Bring Back Flogging by Jeff Jacoby advocates the restoring of the ancient Puritan penalty for crimes to some extent. Via the sentence “Now we practice a more enlightened‚ more humane way of disciplining wrongdoers: We lock them up in cages”‚ the author pointed out the unwise in the application of the all-purposed penalty-imprisonment in an ironic tone. By wording with statistic and citations‚ the author revealed the plight faced by the present imprisonment penalty: imprisonment is an all-purposed
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Chow 4c2 1i) Wealth is not the only way to judge how successful a person is. Do you agree? In our materialistic society of today‚ one’s success is often measured by the big bungalow you live in‚ the flashy car parked just outside‚ the clothes you are dressed in and even the breed of dog you own. The world is competing with each other in a show of wealth‚ typified by the show “Keeping up with the Joneses”. Wealth has become a yardstick of success and those who attain great wealth are deemed as having
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! ! ! ! Wealth is defined in the Webster Dictionary as a state of being rich and having material prosperity. When asking who is the wealthiest person alive‚ people will most likely respond by saying Bill Gates or Oprah Winfrey. Why does wealth have to be related to materials and money? These things only bring out the worst in everybody. Wealth shouldn’t be measured by how many bills are in ones wallet but rather the prosperity and happiness one has. Societies definition of wealth makes a “wealthy”
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Security Control Organizations that do not have IT oversight managing its employees’ mobile devices unintentionally consent to making their assets vulnerable to attack from uninformed user behaviors like improper configuration and risky wireless connections (Search Consumerization). With the mobile market’s flux state adding new emerging technologies rapidly‚ companies have had to adjust from having their networks only accommodate few devices. Initially‚ laptops accessed the network through limited
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email this form. I will keep this sheet‚ and will email you with comments and suggestions. If I approve your topic‚ the email will say “topic approved” (you should still read the email because I may have comments even with approval). If your email does not contain the words “topic approved‚” then you should re-think your idea‚ using my comments‚ and resubmit (via email is fine unless you completely change topics). It would be best if you do this as soon as possible – the sooner you get this approved
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Money is no issue to most of the characters in The Great Gatsby because whether it is from inheritance‚ polo playing‚ or suspicious means‚ they are very wealthy. However‚ with great wealth comes great responsibility. Apparently nobody from the early 1920s got the memo. Throughout the story we constantly see examples of these absurdly privileged people use their status to justify reckless and childish behavior. When Tom takes Nick into the valley of ashes and forces him off the train to meet myrtle
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Video Games and the Benefits They Bring Since the mid 1980’s the popularity of video games has spread like wildfire. With updates to current technology we have gone from the very basic games such as Pong‚ Mario‚ and Tetris to the vast lifelike expansive worlds of games like Mass Effect‚ Skyrim and Diablo. As our technology grows‚ so does the realism in our video games. We have gone from a ball and a stick moving back and forth to a vast list of choices that a player can make while exploring
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self-made man. He was in fact‚ one of the richest men if this era. In 1889 he wrote “The Gospel of Wealth”. In this essay he discusses philanthropy and explains that with money also comes responsibility. He stated that obedience [to the Gospel of Wealth] will one day solve the problem of the rich and poor‚ and will bring “Peace on earth‚ among men good will.” I agree with this statement because the “Gospel of Wealth” claims that everyone is free to make as much money as they can‚ however‚ they should not
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The Racial Wealth Gap The racial wealth gap consists of the wealth and asset differences between the majority race groups: Whites‚ Blacks‚ and Latino. In Forbes Magazine‚ there’s an article written by an author named‚ Laura Shin‚ about how white people have a more advantaged at obtaining more household wealth than other races. This article helps shine light on the difference in the levels of wealth acquired by different races. In this paper‚ I will be connecting conflict theories and wealth inequality
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Cesar Chavez‚ “True wealth is not measured by money or status or power‚ it is measured by the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire.” -Cesar Chavez. So‚ what exactly is wealth? In today’s world‚ if you were to ask some random person on the street that question‚ they would probably tell you it is the amount of money you have in the bank or a number of stocks you might own or how many exotic sports cars you might have. In reality‚ there is much more to wealth than just monetary
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