...For this assignment I chose to do bounty hunters. There are a lot of people that are in this profession that like to be called fugitive recovery agents rather than bounty hunters. This is because when people hear bounty hunter, it tends to automatically make most think about negative things, or the first thing that comes to mind is something from the old days when people use to post dead or alive posters with an award on it. Some of the more accepted titles other than bounty hunter are bail bond recovery agent as mentioned before, bail officer, fugitive recovery officer, bail agent, bail enforcement agent, and fugitive recovery agent. Private investigators and bounty hunters have some of the same job duties in common which include, conducting interviews, performing surveillance, getting in contact with the subject, skip tracing which is when they track somebody to a current resident or location, and if a subject is located, some form of paperwork might be served. The private investigator could serve the individual legal papers and the bounty hunter could serve a warrant. The bounty hunter works with the bail bondsman in order to re-arrest the individual and place them in jail. This is usually because the bail bondsman’s client has not followed his or her bail contract. Usually the offense is when the individual fails to appear in court after promising to go. The first bounty hunter is Pat Garrett, and he is the one responsible for hunting down Billy the Kid. His motivation...
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...ACT ONE: 1 EXT. SKY – DAY 1 It is a deep clear blue sky with the just the slightest wisp of a cloud in the distance. We hear the voice of a YOUNG MAN as he intones the words . . . YOUNG MAN (V.0.) In the beginning, there was the brilliant star of heaven in the bright desert sky . . . There is an incredibly loud Thoomp! like someone pulling their thumb out of a bottle. A flaming ball appears in the sky leaving a white vapor trail behind it as it plummets to Earth. The burning eyes of our narrator, the Young Man, look up into the sky and watch the descent of the flaming ball. 2 EXT.DESERT - DAY 2 Our view moves down from the sky to the blistering hot sands of the desert shimmering in the midday sun. The flaming bail disappears in the distance in a silent puff of dust. The wind blows away the dust and whistles across the barren expanse of desert. The Young Man’s eyes peer way into the distance at the rippling horizon. There is a black spot. It’s a person . . . The Young Man’s eyes widen. From the wasteland a figure appears. It is a man standing very straight with his chin thrust forward . . . He is DR. IVAN HOOD, D.O., a tall, well-built, 32-year-old man with sandy windblown hair. He wears the dirty white jumpsuit of an astronaut. On his breast...
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...released on December 25, 2012, I was disappointed. The movie Django Unchained mocked slavery and tried to make a serious matter funny. Slavery was nothing closed to a joke, if any slave was asked to describe slavery, the last thing it would be described as is a joke. The movie takes place two years before the Civil War. Actor, Jamie Foxx played the main character, Django, in the movie. Django becomes a bounty hunter in the movie after he is recused by a German dentist/bounty hunter man named Schultz at the beginning of the movie. Django agrees to take the job offered as a bounty hunter because he can think of no better job than to kill white men for money. In the movie he says, “Kill white folks and they pay you for it? What’s not to like?” Shultz, played by Christoph Waltz, offers Django his freedom along with seventy five dollars in exchange to help him track down the Brittle brothers (previous slave owners of Django). After hunting down the Brittle brothers and Django is given his freedom, Django decides to become partners with the German and continue his job as a bounty hunter. Django agrees to...
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...went there crossing a land bridge that connected the island to the continent of Australia during the last Ice Age 40,000-35,000 years ago. With the passage of time, the gradual rising of the sea level submerged the Australian-Tasmanian land bridge and the Black aborigines of Tasmania experienced the longest period of isolation in human history: more than 10,000 years of solitude and physical isolation from the rest of the world until Europeans arrived and settled in the beginning of the 19th century. The aboriginal inhabitants of the island were Black people which were marked by curled hair with skin complexions ranging from black to reddish-brown. They were relatively short in stature with little body fat. The Tasmanian aborigines were hunter-gatherers with an exceptionally basic technology. They made only a few types of simple stone and wooden tools. They lacked agriculture, livestock, pottery, and bows and arrows. They had no fire-making tools, but kept a fire stick burning and if one tribe’s fire went out they had to go and ask another tribe for some fire (in a sort of burning regime); mainly used for ritual, sacred purposes, not to keep warm by. About their culture we know also...
