Grand Tour is a series of space exploration novels written by American writer Ben Bova. Classified as science fiction the novels majorly focus on the themes of environmentalism and capitalism. The Grand Tour series of novels debuted with Privateers a novel published in 1985 to much critical acclaim. Ben Bova was born Benjamin William Bova in 1932 and went to South Philadelphia High School before attending Philadelphia’s Temple University. He has been married three times and has two children from
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Torture opposes the Eighth Amendment‚ which states that “Excessive bail shall not be required‚ nor excessive fines imposed‚ or cruel and unusual punishments inflicted” (U.S. Const. amend. VIII). Ranging from starvation to waterboarding to humiliation‚ torture is indeed a cruel and unusual punishment‚ which proves that it disobeys a law that can ever be taken away from American citizens and even foreigners. To add on‚ these cruel punishments are not only breaking
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The podcast Cruel and Unusual covers the issue of the death penalty and whether or not it should be allowed in the U.S. It discusses the controversy within this issue‚ especially the lethal injection and the constitutionality of capital punishment in regards to the ban of cruel and unusual punishment in the 8th amendment. Some of the cases mentioned were Wilkerson v Utah where the Supreme Court initially ruled to allow a firing squad to be used in the death penalty and Baze v Rees (2008) in which
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“Unusual Loyalty” Ravens are described in the poem “The Three Ravens” as wild‚ greedy‚ and mischievous birds. Although‚ that may not be how every person would choose to describe them thus is how they are portrayed to the reader‚ and the ravens are surprised and thrown off by the actions of the other animals. Secondly‚ the hounds and the hawks are acting abnormally to how nature usually portrays them‚ they act loyally to the knight like a human would instead of being aggressive. Thirdly‚ the doe would
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I believe you can make a dog with puppies also take care of kittens by giving the kittens to the dog after the puppies are born. It may also be good if the kittens were orphans. For example: In the passage “Unusual Animal Relationships”‚ when it talks about the relationship between the dog and the orangutan‚ it explains how the orangutan (Suryia) became “orphaned after losing his parents”‚ and it wasn’t until he met the dog (Roscoe) that Suryia became happy‚ and Roscoe became his friend. Going back
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Cruel and Unusual Punishment The simplest definition of the word murder is the killing of one human being by another. Coincidentally‚ the definition of capital punishment is the same. Since childhood‚ the act of murder has been ingrained in our minds as unethical and wrong. So why then do states continue to use the death penalty? The question is widely debated but the answer is simple. Capital punishment needs to be abolished on the grounds that it carries dangerous risks of punishing innocent people
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Monkey Ch’Eng-En Wu Online Information For the online version of BookRags’ Monkey Premium Study Guide‚ including complete copyright information‚ please visit: http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-monkey/ Copyright Information ©2000-2007 BookRags‚ Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The following sections of this BookRags Premium Study Guide is offprint from Gale’s For Students Series: Presenting Analysis‚ Context‚ and Criticism on Commonly Studied Works: Introduction‚ Author Biography‚ Plot Summary‚ Characters
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“History in the Making; Another First‚” by Michael Leunig. Not all journeys are contented and pleasurable; there are those who experience slow and difficult journeys. Journeys can be problematic and challenging‚ as it is conveyed through this cartoon created by Michael Leunig. This cartoon is called “History in the Making: Another First‚” and conveys a fact that a journey is a goal; there are always other people who want or thrive for the same objectives as you. This cartoon particularly‚ is very
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t Unusual headache. History Patient is 63-year-old right-handed white female who presents with her husband for evaluation of an unusual headache followed by hallucinations. She does have a history of migraine headaches with aura. These started over 20 years ago. At that time‚ she had a negative workup‚ including a negative CAT scan. Her headaches usually start with biperipheral scintillating scotoma‚ which in itself can be debilitating because it significantly disrupts her vision and makes it
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Area of Study Essay- Journeys The Oxford Dictionary defines Journey as “an act of travelling from one place to another”; this could‚ of course‚ be taken literally. Instead‚ why not think of “places” as emotional or mental situations? So you take a journey between different emotional states. “The journey‚ not the arrival‚ matters.” This statement is correct for all four texts I will be discussing. The journey is more important than the arrival because it is the journey that makes people who they
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