water is making millions of people sick and may be causing as many as 3‚000 deaths each year. That killer--naturally occurring arsenic in the water drawn from family wells--appears to have been released through a process involving crop irrigation‚ at least in one part of the country. At a research site in the southern part of Bangladesh‚ scientists calculated that irrigation pumping‚ which began in the last several decades‚ has dramatically altered groundwater flow through the aquifer. They show that
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Department of 1-1-1999 Teen Pregnancy: A Cross-Cultural Phenomenon but a Western Problem? Tina Brown Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nebanthro Part of the Anthropology Commons Brown‚ Tina‚ "Teen Pregnancy: A Cross-Cultural Phenomenon but a Western Problem?" (1999). Nebraska Anthropologist. Paper 116. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nebanthro/116 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Anthropology‚ Department of at DigitalCommons@University
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Problems of the Past Usually‚ when one’s past problems are pushed away and neglected‚ they grow in size until they are too much to handle. The two short stories The Swimmer by John Cheever and A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner portrays how a reluctance to accept or let go of one’s past can lead to many problems and difficulties. This is emphasized through the development and actions of the characters‚ Neddy and Emily‚ the aspects of southern life and American suburbia‚ and the irony and structure
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Practice Problems Chapter 13 Recommended 1-3‚ 6‚ 8‚ 21‚22‚24 Discussion Questions 13-1. Risk-averse corporate managers are not unwilling to take risks‚ but will require a higher return from risky investments. There must be a premium or additional compensation for risk taking. 13-2. Risk may be defined in terms of the variability of outcomes from a given investment. The greater the variability‚ the greater the risk. Risk may be measured in terms of the coefficient of variation‚ in which we divide
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Problem of Ageing Increasing life expectancy is a positive development‚ but is not without its own problems. The prevention or elimination of causes of death in early life has resulted in a population consisting of an increasing proportion of elderly people. The United Nations populations division estimated that the number of persons aged 60 years and older in 1999 was nearly 600 million worldwide and was projected to reach about 2 billion by 2050 (UN‚1999). This means that by the year 2050‚ the
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STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Main Problem: How can the ionization chamber detect if the environment is surrounded or has Radon? Sub- Problems: What are the primary sources of radon gas? What elements are found when radon decays? How can this gas cause different kinds of diseases? OBJECTIVE: Build a simple ionization chamber that is capable of detecting fairly low levels of radiation BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Radon is a cancer-causing gas. It comes from the natural breakdown of uranium in soil
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On the first day of Social Problems class we were introduced to Charles Dickens’ phrase‚ “Power in itself is not a bad thing‚ its how we use that power‚ whether to help or destroy”. Governments and government related jobs hold utmost power when it comes to managing issues that are referred to as actual social problems. I feel this is where Canada really distinguishes itself from the U.S.‚ deciding to be more of a righteous/peace keeping country‚ rather than a selfish/intimidating super force.
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Having the ability to pay monthly bills can be a challenge for some people. There are can be many solutions to this problem. One should evaluate the monthly bills to determine what is necessary. Consolidating credit debt may help. If all else fails try consulting a financial advisor. These steps are just a few steps that one may take in the steps to financial stability. One step that many find easy is evaluation of bills. Evaluating ones monthly bills could help lower that person’s monthly debt
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the disadvantages of industrialization? 7 Answers | Add Yours pohnpei397 | College Teacher | (Level 3) Distinguished Educator Posted November 2‚ 2009 at 10:14 PM (Answer #1) dislike4like The major disadvantages of industrialization fall into two categories: social and environmental. Environmentally‚ industrialization both pollutes the environment and depletes its resources. Industry requires huge amounts of inputs such as ores and petroleum for fuel. Its outputs (in the form of waste chemicals
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Consumerism may be the religion of our time” and “People should spend ethically to minimize the impacts of consumption” . I feel that these affected me the most because of the information it gave. The article “Shoes” affected me because I didn’t like how people were getting treated as only getting paid thirty cents an hour and they couldn’t even drink their own drinking water because of the pollution in it. After reading this article I learned to appreciate more and what people do for me. The second
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