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Teaching and Learning Algebra
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As noted by Kieran (2007) among others, these problems arise from the different roles of the equals sign (=) and the minus (–) sign in algebra compared to arithmetic.... Most students find it difficult to understand and apply algebra, especially when first introduced to the subject....
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Understanding Microeconomics Issues
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The following are the features of utility; (a) it is the cause and its result is satisfaction, (b) it is different from pleasure, (c) it has no links with the usefulness of a commodity, (d) it is subjective that is it varies from one person to the other, (e) it is created through production, and (f) it is distinct from the price of a commodity....
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Statistics Problems-Week 5
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7(C)    Explain why the standard scores of 22 are different between A and B above.... Assume that the population of heights of female college students is approximately normally distributed with mean m of 64.... 7 inches and standard deviation s of 6.... 6 inches.... A random sample of 74 heights is obtained....
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The paradoxes of integration
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According to Alleyne, “the solutions given [to racial inequality] are based on American race relation practice, namely “diversity” campaigns and.... ... ... One of the most significant forms of diversity campaigns and affirmative action is the promotion of the idea of racial integration, where people believe that Americans of all racial backgrounds and origins can and should be encouraged to live together in the However, this has not really been the case in most parts of America....
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Performance Pay at Safelite Auto Glass
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The other disadvantage has been that the installers were paid different rates depending on the area of the country in which they lived.... This paper "Performance Pay at Safelite Auto Glass" focuses on the PPP (Performance Pay Plan) that was contemplated by Barlow who was bestowed with the responsibility related to operations in the organization....
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Open the Social Science
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It would be necessary to develop an observational chart at the outset of the study, and one that focuses on approval, disapproval, anger, punishment – since the expectation is that behavior deemed by that society to be “deviant” in nature, would have a very different reaction to the behavior deemed to be deviant, and would have a punishment response to that behavior that would be unlike that of other potential behavioral-punishment-responses....
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Cynthia Halpern's book: suffering, politics, and power
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Commencing with a comprehensive and highly informative account of the theocratic philosophical precepts which informed, even precipitated Luther's Protestant Reformation, Cynthia Halpern critically analyzes the divide between the temporal and the spiritual world across several philosophers and ages....
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Chronic heart disease
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This discussion will define heart disease; identify the risk factors and the rate of incidence in the U.... .... list the physical symptoms; illustrate how exercise and diet can both positively and.... ... ... The term ‘heart disease' is broadly used when describing any medical problem that is causing the heart to operate abnormally....
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Bartleby the scrivener
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There is another old familiar haunt that reminds us that we will become our parents.... The influence of food in our life is no less important than the attitudes and values instilled by our parents at an early age.... We exemplify.... ... ... By looking at either one, we can predict the other.... In Herman Melvilles fictional short story "Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street", the author entwines both until they become Melvilles 1853 story employs food and nourishment as visual imagery to portray the ability to relate to others that we have learned as children from our own nurturing parents....
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Philosophy--Aristotle
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Man too has a certain arête or virtue, and since man is his or her own individualistic entity, their final ends may perhaps be different from other men and women.... In the Ethics, Aristotle defines ethics as the art of living well or living with excellence.... As opposed to later philosophical....
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Capital Punishment in the United States
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However the influencing factor on this personal set of conduct can be developed or at times simply shredded away by a number of different people including friends, family members, opinion leaders and acquaintances so to speak.... This essay "Capital Punishment in the United States" presents advantages and disadvantages for the death penalty that exist in times much like today and many members of the United States and respective State governments have conflicting views to the same....
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Critically evaluate the status of Offender profiling as a psychologically - underpinned technique
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Offender profiling is a method of identifying the perpetrator of a crime based on an analysis of the nature of offense and the manner in which it is committed (Teten 1995).... Various aspects of the criminal's personality makeup are determined from his choice of actions before,.... ... ... This information is combined with the physical evidence and other pertinent details and then compared with the characteristics of know personality types and mental abnormalities, to develop a practical working description of the offender....
