Tuesday 5:00 pm March 25th‚ 2013 ERSC 1000 Northern Gateway Pipeline Imagine yourself looking across a river‚ filled with birds‚ deer and a beaver. These animals are at peace and you are at peace with the ultimate certainty that all things will be right‚ healthy‚ and indestructible. Until the Northern Gateway Pipeline is built directly through the lake‚ disrupting not only you‚ but the environment‚ habitat and ecosystem. The Northern Gateway Project is a major pipeline proposed to carry crude
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The St. Louis Gateway Arch is an elegant monument to westward expansion in the USA. Located on the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ the 630-foot tall stainless steel arch rises above the city skyline. The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial consists of the Gateway Arch‚ the Museum of Westward Expansion‚ and St. Louis’ Old Courthouse. How the design was chosen: There was a nationwide competition in 1947-1948 to design a monument in St. Louis honoring western pioneers. The
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The Gateway to Marijuana Legalization As the subject of many debates‚ the legalization of marijuana in the U.S. has sparked many controversial conversations ranging from the effect on learning to the medicinal uses of the plant. To finally put an end to this argument‚ Cannabis Sativa should absolutely be legalized‚ taxed‚ and definitely used for medicinal purposes. The laws today are immoral and are a waste of time‚ money and resources. Thinking within a utilitarian mindset‚ the ideals behind
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Gateway theory is the hypothesis that exposure to entry level drugs such as tobacco‚ alcohol and marijuana reliably predicts a deeper and more severe drug involvement for the user in the future (O’Brien Lecture). For the sake of this discussion‚ I will refer to marijuana as the gateway drug. Gateway theory is comprised of three propositions: Sequencing‚ Association‚ and Causation. Sequencing refers to the idea that there is a relationship between two drugs‚ where the use of one is regularly initiated
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Practice Gateway Essay What is a tragedy? Most people do not know the answer to this simple but tricky question. According to Merriam-Webster‚ a tragedy is “a serious drama typically describing a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force (as destiny) and having a sorrowful or disastrous conclusion that elicits pity or terror”. The protagonist‚ as described in the definition above‚ is also known as a tragic hero. Aristotle describes a tragic hero as “a character of noble stature and
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MEMORANDUM TO Mary Litton FROM Operations Team RE Evaluation of 4 Policies to Cover Aircraft Losses Background Per your request‚ we have completed an analysis of the 4 proposed policies to cover the risk of catastrophic loss and incidental damage to our aircraft fleet focusing on the following two factors: • Ensure 1st year total costs (loss and cost of insurance) do not exceed $37M • Minimize total 5 year costs (loss cost of insurance) In addition
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Gateway of India - Wikipedia‚ the f ree ency clopedia Gateway of India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Coordinates: 18.921836°N 72.834705°E The Gateway of India is a monument built during the British Raj in Mumbay (formerly Bombay)‚ India.[2] It is located on the waterfront in the Apollo Bunder area‚ South Mumbai and overlooks the Arabian Sea.[3][4] The structure is a basalt arch‚ 26 metres (85 feet) high. It lies at the end of Chhatrapati Shivaji Marg at the water’s edge in the harbor
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Trust is the most important aspect of a positive relationship. Effective communication is the gateway to trust as this is how we share our thoughts‚ opinions and feelings with one another. By making a child feel supported and understood we strengthen the bonds of trust. By always being a good role model of positive communication‚ we pass these skills on for life. Making children feel comfortable and safe in our presence is key to a positive relationship within the classroom. Fear and one way communication
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A Gateway: Through Reading and Writing In today’s day and age‚ quality of life is assured to be raised when one is able to read and write. Reading and writing are methods of personal expression of and the obtaining of emotion and desire‚ academic thought and intellectual discourse‚ and life in general (and that is a limitless “general”). Writers such as Daniel Coleman and Homi K. Bhabha effectively demonstrate the importance of reading and writing: They are paramount qualities to our everyday lives
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In our class textbook‚ The Gateways to Democracy‚ the definition of the constitution is‚ “The fundamental law undergirding the structure of the government. In a modern democracy‚ a constitution sets forth the basic rules and procedures for how the people should be governed‚ including the powers and structure of the government‚ as well as the rights retained by the people” (Page 32). The constitution is said to be a living document‚ which can grow and change overtime. A constitution essentially states
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