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    Street Smart versus Book Smart In his article "Hidden Intellectualism‚" Gerald Graff criticizes those that do not put value into "street smarts." Graff says that knowledge goes far beyond academic learning and continues into our everyday living. He states‚ "The need to prove I was smart and the fear of a beating if I proved it too well." Meaning that if the subjects he enjoyed the most became his main interest he would soon have to face ridicule for wanting to be himself (Graff). Graff’s theory

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    to take to accomplish your purpose. Smart goals are goals that are specific‚ measurable‚ realistic‚ and time-bound. They can be classified as short-term‚ intermediate‚ or long-term. Smart goals should be meaningful to you and should be written down as a reminder to oneself. It is vital that people set goals for themselves. It is even more vital that we make those goals smart ones. We have to be specific about what we want to achieve so we will not lose focus. We must ask ourselves how attainable

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    Why Do Kids Get A Trophy

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    Should Every Kid Receive a Trophy? Years ago when I played Basketball I never got a trophy and that was pretty depressing and I never got influenced to work harder. When you give a kid a trophy for participating they will want to work harder so they can get a better bigger more achievable trophy. When they earn a trophy they love it because they received an award or it can possibly be their first trophy. Many people argue that 81% do not think that kids should have a trophy. That is because

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    Abstract- A smart home is an application of computing to the home environment and it is monitored by ambient intelligence to provide services and facilitate remote home control. This paper presents an overview of previous research on smart home as well as the related technologies. A brief discussion about smart homes and their interrelationships is presented here. It describes combined information about sensors‚ communication protocols‚ multimedia devices‚ and systems‚ which are widely used in smart home

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    general goal. To set a specific goal you must answer the six "W" questions: *Who:  Who is involved? *What: What do I want to accomplish? *Where: Identify a location. *When:  Establish a time frame. *Which: Identify requirements and constraints. *Why:  Specific reasons‚ purpose or benefits of accomplishing the goal. EXAMPLE:    A general goal would be‚ "Get in shape." But a specific goal would say‚ "Join a health club and work out 3 days a week." Measurable - Progress in your reaching your goal

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    WHY WE BUY: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SPENDING Why We Buy Tab le of Contents America – Spenders‚ Inc. Resource Management Who’s Pushing Your Buttons? Your Money Personality Spend on Saving Control Spending Know Yourself Appendix A – How Do You Manage Your Money? Appendix B – Instead of Shopping… 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 10 12 1 Why We Buy AMERICA – SPENDERS‚ INC. W hy we buy is a difficult question to answer. But‚ we have to start somewhere. Spending behavior is complex and many of us have never

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    Why Kids need to wear school uniforms? Schools always have been regarded as a safe and secure place to protect our children. In recent years image of school changed a lot due to violence and crime occurred in the classroom. However‚ it is not changed that students still learn‚ have a half of daily life from school. So schools work hard to organize people well and school uniforms help them to do that easily. It is important that starting with fresh mind in the morning. It is better to children

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    Genoice that can be found almost everywhere in the world that really no one is safe from. 1988‚ the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) was founded in Kampala‚ Uganda as a political and military movement with the stated aims of securing repatriation of Rwandans in exile and reforming of the Rwandan government‚ including political power sharing. The RPF was composed mainly of Tutsi exiles in Uganda‚ many of whom had served in President Yoweri Museveni’s National Resistance Army‚ which had overthrown the

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    start with‚ kids should have no homework because they can spend more time with friends and family. Sometimes kids want to do things that they can only do at a young age but they can’t because they might have lots of homework. Kids already have to spend seven hours at school‚ it’s just not fair that they also have to spend 1 to 2 hours at home trying to finish their homework. Too Much Stress Also‚ too much homework can cause bad grades because it can cause stress and stress on kids can be difficult

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    Content 1. Abstract……………………………………………………….. 1 2. Introduction…………………………………….…………….. 2 3. Design & Analysis…..……………………………………….. 3 4. Result ………………………………………………………… 10 5. Conclusion…………………………………………………..... 10 Smart Dust Shilpa Nagod Page 1 of 10 SMART DUST 1.Abstract ’Smart’ dust’ is a minute grain of silicon that spontaneously assembles‚ orients and senses its local environment‚ a first step toward fan development of rebels the size of sand grains that could be used in medicine‚ bioterrorism

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