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Broken windows theory. The broken windows theory is a criminological theory of the norm-setting and signalling effect of urban disorder and vandalism on additional crime and anti-social behavior. The theory states that maintaining and monitoring urban environments in a well-ordered condition may stop further vandalism and escalation into more serious crime. The theory was introduced in a 1982 article by social scientists James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling. Since then it has been subject to great debate both within the social sciences and the public sphere. The theory has been used as a motivation for several reforms in criminal policy, including the controversial mass use of "stop, question, and frisk" by the New York Police Department.

Article and crime prevention[edit] The broken windows theory was first introduced by social scientists James Q. Consider a building with a few broken windows. The article received a great deal of attention and was very widely cited. Informal social controls[edit] Confessions of a hotel insider. Amazon Deletes Thousands of 'Fake' Reviews - Online purge sparks debate among authors and fans. Pro-Liberty Resources & Links. HDTV: Its not just crisper images and richer sound. From the January 2009 Idaho Observer: HDTV: It’s not just crisper images and richer sound I read a story once about how to catch wild hogs.

You bait them with food and, once they get comfortable and show up to eat consistently, you build one side of a pen. The hogs will stay away for a few days but the easy groceries will bring them back again. Then you build the second side of the pen. By Kelly Krolik The television broadcast industry was scheduled to change over from analog to digital Feb. 17, 2009. Regardless, we have seen the marketplace expansion of interest in "High Definition (HD) TV" and consumers’ appreciation for the new generation of television technology increase dramatically in recent years. But better sound and a clearer picture is just the beginning. The power that could potentially be wielded by those capable of remotely controlling people’s thoughts and actions is virtually limitless. Dr. According to Dr. In another experiment, Dr. In yet another experiment, Dr. Dr.

Dr. Top 20 Logical Fallacies - The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe. Introduction to Argument Structure of a Logical Argument Whether we are consciously aware of it or not, our arguments all follow a certain basic structure. They begin with one or more premises, which are facts that the argument takes for granted as the starting point. Then a principle of logic is applied in order to come to a conclusion. This structure is often illustrated symbolically with the following example: Premise1: If A = B, Premise2: and B = C Logical connection: Then (apply principle of equivalence) Conclusion: A = C In order for an argument to be considered valid the logical form of the argument must work – must be valid. Also it is important to note that an argument may use wrong information, or faulty logic to reach a conclusion that happens to be true.

Breaking down an argument into its components is a very useful exercise, for it enables us to examine both our own arguments and those of others and critically analyze them for validity. Examine your Premises Ad hominem Straw Man. NYS Public Service Commission: Power to Choose. v.0.11. NYS Public Service Commission: Power to Choose. v.0.11. David A. Keene | Meet the NRA Leadership. Congress of Racial Equality - Home. NRA press conference: The lesson of Newtownwhen gun nuts write gun laws, nuts have guns. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Read more coverage about gun control in Slate. So this is what Wayne LaPierre came up with, with a week to reflect on the news that a law-abiding gun owner's legally purchased rifle, in the hands of her firearm-trained son, had been used to slaughter 20 kids: more guns, more law-abiding gun owners, more more more lead-spraying death machinery, more killing to stop the killers until all the killers have been killed.

Only when we have eliminated the threat of "gun-free school zones," the danger and horror of children going through a school day unsurrounded by the implements of death, will we all feel safe. People who live in the world of causes and effects and verifiable truths, the world the NRA has long since abandoned, had no trouble pointing out the flaws in LaPierre's analysis—the fact, for instance, that there had been an armed deputy sheriff on duty at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. Guns kill people. Violence and victimization. Why did Nancy Lanza love guns? I bet I know. Photo by Jason Mojica. Nancy Lanza and I shared a hobby: guns. I first picked up a gun in 2004.

I was 25 years old and had already gone through all sorts of heinous tribulations that I had convinced myself were female rites of passage—a date rape in Newark, N.J.; an assault by two men in Martha’s Vineyard; and three violent muggings in New York City. I’d walked in and out of therapy and enrolled and dropped out of several self-defense classes when I realized my physical prowess did not match my mental brawn. But in 2004, I was living in Chicago and hanging out with a lot of tough guys, or so they liked to pretend. And a boyfriend took me to a shooting range for the first time—me in my long layered hair, glasses, and white lacy sweater, whining about what recoil might feel like while in aisles next to me men shot photocopied Osama bin Laden targets.

