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    Aims of Sentencing

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    Aims of sentencing. Retribution. · Based on idea of punishment‚ because offender deserves punishment for his/her acts. · Does not seek to reduce crime or alter the offender’s future behaviour. · Concerned only with the offence that was committed and making sure that the punishment inflicted is in proportion to that offence. · Contains element of revenge (eye for an eye) and is used to justify long prison sentences. · Tariff sentences – Idea that each offence should have a set tariff with

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    Anger is Dangerous

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    Final Requirement In English 15 “ANGER IS DANGEROUS” I. A. Anger is Dangerous 1.1 Events that we cannot control The ending of a relationship‚ the death of someone we love… this type of event can make anyone feel angry. We feel angry at the world and think "why did this have to happen to me?" This type of anger is understandable since there are always going to be aspects of our lives that we cannot fully control. However that doesn ’t mean you shouldn ’t seek help and advice to manage your

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    other electronic technology can replace all kind of jobs that humans do‚ including teaching students with screens and keyboards instead of books. They emphasize that the Internet can help people interact to each other beyond the barrier of distance‚ so books are somehow not necessary in human lives. However‚ in my opinion‚ this idea cannot be more ridiculous. Books are irreplaceable for people to read‚ to learn and to think‚ whereas web pages and electronic database offer limited and misleading information

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    Mission Statement Impossible: The Importance of Mission Statements High School Athletics The University of South Alabama Every year thousands of high schools rally their athletic programs to get ready for competition. They strategically hire athletic directors‚ equipment managers‚ and coaches for the upcoming year(s). Coaches will work diligently to search for players‚ call tryouts‚ set practices‚ schedule games and tournaments‚ provide transportation for those events‚ assemble coaching staff

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    Are Cellphones Dangerous?

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    Gabriele Saturno ENC 1101 Professor Carlos Lamas 24/11/2012 Are Cell-Phones Dangerous Introduction Technology is one of the most powerful factors that affect our daily life and routine. As part of it we have the well known and worldwide used: Cell-phones. A 2004 MIT survey said that cell phones were ranked as the one invention that people hate the most‚ but cannot live without. It beat out the alarm clock and the television. Cell-phones have become one of the most useful devices around the

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    Message to Garcia

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    A Message to Garcia Elbert Hubbard 1899 In all this Cuban business there is one man stands out on the horizon of my memory like Mars at perihelion. When war broke out between Spain and the United States‚ it was very necessary to communicate quickly with the leader of the Insurgents. Garcia was somewhere in the mountain fastnesses of Cuba - no one knew where. No mail or telegraph could reach him. The President must secure his co-operation‚ and quickly. What to do! Someone said to the President

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    a mental disorder‚ such as PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). In this paper‚ I will be elaborating on the most common type of mental disorders‚ Anxiety disorders. Before we fully get into the different disorders of anxiety

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    Externalizing Anxiety

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    GENERATIONS Intergenerational Transmission of Externalizing Anxiety in Parents and the Association with that in their Children between the age 10 to 18 Misho Hristov University of Nicosia Spring Semester 2010 In fulfillment of the requirements for PSY-495 Xenia Hadjicharalambous ABSTRACT Anxiety is an affective state that affects everyone. However‚ not enough is known about the relationship between parental anxiety and the transmission to that of child’s. The current study attempted

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    The Era of De-Industrialization The United States shifted from a manufacturing to a service-based economy in the 1980s. The shift was more commonly referred to as deindustrialization. Deindustrialization triggered the reemergence of mass unemployment. Around the mid 1980s‚ Americans began to suffer the effects of a downfall in urban communities. Good paying‚ manufacturing jobs that once provided a living wage vanished. The decline of manufacturing jobs in America led to excessive drug and crime

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    Chief Seattle

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    1. Chief Seattle thinks white people have a different God because he came to the white man only‚ they never saw him‚ never even heard his voice and he only gave instructions to the white man and not even a word to the millions of red people that occupied the land. He says they are two different races and should remain that way‚ there is little in common between them‚ because for the red people‚ the ashes of their ancestors are sacred and so is the place where they rest‚ but to the white man the dead

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