From 33‚000 gangs and 1.4 million criminally active members‚ gangs are spreading across the U.S. But why are gangs spreading‚ is it because people have broken families and are reaching out for help or is it because people are searching for power and acceptance? People who join gangs join them for the power‚ fame‚ and money. Supporting my claim‚ Stanton E. Samenow states‚ “Gangs offer a hierarchy of leadership and a path to gain approval and achieve success.” This statement discusses how gangs offer
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Methods of judicial selection vary substantially across the United States. Though each state has a unique set of guidelines governing how they fill their state and local judiciaries‚ there are five main methods. The five main methods are partisan elections‚ nonpartisan elections‚ legislative elections‚ Gubernational appointment‚ and assisted appointment. There are five basic methods of judicial selection‚ but it is important to note that no two states use exactly the same selection method
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Business Ethics Across Cultures Article Review: mb.. America has not always had the same working conditions and ethical guidelines it has today‚ in fact in the early 1920’s American industries painted a very different picture. There were no child labor laws so it was acceptable that twelve year olds went to work to “feed the family.” There were no safety guidelines in place‚ if you got your arm chopped off working for the railroad then your oldest child had to go to work to make up for your lost
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Cooperating and communicating across cultures are the key issues in this case study. Jim‚ an American employee‚ joined the German team well prepared with the knowledge of German culture and their language; however‚ he wasn’t expecting the length and details the meeting session went. He became increasingly impatient‚ and consequently lost the respect of his fellow team members by "hardly paying attention" to the process. The Germans used a three-day meeting as a way to lay the foundation for the structure
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Cosmic Creation Myths across Cultures Lyndie McPherson University of Phoenix June 16‚ 2015 HUM/105 Modern Mythology Allen Olsen Cosmic Creation Myths Across Cultures There seems to always be a question as to how we the humans came into existence. Everyone has their views and opinions as to how this happened. Different cultures have different ideas as well as stories and creation myths. No one knows the true answer‚ but they are pretty interesting to read and listen to. There are several different
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Even Divergent Men Share Similarities Reyna Grande’s novel Across a hundred mountains presents the lives of many characters each with their own eccentricities and faults. Two characters in particular within Grande’s novel are found to be in stark contrast of one another. The fatherly figure Miguel and the oafish profiteer Don Elias. Miguel and Don Elias personify two sides of a moral coin; one man chooses dedication and family while the other values unfaithfulness and greed. To begin with‚ Miguel
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Chapter 8: Forgiveness-A Bridge across Abysses of Revenge The article focused on the topic of forgiveness and the past. Specifically how it relates to incidents which have happened throughout history with various countries during war times. Donald W. Shriver talks about the different approaches to how nations have dealt with war crimes and massacres‚ and great injustices in the past. He gave one example of how Americans has the tendency to either deny such allegations or try to forget about the
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Essay # 4: Homosexuality/Transexuality/Intersexuality Different cultures across the world have developed various views on homosexuality. Most cultural perspectives developed from religious or humanitarian sources. Living in 21st Century America‚ I have personally witnessed some of the strides and struggles of GLBT (gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender) youth. In the United States there exist laws that both promote sexual diversity and laws that restrict the complete rights of such
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Cosmic Creation Myths Across Cultures Name HUM/105 Date Instructors name Comparing and Contrasting Creation Myths In this paper I will compare and contrast two myths from different cultures. The two myths chosen for this paper are the Genesis creation (Hebrew origin) of the Christian culture‚ and the Norse culture of Iceland (the Vikings). Both of these creation myths start with an emptiness where conflict and chaos eventually develop. The Genesis conflict is between God
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"Culturally‚ we are becoming more similar across the globe" Introduction Apart from complicated definitions of the term "globalization"‚ the matter requires focusing on a simple explanation of this concept. Indeed‚ globalization is recognized as an ongoing process that accompanies with it‚ noticeably‚ certain challenges‚ such as a wide range of integrated communities‚ regional economics‚ and cultures‚ through a wide range of communication and trading. However‚ still the argument
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