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Medical Ethics and Duty of care
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The legal dilemma that arises in the case of Dr.... Houseman is the issue of consent that is needed from the patient versus the possibility of medical negligence through allowing her to lapse for want of a blood transfusion.... ... ... ... If Sandy fails to survive for want of a blood transfusion then Dr....
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Dr. Malcolm Crowe in The Sixth Sense movie as heroic archetype
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The first of these stages is when we become aware that some kind of action is required.... This shock initiates the maturation process typically around the early teen years.... The second.... ... ... tage is termed the initiation stage and it usually takes place during the teen years as individuals begin separating from their parents during which the cycle of the hero myth occurs....
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International finanicial manager (slp 5 bus)
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It is also responsible for liaising with multinational clients, developing models, and analyzing data for clientsBackgroundAn international financial manager may need many different skills.... Multinational corporations have become central actors of the world economy and, in linking foreign direct investment, trade, technology and finance; they are a driving force....
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Motherhood and Mothering
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As a result many mothers give no freedom to their children, interfering with their lives and imposing own worldviews and beliefs, not realizing that their children are quite different people, who came into this world to have their own experience and follow their own path.... She is a Christian Korean, with a quiet character....
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The Things They Carried
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Tim O'Brien blurs the line between fact and fiction in his short story collection The Things They Carried by naming his narrator Tim O'Brien and naming other characters after people he knew while serving in Vietnam.... As a pacifist, O'Brien's take on Vietnam is quite.... ... ... A major theme of the book is set up in the title story, and O'Brien continues to explore this theme of physical and emotional weight as burden throughout the collection....
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The Social Use of Music in Contemporary American Society
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In the case of rap music, it is often assumed that listening to rap music is simply part of urban culture, even though many different cultures enjoy rap music as their first listening choice.... This paper will be discussing the social role of music in contemporary American society, as it has been used to tell historical tales and legendary myths, and it has even been used as a means of personal expression....
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The Idea of Realism
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“Realisms vary by reason of the fact that the artist finds himself always living in a different era, in a new environment, and amid a general trend of thought, dominating and influencing his mind” (cited in Harrison & Wood, 2003: 503).... The essay investigates the idea of realism....
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Unauthorized immigration to the united states
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There should be a different law for people wanting to migrate from third world countries.... Without immigration, today's US would have been a Red Indian country.... Only because Europeans came, and illegally removed the Red Indians and colonized the Northern continent of the.... ...
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School Administrator Interview
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Every student has different problems and so their need varies.... School funding plays important role in quality of inputs given to students.... This paper outlines an interview of a school administrator and shows links between school funding and student performance.... ... ... ...
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International Studies(History)
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The Neolithic Revolution transformed mankind from a wandering hunter-gatherer to a sedentary agriculturist with the organization and resources available to transform the worlds social structures.... The agricultural practice of cultivating plants, selective breeding, and long term.... ... ... The domestication of animals accompanied this phenomenon and provided food as well as a capacity to work....
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Relationship Literacy Article
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With regard to issues of various types of abuse, the importance of the teaching of relationship literacy materializes as an integral educational tool.... ... ... Though those with a propensity for abuse have such tendencies toward becoming abusive, the proper education of healthy social interactions may in fact be the key to lowering abuse statistics....
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Barry Goldwaters /The Conscience of a Conservative
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This paper uses the book “The Conscience of a Conservative” to portray the views of Goldwater with regards to the problems of American The alternative model postulated by Goldwater is analyzed here along with his views on different aspects of American politics.... He is considered to be the mastermind behind the revival of the American conservative movement in the 1960s....
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The Luton Bank Case
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This means that the mortgagee may sell whenever he chooses and does not have to have regard to whether a different time may be more beneficial to the mortgagor (Raja v Austin Gray (a firm) [2002] EWCA Civ 1965).... This essay is focused on the Luton Bank case.... Reportedly, David and Anne are the mortgagors, as they have created a mortgage in favor of the mortgagee, Luton Bank....
