A Game of Extremes: The Beating of Marlene Pinnock and Its Effects Marlene Pinnock was 51 years old when she was recorded being beaten by a highway patrol officer by the name of Daniel L. Andrew. A video of the beating was uploaded on the internet and spread quickly‚ gaining Pinnock huge support and making her a temporary icon in the actions being taken against discrimination by police officers. (McLaughlin‚ Michael) According to Pinnock’s attorney‚ Caree Harper‚ the video didn’t tell the horrific
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Living in an extreme world There is compelling evidence to show that many weather-related disasters are not chance occurrences but are a result of human activities that have altered our atmosphere The recent flood-related disaster in Uttarakhand was labelled a Himalayan tsunami‚ recalling the deaths‚ damage‚ and destruction that followed the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami of December 2004. Yet‚ this is a misleading metaphor‚ because there is little evidence that real tsunamis are linked to
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CAN‚T WE ENSURE FOOD FOR ALL If global financial crisis comes can global food crisis be far behind?.This may sound awfully pessimistic‚but believe it or not our worlds is inching towards this murky situation‚we eat to live‚not vice versa as away of life.But this is a travesty of truth that food crisis does not mean shortage of food‚for to quote‚ Coleridge with an impish twist or modification‚”Food‚food everywhere but not a grain to eat”.Then what can be the cause of impending global food crisis
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"Nothing is impossible" – Perhaps everyone knows this famous statement‚ but not everyone believes that it is true. Looking back‚ I never thought that I could do the so-called "impossible"‚ but such things unfailingly happen in a lifetime and I cannot flee from them forever. Once I decided to confront impossibility in my studying and surmounted it‚ and most important‚ I would never have discovered my passion without that decision. Mathematics especially interests me - now I could confidently declare
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Extreme utilitarianism has a common-sense approach to moral dilemmas. As is the case when confronting the moral dilemma of euthanasia. The extreme utilitarian looks at euthanasia on a case by case basis. They will use reason to determine whether euthanasia is the right decision to make‚ and under what circumstances. For example‚ if the person is clearly suffering‚ with certain death fast approaching‚ euthanasia would be the most humane choice‚ and therefore the right action to take. Moral rules
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Chapter Three: Socialization In the first reading‚ “Extreme Isolation” by Kingsley Davis‚ the author discusses the findings of the research performed on the infant Anna. Anna was unlike any other child at her age. During the first few months of her life‚ she was passed around from home to home‚ unable to return to her mother. She had caught many diseases along the way‚ which allowed her chances for a home to become slim. She was taken back to her mother and grandfather and was kept in isolation
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hypothesis of the survey I am going to conduct is that most respondents will not agree on the extreme vetting or the wall‚ as a solution to the immigration problem. There are four reasons behind my assumption. The first reason is‚ the extreme vetting or the wall is infamous. It became unpopular due to the pronouncements then of now president‚ Trump. A second reason is many citizens assume that the extreme vetting or the wall is a discrimination against the Mexican race. A third reason is the Texas’
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therefore‚ the Agile project manager must adapt his approach. One agile software engineering method is Extreme Programming or XP. XP is a collection of values‚ principles and practices designed to rapidly create highquality software that provides the maximum value for the customer as quickly as possible. It is called extreme or XP because it takes commonsense principles and practices to extreme levels‚ changing the way programmers work. It is a lightweight methodology suitable for small-tomedium-sized
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background can be good for the society to flourish. When that pride becomes too strong or too vane in us is when problems arise. Extreme nationalism can lead to wars. We start thinking we are better than our neighbor for one reason or another. It’s done without us even really thinking about it. We learn it from people we grow up and associate with. The major case of extreme ethnocentrism that comes to my mind in the United States is during the second civil war. Racism was deep-seated‚ very powerful
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my Scarlet Letter paper‚ I stumbled across one more than intriguing concept: the modern “scarlet letter.” Though societal expectations have changed over time‚ the authority that we allow society to hold over us has remained constant. Today‚ social media has become what used to be a literal scarlet letter “A” as seen in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel. To me‚ this is an extremely interesting topic‚ as I also find myself succumbing to behavioral pressures that society has placed upon us. Because I can relate
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