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Janis Joplin Jimi Hendrix
892 wordsMusic and Drugs Beginning with the late 1960 s counterculture in San Francisco, music and drugs will forever be inter-linked. Hippie bands such as the Grateful Dead, the Allman Brothers, and Phish are associated with marijuana, mushrooms, and LSD. Modern electronic rave, or club music is associated with MDMA or Ecstasy. When one thinks of rock and roll, sex and drugs immediately come to mind. While the use of drugs is not essential for the creation or performance of all new music, it was certain...
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Janis Joplin Port Arthur
1,324 wordsBlues legend Janis Lyn Joplin was born on January 19 th 1943, the eldest child of parents Seth and Dorothy Joplin. Janis was born and raised in the small Southern petroleum industry town of Port Arthur, Texas. Her father was a canning factory worker, her mother a registrar at a local business college. Her non-abbe rational upbringing coupled with the atmosphere of Port Arthur at the time; generally restrictive, intolerant, and un nurturing must " ve made even Janis' early childhood difficult. By...
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Prince William Sound Christian Science Monitor
1,783 wordsOn March 24, 1989 at 4 minutes past midnight, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez struck a reef in Alaska's breath-taking Prince William Sound. Instantaneously, the quiet waters of the sound became a sea of black. "We " ve fetched up - ah - hard aground north of Goose Island off Bligh Reef, and - ah - evidently leaking some oil, " Joseph Hazelwood, captain of the ship, radioed the Coast Guard Marine Safety Office back in Valdez. That "some oil" turned out to be a total of 11, 000, 000 gallons of crude o...
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American Drug Laws Do They Help Or Hurt
722 wordsAmerican Drug Laws: Do They Help or Hurt? I believe the drug laws are in serious need of reform. We tend to forget that alcohol is a drug and that at one time it was prohibited without success. Also, I believe that a civil body of government rather than a criminal one should regulate drug use. It is a social problem, not a criminal one. As a largely victimless crime they should not have their civil rights taken away just because they like to take drugs which we have arbitrarily made illegal. Dru...
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Long Term Effects Cq Researcher
1,845 wordsThesis: Prostitution should be legalized because not only does it financially benefit the country, but legalized prostitution could also reduce crime. A. Preservation of morality A. Constitutional right C. Reduction of violent crime D. Government regulation Prostitution is known as the oldest profession in the world, however, many states in the U. S. outlaw it. The textbook definition of prostitution is the "act or practice of engaging in sexual acts for money" ("Prostitution, " Macmillan 805). ...
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Smoked Marijuana Muscle Spasms
2,304 words... approved proposition 215, an initiative that could, in effect, make marijuana legally available as a medicine in the United States for the first time in many years. Under this new law, patients or their primary caregivers that possess or cultivate marijuana for medical treatment recommended by a physician are exempted from criminal prosecution. The treatment may be for cancer, anorexia, AIDS, chronic pain, spasticity, glaucoma, arthritis, migraine, or any other illness for which marijuana pr...
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Men And Women Parts Of The World
1,964 wordsGender and Sexuality in Arab and Western Society Gender & sexuality is an important issue that differs from one country to another, two regions that are very distinct and general are the Arab world and the Western World. Both these regions are heavily populated and both these areas have totally different views concerning gender & sexuality. The Western view towards sexuality is normally considered a more liberal approach, where as the Arab worlds view in most of its related states is a conservat...
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Westport Ct Greenwood Francisco Jossey Bass
1,485 words... yourself in front of the ball B. Extend the arms outward toward the approaching ball C. Palms should be facing the ball w/ thumbs toward each other for balls above the waist D. Fingers point down w/ palms facing ball when ball is below the waist E. Over the shoulder catch would be the same, except the fingers are faced upward F. Dissipate the force of the ball by bringing the ball toward the center of the body G. Once caught, the ball should be carried in the proper position A. Feet are in s...
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National Football League Super Bowl
1,553 wordsThe sport of football is viewed by many as one of the most exciting and greatest sporting event of all. There are many reasons to believe this. Forms of football have been around for centuries. The history of modern football can be traced to the nineteenth century, where it has been developed from forms of soccer and rugby. (Encarta) Also, Football is one of Americas and the worlds most exciting and most popular sports, attracting millions of spectators every year. Its biggest event, the Super B...
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Grolier Electronic Publishing Rio De Janeiro
1,732 wordsThroughout history, man has made many advancements. These advancements have been made to make life easier. The one thing man can't do is to control Mother Nature. Mother Nature can cause many things such as earthquakes. The causes of earthquakes have been theorized in many ways. According to the book Predicting Earthquakes by Gregory Vogt, the Greeks, "blamed the earthquakes on Poseidon, god of the sea" (25). The Hindu believed that "the earth was a platform that rested on the back of eight grea...
