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Lawrence Kane - ZodiacKillerTRUTH.com - 0 views

  • "MY NAME KANE"
  • Harvey Hines, a retired law enforcement officer, believes that Lawrence Kane is the Zodiac Killer.
  • Kane was said to have been stalking Ferrin shortly before her murder.
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  • unable to control his urges for self-gratification
  • six block from the murder scene.
  • identified Kane as her abductor in the late 1980s.
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Zodiac Suspect Rick Marshall - 0 views

  • The KTIM call letters resemble the symbols Zodiac included in his "Exorcist" letter from January 1974.
  • It was assumed by investigators that Zodiac's motivation for signing this letter "the Red Phantom" was because he was influenced by a silent film.
  • physical appearance and background match up very well with what is known (and assumed) about Zodiac.
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Fast Food Problems - 0 views

  • Fast food is a concept that originated in 19th century, as a response to the growing food demands
  • The major ingredients that are used in fast food, basically have a large quantity of what is known as trans fats in them
  • huge proportion of meat and less fibers
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  • bread, which is made up of large amounts of pure flour
  • high concentration of fats
  • Unfortunately, the nutrients that are derived from fast food are not balanced and have large concentration of fats and proteins.
  • Health problems caused by fast food include obesity, diabetes and hypertension
  • lacks a good amount of fiber, it not easy to digest fast food
  • gets deposited on the abdominal tissues
  • The abnormal consumption timings and unequal intervals result into indigestion. The body is not able to digest the calorie heavy food, which results into fat deposition on the tissues.
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    "Fast food is a concept that originated in 19th century, as a response to the growing food demands"
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How Mumbai's attackers were brainwashed - Rediff.com India News - 0 views

  • Abdur Rehman Makki, the second-in-command at the now banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah, had spelt out the fundamentals of a fidayeen attack to the terrorists.
  • Attack the enemy and inflict heavy loss Force your way inside enemy territory, risking your life Attack a strong enemy in a way that he faces sure death Continue fighting until you attain martyrdom. This deed will earn you a place in paradise Backing out from jihad will attract the wrath of Allah.
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LADA gang crimes - 0 views

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    More than 1,400 criminal street gangs exist in Los Angeles County. Gang crimes - from graffiti and quality of life problems to murder and extortion - devastate a community's well-being and sense of security.
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Anti-Gang Message from Actual Bangers (bangers=gang members) - 0 views

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    Bangers telling the youth to not join gangs
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Location of Osama bin Laden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • September 23. Bin Laden was believed by Pakistani officials to be on the Afghan-Pakistani border. He is said to have been keeping a low profile, with as little as ten men guarding him.
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      Might be a true fact more than a rumor. This statement cannot be trusted completely, it is reliable to an extent.
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      2005
  • June. Taliban leader Mullah Bakht Mohammed claimed "The latest proof that he is alive is that he sent me a letter of condolences after the martyrdom of my brother. He advised me to follow my brother's path."
    • Anushka Gandhi
       
      This might be very reliable, but to an extent, because: Firstly, this is a primary source, but we are not aware whether what this Taliban leader states is true or not. Secondly, the Taliban leader's brother had sacrificed while fighting for their cause. His brother might have been in the Al Qaeda movement and Osama encourages this Taliban leader, Mullah Bakht Mohammed to follow his brother's footsteps by becoming a member of the Al Qaeda.
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      2007
  • July 12, Pakistan's Interior Minister states bin Laden is not in Pakistan. The TimesOnline reports that he is still hiding in Afghanistan; Kunar Province being not far from Tora Bora
    • Anushka Gandhi
       
      2008: This goes back to the rumors stating that Osama has died somewhere near Tora Bora. This source, Pakistan's Interior Minister states that Osama is not in Pakistan, his hiding place is in Afghanistan somewhere around an area known as Tora Bora.
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    • Anushka Gandhi
       
      2009 and 2010 state recent reports of Osama's whereabouts, but might not be very reliable since every source, be it news, reports, primary sources, etc state different locations of Osama's hiding, while some other state he must have died of natural causes, murder or kidney problems.
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A national survey of physician-assisted suicide an... [N Engl J Med. 1998] - PubMed result - 0 views