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...population when the number of illegal kills outweighs the number of new births? Wolves are an important part of our eco-system. A natural born hunter, the wolf helps to control the populations of other species. A well-known study done by Christianson and Creel (2014) shows the effects on the elk population when wolves were re-introduced. As Bryan Lockman, a field warden for the DNR...
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...biologists believe the red wolf is a hybrid and not an independent species. Most wolves are settled in the northern hemisphere. Wolves are multicellular and feed off of organic material from different organisms. In order for wolves to survive they have proven to be one of the best hunters because of their strong senses and teamwork. Wolves also need to keep warm during the winter in their habitats. Wolves survive cold temperatures due to their fur made of keratin and their warm blood. Wolves also have learned to make dens in the ground by gathering leaves or they migrate to local caves where they sleep in groups to keep warmth. A close relative to the wolf is the domestic...
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...window for his readers to peek their heads into the life of a slave. By my understanding, Frederick Douglass made slavery to be this complex organism that has many layers and working parts to it that make it function. It was a complex system created by white men, and each component of that system is created with a specific purpose. When Fredrick Douglass learns to read, that is when he begins to see the complexity of the system. The slaves were kept unaware and dumb so they would be easier to manipulate. There are the plantations that keep the slaves sheltered and hidden from the outside world. The Head masters that run everything and have complete power over every slave and everything on the plantation. The overseers that work like watch dogs with a bite as means as their bark. The slaves had their headquarters where they would form a type of community that helped them live in such cruel conditions. Most of the time, the slaves living in these communities would become almost like family. However, this was not true for Frederick Douglass, he did not have family and never really fit in among the other slave children. He was constantly picked on by the cook. It was in these early years that Douglass realized that if he wanted to survive, he would have to rely on his luck and strong will. When Douglass was young, he goes through many years of total innocence, for a while he did not understand the concept of slavery. He just saw thought that that was how the world was. In a sense,...
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...From Predator to Protector: The Paradigm Shift in America’s Werewolf Supernatural entities have been the topic of fiction since the dawn of literature. These entities brazenly manipulate the societal, environmental, and physical norms which dictate much of the living world. Perhaps one of the most renowned literary characters of supernatural fiction is the werewolf. Historically, this literary concept of a wolf-human hybrid is rooted in evil. They are graphically described as “bestial, blood-drinking, human-flesh-eating creatures, endowed with more than human agility and strength” (Rudin 115). Werewolves served as popular antagonists throughout media, including television and cinema; yet, in recent years, the media’s perception of werewolves has taken a noticeable shift in the opposite direction. Stephenie Meyer, the critically acclaimed author of the Young Adult series The Twilight Saga, embodies this shift to the “new” werewolf. Meyer made a drastic change to the very nature of what was once a ferocious beast by characterizing werewolves as more gentle and protective. People wonder, though, what caused this sudden switch of characteristics? Through texts such as Rick Bass’ The Ninemile Wolf, Barry Holstun Lopez’s Of Wolves and Men, Valerie Fogleman’s piece “American Attitudes Towards Wolves: a History of Misperception,” Stephenie Meyer’s The Twilight Saga, and more, this paper will argue that the “original” werewolf belief was founded on America’s misperception of wolves...
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...disabled caretaker, and more. Harriet Tubman's greatest achievement was being a conductor on the UGRR. She saved many slaves from slavery. She took a 600+-mile journey there and back, the risk involved. She has done this many times, which is why this is her greatest achievement. First of all, I believe the UGRR was Harriet Tubman's greatest achievement because she saved many slaves from slavery, which was a horrible thing. To be a slave was hard physical labor, and nobody wanted to be doing that,and the way they were treated was horrible. According to (Document B), she would meet them on Saturday night, so they would have a whole day to get away before they were noticed since they had an off day on Sunday. She had to deal with having a huge bounty on her head, and basically, if she was caught, it was a death sentence. The risk was high, and the number she saved was a lot, but we have to guess on how many she really saved (document B says it's 38). She helped others follow her path, and they also became conductors for the UGRR. This is important because it shows the true risk she had to take to get these slaves free. She sacrificed a lot of time and money to get the slaves free because of this. This is why I believe that the UGRR was Harriet Tubman's greatest achievement. My second reason why the UGRR was Hariot Tubman's greatest achievement is that she made over eight trips to the north and back over 600 miles while being hunted by angry plantation owners (Document A,B). Who would...
