Closing the High-Tech Gender Gap This year’s Lemelson-MIT Prize winner discusses grassroots ways for boosting the number of women in technology and business. I have a confession to make: I’ve been living under a rock. I’ve actually been busy under here — running a bioengineering lab at MIT‚ starting companies‚ teaching‚ consulting‚ being a mom. But I’ve been so focused on keeping all the balls in the air that‚ until recently‚ I hadn’t noticed that women typically aren’t the ones starting
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class‚ they are certified! Metro Tech High School has a variety of programs to choose from nursing‚ banking finance‚ engineering‚ to a variety of programs. There are some that take two years to finish and there are some that take a year. How amazing would it be to be in high school while getting certified? Then‚ once they’re finished with school‚ they get to get a job in what they study for or continue to go to school and already have experience in it. Metro Tech High School is a great high school
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process discovery.com’s article‚ the main effects of global warming are: rising of sea levels - everywhere‚ due to the heat which melts ice caps and glaciers; heat waves; storms and floods created - as a result of escalated temperatures atmospherically and ocean-wise; droughts; diseases - infrequent waves of “disease-carrying creatures” triggered by the warm temperatures; economic consequences; war; biodiversity and ecosystem detriment. The causes of global warming - accumulative greenhouse gases - have
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There are several locational tendencies that determine the distributional patterns of high-tech industries‚ which are the application of intensive research and development efforts to the creation and manufacture of new products of an advanced scientific and engineering character. Examples include electronics‚ communication‚ computers‚ software‚ pharmaceuticals and biotechnology‚ and aerospace. Recently‚ other forms have developed‚ such as robotics‚ computer-aided design and manufacturing‚ electronic
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The Market Jacobs Industries’ only product is an industrial chemical that can be mixed with air to form a foam that is: • Lightweight; • Stable over a very wide range of temperatures; • A very efficient thermal insulator; • A very efficient acoustic insulator. Jacobs sells its chemical to manufacturers of air conditioner retrofit kits. The manufacturers are all located in the region of Calopeia. They purchase the foam chemical as a substitute for competitors’ products. If Jacobs cannot ship
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Global Information Assurance Certification Paper Copyright SANS Institute Author Retains Full Rights This paper is taken from the GIAC directory of certified professionals. Reposting is not permited without express written permission. Interested in learning more? Check out the list of upcoming events offering "Security Essentials Bootcamp Style (Security 401)" at http://www.giac.org/registration/gsec Key fingerprint = AF19 FA27 2F94 998D FDB5 DE3D F8B5 06E4 A169 4E46 Abhay Sadwelkar SANS
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Global Crime Analysis Jacinta Ingram University of Phoenix Contemporary Issues and Futures in Criminal Justice CJA394 Sheree D. Corniel January 15‚ 2013 Global Crime Analysis Introduction In this paper‚ I will be discussing the various major crimes and criminal issues that have a global impact on national and international justice systems and processes. Then I will be sure to compare and contrast how these major global crimes and criminal issues are addressed‚ and the various international
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Jeff Stewart Argumentative Research 11/29/2011 Global Warming: Is It Our Fault? Global warming has been a topic of world-wide discussion and argument for many decades. People take the stance of either: yes‚ it is real‚ or no‚ it is not happening. The group that argues that it is happening states their main argument as being human contribution. But this argument can be rebutted by looking at the research that shows just how much of an impact humans really have on the warming issue and CO2
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Reaction Paper Asian and Global Crisis During the Asian and Global Crisis many of the criticisms are against accounting and accountants. In my further readings‚ I’ve read that during the Asian Crisis in 1997‚ where affected countries suffered severe setbacks in their economies and where development stagnated‚ the accountancy profession‚ including its standards‚ policies and levels of information disclosures‚ had played a role in the start of the crisis‚ and perhaps had even worsened it. Moreover
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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On October 12‚ 1989‚ Dr. Renato Melgar of the Institute of Biotechnology of an Agricultural College located in Northern Luzon approached the Agri-tech Products Company for the production and marketing of Rapidgrow. Agri-tech is a firm that specializes in the production and marketing of Rapidgrow. Rapidgrow is a biotechnology product developed by the faculty institute. It is a soil treatment in pellet form (1/4 of an inch long) which increases the growth rates of two trees
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