The numbers are overwhelming: Over the next 17 years‚ 350 million rural residents (more than the entire U.S. population today) will leave the farm and move to China’s cities. That will bring the Chinese urban population from just under 600 million today to close to 1 billion‚ changing China into a country where more than two-thirds of its people are city dwellers‚ says Jonathan Woetzel‚ a director in McKinsey’s Shanghai office. The change will reverse China’s centuries-old identity as a largely rural
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system‚ or base-2 number system‚ represents numeric values using two symbols‚ 0 and 1. More specifically‚ the usual base-2 system is a positional notation with a radix of 2. Because of its straightforward implementation in digital electronic circuitry using logic gates‚ the binary system is used internally by almost all modern computers. Why Computers Use Binary Binary numbers – seen as strings of 0’s and 1’s – are often associated with computers. But why is this? Why can’t computers just
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Social Issues Has anyone ever started a rumor about you that changed everyone’s opinion of you? In the book The Thirteen Reasons Why‚ a new high school student is a victim of this type of gossip that started complicating her whole life. In high school‚ many people suffer from bullying‚ but the bullies themselves don’t realize the effect of their words. These stories may not be based on a true story‚ but may be written upon true events. Fiction has a way of shaping perspective in our everyday lives
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Saudi Arabia’s Number One Enemy: Traffic Accidents 1. INTRODUCTION Traffic Accidents are the main cause for the death and injury of many people and account for huge property damages in the world in general and developing countries in particular. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is no exception to this world-wide problem. Traffic accidents are in fact‚ the first major death rate in the country where 6‚485 citizens have died and more than 36‚000 were hurt in over 485‚000 traffic accidents during
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Concerning the pyramids of Malpighi‚ they are not a product of the wit of the great pyramid builders of the past civilizations. They are instead cone-structures located in the medullary portion of the kidney and responsible for the transport of urine from the outer part of the kidney to the calyces. (Fig. 27). They are about 27 in the human kidney and owe their name to Marcello Malpighi‚ an Italian physician of the seventeenth century who dedicated time to microscopic anatomy and histology. Eyebrows
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Famous Places in Malaysia: As tourism board of Malaysia‘s slogan says‚ “Malaysia‚ Truly Asia”. Malaysia’s multi-culturism due to its complex population structure where Malays‚ Chinese‚ Indians and other ethnic groups of people live together peacefully and happily‚ has led to many exciting cultural festival and events held all over Malaysia throughout the year. Not to mention those mouth watering multi-cuisine foods that you can find here. Among the Top 10 Travel Destinations in Malaysia: * 1. Penang
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The Great Pyramid of Giza The greatest accomplishment of all the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World does not need a description by early historians and poets. It does not require conjectures regarding its appearance‚ size‚ and shape. This wonder is the oldest of them all and the only surviving one. This great wonder of the ancient world is the Great Pyramid of Giza. The Great Pyramid of Giza is located on the outskirts of today‚ Cairo‚ Egypt‚ on the west bank of the Nile River. It was built by
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FOOD CHAINS‚ FOOD WEBS AND ECOLOGICAL PYRAMIDS In an ecosystem‚ plants capture the sun’s energy and use it to convert inorganic compounds into energy-rich organic compounds. This process of using the sun’s energy to convert minerals (such as magnesium or nitrogen) in the soil into green leaves‚ or carrots‚ or strawberries‚ is called photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is only the beginning of a chain of energy conversions. There are many types of animals that will eat the products of the photosynthesis
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Reasons Why Projects Fail By Tom Carlos PMP In a perfect world‚ every project would be "on time and within budget." But reality (especially the proven statistics) tells a very different story. It ’s not uncommon for projects to fail. Even if the budget and schedule are met‚ one must ask "did the project deliver the results and quality we expected?" True project success must be evaluated on all three components. Otherwise‚ a project could be considered a "failure." Have you ever seen a situation
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development and interventions that should take place if this is not following the expected pattern 2 Explain the reasons why children and young people’s development may not follow the expected pattern There are many reasons and factors why a child is not following the expected pattern of development. For example the child may be emotionally unsettled due to a number of reasons. Family life plays a significant part in a child’s development. If for instance the child is living with parents who
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