Drawback: Dependency On the downside‚ the use of technology doesn ’t always result in greater efficiency. Companies that depend heavily on computer systems to conduct business can come to a virtual standstill if the system breaks down. There is typically a learning curve that accompanies the introduction of a new process‚ which can lead to a loss in productivity and disgruntled employees. For employees who telecommute and experience computer problems‚ it may be more difficult to receive timely
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What’s Good and What’s Bad about Wave and Tidal Energy? Wave and Tidal energy‚ sometimes called ocean or marine energy‚ are forms of water power in addition to methods previously discussed in a previous article about hydropower: http://www.kidsdiscover.com/teacherresources/whats-good-and-whats-bad-about-hydropower/ However unlike hydroelectric dams‚ which harvest power by installing an artificial obstruction in a flowing waterway‚ wave and tidal energy devices simply use the power of the ocean
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Pros and Cons of Standardized Education Although Alfie Kohn attacks the grading system specifically‚ he would agree with John Taylor Gatto’s claim that the standardization of schools is focused on the “mass-producing of unimaginative‚ conformist‚ mediocre children .” Both display a cynical tone about a system that is plagued by a “factory-oriented approach.” While validated by research‚ theorist and historians‚ their criticisms are not true for every student involved in the United Sates educational
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Pros and Cons of Drug Testing Welfare Recipients The argument of whether those who wish to receive or are receiving welfare‚ unemployment benefits or food stamps should be drug tested. There is a popular theory believing that having recipients tested will save taxpayers money. Researching this subject revealed surprising facts and insight of both accounts. Value of Facts The main question needing asked if the drug testing costs outweigh the possible welfare program savings. My research findings
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Aboriginal families are in need of childcare in order to enable the parents to get appropriate education/training to approach good jobs. Approximately 70% of mothers with children fewer that age five are working‚ yet Canada lacks a national childcare system. This prevents the parents from working with a suffering years-long waiting list and splitting the family’s budget. Three-quarters of families cannot afford licensed daycare‚ as it is the second highest expense after housing and the cost of it being
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Hydraulic fracturing‚ also termed hydrofracturing‚ hydrofracking‚ or simply fracking‚ is hotly debated for its economic and environmental impacts. Fracking is the process by which rock is fractured by a pressurized fluid containing water. chemicals and sand to access natural gas‚ petroleum and brine from great depths of the Earth’s surface. Fracking produces the economic benefit of more accessible hydrocarbons‚ not to mention the 2.5 million fracking related jobs that were recorded in 2012 worldwide
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Schizophrenia: Symptoms‚ Treatments‚ and Ethical Responsibility Schizophrenia is a severe‚ debilitating‚ and a chronic mental illness that affects nearly 1% of the world’s population and over two million people in the United States (R. Dryden- Edwards‚ “Schizophrenia”). Schizophrenia falls in the category of psychotic mental disorders which are characterized by behavior‚ thought‚ and social problems as symptoms. Schizophrenia described as a brain disorder that affects the balance in dopamine‚ serotonin
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and biological changes that occur as well. The lifestyles that we chose to live have a large impact positively and negatively in the way we age. Every aspect of the body changes‚ from the skeletal system to the muscular to the cardiopulmonary system‚ even down the integumentary system. The Skeletal system
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of money is the root of all evil. 4. More 5. Money represents positive value 6. Money is the end product of what you did 7. Originally‚ Money was the solution to the problems(/inefficiencies in transactions) arising out of barter exchange system. 8. Money can’t be dispensed with 9. There’s no such thing as the root of evil! This is a very sad image that has been painted of the human race. Not all people are money grabbing bankers. in fact the majority of people are good-hearted
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Since 2002‚ the United States has had the highest incarceration rate in the world. Although prison populations are increasing in some parts of the world‚ the natural rate of incarceration for countries comparable to the United States tends to stay around 100 prisoners per 100‚000 population. The U.S. rate is 500 prisoners per 100‚000 residents‚ or about 1.6 million prisoners in 2010‚ according to the latest available data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). Prison is a place used for internment
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