... ads for alco-pops, beer, spirits or wine that appeared more than 2,500 times in 11 different magazines that have or are likely to have disproportionately youthful readerships" (www.foxnews.com). Any and all advertisements are analyzed for different risk codes like: injury, overconsumption, addiction, sex-related content and violation of industry guidelines. Another category advertisements are analyzed in, ... audience, highlighting the high alcohol content of a product or portraying alcohol consumption in conjunction with activities requiring a high degree of alertness or coordination s...

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... produce similar psychoactive effects to the current illegal ones. New drugs could possibly decrease the negative health effects of drugs reducing the overall harm caused by current unhealthy drug use. (www.opiods.com) The safety gap between a legalized drug market and the black market is so enormous that it's amazing it's overlooked by policy makers who continue, with their arrogance, to ... been cited as necessary part of law enforcement protocol. Activities, such as phone tapping, were considered "dangerous and unwarranted practice[s]" by the legal authorities of the alcohol prohibitio...

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... development of geo-political tools, like the Tijger and the globe. Works Cited Beattie, A. (2014). The History of Capitalism: From Feudalism to Wall Street. Retrieved from http://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/08/capitalism-history.asp Duncan Crary Communications. (2009). Oil Plant Could Destroy 1614 Dutch Fort Albany, New York. Retrieved from http://duncancrary ... .com/news/2014/01/27/oil-plant-could-destroy-1614-dutch-fort-in-albany-n-y/ Hallowell, C. (1974). Disappearance of the Historic Ship Tijger. Retrieved from http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/picks-from-the-past/161517/d...

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... the material is unfit for minors." The library discontinued the complete filtering system and now has unfiltered internet and parents of minors may choose filtering options for their children (www.yakima-herald .com). Closer to home, in Washington the Yakima County Public Library came under scrutiny from the city for its internet policy that made the parents responsible for monitoring their children ... whether or not they wanted their child to have filtered or unfiltered access to the internet and the child would then be led to either a filtered or unfiltered terminal.(www.yakima-heral...

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... year between first grade and kindergarten, and detaining children in preschool, kindergarten or first grade are attempts to obtain an older more capable cohort of children at each grade level (www.nwrel.org). The educational strategies, I think, suggest that the current expectations do not match the development level of the children and the grade level they are in. People may often ... same time these national organizations also criticize remote memorization, drill and practice on one academic skill, teacher lecturing, repetitive seatwork, and standardized paper and pencil multiple choi...

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... criteria. In 1991, the Dutch government published "The Remmelink Report," which disclosed that approximately 8,100 people were killed by physicians in 1990 through massive overdoses of morphine (www.internationaltaskforce.org/fctholl.htm). The Remmelink study discovered that most euthanasia deaths went unreported to the government. According to one guidelines of the law, all euthanasia deaths must be ... the Netherlands; although, it occurs illegally in other countries. Unlike voluntary, active euthanasia, "involuntary euthanasia is when a patient's life is ended without the patient's kn...

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... Second World War. It is an excellent example of an ethnic family's status in society. A classic among classics, I Love Lucy appeared on television on October 15, 1951, (http://www.nick-at-nite.com/tvretro/shows/ilovelucy/index.tin). The series" premise focused on the antics of a nonsensical wife who beguiles her easily angered husband. The series created the men-versus-women standard ... ...

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... effectiveness towards its initial goal. In 2013, it was estimated that "49% of American households received benefits through these programs" (10 Truths About America's Entitlement Programs, uschamber.com). In addition, entitlement programs, as they are currently designed, are unsustainable. "Not a single major entitlement program is projected to be financially solvent 20 years from now" and ... welfare is not an adequate solution. "Yet spending on entitlement programs is the fastest growing component of the government." (10 Truths About America's Entitlement Programs, uschamber.com) Pub...

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... by our Constitution. Affirmative Action simply provides a way to compensate the descendants for the wrongs done to their ancestors. Another website that had pros for this action was soyouwanna.com. The Affirmative Action allows for fair evaluation of candidates by making up for existing social inequalities. The purpose of affirmative action is to increase the admissions rates of minorities that ... excellence relative to other people with similar backgrounds. Affirmative action therefore creates a student body that has tremendous academic potential. The last website I found to support th...

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... . This move did result in the loss of a few American jobs, 500 to be exact. However, the new production facility has created over 2000 jobs in China (http://expn.go.com/snb/s/kschina.html). These jobs are not sweat shop positions where workers slave in disgusting conditions, and get paid infinitesimal amounts of money. Upon touring the plant, John Stouffer, of ... snowboarding.com said, "The factory was clean, organized, and orderly. The staff was bright, attentive, and desired to make things even better than they were." This shows that the spread of free ... pledged increased support f...

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... , Spinner, Winamp, and Digital City, Inc. America Online's "mission is to build a global medium as central to people's lives as the telephone or television. . . and even more valuable" (Hoovers.com). Some of the main priorities held by America Online include equipping children for the 21st century, extending Internet benefits to everyone, engaging communities into the arts, and empowering citizens and ... over Tegic, a small cellular phone company in Seattle. "Tegic makes software that allows you to enter data on a screen phone more easily, using some clever text recognition algorithms" ...

