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  • End of Life Choices

    End of Life Choices

    End of Life Choices Over the course of the semester, we have covered many interesting topics in this class. However, the one that I continually struggled to form a solid opinion on, and sincerely had to ponder what my decisions would be in the given situations, was the topic of end of life choices. My own personal thoughts and beliefs would conflict with my religious following, and my mind would continually change on such

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Mike
  • Death Penalty

    Death Penalty

    Death penalty Since our nations founding, the government has punished murder victims and in recent years rape with the ultimate sanction death. Over 13,000 people have been legally executed since colonial times. In the 1930's there were as many as 150 people executed each year. Legal challenges caused these executions to come nearly to a halt by 1967. By 1972 in Furman v. Georgia the supreme court excused hundreds of scheduled executions, declaring that existing

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    Essay Length: 912 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Anna
  • Death Penalty

    Death Penalty

    As we turn on radios and televisions, and even when we open the local newspaper today, we are bombarded with news of arrests, murders, homicides, and other such tragedies. There are many things I don’t agree with in today’s society but, out of the wrongdoing that takes place, I believe murder including the death penalty is the worst of them. I am strongly against the death penalty because it violates “God’s commandments”, costs the taxpayers

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    Essay Length: 276 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • United States Healthcare: A Medical Death Wish

    United States Healthcare: A Medical Death Wish

    America’s Medicaid program provides medical assistance for individuals and families with low incomes and/or few resources. The program began in 1965 and is now the largest source of funding for medical and health-related services for people with limited income. Today, the program covers 53 million people, nearly one in every six Americans, and costs $300 billion a year in federal and state funds. In fact, Medicaid in some states accounts for more than one-third of

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    Essay Length: 780 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Mike
  • Life of Pi Spirituality Vs. Geography

    Life of Pi Spirituality Vs. Geography

    It has been said. "There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea." History and literature have proven this in many ways and Yann Martel's, Life of Pi is no exception. Pi Patel, the protagonist overcomes many challenges spanning from spiritual enlightenment to basic instinct and survival. Coming from an unbiased spiritual background and having a vast understanding of nature and its creatures, Pi is a compassionate and intelligent boy. Like

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Capital Punishment - Legal Punishment of Death for Violating Criminal Law

    Capital Punishment - Legal Punishment of Death for Violating Criminal Law

    CAPITAL PUNISHMENT The definition of capital punishment is the legal punishment of death for violating criminal law. The person who gets capital punishment is the ones who committed serious crimes. Methods of capital punishment throughout the world are by stoning, beheading, hanging, electrocution, lethal injection and shooting. The two most common methods capital punishment use in the United States are lethal injection and electrocution. The lethal injection is the most used form of capital punishment.

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Vika
  • Capital Punishment: The Death Penalty

    Capital Punishment: The Death Penalty

    "The Punishment of death has never prevented determined men from injuring society." --Beccaria Today, one of the most debated issues in the Criminal Justice System is the issue of capital punishment. Capital punishment was legal until 1972, when the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional in Furman v. Georgia stating that it violated the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments citing cruel and unusual punishment. In 1976, the Supreme Court reversed its decision with Gregg v. Georgia and

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Exactly Why My Life Sucks

    Exactly Why My Life Sucks

    Chapter 1 Exactly Why My Life Sucks How can I described the feelings that are welling up inside? How do I control the temper tantrum that is, my little brother? How do I show my parents that I really do care about their feelings? My name is Rosalind Marie Claire. I have two brothers, one older and one younger, and two sisters, also one older and one younger. Which makes me stuck smack-dab in the

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    Essay Length: 1,758 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Bred
  • Death Penalty

    Death Penalty

    The Death Penalty has many issues with people. Some people consider it to be cruel as others don't. Some people consider it not necessary as others do. Some people consider that even though this person kill someone anyone that considers this punishment to them are just the same as them because they are killing the person. This is a matter of opinions and will most likely always be debated. The Death Penalty was first issued

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    Essay Length: 363 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Artur
  • Lifes Not Cheap

    Lifes Not Cheap

    Life is not cheap. Everything has its price tag; even those necessities that we just simply cannot live without. Whether you are looking to buy a tube of toothpaste, a bar of soap, a carton of milk or even a new pair of underwear that tiny price tag that we are all too familiar with is always leering around close by. I am sure that we can all agree that life is much simpler, less

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    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Cloning - All Constraints upon Cloning Should Be Lifed

    Cloning - All Constraints upon Cloning Should Be Lifed

    Cloning ALL CONSTRAINTS UPON CLONING SHOULD BE LIFED Cloning has been a very controversial topic since it affects moral values of human beings and other living things alike. In February 1997 scientists in Scotland announced the birth of the first cloned sheep named Dolly, this heralded the future of cloning possibilities and scientists began extensive experiments on cloning and have since then cloned both plants and animals successfully. The next step was to clone

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    Essay Length: 2,200 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Yan
  • Death Penalty

    Death Penalty

    The debate over capital punishment has been continuous for many years now. It is a very controversial issue that revolves around several theories of punishment and social justice such as utilitarianism, retribution, and the right to live. These arguments come from different types of schools and reasoning, but they can all be evaluated within a utilitarian view. It views society as one organism. Its goal is to improve the state of society for all citizens

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    Essay Length: 615 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Life in the Trenches

    Life in the Trenches

    Life in the trenches during World War 1 were horrible. It was entirely unexpected for those eager thousands who signed up for war August 1914.The Great War- was a phrase coined even before it had begun. It was expected to be very short and like most wars a great movement. However The First World War was symbolized by its lack of movement, the years of stalemate exemplified on the Western Front from autumn 1914 until

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    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Monika
  • My Father’s Life

    My Father’s Life

    struggles of life In the story “My Father’s Life” Raymond Carver spends significant amount of time describing the life of his father. However, it seems strange that he does not reflect much about any personal memories of his relationship with his father. It seems that while growing up his father was too involved with the struggles of life and thus never had the chance to build a relationship with his son. As he grew

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    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Being Happy with the Small Things in Life

    Being Happy with the Small Things in Life

    Being Happy With The Small Things In Life In “Barbie-Q,” Sandra Cisneros chooses a particular point of view in order to communicate the central points of this story. The story is narrated by one of the two young girls who are the main characters. The story begins with the following: “Yours is the one with mean eyes and a ponytail.” “Mine is the one with bubble hair.” (Cisneros 576) This clearly shows that the narrator

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    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Victor
  • Will the Lights Go out in California?

