The Equalizer

skepticism due to its perceived anti-capitalistic policies and seemingly communist-esque ideas, which struck fear in the eyes of Americans. However, Roosevelt proved that government involvement in the economy is not only stable, but also is a fair equalizer amongst a nation’s citizens. Paul Krugman’s, The Conscience of a Liberal, discusses the major political situations between the Great Depression and the twenty- first century. This includes the moral and statistical benefits of what are…

Imagine walking through a house of mirrors - an endless array of reflections staring back at you. Those faces look like yours, but the cold glass cannot truly emulate the living, breathing human which stands in front of it. The enjoyment in such scenarios comes from finding your way out; it comes from recognizing that none of those reflections were a reality. Many people, however, are trapped in these fun houses by the monotony of life, and it takes a traumatic event to jolt them awake and…

SECTION A: ARDUINO BOARD Fig 1. Arduino Uno board 1. ATMEGA328P MICROCONTROLLER FUNCTION: ATMEGA328P is a microcontroller from the AVR family; it is an 8-bit device, which means that its data-bus architecture and internal registers are designed to handle 8 parallel data signals. It has 3 types of memory: • FLASH MEMORY: It is used for storing application, which explains why you don’t need to upload your application every time you unplug Arduino from its power source. • SRAM MEMORY: Storing…

celebrated at the beginning of November and the performance is played by street dancers groups called Las comparsas de los muertos, some of them in masks and costumed characters representing different personages related with the Death, the great equalizer. These parades are all played by men, playing roles of both men and woman characters as the Old man, the Widow, The Dead Husband,…

possess the tools to create an environment of high expectations can put a child at risk academically. Research shows that dropout rates tend to be higher for children who live in poverty. Education has always been considered the great American equalizer that…

Guilt and Innocence in The Stranger “Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don’t know. I got a telegram from the home: ‘Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours.’ That doesn’t mean anything. Maybe it was yesterday.” (Camus 3) The perplexing tale of Meursault, an emotionally detached and seemingly amoral young man living in Algiers, stands notoriously as the introduction to “the absurd.” Albert Camus coined this school of thought, using The Stranger as a mechanism for expressing…

States could ban epipens but that wouldn't solve anything, so this is a problem for the National Government. The Democratic Party believes that the government is an equalizer and helps to balance society. In past issues involving drugs they have mostly put regulations, making abuse harder. Joe Manchin is pressing drug companies that produce painkillers, specifically Zohydro, but that could benefit “Mylan”. His daughter…

Discrimination is a noun that is used to refer to the act of having distinguished treatment on a particular type of a person or a group of people. Biasness is widely illegal and hence would have not been appropriate for such unequal treatment to be shown openly and one would even risk being prosecuted ("What is Discrimination? - FindLaw", 2017). Some form of discrimination and preferential treatment has however been classified as legal and business enterprises uses some form of discrimination to…

I am not a gun owner. While I do possess sufficient knowledge and experience in using firearms, people are usually surprised to hear that I do not own a single gun. This, I completely understand. Why comment on an issue when you have little to no part of it. This seems to be a recurring argument used by the “either with us or against us” crowd. Why? Because the leading officials that are in the media voicing their opinions on the subject often times have little to no knowledge on the subject…

“There 's hungry nights where I 'm not able to eat,” said Shabazz Napier, college basketball player for the University of Connecticut who is on an athletic scholarship (Sherman). While his tuition is paid, he cannot afford to eat dinner on occasion. Athletes dedicate all their time into sports and don’t have time for for the essential things like eating. They are isolated from all the regular students and only travel in groups among other athletes. Also, the students rarely see their family and…