rape is not a crime of passion or the need for sex‚ but is manifested by the need to show dominance‚ rape is about power” (Peele‚ 2009). According to statisticians‚ almost all rapes are committed by males; especially in my home State of Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Coalition against Rape reports‚ “an estimated 91% of victims of rape and sexual assault are female” and “nearly 99% of the offenders they described in single-victims incidents were male” (Greenfield‚ 1997). In fact‚ Pennsylvania’s Megan’s
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Colonies 13 Original Colonies. Connecticut‚ Delaware‚ Georgia‚ Maryland‚ Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ New Hampshire‚ New Jersey‚ New York‚ North Carolina‚ Pennsylvania‚ Rhode Island‚ South Carolina‚ and Virginia. Out of these 13‚ Virginia‚ Rhode Island‚ and Pennsylvania stood out to me the most. Even though these three colonies have differences based on how they started‚ who governed them‚ and how they were governed‚ they still have many similarities. 1607. Jamestown‚ Virginia. Founded by John Smith
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English Colonies Among the new colonies war and fighting seems to be a hot topic for all. I personally wouldn’t have minded to live in Pennsylvania or South Carolina. The great land and location to water made both of these good destinations. It wasn’t a tough choice to choose the colonies I wanted to live in. On the other hand the ones I wanted to avoid were most of them. The Caribbean islands and Georgia seemed like a bit of a downfall. They aren’t completely bad‚ but there’s enough evidence
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need legitimate grounds to file an appeal. If Company Y has reasons for the appeal a notice of appeal must be filed with the clerk of the trial court. This case would now move up to the State Courts of Appeals. Because these companies are based in Pennsylvania their
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Alyssa Jennings 3rd Hour Contemporary Issues The Goods and the Bads of Voter IDs In recent years states have been passing voter ID laws. And many of them have been getting a lot of backlash for them. Some of them include Indiana and Pennsylvania. Voter ID’s don’t sound very detrimental or life changing right? I mean you need an ID to get into a movie‚ buy alcohol‚ and even to buy cough medicine. So what exactly is the big fuss about? Well the left say it is discriminating against minorities and
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to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection‚ hydraulic fracturing‚ also called fracking‚ from oil and gas operations has damaged Pennsylvania’s water supplies 209 times between 2008 and 2014. Some in Bradford County‚ PA are drinking methane-filled water that can be lit on fire with one flick on a lighter. Why is fracking allowed if it endangers people’s health and the environment? One major reason is the positive impacts fracking has on the economy. Counties in Pennsylvania that have
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successfully move forward. I draw from Kimberlé Crenshaw’s term “intersectionality” coined in 1989. While this term often used in the field of women’s and gender studies‚ the nature of the concept is crucial to understanding the current issue of Pennsylvania gerrymandering. Crenshaw states that issues of oppression must be looked at‚ through the intersection of identities because “we don’t live one issue lives‚” (The Urgency of Intersectionality). Moreover‚ the same way oppression for people does
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century‚ the concept of imprisonment as punishment for crime was in full effect in the United States. America officially introduced the concept of incarceration as a punishment for crime around 1790‚ which was the penitentiary era. In 1790 the Pennsylvania Quakers converted Philadelphia’s Walnut Street Jail into a penitentiary. The Quakers saw incarceration as an opportunity for penance and they believed prisons were places in which offenders might make amends with society and accept responsibility
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charles even went as far as executing people for their beliefs. Penn wanted to continue his Quaker beliefs‚ so he decided to move to America. When king Charles died he left Penn land this land is today’s state of Pennsylvania. When Penn got to America he made the colony of Pennsylvania. William penn decided he wanted his colony
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editor and printer in Philadelphia‚ the leading city in the colonies.[6] With two partners he published the Pennsylvania Chronicle‚ a newspaper that was known for its revolutionary sentiments and criticisms of the British policies. He became wealthy publishing Poor Richard’s Almanack and The Pennsylvania Gazette. Franklin was also the printer of books for the Moravians of Bethlehem‚ Pennsylvania (1742 on). Franklin’s printed Moravian books (printed in German) are preserved‚ and can be viewed‚ at the
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