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- 1451: Marijuana
- ... may test positive after abstaining from marijuana for more than a month. Studies of lifelong heavy marijuana users in Jamaica, Greece, and Costa Rica reveal little psychological or physiological damage. Some studies have shown that short-term memory deficiencies in heavy smokers, though reversible, may continue long after the end of marijuana use. Well-publicized horror stories form the 1970's that marijuana kills brain cells, damages chromosomes, and prompts men to grow breasts, were based on faulty research. Smoking marijuana does seem to damage the pulmonary system, in some of the ...
- 1452: What To Do When You're A Crime Victim
- ... by people who approach you on the street or call on you at your home. Be suspicious of ANY plan, idea, scheme, business deal or whatever that requires you to part with your money on short notice. If you feel you have been the victim of a con game or an illegal business practice, notify the police. Do not be embarrassed or hesitant to tell the authorities for fear of ridicule ... to notice where the damage is located on his vehicle. If you can SAFELY do so, and your vehicle is not disabled, and no one can do it for you, follow the suspect for a short distance to get the license plate number if you were not able to get it at the scene. The suspect will probably be exceeding the speed limit so do not get involved in anything resembling a pursuit. Don't compound the problem by committing traffic violations and causing another accident for which you may be held responsible. If you cannot get the information in a short distance, return to the scene and notify the police. If other motorists are nearby, try to find a volunteer to follow the suspect to get the license number. Ask witnesses to remain or at ...
- 1453: Serial Killers
- ... have to hear several case profiles too understand the idiosyncrasies between them. Psychotics are the easiest of all serial killers to pick out. That is because they are insane. They often tend to have interesting stories behind their killings because they often see and hear things that the normal person doesn't. Schizophrenia is a common source are associated with psychotics. Schizophrenics will hear voices in their head and will ultimately ... found guilty of murder and a multitude of other charges and then sentenced to death. At age 65, Fish was the oldest person electrocuted at Sing Sing prison. An untrue legend has it that Fish short circuited the electric chair due to all the sewing needles in his groin (1994, Beyond Murder, John Philpin, Penguin Books USA Inc.) Richard Ramirez The third sociopath I will write about is Richard Ramirez. Ever ...
- 1454: Marijuana
- ... are against the legalization of marijuana believe that there is no reason that they should allow more dangerous drivers on the road. The fifth point that antagonists of Marijuana bring on is that Marijuana impairs short term memory. This impairment of memory is a sin in this time of education and computers. The government strives to educate its young citizens. Why would the government listen to any reason to why it ... get in an accident when drunk and high than when you are solely high. Regardless of the percentages the Marijuana activists discourage driving high. The fifth argument portrayed by the government is that Marijuana impairs short term memory. This is true but misleading. When the certain individual who suffered the memory loss stops smoking marijuana the memory loss goes away. The condition of short-term memory loss is not in any way permanent as the anti- marijuana activists want you to believe. This means that smoking marijuana has no permanent side affects in terms of mind or bodily ...
- 1455: The Incident At Columbine And The Media's Effect On Children
- ... have occurred in schools over the past two years, and I fully understand the gravity and attention these scenes deserve. However, it does little but instill unwarranted fear in parents and students when such graphic stories are repeated over and over despite the telling fact that schools remain one of the safest places for our children to be. I encourage and respectfully ask the media to allow the young people who ... easy, and the media have every right to report on what schools are doing and not doing to safeguard their students. I believe, however, that the media have to provide balance and perspective and put stories about violence in schools in context. Last year, close to 53 million young people went to our nation's schools each day. Tragically there are many homicides that occur among our youth, but less than ... 1996-1997 to 1997-1998 school year. This should give us hope that we are making some progress in keeping all of our children out of harm's way. There are many underreported school-related stories that deserve media attention: Why do schools have to struggle to get psychiatric help for a young person - who is already prone to violence - because he or she lacks health insurance? Why do so ...
