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In our violent world today, the ability to protect ourselves is an important factor in our lives. Police cannot be everywhere at once and that is the reason almost all state legislatures have incorporated some kind of self-defense statute for their state. The ability to use deadly force for self-defense has saved many innocent lives…

Every year in the United States of America, millions of crimes are committed that violate and harm the individual rights, properties, and freedoms that are not only guaranteed to American citizens of this country, but also naturally inherent to mankind as whole. Based on the founding principles of our country, which are derived from the…

I have selected Ceylon Electricity Board ( CEB ) , one of the chief participants in the energy sector of Sri Lankan economic system ( I have experienced working with them ) , to measure the cultural influences to employee motive scheme of the entity. CEB, which is a 100 % province owned endeavor, has…

Engineers have played a crucial role in some of humanity’s greatest achievements, such as the pyramids in Egypt, the Brooklyn Bridge, and piloted spaceflight (Stark, 2009). The progress of civilization heavily relies on engineering skills. Now more than ever, engineering is essential due to the rapid advancements in information technologies, robotics, biotechnology, and the fusion…

On May 9, 2012 President Barack Obama addressed the nation with his support for same-sex marriage after his Vice President made a supporting statement previously on May 6, 2012. Immediately following that statement, a large percentage of black pastor’s perspective of President Obama’s character crumbled. Their attitudes drastically changed from a supportive nature to a…

Jim Crow laws were a set of state and native statutes that legalized segregation that occurs during the late 19th century early 20th century .The Jim Crow laws are almost like the Black Code because the black code were strict local and state laws that detailed when, where and the way formerly enslaved people could…

Justice Delayed Justice Denied Justice delayed and justice denied means that if justice is not carried out right away timely, then even if it is carried out later it is not really justice because there was a period of time when there was a lack of justice. In vogue justice delayed justice denied is a…

Some of these countries that have abolished it, to us are considered hired world countries. Are we any better than these third world countries if we still use the death penalty and they don’t? A total of 109 countries have abolished the death penalty. 749 prisoners have been executed since capital punishment was resumed in…

Female Gender Roles and Maria Cervantes In Gabriel Marquez’s novel, Chronicle of a Death Marquez Foretold, uses the characters in order to portray gender roles of the time period. A key historical aspect of the time period was feminism and gender roles. Marquez portrays gender roles and sexism in multiple ways through characterization. A unique…

Have you ever been teased, made fun of, of bullied over the internet? Do you know what Cyber-bullying is? Well hopefully after my speech you will know and understand what and how cyber-bullying affects us all. Purpose: To inform my audience what cyber-bullying is and how it affects us as a society. Importance to Audience:…