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sending the guilty party to prison for life is a better alternative to sentencing the defendant to death row, surprisingly. The number of man hours that need to be done in a case where the prosecution is campaigning for the death penalty are extremely greater when compared with other cases where the death penalty was not an option. Not only for the prosecution but also for the defense team. The Report of the Judicial Council Committee stated that 40.13 were the total number of days on average…

and doing good with other people. No one is born having a mindset of doing evil. The Human Nature that Locke states is “Man is by nature a social animal”. This is a great example of what I believe since humans do many great things together for the greater good and do good on their own for the benefit of themselves and others. In the State of Nature that Locke states, he explains “men mostly kept their promises and honored their obligation, it is mostly peaceful, good, and pleasant.”. It uses…

In a research study comparing black and white patient trust in their physicians, the Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies found that black patients had lower post-visit trust in their physicians in comparison to white patients. Given that Black patients viewed the physicians’ communications as less helpful and less supportive…

In response to teaching his first freshman class in years, Keith Parsons, am old fashioned, often condescending professor at University of Houston-Clear Lake, writes an article entitled “Message to My Freshman Students." The purpose of this article is to lecture incoming freshmen on the differences between high school and college, specifically, in how they are taught and how they learn. Parsons believes that students do not understand the logistics of a college education. In his opinion,…

The Lindall Finley Wortham Theater is located in Houston, Texas at the University of Houston. The décor of the exterior is impressive. Its large glass windows give on passers and guests a glimpse of the lobby, which is brightly illuminated by several lights. My arrival to the theater was early. I was kindly greeted by the friendly staff as I entered the theater. Once inside the venue, I quickly noticed the nice intimate feeling of the theater. Its seats wrapped around the moderately sized venue,…

moral base, while others seem to do the latter. Enron is a good example of a company that operated in an unethical manner and the results of it were catastrophic. Enron began in the late 1980’s as a result of a merger of two natural gas companies Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth. The press named Enron as the most innovative and admired American company and selected its board as one of the five best in 2000 (Conrad,…

this process smooth as possible for them. Of course, I am not going to save the world, but as a future bilingual teacher, I can make a difference in every one of my students. I am aware that sometimes Hispanics do not push their children to have greater aspiration; they limit their children because they feel limited themselves. I want to motivate my future students to dream big but also empower them with tools to…

"The city flourished initially, and rather modesty, as a tourist center and retirement colony…" Beverley & Houston (Page 20). The perfect thing about Tokyo and Miami is something that I can't compare, it's the cultural and ethnic diversity. The fact that we can find people from every part of the world, from Spain to Venezuela. It is important to be objective about the thing that makes the life qualities better when we compare them both. Each of the cities has their differences for the good and…

There are two theories that emerge about the effect of corruption on FDI one is the grabbling hand where corruption impedes on FDI with followers like Wei ( 2000) who found that corruption reduces FDI more than others factors or also that is like a taxes for investors. In contrast, several studies either found no evidence to support the grabbling hand theories or found results that support the helping hand theories where corruption facilitates FDI in a weak regulation environment. There many…

that surrounds humans is full of diversity. Humans have developed different languages, ideologies, and religions. It is truly remarkable what they have accomplished in diversity. However, in the modern era they have the opportunity to merge into a greater, more unified world culture. According to the articles “Wrong Ism” by J.B. Priestly and “America: The Multicultural Society” by Ismael Read, today’s world is moving towards a global, multicultural society that will bring humans closer together…