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    interested in reading this article. Some people think that taking risks for scientific discoveries are right‚ while others think it is wrong. I think that it is perfectly fine for people to take risks for scientific discoveries for a lot of reasons. We can help more people‚ people are willing to take those risks‚ and everybody takes risks but some take it a little to a greater extent than others. One important reason taking risks for science is not wrong is because the people who do it are

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    By: Katie Illidge E-mail: blinkchick1513@excite.com Results of a recent study suggest that rebellious‚ risk-taking kids as young as 11 are more likely to smoke by the time they reach high school. According to the report‚ children who demonstrate these personality traits in the 5th grade are most likely to smoke in the 12th grade. Targeting smoking in high school students is important since studies have shown that adolescents who smoke daily in the 12th grade are likely to become established

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    Women under 60 and men under 50 who have diabetes but no other major risk factors for heart disease probably should not be on low-dose aspirin therapy‚ new research suggests. The new recommendations are based on close examination of nine studies that found the risks of some aspirin side effects‚ such as stomach bleeding‚ should be better balanced against the possible benefits of using aspirin. The larger theme here is that use of low-dose aspirin to prevent heart attacks in people who have not

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    “On Risk”    The dictionary defines risk as “a situation involving exposure to danger”. From my  experiences when speaking with others; particularly those in their forties and above‚ many tell  me that if they were able to go back and change one thing they’d have taken more risksRisks aren’t easy to take. Advances in brain imaging technology now show that humans  are wired to avoid risk. That is to say that people find it easier to accept the ​ status quo‚ keep our  mouths shut and our heads down rather than take a chance make a change

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    gained” makes the point that unless someone takes a risk and tries new activities‚ they will never know of the positive benefits that might result. In our society‚ people are encouraged to travel widely‚ take part in regular leisure and sporting activities‚ go to college‚ develop careers and have families. These are all activities that don’t just happen‚ but mean people have to take risks to achieve their aspirations. For many people taking risks is an accepted part of life. However people with an

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    Modernas‚ N° 19‚ 2013 / 421-435 / ISSN: 1659-1933 The Role of Risk-Taking Behavior in the Development of Speaking Skills in ESL Classrooms Irene Marín Cervantes Escuela de Lenguas Modernas Universidad de Costa Rica Abstract This essay presents an overview of different perspectives of the risk-taking construct in the development of speaking skills in the second language classroom. Its main purpose is to examine the role of risk taking in the acquisition of a foreign or second language and the

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    teacher‚ always says‚ "Take chances‚ make mistakes‚ and get messy!" She is stressing that not taking risks and‚ in turn‚ not making mistakes is nearly equivalent to not learning. If one wants to live a thrilling and‚ more importantly‚ fulfilled life‚ they need to take risks. Moreover‚ if one wants to become educated‚ they need to make mistakes. Alexander Smith once said‚ "Everything is sweetened by risk." Risk teaches us to weigh our options and decide which of those options is the most appealing‚ if

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    between risk taking and being stupid. Risk taking is part of our human legacy‚ we have the ability to learn how to become

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    always initially be uncertain; however‚ the definition of “worth” is all relative to the risk taker. The stories of Beowulf‚ Frankenstein‚ and the Challenger all demonstrate the three possible outcomes of being presented with a risk. The outcome could be one of three things: positive‚ negative‚ or not taken at all. A risks worth is not a result of success or failure of one’s risk. The best case scenario for a risk is for it to pay off the way that you had hoped. That is the case in the heroic tale of

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    Executive summary The case “avoiding the alignment trap in information Technology” is concerned with application of information technology in different manufacturing and service companies in order to integration of all the department like production ‚R&D‚ marketing ‚human resource ‚logistics‚ finance for Facilitates planning‚ Encourages Decentralization ‚ brings Co ordination‚ makes control easier‚ assembles‚ process ‚ stores ‚ Retrieves ‚ evaluates and Disseminates the information. Case discussed

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