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When one is asked what are prisons usually used for, to the average Joe, they might say that it used to house convicted felons for their wrongdoing. Others might say that prisons are a form of protection of society against the potential dangers of these “convicts”. Discussing this complex question in class, the inside and outside students came up with various ways that prisons are used for; some of them include: population control, housing, cheap labor, deterrence, profit, business, “to buy…

devastated by an atmospheric disaster, or we are treated to a picture of a drought-stricken river, the general masses are once again reminded of their supposed (depending on the argument you subscribe to) impact on the planet we inhabit. With the advent of superstorms such as Hurricane Katrina and Andrew, with the rapidly drying arid areas of the Southwesten United States, and images of ice caps with emaciated polar bears hobbling along the great white expanse, it is impossible…

Clarissa Rigas boasts a decade of experience in the real estate industry, with her partner Peter Tzellos working alongside her for the last six. Both have been the recipient of numerous, highly esteemed awards in their years of service. In addition, their positive demeanour and honest approach to business has garnered a huge client following. All of their clients can testify to their glowing character traits: honest, innovative, loyal, hardworking, humorous and family oriented. Together,…

Technology Technological advances such as EHR, various phone applications and other mobile health devices have been making their way into the mainstream. Devices to monitor heart rate, blood pressure that contribute to chronic illnesses, making them potential preventive and trending tools that can be incorporated medical records to track patients’ vitals and health status. Technology has, taken a unique role in healthcare. Health entities leverage resources to sustain their technology related…

develop an amazing product, an excellent culture and brand name and despite all of that, they get disrupted lightning fast. The point being is that companies could cushion themselves and build a safeguard but cannot ward off disruption. With the advent of smartphones, the pace of disruption has intensified, and disruption has alleviated itself from being a dilemma for innovators to triggering disasters for incumbents. If we think about Garmin, Magellan or even TomTom, these well-known GPS…

British rule. He facilitated Egypt’s rise to become a leader in the Arab world. He is the man who stood up to western imperialism. Arab nationionalsm is his greatest legacy. But his promise was never really fulfilled. He died in 1970 and, with the advent of Anwar Sadat, many of his plans never came to fruition. And many remember his harsh uncompromising rule and the many people who died in his prisons. He was an uncontested ruler who forced his policies on people. Mosaddeq’s short reign ended…

Sara Dahan-Roxin Teacher name ENC 2135 19 January 2016 Overprivileged Spoilt Teens “Gossip Girl here! Your one and only source into the scandalous lives of Manhattan’s elite (anonymous blogger, 2011).” Gossip Girl, a staple for milennial’s alike. This show has become popularized over the years due to it’s multitude of drama and scandal. Gossip Girl is a teen drama that revolves around the lives of seven teens living in New York City’s renowned Upper East Side. It focuses on five main…

kafka might say’’by Alan Greenblatt is about the surveillance society.’’Throwing out such a broad net of surveillance is exactly the kind of threat orwell feared’’(shelden,2013).This research suggests that orwell felt he didn't had no privacy.with the advent of smartphones and widespread surveillance cameras,no conversation or movement in the public sphere can be considered private.The novel Nineteen Eighty-four portrayed a society in which the state constantly tracks the movements and thoughts…

that we are made to go to as children. Our country is touted as a melting pot, a place where every person, regardless of ethnicity or race, can live and prosper- in short, the American dream that caused the influx of many new citizens even at the advent of the country. When questioned, many can supply information, no matter how scant, about the civil rights movements that swept the nation in the late 1950s and '60s. Many remember the Montgomery bus boycotts (slightly before the movement, in…

operators is. The one in Carrols Jeweler was hand cranked whereas today it’s a computer with corresponding buttons and scanners to get the price of an object. In Wingfield’s article to New York Times talks about using tables as cash registers, “With the advent of tablets particularly the iPad, many stores have traded in their clunky cash register for mobile devices.” (Wingfield). With register being tablet base it makes them more user-friendly and takes up less counter space compared to the…