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... October 26, 2001. Shortly before signing the Patriot Act into law, President Bush stated, "It will give intelligence and law enforcement officials important new tools to fight a present danger."(http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/10/20011026-5.html). Could it be that our government was really changing the constitution? Some view this induction as a violation of our civil rights, while ... , the Attorney General can determine the fate of our immigrants. They can be detained indefinitely if there is "reasonable grounds to believe" that this non-citizen endangers national security...

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... -smart, immoral, and self-destructive. "They rise to power with a tough cruel fazade while showing an ambitious desire for success and recognition, but underneath they can express sensitivity and gentleness."" (www.filmsite.org) Both Don Vito Corleone and Michael Corleone from The Godfather are depicted as possessing these characteristics. In the opening scenes Amerigo Bonasera is asking Don Corleone "for justice ... and institutions are basically beneficial to society as a whole. The Godfather has been described as an "insightful sociological study of violence, power, honour, corruption...

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... fitting in with their lifestyle. More and more people are taking advantage of newly unexplored territories, such as the Internet, to open up new business ventures. The boom of dot com businesses is one such result of this. One only has to have the skills of logging onto the World Wide Web and have minimal knowledge of building a web page to ... not settle for the traditional assumption that a woman has to choose between marriage and motherhood or a professional career. With the birth of the Internet it only took time for dot com businesses to be born and what could be more convenient fo...

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... and stayed true to its purpose. Research shows that their approach to juvenile rehabilitation is scientifically proven to be effective in youth behavior. (Treatment Programs. (n.d.). Retrieved December 3, 2015, from http://www.djs.maryland.gov/treatment-programs.asp) Potential for Change As a final point, the juvenile justice system of America does not understand that these "delinquent criminals" are just young ... ...

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... help the post-war rebuild; which the soviet union was quick to provide as many countries such as Yugoslovakia, Romania, Lithuania, and Bulgaria had already seceded to communistic ideals. (http://www.ushistory.org/us/52c.asp) l, military and economic assistance to any country under threat from communistic forces. It was decided that this would be a better political tact instead of sending ... ...

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... the image of democracy itself, with its inclinations, its character, its prejudices, and its passions, in order to learn what we have to fear or hope from its progress" (http://www.c-span.org/alexis/). Roger Sherman, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, said the people "should have as little to do as may be with the government" (Government in America, 12). Although ... ...

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... benefits poor working conditions, such as health and safety hazards, arbitrary discipline, such as physical and psychological abuse. One of the more notorious sweatshop-owning companies is Nike. According to www.corpwatch.org: In November, 1997, CorpWatch Co. (which was then known as the Transnational Resource & Action Center, TRAC) released a secret, internal Nike document which had been leaked to us. The ... ...

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... West. It would also open up the rest of the United States to trade with the Far East. (Monique Finley, Francisco Martinez, Martha Berber, Rebecca Lewis, and Rosa Martinez, http://www.epcc.edu/ftp/Homes/monicaw/borderlands/18_gadsden.htm.) Sectionalism would be amplified since the northern US would not benefit from this acquisition of territory. The effects of having a complete ... ...

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... rights. Attorney General John Ashcroft has been an outspoken ringleader in the passing and perpetuation of recent anti-immigration legislation. As a heading for his new US Department of Justice website, www.lifeandliberty.gov, Ashcroft quotes the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with ... ...

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... also in the ethical and moral values of people. It is a matter placed on the minds and hearts of all those involved in its decision making process. According to MedecineNet.com, physician-assisted suicide is "the voluntary termination of one's own life by administration of a lethal substance with the direct or indirect assistance of a physician; it is the practice of ... ...

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... year is given in further detail in figure 1 below: Fig. 1: A breakdown of the specific details for each of today's three types of temporary worker visas. Courtesy of a 2013 brookings.edu.com report (Wilson) The H-1, and more specifically the H-2 visa program provide a clear set of rules, that in theory are supposed to protect seasonal migrant workers, but are not being enforced and ... ...

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... violence has dropped by 25% because he got the right mix, a good criminal justice system, but also all other things that make a community safer like stricter gun control laws (MSNBC.Com).Thus making the issue more controversial because no conclusive answers have been found. COUNTERCLAIM Nevertheless, those who oppose believe that stricter gun control laws will not reduce gun violence. According ... ...

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... larger and more dangerous. By 1900 industrial accidents killed about thirty-five thousand workers per year year and harmed five hundred thousand others, and the numbers continued to rise (Encyclopedia.com). Workers lacked protection against accident, long shifts with low wages, layoffs and unemployment due to the poor labor laws. Many factories owner felt that they were doing a good deed for ... ...

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... (while showing an innate introspection and power of observation). His criticism of religious hypocrisy (while respecting religious belief) touches on an argument that rages even to this day (see Salon.com's America's Christian Hypocrisy April 20, 2012). For all the trials Douglass endured in life, his advice to move forward would be as useful today as it was then to anyone ... ...

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