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    too. They could cause tsunamis or volcanic eruptions. However earthquakes erupt unpredictable and can kill many people unpredictable. Seismometers can detect the strength of the earthquake‚ which then gives a number on the Richter scale to determine how powerful it is going to be. There are many different levels of earthquakes‚ some can be so small that people can not even notice them‚ and others could be so strong that it causes the strongest buildings built to collapse. The scale goes from micro

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    The University of Hong Kong School of Professional and Continuing Education Assignment/Coursework Submission Cover Sheet Programme Name: Graduate Diploma in Adult Education and Training Module Name: Foundation of Adult Education Coursework Title: Individual essay on adult education theory and learning Adult Learning Theory – Andragogy Lecturer Name: Dr. B.K. Choy (Attention to Miss Charmaine Sung) Student Name and ID: 10339688 Ng Hoi Hung Date Submitted: 01 Mar 2014

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    Offender profiling is used to help identify and capture likely suspects by analyzing patterns of crime and how a crime was committed. It presents both advantages and disadvantages. Research that has been conducted on psychological profiling reveals that profiles rely on stereotypes‚ assumptions‚ and inferences (Schwartz‚ 2016). Since there is a 50-50 chance that accurate profiles may or may not be developed its reliability and validity is inconclusive. Nevertheless‚ it continues to be used in investigations

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    Heart disease can cause chest pain‚ heart attacks‚ heart failure‚ and arrhythmia. Cigarette smoking is related to heart disease because it raises triglycerides‚ damage cells that line the blood vessels‚ and its makes blood clot more often which can block blood flow to the brain and heart. Smoking cigarettes does not only affect the user but also people around them. The smoke the user exhales can be very harmful to others. CDC stated that “Secondhand smoke causes nearly 34‚000 early deaths from coronary

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    Chapter 1: How Your Choices Affect Income What is the Job Market? A career is long term‚ you need experience and training from school‚ and a job is short term and simple. Job market refers to jobs available for workers. People who are trained for careers are losing their careers and don’t want to be underemployed. Underemployed means they are employed at a level below their skill set. Skill set is what you bring to a potential employer. It is the unique skills and abilities you bring to the job

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    sold online and where shipped from c hina to anywhere in the united stated and to Europe. The imitation Microsoft software was valu ed at 500 million dollars. Differential association theory states that criminal actions are a result of the friendships of or companionship with others. Differential association theory explained th at a person could not commit a crime without first being trained. Without prior influence‚ is inc apable of inventing criminal behavior. a) techniques of committing the

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    Sydney Caron Topic: Is it rational to fear death? If so‚ what is the relation (if any) between the badness of death and the rationality of fearing it? If not‚ explain why many people fear death. To Fear Death is to Waste Life When considering whether or not it is rational to fear death‚ I argue that the fear of death is an irrational fear. In order to support my argument‚ I will consider three main reasons why people fear death and how the fear of death ties directly to the badness

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    Elizabeth Stefanik Research on Sexual Offenders 10/19/17 I completed my search from the Kent stark library at school. To begin conducting a search‚ I typed in “sexual abusers and offenders”. My results were around 256 for articles. To reduce my results‚ I added academic journals for source type and quantitative study for methodology. This knocked my results down to 58. Furthering to refine my results‚ I added women or females or girls. This came down to a whopping 17 results. The two articles

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    Constructing the Con Speech I. Introduction • In 2011‚ the Supreme Court rightfully ruled against a law that wanted to make it illegal for minors to purchase violent video games on the claims that these types of game cause violent behavior. • The court over ruled it stating that it was unconstitutional violating both the 1st and the 14th amendments. My opponent wants to take this law even further by banning the use of these games to any minor under the age of 18‚ however I believe

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    How progressivism is related to curriculum? Progressivism is based largely on the belief that lessons must be relevant to the students in order for them to learn. The curriculum of a progressive school is built around the personal experiences‚ interests‚ and needs of the students. No preference is shown for curriculum materials. A progressive teacher does not rely solely upon textbooks. When he uses a textbook‚ it is usually in a selective way. He does not feel compelled to cover it all. The

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