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    tactics/certification, and in structures. For example, in the mid to early 1900’s, the type of wood to use during construction for one and two family-dwellings changed. Prior to the change, dwellings were built with heavy timber which absorbed more heat. When dwellings were on fire, there was more time to save property and lives. Now with today’s dwellings, the construction is lightweight wood such as cedar. Then with lightweight material and more items to combust which makes the fire grow and spread

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    litmus test of legally permissible, physically possible, and financially feasible. The current zoning legally permits the use of the subject’s lot and the lots in the neighborhood for a single family dwelling with three dwellings per acre. The subject is currently used as a single family dwelling compatible in size, age, and style to properties in the

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    Burglary From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Burglar" redirects here. For the comedy film, see Burglar (film). Criminal law Part of the common law series Element (criminal law) Actus reus Mens rea Causation Concurrence Scope of criminal liability Complicity Corporate Vicarious Inchoate offenses Attempt Conspiracy Solicitation Offence against the person Assault Battery Criminal negligence False imprisonment Kidnapping Mayhem Sexual assault Homicide crimes Murder Felony murder

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    schools are more likely to see low enrollment in areas where the population and or number of people per private occupied dwelling has decreased. By 1986 75% of all Toronto’s dwellings had been built, and the fertility rate had halved from 4 children per woman in 1961 to under 2 children per women. The fertility rate has remained low, and the number of people per private dwelling has never recovered, and is continuing to decrease. Despite this, housing supply has remained stagnant in most of the City

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    electricity and communications) are located at the right hand side corner of the plot (looking from access road). Drive way access is located at the left hand corner of the plot (looking from access road). The proposed house is a double storey, 3 bedroom dwelling

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    Yanomami live in isolated areas to avoid conflict. They're more of horticulture tribe, but has things similarly in common with the hunter and gatherers. According to Yanomami Challenges in the Rainforest Article there are 22,500 Yanomami members who live in about 250 villages located in Brazil and Venezuela. Outsiders seem not to have respect for their land. There are some types of gold mining going on ruining their chance of traveling on drenched days. This is more of a horticulture group, which

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    at first makes the reader believe that he actually lives in the dwelling. Choosing such sentences as, I climbed back to my pink apartment house, unpacked, and settled in, (Fletcher 81, 2000), this helps the reader to understand that this is no

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    region which we know today as Mesa Verde. They lived there for hundreds of years and did very well but eventually something drove them out to leave their homes. There are many possible and unknown reasons why the Anasazi disappeared from their cliff dwellings and what remains of them to this day in Pueblo Colorado. Drought and crop failures, and the over use of land and its resources such as soils, forests, and animals that became depleted are the main reasonings for their disappearance. This made them

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    with the majority of South America, Bolivia was colonized by Spain, which had a lasting effect on culture and architecture. About half of the Bolivian population identifies as “white”(“Bolivian Houses. Bolivian Traditions. Typical Bolivia Homes and Dwellings”, 2011). Architecturally, this affected how churches were built there, “Bolivia's architectural landscape, like so much of South America, is colored by rising cathedrals, which were built after the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors in the 16th

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    Measures Yes No Explanation Points available Points received 1.Are the results of the study valid? a.Were the subjects randomly assigned to the experimental or control groups? If no or yes, what impact does this have on the study?  There was assignment randomization of the participants. The participants were assigned using a randomization technique to either a control group or a multimedia intervention group. The participants were assigned randomly to protect the study from further

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