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    Zoning codes attempt to achieve the planning objectives through control of land use , building heights, lot or building area and the population density . Zoning codes in land use determine the type of occupancy permitted in each zone for example :- residential areas, industrial areas business, commercial areas ,recreational areas and educational areas. There are different colors that is used in land use maps .The yellow color for residential areas . The red color for commercial areas . The…

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    I feel like people underestimate themselves in this current day and age. People, when faced with adversity, will often buckle under their own predisposition that they will certainly fail, or be incapable of overcoming whatever obstacle is at the forefront of themselves. One way I try to keep myself from falling into that mindset is by trying to constantly learn new talents. Because more than likely it is going to be very difficult at first, therefore you create artificial adversity, but when you…

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    I am awoken by the sound of Adam turning on the leaf blower outside. I mumble curse words into my pillow, not wanting to wake up. Last night Pierson dropped me off at 11:45, fifteen minutes before my curfew. I didn't get to sleep until around 1 and am still tired, considering it's only eight o'clock. "Outlaw, Ivy, wake me up when it's 2030." I say before sitting up in my bed. I haven't hung out with my best friend Cleo for two weeks now, but then again she understands what I've been…

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    Dreams have the ability to lift people up. They have the ability to pull people from the darkest and vilest of situations and foster hope. Right now, hope is the only thing Syrians have in this world. Their lives are being torn apart. Weapons, torture and murder are all some Syrian children know, but their parents hope to provide a better life. They hope for a world of peace and opportunities for the future -- they hope for the American Dream. The American Dream has consistently been a goal for…

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    Thermoelasticity describes the interaction of the mechanical fields such as stress, strain and displacement with temperature field and investigates the interaction on the basis of the thermodynamics of the irreversible processes. It relates two separate and independently developed sciences: the theory of elasticity and the theory of heat conduction. The two basic branches of elasticity, namely elastostatic and elastodynamics are developed under different thermodynamic assumptions. The problems…

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    The American healthcare system is much more expensive yet its results cannot compare to the cheap and effective Japanese healthcare system. Both systems are struggling, however, to maintain themselves. The American healthcare system is heavily flawed as the lower class cannot afford health care and more than 45 million Americans are uninsured. (Rosenthal, Medical procedures and drugs cost the most in the United States as compared to any other country, with drugs such as Lipitor costing $122…

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    My Stress Journal

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    After completing my stress journal for five average week days, I reviewed them to try and find some patterns and to learn a few things about myself. In an average week I run into a lot of different problems that cause me stress. Stress can be defined as tension on the mind or body due to outside factors. In general, a person could be stressed by anything from a late homework assignment to having a baby. I tend to be fairly well at coping with my stress and using it in a positive way, however,…

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    Bee's Hair Case Study

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    Bonding plays a role in hair texture because it determines overall length, growth rate, and ability to texturize self. Disulphide bonds cause curling, but not on the macroscopic level because buckling occurs within the protofibrils. The relevant information of the hair is the definition of the cortex, which consists of varying axially aligned macrofibrils, which are a “filler” for lipids/proteins. Inside the microfibrils are the protofibrils,…

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    Climate change is known to be the changes that happen to the normal climate pattern affecting the surface temperature, humidity rate, average density and rainfall rate, etc. climate change started to appear in the mid 20th century and onward. According to Noaa, (2016), data showed that the global temperature increased by almost two degrees. It seems to be not much but as scientists expected, it affected the global climate in a very negative way. Pollution, global warming, human activities and…

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    Novice Drivers

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    th) “ As of September 2010, 30 states as well Washington, D.C., have passed laws prohibiting text messaging for all drivers. An additional eight states bas so-called novice drivers from texting while driving. (The definition of “novice drivers” differs by state; in Mississippi, for example, it refers to drivers who have their learner’s permit or provisional license, while in Missouri a novice driver is anyone aged 21 and younger.) Two of the eight states that restrict texting for novice…

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