MODULE 1 Historical Background • The history of GIS involves some controversy as parallel development occurred in North America‚ Europe‚ and Australia. • Much of the published work on GIS focus on US contributions. • The Canada Geographic Information System or CGIS is the first GIS developed in 1960s . • Roots in Canada Land Inventory (CLI) mapping project : a multilayer land-use / planning map of Canada’s inhabited and productive land – around 1 million square miles. • CGIS was planned and
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• Political Control by the west led to systemic difference between east and west‚ a conscious process of the creation of an architectonic of international capitalism by the colonial powers and trade networks throughout their settler colonies. Economic domination and political domination go hand in hand. One builds on the other‚ the merchants and the ruling class in collusion. Mere increase in quantity of economic goods and their variety doesn’t tell the full story‚ there has to be an analysis of
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The Veil and The West When it comes to Women in Islam much has been written about their dress‚ hijab‚ veils and burqas. Katherine Bullock and Asma Barlas are examples of such examiners; these two women investigated the veil and western politics of the body. Katherine Bullock observes veiling in her book “Rethinking Muslim women and the veil” by critically examining western media’s representation and perceptions of the veil. She also takes it one step further by interviewing sixteen Muslim women
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pregnancy although she states she is sexually active and using no birth control. Gynecologic History: Patient is graved to par 1 abortus 1. her only child is a year old 15 year old daughter who lives in Texas that lives with her grandmother. PAST MEDICAL HISTORY: Positive for hepatitis B PAST SURGICAL HISTORY: Pilonidal cyst removed in the remote past‚ has plastic surgery on her ears child. SOCIAL HISTORY: Married‚ has 1 daughter‚ patient works as a substitute teacher‚ smokes 1 pack of cigarettes
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Transforming the West -West is the supplier and place where all the raw material comes from -Main supplier of the East CONTENT: Transcontinental Railroad -Completed in the 1870’s‚ over 2 mountain ranges 1 company owned primarily by people who made money as storekeepers -Government Project‚ but owned privately -Land grant railroads -Opened up the west‚ tied California and the East together Indian Affairs -Government took on Indian policy that wanted to get them out of the way Western
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(A) external iliac (B) Inferior epigastric (C) Internal iliac (D) Internal pudendal (E) Lateral sacral 2. A 36-year-old woman is hospitalized for treatment of a stomach ulcer has been progressively worse over several months. Radiographic studies reveals the site of involvement to be along the greater curvature‚ approximately 4 cm be away from the pyloric sphincter. That night the ulcer perforates‚ and there is considerable intra-abdominal bleeding. Surgery reveals that the ulcer has eroded
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West Indies Yacht Club Resort: When Cultures Collide Jeffrey P. Shay University of Montana In early December 1994‚ Patrick Dowd‚ a 30-year-old management consultant‚ stared out his office window at the snowy Ithaca‚ New York‚ landscape. Dowd reflected on his recent phone conversation with Jim Johnson‚ general manager of the 95-room West Indies Yacht Club Resort (WIYCR)‚ located in the British Virgin Islands. Johnson sounded desperate to pull the resort out of its apparent tailspin and noted
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The Decline of the West A. Write an essay in which you analyse and interpret Hanif Kureishi’s short story “The Decline of the West”. Part of your essay must focus on the short story’s point of view and on the title. The western world keeps becoming richer and more focused on materialistic improvement. This happens at the expense of gratitude and respect for fellow human beings‚ and maybe particularly at the expense of a happy family life. In “The Decline of the West”‚ Hanif Kureishi gives an example
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Ecosystem of the Florida Everglades The Florida Everglades is often thought to be a swampland but is actually a very slow flowing river. The following essay will look at the structural and functional dynamics of the Everglades. This essay will also consider the plant and animal life that inhabit this ecosystem. Major structural and functional dynamics of Florida Everglades The everglades originally covered 11‚000 square miles of land in Florida. This area was drained by early
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The Case for Local and Regional Food Marketing SUMMARY Communities across the United States are enjoying healthier food grown by local farmers; and farmers are reaping better returns and helping to revitalize rural and urban communities by selling close to home instead of through distant markets. Local marketing has expanded beyond farmers’ markets and farmstands‚ although these are still popular and the number of US farmers’ markets is growing rapidly. New regional supply networks are
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