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Article Analysis
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Theory X is a theory that states that people are lethargic by nature and will try and avoid work where and when possible, according to theory x workers are only in the job for the monetary gains and organizational goals do not mean a lot to them, they are only working for them.... ... ... Theory Y is the exact anti thesis of theory y, it states that people are inherently motivated to work to achieve goals and also to accept greater responsibility....
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Proposed Interpretation to a Dilemma Faced Prime Minister
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It is reported in the papers and an contained in your memorandum addressed to the undersigned that the election of the Prime Minister's daughter to chairpersonship corporation in the financial services industry, where the government of Canada partly owns, has generated too much controversy and the Prime Minister is being pressured by different groups to take action in the supposed chairpersonship of her daughter. ...
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Email and Internet Usage Policies
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sername and password should be different from those used to log on to the system.... My company's email policies are necessarily strict they do not address situations that have occurred lately.... There are policies in place to address workplace gossip, libelous statements and threats of physical violence....
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Privatizing Social Security is the best way to deal with the Social Security crisis
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This discussion briefly explains how Social Security is collected and distributed, how it affects different segments of society and why the fund is shrinking.... This government- run program was enacted as part of President Franklin Roosevelt's massive social reforms known as the New Deal in....
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What Motivates Students from Sierra Leone to Choose to Study in the UK
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Such environment is not only conducive for students but it also serves as an opportunity to learn comprehensively in the presence of people with different cultural orientations.... This essay discusses that a big percentage of the students came from non European Union countries such as Sierra Leone....
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Discrimination Law In Employment
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Firstly, the Employment Equality (Age) regulations that came into effect on October 2006 prohibit age discrimination in work and vocational training.... At 48, she is well within the retirement age and there is no.... ... ... Although a boutique caters to the young consumer, there is no justification for not hiring older people on that ground....
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Torture: Is it ever justifiable
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Oliver is reprimanded for asking some more of a meal.... This “impious and profane act leads him to remain as a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room.... ... ... Now that we are dealing with more somber issues like terrorism and conviction of terrorists let's change focus to these grave things bothering all of us....
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Container Terminals and External Environments
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he different structure of political institutions may also impact upon terminal operations.... The paper highlights that adverse effects of container terminals may include vessel or vehicle emissions, wetland encroachment, or problems in waste management.... With congestion at ports increasing in recent times due to globalization and increased containerization, these issues have become important....
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Obesity Rates in Canada
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he guide has received mixed responses from different sections of the society.... This paper "Obesity Rates in Canada" discusses the Canadian food guide that is more unique due to its extensive research and its guidance on food proportions.... The American Food Guide does not have these specifications and it would be a welcome change if these changes were made there as well....
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E-commerce Operations Management
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The birth of the convergence era at the start of the 21st century changed the strategic focus on many companies in different industry as far as updating the electronic and telecommunication infrastructure.... The convergence age is a new economic era characterized by the.... ... ...
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Impact of Delayed Transfer of Critically Ill Patients from the Emergency Department to the Intensive Care Unit
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Delays in transferring critically ill patients from the emergency department to the critical care units do occur, and may have an impact on the outcome for these patients.... The Project IMPACT database was employed to provide a sample of 50,322 patients during the period 2000 to.... ... ... 03 to do a comparative evaluation on the impact of delay of less than six hour with a delay of six hours or more in transferring patients from the emergency department to the critical care units....
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QFD (Quality Function Deployment)
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Manufacturing engineering is defined by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) as "that specialty of professional engineering which requires such education and experience as is necessary to understand, apply, and control engineering procedures in manufacturing processes.... ... ... methods of production of industrial commodities and products; and requires that ability to plan the practices of manufacturing, to research and develop the tool, processes, machines and equipment, and to integrate the facilities and systems for producing quality products with The Manufacturing Engineering program provides a unique and high quality engineering education to prepare students for innovation, creativity, leadership and success....
