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    Can Sensory Toys Help Autism In Children? While toys are essential in helping to develop a child’s motor‚ social and creative skills‚ are they helpful for children who suffer from autism or other special needs? The answer to that is most definitely‚ yes! In fact‚ stimulation from toys for these children is probably even more important and should be engaged with and encouraged as much as possible. Sensory toys help autistic children to problem solve‚ which is something many struggle with on a daily

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    What short-term and long-term health conditions are direct consequences of the obesity epidemic? The short-term and long-term health conditions that are direct consequences of the obesity epidemic are Type 2 diabetes‚ which is the major cause of obesity in the country‚ high cholesterol‚ high blood pressure‚ gastroesophageal reflux disease‚ certain cancers‚ psychological and emotional problems‚ quality of life changes‚ and ultimately leads to an early death. What individual and societal changes

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    Obesity in America’s Youth Obesity in America’s Youth Obesity is defined as having excess body fat and is often a result of a high caloric imbalance. Over the past three decades childhood obesity has tripled in the United States‚ becoming an epidemic of vast proportions. In recent years‚ Pediatricians are routinely treating atherosclerosis and even type II diabetes‚ something usually only seen in the older generation. Today‚ children are beginning to feel the effects of low self-esteem

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    T-Systems: Connecting Life and Work Enabler of a Connected Business World and Society How cloud computing can help airlines navigate industry turbulence By Natasha Kwan‚ Managing Director‚ Asia South The past few years have been turbulent for the aviation industry‚ and we’ve seen many players taking dramatic approaches to cost-cutting. Some are leasing old jets‚ while others have opted for flexible scheduling or buying newer more fuel-efficient planes. One airline even went as far as to buy an oil

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    Government’s approach to dealing with New Zealand’s childhood obesity epidemic. I am sure many of you found recent comments in the UK Chief Medical Officer’s annual report as chilling as I did. He said the reality of the obesity epidemic would mean many parents would outlive their children. We do not want that to happen here. We are facing a child obesity epidemic in New Zealand‚ but we can still do something about it. That is why it is so important to be part of a positive symposium

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    Repo and reverse repo rate These are the rates which are used by reserve banks (RBI in India) to inject or absorb liquidity from banking system. Repo rate is the rate at which the RBI lends money to the commercial banks or the rate it which banks borrow money from RBI. When RBI increases repo rate borrowing from RBI becomes more expensive. RBI increases repo rate to make it more expensive for the banks to borrow money. If RBI reduces the repo rate means banks can borrow money at cheaper rates.

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    Zainab Sabbah Sabbah 1 English 3U1 12/ 03/2012 “The Help” Essay "Literature is where we go to explore the highest and lowest places in human society and in the human spirit‚ where we go hope to find not absolute truth but the truth of the tale‚ or the imagination and of the heart." The book The Help written by Kathryn Stockett connects to the topic because the book looks at the most important things in literature like book‚ articles‚ laws and bills that make up the time the characters

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    Can self-indulgence and materialism lead to social chaos and self-destruction? In “Teddy” and “A Perfect Day for Bananafish‚” J.D. Salinger reveals that the ostentation of society results in the downfalls of the protagonists. Both Seymour Glass and Teddy McArdle feel embarrassed and uncomfortable because of their distinctions from the majority of the people they are surrounded by. Seymour suffers from post-traumatic stress syndrome as an affect of the war‚ and Teddy retains the mind of a child genius

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    HOW WE CAN HELP END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Kate Torgovnick May Esta Soler helped pass the Violence Against Women Act‚ 20 years ago. Leslie Morgan Steiner had just left an abusive husband at the time‚ and now tells her story widely. They talk about the NFL‚ the hashtags #WhyIStayed and #WhyILeft‚ and what we can all do to end domestic violence. Esta Soler and Leslie Morgan Steiner know exactly how to stop a conversation in its tracks. All they have to do is say what they do. Both Soler and Steiner are

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    Obesity in the USA Good afternoon‚ my name is Barbara. I’m standing here today‚ because the U.S got a serious problem with overweight or so called obesity and I’d like to talk about this problem. So I can make you more aware of this. The prevalence of obesity is increasing worldwide‚ in almost every country and in all age groups. The steep increase has prompted this development to be called an epidemic. Obesity has become the major nutrition- related disease of this decade‚ and is defined as a

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