there are two types of attention: selective attention and divided attention. Divided attention is the state of paying attention to more than one stimulus or to a stimulus rather than focusing on one certain action or thing. Where selective attention on the other hand can be described as a type of attention which involves focusing on a specific part of a scene while ignoring other aspects. We can multitask or scan as long as anything we are doing is not too complicated or requires a rapid shift in attentional
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networks are the key to gathering the information needed by smart environments‚ whether in buildings‚ utilities‚ industrial‚ home‚ shipboard‚ transportation systems automation‚ or elsewhere. Recent terrorist and guerrilla warfare countermeasures require distributed networks of sensors that can be deployed using‚ e.g. aircraft‚ and have self-organizing capabilities. In such applications‚ running wires or cabling is usually impractical. A sensor network is required that is fast and easy to install
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largest market outside North America (Asia Pulse‚ 2006). EuroMonitor (2004) showed that Starbucks’ unit sales have jumped dramatically by 814 percent between 1999 and 2003. Despite of its market attractiveness‚ China can also be a pitfall for any organization. Eight years after opening‚ Kraft‚ a multi national food company has been forced to close its dairy-making business. Similarly‚ Whirlpool has reported to have lost £26 million since its investment to China (Jobber‚ 2007). Commonly quoted reasons
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have to say. However‚ not paying attention to these experienced people is actually more detrimental to us than it is to the experienced people. Paying attention to older and knowledgeable people allows for us to learn from their mistakes and helps to prevent future catastrophes. There are many examples in history to prove this. Many consider Obama to be an intelligent person and are willing to listen to him. However‚ even a great leader like Obama paid attention to an older and experienced person:
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tough battle for individual rights was all achieved through sacrifice. Ill begin with the core. What is Freedom? Define FREEDOM. Freedom is the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint and‚ freedom requires sacrifice. What is the ANTONYM of freedom? OPPRESSION. Tell me‚ if human beings are each born with an independent brain to think‚ do you think people will stand still whilst being oppressed? NO. Do you think countries can continue being ruled when
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1. Describe a time when you have organised an event. (This could be a large event‚ such as a party‚ or a small event‚ such as a gathering with friends.) What was the event‚ how did you organise it and what happened? Situation Last summer‚ my best friend’s birthday was approaching. I wanted to organise special birthday party for him in order to express daily’s appreciations. Target My target is organising a big party without telling him. I did not want him to have any doubts about my secrete
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There are several current issues in the Philippines‚ let’s just say in economic‚ political and government conditions‚ education‚ environment‚health‚ socials and many more. Every day‚ we watch on television‚ we hear from radios‚ read from newspapers and in the internet the continuous news of corruption of some politicians is the most trending issue. The scandalous pork barrel scam is history in the making. It is the biggest problem now a days in the government‚ imagine how many senators‚ congressmen
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Dorothy Irene Height was born March 24‚ 1912 in Richmond‚ Virginia to Fannie Burroughs and James Height. Both of Height’s parents had been widowed twice before and each brought children to the marriage. Fannie Burroughs and James Height had two children together‚ Dorothy and her sister Anthanette. In 1916 the family moved north to Rankin‚ Pennsylvania (near Pittsburgh) where Height attended public schools. Height’s mother was active in the Pennsylvania Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs and regularly
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Maria Kearney Ms. Keilman p2 5/18/2012 Sub-Saharan Africa Current Event Kony 2012 http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/joseph_kony/index.html Joseph Kony is a man from Uganda‚ Africa. He is a man who kidnaps children from Uganda and forces them to kill their parents. He used girls as sex slaves and boys to be in his army. He kidnapped up to 30‚000 children a made an army called the LMA. He has killed thousands of children‚ and is still going. He is the number one criminal
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The first of the four Approaches I will discuss is Attention to Speech. Taglimonte (2006: p.8) suggests that it is “the style from which every other style must be calibrated”. William Labov devised a sociolinguistic interview designed to produce a range of types of speech. His main interest was to obtain and identify data that represented people’s casual speech‚ rather than speech that was altered due to the presence of an observer. Most of the interview was conversational and produced two types
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