...have took the initiative to better themselves; by getting better jobs, promoting to higher positions and little by little moving up in the congress to run for presidency. Women are also beginning to learn about self-defense and are self-reliance to better themselves. I believe the cultural shift of women becoming more aggressive and self-reliant is great because they are less vulnerable, independent and confident in themselves. Woman who take self-defense classes have been in the category of woman that are able to avoid attackers. Jeff Klein the writer of “Watching My Back” writes about an incident where Jeff and his girlfriend ran into a drunk man who tried to provoke them, but turns his attention else where. She tells Klein “I got you back”(82) joking, but yet feels a since of comfort by the notion that she does know self-defense and if ever needed she does not feel vulnerable. I honestly do believe women have the right to take any class that betters themselves. Not only do women feel vulnerable walking down the street, but many women down are assaulted even by just jogging around the neighborhood. In The Beaufort Tribune, one man at knifepoint took her into a wooded area and sexually assaulted her (1). Not only does this should encourage women to take self defense classes. The traumas women go through are not worth Feeling vulnerable is usually why women tend to be protective and tend to change how they view the society, but are becoming more independent. Women today...
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...Abusing Self-Defense Crime Self-defense, a noun defined as the defense of one's person or interests, especially through the use of physical force, which is permitted in certain cases as an answer to a charge of violent crime. When you hear about self-defense some people would think of the Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman case. While I would love to talk about that case I am here on a different mission, to bring awareness to the abuse of using the self-defense as a reason to kill someone and to analyze it from a sociologically point of view. In the United States of America, under federal law, murder is the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought which will come with fatal consequences if you are found guilty of the killing. So in other words murdering someone is a taboo. Sometime the defendant would pled either not guilty, or guilty, on rare occasion they would pled insanity or self-defense. Self-defense stood out the most for me and it was the Jodi Arias and Travis Alexander case, Was it really self-defense or was it just pure jealousy? To start with, I was channel surfing when I stopped on CNN news channel. Nancy Grace was shouting at someone giving their opinion about something as she always do. I was about to change the channel when I saw a gruesome crime scene photo of a shower filled with blood. I wanted to know more about the bloody shower. Come to find out the shower and the blood in it belongs to Travis Alexander, a Mormon. Travis Alexander was...
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...Self-Defense Ever had one of those nights where you’re walking down the street and everything is quiet. Thinking that everything is just fine, you get attacked by a random stranger who lounges at you with brutal strikes and punches. Shocked and not knowing what to do, the easy thing to do is to just take the hits over and over again. By then, you have given satisfaction to your attacker by succumbing to the violent circumstances given and surely enough; you have been not only robbed of whatever few valuables you possessed at the time, but also you’re sense of security. Self-defense is the countermeasure that includes the protection one’s property and the prevention of harm. It is the very essence of the actions portrayed by preventing been harmed in any way by either/or diminutive or cataclysmic proportions. Self-defense does not mean to fight, but rather the use of intelligence to do its sole purpose: to defend. In history, martial arts have marked an evolution and adaptation of an individual’s attempts to protect both their honor and family. In today’s society, we live in a world where danger is found in every corner. Since the introduction of firearms, combat knives and even Tasers that can cause paralysis, evolution has yet again played a role in the art of protection. For instance, when you are been pointed to your face with a gun, the smart thing to do is to not provoke your attacker but to comply so long as your well-being is not threaten. If his/her actions and unwise...
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.....................5 Principle Two: Decisiveness .......................11 Principle Three: Aggressiveness ....................17 Principle Four: Speed.............................23 Principle Five: Coolness ..........................27 Principle Six: Ruthlessness ........................33 Principle Seven: Surprise ..........................39 A Final Word ................................... 43 Preface It is not common for one to enjoy rereading something that he wrote a decade previously. Times change, styles change, attitudes change, and most of all people grow, both intellectually and emotionally. It is therefore with gratification and some little surprise that I was able to reread Principles o Personal Defense at the request of the publishers, f and to discover that I felt no need to change anything of importance. It stands as it stood, and insofar as it spoke the truth ten years ago, it speaks it still. The booklet is essentially a digest of a presentation...
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...Jackie R. Black Belt Essay When you first step into that dojo, whether you realise it or not, your journey to becoming a potential black belt begins. No, by that I do not mean the instructors will hold every bad behavior and mistake you made as a white belt against you at your black belt test. They look at your faults and see if overall you have made an effort to improve over the however many years you've been doing karate. But what does being a black belt mean? "Modesty, courtesy, integrity, self control, perseverance, and an indomitable spirit". These are the words I hear the young belts regurgitate while fidgeting and not listening in line. It's as if a lot of them don't understand or don't care enough to even try to comprehend what those words mean. I'm not going to pretend like I wasn't one of those kids. I don't think that I even knew...
