Citron Essays

dollars in debt? Facts: The following situation regarding a one-in-a half billion-dollar debt took place in Orange County California in the early 1990’s, but the situation began to develop in 1972. In 1972 when Robert L. Citron was elected as Orange County’s Treasurer in 1972. Citron began gambling county funds on risky investments, which paid off until 1994 when those risky investments did not pan out handing the county a one-in-a-half-billion-dollar bill owed. When the citizens of Orange County refused

Sukkot is a seven day long Jewish holiday that has a historical and an agricultural significance. "The holiday commemorates the forty-year period during which the children of Israel were wandering in the desert, living in temporary shelters. Sukkot is also a harvest festival, and is sometimes referred to as Chag Ha-Asif, the Festival of Ingathering." The Succah, "temporarily dwellings (a wooden frame covered with branches) are constructed outdoors where Jews will eat their meals and may even sleep"

Danielle Citron in order to understand how each connects the main thesis to the various sub-claims. Citron's paper focuses on the online harassment of women, arguing that, despite the fact that the public and law enforcement might not view it as serious, online harassment can have serious impacts on the lives of women. Online harassment is more than an inconvenience and can lead to physical threats, women avoiding using the internet, and even the promotion

Social Media Websites Should Prohibit Hate Speech The digital era has enhanced ways in which individuals interact – it has also facilitated easier and effective means for individuals to interact across the globe, alleviating challenges such costs, distance, and duration. Essentially, the exponential growth of the nternet and related technologies has been of great significance as they provide the platform for people to interact therefore enhancing communication as a whole. In particular, one of the

A Christmas Memory: Imagery & Mood In the story "A Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote was a young boy and his elderly cousin. They were really good friends and the elderly cousin called the little boy Buddy in memory of her best friend who died when she was a little kid. People in the house where she lived yelled and screamed at her. "A child of seven! whiskey on his breath! are you out of your mind? feeding a child of seven! must be loony!" Sometimes it made her cry. They treat her that way because

Is Cyberbullying Protected Free Speech? As U.S. citizens we are granted the right to free speech under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. The Oxford English Dictionary defines freedom of speech as the, “freedom to express one’s opinions without censorship, legal penalty, or any other restraint, especially when regarded as a right.” The problem our courtrooms have run into is how to dictate freedom of speech cases when dealing with cyberbullying. The term “language” is no longer

For 2017, the car will get a new selection called Citron Green Metallic, which equates to a metal pale green apple. Pricing & Release Date Official pricing is available. The 2017 Volt LT starts at $ 34,095 with destination, but well equipped volt Premier starts at $ 38,445. Both effective price equals

As a citizen of the United States, there are certain rights the Constitution presents to the person when born or granted citizenship. These rights include the power to avoid harmful comments, harassment, and the ability to communicate with the specific people desired. Trump should be able to block people on Twitter because he still has and deserves the same rights as every other law abiding citizen and it does not stop people from viewing his activity and tweets. When blocking someone on Twitter

Feminist criminologist has striven for equality of gender in the perspective of both victim and offender to avoid the domination of one gender (Renzetti, Goodstein and Miller, 2006). One such example can be discussed in an article by Koskela (1999) where, due to the vulnerability of violence by the opposite gender at public areas of high masculinity, females avoid such areas. That is one of the ranges of the offline platform that women have been facing; fear in public domain. Fear, however, can be

A cherry crunch, scraps of miniature thunder sound as the shells collapse and the golden mound of sweet, oily ivory meat mounts in the milk-glass bowl.” and “Cherries and citron, ginger and vanilla and canned Hawaiian pineapple, rinds and raisins and walnuts and whiskey and oh, so much flour, butter, so many eggs, spices, flavorings: why, we’ll need a pony to pull the buggy home.”, both bring us the mood of a feast getting

Vincent van Gogh was a self-taught artist who changed the face of Post-impressionism forever. Post-Impressionism is the term used to describe the development of French art. Van Gogh was born in Zundert, Netherlands on March 30, 1853. Van Gogh was a very skilled painter, but highly troubled, most of his works reflected his emotions, and especially when battling depression. Upon moving to Paris, the works of the Impressionists and Post-impressionists such as Gauguin, Pissarro, Monet, and Bernard, inspired

For example, he says that Baltimore is planning to increase their network of the cameras to over 500 while Manhattan is planning to expand its network to over 3000. According to Citron and Gray the Boston Marathon bombing served as a wake-up call for the need to install cameras on our streets, but still the question of their potential to intrude into peoples liberties have not been adequately answered. According to Professor Neil

described by Battuta reveals the valuable goods that were surrounded by the Swahili city states. Even though the East Coast of Africa did not have easy access to meat such as beef and chicken, they had many tropical fruit such as bananas, lemons and citron. Since there was not really a lot of mainland because the Swahili people were next to the Indian Ocean, their diet also consisted

characters tie-in together. Danielle Citron (2020) suggests that the characters of Sabrina mirror how real people make meaning. When there is limited information or no clear “truth”, individual's provide their own experience to fill the gaps. This can sometimes have a negative effect where confirmation bias occurs and an individual interprets the event only in terms of its consistency with their pre-existing views and discredits evidence which goes against these views (Citron, 2020). These views often occurs

rhyming, it could even be similar to a nursery or children's poem. The poem began with the goblins advertising the fruit that they were selling. The fruit was described to the best ability and honestly sounded very tasty. “Figs to fill your mouth, Citrons from the south, Sweet to tongue and sound to eye; Come buy, come buy” (4) Laura was curious and wanted to give in, while her sister Lizzie was not amused and wanted them to stay away from those goblins. Eventually, Laura did give in and since she

During the Renaissance, the treatment of diseases and advancements is surgical procedures increased. The impact of technology also affected the way people were treated, medically, as well as how the survival rate of injured or sick people. The earliest “doctors” studied at the universities of northern Italy. Epidemic diseases became more common during this time period, diseases such as, the Bubonic Plague, smallpox, the pneumonic plague, and measles. The Renaissance was a time of discovery in the

Title For as long as there has been organized religion there have been critics of said religion. Although a deist himself, Voltaire would often mock other religions. His satirical wit in Candide pokes fun at the religious entities along the spectrum from Catholics to Protestants. The typical response to religion in Candide is not one of a positive notion. However, Voltaire provides us with examples of religion with a positive connotation on his journey to secure Cunégonde. Religious tolerance was

Adam 's eating of the forbidden fruit and fall to temptation in the Garden of Eden. The long list of fruits could also be representative of the many different temptations that humans will face during their lives on Earth, “Figs to fill your mouth,/ Citrons from the South,/ Sweet to tongue and sound to eye;/ Come buy, come buy” (Lines 28-31). The list of fruits sound delicious and seem so pleasant but just like temptation and sin, it does not bring satisfaction, but rather emptiness, loss,

According to National Geographic, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is proceeding with their mission to put astronauts on the Moon in 2020 to land a Moon base transfer point in between Earth and Mars. This story is based in the year 2121, more than a hundred years after the mission goes well and NASA is able to achieve human space travel to Mars and the Moon. The airport on the Moon is a very important place to transfer planes and gather supplies for the long flight to Mars

Vincent Willem van Gogh was born March 30, 1853 in Groot-Zundert, Holland. As a Biographical criticism is an analytical approach to viewing art through information from the artist’s background. I personally enjoy learning about different artists backgrounds, but I think that you shouldn't use that knowledge while looking at an artwork. To me, the piece seems to lose all meaning and personal connection when looked at this way. Also when viewing art from a biographical criticism standpoint you are