the Bureau of Alcohol‚ Tobacco‚ Firearms and Explosives The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol‚ Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) is a tax-collecting‚ enforcement and regulatory arm of the U.S. Department of the Justice. The mission statement of the ATF is to protect our communities from violent criminals‚ criminal organizations‚ the illegal use and trafficking of firearms‚ the illegal use and storage of explosives‚ acts of arson and bombings‚ acts of terrorism‚ and the illegal diversion of alcohol and tobacco
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Annotative Summary A: Strength of Indian Heritage The article on “Indian Tradition Helps Shed ‘Drunk Town’ Image” has underlying issues regarding the strength of “native” heritage. Residential schools of the 1800’s did a good job of suppressing the language‚ heritage‚ land‚ and spirit of native people of North America. In supressing these aspects of a culture‚ the factors that sustain a race’s cultural prevalence are weakened. Prime Minister Stephen Harper admitted in his 2008 formal apology
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has shown a slight decrease over the past few years‚ alcohol still plays a major role in motor vehicle accidents. According to Transport Canada ‘Alcohol use by drivers was a factor in almost 30 percent of deaths from vehicle crashes during 2003-2005’. That may seem like a lot but it is actually a 10 percent decrease from the number of alcohol related fatalities between 1996-2001. The age of the driver also plays a role in the number of alcohol related accidents. During 2003-2005 approximately 76
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especially the stages of impairment. Drinking is a privilege‚ this is another thing that 18-year-olds should have as a privilege. If 18 year olds can buy a house‚ get married‚ and severe for the United States military‚ they should be able to drink alcohol. The drinking age should be allowed to be age
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Aldehyde and Ketone 1. ALDEHYDE Definition: An aldehyde is an organic compound containing a formyl group. This functional group‚ with the structure R-CHO‚ consists of a carbonyl center (a carbon double bonded to oxygen) bonded to hydrogen and an R group‚ which is any generic alkyl or side chain. The group without R is called the aldehyde group or formyl group. Aldehydes differ from ketones in that the carbonyl is placed at the end of a carbon skeleton rather than between two carbon atoms
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singly bonded to O‚ S‚ or X (F‚ Cl‚ Br‚ or I) are: 1. Alcohols‚ which contain an OH (hydroxyl) group 2. Ethers‚ which have two alkyl groups bonded to an O atom 2 Organic Compounds that Contain Oxygen‚ Halogen‚ or Sulfur 3. Alkyl halides‚ which contain a halogen atom X (X = F‚ Cl‚ Br‚ or I) 4. Thiols‚ which contain a SH (sulfhydryl) group 3 Structure and Properties of Alcohols •Alcohols contain a hydroxyl (OH) group. •Alcohols are classified by the number of C atoms bonded to
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Alcohol can have many negative impacts on the body‚ which can sometimes be permanent or fatal. It seems that many underage and of age drinkers are not aware of the effects. While drinking‚ people get so caught up in the way it makes them feel that they can sometimes forget what the substance is actually doing to their body. Alcohol is defined as a depressant‚ because it slows the central nervous system down. When the central nervous system is slowed down it can cause a decrease in reaction time
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LiCl + NaCl Joint initiative of IITs and IISc – Funded by MHRD Page 1 of 55 NPTEL – Chemistry – Reagents and Organic reactions 2.1.1.3 Reduction of Aldehydes and Ketones The aldehydes and ketones are reduced to give the corresponding alcohols when treated with LAH (Scheme 3). For the reduction of aldehydes and ketones‚ the reaction is generally performed in ether solvents at low temperature. O R or O R R’ R H LiAlH4 R OH or H OH R’ O Br Me LiAlH4 Et2O‚ -78 C Scheme 3 OH
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Alcohol: Past‚ Present‚ and Future Karl Ballenger Mrs. Hines Communication Arts 200 period 7 February 20‚ 2007 The beginning of Alcohol While no one knows when alcohol was first used as a beverage (or even created) we do know that it has been used for over ten thousand years. Archeologists to this day are discovering old beer mug containers from the B.C period. Some other archeologist and a few scientists believe it was created in an experimental
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SHOULD ALCOHOL BE BANNED? We can scarcely turn on televisions or pick up newspapers these days without being confronted with yet another depressing news item about the alcohol law. Some people‚ whom I agree with‚ believe that alcohol should be banned for society welfare level. They also claim that alcohol triggers committing crime. On the other hand‚ others think that alcohol ban is to interfere in life style. To begin with‚ the supporters of this argument that alcohol results in
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