    Will the Lights Go out in California?

    Will the Lights Go Out In California? In today’s society, our state and national government doesn’t hold much trust from its citizens. From the terrorist attacks on September 11th, we have been fed shoddy information about prior knowledge, instigations, and about warnings that our government ignored. Now, California is faced with an alarming tragedy caused by its government and political officials. California’s governor, Gray Davis, declared a “stage 3” state of emergency amid an energy

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    Essay Length: 845 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: July
  • The Life Cycle of an Erythrocyte

    The Life Cycle of an Erythrocyte

    The diameter of a typical human erythrocyte is 6-8 µm. Adult humans have roughly 2-3 Ч 1013 red blood cells at any given time (women have about 4-5 million erythrocytes per cubic millimeter of blood and men about 5-6 million). Red blood cells are thus much more common than the other blood particles: about 4-11 thousand white blood cells per cubic millimeter, and about 150-400 thousand platelets per cubic millimeter. The red blood cells store

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    Essay Length: 329 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Mike
  • Living the Good Life: Herodotus V. Epicurus

    Living the Good Life: Herodotus V. Epicurus

    What is considered a good life? Herodotus and Epicurus presents readers there depiction of a good life in their works, Persian Wars and “Letter to a Friend,” respectively. The ideas of a good life presented by Herodotus in Persian Wars and by Epicurus in “Letter to a Friend” both share identical aspects of a good life, but at the same time both works are distinct from one another. One similarity between the two writers’ idea

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    Essay Length: 883 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Pat Tillman: A Hero or A Waste of Life

    Pat Tillman: A Hero or A Waste of Life

    Pat Tillman: A Hero or Waste of Life? Many peoples’ ideas differ about the subject of Pat Tillman. Pat Tillman, 27, was a member of the 2nd Battalion, th Ranger Regiment based at Fort Lewis, Washington. Tillman was a great football player prior to joining the army. He turned down a three year, 3.6 million dollar contract for the Arizona Cardinals in 2002, to join the army in the wake of the September 11th attacks.

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    Essay Length: 762 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Anna
  • Summer Life

    Summer Life

    Back in 1990, a man named Gary Soto decided to write an autobiography about himself, titled A Summer Life. One of the more interesting portions of the book was when Mr. Soto described a summer day back when he was six years old. On that day, young Gary found out what it felt like to be a true sinner, as he stole an apple pie from the local bakery. Some readers found this as one

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    Essay Length: 616 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Max
  • A Day in the Life of a Photographer

    A Day in the Life of a Photographer

    A Day in the Life of a Photographer The flashing alarm clock rings loudly in my ear as I awake from my dreams. I hit the snooze button many times before I actually get up and out of bed. Today I have plans to meet with a friend for a photography shoot at her house. These photos will be added to my ever-growing portfolio. Although still groggy, I am, however, incredibly excited that I have

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    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Max
  • Visionaries for a Better Tomorrow: Comparing the Life and Leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X

    Visionaries for a Better Tomorrow: Comparing the Life and Leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X

    The Civil Rights Movement was a critical event that is important in African American History. From the 1950’s to the mid 1960’s, civil rights activists and leaders rose up across the nation to fight for equal rights and against discrimination. Even local citizens such as Rosa Parks, took a stand against segregation on public transportation. Others also participated in “sit-ins” inside diners for “whites only”. Although people expressed the need for equality, many efforts were

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    Essay Length: 1,741 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Jon
  • The Death Penalty in Thailand

    The Death Penalty in Thailand

    The Death Penalty in Thailand Throughout the history of man, the penalty of death was given to criminals who broke the law. Capital Punishment is the extreme penalty for crime and is still in use today in many countries even in Thailand. According to the history, the death penalty in Thailand obviously appeared in Ayutthaya Empire and it has been used in the country until these days. There have been many debates on abolishing the

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    Essay Length: 1,451 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Artur
  • The Life of Charlemagne

    The Life of Charlemagne

    Komal Sandhu History 100 Dr. Meyer November 29, 2006 The Life of Charlemagne What makes ‘a’ king into ‘the’ king and then onto Emperor and Augustus? What made King Charles, Charles the Great? In Einhard’s Life of Charlemagne, a very succinct description of King Charles’ ideals, beliefs, attitudes and traits are depicted along with his life’s territorial as well as mental conquests illustrated. Charlemagne was a man with a vision of a utopian society united

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    Essay Length: 1,617 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Death Penalty

    Death Penalty

    June 29, 2003 Home Law Campaign Rights Corner Law Opinion Law News Law Lexicon Reader's Queries Star Law Report Law Week Back Issues Contacting Us The Daily Star Death penalty Is it violation of human rights? Mohammad Towhidul Islam Though the modern world is very sympathetic to the concept of human rights issues, death penalty as a form of capital punishment has still been in practice in the world. During 2001, at least 3048

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    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Stenly

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