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This paper briefly explores how the Silicon Age has impacted the structure of community, primarily through improving communications that have created communities or facilitated community involvement.

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In this article, the writer discusses that although the revolutionary film "The Wild Bunch" portrays some plot elements of a traditional Western, Peckinpah's film aims to show the reality of dealing with a dying age. The writer maintains that through the violent truth, Peckinpah's film portrays the bloody reality of the Wild West that was so disguised in traditional films. The writer notes that rather than the typical nostalgic bliss seen in many other traditional films, Peckinpah really aimed at making his film as realistic as possible in his attempt to explore the dying age of the Wild West. The writer concludes that, as a result, this film ends up shocking audiences with the differences between observed fact and relative fiction, all while in the framework of the traditional Western setting.

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"This idea harkens back to the traditional theme of conquering the uncivilized in the name and honor of the law. There are several instances where it seems that the law will not even succeed in its necessary victory of evil. On several occasions, the righteous lawmakers are shown in dire situations. Deke barely gets out of the last gun battle. Yet, the group's ties to the deceptive Mexican war lord represent a crucial downfall. They then find themselves in a war on several fronts, which ultimately leads to the gang's demise.
"Codes of conduct within every Western film are central to why events occur later in the film. Many traditional Western pieces show the heroes as bound to a code of honor that makes them act the way they do. Honor has always been a prevailing moral in traditional plot themes."

Tags:gun, battle, shoot, out, cowboy, violence

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This ten-page paper discusses the important aspects of the age of knowledge and focuses on its impact on the organizational and social setup. The old factors of productions such as labor, land and capital are being rapidly wiped out, as knowledge has become the dominant player in this era of information technology. These changes have transformed the structure and behavior of American organization.

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In this article, the writer looks at the correlation between family structure and delinquency. The writer notes that one area of needed reform is the segment of the system that deals specifically with children under the age of majority, which differs from state to state. The writer points out that in the late 1800s, the juvenile justice system was created, not simply to punish, but to also rehabilitate the thousands of juveniles who had been forced to enter into the adult system. In the more than 100 years since its inception, the juvenile justice system remains a fragmented system of juvenile victims and juvenile offenders. The writer describes different cases to discuss this issue and includes tables of statistics. The writer concludes that in an ideal world, all children would have the benefit of two loving parents, a financially and emotionally secure home, and a chance to become anything they wish to become in life. The writer maintains that in reality, there is no way to guarantee a two-parent home for all children, but a concerted effort can be made to fill the voids created by those who are absent in the way of mentoring and other interactive relationships.

Outline:
What Has Happened
The Problem Researched
Types of Criminal Activity
One Case in Point
What Can Be Done
The Myths about Single Parenting
Conclusion

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"Two year old Nateyonna Banks had been a ward of the state of Georgia since she had been born in 2004. Her twenty-nine year old mother, Shandrell had given birth to her during her incarceration in the county prison on cocaine possession. The baby's great aunt, Carolyn took over the job of raising little Nateyonna while her mother continued to serve her sentence. In 2006 when Carolyn petitioned the court for financial help in raising Nateyonna, County DFCS workers agreed to leave her in the custody of her aunt."
"When Shandrell Banks was released from prison, DFCS supervisors overturned the ruling based on information that the aunt was incompetent, and awarded her custody of her daughter. She began living with a friend in a small apartment and her income consisted of a $65.00 weekly unemployment check. According to a transcript of a July 31, 2006 hearing, Shandrell was receiving help with parenting skills as well as with anger management."

Tags:parenting, crime, victimized, child

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This paper looks at how considerations of audience and purpose prompt Beyak to arrange his essay in a way that allows him to "hammer home" his point about the structural problems in producing a generation of well-educated young adults who cannot find steady, full-time employment. Specifically, Beyak uses juxtaposition, circularity, a strong thesis, classification, and a dictionary definition to make his point: this generation of young people is growing old without growing up.

