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According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in 2014, there were 2,224,400 people in prisons in the United States. This is the highest rate of incarceration in United States history (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2014). With the average cost to house an inmate being $31,286 per year taxpayers and prisons are looking for ways to reduce recidivism (Vera Institute of Justice, 2012). Non-traditional rehabilitative programs such as gardening, animal-human interaction, education and religion are…

Anything for Profit In a world full of wrongdoing, Sharon Matola, a citizen of Belize who owns a zoo, fights to protect the well being of Belizean communities from destructive forces. In The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw, by Bruce Barcott, the small country of Belize faces environmental devastation due to the greed of companies and the government. In the early 1990s, the Belizean government and Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) proposed to build a controversial dam on the Macal River, to…

Social Networking and Collaboration The social networking progressive technology tools gives hands on experience for students and teachers in the collaborative classroom. Social networking has proven potential to enhance both the effectiveness and efficiency of a meaningful collaborative learning experience in the class curriculum. Thus, social networking is the “information age” in society, which are teaching and learning investments in the educational success of students (Mama & Hennessy,…

new friends- 24 banks in 60 days to be precise. 2 weeks after his release, John shipped a decent amount of pistols to Michigan City Prison and 10 of his friends escaped. By that time. John was arrested for robbery and sent to Allen County Prison in Lima, Ohio. His friends drove down there, killed the sheriff, and freed John. After that, John and his friends traveled the country, robbing banks and stores with elaborate, drawn out plans. John's rebellious journey ended quite abruptly when he was…

The 1800’s was a time period when Europe and other countries were adjusting to the transformations of the movements occurring globally. The Latin American Independence movement had impact on the European movements. The French Revolution was one of the European crusades that had a major effect on the people of Latin America. The time period from 1806-1825 is known as the independence era. Many colonies yearned for their freedom from their mother country. Research will demonstrate the importance…

Descartes believes that the mind and the body are two separate things. However, Princess Elisabeth is skeptical of this claim and asks Descartes how it is possible that our body appears to act as a result of our thoughts, if our mind were to be strictly a thinking substance with no connection to our body. This is the mind-body problem. To further exemplify her point, Princess Elisabeth explains that in her experience, physical things move as a result of another physical thing acting upon it,…

adventure and never thought that anything could go wrong. Since I was a kid, I have known that my parents love me and I have always felt safe around them, I was as happy as any kid could ever be. As the oldest of two brothers and a sister growing up in Lima, Peru, I was raised to believe that everything in life is perfect and that there is no evil or bad in the world. I was raised to take pleasure in life and learned that I will always be happy as long as I have everything I love and need around…

This essay will discuss the importance of communication as an aspect of partnership within current nursing care. As stated by Brooks & Heath (1985) cited in Bramhall (2014), communication can be described “as a process during which information is shared through the exchange of verbal or non-verbal messages” (Brooks & Health, 1985; Bramhall, 2014, p 53). Effective communication contributes to the development of a therapeutic relationship and overall improved health outcomes for the patient. To be…

BCAAs Food For Bodybuilders: BCAAs: The best sources of BCAAs are meat, chicken, fish, dairy products and eggs, reports NYU Langone Medical Center. As a guideline, you can figure on consuming about 1.7 grams of leucine and 1 gram each of isoleucine and valine from a 3-ounce serving of meat, poultry or fish or from 1/2 cup of cottage cheese. A cup of milk contains about half that amount. Whey protein is another good option for boosting your intake of BCAAs. Foods High in Branched-Chain Amino…

The Canela: Bonding through kinship, ritual, and sex I. Introduction This case study of the Canela is designed to represent how the Canela bond through ritual, kinship, and sex. Anthropologist William H. Crocker began field research with the group in 1957 and has since lived with the Canela for an accumulated total of more than five years during eleven field trips. Crocker graduated from Yale University in 1950 and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1962. This…