The controversy itself reveals something about Holmes’s continuing purchase on the American imagination. Eighty years after his death, he still intrigues us. The comments pro and con about Holmes are more conclusions than explanations. In truth, they beg the question. That is why, even with everything that has already been written about Holmes, more needs to be said. We need to dig into his essential character and its development, for character drives action. We need to connect the life…
responsive lens. Usually when delinquency or youth crime is addressed there is an understanding that it is generally focused on male behavior. Going as far back as Albert Cohen, who in his influential book on gang delinquency in 1955 wrote “The delinquent is a rogue male”, crime is a male centered occurrence (Cohen, 1955). Still over ten years later, in one of the most referenced books on delinquency, Travis Hirschi reduced female involvement in delinquency to a footnote, which said that “in the…
behavior opposes the tyrannical dictator’ ethical practices and decisions. When the dictatorial President of United States decides to ban the liberty and freedom rights of citizenry’ lives, they face to lose the concepts of liberty and freedom footnotes in many banned books, and they are forced into a slavery system that is unacceptable to UNSA President. The concept of a slavery system is unethical behavior in…
Michael Burleigh and Wolfgang Wippermann. The Racial State: Germany 1933-1945. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Michael Burleigh is a Distinguished Research Professor in Modern European History at the University of Wales, Cardiff. Wolfgang Wippermann is a Professor of Historyat Freie Universitat, Berlin. Burleigh’s and Wippermann’s book, The Racial State: Germany 1933-1945, documents the link between Nazi policies and ideals, with focus on racialism as the most important aspect…
sports should not be allowed in their respective sport’s Hall of Fame because they did not earn that right by sheer talent but instead cheated to give themselves an unfair advantage. These men and women are supposed to be the role models for today 's youth athletes. But these days, it’s sad because if an athlete has a remarkable year, or a remarkable night or even an amazing hit, most people will wonder if they had that remarkable milestone because they are taking steroids or performance…
In the cycles of the art world, artistic styles progress over time and new innovative techniques embody an era, but the past periods never truly fade from the mind of the artist, hence periods like the Renaissance, a rebirth of an older era of art. However this retrospective obsession with art can meddle up an art history timeline if a statue is not properly dated to the correct era. This is case the regarding the Piombino Apollo, a statue found at sea in 1832 with a complex history of study…
Access and read Polaris’ “Product Warranties” section of the “Organization and Significant Accounting Policies” footnote to its financial statements, from Appendix A. What is the warranty period for Polaris’ products? How does management establish and adjust the warranty reserve? What are some of the effects if the company’s actual results differ from its estimates…
QuikTrip caters significantly to its socially responsible employee base of Generation Yers9 by training employees on its volunteer SafePlace project at the same time they train for positions in the company. QuikTrip stores are pickup sites for youth in trouble. QuikTrip has been honored for its…
Anthony Mendez, on The CW’s hit show Jane, The Virgin. ==Youth and Family== Sylvia Mendez was born in Santa Ana, California in 1936 to immigrant parents. Her father, Gonzalo Mendez, was a native of Mexico and her mother, Felicita Gómez Mendez, came from Puerto Rico. Santiago, n.d. Felicita Gómez moved to Arizona with her family and they participated in protests against cotton famers paying Puerto Rican immigrants unfair wages during her youth. She attempted to join the American Federation…
's work depicts is that Americans have created a system in which the chances of any low-income worker making ends meet are grim. Even a single person working eight hours each day struggles to feed themselves and live in suitable conditions. In a footnote on page 26, Ehrenreich, citing from a 1997 report of the National Coalition for the Homeless, “Myths About the Homeless” states that nearly one-fifth of all homeless people across twenty-nine cities are employed in full or part time jobs.…