Taube's first argument about how marijuana should be legalized, decriminalized or continue to be criminalized in Canada can be mapped as follows: P1 There is no reason a person carrying around a few joints for personal use should face prosecution or have a criminal record. ... Taube's second argument about how marijuana should be legalized, decriminalized or continue to be criminalized can be mapped as follows: P1 The police should not be required to waste precious time and resources on people possessing a few joints. ... Taube's third argument about how marijuana should be leg...

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The scientific products of the human genome project will include a resource of genomic maps and DNA sequence information that will provide detailed information about the structure, organization, and characteristics of human DNA, information that constitutes the basic set of inherited "instructions" for the development and functioning of the human being. ... Genome maps of other organisms will be provided so we can compare them to the human genome. ... Medical practices will be altered when new clinical technologies based on DNA diagnostics are combined with information coming from genome maps....

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The idea for the story initially began with a water-color map that Stevenson drew as part of an intricate adventure game for his stepson. ... Plot and Major Characters Set in the 1740s, Treasure Island describes the adventures of a boy named Jim Hawkins after he discovers a map showing the way to buried treasure. ... A treasure map is found in Bones's sea chest following the former pirate's death; and with this in hand, Jim, Dr. ...

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A Cartographer is a person who makes maps using precise tools, aerial surveillance, satellite mapping, and Geographic Information Systems A map has been traditionally defined by geographers as a "representation of things in space," a definition that implies a certain level of physical correspondence. Maps are used by people every day. ... The cartographer selects only the information that is essential to the map, and that is suitable for its scale. Maps use symbols such as lines, points, area patterns and colors to convey information. ...

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The Lappe's argue that globalization has provided us with a mindset; or a mental map . This map tells us, for example, that technology will solve our problems, that we constantly need to produce more, and that we are happy with a corporate capitalist system, among other things. Lappe asserts that this mental map needs to be broken, and provides the reader five ways to help them do so . ... However, few individuals or groups are willing to make a stand because they have been taught not to question the mental map which globalization has provided them with. ... This idea is rarely challenge...

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- Number-form synesthesia: This synesthesia will form a visual number map when thinking about numbers... (cite) This reason for this is because this effect suggests that there may be natural constraints on the ways in which sounds are mapped onto object. ... The third factor that Ramchandran and Hubbard think may have contributed to the evolution of language is synaesthesia between two motor maps, also known as synkinaesia. ... For them, this would be an example of synkinaesia between the mouth and the hand( two motor maps). ...

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For class, I was required to read six essays, each centered on the topic of university education, map out their key points, find how the essays connect under the conversation of university education, and how they differ. For my map, I chose to do a simple colored bubble chart with lines connecting each essay to their main points, with overlapping ideas being connected to in the center of the map. ... My map is simple, easy, and makes the most sense to me. ...

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It shows in the Map of Disputed Texas Border (Document D) in which Mexico and Texas had major conflict in deciding whether the border was to be set by Rio Grande or Nueces River. ... It is also exemplified in the illustration of the Map, Lands of the Mexican Cession (Document G) in which shows all the land that the U.S took from Mexico which includes the state of California. By showing this map many people have viewed that again the United States was only looking out for themselves and did not care what it took to gain control of more land and more power. ... In the Map of the US by 1860 you ...

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According to the maps illustrated in Document One, the size of the city grew what appears to be nearly four times its original size. ... The map displays how developed Manchester became after the Industrial Revolution. ...

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The areas of Britain begin with a page that shows a map of the UK, sub-divided into the major geographical areas. When a consumer clicks on an area of interest a more detailed map is displayed. ... On entering Tenby in Pembrokeshire into the search engine a description of the town is shown along with a virtual map of the area this helps give the tourist a sense of place and experience of the destination they wish to visit. ... The text and pictures of the actual website are not that effective although it does provide a map of London and general information about the weather and News Headlines....

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Surveys of surface contours produce topographic maps, which are an essential part of the preparation for excavation, but may also stand alone as a record of the surveying site. ... It can create maps of buried sites already known to be of archaeological interest, suggesting the positions of features and therefore allowing excavators to focus their resources on specific areas. ... Here are some of the things that the archaeologists would take in account as sources of information: o Historical or archaeological overviews of the area or period in which the project will b...

