time do you spend with your family? o What do you like to do together as a family? o Do you get along well with your family? o Are people in your country generally close to their families? WORK o What do you do? o What are your responsibilities? o How many hours do you work each day? o Do you enjoy your work? o Is there some other kind of work you would rather do? o If you could change your job or profession‚ what would you do? o Describe the process of getting
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encouraging‚ and respectful. She was a teacher who did not produce the hard data that is demanded today. The data-driven education leaders are looking for assessment driven and union-disliking teachers who aren’t so worried about tenure. But why would teachers give unions and tenure up? Ravitch declares that teachers need their basic rights protected and states in her book‚ “That’s one important reason teachers joined unions: to protect their right to think‚ speak‚ and teach without fear” (174)
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Ageing Population Australia’s population is getting older at a rapid rate. About two million people are aged 70 years or older are expected to rise. The ageing of the population is caused by two factors which are‚ increased life expectancy and decreasing birth rates. Population changes in Victoria are similar to the Australian pattern. An ageing population is a shift in the country’s population towards older ages and this is usually reflected in an increase in the proportion of the population that
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Sampling Methodologies Population: Population is defined as including all items with the characteristic one wishes to understand. Because there is seldom enough time or money to gather information from everyone or everything in a population‚ the goal is to find a representative sample (or subset) of that population. For example‚ a researcher might study the success rate of a new ’quit smoking’ program on a sample group of 50 patients‚ in order to predict the effects of the program if it were
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help identify physical characteristics which are then used to determine the physical appearance of an individual by constructing biological profiles (Ousley‚ Jantz‚ & Freid‚ D‚ 2009‚ p.68). These profiles consist of three categories that forensic anthropologists use to identify human variations are: race‚ age‚ and sex (Ousley‚
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Many people (including national leaders) worry that population growth depletes resources and can trigger social or economic catastrophe if it is not contained. As discussed in the preceding section‚ most of the projected population growth during this century will take place in developing nations. These countries have faced many challenges in recent decades‚ including low levels of education‚ poor health standards‚ poverty‚ scarce housing‚ natural resource depletion‚ wars‚ and economic and political
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nominees on the Board of Directors. Further‚ the returns to the equity holders would arise in the form of dividend (out of the distributable profits) and capital gain through enhanced value of their investment due to the current performance and future prospects of the business. Thus‚ investors in equity are willing to be subject to higher levels of risk in return for prospects of high level of returns. The main characteristics of an equity instrument are thus as follows: * Can be floated at face
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U.N. Raises “Low” Population Projection for 2050 Photo courtesy Jim Davidson The United Nations says the industrialized world will average 1.64 children per woman between 2005 and 2010‚ compared to a projected low of 1.35 given in the 2006 assessment.The United Nations has raised its optimistic "low" estimate of world population growth due to an increase in childbirths in some industrialized nations. In a biennial report released last week‚ the U.N. Population Division increased slightly
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the 9th century‚ and the initial documents of the ingredients were seen in the 11th century. At first‚ gunpowder was applied to commence fires. The Chinese also used it to blind‚ burn and poison people and give off a smoke screen. Another important use of gunpowder was used in fireworks. In China during the 12th-century fireworks were a way of scaring bad spirits and by the 17th century‚ they were a common form of fun in Europe. Gunpowder was used to cure skin
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Japan’s Population Problem The past few decades have seen surprising innovation in medical science and thanks to that‚ according to World Bank‚ the current average life span of Japanese is 82.9 years old. Most Japanese can enjoy their lives much longer than those of past. In 1960‚ the average life span of Japanese was under 70 years old. However‚ contrary to common wisdom‚ prolonging the average life span is not always good for society. In addition‚ the birthrate is continuing
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