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"Purpose and audience are critical components in Andrew Beyak's, "The Sweet Bird of Youth is Showing Signs of Age." With that in mind, this paper will look at how considerations of audience and purpose prompt Beyak to arrange his essay in a way that allows him to "hammer home" his point about the structural problems producing a generation of well-educated young adults who cannot find steady, full-time employment. Specifically, Beyak uses juxtaposition, circularity, a strong thesis, classification, and a dictionary definition to make his point: this generation of young people..."

Tags:beyak, sweet, bird

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This paper is about growing gaps in information technology and how information and communications are increasingly necessary. Lack of knowledge leads to poorer outcomes and a lesser place in social networks. Goes on to discuss possible solutions.

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"In Disconnected: Have and Have-nots in the Information Age, Wresch argues that while we live in an "information age", information is still unavailable to many. He sees unequal distribution of information causing the gap between the rich and the poor to grow, since oftentimes knowledge (in the form of information) is the means to obtain power and wealth. He sees tyrannical control of information and rejectionists? refusal to access available information as also leading to further inequality and hate, and he points out that with increased information comes the threat of increased information-based crimes. Aside from these worries about information's access are his findings on information processing. Wresch points out that those who don't have adequate education can't make use of the information available to them; as well, psychologically, educated people can ignore information; finally, occasionally there is just so much information out there that sorting through it becomes a Herculean task and so wrong conclusions are reached as some information is ignored and some given more emphasis - this overabundance of information is referred to as "noise", which can metaphorically "hypnotize or deafen" (Wresch, 75). Information itself can also be skewed and one-sided, or too meagre. Wresch specifically points to television, movies, newspapers, radio, and even books as more unavailable and one-sided in less developed countries than in developed countries. Additionally, he sees networking and connections with people as having an effect on one's outcomes; the rich thus have an advantage over the poor, who have fewer connections. Finally, organizations and professionals could also benefit from increased communication and sharing of information."

Tags:advances, communications, computers, differences, gap, institutions, poor, rich, social, society, structure, technological, technology

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The idea for a regional block in Asia, to a large extent, was conceptualized by the United States. U.S. President Lyndon Johnson presented the ASEAN concept as an alliance of all the free nations of the Pacific and Asia and invited the Asian countries to come together in a co-operative effort to bring about economic development of the region, promising them the U.S.'s financial assistance and support. For all intents and purposes, this is what everyone believed ASEAN would accomplish at the time, including the ASEAN member nations themselves. However, the cooperative development of the nations was only the covering for the U.S.'s real agenda: to halt the progress of Communism and use the ASEAN nations and Japan as the roadblocks:
While the goal of the ASEAN member countries has been acquiring an "Asian identity" and achieving regional economic cooperation, the objective of the United States has been largely strategic in nature.
Such reality poses a number of implications for ASEAN. On one hand, it leaves ASEAN as a pawn for the United States and its allies, making the possibility of upholding real ASEAN interests difficult in the face of a hegemon's (the United States) interests. In addition, it also renders the concept of ASEAN regionalism in question because of the massive outside influence that it is vulnerable to under U.S. "guidance."
This leaves the question of whether ASEAN is truly a Southeast Asian regional block or not. Thus, as this essay argues, ASEAN although originally intended to be an organization that upholds Asian regionalism and reduce dependence on foreign powers and markets, was intentionally used by the United States and its allies to uphold their own political and economic interests - the industrialization of Japan within a neoliberal paradigm and the expansion of U.S. ideals to counter the communist treat, among others - in Asia and the rest of the world.
In order to prove this point, the paper first provides the theoretical foundations of its thesis using the theories of Structural Power and Hegemony. The next section then provides an analysis of the roles that the U.S. and its main ally, Japan, played in the development of ASEAN and the effect of their influence in ASEAN. China's role and effect in ASEAN are also discussed. The paper then provides a historical account of the development of ASEAN to show the facts that support the case. The next section then sketches the future of ASEAN. The essay ends with concluding remarks. It includes figures and graphs.

