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Social media : does the good outweigh the bad?
\"Social media platforms have become highly sophisticated in helping users make connections online. These connections can be positive experiences or can be negative and detrimental. Users need to be informed of the good and the bad of social media use\"-- Provided by publisher.
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A zero-tolerance juvenile alcohol law : why legislation won't work
Currently, there is a dilemma about how to handle alcohol related issues, especially those that involve juvenile offenders and drunk driving. Many traffic safety advocates argue for additional alcohol laws to restrict use and more severe penalties for those laws already being enforced. Conversely, some lawmakers and even college presidents are calling for an ease in the alcohol policies, to include a lower drinking age and state mandated regulation of alcohol use without federal interference. There is little disagreement about the seriousness of DWI offenses. The disagreement is about policy, with the current approach favoring retribution and incarceration, instead of deterrence and rehabilitation. The argument made in this book is that a retribution and incarceration approach has little chance of success and will only add to the problem through higher incarceration rates, the threat of more severe offending, and the implementation of additional policies that will cause net widening.
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Artificial intelligence : promise and peril
\"Artificial intelligence (AI) is the intelligence of machines or software, as opposed to the intelligence of humans. AI might someday become valued assistants in hospitals, medical clinics, law offices, science labs, military bases, and anywhere else where rapid data analysis is key. While AI is still a developing technology, there are concerns as well as excitement surrounding it\" -- Provided by publisher.
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Exploring comic art
\"Comics are a medium that tells stories in sequence using both pictures and words. The art form dates back to political cartoons and newspaper comic strips of the 1890s. Since then it has undergone many changes. In recent years comics have also been adapted into movie franchises based on their characters\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The Flash
\"When Wally West, the adolescent nephew of the Flash's fiancee accidentally gained powers of superspeed, he became the Scarlet Speedster's sidekick. Growing up as his hero's protege, Kid Flash had a childhood of amazing action and adventure. But on the day that The Flash died, Wally's carefree adolescence abruptly ended and his life as an adult began. THE FLASH BY MARK WAID BOOK ONE looks back at Wally's earliest days as the Kid Flash and explores the gamut of his emotions and experiences from his first day as a child hero to his succession of Barry Allen as the new Flash. A journey full of humor and drama, this story shows just how much Wally West loves being the fastest man alive\"-- Provided by publisher.
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