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Education, it serves as a key to success for millions of individuals across the country. A high school education alone can lead to an increased probability of getting a job, but a college degree, or even some college can exponentially increase your chances of getting a job and making a decent living. The way our society looks at prisoners is unfavorable to say the least. Studies have shown that ex-felons (particularly African American men) have a severely lower chance of getting a job over those…

No Escape The Shining is based off a novel written by Stephen King in 1977 and later produced as a horror film by Stanley Kubrick in 1980. The summary of the film is of a family that heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future. Kubrick takes the study called phenomenology, which is the development of human consciousness and self-awareness as a…

If the name Headwaters Forest Preserve does not ring a bell, you might recall Julia Butterfly Hill, who spent 738 days between 12/10/1997 and 12/18/1999 in the tree affectionately known as "Luna," to prevent Pacific Lumber Company loggers from cutting it down. Pacific Lumber had been bought by Maxxam Corp., and they were clear cutting everything in sight to pay off the bonds they sold to buy this forest. Pacific Lumber, which had been doing sustainable logging for generations, suddenly became an…

Tattoos For Men: A Timeless Spiritual Classic Easily one of the most highly recognizable symbols in the world is the cross. Now while it is chiefly recognized as a Christian symbol, it also has other meanings. The Anhk for example, a cross with a loop at the top, is an ancient Egyptian hieroglyph which represents the life which predates the Christian cross. The Iron Cross, once given as a German military decoration, is now used in tattoo art to symbolize rebellion and non-conformity. There are…

for defense. Arrow loops are holes that are shaped like a keyholes or a vertical slit on the walls. Intended for archers to shoot arrows at invaders. The inner courtyard of a castle is called a bailey, also known as basilica. The entrance to the castle is called the gatehouse it is made out of the combination of the gate, bridge and the portcullis. The portcullis is a gate that was used to…

potential energy that turns into kinetic energy and then as the cars go back up it converts back into potential energy to keep the ride moving. Who new? They started as off as ice slides in Russia and now they are all over the world and they all have loops, turns, flips, and more. As you can see roller coasters have definitely evolved since the…

reasoning. While reading No Impact Man, there were a handful of things that the author said about the different rituals or cycles that people do in everyday life that just seems odd when a closer look is taken. These things mostly deal with a constant loop that people put themselves in that can result in them being unhappy. One of these…

Reflection Paper Introduction Within the American class system exist a system of oppression, in which power and privilege are concentrated among a dominant group with specific characteristics. In the Adams, Blumenfeld, Castaneda, Hackman, Peters, and Zuniga (2013) “Readings for diversity and social justice” text, they explain some of the dominant group characteristics to include being an “older, able able-bodied, heterosexual, white male” (p. 12). Throughout my academic experience in higher…

consumed in moderation, as with all things. Unplugging from social media regularly will improve all areas of the health triangle - mental/emotional health, social health, and physical health. Some say unplugging from social media kicks you out of the loop and leaves you uninformed; true, but false at the same time. For example, unplugging gives you the opportunity…

The focus of this lab was to identify an unknown organism based on its characteristics and the results from each of the tests. There will be various of test to choose from in order to identify the unknown organism, which will eliminate numerous possibilities and narrow it down to one. All the fundamental skills that we have learned and practiced in the lab will be used to perform on our unknown such as aseptic technique, microscopic examination, the use of differential media, and determining if…