Silver bullet

The Stanford Prison Experiment: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil By Rawan Farook 16904008 Abstract We tend to think that there are two types of people, the good guys, and the bad guys. Both groups are believed to be born with specific characteristics that make them who they are or defines the way they behave and that whoever is in one category stays there no matter what. However, Dr. Philip Zimbardo didn’t believe so. And accordingly, he conducted an experiment to test the…

Women have advanced in the Armed Forces progressively since World War II. Deseret Storm was a starting point in realizing that women could be an asset, not a detriment, to demanding military positions. Still, any combat related job within each branch had a rule of no females. That all changed in December 2015 when the United States Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter stated that all roles in the military were now open to women. This allows women to try out and be a part of the elite positions…

The Chosen Affinity: Uprising 1 They all said life would be better here. Trapped in a tiny train with about 6 other people. We were around 15 years old, some older, some younger, three guys and three girls. The train took off yesterday with no known location. My twin brother and I had received a letter in the mail a few weeks prior. Mine came with a one way ticket and a letter my parents had quickly snatched from me and would not allow me to read. After they had fallen asleep however, I snuck…

’The center of gravity means something to everyone, but not the same to anyone’ (Saxman, 1992 p. 4) Introduction Since Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz’s treatise of On War was pub-lished in 1832 (Clausewitz, 1989 p. XI), the world has changed. Indeed, one could argue that Clausewitz, developing his theories, was never able to visualize dynamic and complex environment of contemporary warfare, fighting the enemies like al Qaeda or little green men, likewise, envisioned new domains…

medicine is needed and self-diagnosis is safe. Many people use over-the-counter drugs for things that can be cured by natural herbal remedies. (Mindell 18) One reason recognition is now being given to herbs is because synthetic drugs are not the “silver bullet” all pharmacologists hoped they would be. They have many side affects and in many cases are not even effective. An antibiotics purpose is to defeat bacterial infection, but is pointless because the viruses and diseases can’t be defeated.…

People tend to believe that bad things can’t happen to them. We go through life seeing tragedies on the news and throughout the media. We understand them in our minds, but not in our hearts. It’s as if when the remote is clicked and the television goes black, the horrors of the world disappear. We seek the safety that is ignorance, and it is this facade of safety, that makes us vulnerable. I used to be one of these people. It happened on my birthday. With a swift lurch forward, the gondola rose…

Mega-vid is a giant multinational video game production company. Like other video game companies, Mega-Vid is facing increasing criticism from people who are concerned that video games encourage violent behavior (College for America at Southern New Hampshire, 2014). So as a father, a former victim and a concerned American, I believe it’s time that we rise up against the video game industry to defend our kids and stop teaching them how to kill, all for the sake of the “mighty dollar.” Said Mark…

various military campaigns from Sicily to southern France, learning on the job how to treat wounds. His descriptions of horrific casualties and deaths of both Americans and Germans are vivid, and so are the more human moments, such as when, with bullets flying around him in Italy, he treated a wounded German and found himself trading family pictures with the enemy. Franklin set up a farmhouse aid station in France and provides a harrowing narrative of a severely wounded young French couple and…

Oracle considered sending out her power into the doctor, but the idea of seeing a blown out knee cap made Oracle’s stomach churn. “There, now give it five minutes to run its course, and you’ll be right as rain.” “Thank you,” Reyes gasped. “Are you hurt?” A gentle hand lifted Oracle’s elbow then released it. Fingers felt around her neck and scalp. Oracle got an image flash of reddish-brown marks forming on her chin and right cheek. Above these bruises appeared a few scrapes, scabbing over. “I…

It was a cold day in Darkland, cold as a vampire’s heart. It was another day of sacrifice, happiness, and relief for the Head Of Darkland and a day of grief for the citizens. It was the day of the messenger. This day involves worryness and hiding because the messenger and HOD makes their decisions on the one person leaving each family. The world darkland is a vampire world that’s cruel and untrustworthy. Most people keep their secrets away so they won’t get taken by the messenger,…