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    Cannabis Research Paper

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    Cannabis Illegal drugs Illegal drugs are controlled under the Misuse of drugs act in 1971‚ they are place into categories depending on the effect they have on the individual and the society. This classification enforces that individuals are prohibited to be in possession‚ share or supply illegal drugs and sets the guidelines of the consequences that may be issued. What is it? Cannabis is an illegal drug that is also known as‚ weed‚ solid‚ skunk and puff. It is part of a plant that is usually

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    Fast Food Nation Ch 1-2

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    PinkMonkey® Literature Notes on . . . For the complete study guide‚ visit: http://monkeynote.stores.yahoo.net/ Sample MonkeyNotes Note: this sample contains only excerpts and does not represent the full contents of the booknote. This will give you an idea of the format and content. Fast Food Nation The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser 2001 [pic] MonkeyNotes Study Guide by Laurie Lahey http://monkeynote.stores.yahoo.net/index.html Reprinted with permission from TheBestNotes

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    Gangs and Juvenile Delinquency in the Hispanic Culture Abstract: There has been a rise in gang violence among the youth across the nation. There are also cruel and violent tendencies that the youth that are a part of this group. It is important to understand reasons why Hispanic youth are turning toward gangs. The influx of gang activity in the neighborhoods and schools has adversely affected the level of violence seen in communities across the nation. The rise in the Latino population in many

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    the public. These television programs never told the true story of crime and life out on the street or the real people that police it every day. The Los Angeles Police Department has had a very colorful history as it has led to modern times. The Zoot Suit Riots of 1943‚ the Watts Riots of 1965‚ the Rodney King Riots of 1992 and the Rampart Scandal all have had an impact on the LAPD and law enforcement in general‚ as well as how the public perceives police and their mission. In 1926‚ when Chief James

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    A Portrait of the Artist as an Invisible Man Ralph Ellison and the Authentication of Fiction Through Autobiography Rob van der Mei (3143724) BA Thesis‚ English Language and Culture Utrecht University April 15‚ 2010 Dr. Derek Rubin (supervisor) Table of Contents Introduction 1 1. Genuine Forgeries: Fictional Autobiographies and Autobiographical Fictions 5 2. Dominating Reality: Invisible Man and the Rise of the Nonfiction Novel 11 3. American Realism‚ Modernism and

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    Leuven‚ Belgium‚ pp.12. AKRAM‚ M.‚ 1988a. On the subfamily procamallaninae (Yeh‚ 1960). Part-I. Systematic studies on the genus Procamallanus (Baylis‚ 1923) with note on the genus Platocamallaniis Bilqees and Akram‚ 1982 (Nematoda: Camallanidae). Rec. Zoot. Sur.‚ 11:70-85. 6 M. S. AHMAD ET AL. AKRAM‚ M.‚ 1988b. On the subfamily procamallaninae (Yeh‚ 1960). Part-II. Erection of two new and rediscription of two known species of the genus Spirocamallanuss (Calsen‚ 1952) Petter‚ 1979 along with Malayo carnal/anus

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    SunChengCheng Timothy OʼDwyer Head‚ SoCM. Music History (Jazz). October 20‚ 2012 Development and Maturity of the saxophone Style of Lester Young Introduction This essay is about the development and maturity of the saxophone style of Lester Young including his influences and his legacy to the jazz tradition. It will be discussing specifically Lester Young’s early period from 1925 – 1959 to describe and illustrate the main aspects of his influences

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    20th Century and World War

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    940’shttp://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade40.html The 1940’s were dominated by World War II. European artists and intellectuals fled to the United States from Hitler and the Holocaust‚ bringing new ideas created in disillusionment. War production pulled us out of the Great Depression. Women were needed to replace men who had gone off to war‚ and so the first great exodus of women from the home to the workplace began. Rationing affected the food we ate‚ the clothes we wore‚ the toys with which children

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    Corrido songs were written about Mexican rebel leaders and what many people felt were “ gringo oppression” during the Mexican-American war and these songs became even more known during the Mexican Revolution. Many songs were based upon the 1940’s Zoot Suit Riots in major cities in the Pachuco days and Pachuko Hop was released by Chuck Higgins as well as Wetback Hop‚ which would cause a commotion nowadays. “Chico” Sesma promoted L.A area concerts and had a radio show that was popular with Chicano youths

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    RED HAT LINUX INTRODUCTION: Red Hat Linux‚ assembled by the company Red Hat‚ was a popular Linux based operating system until its discontinuation in 2004. Early releases of Red Hat Linux were called Red Hat Commercial Linux; Red Hat first published the software on November 3‚ 1994. It was the first Linux distribution to use the RPM Package Manager as its packaging format‚ and over time has served as the starting point for several other distributions‚ such as Mandriva Linux and Yellow Dog

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