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The project 'Geographical Information System Based Election Management System' was an Election management system displaying various statistical data upon a GUI (Graphical User Interface) based on Geographical System of Maps. This system used information retrieval and data mining techniques to retrieve data and display the same on map based GUI and helped in deciding the election strategies. My role in the project was to design and develop its GUI using Geographical Systems of Maps. ...

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Anti-socialist movements in 1950's America fueled the hysteria and paranoia of the Cold War. Senator Joseph McCarthy, head of the House of Un-American Activities Committee, amplified the chaos and accused many Americans for being enemy spies. Innocent Americans were prosecuted for being communist sp...

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The purpose of this report is to develop a SWOT analysis (to aid in identifying strategies to be undertaken by the company), Strategy Map (to guide in the implementation of these strategies) and Balanced Score Card (to measure the successful implementation of these strategies). ... Despite Wendy's excelling in a variety of areas a brief SWOT analysis indicates that Wendy's always has plenty of room for improvement and a Strategy Map and Balanced scorecard can help address these areas and the best way to accomplish this task with taking into consideration Wendy's vision and compa...

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Forty years ago, it was first demonstrated that direct electrical stimulation of the cochlea could restore auditory sensations in people with profound sensorineural hearing loss. In recent years, the effectiveness of cochlear implants has increased enormously, through a better understanding of the p...

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Citizen kane as a remembered person story The structure of "Citizen Kane" is circular, adding more depth every time it passes over the life. The movie opens with newsreel obituary footage that briefs us on the life and times of Charles Foster Kane. They provide a map of Kane's trajectory, and i...

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• Periodic broadcasts from each vehicle may inform direct neighbors about its address, but the address-position map will inevitably change frequently due to relative movements among vehicles. ... The system combines information gathered from Google Street View with artificial intelligence software that combines input from video cameras inside the car, a LIDAR sensor on top of the vehicle, radar sensors on the front of the vehicle and a GPS position sensor attached to one of the rear wheels that helps locate the car's position on the map. ... InVANET (Intelligent Vehicular Adhoc Netwo...

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After reading about Merzenich's experiments I know that this is not because I am incapable of this mental skill but rather that the mental map for this skill is started out weak and has been underutilized. ... Pascual-Leone maps skill acquisition through mental practice. He found that, students who spent time actively imagining playing and hearing a sequence on a piano, showed significant brain map changes. ...

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The hobo gazes at the painting by Bouguereau, "Nymphs and Satyr," (1873), and ponders to himself, "I have traveled the world over, covered every spot on the map, but I"ll be damned if I can locate that brook." ...

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Native Americans, as a race, have suffered from the very beginning of contact with the English colonists. They once constituted 100 percent of the population in North America, whereas today they represent 2 percent of the population. The term genocide refers to the systematic killing of a whole na...

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Diagrams, maps, problem solving activities and letters are all effective examples of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the nighttime's unconformity to the general novel genre and conventions. An example of one of the diagrams he draws is a map of the London underground railway station. ...

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Hawksbill turtles are critically endangered and on the brink of extinction. Hawksbill turtles prefer coastlines over deep water areas because more food is available to them and they can find suitable sandy nesting sites. This exposes them to the risk of accidentally being trapped by equipment used f...

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Value of Manufactured Output - US$/person/year Since the beginning of this century the quantitative approach to the study of economic growth and development got an important stimulus from the increased availability of official statistics on income, output and expenditure. The creation of national...

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After studying the article, it can be acknowledged that the process of Cignet Plastic Corporation is able to produce products. In the article, it is affirmed that there are some setbacks in the making. According to the audit assurance committee, companies have issues that arise from the transferable...

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Salem Witch Trials In 1692, the witchhunt was the event that took place during a difficult and confusing period for Salem Village, however the social tensions in colonial help the witchhunt motivated. In fact, political, economic, religious, geography, and social show in social tensions. Th...

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