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What Is Cyberphobia?
What is Cyberphobia? Defined as "a persistent, abnormal, and unwarranted fear of computers or working on a computer", each year this surprisingly common phobia causes countless people needless distress. To add insult to an already distressing condition, most cyberphobia therapies take months or years and sometimes even require the patient to be exposed repeatedly to their fear. We believe that not only is this totally unnecessary, it will often make the condition worse. And it
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What Is Dna Fingerprinting?
What is DNA Fingerprinting? The chemical structure of everyone's deoxyribonucleic acid ,DNA, is the same. The only difference between people, is the order of their base pairs. There are millions of base pairs in each person's DNA, that every person has a different sequence. Every person could be identified solely by the sequence of their base pairs, but because there are so many base pairs, the task would be very time- consuming. Instead, scientists are
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What Is Down Syndrome
What is Down Syndrome? Down syndrome is a genetic condition that causes delays in physical and intellectual development. It occurs in approximately one in every 800 live births. Individuals with Down syndrome have 47 chromosomes instead of the usual 46. It is the most frequently occurring chromosomal disorder. Down syndrome is not related to race, nationality, religion or socioeconomic status. The most important fact to know about individuals with Down syndrome is that they are
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What Is Economics and the Two Sub-Categories of Economics?
Module 1: What is Economics and the Two Sub-Categories of Economics? "Economics is the study of how people choose to use resources". (http://www.vanderbilt.edu) Resources are not just about money but it also includes land, buildings, talent, time and others. Choices involve how much time you want to give to your work, family, friends and how much money you want to invest to your business or spend for your personal needs. People use resources to improve
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What Is Educational and Administrative Leadership?
As one reflects on the term, "Educational Administration and Leadership," it brings to mind the idea of the effective management of an institution and the director(s) role in it. Keeping the task at hand in mind, it would be presumptuous of me not to consult with what the professionals say about the terms, "administration" and "leadership." Looking at these terms in isolation, the Encarta Britannica defines administration as the service that is rendered, or duties
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What Is Gin?
What is Gin? Gin is defined as "distilled liquor made from grain and flavored with juniper berries" (www.pimpworks.com). Gin is a clear white spirit. The main flavoring is juniper berries, other ingredients are grain, and botanicals (herbs and spices) such as "anise, bitter almonds, cardamom, caraway, cassia bark, calamus, cocoa nibs, lemon peel, licorice, orange peel, cinnamon, cubeb berries, angelica, and grains of paradise" (www.mixed-drink.com). Usually gin contains about six to ten different botanicals. Gin
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What Is Graffiti?
What is Graffiti? Graffiti, thought by many, is an eyesore, a sign of urban decay, vandalism, illegal, not art, a crime. When graffiti is seen on buildings, signs, or mailboxes within an area of town, the result is a heightened fear of crime in that community. Graffiti is created by troublemakers, rebels, or thugs out to destroy and vandalize public property. These people couldn’t care less about what they’re doing or drawing, they just love
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What Is Grief and How Do People Cope with Loss
Running Head: What is Grief and How do People Cope with Loss Grief and the way People Cope with Loss As the sun begins to rise and you awake to start your day. You begin your daily routine of preparing yourself for a standard day. Then you receive a phone call, informing you a love one has died, your parents are getting a divorce, or you have been fired from your job after 20 years
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What Is Inside That Beige Box
What Is Inside That Beige Box? Power Supply The +3.3V and +5V circuits supply power to all the electronic circuitry in the system (motherboard, adapter cards and disk drive logic boards), and through the port sockets on the motherboard that poke out through the rear of the case, to the peripherals that don't have their own power supply (e.g. keyboard, mouse). Power supplies are often overlooked, but are essential to the proper operation of your
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What Is Life?
What is Life? Life is like water; maybe more than people think. Water is born out of the union of two objects. Hydrogen and Oxygen joining together to create a new form of life; water. Water is, however, only a tiny microscopic drop in reality; the ocean. Therefore, think of the ocean as the birthplace of life. From the ocean, water evaporates upwards. This symbolizes the point in life where people grow up. In nature
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What Is Life?
