Recently‚ in the United States‚ there has been a major water shortage due to the lack of rainfall. It is mainly in California and other Western states. According to the U.S. Geological Survey‚ “In 119 years of recorded history‚ 2013 was the dries calendar year for the state of California.” California’s snowpack usually provides about one-third of the water used in Californian farms and cities. In January 2014‚ it measured in at 12%. The water shortage has had many effects of people‚ farming‚ and
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The domestic policy greatly caused the timber shortage in 1803‚ unlike the situation in the 1770s. As a result of Lord St. Vincent’s reform in the naval administration including the dockyards to make them rational and economical‚ the navy suffered from the shortage of the timber supply. In addition‚ the consumption of oak timber increased in the early nineteenth century Britain. The stock of timber in the dockyard was not ample in 1803. The Napoleonic Wars resumed and the navy’s demand for timber
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Hospitalization and Aging Three years ago I had a car accident and needed to stay in the hospital for half a month. In addition to the pain and discomfort from the injury‚ the thing I disliked the most was simply being in the hospital. Besides the restricted visitor time every day‚ I stayed in bed and was bored and lonely all the time. I shared my room with an approximately 60-year-old woman for 5 days before I was discharged from the hospital. During the 5 days‚ her only visitor was her daughter
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After performing the various aging activities‚ I can understand the difficulty that an aging individual experiences. Trying to read the magazine‚ with my reading glasses and only one good eye was a challenge and my vision blurry. I had to really focus and concentrate on the words and I started to get a headache. Vision loss or “presbyopia‚ begins in the fourth decade of life causes most middle-aged older adults to need corrective lenses to accommodate close and detailed work” (Eliopoulos‚ 2014)
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According to “Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World” by Jack Weatherford‚ it is no doubt that Europeans were influenced by Indians’ ideas. Especially‚ they knew much more about the concept of liberty. First of all‚ ideas about liberty of Native Americans are the premises of European Enlightenment. Early Europeans defined liberty as freedom of whole communities. They considered freedom as an intangible thing people can get after being released from the domination of
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Barco Projection Systems - Case Study‚ Assignment 1. Describe the product line strategy of the Barco Projection Systems Division? BPS has followed a market segment based product line. BPS differentiated these segments based on the scan rate of the projectors. Video segment projectors had scan rates of 16 kHz‚ data projectors had scan rates ranging from 16 to 45 kHz and graphics projectors at the higher end had rates from 16 to above 64 kHz. BPS was the leader in the graphics projection segment
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The American Workforce: How It Has Changed Kathy Reed SOC304: Social Gerontology Professor Marie Mika August 1‚ 2011 The American Workforce: How It Has Changed The workforce has always been the backbone of America‚ ever since the beginning of time to the modern world of today. It begin with the men of the family going out and working‚ while the women stayed at home and took care of the children and the home. The workforce for men and women has changed because of the consequences
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Topic: Aging PopulationTitle: What are the impact and solution of aging population in Hong Kong? Sub title: 1 Recent situation Situation in Hong Kong Results of our findings 2 Causes of aging population Results of the our findings Improvement of living standard Low fertility rate 3 Impact of aging population Results of our findings Economic development of Hong Kong Burden of government 4 Solution Results of our findings Postpone of retirement age Encourage childbirth by providing
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There are many things which influence on me and there are many people who give me lessons‚ smiling and sadness. The person who has influenced me the most is my mother‚ but today‚ I will not write about her but my best friend who is being with me after my mother. We have been friends for more than 10 years. We are in the same class during primary school but when we entered secondary school‚ we got separated. Since then I became very lazy and cannot focus in studies. I got bad result during my form3
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deepening social crisis: the shortage of skilled workers. You may have heard the topic raised on some morning show or another‚ but likely thought little of it. However‚ the figures are quite shocking. According to one author’s research‚ “52 percent of skilled trades are expected to retire within the next 15 years‚ with 41 per cent of respondents indicating they will face a skills shortage in their industry within five years.” (Arnold‚ par. 12). The shortage of skilled workers in the
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