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- 6731: Extinction Of Dinos
- ... supernova had occurred sixty-five million years ago within 130 light years of Earth, how exactly would it cause the death of the dinosaurs? Some scientists think neutrinos and galactic cosmic rays would cause extremely high rates of deadly cancer among the animals. Others believe neutrinos and radiation caused reaction within the Earth s atmosphere that resulted in destruction of the ozone layer. Without the ozone layer to filter out dangerous radiation, high rates of cancer would occur. Only small animals and plants, whose homes were sheltered from the harmful radiation would survive. An identical result would occur if no ozone layer existed to filter out radiation coming ...
- 6732: Wyrd
- ... time, but her knowledge and charisma were not about to be bound by half-truths and lies (the lies seeded by her time's power system). In any time and any system there are the high, the middle and the low. The aim of the high is to stay there, the middle want to get there, and the low want to survive. With a few exceptions, a system that acknowledges and works with this social and economic hierarchy is one that ...
- 6733: Extra Sensory Perception
- ... by feeling it. Everyone has hear of stories in witch, for example, a woman is at work and she senses an eerie feeling about her child. Moments later the telephone rings and it is the school nurse calling to inform her that her child has broken his arm. There probably have been previous times when the woman has this notion before, and there is no telephone call, but we should not ... proved that some people can predict the future through precognition, what happens to our ideas about the passage of time and the speed of light in astronomy? Perhaps everyone of us will have to start school all over again. I believe that this alone is frightening enough for any scientist to dismiss ESP.
- 6734: Modems
- ... presentations. But DirecPC for now doesn't offer spectacular advantages for normal Web surfing. And if you're thinking about a long-term investment, consider that in the future there will be other options for high-speed Net access. ADSL / SDSL ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) a method for moving data over regular phone lines. An ADSL circuit is much faster than a regular phone connection, and the wires coming into ... It's 10 times as fast as Ethernet, and approximately twice as fast as T-3. Most modems mentioned such as T-1, T-2, T-3, etc. are not intended for home use. These high speed connections are use mainly for big businesses. But even such speeds as T-4 and FDDI are use very little among big companies, but more of the Army, NASA, the Government, etc. They're ...
- 6735: Things Fall Apart 8
- ... and respect. The clan judges a man by the work of his hands. This was why Okonkwo had been chosen to carry a message of war to their enemies. Within the Ibo society men of high title and elders often gather to make decisions, which affect an entire group of villages. They met to discuss going to war, to discuss the carrying out of wishes put forth by religious leaders, to ... without giving a single person absolute power. In this passage the English missionaries ask who the king of the village is, but the villagers tell them that there is no king. We have men of high title and the chief priests and the elders, they said. A society with several leaders is most successful because it has several people working together to stumble on the smartest choice for an important decision ...
- 6736: To Judge A Book By Its Cover
- ... Kamf countless times fueling their rage (Lessons Learned). Could this have been avoided? So many books over the years have propelled young people to commit horrendous acts and still no rating system on books. Sadly, school children spend between five and ten times the amount of contact with teachers than they do parents. The system could not only draw the attention of library staff, but alarm parents, teachers and fellow students ... parents and teachers feel it is good to see children reading, but do they really know what they read. Picture a child burning his eyes into a pornographic magazine laid out on his desk at school, hard to picture because obtaining the magazine requires a specific age, and also the content is so visibly unacceptable the child does not stand a chance viewing it. Picture instead, a child reading a steamy ...
- 6737: Movie Review: Dangerous Minds
- Movie Review: Dangerous Minds Dangerous Minds is a movie about education at a mostly white and upper middle-class California public school where poor urban teenagers of color are bused in for a supposedly equal chance. These undisciplined but energetic and passionate students have been ghettoized into the Academy program where no sane teacher would tread except ... and if it were not for the determination of LouAnne Johnson these students probably would have failed. At the beginning of the movie it shows how two teachers have already quit their job at this school and had given up on these students. Many educational stereotypes are out in today's world, which makes people believe that these students do not want to learn or just do not care about their ...
- 6738: Mononucleosis
- ... back of the neck, but also under the arm and in the groin. A fever of 101°F to 105°F lasts for a few days and sometimes continues intermittently for one to three weeks. (High fever late in the illness suggests bacterial complications.) The swollen lymph glands, varying in size from that of a bean to a small egg, are tender and firm. Swelling gradually disappears over a few days ... adults (more than 35 years old), mononucleosis may be difficult to diagnose because the typical mononucleosis symptoms are not present. A doctor may suspect mononucleosis in older adults, however, if the patient has had a high fever for at least a week, has an enlarged liver, has abnormal liver function studies, or has neurological symptoms. In children, EBV infection can produce a different picture. A child may have a mild sore ...
- 6739: Broadcasting and Programing
- ... or disturb the local political situation. Economics of Scale would suggest that the incumbent would have lower average costs because they are already there and have a better distribution system. The second franchise would have high entry costs because they have to string their own cable and many times they have to bury the new cable. This additional work means high construction costs and community aggravation as they tear up roads and yards. The incumbent can employ delay tactics to make it very hard to start up new franchises. From political pressure to lawsuits to dropping ...
- 6740: The Crucible: The Deterioration of Salem During the Witch Trials
- ... said, There are wheels within wheels in this village, and fires within fires!(26) Mrs. Putnam did her share of spreading rumors after she heard that the girls were flying, so she asked Parris How high did she (Abigail) fly, how high? (11). These rumors happened because people did not want any blame put on to themselves. This passing the buck' made people start fighting with one another such as Corey charging Putnam of having his daughter ...
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