water and isopropanol. We got around the same number each time. When conducting this experiment, there are a couple possible points of error. Isopropanol alcohol evaporates very quickly so the time it takes to make all the measurements, some alcohol could have been lost. Also, density depends on the temperature. In this experiment, the temperature was not controlled or specified. The amount of each individual component in a mixture has a direct variation with the overall density of the mixture. Mat |
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