Girl” article about the death of Catherine Genovese‚ all of the 38 witnesses and neighbors did not take action because they didn’t want to take responsibility. As Police Lieutenant Bernard Jacobs says‚ “People told us they just didn’t want to get involved‚ they don’t want to be questioned or have to go to court.” When witnesses were questioned they said things such as‚ “[The police] might have picked me up as a suspect...”. The witnesses decided that stepping in wasn’t worth it‚ that possibly saving
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prisoners. The orders are given by Vacek who makes the prisoners produce whipping sounds with their caps. Eventually people began dying because they could not follow orders. In addition the Vacek killed disabled people‚ for example the man with the paralyzed arm and the deaf tailor. The killings did not stop and more people were killed. To make the scenario worse prisoners were killing other prisoners‚ a lawyer then spoke up talking about laws and screaming that innocent people are dying. As I read the
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Anyone unfamiliar with the biology of the venomous Portuguese man-of-war would likely mistake it for a jellyfish. Not only is it not a jellyfish‚ it’s not even an "it‚" but a "they." The Portuguese man-of-war is a siphonophore‚ an animal made up of a colony of organisms working together. The man-of-war comprises four separate polyps. It gets its name from the uppermost polyp‚ a gas-filled bladder‚ or pneumatophore‚ which sits above the water and somewhat resembles an old warship at full sail.
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Dreams have been a strong source of curiosity for a very long time. People from ancient days‚ and on into the present‚ have tried to find special meaning in dreams. Some believe they are prophecies‚ or even messages from spirits. Most people have had some form of a bad dream‚ a nightmare‚ where they are being chased by something with evil intent‚ or witness a terrifying occurrence. The nightmare may even reflect their real-life anxieties‚ but they always wake up and realize‚ “It was just a dream
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Maggie Behm Distracted driving is exactly what it sounds like. Distracted driving is driving while distracted. These distractions can range anywhere from eating to using a cell phone while driving- texting or calling‚ from loud music to having friends and family members in the car with you while you are driving. Almost anything can be a distraction as long as it takes your attention away from driving for anytime as short as five seconds. In fact‚ one study it said that eighty percent of all crashes
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for the blacks. On September 15‚ 1963‚ in Birmingham‚ a bomb exploded on 16th street Baptist Church at 10:22 A.M. During a Sunday school session the ground floor of the church collapsed‚ four girls out of nearly 200 people died‚ some injured or paralyzed. No-one was originally under arrest for this action. The city of Birmingham‚ Alabama was a very racist place to be. The blacks were always to be separated from the whites. Nothing they used could be like the whites such as: water fountain‚ bathroom
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good way to arrive at the “truth”‚ please provide possible alternatives. (Please remember that the trial will begin with an opening statement given by the plaintiff‚ then the plaintiff will begin direct examination of witnesses (this is where the plaintiff and his/her witnesses will be permitted to explain the plaintiff’s position on the issues). The defendant will then be able to
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More to the Lake”. The fear of change comes into play when certain times people find themselves accosted by an internal conflict. In “On Going Home” and “Once More to the Lake” the conflict both stories had in common was the dwelling of the past‚ “Paralyzed by the Neurotic lassitude engendered by meeting one’s past at every turn‚ around every corner‚ inside every cupboard”. Some cope with the change of the present by facing reality and coming to terms with the present and accepting it‚ while others
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The human brain is a fascination. No computer can compare with the amount of information the brain can store and recall. In the article‚ “Secrets of the Brain” by Carl Zimmer‚ the author undergoes new technologies to help shed light on how the brain really works. Zimmer undergoes a mapping of his brain using Biomedical Imaging. According to the article‚ some neuroscientists are “zooming in on the fine structure of individual nerve cells‚ or neurons”‚ while others are using biochemistry to chart the
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make our community aware that disabled individuals are capable of many accomplishments. Christopher Reeve‚ mostly remembered as an actor portraying Superman‚ is a very good example of this. However‚ that is not the only thing he has done. He was paralyzed neck down after a riding accident and developed a different view of what a hero is. He says that a hero is someone who persists “in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” In an interview about him‚ “Still me‚” he never calls himself a hero but his efforts
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