I put on the goggles and earmuffs, took the .22 as if it were a snappy puppy that might bite, and I fired. I kept putting the purchase off. National Rifle Assn: Summary. The National Rifle Association goes to great lengths (and spends a huge sum of money) to defend the right to bear arms. It is opposed to virtually every form of gun regulation, including restrictions on owning assault weapons, retention of databases of gun purchases, background checks on purchasers at gun shows and changes in the registration of firearms. The NRA's influence is felt not only through campaign contributions, but through millions of dollars in off-the-books spending on issue ads.

Lobbying expenditures for the National Rifle Association regularly exceed $1.5 million, as the organization's lobbyists frequently try to exert their influence over government agencies including members of Congress, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture, and the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. Profile for 2014 Election Cycle $357,002ranks 272 of 13,457 $3,410,000(2013)ranks 154 of 4,126 in 2013 $280,677ranks 22 of 68 Charts require JavaScript and the Flash plugin.

Letter of Resignation Sent By Bush to Rifle Association. Following is the letter of resignation sent last week by former President George Bush to the National Rifle Association: May 3, 1995 Dear Mr. Washington, I was outraged when, even in the wake of the Oklahoma City tragedy, Mr. Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of N.R.A., defended his attack on federal agents as "jack-booted thugs. " To attack Secret Service agents or A.T.F. people or any government law enforcement people as "wearing Nazi bucket helmets and black storm trooper uniforms" wanting to "attack law abiding citizens" is a vicious slander on good people.

Al Whicher, who served on my [ United States Secret Service ] detail when I was Vice President and President, was killed in Oklahoma City. He was no Nazi. In 1993, I attended the wake for A.T.F. agent Steve Willis, another dedicated officer who did his duty. John Magaw, who used to head the U.S.S.S. and now heads A.T.F., is one of the most principled, decent men I have ever known. I am a gun owner and an avid hunter. Lighting Bargains | Bargain Grove. Missing! Chuck Norris and Ted Nugent! Spread the word and maybe we can find them. Lock & Mane - Indulge. Rinse. Repeat. "AFL-CIO Central Labor Councils: Organizing for Social Justice" by ... Abstract [Excerpt] Movements start small and grow through struggle. They are born of rage and injustice, and built by winning victories. And each victory demonstrates that collective action is the first step to gaining the power to change our lives, our communities, our workplaces, and this country. At no time in modern labor history has the need and urgency to rebuild our movement been greater.

We live and experience the consequences of the corporate assault on workers every day. This assault must be met and turned back in thousands of communities throughout the land — turned back at the workplace, at the bargaining table, at non-union work sites, at the voting booth and, increasingly, in the streets. Recommended Citation Sneiderman, Marilyn (1996) "AFL-CIO Central Labor Councils: Organizing for Social Justice," Labor Research Review: Vol. 1: No. 24, Article 7. AFL-CIO Central Labor Councils: Organizing for Social Justice. "Overcoming Barriers to People of Color in Union Leadership" by ... LABOR UNIONS. How to Wirelessly Stream From a PC to a TV. Centipede filled vagina. 10 Sources for a Dramatic Modern Style. What is My Old Radio's Value? "Value is in the eye of the purchaser. " "One guy's trash is another gal's treasure.

" "The great thing about standards is that there so many to choose from. " Are you starting to get the picture? There is no hard-and-fast standard for evaluating old radios. Here are some reasons: Regional variation. Wait a minute—aren't there any guidelines? Yes, in a general way. United States collector books typically give dollar values. Ads and auction reports are other good information sources. Yeah, but what do you think, Phil? Everybody's entitled to his own opinions about value. As I see it, a radio's value depends on five factors: scarcity, age, design, electronics, and (most important) condition. Scarcity. Buy for love, not for investment In the end, only you can say what a particular set is worth to you. "Buy only what you like" is the best advice that I can give. If you're looking for ways to invest your money, old radios are one of the worst deals around. Daily App Deals: Get Some Help in the Kitchen with KitchenPad for Free.

How to Get 8GB+ Extra Dropbox Space for Free with Google AdWords. No, I mean the fact that Dropbox takes virtually no effort to create an automatically synced folder, so that I can just dump everything in it, and it works, 30 seconds after I install it. I've got two Win7 laptops at home; I've got a Mac OSX / WinXP dual-boot desktop and an Ubuntu 11.10 laptop at school, and I've got an Android Tablet and an Android phone that I carry around with me all the time.