Paper Outline:
Introduction
Theoretical Foundations of U.S. Influence in ASEAN
The Role of the US
The Role of Japan
The Role of China
Three Contesting Powers
ASEAN Evolution in the Face of a Global Power Structure
Cooperation in the State of Turmoil (1967-1984)
The Birth of ASEAN in 1967
Vietnam Policy and ASEAN
ASEAN and the Promotion of Asian Capitalism
The Cambodia Crisis
Cooperation in the Age of Growth (1985-1996)
The Plaza Accord
Flying Geese Model
Economic Cooperation
Cooperation in the Age of Crisis and Recovery (1997-2005)
The Asian Financial Crisis
The IMF in ASEAN
ASEAN+3
China: A Potential Regional Rival
Japan's Assistance Measures
Post 9-11 Security: ASEAN as a Pawn of U.S. Policy
The Future of ASEAN
The Evolution of Cooperation between ASEAN and Japan
ASEAN and the G3 Bloc
Human Rights Issues Facing ASEAN
Toward a Regional Community
Conclusion
Works Cited

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"ASEAN was founded in 1967 to deepen economic interaction and cooperation within the region. When it was first formed, the ASEAN member nations intended it to draw them together into a unified regionalist entity that would reduce dependence on foreign powers, particularly economically. The member nations were third world countries that had up to that time relied heavily on foreign markets, and one of the goals of regionalism was to combine the resources of the countries and convert them from five individual weak entities into one strong entity capable of standing on its own."

Tags:asia, cooperation, hegemony, AFTA, WTO

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The paper discusses how coming of age is not merely a personal struggle, defined by changes in one's body and the structure of one's social life. The paper explains that viewed from an international and multicultural perspective, coming of age is also defined by an adolescent's cultural and political context. In examining this topic, the paper also looks at Nahid Rachlin's memoir "Persian Girls," Mohsin Makhmalbaf's film "Khandahar," Tayeb Salih's novel "A Season of Migration to the North," Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner" and the protagonist Jose of the film "Sugar Cane Alley."

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"For example, in her memoir Persian Girls, Nahid Rachlin depicts her young life in Iran as being defined by her gender and her culture's limiting view of femininity, despite the fact that Rachlin was born during the pro-Western reign of the Shah. It is not simply in the fundamentalist-controlled regimes, like Taliban-ruled Afghanistan that female oppression can occur. The horrors of this regime are compellingly depicted in the educational scenes of Mohsin Makhmalbaf's film "Khandahar" where young girls are told that they can no longer study, and upon puberty they must veil their faces, equating a silencing of the self with becoming a woman."

Tags:culture, Rachlin, Hosseini, Salih, femininity, independence, adulthood

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Social Structure Theories and Social Processes Theories are often used interchangeably. This essay highlights the fundamental differences outlining social structure and social process theories. In order to compare these theories, the paper draws attention to the various theories of juvenile delinquency and the difference of perspective involved and the obtrusive causes outlined by the distinct theories for engagement in criminal acts at a young age. Two different theories are presented attempting to explain juvenile delinquency, presenting various facets of adolescent criminal behavior and the possible causes of such behavior.

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"One of the major challenges faced by the law-making authorities of the United States today is the reduction of juvenile delinquency and to increase the effectiveness of lawful regulations in the country. The alarming augmentation in crime rate at adolescent echelon is the most worrisome problem facing America therefore researchers and experts of the related field have developed various theories regarding juvenile delinquency outlining motivations and reasons behind the existence and the frequency of crime at juvenile stage. In order to well-comprehend the perspective of various philosophies related to juvenile delinquency, it is highly essential to know what juvenile delinquency is about."

Tags:crime, children, philosophy, theory, adolescent, strain

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This paper compares the coming of age within three works - "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini, "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera and the film "Sugar Cane Alley," written and directed by Euzhan Palcy. It analyzes the political and social structure in each of these works and describes how they affect the relationships between the younger and older characters.

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"The shifts in lightness and heaviness in this novel are complex and at times difficult to understand, and the political element that is seen here is also more complex and in some ways more specific than what is seen in The Kite Runner or Sugar Cane Alley. In this novel, the events of what is known as the Prague Spring serve as backdrop, a time when the Soviet military occupied the city and made it known that the people of Poland were not in control of their own destinies. Tomas had once condemned the Communists and so is asked to leave the city, and he and Tereza travel to Switzerland. When they later return to Prague, it is with the knowledge that they will never be allowed to leave again."

Tags:generation, experience, friendship