  • Although there have been many studies of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in the United States, national data are lacking.
  • we mailed questionnaires to a stratified probability sample of 3102 physicians in the 10 specialties in which doctors are most likely to receive requests from patients for assistance with suicide or euthanasia
  • 1902 completed questionnaires (response rate, 61 percent). Eleven percent of the physicians said that under current legal constraints, there were circumstances in which they would be willing to hasten a patient's death by prescribing medication, and 7 percent said that they would provide a lethal injection; 36 percent and 24 percent, respectively, said that they would do so if it were lega
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  • A substantial proportion of physicians in the United States report that they receive requests for physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia, and about 7 percent of those who responded to our survey have complied with such requests at least once.
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Euthanasia in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 2 views

  • Euthanasia is illegal in all states of the United States. Physician aid-in-dying (PAD) is legal in the states of Washington, Oregon, and Montana. The key difference between euthanasia and PAD is who administers the lethal dose of medication.
  • Animal · Child · Voluntary Non-voluntary · Involuntary
  • the legal rights of patients, or their guardians, to practice at least voluntary passive euthanasia (physician assisted death). These include the Karen Ann Quinlan (1976), Brophy and Nancy Cruzan cases. More recent years have seen policies fine-tuned and re-stated, as with Washington v. Glucksberg (1997) and the Terri Schiavo case.
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  • District Court judge Dorothy McCarter ruled in favor of a terminally ill Billings resident who had filed a lawsuit with the assistance of Compassion & Choices, a patient rights group. The ruling states that competent, terminally ill patients have the right to self-administer lethal doses of medication as prescribed by a physician. Physicians who prescribe such medications will not face legal punishment
  • Ballot Measure 16 in 1994 established the Oregon Death with Dignity Act, which legalizes physician-assisted dying with certain restrictions
  • Texas hospitals and physicians have the right to withdraw life support measures, such as mechanical respiration, from terminally ill patients when such treatment is considered to be both futile and inappropriate.
  • In 2008, assisted suicide in the state of Washington was made legal by Initiative 1000.
  • A 2002 Gallup survey showed that 72% of Americans supported euthanasia
  • Recent studies have shown European-Americans to be more accepting of euthanasia than African-Americans, though this difference may be explained by other factors. They are also more likely to have advance directives and to use other end-of-life measures.[8] African-Americans are almost 3 times more likely to oppose euthanasia than European-Americans. The main reason for this discrepancy is attributed to the lower levels of trust in the medical establishment
  • Attempts to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide resulted in ballot initiatives and legislation bills within the United States in the last 20 years.
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September 11 attacks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • humiliation resulting from the Islamic world falling behind the Western world - this discrepancy made especially visible due to recent globalisation.
    • Anushka Gandhi
       
      Basically analyzing on Al Qaeda's motives which includes these two motives that are highlighted. How their strong beliefs and causes provoke the US, how the Islamic world is not as superior as the Western world, How they desire allies to support their movement by having the US holding a larger grudge against the Islamic world...
  • Top Muslim organizations in the United States were swift to condemn the attacks on 9/11 and called "upon Muslim Americans to come forward with their skills and resources to help alleviate the sufferings of the affected people and their families".
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      Muslim Americans were affected by the 9/11 event and formed organizations that would use their resources and help the affected citizens and their families.
  • The second-biggest operation of the U.S. Global War on Terrorism outside of the United States, and the largest directly connected to terrorism, was the overthrow of the Taliban rule of Afghanistan by a U.S.-led coalition.
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      US avenged the 9/11 event by seriously dealing with the root cause, the Taliban of Afghanistan.
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Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide: All sides to the issue - 0 views

  • Throughout North America, committing suicide or attempting to commit suicide is no longer a criminal offense. However, helping another person commit suicide is generally considered a criminal act.
  • Oregon which, since 1997, has allowed people who are terminally ill, in intractable pain, and not depressed to obtain a lethal prescription from their physician and end their chronic suffering. This is called "Physician Assisted Suicide" or PAS.
  • Washington voters passed Initiative 1000 in 2008-NOV. Supporters call it a "Death with Dignity bill;" opponents call it an "Assisted Suicide" measure. Both are accurate descriptions.   Montana's Montana Supreme Court legalized PAS in a decision handed down on 2009-DEC-31.
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  • "The right to a good death is a basic human freedom. The Supreme Court's decision to uphold aid in dying allows us to view and act on death as a dignified moral and godly choice for those suffering with terminal illnesses."
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Chinese suicide shows addiction dangers - News - play.tm - 0 views