I need to be able to have access to everything from every device, because depending on what I'm working on, where, I'm using a different machine. And yes, rarely, I do need web access. For example: I'll work on a Word doc at school until I leave the office, then come home and work on it. Multiple students will e-mail me assignments in Word doc format, and I'll put them in my Dropbox folder so that I can grade them at home and at school. I'll download research articles with my computer (because it's easier), and then put them in my Dropbox folder to read on the tablet. Vimessa Makes Mobile Video Sharing Quick and Painless. iOS: Vimessa is a new video sharing service that lets you record and share HD videos from your iPhone to your friends anywhere in the world for free, regardless of whether they also use the app. If your friends do use the app, they can view your videos almost instantly, as you're uploading it.

Vimessa isn't the only video sharing app available, but what makes it unique is that you can shoot and share your videos in HD without downsampling them before sending them to your friends. When you do send your video message and your friends respond, Vimessa keeps those conversations threaded so you can review them easily later. Best of all, Vimessa allows you to send those messages for free, bypassing your carrier's SMS allocation. The app is only available for iOS at the moment, but the developers say an Android version is on the way soon. Vimessa is free, supports the iPhone4, iPhone 4S, iPod Touch, and iPad 2, and is available now in the iTunes App Store.

Get a Bunch of Free Discount Coupons by Pretending to Move. False. Changing your address doesn't sign you up for junk mail, it just changes your address. You do get the option of signing up for catalogs and such, but that is an option. Not to mention the fact that (unless you're doing this online) you don't actually have to change your address to get the coupons. If you go to the post office, you just get the packet and move on. You don't have to submit anything. I'm not sure about this. Aside from that, it was super helpful to have these coupons when I moved.

Sizable discounts + paid for with free money = win. I think it's probably from things like county records updating. Plus, it didn't really seem like "Ostriches on Parade" was referring to little community things like that. I guess I could try an address update in a few months and see if I get another spike in junk mail. "Why would the government hand out address update info without my consent? " 35 MacGyver Tips, Clever Uses, and Other Life Hacks in One Infographic. The MTF Collection Provides Many Fun, Free Fonts to Liven Up Your Designs, Presentations, and More.

Find a Tool-Lending Library to Borrow Free Tools for DIY and Home Maintenance Projects. Screenleap Offers One-Click Screen Sharing for Free, No Sign-Ups or Installs Required. Tried to do a little here - mostly to the point that the others give you some more advanced features like chat, zoom controls, and things of that nature that you don't get with Screenleap - it really is dead simple: click, allow the plug-in, and send everyone the link or code (though you have to send the link - the service doesn't have a mechanism to share the link with people). That's all. You can tweak the size of the screen area that's shared, but that's the extent of its extra features.

Almost all of the others want you to sign up for an account, but not all of them demand a plug-in of some type, so some of the more traditional ones are easier to use than others, but Screenleap is probably the easiest to fire up that I've ever seen. Its just like a 3 clicks setup and you are ready to go. Others need plugins or apps and server-client. Upgrade from 7GB to 25GB of Free Microsoft SkyDrive Storage While You Can. Stuff You Don't Have to Buy Because You Can Print It Yourself for Free. Some people aren't electronically oriented, and just don't get a warm fuzzy feeling from entering things in their phones.

They'd rather write it out. I am firmly in the phone camp, but I can see the other point of view. LOTS of people (myself included) retain information best when they physically write it down. I think there's even an lh article floating around about that... Pretty stuff I can't argue with. The memory and retention is one of the points of wearables, though... Most of the "recall without gear" crew I don't fully get because I still retain most of the knowledge I have without being told a second time, but I'm aware that it's an innate skill I was born with and that developed with my frequent use of it and it's not a standard thing... but at the same time, why ever be without a wearable? Norman Bel Geddes, Industrial Designer. Norman Bel Geddes (1893-1958) was an Industrial Designer among many other things. Well known for his streamlined approach, Geddes designed many distinctive pieces of furniture, housewares, automobiles etc.

These items can be found today, but generally for a pretty price. Below are some of Geddes designs. To read about Norman Bel Geddes, go to Design History Lab. This stunning dresser with a faux burlwood finish was designed for Simmons. This vanity looks Art Deco and Space Age at the same time. Site. This cocktail set is quite unique. This desk looks like it was refinished, isn't it gorgeous? This chrome and bronze magazine holder was designed by Geddes in the 1930's for Revere. This Art Deco Cobra lamp would be highly coveted by a collector. This small desk with matching chair is a good example of how simple design can be striking. Love this bedroom set! These chairs are attributed to Geddes and Mac Cobb. These chests were stripped to the bare metal and sealed. Philco Chassis Layouts 1929-1938. Blog | twentysomethingdesign blog.

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