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San Andreas Fault Tectonic Plates
480 wordsIntroduction The San Andreas Fault is a geologic fault zone between two tectonic plates that runs from San Francisco south to San Diego in California. It is an area of frequent earthquakes caused by the plates sliding past each other. It is so called because it runs along the San Andreas Valley. The San Andreas fault was brought dramatically to world attention in 1906 when sudden displacement along the fault produced the great San Francisco earthquake and fire. This earthquake was but one of man...
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Judeo Christian San Francisco
1,460 wordsThe occult is on the rise; many young people are seeking their spiritual identity through Satanism. Satanism has become an issue of great concern in our society. It is a phenomenon that crosses the city limits into the rural areas of our nation. Satanism is not just a big city problem. The news wires carry story after story about young children being kidnapped, only to be found later as victims of some bizarre ritualistic crime. This paper will analyze and will come to a conclusion to the most f...
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Film Components In The Composition Of Vertigo
1,648 wordsWhen making a good film, many key elements such as lighting, color, editing, visual design and sound, come into play. Another very important element is composition which refers to how subjects are arranged in relation to each other and to the sides of the frame. Framing, mise-en-scene or staging, and photographing all play a significant role in the composition of films, thus creating a desired meaning of the film creator. Through the unique composition of the Alfred Hitchcock film, Vertigo, the ...
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Weighted Score Los Angeles
1,138 words... id western, Southwestern, and Western United States. The airline specializes in short-haul routes and targets business commuters. The company's most-traveled routes are intrastate flights in California and Texas. Its fleet consists of about 310 Boeing 737 s. Passenger transportation generates almost all revenue, accounting for more than 96 % of the total. In fiscal 1999, Southwest's average aircraft trip was 465 Southwest has managed to steer clear of nearly all the woes that afflict its com...
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Food And Drug Administration Outlawing Cigarettes
1,132 wordsCigarettes-Killing Our Country- This year alone cigarettes will kill over 420, 000 Americans, and many more will suffer from cancers, and circulatory and respiratory system diseases. These horrible illnesses were known to originate from cigarettes for years, and recently nicotine, the main chemical additive in cigarettes, was declared addictive by the Food and Drug Administration. This explains why smokers continue to use cigarettes even though smokers are aware of the constantly warned about he...
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Mark Twain Pudd Need Wilson
1,555 wordsIt is indisputable that, during his many years of writing, Mark Twain established himself as a literary genius. It is also indisputable that the primary reason for his success as an author was his quick wit and sense of humor. During this nation? s time of political and social division, Twain wrote about many of the simpler things in life while always showing his humorist side. His brilliant comedic mind was especially unusual for any popular writer around during this rough time period in the na...
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Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou
2,998 wordsMaya Angelou has touched the hearts of many with her shocking and inspirational autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, and has amazed many with her provocative and eccentric life style. Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis to Mr. Bailey and Mrs. Vivian Baxter Johnson. Sadly, at the age of three, her parents divorced and Marguerite and her brother, Bailey Jr. , who nicknamed her Maya, were sent to live with their father s mother. Thus began the roller c...
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Jack London Literary Criticism
3,088 wordsJack London was a man of adventure, a man of action and only he could have truly conceived such a dynamic and challenging credo as this. And only he, with his great physical strength, his intense intellect, and his turbulent spirit, could have successfully lived up to it. Helped when he was only forty, but he accomplished more in this short lifetime than most men could in several lifetimes. The many experiences and occupations London pursued in his early youth as oyster pirate, sailor, tramp, pr...
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Joe Dimaggio Batting Average
291 wordsJoseph Joe Dimaggio DiMaggio, Joe Joseph Paul DiMaggio, b. Martinez, Calif. , Nov. 25, 1914, was professional baseballs premier center fielder during the late 1930 s and 1940 s. Playing his entire career (1936 - 42, 1946 - 51) for the New York Yankees, DiMaggio was a dangerous batter and one of the most graceful and fleet outfielders ever to play the game hence his nicknames, Join Joe and the Yankee Clipper. DiMaggio was the eighth of nine children of a San Francisco fisherman. In 1936 the Yanke...
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Sierra Nevada Sierra Club
976 wordsJohn Muirexplorer, writer, and conservationist was born on April 21, 1838 in Dunbar, Scotland. Until the age of eleven he attended the local schools of that small coastal town. In 1849, the Muir family emigrated to the United States, settling first at Fountain Lake another moving to Hickory Hill Farm near Portage, Wisconsin. Muir's father was a harsh disciplinarian and worked his family from dawn to dusk. Whenever they were allowed a short period away from the plow and hoe, Muir and his younger ...
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