Ed Koch

Her mind wanders as she drags her pudgy form across the hatched navy carpeting, but her eyes remain fixed on the girl perched on the edge of the threadbare sofa, feet dangling within inches of the floor. And when the girl plants herself firmly on the ground and strides down the hallway in the opposite direction, the toddler’s innocent face fills with admiration. But her own feet quiver beneath the weight of her infantile body, rendering her incapable of standing on her own; she looks up to her…

In 1975, two sisters, Katherine Lyon aged 10 years old and Sheila Lyon aged 12 years old went missing after a trip to a shopping mall in Maryland of Washington, D.C. The girls’ bodies were never found until now. This was one of the longest unsolved cases in Washington D.C.. These sisters were known as The Lyon Sisters and were born in Kensington, Maryland. Their parents, John and Mary Lyon, and brother, Jay, who is a police officer. John Lyon used to work in a local radio station, WMAL, which is…

(p.97, Com. Hist. of Assam, Vol. II, ed. Barpujari) During the time of the Koch-Ahom wars, they built several forts and ramparts like a hill fort in Darrang and another at Narayanpur. (pp.76&78, Com. Hist. of Assam, Vol. II, ed. Barpujari) In the war against the Kacharis also, they constructed a wooden rampart by using logs of wood at Demera and stationed soldiers at several places en route. (p.72, Suryakhari Daivajnar … Vamsavali, Shastri & Chaliha) The Koch Raja Parikshit’s Dhubri fort at the…

Ernest van den Haag, “The Ultimate Punishment: A Defense of Capital Punishment” (Analyzing Moral Issues, 234-238 in the 6th Ed.) Ernest van den Haag idea for government role was “securing rights and duties by specifying them through laws and enforcing the laws.” Haag argues that capital punishment is morally permissible on the arguments of retribution rather than deterrence it can be clearly reflected in his work. Ernest also addresses the idea of justice, and deterrence. Ernest van den Haag…

Mario Cuomo Mario Cuomo served as the New York Secretary of State from 1975 to 1978, as Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1979 to 1982 and as the fifty-second Governor of New York for three terms, from 1983 to 1994. Cuomo was known for his liberal views and riveting public speeches, particularly his keynote speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, California, where he attacked President Ronald Reagan‘s record, saying: “There is despair, Mr. President, in the faces…

Revenge is a dish best served cold. An eye for an eye. A tooth for a tooth. These are all examples of showcasing that revenge is not only ok, but that it is accepted in today’s society. In “Death and Justice” by Edward I. Koch, he gave out examples of how the death penalty is not only justified, that it is needed in today’s society. Although the death penalty is a part of the system, the death penalty draws only the worst of us in the human race and only satisfies a craving for the only thing…

aspirin can help reduce the risk of blood clots, especially for people whose risk of heart disease is high. References Adams M.P. & Koch R.W. (2010). Pharmacology connections to nursing practice. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education Inc. Buttaro, T.M., Trybulski, J.A., Bailey, P.B., & Sandberg-Cook, J. (2016). Primary care: A collaborative practice. (5th ed.). St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier. McCance, K.L, Huether, S.E., Brashers, V.L. & Rote, N.S. (2010). Pathophysiology: The biologic…

Louis Pasteur had multiple discoveries that affect each one of us today. We have a choice to have our children immunized, we have sterile surgical areas, and we have the process of pasteurization. My family has been blessed by all of these discoveries. My husband works in the OR doing neurophysiological monitoring of patients. He is able to see the sterile environment of the OR first hand. What was the motivation that led to the discovery? Louis Pasteur wanted to understand why some…

homelessness? Was she considered as an embarrassment by the rich neighborhood even if she had never been proven dangerous? The executive director of ACLU claimed that Project Help targeted areas seen by tourists and inhabited by the rich and Mayor Koch didn’t seem to worry about people with schizophrenia in bad neighborhoods. In the twenty-first century, lack of housing remains a problem for mentally ill homeless people, who are often plagued by drugs, dysfunctional families and poverty. The…

“designated this tear-shaped Central Park knoll, located on the west side of Central Park near 72nd Street, as Strawberry Fields” ("Central Park Monuments - Imagine" ). Strawberry Fields was originally a “peace garden”, but “Yoko Ono, joined with Mayor Ed Koch, Parks Commissioner Stern, and an array of musicians inaugurated Strawberry Fields as a permanent public memorial.” the area selected was a 2.5acre piece of land across the street from the Dakota building where Yoko and john lived.…