My parents went through a nasty divorce when I was 10 years old. Surprisingly‚ my step mother‚ who my dad quickly married‚ was much worse. Throughout the years I was teased‚ controlled and undermined by someone who was somewhat supposed to be a mother figure to me. Of course‚ she and I experienced good times together but her actions revealed how she really felt about me. One night she forced my dad and I to talk about what my siblings and I struggle with when it comes to her. At 15‚ instead of settling
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deadly side effects. Party- goers‚ teens‚ and users of ecstasy feel that the good side effects of the drug outweigh the bad and that it should be legalized. However‚ ecstasy should remain illegal due to its harmful nature‚ what it does to the user‚ and the negative consequences of using it. Ecstasy is a bad drug because of its negative qualities. Ecstasy’s name is 3‚4-methylene-dioxy-N-methamphetamine. It is often abbreviated MDMA. Ecstasy is an illegal drug that comes in the form of a pill‚ powder
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Ecstasy‚ or 3‚ 4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine‚ was first synthesized and patented in 1914‚ by the German drug company Merck. The original purpose of the drug was to be an appetite suppressant‚ however in 1970 it was given to clinical depressed patients to open them up and talk about their feelings. Then in 1986‚ Ecstasy was determined to cause brain damage (http://faculity.washington.edu/chudler/mdma.html). Ecstasy is used at the party and rave scene for its effects on the emotional state of
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Civil War Basic Summary The battle of Fort Sumpter was important because it motivated the North to gather an army and begin fighting. It was a big mistake of the South not to allow the Union to bring supplies to the fort. Another important conflict was the ship Alabama‚ made for the Confederacy by Britain. Then Britain bought two battle ships that the South was building‚ to avoid starting a war with the North and having them invade Canada. The battle of Bull run is important because it led to
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End of Cold War Summary 1. Why wasn’t the commie system working? 2. Gorby’s reforms 3. Fall of Soviet Union & Failure of Gorbachev Background info: Soviet Union was made up of 15 satellite states ruled by the Communist Party. Gorbachev: Leader of Soviet Union until 1991. S.U. broke up then‚ into smaller‚ separate republics. Played a part in breaking up USSR. Did not cover up S.U.’s mistakes and problems. Correct intentions but USSR had too many problems piled up since Stalin‚ so he couldn’t
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Initially the United States had been reluctant to enter World War II when it begun‚ but the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th‚ 1941 the catalyst that spurred the nation to enter the war. The main target the US declared war on was not the Nazis of Germany‚ but rather Imperial Japan. The forces of Imperial Japan would ultimately become the principle enemy in the Pacific War. The Pacific Theater would span until 1945‚ the United States was motivated to ensure retribution for the lives lost in Pearl
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known as World War 1 was a massive war that included many of the major powers of the world at the time. It is also the first time that the United States was seen as a major world power. It had more deaths than any other war up to this point and spanned from 1914 to 1918. The tension started with the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria. This angered a lot of countries in the Balkans that had alliances. The Austria-Hungary leadership was angry with Serbia and began a war. This brought
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6/19/11 Cicero wrote a great extent on his concept of a Just War‚ yet his theory can be summarized into three simple rules. The first condition for a just war as proposed by Cicero is that there must be a valid or just cause. Cicero believed that a just cause includes the defense of honor as well as the restoration or upholding of peace. In other words‚ if ones honor is at stake or being attacked‚ Cicero would deem it just for war to be waged. St Augustine Christians should be pacifists in their
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Just War PHI 208 Dr. David Tredinnick May 5‚ 2014 Just War War is an organized and often prolonged conflict that is carried out by states or non-state actors. It is characterized by extreme violence‚ social disruption and economic destruction. War should be understood as an actual‚ intentional and widespread-armed conflict between political communities‚ and‚ therefore‚ is defined as a form of political violence or intervention. The set of techniques used by a
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Civil War Data Questions Looking at the graphs on population and troops‚ why do you think Union states were able to raise a much larger army than the Confederacy? Answer: The Union states were able to raise a larger army than the Confederacy because the union states population was larger than the Confederacy. List at least two ways in which the Union’s large population gave it an advantage in the Civil War. Answer: 1.The Union states larger population allowed them to have a bigger army
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