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Housekeeping and Mrs. Dalloway
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The theme of loss is difficult, even impossible to separate from that of the mercurial, transitory nature of the physical world, just as is the theme.... ... ... Even though all of the identified themes provide unique insight into the novel, none do so more than that of the feminist reworking of the patriarchal world. ...
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The Importance of Integrity and Professionalism in Nursing
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This concept of an inherent dignity of a human being who deserves to be treated with integrity is certainly not a new one since the time of ancient philosophers, it was accepted that human beings are endowed with special qualities that have set them apart and make them different from other living things (Beyleveld & Brownsword, 2002)....
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The Epitome of the 21st Century American Family
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The common theme underlying both works is the passage of time and the changes that it brings in the family, even while some elements of it remain the same.... In EB White's work, the lake is the symbol of the family; it is the common link around which the family is built, while.... ... ... Both these elements, the lake and language, are stable, continuous aspects, thus reflecting the American belief in the stability of the family as a unit....
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If I Were to Pose for an Oil Portrait in the Style of The Ambassadors
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He/she states that he/she would decorate the portrait in a far different manner.... Were I to pose for an oil portrait, in the style of “The Ambassadors” by Hans Holbein, I would decorate the portrait in a far different manner.... The author describes a picture if he were to pose for an oil portrait, in the style of 'The Ambassadors' by Hans Holbein....
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The roll of a judge is similar to that of a referee
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When it is being played between two different players or teams, disputes may arise.... “To no-one will we sell, to no-one deny or delay right or justice.... ?? This proclamation subtly, yet eloquently, states the role of judges in ensuring that justice is served impartially without bias and prejudices....
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Happy employees are more productive
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Instead, they seek to learn about the working conditions in different firms so that they may relocate to those which offer the best terms.... In any corporation, the attitudes of employees are a vital factor, because they can determine whether a corporation achieves its objectives or does not....
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Discussion Questions
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Is it appropriate to calculate depreciation using two different methods?... Depreciation assigns the cost of a tangible asset over its useful life.... Amortization involves writing off an intangible asset over the forecasted life on an asset.... Depletion is the reduction of an asset on a....
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Childhood reflection
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It was interesting to see that the worldview that I held during my early days as a child are completely different from the way I perceive things today.... Looking back, I can only smile on reflection of some of the things that we used to do.... I grew up in a family of three siblings and both parents....
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Howl of the Beat Generation
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The second part of the poem is on social divisions, the change discussed here is on treatment of different social classes.... In the paper 'Howl of the Beat Generation,' the author analyzes the society, which was confined in the social dogma without asking questions, many things were considered taboo....
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Dismantling Binaries
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This serves as the background of the differences observed in the treatment given to the different categories of individuals in the society resulting in social inequality.... Social differentiation refers to the line drawn between the various groups of individuals in the society based on their age, gender, race, nationality among other factors (Warde & Martens 21)....
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Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
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Maritime operations throughout the Spanish-American War which lasted from 1898-1901 served to persuade President Theodore Roosevelt that the United States required to control a waterway some place in the Western Hemisphere1.... This investment built up and finally finished in the.... ... ... ooner Bill of June 29, 1902, accommodating a waterway through the Isthmus of Panama, and the Hay-Herrán Treaty of January 22, 1903, under which Colombia offered agree to such a task as a 100-year rent on a territory 10 kilometers wide2....
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Renovation of Bathroom of Syracuse University Residence Hall (Dat Hall)
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These criteria were selected because they were raise as areas of concern for renovation, and received different weights out of their significance on the final decision.... This report recommends that Day Hall renovates using option two as it will give the bathrooms a modernized feel, besides installments can be completed through SU staff reducing cost....
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Leroy Nikky Barnes
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There has been a huge notoriety surrounding this name since the beginning when it emerged on a national level.... Nicky Barnes made a name.... ... ... However, every victory comes with an expiry date and nothing lasts forever.... Nicky Barnes was eventually arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment on grounds of a large number of heinous drug-related crimes....
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