  • The suicide of a young Chinese boy in the Tianjin province has highlighted once more the growing dangers of game addiction, when those responsible don't understand or notice the risks of unhealthy play. Xiao Yi was thirteen when he threw himself from the top of a twenty-four story tower block in his home town, leaving notes that spoke of his addiction and his hope of being reunited with fellow cyber-players in heaven. The suicide notes were written through the eyes of a gaming character, so reports the China Daily, and stated that he hoped to meet three gaming friends in the after life. His parents, who had noticed with growing concern his affliction, were not mentioned in the letters.
  • My kid was like someone taking drugs who could not control himself,"
  • "His mother and I were very worried about him. But we knew little about the Internet and we did not know how to save him." Previously, Xiao's parents had found him starving after two days and nights in an internet cafe playing online role-playing games. When questioned about his bizarre behaviour, his father said that a tearful Xiao had told him that he had been poisoned by games and could no longer control himself.
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  • "In the hypothetical world created by such games, they become confident and gain satisfaction, which they cannot get in the real world."
  • Foreign influences in games played by Chinese youngsters (most of which are imported) were accused of having a negative influence, of promoting 'demon worlds', to their impressionable audiences
  • it seems more likely that it was issues in the victims own life which drew him to seek such extreme escapism.
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NASA - Global Warming - 0 views

  • Global Warming
  • Causes of global warming
  • the late 1800's. A majority of climatologists have concluded that human activities are responsible for most of the warming. Human activities contribute to global warming by enhancing Earth's natural greenhouse effect.
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  • The greenhouse effect warms Earth's surface through a complex process involving sunlight, gases, and particles in the atmosphere. Gases that trap heat in the atmosphere are known as greenhouse gases.
  • Climatologists (scientists who study climate) have analyzed the global warming that has occurred since
  • human activities that contribute to global warming
  • burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas)
  • clearing of land.
  • reates carbon dioxide, whose chemical formula is CO2. CO2 is a greenhouse gas that slows the escape of heat into space. Trees and other plants remove CO2 from the air during photosynthesis, the process they use to produce food.
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    VERY RELIABLE SOURCE Talks about Global Warming in General, the impact of it, the causes of it, it mentions my argument, how Humans are mainly responsible, and other very important details.
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Implementation of New Economic Policy to Indian economy in 1991 | MBA Knowledge Base - 0 views

  • Globalization means flow capital (finance in the form of foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign portfolio investment (FPI), technology, human resource, goods and service among countries. FDI is investment in real assets like automobile, consumer goods production, service sectors like insurance, telecommunication, air transport etc. Liberalisation means freeing the economic activities and business from unnecessary bureaucratic and other controls imposed by the governments. Privatisation or Disinvestment: Selling the government owned public sector enterprises to private industrialists and opening the government operating sectors for private investment.
  • The Major areas of  New Economic Policy 1991 are Fiscal policy reforms Monetary policy reform Pricing policy reform External policy reform Industrial policy reform Foreign investment policy reform Trade policy reform Public sector policy reform
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BBC NEWS | South Asia | Violence warning over Asia's 'surplus men' - 0 views

  • family in Haryana, in the north-west of the country, which had resorted to sending out to Bangladesh to find a young woman from a poor family, and brought her back to marry their son in exchange for money.
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List of alcohol laws of the United States by state - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • As of July 1988, all U.S. states have a minimum purchase age of 21. However, prior to 1988, the minimum purchase age varied from state to state. Unlike the states, the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands have a minimum purchase age of 18 (21 in the Northern Mariana Islands and the recently added Guam).
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CONCORDE SST : FAQ - 0 views

  • as 2 hours 52 minutes and 59 seconds.
  • flying from New York to London, on the 7th of February 1996.
  • BA need to write off £84M now rather than £150M in 3 or 4 years. Air France wrote off a large sum of money too.
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