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- 8651: Cannabis Sativa
- ... controlled by plant strain, climate, soil conditions, and harvesting, in 1975, the average confiscated sample of marijuana contained 0.4 percent of THC, in 1979 the content was about 4 percent and in the 80's about 7 percent, "today the THC content goes up to about 40 percent" (Woodard 42). This high potency marijuana is grown using hydroponics. Hydroponics is a process that exposes the plant to extreme heat and ... few other nicknames. It can also be smoked in all kinds of pipes and water pipes. These days the open and legal sale of all kinds of marijuana paraphernalia such as bongs, rolling machines, pipes, T-shirts, stickers and a lot more, all flashing the famous 5 leaf symbol of marijuana. "Hashish or Hash, is nothing more than the essence of the marijuana plant extracted and hardened into a block" (Powell ... at the same time, marijuana could be used as a medicine prescribed as a treatment or cure for certain illnesses. Marijuana is proven non-addictive physically but is considered psychologically addictive. A tolerance to marijuana's THC does develop, "which means more and more marijuana must be used over time to achieve the high experienced by using smaller amounts" (Stwertka 49). Yet no matter how much is smoked the high ...
- 8652: Tele-education
- ... 3 Examples of Systems From the study of materials gathered, there are generally three examples of Tele-education system that have been applied in the Europe and Canada. Those examples are: Tele-education NB Delta 's Virtual College ACTS Project AC052 (RACE Project Report) The purpose of looking into these examples is to try to understand what kind of Tele-education system is implemented, how Tele-education can be implemented, to ... of relevance distance education and the network in particular can be accessed there. In Tele-education NB, a special listserv is created for internal communications among different sites. As an integral part of the province's electronic information highway, Tele-education NB is supporting the development of an open, distributed network, taking advantage of media available. The most widely used delivery modes are audio teleconferencing with SMART 2000, as well as ... be placed in sites at the request of users and institutions such as MACs and CD-ROMs. The network should be compatible as much as possible with other provinces and regions. 3.3.2 DELTA's Virtual College Delta's Virtual College is implemented in Denmark (Europe). It offers the opportunity for students to participate in desktop Tele-education from their homes or offices. This concept means that individual students ...
- 8653: A Farewell To Arms
- ... reader? Will I ever finish them all? What will I do if I tire of reading?] When I finished FTA I was of course stunned by the death of Catherine and the baby and Henry's sudden solitude. "What happens now?" I felt, as I so often do when I finish a book that I want to go on forever. This is infinitely more difficult with a book that has no ... topic for my class presentation that I know many people see that the unfairness of life and the insignificance of our free will are apparently the most important themes in the book, but I don't agree. I also don't agree that it is a war story or a love story. Exactly what it is, though, is not clear to me. Can't art exist without being anything? "There isn't always an explanation ...
- 8654: Bonnie And Clyde
- Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker burst upon the American Southwest in the Great Depression year of 1932. At the time of Clydes first involvement with a murder, people paid little attention to the event. He was just another violent hoodlum in a nation with a growing list of brutal criminals, which included Al Capone, John Dillenger, Pretty ... the midwife told a local physician of his birth, the physician incorrectly recorded it as "baby girl Barrow" in the Vital Statistics volume of the Ellis County Courthouse at Waxahachie. Three additional children followed Clydes birth, and the families financial difficulties worsened as the price for cotton bounced up and down. After some years the Barrows found it impossible to provide for their children and sent them to live with relatives in east Texas. At one relatives home Clyde developed two interests that remained with him to the end of ...
- 8655: Censorship
- ... Adolescent Behaviour What is Obscenity? Clearly something hard to talk about constructively. "Obscenity" is difficult to discuss honestly. After all, what makes a thing obscene? It is Something too vague perhaps to be defined. It's an elusive term we use, but can't explain. Different people often see things differently. Some see obscenity in nude pictures, statues, paintings, etc. While others find less obscenity in these things. All the same, "obscene" isn't the same as "wrong" or "bad". Clearly obscenity is not identical with evil. It only covers a single segment of it. But what is that segment? A look at the words "obscenity" and "pornography" ...
- 8656: Greg Graffin
- ... Punkness". "There were three people at my high school who were punkers, I mean I got beat up everyday by long haired people who listened to Rush and would beat me up because I didn't. When he was fifteen he started a band with other social outcasts who didn't quite fit in. They settled on the name BAD RELIGION. Bad Religion does not pertain to any kind of sacrilegious activities or the like. Instead it is a statement against any establishment that promotes dogmatic ... start an institute that would be for research on early vertebrates , that is what I study." Greg says he chose punk rock as his medium because he saw a vacancy in the music. "Maybe that's what attracted me to it. I saw that there was definitely a vacancy. People didn't perceive (punk) as valuable, and I like challenges ... What better thing to do than use a style of ...
- 8657: Bill Clinton
- ... the United States to be impeached. After a long and drawn out sexual harassment trial, Paula Jones lawyers deposed former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. What would follow in the next 14 months, even Clinton s most adamant critics couldn t have predicted. It all began with Clinton s now infamous words; I have never had sexual relations with that woman, Monica Lewinsky. Several videotapes, sapeanas, and cigar jokes later, the American public found out that he did, indeed, had sex with that ...
- 8658: Y2K: A Problem Or Not?
- ... A Problem Or Not? The eyes of this nation have been firmly fixed upon one main problem, Y2K. The Y2K could shut down the government, all electricity and reset all computers back to the 1900's. It's possible people will not receive their welfare checks, pension checks, social security checks and other types of checks. Also, you might not be able to use your bank card. This is also a main problem ... into different people but for only two hours. Morpheus knew Herbio and they had been enemies for a very long time. Morpheus also knew that Herbio would try to solve this problem, but she wasn't aware that Herbio had Mother Nature as a secret weapon. Herbio and Mother Nature went to look for Morpheus once they found out she was the one who created the problem. As soon as ...
- 8659: The Grateful Dead
- ... coming back. In 1959 when Jerry Garcia was thrown out of the army, he picked up his guitar and started playing music with his friend Robert Hunter. Robert Hunter would later become the Grateful Dead's non- performing song writer. Robert and Jerry lived in San Francisco, California. On one New Year's Eve party, Garcia and Hunter met Ron "The Pig Pen" McKerman, who played harmonica, keyboard and was also a vocalist. Pig Pen was the janitor at the music shop where Jerry gave banjo lessons. During the concert of that night, they also met guitarist Bob Weir and together they formed a band called Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions. A few weeks later Bob Matthews,who later became a part of the Grateful Dead electronics and recording family,joined the group along with John "marmaduke" Dawson,who later joined the ...
- 8660: The Devastating Effects Of Int
- ... to devastation. This is shown throughout history, literature and in personal events. We are the only ones who can stop it. One form of intolerance is religious bigotry. This is clearly illustrated in Elie Wiesel s book called Night. In this novel Elie and his family are put into a Nazi death camp in 1944. The experience was a life changing event for the young Elie. He tragically witnessed the death ... I witnessed other hangings (page 60). Millions of peope died because of the hate in some people. Hate can be shown in many other forms too. One form is clearly shown in Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel s short story entitled Who Said We all had to Talk Alike? A woman from the Ozarks named Neffie, applies for a job in California. Neffie is sent back after just one month because she added ... act of intolerance that can even have unintended consequences that hurt many people. Devastating intolerance can also be seen in the short story Address Unknown by Kressman Taylor. An act of religious bigotry and someone s beliefs can become a part of someone else s way of thinking or internalizing one s ideas. The Address Unknown is about two friends, Max and Martin. Martin is a German in Germany and ...
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