A deviant act is what sociology defines as an act or behavior that violates social norms and expectations. Contrary to popular belief‚ a deviant act does not just refer to criminal acts‚ like committing a robbery or murdering a person‚ it can also refer to things that go against societal norms like cheating on a test or dying your hair an unnatural color. One deviant act that I clearly remember was back when I was a freshman in high school and one of my friends told me that she was satanic. Many
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Assignment 2: LAN with Two Subnets Gabriel Jerez Strayer University: Asynchronous CIS408: Network Infrastructure Planning October 28‚ 2012 A LAN consisting of two subnets with a total of 50 users‚ each subnet consisting of 25 users‚ a domain controller‚ and a switch must be connected using the appropriate networking equipment. In my design I decided to use a Cisco 2900 Series Router to connect the two subnets (Cisco ‚ 2012). The router has both routing
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have chosen Act-Utilitarianism to analyze in this paper. My assertion is that Act-Utilitarianism is not a viable solution to the problem of punishment. I believe this because Act-Utilitarianism‚ while attempting to maximize overall utility‚ often leads to situations where the wrong answers are given to moral questions. This results in Act-Utilitarianism finding justification for punishment in bad moral theories‚ thus invalidating any justification given. While I do not believe that Act-Utilitarianism
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The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was a heated topic in Congress. Defend the passage or rejection of the Act with reference to the moral‚ political‚ constitutional and practical concerns of a congressman. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was at the time‚ thought to be justified and acceptable. There were two groups‚ the people who wanted the Indian’s gone‚ and the people who believed they should be allowed to stay. I believe forcing the Indians out of their territory was immoral‚ had no effect on
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was a controversial legislation that opened Kansas and Nebraska to white settlement‚ repealed the Compromise of 1850‚ and led opponents to form the Republican party. This piece of legislation was introduced in Congress that revived the issues of the expansion of slavery. The Compromise of 1850 was a series of measures passed by Congress to resolve sectional tensions. Congress admitted California to the Union as a free state. And organize the territories of New Mexico
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The Endangered Species Act (ESA) was passed into law on the 28th December 1973. It was enforced by the United States of America to protect critically jeopardized species from extinction‚ from a consequence of development and economic growth and the conservation of the environment they depend on. There are two main federal agencies that are administered to the act: the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). A species is considered
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Marcus Murray 11-26-12 7th Two Minute Speech The cause of our war with Iraq all started with the collapse of the twin towers on September 11th in 2001. When the planes crashed into the World Trade Towers in New York‚ Americans were devastated and in disbelief of the act of terrorism. There was also a plane that crashed into a field and the last plane crashed into part of the Pentagon. All around the world people was mourning the loss of many innocent and
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young people about the law‚ the legal process and the legal system‚ and the funding of studies and programs designed to improve the administration of justice. Be that as it may‚ this cash doesn’t simply show up out of nowhere. Lawyers commonly hold two types of funds in their trust accounts‚ customer installments for work the legal counselor has not yet performed. Another type of fund in a lawyer trust account is cash which might be owed to an outsider associated with a suit‚ such as a medical provider
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The Dream act is a bill that will legalize illegal aliens that moved to the U.S before the age of 16.The dream acts goal is to legalize people who have grown up in American culture which will therefore in there eyes make them Americans. This act shouldn’t be passed because it will just lead to a wide spread invasion of illegal aliens and it will hence be legal to engage in illegal activity. The Dream acts goal is to give citizenship to emigrants raised in America Through the eyes of its creators
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The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is the embodiment of the public’s right to know about the activities of its government. Transparency is an integral part of a democracy and is necessary to hold a government accountable to its people. FOIA is a foundational transparency law‚ and one of the most important tools in creating and maintaining a transparent and accountable government. It is the primary mechanism by which the public can gain access to government information. FOIA has proven to be extremely
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