What is life? Is life just about breathing and being alive? Or is it about feelings, emotions, and how one sees things? I consider life something that can be both beautiful and scary. To me life is what you make it. If you make it full of rainbows and unicorns, congratulations you live a life of unicorns and rainbows. If you live it full of scary demonic stuff, congratulations you live a scary demonic life.
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What Is Love?
What is Love? Affection, devotion, passion, desire, warmth, respect or loyalty. You choose. It doesn't really matter which one because they are all forms of love. Some are powerful and demand attention while others are more subtle and just below the surface. In recent years, love has drifted from these subtle levels to the more noticeable ones, namely passion. In my opinion, our society downplays the real necessity for genuine affection. By this I mean
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What Is Marijuana?
What is marijuana? Marijuana is the dried flowers, leaves and stems of the Cannabis sativa plant. The main active ingredient in marijuana is THC (delta 9 tetrhydrocannabinol). Marijuana can range from 1% THC to 8%. Hashish can be 7% to 14% THC and hash oil is up to 50% THC. THC is a fat soluble substance and can remain in the lungs and brain tissue for up to 3 weeks. There are over 200 nicknames
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What Is Meant Be a ’malthusian Population Regime’?
What is meant by a �Malthusian population regime’? This Malthusian problem was first recognised by a Reverend named Thomas Robert Malthus in 1798. It was then that Malthus published his work, entitled, An Essay on the Principle of Population as It Affects the Future Improvement of Society. The 1790’s was a bitter time. In 1793, revolutionaries guillotined Louis XVI and the French Republic declared war on England. Enduring times like these made way for writers
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What Is Meant by Economic Growth?
What is meant by economic growth? Economic growth is an increase of the in the real level of output. It refers to an increase in a countries annual output of goods and services. The most common measure of this is G.D.P. Economic growth figures must be corrected for inflation. Nominal G.D.P. is not adjusted for inflation whereas real G.D.P. is. Economic growth is also a long-term expansion of the productive potential of the economy. Sustained
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What Is Motivation?
The word "motivation" is often used to describe certain sorts of behaviour. A student who studies hard and tries for top grades may be described as being "highly motivated", while her friend may say that he is "finding it hard to get motivated" to study for an exam or to start an assignment. Such statements imply that motivation has a major influence on our behaviour but they don't really tell us how. A Definition of
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What Is Navigation - Importance of Navigation
Navigation What is navigation? Importance of navigation Navigation is the key to survival whilst on an expedition, with out it there is no route or way. Natural navigation There are many ways of being able to tell the direction of north and south, compasses and maps etc, but in some situations people can find them selves with neither of these and there for they must rely on natural resources to direct them in the point
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What Is Performance Art? How Does It Differ from Theater?
What is Performance Art? How does it differ from Theater? The term "Performance Art" started in the United States in the 60's. It was originally used to describe any live artistic event, which included poets, filmmakers, musicians, dancers, etc. Even though the descriptive word came about in the 1960's, there were earlier precedents for performance art. The live performances of the Dadaist meshed poetry and visual arts. The German Bauhaus, founded in 1919, included theater
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What Is Philosophy
What is philosophy? There is a philosophy for anything. Philosophy is our human nature, aiming at knowledge. Finding the philosophy for an activity means thinking of the questions we need, and breaking it down, giving us many ways to go. When the question is more important than the answer, we find ourselves in a philosophical discussion. Philosophy is understanding and questioning knowledge. Our machine of a functioning western society is based off of beliefs and
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What Is Public Relations
The 1988 Los Angeles Dodgers was a team that defied the odds against two teams that should have beaten them. On paper they were the weaker team compared to the more athletic New York Mets and more powerful Oakland Athletics. Yet, the Dodgers excelled because they were playing as a team with everyone contributing to the cause. They also had a strong leader in Kirk Gibson, who courageously led the Dodgers to their last World
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What Is Relationship Marketing
WHAT IS RELATIONSHIP MARKETING "Relationship marketing is the ongoing process of identifying and creating new values with individual customers and then sharing the benefits from this over a lifetime of association. It involves the understanding, focusing and management of ongoing collaboration between suppliers and selected customers for mutual value creation and sharing through independence and organizational alignment." (Gordon, Ian. 1998:9) The reason behind choosing this definition for the relationship marketing is, this definition is trying
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What Is Sec’s Role in Business Regulations?
