Can any one believe that two children lost 15 years back were found through Facebook? Yes‚ it did happen last year in California and a guy was arrested on the charge of kidnapping two innocent children. Over the past few years‚ social networking websites such as Facebook‚ Twitter and MySpace have exploded in popularity‚ especially among children and teenagers. Social Networking‚ a word so common among youngsters in the present days has somewhat taken over their world. It has become so popular among
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Lessons to Learn: Micon’s Bitcoin Poker Site Case Micon goes down in history as the one who pleaded guilty in operating an unlicensed Bitcoin poker website in Nevada. Although this incident added to the negative perception the media presents to the general audience‚ the recently concluded court drama teaches a few points current and future Bitcoin gambling business operators should remember. “The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) became effective in 2006‚ and this largely transformed
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conducting a site visit – a visit at the Serpentine Gallery. The following pages have for purpose to outline and explain in detail the important aspects of conducting a site visit when organising an event. Executing a physical inspection of potential venues where to hold an event points out whether a particular venue is suitable or not for the purposes and theme of the specific venue. A theoretical knowledge has been explored and backed-up by practical examples from a recent site visit at the
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massive increase in the long distance purchases made by consumers‚ as geographical barriers is no longer as important as they were. Protection is needed for those businesses who conduct business in ways other than in person. A type of industrial property protection can basically be called patents. This type of protection is used to stimulate the innovation and design of new technology. It basically protects the investments made to develop new technology. Patent protection is usually given in terms
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whether copyright’s interference with freedom of expression is justified hinges on the question: does copyright in fact interfere with freedom of expression? To begin with‚ I will explore the role and justifications underpinning each right. Following on from that‚ by examining the relevant authorities and literature on this relationship‚ I will contend that copyright does in fact conflict with freedom of expression. However‚ this conflict is not so much a conflict where one overrides the other‚ but rather
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Why archaeological sites are important Pompeii is a slice in time. The city is exactly the way it was on the day in 79 AD when it was buried. Historians can study how the people lived and the quality of the life on that day. The people of Pompeii lived pretty well and the houses and stores show us this. The art painted on the walls of the houses is bright and clear‚ the villas that the rich lived in are still nice‚ and the stores that lined the streets can be seen. The streets are still laid
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to try and make a difference. A safe heroin injection site is “a legally sanctioned medically supervised facility designed to reduce nuisance from public drug use and provide a hygienic and stress free environment in which individuals are able to consume illicit drugs intravenously” (“Supervised Injection Site” 1). One of these sites was installed in Vancouver and the amount of heroin involved deaths has gone down immensely. Safe injection sites could potentially lower the amount of annual heroin involved
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| Superfund Site | Hanford Nuclear Power Site | | Ciera Comstock | | | A Superfund Program is the federal government’s program to clean up the nation’s uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. (U.S Environmental Protection Agency‚ 2010) Here are a select few sites that I picked that are in Washington: RICHLAND HANFORD 100-AREA (USDOE) 100 AREA WA3890090076 100 Area is where the nine former plutonium production
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HEALTH CARE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY “If we believe men have any personal rights at all as human beings‚ they have an absolute right to such measure of good health as society‚ and society alone‚ can give them” -Aristotle‚ 4th Century B.C. INTRODUCTION A good health in a nation’s population is not only a moral good in itself‚ but also a prerequisite for economic growth and sustainable development. A right to healthcare has long been recognized in most civilized societies and now accepted
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MAPPING OF SUITABLE SITE FOR THE MINI HYDRO POWER PLANT USING SWAT MODEL AND GIS TECHNIQUE ABSTRACT Hydropower is one possible method of generating electric power close to potential consumers. The accessibility of the possible sites which are mostly located in mountainous regions‚ for which large amount of data is required‚ which consumes huge amount of money and time. Since small hydropower schemes‚ used to produce electrical energy which is benefited for nearby small towns‚ villages
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