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Jim Crow Cash Crop
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Is There Any Medical Potential For Marijuana
1,281 words... ea tivity and provides insight. 'It's a source of positive pleasure' (Abel 186). And if that is all the sick patients' experience in the last days of their lives, then so be it. Bibliography Abel, Ernest L. Ph. D. Scientific Study of Marijuana. Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1976, 177 - 196. Dickinson, Ben. 'What if weed is exactly what you need?' Esquire; Oct. 1997 HYPERLINK ' web ' web (Feb 12, 1999). Forbes, Steve. 'Deadly deceit. ' Forbes; Sep. 8, 1997 HYPERLINK ' web ' web (Feb 12, 1999). Johnso...
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Gigabit Ethernet Fast Ethernet
1,632 words... Very little delay is introduced by this quick movement of data across the repeater; thus two Class II repeaters are allowed per Fast Ethernet segment. Class I repeaters are slower (140 bit times for its round-trip delay) compared to Class II (92 bits times or less), but provide translation that ensures compatability. Class II repeaters, although faster, support only a single technology. Standard topologies for 100 Base T networks are one Class I repeater, which allow network diameter of 200 ...
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Oxford Basil Blackwell Vegetarian Diet
2,555 words" You are what you eat" , goes a famous saying. And if that is truly the case, then a lot of Americans would appear to be unhealthy, chemically treated, commercially raised slabs of animal flesh. And while that is not a particularly pleasant thought, it is nonetheless an description of the typical American omnivore who survives on the consumption of Big Macs and steak fajitas. But there are individuals who do not follow this American norm and have altered their diets so that they do no...
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1,765 wordsFrame Relay and Leased Lines July 9, 1999 In networking there are many options in having data transferred from one location to another. Two of which include frame relay and leased lines. Frame relay is a communication method that transfers data by dividing information into packets and sending them over a virtual network. Frame relay is a difficult process to understand and to accomplish. Leased lines, however, is the permanent connection between two stations. Leased lines are simpler to understa...
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Marijuana Smoke Marijuana Causes
2,396 words8 Ganja Sean P. Silverman 8 December 1999 Ganja Long recognized as one of Gods greatest gifts to mankind, Ganja truly can heal the earth. Unknown to many today, cannabis hemp was used worldwide in paper, fiber, lamp oil and nautical applications throughout the 19 th century, constituting possibly the largest agricultural and industrial businesses in America (Here 83). In the early part of the 1800 s cannabis was the number one medicine in the US (83). It held that spot tightly, until it was nudg...
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1,928 wordsStephen Mullins Hemp, Why It Should Be Legalized When the subject of hemp is brought up, most of us think of an illegal plant that produces a hallucinogenic high when the flowers or leaves are eaten or smoked. A plant that corrupts our youth, causing our teenagers to drop out of school or use the drug as a stepping stone for harder drugs such as cocaine or heroin. Does any of this sound familiar? What do you think would happen to these beliefs you have if you were to find out the information giv...
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3,192 wordsHISTORY OF WEED Marijuana in the New World By: Erica Marijuana in the New World The first definite record of the marijuana plant in the New World dates from 1545 AD, when the Spaniards introduced it into Chile. It has been suggested, however, that African slaves familiar with marijuana as an intoxicant and medicine brought the seeds with them to Brazil even earlier in the sixteenth century. There is no record that the Pilgrims brought marijuana with them to Plymouth but the Jamestown settlers di...
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Thomas Alva Edison Fiber Optic
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Muscular Dystrophy Association
2,303 wordsThere Muscular Dystrophy MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY There is no single disease called muscular dystrophy. Muscular Dystrophy (MD) refers to a group of inherited diseases that are characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of muscle tissue, with or without the breakdown of nerve tissue. (Emery, A. ) The muscular dys trophies are a group of muscles diseases that have three features in common: they are hereditary; they are progressive; and like stated above, each causes a characteristic of sele...
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Copper Wire T 1
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Back And Forth High Strength
1,791 wordsWHY DO SKATEBOARDERS SHOES WEAR OUT SO FAST? Through out skateboarding history a sand paper material known as grip tape has been glued to skateboard decks. This material made for gripping onto boards also destroys sneaker soles. Grip tape causes friction between sneakers and itself, while making a grip and facilitating control of the board. Pedaling wears out sneakers like walking, but at more accelerated rates; much higher than walking. Becoming more circumspect, there is the factor of increase...
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