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    that Brown had his hands raised in surrender when Wilson shot him. Michael Reagan wrote‚ “At this point in Ferguson‚ the TV media’s saturation coverage — and saturation commentary — is only making things worse” (Reagan). Indeed the media caused tension to rise among the black community in Ferguson‚ protests and civil disturbance shot up. It was not only the black community against the Ferguson Police Department but it was the New Black Panther party against the state of Missouri Police force. As tensions

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    country on the planet. The failures of these two financial giants: ...caused a global recession that cost tens of trillions of dollars‚ rendered over thirty million people unemployed worldwide‚ and doubled he national debt of the United States. (Ferguson 11:19) It doesn’t seem plausible that two companies’ failures would be significant enough to have such a drastic impact on the world economy. Furthermore‚ how did their collapses happen without anyone being aware of its impending demise? “This

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    the past‚ treatment of time (net na rememory) Rememory serves as a literary strategy to introduce flashbacks into the story. The main story line sets up a linear progressive chronology but is often interrupted‚ made more complex by rememory. (Ferguson 112) Mae G. Henderson states: “”rememory‚” it seems‚ is something that possesses (or haunts) one rather than something that one possesses. It is‚ in fact‚ that which makes the past part of one’s present.” (86) A few months after Beloved was published

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    An oncologist is a doctor who practices exclusively in the treatment of cancer. “Because cancer can affect any organ in the body‚ and individuals of any age‚ there are many different kinds of oncologists” (Ferguson 118). For example‚ a pediatric oncologist works to treat and diagnose cancers that affect children (Brown). “Cancer found in children is not common‚ and is different in children than in adults. Pediatric oncologists receive special training in these differences and in how to relate to

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    Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology Volume 23‚ Issue 4. November-December 2002‚ Pages 373-392. Ferguson‚ Christopher and Rueda‚ Stephanie and Cruz‚ Amanda and Ferguson‚ Diana and Fritz‚ Stacey and Smith‚ Shawn. Violent Video Games and Aggression: Causal Relationship or Byproduct of Family Violence and Intrinsic Violence Motivation?. Criminal Justice and Behavior 2008; 35; 311 Ferguson‚ Christopher. The Good‚ The Bad and the Ugly: A Meta-analytic Review of Positive and Negative Effects of

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    shooting of Michael Brown occurred in Ferguson‚ Missouri. Summer vacation had just begun and I traveled back to California to visit my family for the summer and as I’m sitting at the dinner table having dinner with my family the news comes on that a shooting had occur of a young man. At first I just thought it was another gang violence shooting but as I’m listening I heard he was gunned down by a police officer There have been a lot of criticisms about the Ferguson shooting because a white police officer

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    to males for the purpose of exhibiting levels of success. Through the gender identity model‚ demonstrated by Christopher T. Kilmartin‚ this paper will view the different dimensions of male and female gender roles. Moreover‚ through the work of Ann Ferguson‚ the crucial interpretation of gender performance and transgressive acts will be fundamental in identifying how hegemonic masculinity is identified as

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    Slavery ending in the United States in 1865‚ once slavery ended there was the belief that the end racism and oppression would soon follow. However‚ almost 150 years later racism and the oppression of people of color is still very present in society. The most prevalent form of racism in the United States is institutional racism. Institutional racism is any kind of system of inequality based on race that can occur in institutions. Once slavery ended slaves did not automatically become integrated in

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    Law LAW/421 August 6‚ 2012 Michael S. Green The Role of Law Laws are “the body of rules or principles‚ prescribed by authority or established by custom‚ that a state‚ community‚ society‚ or other group recognizes as binding on its members” (Ferguson Publishing‚ 1999‚ p. 105). The purposes of laws are to maintain peace and order‚ to define the rights of citizens‚ to secure justice‚ to harmonize conflicting interests‚ and to provide means for punishing wrongdoers. Laws are applied and interpreted

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    theory claims that criminal behavior is caused by the various strains and stressors and individual faces in their everyday life. This strains can lead a person to engage in negative emotional responses‚ that lead to criminal behavior (Agnew‚ 1992). Ferguson‚ Bender‚ and Thompson (2016) applied the strain theory to explain the processes through which male and female homeless young adults engage in illegal income generations. Agnew’s first strain‚ states that crime is caused by an individual’s inability

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