Why can’t we try to deter willful misrepresentations of fact by a modest fine‚ at least‚ if they create direct harm to others? Lies to those evaluating your credentials may do direct harm to others. If one lies to gain a job‚ something which seems to happen with increasing frequency‚ isn’t it a direct harm to others? Or‚ how about false representing as having received any credentials for something? The Stolen Valor Act of 2005‚ signed into law by President George W. Bush on December 20‚ 2006‚[1]
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controlling people is a major theme in “Harrison Bergeron.” Vonnegut portrays television as a “dehumanizing” process in which people will be unable to think for themselves‚ instead of developing mental sharpness and clarity. Literary critic Joseph Alvarez says about Harrison’s attempt of overtaking the television station‚ “Harrison’s power to reach the people and make a new reality (declaring himself emperor)‚ Vonnegut agrees‚ stems from controlling television” (2). Harrison is aware that by going
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Alvarez 1 Two societies One Grate King What comes first‚ paying your bills or giving a corrupt village money for water? Peggielene Bartels takes this question head-on. When she accepted her kingship of Otuam she was living in American and was struggling to pay her bills. She was able to give some of her own money. She also got help form some Americans. King Peggy is influenced by both American and Ghanaian societies. She uses both societies to be come a hero of Otuam. King Peggy is not just
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place about 65 million years ago. For many years‚ paleontologists believed this event was caused by climate and geological changes that interrupted the dinosaurs’ food supply. However‚ in the 1980s‚ father-and-son scientists Luis (1911-88) and Walter Alvarez (1940- ) discovered in the geological record‚ a distinct layer of iridium (an element found in abundance only in space) that corresponds to the precise time the dinosaurs died. This suggests that a comet‚ asteroid or meteor impact event may have caused
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rather than anger (Jensen‚ 2001; Scott‚ 2005). However‚ we must remember that these women are different than those who murder for the lust of power or control‚ similar to psychopaths‚ however some have no real choice in the matter. According to Alvarez & Bachman (2003)‚ majority of serial killers have been defined as men; however there are cases where women commit serial murders. To illustrate‚ the article mentioned Aileen Carol Wuornos Pralle‚ was a prostitute from Florida who committed numerous
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BC1: Internal written examination in Political Science “Only democratic states can solve global problems” – discuss statement and give examples based on the reading list and from class discussions. Introduction: Here in Denmark we live under a democratic regime. We get to freely express our disagreement with the decisions made by the Danish government‚ by for instance voting the parties out of office‚ or by having the chance of having a say‚ when decisions which will have an impact on the Danish
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children to her mother‚ and made plans to transfer to another base (Alvarez and Sontag 2008). Additionally‚ her husband’s commander assured her that her husband would be restricted from leaving base unless accompanied by an officer. Unfortunately‚ that assurance was not upheld and Sgt. W. Edwards left base‚ unaccompanied‚ drove to the residence of Erin and shot her point blank in the head before turning the weapon on himself (Alvarez and Sontag 2008). Lack of follow-through and accountability cost Sgt
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The poem tells the story of the lovers that starts just after the fairytale of their lives has ended. Actually‚ it reveals the continuation of relationship where fairytale usually cuts the story at the kisses and declaration of love followed by “The End” (a story of a Princess which has to wash dishes on a day after a romantic ball). It is important to point out that the speaker is not actually the woman spoken of in the poem. The narrator here depicts the events in this couple’s daily life. Yet
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new theories became the topic of an intense scientific debate. They are the K-T impact extinction theory originated by the Nobelist physicist‚ Luis Alvarez‚ and his team‚ and the K-T Deccan Traps extinction theory‚ which‚ for short‚ is called volcano-greenhouse theory. <br> <br><b>Details of the Impact Theory</b> <br><li>In the mid-late 1970s‚ Luis Alvarez and his impact team began searching for the cause of the K-T extinctions. <br><li>His evidence of impact was enrichment of the chemical‚ iridium
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A new form of cinema or third world cinema main goal is to challenge the power structure and in due course increase social consciousness. Social consciousness focuses specifically‚ on creating a rational thinking within society by incorporating politics‚ a sense of nationalism‚ and a wide range of ideologies. This intricate cinema wants to “organically” reveal the reality of what’s going on as well as educate the individual living in this society. In relation to Cuba‚ it educates by demonstrating
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