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    Wrongly Convicted Imagine a world of people who were accused on a crime they didn’t do but had to serve punishment because there was no way out of it. Being accused of committing a crime that was not attended but still being wrongfully convicted even with innocence has affected the United States as today. People should pay more attention to thousands of these wrongly convicted criminals because thousands of these suspects are unable to afford lawyers‚ lack the need of DNA testing & lawyers not

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    Force and Maximum Height

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    road‚ find (a) v and (b) the horizontal force exerted on the car. 25) A daredevil on a motorcycle leaves the end of a ramp with a speed of 35.0 m/s as in the figure P5.25. If his speed is 33.0 m/s when he reaches the peak of the path‚ what is the maximum height that he reaches? Ignore friction and air resistance. 31) A horizontal spring attached to a wall has a force constant of 850 N/m. A block of mass 1.00 kg is attached to the spring and oscillates freely on a horizontal‚ frictionless surface

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    Maximum Phylogenetic Tree

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    Maximum likelihood methods have been developed in order to construct the most probable phylogenetic tree. The earliest methods of calculating the maximum likelihood used gene frequency data‚ and more recent approaches involve algorithms of amino acid and nucleotide sequences. The general equation for the likelihood L of a phylogenetic tree is defined as the probability of observing the data in a given tree under a specific substitution pattern‚ L=(data│tree). The tree with the highest L value is

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    Doubles

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    Laina Gray AP English 11/19/13 Doubles Tale of Two Cities describes contrasting situations dealing with London and Paris using a technique known as “doubling”. Dickens not only contrasts two ideas but also compares them to one another. This technique gives visual aid on whether something in the story is good or not so good. Contrasting London and Paris‚ the resemblance between Carton and Darnay‚ and the way that two opposite things can also be

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    Roughly‚ about thirty percent of the US adult population is a convicted felon. Forty-eight of fifty states restrict these criminals’ voting rights; that is the equivalent to millions of unheard voices. Even though many say that offenders should not be trusted with political matters‚ they are still human beings and they deserve their unalienable rights. They are human beings‚ regardless of the crime they have committed and like everyone else‚ they deserve to improve their lifestyle. For this reason

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    Never Trust Anyone

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    cards that had a random selection of basketball players. I would meet with my friends to trade cards for any rare all-star basketball player card that I could find; these cards are the most worthy and valuable. I collected enough all-star basketball player cards to sell them on a website called craigslist. I posted my advertisement for anyone seeking classic basketball cards that was willing to pay one-hundred dollars. I figured it would be easier and less time consuming to post an ad online rather

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    Why Vote

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    Why Vote?                 The twenty fourth amendment‚ section one in the United States Constitution gives citizens the right to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President‚ for electors for President or Vice President‚ or for Senator or Representatives in Congress‚ and shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax (24 Amendment ). Voting is a privilege that our ancestors fought for‚ as citizens of

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    Swing Vote

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    FRP: Swing Vote Introduction: A swing vote is a particular vote which may affect any candidate in an election. Such votes are usually sought after in elections‚ since they have such a large role in the outcome.” Swing Vote” is the actual name of the movie we chose to write about since it pertains to much of what we have discussed in class‚ such as how citizens have the right to vote. This movie also has the media itself come alive in mostly every chapter. How it also affects the Electoral College

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    Maximum Aerobic Power

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    agency of Canada‚ “Cardiovascular disease is a term that refers to more than one disease of the circulatory system including the heart and blood vessels‚ whether the blood vessels are affecting the lungs‚ the brain‚ kidneys or other parts of the body. Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in adult Canadian men and women.” The best measure of cardiovascular fitness is the use of a VO2max test. This test specifically measures the maximum amount of oxygen that can be utilized by the body

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    How to Die Soon

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    Name: Thearakvong SO (Peter) PRC101B How to die soon All people in the world tend to live longer now. Their living standard is improving gradually. The scientists try to facilitate and save people’s life by discovering new technology of healing people’s disease. People nowadays cannot die easily. According to the United Nation’s report‚ Central African Republic has the shortest life expectancy with 45.91 years while Japan has the longest life expectancy with 82.73 years. The world average

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