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...Running head: Wolves: Innocent victim or vicious killer? 1 Wolves Stephen Hawks Western Governors University Wolves: Innocent victim or vicious killer? 2 Wolves Introduction Wolves, the very name polarizes people from one end of the spectrum to the other. From the people that believe they should be shot on site, to the opposite end where environmentalist feels that people hunting wolves should be shot on site. How could you argue with the people most directly affected by the re-introduction of wolves into their area? When your livelihood is constantly threatened by the predators, it drives people to extremes. In our initial settling of this country we drove the other predators (mainly Native American and wolves) from their lands; forcing them to remote outskirts. We nearly killed the wolf off in our drive to seize this vast territory and everything in it. By doing that we threw off nature’s food chain, which caused a ripple effect among other animals and plants directly affected by the wolf. By re-introducing the wolf to its once natural territory, are we trying to right an injustice done by our ancestors long ago? Research has shown that wolves impact society through its reputation as killer of livestock, important link in the eco-system, and pawn in the ongoing debates between Government and Conservationist groups. There’s something spiritual about gazing into a wolf’s eyes. It touches your soul and it changes you. According to Lopez (1978) “It takes your...
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...1940s–1960s Precedents for television that portrayed people in unscripted situations began in the 1940s. The 1946 television game show Cash and Carry sometimes featured contestants performing stunts. Debuting in 1948, Allen Funt's hidden camera Candid Camera show (based on his previous 1947 radio show, Candid Microphone) broadcast unsuspecting ordinary people reacting to pranks."[7] In 1948, talent search shows Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour and Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts featured amateur competitors and audience voting. The Miss America Pageant, first broadcast in 1954, was a competition where the winner achieved status as a national celebrity.[8] In the 1950s, game shows Beat the Clock and Truth or Consequences involved contestants in wacky competitions, stunts, and practical jokes. The Groucho Marx-hosted game show, You Bet Your Life, was primarily composed of Marx' prescripted comebacks to what was most often candid interviews of the contestants, although some contestants were well-known actors (usually playing for charity). Confession was a crime/police reality show which aired from June 1958 to January 1959, with interviewer Jack Wyatt questioning criminals from assorted backgrounds.[9] The radio series Nightwatch (1951–1955), which tape-recorded the daily activities of Culver City, California police officers, also helped pave the way for reality television. The series You Asked For It (1950–1959), in which viewer requests dictated content, was an antecedent of...
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...Caylee’s Law Abstract This report is written as a case study to inform the reader of Caylee’s Law. This law was writing up after a high profile case of a Florida women and the disappearance and murder of her daughter. Casey Anthony gave birth to a beautiful little girl named Caylee Marie Anthony in 2005. Caylee was only two years old at the time of her disappearance and the last person to see her alive was her mother. It wasn’t until a month later that the grandmother, Cindy, informed the police of the missing child. The grandparents became alarmed when George Anthony picked up Casey Anthony’s car at a tow yard and it smelled like there had been a dead bod in the truck. The mother was charged with the murder of the child but was acquitted of the charges months later. Casey Anthony was, however, found guilty and sentenced to four years in jail for lying to law enforcement. People became outraged at the verdict and to prevent this from happening to another child they petitioned for a law that makes it a felony for the parent or the guardian not to report their child missing or dead. Caylee’s Law Casey Anthony, a high school dropout, became pregnant at the age of nineteen. She gave birth to a daughter named Caylee Marie Anthony on August 9, 2005. Caylee lived with her mother and grandparents, Cindy and George in Orlando Florida. The identity of the baby's father, however, remained a mystery. Casey pointed to different men, including her fiancé, Jesse Grund, as well as a...
