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    The question on whether U.S. armed forces are to report military members with criminal activity remains a subject of debate. On one hand‚ proponents in the debate have it that the US armed forces are to report military members with criminal activity as part of their expression and commitment to its ethical and social responsibility to the American nation. For them‚ failure to do so can only amount to an act of bad will to the assured security of Americans (Toner‚ 2015). This is true given that the

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    Bryan ==D Why would anyone use solar energy as an alternative energy to solve the world’s pollution problem? As humans‚ everyday we burn many different types of fossil fuels to produce ourselves electricity and to power up our vehicles‚ and so we create a lot of pollution‚ making this our own fault. With our modern technology and the abundance of the sun’s energy‚ solar energy has the ability to provide the world with electricity and different types of fluid (“Solar Energy”). Solar energy is

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    Protecting Children From Being Solicited By Convicted Sex Offenders On The Internet: The Need For A Federal Mandate Introduction The Internet has taken a number of society’s problems and vices‚ and exacerbated them. This paper will touch upon one of those vices‚ the sexual solicitation of children. The Internet has provided convicted sex offenders with virtually unfettered access to society’s most vulnerable victims. No longer are convicted sex offenders relegated to stalking their victims

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    A penitentiary is an institution established and controlled by the government. The penitentiary system in the United Stated has as its primary goal of detaining‚ housing and punishing individuals who have been convicted of felony crimes. Up until the 19th century‚ prison systems were not common. The common jail dates back to ancient times‚ but was used to detain persons temporarily until he or she was found innocent‚ fined‚ or subjected to corporal punishment. Generally‚ corporal punishment was

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    project entitled: Maximum Power Transfer to a Load Analysis Submitted by: Jerome Isidera Submitted To: Engr. Jurieve R. Bagay September 7‚ 2013 Acknowledgement I would like to express the deepest appreciation to my professor in Electric Circuits – 1‚ Engr. Jurieve Bagay‚ who has an attitude of and a substance of a genius: for his excellent guidance‚ caring‚ patience‚ and providing me with an excellent atmosphere for doing a research. He made me grow in terms of intellectual‚ emotional

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    The Electoral College: Electoral vote vs. The Popular vote Most American’s believe that the popular vote should decide the president elect as a more direct election. However most people do not understand that the Electoral College system is generated through the voted candidates of the Senate and House of Representatives through the bigger and smaller cities making it equal for battleground states to get have equal say in the general election. The Electoral was created by the founding

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    08The Right to Vote Throughout history‚ humans are given many rights‚ for instance‚ the freedom of speech‚ religion‚ and many more. But one that stuck out to me lately and recently took an influence on my life was the right to vote. I did indeed vote because this past election was a historic election and also because later on down the road‚ I didn’t want to be the one complaining about something that I could have changed or helped by voting. Ever since the United States became independent‚ people

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    influenced the United States prison system. Because criminal activities are at an incomparable high‚ an expansion inside the prison population has incurred‚ resulting in a financial burden within the system. According to a review directed by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)‚ they anticipated by 2018‚ overcrowding would move to over 45% over the BOP’s maximum capacity. In addition‚ the prison cannot keep up such influx making a consequential problem for prison guards and inmates. As

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    In the United States‚ we have the privilege to vote. This privilege was given to us through the constitution and its amendments. Today‚ every citizen of the United States has the right to vote. When the Declaration of Independence was signed‚ the right to vote was limited exclusively for white protestant men who owned property. In 1792‚ New Hampshire was the first state that discarded the property requirement to vote. Maryland became the last state to eliminate a religious restriction on voting.

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    the internal drivers of intrinsic motivation. Extrinsic motivation drives me to do things for tangible rewards such as money or pressures‚ rather than for the fun of it. In a workplace this motivation would be the most used because most people work for money. I am employed at the Corcoran State Prison and this is an extrinsic motivation because I get paid to watch and protect inmates and control any possible hostile situations. One way where my occupation wouldn’t apply as an extrinsic motivation

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