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Gun Control In America
1,392 wordsOn March 24, 1998, firing from the woods overlooking their school, 13 -year-old Andrew Golden and 11 -year-old Mitchell Johnson shot and killed four middle school students and a teacher and injured ten other students in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The two boys had a semiautomatic M- 1 carbine with a large ammunition magazine, two other rifles, seven handguns and more than 500 rounds of ammunition which they took from the home of one of the boys grandfather, who had a large arsenal of weapons left unsec...
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Using Arrest Records In Hiring
1,115 words... us] may vary with the circumstances. For jobs in which an employee will have access to people's homes or to sensitive information, a criminal records check should be conducted. 11 Failure to conduct background checks could result in liability and penalties in catastrophic amounts for employers. Questioning applicants about convictions is not an altogether different matter for the EEOC or employers. The EEOC has interpreted the provisions of Title VII and provided guidance for their use as we...
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Chat Rooms Windows Nt
1,284 wordsAt one time, most chatting was done on porches or over a back yard fence. But not any more! Now you can talk to anyone, anywhere in the world, anytime you want, without paying a dime in long distance phone charges. How can you do this? Let us count the ways: IRC is a network service, designed with the Internet in mind. It allows two or more people to talk to one another live. These chats are carried on by typing instead of talking. The network transmits a message from one typist to the other peo...
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Pc Magazine Computer Users
654 wordsWhen was the last time you listened to an audio sample of your favorite music artist on your personal computer? If you answered any date at all you have Real Networks to thank. Real Networks was created by Rob Glaser in 1994 as Progressive Networks and was based out of Seattle. Since the introduction of Real Audio, Real Networks technology has grown to be the most popular format for delivering streaming multimedia over the Internet. Real Networks initial goal has been to develop and market softw...
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Recording Industry Association Industry Association Of America
1,045 wordsShawn Fanning, a freshman in college, launched Napster in the beginning of 1999. Napster allows Internet users to share and download MP 3 (music) files directly from any computer connected to the Napster network, which could be hundreds of thousands of people. You can use Napster by downloading the software from the Internet site, and then connecting to the network using this software, which allows the sharing of all your MP 3 files with anyone else on the network. Unlike many other file sharing...
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Music Industry Mp 3
1,184 words... eople would be more likely to purchase them. In this case, Napster could continue, serving it's purpose as a 'try before you buy' application for the music industry. Just as people still purchase and rent videos even though they can record movies from TV and borrow tapes from friends, people will continue to buy CDs, and will be encouraged even more so if prices are reduced and extras given away with the music. Music industry players such as BMG (Bertelsmann Music Group), EMI, Sony and Unive...
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Alexis De Tocqueville Democracy In America
1,902 words... the typical feature of aristocracy only. Maybe when Plato wrote his Crito the process of the classical polity decay had gone far away and the appeals to come back were some kind of utopia. According to it a conclusion could be made that Plato did not promote aristocracy but admitted the end of unified classic polity. Further explanation of the origin of state gave Italian scholar Nicolo Machiavelli (1469 1527). In his treatise The Prince Machiavelli tries to explain the origin of states. Fro...
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Floppy Disks Trojan Horses
823 wordsDo Not Open This Email Warning: New virus Do not delete! is probably the most common phrase in the subject line of email today. If not those words exactly, then something similar warning people of the most recent viruses circulating through the Internet. There are several ways viruses can be downloaded, but viruses are not the only downloadable nemeses. Thankfully, America Online provides many tips for safety precautions. Learning how viruses can and cannot be downloaded, while educating oneself...
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Thousand Five Hundred Washington D C
2,067 wordsTable of Contents Table of Contents Pg. 1 Thesis and Report Pg. 2 - 10 Appendix A (Definitions) Pg. 11 List of Sources Pg. 12 The Bugs at Watergate? Five men wearing fingerprint concealing gloves, with an assortment of cameras, tools and intricate electronic bugging gear along with six thousand five hundred dollars in crisp new bills (most from the Democratic National Committee) were arrested on the early morning of June 17, 1972. During a burglary attempt in the Democratic National Headquarters...
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American Academy Of Child Adolescent Psychiatry
1,141 wordsDuring the teen years, adolescents go through many different changes. These changes cause many teens to feel as though they are the only ones that have these feelings and that no one can help them. The teen that develops these types of mentality generally has little help from friends and family to overcome the feelings that could possibly lead to suicide. Suicide is when someone tries to kill himself or herself. Teen suicide is based on the same idea, but it is for people that are teenagers. Abo...
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Controlled Substances Act Marijuana Tax Act
3,566 wordsMarijuana as Medicine Introduction Marijuana is a drug made from the dried leaves of the Hemp plant. Marijuana is also known as cannabis, which comes from the scientific name of the Hemp plant or Cannabis sativa. These dried leaves are usually smoked in rolled cigarettes or pipes to achieve a psychological feeling of euphoria or well-being. The marijuana plant contains more than 460 known compounds, of which more than 60 have been identified as cannabinoids. The most studied cannabinoid, 9 -tetr...
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Mp 3 Files Breaking The Law
1,268 wordsEnglish 001 Section Napster Ryan Jacobson English 001 Section 1017 The Argument With Napster The Napster software (web), launched early in 1999, allows internet users to share and download MP 3 files directly from any computer connected to the Napster network. The software is used by downloading a program from the Napster site and then connecting to the network through this software, which allows sharing (uploading and downloading) of MP 3 files between all users connected to the network. While ...
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Mp 3 Format Shawn Fanning
1,367 wordsNapster: The End or Merely the Beginning If you havent heard of Napster before you should be asking yourself what planet youre from? From when it first was programmed by 19 year old Shawn Fanning, people could tell it was going to be a big success. And it was, spreading like a fire and causing all kinds of media hype as well as causing its share of various legal problems. So if you have been living in a cave or another planet Ill try to explain Napster to you as best as I can. Napster allows you...
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Prayer In Schools School Prayer
752 wordsSchool Prayer By Danielle Clark Block 1 Speech 105 I. Intro- Contrary to the claims, students have the Constitutional right to pray in school, either individually or in informal groups so long as the prayer is not organized by the school. But if the students only knew what they were really doing by praying in school. II. First of all they are going against the Bible. As to quote, Matthew 6: 5 - 6: " And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the syna...
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