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...STAR WARS EPISODE II JAR JAR'S GREAT ADVENTURE Written by GEORGE LUCAS and JONATHAN HALES Lucasfilm Ltd. Second Draft, June 24, 2000 P.O. Box 2009 Pink Revisions, June 28, 2000 San Rafael, CA, USA 94912 Blue Revisions, July 3, 2000 * Green Revisions, July 5, 2000 THIS MATERIAL IS THE PROPERTY OF LUCASFILM LTD. AND IS INTENDED AND RESTRICTED SOLELY FOR USE BY LUCASFILM LTD. PERSONELL. DISTRIBUTION OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MATERIAL TO UNAUTHORIZE PERSONS IS PROHIBITED. THE SALE, COPYING, OR REPRODUCTION OF THIS MATERIAL IN ANY FORM IS STRICTLY PROHBITED. 1 EXT. SPACE 1 A vast sea of stars serves as a backdrop for the Main Title, followed by a rollup, which crawls into infinity. There is unrest in the Galactic Senate. Several hundred solar systems under the leadership of the rebel leader, Count Dooku, have declared their intentions to secede from the Republic. This separatist movement has made it difficult for the limited number of Jedi Knights to maintain peace and order in the galaxy. Senator Amidala, the former Queen of Naboo, is returning to Coruscant to vote on the critical issue of creating an army to assist the overwhelmed Jedi. PAN UP to reveal the amber city planet of Coruscant. A yellow Naboo Fighter flies OVER CAMERA toward the planet, followed by a large Royal Cruiser and two more Fighters. 2 EXT. CORUSCANT - DAWN 2 The ships skim across the surface of the city landscape. The sun glints off the chrome hulls of the sleek Naboo spacecraft as they navigate between the...
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...The Psychology of Racism Introduction Throughout history the superiority of the winners has been connected to a denial of feelings - what, in the British empire, was called the stiff upper lip. The conquerers of nature and "natives" claimed their right to the world as their possession because they had first conquered themselves. Powerful people get others to do their bidding. It is the people that they subordinate who are forced to make adapt their lives to their masters bidding. The people with power can look aloof, calm and collected because they find it is easier to appear to be like this. They have the easier life, they are not being treated like beasts of burden, they are not being robbed and murdered. The ideology and culture of power often turns things upside down. Distress is the result of subordination and in human relationships the emotional display of distress then becomes the proof of inferiority. It proves that you need "protection". It becomes part of the power way of thinking, embedded in the culture, that the unemotional life style is evidence of superiority. The "Stiff upper lip" is the way you hold your face so as not to smile, snarl or cry. It is colonialism in facial expression when times, occaisionally, don't go so well. In contrast the emotional excitability of "the natives" proves their inferiority, it proves they have to be 'civilised'...
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...Introduction A contract is a promise that courts enforce: "a promise or set of promises for the breach of which the law gives a remedy, or the performance of which the law in someway recognizes as a duty" (2nd Restatement of Contracts §1). • Common law: Applies to all contracts except those falling under the UCC. • UCC (Uniform Commercial Code): Applies to all contracts for the sale or lease of goods. The UCC is applicable regardless of whether or not either or both parties are merchants. o More flexible than common law By Formation • Express: The terms of a contract are in written or spoken words. • Implied: The terms of a contract are implied based on an action by the parties. • Constructive: The law treats the parties as if they had formed an enforceable contract and infers the terms based on the circumstances. By Acceptance • Bilateral: The contract is formed by an exchange of promises (e.g., "Because you promise to paint my house, I promise to pay you"). • Unilateral: The contract is formed by an exchange of a promise for an act (e.g., "If you capture the criminal, I will pay you $1,500"). By Enforceability • Voidable: The contract is enforceable at an aggrieved party’s choice. Either party can avoid the legal requirements by disaffirming the contract. • Void: The contract is treated as if it never existed. • Unenforceable: The court will not enforce the contract’s terms, but the court may allow one party to collect on a reliance or restitution theory of damages...
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