In an online article by Radley Balko (2008), he states that the trend of teenagers using PED mirrors the trend of the use of other banned substances and illicit drugs. However, in Greg Schwab's (2002) online document he adumbrates that sports stars are huge role models and idols to the public and a large percentage of steroid using teenagers use them because they aspire to be "as big" as some of their heroes and mimic their actions. ... Lincoln Allison (2004) in his article found online he comments on a study carried out to comprehend to relationship between the amount of drug u...

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Since the arrival of the Internet as a popular medium to exchange information, concerns have been expressed about access to online content deemed offensive or dangerous. ... The debate about online content is still very much alive, and none of the available solutions to protect against offensive content is completely satisfactory. ... From cyber media of the Internet, to the print media of the classroom - strict judgment must be maintained on the types of books students read. ... Many school systems are teaching from books that are considered "banned" or distasteful, or not in the children...

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Name: Anonymous Submitted: 08.29.01 Word Count: 4987 "This site kicks-ass!!" The Ozone a Hole in the Theory The protective ozone layer around our world undergoes much thought and debate. The "Hole", however, only exists in the minds of environmental, self-serving scientists and politic...

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Russell, The Secret Trauma: Incest in the Lives of Girls and Women (New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1986)],5, i [though] fewer than 10 percent of child sexual abuse cases are reported to authorities.6 [A 2001 University of Pennsylvania] study estimated that in the United States, 325,000 children a year were subjected to sexual exploitation, including prostitution, use in pornography and molestation.7 "According to Unicef, a million children are forced each year into pornographic productions that generate $20 billion in sales,"" [Swiss Justice Minister Ruth Metzler] said.8 In 90% of the rapes o...

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Throughout the history of the U.S. through countless administrations, Republican and Democrat, war has always been a last resort to violence, not a first response to political and democratic turmoil. Our current president has presented the nation with a new doctrine, justifying preemptive U.S. strikes against any regime that the administration fears is a threat to attack the U.S. or our allies, most currently aimed at Iraq. An American campaign of preemptive strikes to overthrow the Iraqi regime would be an unjust, aggressive, imperialist war and have potentially disastrous effects on ou...

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According to reports, Jared Loughner bought his semi-automatic Glock handgun two months after he was expelled by a community college for threatening online postings, officials said (Tandon, 2011). ... Another good example of overreaction to the shooting can be seen in New Jersey where Frank Lautenberg, a Democratic U.S. senator recently proposed banning high-capacity (30 rounds) ammunition clips like the one used by Loughner as well as by the Virginia Tech student who killed 32 classmates and himself in 2007 (Tandon, 2011). ... The very city these politicians live in Washington D.C., did have...

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History In the 1860 presidential election, Republicans, led by Abraham Lincoln, supported banning slavery in all the U.S. territories, something the Southern states viewed as a violation of their constitutional rights and as being part of a plan to eventually abolish slavery. ... In December 1860, the Crittenden Compromise was proposed to re-establish the Missouri Compromise line by constitutionally banning slavery in territories to the north of the line while guaranteeing it to the south. ...

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