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...Humans like animals, can be conditioned to change their behavior. You see this often at school. Children are told that they are not smart, when actually, they just don't have the right guidance. Eventually the children believe that they are not intelligent and never will be. When society and your closest friends abandon you at times of need; it becomes hard to become self sufficient and not to lose hope. Like the children, the Monster also didn’t have the right guidance nor the support of his creator and society. He was conditioned to become a heartless monster against his will through constant failure. All of the monstrous acts people bring up that the Monster did was after being rejected. For example, He framed an innocent girl of murder because he thought she would not like accept him. 1.“The sleeper stirred; a thrill of terror ran through me. Should she indeed awake, and see me, and curse me, and denounce the murderer? Thus would she assuredly act if her darkened eyes opened and she beheld me. The thought was madness; it stirred the fined within me-not...
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...The book starts out on the first page with “It was a pleasure to burn.” And by the end of the book he’s against burning and trying to stop it. I’ve asked myself many times while reading this book “What would I do in this situation?” I decided that I would most likely react the same way Montag did in most of the screwed up situations he was in. But was it right that he did the things that he did? Some people might argue that Montag killed Beatty out of self defense I argue that is not the real reason. Dictionary.com’s definition of self defense is “the act of defending one's person when physically attacked.” Based on that I feel that Montag could say he killed Beatty out of self defense but I think he was more afraid that Beatty was going to stop him from accomplishing his goal. Montag had a flurry of emotions going into that scene and a lot of emotions during it. Maybe he killed Beatty because he lost Clarisse, or maybe because his wife betrayed him, or both. I think he...
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...and caused his death. The shooter, Katie, is claiming self-defense as an excuse for the murder. The case should be examined further before any decision can be made as to if this excuse is a just one. On one hand, this boy was completely harmless. He was new to the neighborhood, and happened to mistake Katie’s apartment for his own. On top of that, his mental disability provides further information that can explain why a 12-year-old boy could make this error. Katie may have woke up feeling disoriented and couldn’t tell whether this figure was a child or a man,...
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...Professor S. Hafezi POL300 1• _F__According to Wriston, communication/information revolution has expanded the ability of governments to control events within their territory. 2• _T__Slaughter argues that the nation-state is dying because of supranational organizations and communication/information revolution. 3• _T__Wriston maintains that the Information Age has validated the Orwell’s vision of Big brother watching the citizen. 4• _F__Wriston believes that the information revolution has outmoded old oligarchies. 5• _F__According to Wriston, nations can now easily block the flow of information across national borders. 6• _T__The U.S. reliance on information technology, according to Wriston, has made the country vulnerable to attack. 7_T__Slaughter asserts that the information revolution has produced global governance. 8• _T__Slaughter believes that transgovernmentalism has created a more effective and potentially more accountable world order. 9• _T__Slaughter cites partnership between a supranational tribunal and national courts as the most advanced form of judicial cooperation. 10• _T__Slaughter believes that transgovernmentalism provides a powerful alternative to both a new medievalism and a liberal internationalism. 11• _F__According to Slaughter, all the agents of the modern regulatory state are now regularly cooperate with their foreign counterparts. 12• _F__Slaughter maintains that comity of nations has traditionally signified peaceful...
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... and made a drum like sound when you hit the ball with it. The first paddle was also around 19 inches long, which is unheard of nowadays. As we neared the start of the 20th century, the paddles then started to become made of wood covered in sandpaper, followed by a “cork-faced” racket, which players liked because they thought it, improved their overall performance. As we neared the middle of the 20th century, the changes in the racket increased significantly due to a first time impact from Japanese technology. They tried adapting the racket so it would help a player either on the offensive or defensive side. For example, it says that they made a racket that was wide and had a “pimpled rubber” surface that was preferred by players on defense. Next, they developed a sponge type racket. When the sponge racket was implemented with rubber and was 1mm, it was said that it was more difficult to create spin on the ball. I found it interesting that they finally stuck with this type of material and instead went to a 2mm “pimple rubber racket” while they also tried ways to increase the spin and the way to defend the spin. And from then on, the table tennis paddle has stayed the same for the most part. The only changes could be customizations, where people had grips put on to the handle. According to the ITTF Handbook’s rules on the racket, it can be any size or shape, it just has to have a...
