These are the major laws that affect the incarceration at the federal level; many states have mandatory minimums and similar policies. But that is changing. It is simply ineffective and inappropriate for states to focus only on new drug legislation. Twenty-three states have recently repealed drug penalties‚ including revision or even elimination of mandatory minimums‚ reclassifying what constitutes a drug offense‚ revising sentencing enhancements (being convicted of the same crime twice results
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Discrimination can affect oneself by judging their clothes‚ religion‚ and appearance. Discrimination seems to come from civilization. As some will discriminate by saying “Why is she wearing that”‚ “that’s an ugly shirt”‚ and “his shorts are way to short!” I think people discriminate other people because they don’t believe that others are on the same level as them‚ fear what they do not understood‚ and to make oneself feel better‚ if they put others down with their input. Many people discriminate
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elements or nodes‚ in the network” (Regis Cabral) “The three stages in the process of innovation: invention‚ translation and commercialization” (Bruce D. Merrifield) “The ability to deliver new value to a customer” (Jose Campos) “Innovation is the way of transforming the resources of an enterprise through the creativity of people into new resources and wealth” (Paul Schumann) “Innovation does not relate just to a new product that would come into the marketplace. Innovation can occur in processes
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opportunities to China. Negatively‚ while American NBA players come to China‚ they take the opportunities away from young Chinese players and allow CBA lose the competition and challenges. Central Idea The NBA affects China and brings some both positive and negative influence to China. Preview We should know some information about the NBA‚ the CBA and how the NBA effects the China. Body Outline Ⅰ.Affect Chinese people‚ especially this generation of young people in China. A. For me‚ I have been watching
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Uniforms A positive aspect or a negative one? Uniforms are controversial issues‚ especially in public schools. There have been many school board meetings to discuss them. Most students who attend public schools are not required to wear them. However things are changing down in the United States‚ more and more schools are introducing uniforms to its students. There are private schools in Toronto that have uniforms‚ and there are also some public schools. Uniforms signify the importance of school
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”Winston Churchill. Positive thinking not only changes the mind‚ it also affects the body in many ways. If a person allows negative thoughts such as anxiety‚ anger‚ or bitterness to control their mind‚ these thoughts will lead a person to make negative decisions that will affect many lives in a negative way. If a person chooses to develop and maintain positive thoughts‚ their life will end in a positive result. Knowing the different effects of negative thinking and positive thinking can make a difference
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of the everyday imposition of positive (rather than negative) labels are helping your kids think positive instead of negative even when they are doing wrong. One positive label is describing a kid as spirited instead of bad it gives strength to that child instead of awarding bad behaviors. As parents‚ we should use positive labels because negative labels puts us in a vicious cycle that make our kids feel negative about themselves. People should write down the negative label they use for their child
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Graffiti has been an issue that generates concern to the modern society throughout the world and originating a controversy of it being classified as a legitimate art form or vandalism. For the purpose of discussing this issue‚ it is essential to understand the terms of graffiti‚ art and vandalism. Graffiti can be described as the act of marking by the use of spray-paints‚ markers or other tools on a surface‚ usually a visible spot‚ with the intention to attract attention from the general community
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Marijuana is an illegal schedule 1 drug that has been known to cause health problems. Most people think pot is safer than tobacco‚ but that is not true. It’s smoke contains 50% to 70% more cancer causing substances that tobacco smoke and 1 cannabis joint can cause as much damage as 5 tobacco cigarettes. As far as the effects on your mental state goes‚ the main active ingredient in Marijuana is Tetrahydrocannabinol better known as thc and this disrupts nerve cells in the brain affecting memory. It
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Surfing cyberspace: its positive and negative aspects. There is a big influence of technique on our daily life. Electronic devices‚ multimedia and computers are things we have to deal with everyday. Especially the internet is becoming more and more important for nearly everybody as it one of the newest and the most forward-looking media of the future. Therefore we need to think about some good aspects of how this medium influences us and what impacts it has on our social behavior. Big
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