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     Eric Smith was 13 years old in 1993 when he brutally murdered 4 year-old Derrick Robie.  The nature of the crime was horrific, which included battering Robie with rocks and sodomizing him with a fallen tree branch. Smith’s continued and strangely joyful involvement in the investigation eventually led him to confess to the murder. …

Oppressive governments and the psychological manipulation of the people are the strong themes and warning signs that these two powerful works of art, 1984 and V for Vendetta, attempt to delineate. 1984 and V for Vendetta have their similarities and differences yet their worlds are built around these basic tenets. Yet varying with their degree…

“Custom, then, is the great guide of human life. It is that principle alone which renders our experience useful to us, and makes us expect, for the future, a similar train of events with those which have appeared in the past. Without the influence of custom, we should be entirely ignorant of every matter of…

Design for Change in Practice Evidenced based practice (EBP) is an empowering process for improvement in the health care professions. Rosswurm and Larrabee (1999) credit the research studies which used meta – analysis, randomized clinical trials and systematic studies of patient outcomes over the last few decades as having started this shift from the “tradition…

The death penalty, also known as capital punishment, has been carried out by governments for centuries in Western Europe during the Middle Ages. However, efforts to eliminate this practice began in the 18th century. Venezuela initiated abolition in 1863, followed by San Marino in 1865 and Costa Rica in 1877. Ultimately, Great Britain abolished capital…

Our early ancestors left the control of Great Britain for the right of equality, yet time and time again over the past 200 years the equality of American citizens has been questioned. We now have many laws forbidding the harm of racial and ethnic minorities, but is hate speech considere d harmful? Before we can…

Sexual harassment is defined as unwelcome advances, requests, for sexual favors, and any other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature in the working environment. Sexual feelings are said to be part of group dynamics, and a times people who work together may develop these kinds of feelings. In this case Peter Lewiston developed…

Since the past, people have gotten married and lived together. Some married couples are unable to maintain their relationship as a couple; therefore, they choose to get a divorce. Furthermore, half of American marriages now end in divorce. There are three main causes to this increase in divorces: the changes in women’s roles, stress in…

On September 4, 1977, Steven Kokotajlo, a campus police officer from Trenton State College (now the College of New Jersey), discovered an abandoned bicycle chained near Kendall Hall, a building commonly utilized for music and stage performances. It seemed that no one had been inside the building since the theater group departed around noon and…

Different ethnicities, age groups, and, personalities but we all have that one same belief. My church may be small in numbers, but the genuine spirit of your fellow members is great in mass. To be a member of my church can be a joyful setting to fellowship with those you love, an adventure, and at…