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- 8171: Mp3 Argument
- ... to thank for that. But we have recently been presented with something new that some may give thanks for - Moving Picture Experts Group Technology, Layer-III, better known as MP3. To those outside the complicated world of the Internet and technology, MP3 probably will not ring any bells. But anyone who has accessed the Internet or skimmed through any popular magazines lately will likely recognize MP3 and the propaganda surrounding it ... own promotion and distribution of music in MP3 format. In an interview for Wired Magazine, rap artist Chuck D said MP3 wont destroy the record companies. [It] just will split the market into a world with something like a million artists and 500,000 labels. (Orr 1999). The new MP3 format needs to be regulated to prevent copyrighted material from being freely distributed. This would protect the profits and integrity of record labels. Regulation of only copyrighted material would still allow for the aspiring/unsigned musican to generate a presence in the world of music. Currently, actions are being taken to outlaw MP3 distrtibution, mainly by record companies. As record companies try to protect their market, they are also taking away from the aspiring musician. If any ...
- 8172: Marijuana
- ... as a medicine as did the introduction of a variety of new and better medicines like aspirin, morpheine (habit forming), chloral, barbituates tranquilizers, and when it got on the list of drugs thought by the world community to require legal restrictions. Our first President, George Washington, grew cannabis on his plantation. The cannabis he grew was more fibrous and is better known as hemp. Hemp was used to make rope, twine ... Q: Would less people use it if legalized? A: no. Q: How much is caught by the government? A: 2% of total in U.S. Basically thats the government admitting that they are losing the war on drugs. Q: How does it smell? A: Usually good, sometimes bitter. a sweet smell. Q: THC makes you high right? A: yes, they have found it causes no long lasting effects. Water Pipes/bongs ...
- 8173: To Kill A Mockingbird: Character Analysis of Jem
- ... by his father, Atticus. But after the court convicts Tom Robinson of rape when Atticus had clearly proven that Tom could not have done it Jem sees his first real glance of corruption in the world. It upsets him as well as making him see and believe in evils in the world, such as racism. His beliefs in why Boo Radley stayed in the house all the time changed too. When he was young he thought Boo was just crazy and that's why he stayed in the house. But he comes to believe that Boo stays in the house because he doesn't want to come out, because he doesn't like the world outside. His interests change too. When he was young his main focus was Boo Radley. He worked all summer, every summer, to try to get Boo to come out. But as he gets older ...
- 8174: LSD
- ... who was searching for possible therapeutic uses of Ergot. Hoffman continued his experiments, but never came in contact with the crystals until1943. (LSD can be absorbed through the skin.) Hoffman then sent LSD around the world to be tested and investigated to find medical uses. Lysergic acid deviates were found to relieve migraines and control postpartum hemorrhage because it causes veins to contract, but also caused gangrene of the limbs, and ... once familiar shapes distorted beyond recognition. The hallucinations become intense, and total unreal objects may appear. A user may go through a profound "mystical" experience where they find insight or enlightenment about themselves or the world around them. The fourth stage is the downfall where the drug wears off and the user re-enters the normal world. LSD was very popular in the late 60's for its properties of "realization", transcendence, or the all-knowing effect that LSD often gives. But the use of LSD quickly faded because of it' ...
- 8175: Legalization of Marijuana
- ... America's leading anti-drug official his McCarthyish hunt down of Marijuana users led to the downfall of many well respected Americans. During the 1900's the United Stated has committed itself to and unprecedented war on marijuana that is costly, unjustified and impossible to win. The topic of Marijuana is quite broad. It encompasses history, legislation, and the benefits as well as the harms of the plant itself. Marijuana is the name of the plant known to botanists as Cannabis Sativa. Other names for the plant exist throughout the world. In Africa, Marijuana is known as "dagga", in China as "ma", in Northern Europe as "hemp" and in the United States as either "pot", "buds", "reefer", "weed" or the more direct, "smoke". Marijuana goes back ...
- 8176: Legalize It!
- Legalize It! Many feel today we are loosing the war on drugs. When a battle goes to the point where there is no winner there needs to be a re-evaluation of how to solve the problem. In the case of the war against drugs, years of fighting have caused increased crime, overcrowding of prisons and the wasted use of money and resources with no results. It is now time to look at alternative methods to solving the ... therefore crime would be reduced. By keeping the addict separate from the criminal then violent, jealous, possessive crime(Friedman 16). Granted, the overall cost of drug use would not decrease; however, supporters of the continued war on drug and the further illegalization of these drugs say that legalization would cost more both socially and economically. They say that legalization would result in increased use and eventually will mean an increase ...
- 8177: Charles Shultz
- ... points. Quite adequate to express such emotions as distress, frustration and a real temper. His flocking friends are Bill, Harriet, Olivier, and Conrad. Now for my all time favorite, Snoopy, also known as: Joe Cool, World War I Flying Ace, Literary Ace, Flashbeagle, Vulture, Foreign Legionnaire, etc. Snoopy is the life of every adventure-at least in his daydreams atop his doghouse. He regards his master, Charlie Brown, as that round-headed ...
- 8178: 1984: The Structure of the Novel
- ... feelings toward the Party. He writes Down With Big Brother' in it. At this Point he is not sure if he wants to keep writing because he is afraid to get caught. He writes about war and how it affects the children. Winston does not think the Party should allow the hangings to be public. Winston writes about when men will be free, when the truth exists and when what is ... sharing their feelings and thoughts which are an act against the Party. People feel better when their with an other person. They get healthy and less subject to propaganda and brainwashing. They even talk about war, how it is an act to scare people and make them think their country is fighting for them. Furthermore, Winston reads the book. It helps him understand a lot of things like the war.
- 8179: Drugs
- ... dangerous and even more addictive. During the 70's heroin reemerged as a powerful drug but many were afraid to use it. Throughout the 80's strong anti-drug campaigns seemed to be winning the war on drugs. But, in 1996 people have become alert to the increase in Heroin addiction. Heroin use has doubled every year since 1992. What caused the use of heroin to increase? The growth of heroin ... not wrong. It's been proven that parents are one of the biggest contributors to a child's value system. "Parents who do drugs have children who do drugs." reads a major slogan on the war on drugs. Teenagers see their parents values on certain drugs and contribute those values to harder drugs like heroin. In addition, parents do not spend enough time telling their children what heroin and other hard drugs can do to their child's body or future. During the 80's there was a huge war against drugs. Many parents thought that the government was doing a good enough job of informing children of the risks about drugs and let their guard down. Obviously, the government did not do a ...
- 8180: Mind-body Distinction
- ... mind to do certain things but the mind can not change our physical appearance. The main characteristic of the mind is the ability to think. A mind does more than take in information from the world and react to it. The mind has hopes, feelings, and beliefs. It is aware of the world and has feelings and thoughts about the information that it takes in from the world. Minds are non-physical and the thoughts it produces do not have anything in common with the physical. We can see, touch, or hear our thoughts. An idea can exist, but only in the ...
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