What is SEC's Role in Business Regulations? A. Introduction "The primary mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is to protect investors and maintain the integrity of the securities markets. As more and more first-time investors turn to the markets to help secure their futures, pay for homes, and send children to college, these goals are more compelling than ever" ("The Investor's Advocate"). The investing world is a complex environment not easy to
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What Is Sociology?
Dezhane Parker 08/24/2016 Discussion questions 1. What is Sociology? Why is it important? The study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society. Sociology is important because, it helps in solving social and international problems. 1. Define sociological perspective. The sociological perspective is a perspective on human behavior and its connection to society as a whole. 1. Identify 3 key Sociologists and their contributions to the science. Karl Marx , his writings formed the
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What Is Statistics
Click on the "What is statistics?" thread in the Stat 311 General Forum and respond to the following two questions: 1) In your own words, how do you define the field of statistics at this moment in time? 2) Why do you think it is important to study statistical methods? I think statistics is the study of numerical numbers and analyzing these numbers. These numbers are collected and analyzed using a histogram, bar chart, line
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What Is the Boule?
Steve Cokely-Sometimes someone will want to look better for having access to certain information and as opposed to using it effectively, to advance the mass of our people, they try to take the info to the enemy and entertain them about what they already know, to show that they know more than other black people. This piece is dedicated to brutha Steve Cokely for his tireless efforts to "seek and find" vital information pertaining to
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What Is the Individual’s Duty to His Government and What Is the Government Duty to the Individual?
What is the individual’s duty to his government and what is the government duty to the individual? Well, recently, the news of star tax evasion has been raging in China, nearly 200 stars are suspected of tax evasion. In shock, we can’t help but start thinking what is the relationship between individual and his government? In my opinion, without an individual, there is no government, no government, and personal interests cannot be guaranteed. They can't
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What Is the Most Important Problem Facing Jet Blue?
What is the most important problem facing Jet Blue? With any business, there will be problems that it will have to face, whether the company is small or if it is a major corporation. Corporations across the Unites States face a series of problems everyday that they will have to deal with. And the question is how do they deal with the problems? Strategic management is defined by Hunger & Wheelen (2007) that set of
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What Is the Motivation Behind a “fair-Weather” Fan?
4/4/13 Dave Levy English 101 Sam Hays Outline: What is the motivation behind a “fair-weather” fan? * Better and more available media * More at stake/more intriguing games * Part of the “winning team” – mob mentality As an avid sports fan, the “fair-weather” or “bandwagon” fan is amusing, and they pop up every year any time a team is having success. Three or four years ago, when Michigan Wolverine basketball was still mired in
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What Is the Pennsylvania Army National Guard?
What is The Pennsylvania Army National Guard? The Pennsylvania Army National Guard is a branch of the United States Army that is mostly used today for homeland security. Although the National Guard is not active like the Reserves or Active Duty Army, they still have the same requirements and same responsibility. More than 22,000 men and women make up the Pennsylvania National Guard and Air National Guard today. They reach from state quarters at Fort
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What Is the Relationship Between Public, Catholic or Other Private School Attendance and College Expectation?
Question: What is the relationship between public, Catholic or other private school attendance and college expectation? There is often much discrepancy that arises between students from public schools, Catholic schools, and private schools. There are many factors that go into whether or not a child will succeed and eventually get in and attend college. These include such things as the quality of the school, the economic status of the school districts that they are located
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