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...Self-Defense case: Susan Polk Susan Polk claims self-defense as the plea against the murder of her 70 year old spouse, Dr. Frank Polk. Based on the circumstances that the American society recognizes as justified homicide, Susan Polk was not found innocent and was charged in 2009 with second degree murder. The prosecution believed that Susan Polk planned the murder and the fact that she originally denied any knowledge of or involvement in the murder did not support her claim to self-defense. Mrs. Polk did however claim years of sexual and physical abuse and stated that he , her spouse, was the aggressor coming at her with the weapon, a kitchen knife, and she took control and stabbed him. A witness for the defense, a forensic pathologist,...
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...[pic] [pic][pic] ETL201 Selected History Topics for Social Studies Individual Assignment Oral History Name : Masri Kario ( Rico ) Matriculation No. : 020200D24 T. Group No. : 1 Tutor : Dr Ang Cheng Guan Tutorial Day/Time : Monday, 12.30 - 1420 hrs Date of Submission : Saturday, 18th October 2003 [pic] An Institute of Nanyang Technological University [pic] Singapore was once been under the Japanese occupation that lasted for nearly three years. On February 15, 1942, Singapore surrender to the Japanese after realizing that the situation was very bad especially there was a shortage of food and ammunition at the frontline battlefield. Furthermore the Japanese had cut off the water supply from State of Johore. After a meeting held at the Battle Box at Fort Canning, British commanders concluded that there was no other choice but to surrender. At 5 p.m. that day, led by Lieutenant-General Percival and other officials like Brigadier Newbigging, Brigadier Torrance, and Major Wild, made their way to the Ford Factory for the meeting. It was a first time ever meeting of top-ranking officers from both armies. However both had their own agendas like one wanted for an unconditional surrender while the other one wanted to negotiate. It was considered as one of the darkest period in the lives of every Singaporean people then. It was the beginning day that the fate of Singapore...
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...Moves * White * Pink * Blue * Plus one white * Plus one pink * Double pink * Black * Grey * Inside ball * Front dummy * 7 loop round to other side black (tell Dave) Application of the Moves * Receiving kick off: Shark (scoop, biggie, +1, biggie, eagle) * Mid-scrum: White-hit of base of scrum; 7 loop r2l black… Side scrum: * Front dummy… Rugby league laws: http://www.therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/rules/official_laws/5_mode_of_play Attack phase play: 1) Take 2) Take (When these guys are taking you are arranging the forth-coming play – e.g. ‘You 2 come closer run a white for me 3 & 4) White/double pink/ plus one white/plus one pink - For white; run 5m flat but 10m wide and run at the opposing defender one outside you (i.e. 10 runs towards 12 outside shoulder). - For double pink; execute the miss pink and use footwork to run at the defender and offload skills comes into hand to pop the ball to the team mate coming through for double pink. - For plus one; select and direct one taker to get flat but 8m wide of me. *If on blind side use hanz, footwork or drag the defence towards the line and pass the inside ball. Try to create the space! “All you’re doing in a game is two things: one is directing your team mates into position and telling them what to do; the second is rushing up on defence”. Remember go hard for the first 10 minutes and then conserve energy for the last 15. Last 15 minutes = 3 possible...
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...literature can be ethically revealing is worth defending. At some level a great work of literature represents a form of human existence, to which we may respond as human beings. That there is a moral dimension to human existence I assume. Hence, it seems clear that literature may represent that dimension. Robert Bolt’s 1960 play can serve as an instance of how literature can stimulate ethical reflection. And, at the same time, it is not the kind of text where ethical themes are only marginally present; to the contrary, they are quite central and accessible. In this paper, my goal is to illustrate the potential of literature to stimulate ethical reflection by analyzing Bolt’s play. I will focus for the most part on three ethical themes: self and society, moral heroism,...
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...subsidiaries, is an international marketer and distributor of bananas and pineapples sold under the Chiquita and other brand names in 70 countries, and packaged salads sold under the Fresh Express and other brand names primarily in the United States. With over twenty six thousand employees across six continents, the banana company faced one of its red hot scandals, right in Columbia. Chiquita admitted that it had been paying for years to the violent, right-wing terrorist organization United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia – an English translation of the Spanish name of the group, "Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia" (commonly known as and referred to hereinafter as the "AUC") in exchange of AUC not giving harm to Chiquita’s employees. The AUC had been designated by the U.S. government as a Foreign Terrorist Organization ("FTO") on Sept. 10, 2001, and these designations made it a federal crime for Chiquita, as a U.S. corporation, to provide money to the AUC. In April 2003, Chiquita made a voluntary self-disclosure to the government of its payments to the AUC, giving rise to this investigation. "Like any criminal enterprise, a terrorist organization needs a funding stream to support its operations. For several years, the AUC terrorist group found one in the payments they demanded from Chiquita Brands International. Thanks to Chiquita's cooperation and this prosecution,...
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