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    through funded research projects, graduate students co-supervising, and mutual cooperative research efforts. Shape Representation and Matching: I worked on Shape representation, description, and matching during my study of Ph.D. at University of Waterloo, Canada. It was a great chance for me to work with my supervisors who trained me on how to conduct

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    Most Successful Empires

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    Many leaders in modern day time (meaning any time in the past 300 years) liked to model their realm after previous and ancient governments. Over time Kingdoms, Empires, and Regimes fell and became extinct. Although, some were more successful than others. Some successful empires were, the Roman Empire, and the British Empire (known as, The Empire Where the Sun Never Sets, because it conquered about 30% of the world and had territories in all continents). Some unsuccessful versions were, the French

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    Colonialism In Canada

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    conversations occur due to the imperialistic nature of Canada’s history. Many of these conversations attempt to decolonize the land that was taken away from the Native peoples of Turtle Island. Decolonization is a process that takes place even on the Laurier Waterloo campus. The decolonization of the local land appears through many different forms. Some syllabi include land acknowledgments. These land acknowledgements remind those who read the syllabi that the land that our campus is on is the traditional lands

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    Choke

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    Reading the novel Choke, by Chuck Palahniuk, followed by watching the movie Choke by director Clark Greeg, puts the words you previously read, to life, on screen. There wasn’t much difference between the novel and the book in the general Story line. The main character Victor Mancini, a medical school dropout, con artist, and sex addict makes a living being a colonial “tour guide” as his mother put it, as well as pretending to choke in ritzy restaurants, taking money from the people who have saved

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    Gacy is a very manipulative man. He made people in his town of WaterLoo think he is a sharp local businessman, and a children's entertainer on the side. By the late 1975, Gacy had joined the Jolly Jokers and had created his own performance characters “Pogo the Clown” and “Patches the Clown”. Gacy designed his own costumes

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    I grew up in the country of the small town of Forest City, Iowa. I am an only child who has always been a motivated person to achieve at my highest level. Throughout my life, I have always been told I am hard worker, and I believe that is from my childhood background of growing up with a single mother. My mother and I have gone through endless challenges with one another, but that does not stop either of us from succeeding in life. I have set many high goals for myself, and nothing seems to be impossible

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    Napoleon Essay

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    In 1797, Napoleon Bonaparte became first consul after overthrowing the Directory and establishing the Consultate. He had many achievements for France under educational, financial, administrative, legal and religious reforms. However, these achievements are often exaggerated. Napoleon was indeed the ‘heir’ of the revolution as he completed much of the work that the revolution had started, such as the creation of a Civil Code and the reforming of the education system. Despite this

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    Florence Nightingale

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    from the Region. * Britain was not the instigator of the Crimean War. They followed Emperor Napoleon III of France into it. It was the first war the British fought against a strong enemy, Russia, since defeating the French at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Because the British Army's victories had all been over smaller and poorly equipped armies in Africa and India, they were ill-prepared for the Crimean conflict. * The temporary quarters en route to the war had been in a disease-ridden

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    Lack of Community-Based Mental Health Services Meaghan Metz Stony Brook University Professor. David Hymowitz The Community and the Issue According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (2016), “One in 5 adults experiences a mental health condition every year. 1 One in 17 lives with a serious mental illness. Close Panel ” NAMI goes on to describe the mental health community as comprised of those not only experiencing a mental illness, but their family members, friends, and the societal

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    Corporate Governance Analysis Microsoft The CEO: Steven Anthony Ballmer has been the CEO of Microsoft since January 2000. He graduated from Detroit Country Day School, Michigan. He later joined Harvard University, where he studied Math and Economics. During that time, he lived down the hall from Bill Gates, Microsoft’s founder and Chairman of the Board. Ballmer joined Microsoft on June 11, 1980 as the first business manager and the 30th employee. His first salary was $50,000 including 8% of

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