- 1456: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin 2
- ... the bar examination. He passed with the highest possible grade. (Wolfenstein, pg106) At this point in time it is unclear why Lenin entered into law at all. He did work on small cases for a short period of time but what he spent most of his time trying to do was find a sure method of revolutionary success. He needed assurance that the method would work without any doubts in his ... of socialism . . . The bricks of which socialism will be composed have not yet been made. We cannot say anything further.' " (Cliff: 1978, pg 62) The Bolsheviks had a hard task ahead of them. After a short time the counter-revolution had started. The bourgeoisie and capitalists were acting out to try and sabotage the revolution. In the spring of 1922 Lenin had the first of three strokes that end up killing ... simply because they are scattered observations, they are not offered to our reading public in compact, nicely wrought, finished form. For this reason there are many people who consider that Lenin the theoretician falls well short of Lenin the practitioner." (Medvedev, pg 16) Vladimir Ilyich Lenin is synonymous with the Russian revolution in 1917. This alone meant that he would have an impact on revolutionary thinking all over the world. ...
- 1457: "How to Tell a True War Story"
- ... war, which made it hard for me to discuss the war with people. I felt really secluded from society. In "How to Tell a True War Story" it is said that when people tell war stories they usually exaggerate to make the story more interesting. Sometimes the story sounds so over exaggerated and so far fetched that people don't believe it. The author Tim O'Brien says that, "Often the ... me and I was confused and angry. I guess I wanted to hurt someone else so I didn't feel as bad. After reading "How to Tell a True War Story" I realize that telling stories about war might make me feel better. I thought it would be more painful to talk about it but after you tell the story a few times you begin to remember more and more. You ... isn't even about war. It may be about love, friendship, and dealing with a loss. I will always have the memories of war with me and one day I will share some of my stories. But for now I must find my place and myself in this society. I have taken your advice and am looking for a job in Kansas City. I hope you take my advice and ...
- 1458: The Stalking of Celebrities
- ... such inflexibility would be unconstitutional.17 As attitudes change, laws will become more powerful and victims will feel more comfortable in coming forward. As the laws stand now, even a conviction does nothing for victims, short of probably ensuring that their stalkers are angrier than they had been previously. The Senate is taking important steps to protect the interests of stalking victims, but the laws are still too soft on stalkers ... photographer, especially free-lance one, who takes candid shots of celebrities for newspapers and magazines. This requires lying, bribing, and getting the photograph by any means necessary.22 A photojournalists is journalism in which news stories are presented mainly through photographs. This requires getting assignments from reporters, listening to scanners, and going to games or press conferences. They are there to summarize events and emotions through the lens .23 It's ...
- 1459: Gender Communication in the Workplace
- ... remain quiet. This causes women to become more vocal. Tannen suggests that status affects many different ways in which men communicate and raises several different examples. One area she found was that men tell more stories and jokes than women. She suggests that they are not doing this to be funny but instead do it to again to negotiate status. They often tell stories in which they are the heroes and act alone to overcome obstacles. While women use storytelling to gain support from her personal networks. They use their stories that, if they are the subject of, contain her doing something foolish to put her at the same level as the listener. In this way women are not concerned with status as with relating ...
- 1460: Marijuana
- ... sativa, the scientific name for hemp. Effects Marijuana contains more than 400 chemicals. When smoked, it produces over 2,000 chemical that enter the body through the lungs. These chemicals have a variety of immediate, short-term effects. In addition, the repeated use of marijuana has been linked to a number of long-term effects short- Term Effects of marijuana include both psychological and physical reactions, known a s a high, consists of changes in the user's feelings and thoughts. Such changes are caused mainly by THC, a chemical in ... partly from the concentration of THC in the marijuana. Other factors, such as the setting in which marijuana is used and the user's expectations, personality, and mood, also affects a person's reaction. The short-term physical effects of marijuana include redness in the eyes and a rapid heartbeat. The drug also interferes with a person's judgment, and coordination. Long-Term Effects of marijuana are not completely known. ...
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