Notes on the State of Virginia

first opportunity to see the 2017 version of teams, including perennial lacrosse powers like UNC, Duke, Syracuse, Virginia, Maryland and Denver. It is also a great opportunity to see which other teams may be ready to topple one or more of the traditional lacrosse powerhouses.…

Americans were withheld rights even when colonists were battling for independence by the British. Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and the 3rd president of the United States, was also a Virginia slave owner who wrote in his Notes on the State of Virginia, “‘…blacks, whether originally a distinct race, or made distinct by time and circumstances, are inferior to the whites in the endowments both of body and mind’” ("The Story of Race Transcript").…

One example is the middle passage. Spark notes that African sailors from old calabar played an important role in the Robin Johns’ experience in the Americas. Most importantly, Robin Johns’ had was the knowledge that they could make their way back home by negotiating with the English language and…

compared to someone who committed a misdemeanor. People commit crimes every day for different reasons. Some of these criminals may not get caught right away or they may end up not getting caught at all. The Eighth Amendment in the United States Constitution states: “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” (Stevenson & Stinneford, n.d.). The Eighth Amendment basically means that someone who commits a crime will still be…

(§ 8.2A-108. Unconscionability, Code of Virginia) With the situation having several different possible outcomes from the court, it cannot be determined which course of action the court will adopt. The court may rule that Walker is responsible for any part of the contract that is not unconscionable…

and bill of rights, and our fourth president of the United States. He was born March 16th, 1751 in Port Conway, VA and died June 28th, 1836 in Orange County, VA at a great age of 85. Madison grew up in Orange County and his father built Montpelier in 1760. The Madison’s lived at Montpelier for three generations from 1723 to 1844. Virginia was represented by James Madison in 1787 at the Constitutional Convention. Madison took many notes and recorded most of the information from the…

against Catholic, Jews, or Protestants. However, after the Revolution, most of the colonies had freedom of religious, and the religious power would less affect in the nation politic (pg.219). According to Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, Thomas Jefferson et al, 1777 (enacted 1786), it states, “Be it enacted by General Assembly that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place […] but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their…

secure (p. 6). The ethics of the present dilemma include breaking client confidentiality for reporting reasons which are not included in the "Information Shared with Others" section of the Code of Ethics. However, Section B.7.b states that counselors must adhere to not only state and federal ethical policies regarding information sharing, but also to agency or institutional guidelines (ACA Code of Ethics, 2005, p. 8). Determine the nature and dimensions of the…

tracking menses, notes to remind themselves of doctors orders and taking pictures. There are numerous examples in the Media of patients rights being violated. A Grand Rapids physician with Spectrum Health was fired and Nursing staff member was reprimanded for posting a picture of a patient 's backside in front of the emergency room entrance (Thoms, 2014). The patient was not yet an admitted patient, yet this was a violation of the patients privacy rights (Thoms, 2014). A Virginia man was…

In her novel, To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf explores the thematic implications of time's continuous procession foreword. Woolf uses images of the sea as a symbolic depiction of the passage of time in relation to human lives. This pattern of images suggests that time takes on a number of different forms. Likes the waves, times sometimes appears repetitive and nearly motionless, but it also has a violent and entropic nature that calls attention to the impermanence of human life by threatening…