Summary of Reading – Chapter #2 Chapter 2 of The New Jim Crow focuses on how the system of mass incarceration works. Alexander concentrates on the "War on Drugs‚" because "convictions for drug offenses are the single most important cause of the explosion in incarceration rates in the United States." Early on‚ she exposes myths‚ noting that the war is not "aimed at ridding the nation of drug ’kingpins’ or big-time drug dealers‚" and the drug war is not "principally concerned with dangerous drugs"
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Short Message Service (SMS) is the text communication service component of phone‚ web or mobile communication systems‚ using standardized communications protocols that allow the exchange of short text messages between fixed line or mobile phone devices. The use of SMS as data application in the world is enormous‚ with 2.4 billion active users‚ or 74% of all mobile phone subscribers. Therefore‚ there is the need of a significant alternative to this conventional system in the delivery of trusted elections
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Physical evidence is any evidence that can establish a crime has happened and anything that links the crime and the criminal‚ and three examples of physical evidence is: weapon‚ fibers‚ and hair. 2.Three ways a crime scene can be recorded is through: photography‚ drawings‚ and notes. The benefit of each are exclusive to the practice‚ and it is‚ photography with the ability to capture the crime scene as it was before the removal of evidence or changes to the crime scene. Drawings with the more accurate
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1. What is popular music? Popular music is any music since the mid 1800’s that is within liking and preferences of middle class. 2. What theme does pop music typically use in the lyrics? Describe one pop song that uses this theme. Why is this theme such a popular one? Pop music centers around the theme of love and relationships. “When I was your man” by Bruno Mars uses this theme by explaining feelings of breaking up in the song. This theme is so popular because many people can relate to love
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Short Message Service (SMS) is the text communication service component of phone‚ web or mobile communication systems‚ using standardized communications protocols that allow the exchange of short text messages between fixed line or mobile phone devices. The use of SMS as data application in the world is enormous‚ with 2.4 billion active users‚ or 74% of all mobile phone subscribers. Therefore‚ there is the need of a significant alternative to this conventional system in the delivery of trusted elections
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Unit 2: Reading Sciences This Unit Activity will help you meet these educational goals: 21st Century Skills—You will employ online tools for research and analysis‚ use critical-thinking and problem-solving skills‚ and assess and validate information. Introduction Science is an integral part of our daily lives. Regardless of the career you pursue‚ you need to have sound knowledge of the sciences to be a responsible global citizen of the twenty-first century. Such knowledge will help you understand
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Ethical Systems: Which is Best? PHI 200 Mind and Machine Instructor Lisa Linkin February 4‚ 2013 * Ethical Systems: Which is Best? Good‚ bad‚ right‚ wrong…how do we know? Ethics is the study of how we determine what is right or wrong‚ good or bad (Mosser‚ 2010). While there are many ethical views‚ I focused on the three classical approaches for this paper. Utilitarianism states when given a choice between two acts‚ the one that creates the greater happiness for the greatest number of people
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Web-Based Application Development implications for project management and development processes The unique nature of many web-based applications broadens the role of traditional project management and adds a new dimension to the software development process.In addition to the participation and contribution of analysts‚ designers‚ programmers‚ architects‚ managers‚ domain experts and so on‚ web-based applications often contain significant multimedia content (images‚ movie clips‚ sound clips and
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Administration’s scary statistic that “6‚000 highway deaths each year involve distracted drivers” (1). While this number tends to sound extreme‚ knowing 6‚000 lives could have been saved if only drivers would have taken seriously the dangers of driving while distracted. While a person may believe they can multitask while driving and not be in any danger‚ they are clearly mistaken. Phil LeBeau‚ a CNBC auto and airline industry reporter based at the network’s Chicago bureau‚ discusses the terrible
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Barbara Gomez Mrs. Melissa Qualls EPP 150 10/23/2013 The Art of Reading by Lin Yutang At the beginning of this essay‚ Yutang starts speaking about the differences between the mind of a person who reads and of someone who does not read. Lin show his point of view very cleary telling us how small can be the thoughts of someone who does not read can be when "His life falls into a set routine‚" (90) a non reader can be easily impressed by the world outside because‚ Lin says‚ "he only sees what happen
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