OVER POPULATION “Whether we accept it or not‚ this will likely be the century that determines what the optimal human population is for our planet. It will come about in one of two ways: Either we decide to manage our own numbers‚ to avoid a collision of every line on civilization’s graph – or nature will do it for us‚ in the form of famines‚ thirst‚ climate chaos‚ crashing ecosystems‚ opportunistic disease and wars over dwindling resources that finally cut us down to size” – Alan Weisman
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Ritalin‚ Are We Overmedicating Our Children? Today‚ many children are diagnosed as having Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Children that are not able to concentrate‚ act impulsively‚ or have an abundance of energy are likely candidates of having ADHD. Many children have these characteristics and are being prescribed Ritalin‚ a drug that stimulates the brain to help children gain focus. Having said that‚ more and more children are taking Ritalin‚ but are too many taking it for the
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Staring over with school after being out of high school for 20 years hasn’t been easy. Students may deal with being scared‚ with learning to use new technology‚ and actually committing to doing online schooling‚ but with the teacher’s guidance and school’s support students will overcome these obstacles and succeed. The biggest fear for me with starting over with school is knowing that’s its’ going to be hard. Struggling with a learning disability and being out of school so long has put me in a
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Fayetteville State University Bio 430 Dr. Allen Spray it or wipe it!!! The scientific study on the effectiveness of CiDecon® Plus Wipes vs. CIDECON ® Q Aerosol on a mixed culture of bacteria (Serratia marcescens Staphylococcus epidermidis) living on publicly used door knobs Fateema Thomas Andrea Donaldson Aryan Jaimangal Tiffany McNeil John Posey Abstract Germs are a mist in every corner of the world. They are stealth and literally‚ are on everything. This can range from your
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Finally semester 1 is over‚ and this semester has been challenging in some aspects of being a freshman: for example getting used to high school‚ behavior problems‚ swine flu‚ my attendance and being tardy‚ and even meeting new teachers. I’m glad that all of that is over with now: I can focus on a new semester and be prepared for everything that is thrown at me in class. This class has been one of my better classes in the terms of grades and me liking it‚ and I have learned a lot. I’ve learned things
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to influence rivals behavior by signaling and threatening to punish defection 5. Need cooperation-inducing strategy as a “focal point” – a strategy so compelling that a firm would expect all other firms to adopt it Need repeated competition over a number of periods to establish a focal point or reputation. The development of repeated‚ multi-period games in Game Theory was an important development for IO‚ allowing for more complex and realistic interactions between firms. Why is cooperation
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Is Overpopulation the Cause of Poverty? There are many people who argue that the biggest problem in South Asia is overpopulation. This assertion has been repeated so often over the years that it has almost become common wisdom. Its adherents include a lot of well-educated individuals and one often hears the argument from government officials as an explanation for the inability to reduce poverty. There are a number of problems with this simple proposition. First of all‚ population is not a very
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Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems‚ Vol. n‚ No. m‚ 2008 Commonsense Knowledge‚ Ontology and Ordinary Language Walid S. Saba American Institutes for Research‚ 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street‚ NW‚ Washington‚ DC 20007 USA E-mail: wsaba@air.org Abstract: Over two decades ago a “quite revolution” overwhelmingly replaced knowledgebased approaches in natural language processing (NLP) by quantitative (e.g.‚ statistical‚ corpus-based‚ machine learning) methods. Although it is our firm belief that purely quantitative
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with increases the computational resources‚ and a long list of cool features they liked to incorporate. As it is widely reported across many media‚ computer and video games are increasingly popular. The computer is one of the toolsused in the upgrading of our technology which is one of the products of high-quality technologies. Information technology plays a big role in economic growth and development worldwide. Computer innovations are rampant but it is not only the hardware component that keeps
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Over the fence Vignette 1 When the my family moved into our new home we made some effort to get to know their neighbours but our neighbours did not seem very interested in getting to know us. In our old neighbourhood everyone was friends and got along. In our new neighbourhood no one seemed to care much for one and other‚ we didn’t dwell on it although it seemed rather strange. Screams‚ shouts and bangs make their way into my dream‚ I am standing in a war zone in Gaza. I wake up abruptly panting
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