Every day the news depicts more coverage of violent crimes. It often seems that morals are not the same as they used to be in this country. I have lived in Kentucky all my life and have felt rather safe. This paper will explore the crimes in my college city of Morehead‚ KY and compare it to other nearby cities‚ in order to see just how safe it really is. According to the last census taken‚ Morehead has a population of 5914. Its population is 94% white‚ 3% African American‚ and 3% is other/mixed
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Lives of Athenian Women Childbirth in Athens took place in the home‚ with all the women of the house‚ including mothers‚ sisters and servants. In some cases there was a servant called omphalotomos (the cutter of the naval chord) who was also present. Various ancient sources refer to lullabies being sung to babies although the words and melodies are not known. Aristotle tells us that the child’s first toy was a rattle‚ and we understand that most ancient Greek children toys are similar to use that
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The House I Live In was an amazing documentary. I was saddened to hear Nannie’s story and the stories of others that I witnessed in the film. I was blown away by how much the war on drugs is really a war on blacks more than anything else. It disgusted me to see the stereotyping of blacks by police officers under the guise of "probable cause." The police aren’t about doing real police work‚ only placing cuffs on blacks and low-income civilians and sending them to jail. It’s mind blowing to me how
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Our lives have changed greatly because of advances in computer technology. Many of our traditional habits have also changed because of computers. Things that were only dreams a few years ago are now possible due to computers. If one day all the computer systems were to stop working‚ we would have huge problems. In the banking system computers are now vital for all parts of the financial business. They allow the bank to save time which also means money. Now imagine a failure of a bankfs computer
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hand‚ running off the road down a steep embankment or ravine causes a rollover accident and collision into hard immovable objects‚ which is something you want to avoid. Wear your seatbelt. Decades of accident studies have verified that seatbelts save lives. Note that airbags are meant to work in combination with seatbelts. In fact‚ airbags cause serious injury to the unbelted driver or passenger. Always sit properly. Make a habit of sitting upright with your back against the seat when in a car. This
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Vaynberg‚ Idelle English B February 21‚ 2011 Personal Revolution A world without human rights would be disastrous and dangerous for everybody‚ and additionally‚ a drastic change for many people. The Lives of Others is a fictional foreign film directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. This movie focuses on the life of a writer named Georg Dreyman as he is monitored by a Stasi officer named Hauptmann Wiesler in the German Democratic Republic in 1984. Wiesler begins to change through this
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in your life? . It seems to be present in almost every area of our lives right? As college students we are especially susceptible to stess because of the added demands of homework‚ studying‚ tests‚ midterms‚ finals‚ planning our future‚ or even writing a speech on stress for example. balancing school & work is enough to cause anyone stress but add in the hundreds of other things that may present themselves in our day to day lives‚ it can get overwhelming. Stress effects our minds‚ our bodies‚ and
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Attending a live performance Attending a live performance is really more enjoyable than watching the same event on television. As I am very interested in football matches‚ I have experienced that watching a football match at a stadium is not comparable with watching the same thing on TV. I never forget the first time that I went the stadium and the match is inscribed in my mind. It was an unforgettable event. At a live performance‚ you can see everything that is not possible on TV. Cameras zoom
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In The Lives of Girls and Women‚ the main character Del Jordan grows from a young curious child to a woman. At a young age she is very curious about her sexuality‚ but is forewarned by her mother to be careful about her decisions. Del’s curiosity leads her into making many wrong decisions regarding men. All these wrong decisions cause her to lose everything she had worked so hard for her goals‚ her dreams ruined. Del’s first relationship with a man is Art Chamberlain‚ who works at the Jubilee
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LIFE WITHOUT TELEVISION When my family’s only television set went to the repair shop the other day‚ my parents‚ my sister‚ and I thought we would have a terrible week. How could we get through the long evenings in such a quiet house? What would it be like without all the shows to keep us company? We soon realized‚ though‚ that living without television for a while was a stroke of good fortune. It became easy for each of us to enjoy some activities alone‚ to complete some postponed chores‚ and to
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