...SEOUL: South Koreas nuclear safety regulator said on Friday it had approved the restart of one of the country’s 23 nuclear reactors after a scheduled maintenance shutdown since Oct. 1, but five others remain offline. Asia’s fourth-largest ... Full Story Lost kingdom: Myanmar’s forgotten royals YANGON: In a modest Yangon apartment, the granddaughter of Myanmar’s last king lives poor and unrecognised by her neighbours — a far cry from the power and riches of her ancestor. Princess Hteik Su Phaya Gyi said the childhood days when her ... Full Story Malawi arrests ex-minister over murder attempt BLANTYRE, Malawi: Malawi police said Friday they have arrested axed justice minister Ralph Kasambara over a failed assassination attempt on a corruption-busting treasury official. Paul Mphwiyo, the budget director in the finance ministry, was ... Full Story Yemen air strikes kill five ADEN: Two air strikes by the Yemeni air force killed five suspected al-Qaeda members in southern Yemen on Friday, the interior ministry said. The strikes targeted suspected militants in the town of Al-Mahfad, in the southern province of Abyan, ... Full Story Syrian opposition refuses to participate in Moscow talks BEIRUT: Syria’s main Western-backed opposition group has refused to participate in talks in Moscow with Syrian government organisations on resolving the country’s humanitarian crisis, the Russian Foreign Ministry and opposition figures said on ... Full...
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...Although terrorism is a forefront issue in today’s world, it is in many ways indefinable. There are many reasons as to why it is extremely difficult to define terrorism, but the biggest is the wide variety of tactics and motives of so called terrorist attacks. Because of this variety, it is difficult to assign one definition to a word. The idea that the word “terrorism” is essentially indefinable makes it alarming that the word is used so often in outlets such as politics and the media. It is such a powerful word it can persuade the opinions of people who are not entirely informed. Due to this, the political implications of the word can be huge and it is important that the issue be addressed. One of the main components of most definitions of “terror” includes some type of violence or intimidation with a political goal in mind. Beyond this, the definition is very controversial and even these characteristics are very vague. This violence can range from killing thousands of innocent civilians to an arguably much lesser degree of cyber attacks. Another big issue is the fact that an act considered one of terrorism by a certain party, is typically viewed as justified by another party. The way American citizens view the act of American troops entering the Middle East is significantly different than the way the people in those respective countries do. To certain people, the United States’ military has committed acts of terror, and its not surprising considering their point...
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...Obesity in Today’s World Robert McNiff English Composition II Dr. McFarland November 26, 2013 Many celebrities, including the First Lady Michelle Obama, have been attacking obesity as an epidemic. The definition of an epidemic says that it is a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community. Many television programs target young children who are watching their cartoon channels with sugary snacks. Should people in today’s society make someone's weight a topic of discussion, or should this be a conversation kept behind the doors of a person and their doctor and family? People should not be judging others when it comes to a topic that can be hurtful to others. Obesity is a problem that should be kept within the confines of the home or a doctor’s office. With the research provided, we will also answer the question of how obesity should be handled in today's society. Television has become a stepping stone for children who are obese. Obese children who have been bullied will sit in front of the television because they do not want to be harassed by the children they are in school with because of their weight. When you add this into the commercials being shown during...
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...Security in Today’s World I believe the world of private security industry is growing each day and so is their public relation image. More and more companies, apartment buildings, and communities are hiring private security companies to secure their premises. However the public relation images of private security companies are full of mixed emotions. Most of the public see the private security industry as a good thing in the aid of police officers and protecting the community and for some the private security industry are seen as a hassle and so called “Want to be cops.” In the article The Private Arm of the Law it states, “"There is a limit to the amount of law enforcement you can expect taxpayers to support," said Ron Hodge, Durham's deputy police chief, who said some of his requests for additional officers have been turned down in recent years.” (Goldstein, 2007, para. 15). This illustrates the need for the private security industry; the need for more eyes and persons to protect the citizens and their assets is a huge task police officers cannot tackle alone. Some security officers are highly trained to act as a police officer, “the department has trained 600 security officers on elements of an arrest, how to write incident reports and how to testify in court.” (Goldstein, 2007, para. 15). With police departments training security officers and ex-police officers actually being security officers it helps them retain the same level of professionalism as law enforcement officers...
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...Application of the Learning Curve Theory Mario’s Pizzeria Store Layout Simulation Alexis M. Rodriguez Homs OPS/571PR December 11, 2012 Prof. Angel Melendez-Melendez El Liderazgo en el Mundo de Hoy En nuestros tiempos, el éxito o el fracaso de las organizaciones está en las manos de quienes pertenecen a los equipos gerenciales y son conocidos como líderes. Un líder es aquella persona con ciertas cualidades de personalidad, carácter, habilidades de comunicación, y que a la vez tiene aceptación, reconocimiento y confianza de quienes le rodean por sus acciones y decisiones. Estas decisiones, apoyadas por un grado de conocimientos técnicos y de experiencia general le permiten guiar o conducir un grupo y lograr los propósitos de la institución. Aunque no existe una manera perfecta de dirigir, es posible identificar los estilos más comunes y estudiar cómo afectan los resultados de grupos bajo distintas circunstancias. La mayoría de los líderes tienden a dividirse hacia una de dos orientaciones: orientación hacia el deber (autoritario o LPC) o con orientación hacia la gente (democráticos o HPC). El líder orientado hacia el deber ejerce de una manera más directa el control sobre la agrupación. Los líderes de la visión determinan la presentación del tema. Estos lideres realizan el análisis del procedimiento y manifiestan de qué manera procederá el grupo para lograr un resultado satisfactorio. Es probable que reseñen las tareas específicas para cada...
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...Homosexuality, when defined by a dictionary, reads [as a] "sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex." While it’s opposite, heterosexuality is described as: "[a] sexual feeling or behavior directed toward a person or persons of the opposite sex." Homosexuality can be traced back to the earliest pieces of recorded history, although it’s definitive origin is unknown, many scientists believe that homosexuality exists in nature, although this is subject to interpretation ("Homosexuality"). Throughout its existence, this lifestyle, or as some call, "choice" has been subject to overly harsh scrutiny from both the legislature and culture. Byrne R. S. Fone was quoted saying “Homophobia is the fear of homosexuality and those who practice it”. Since the 1800's, psychiatrists and psychologists have concluded that homosexuality is a mental disorder. They have believed it is brought about by misguided upbringing and their social environments. For instance, it was believed that if the child was lacking a male - figure in the home, he would most likely be gay. Or that child abuse can lead to lesbianism when the special needs of a little girl are denied, ignored, or exploited and the future womanhood of the child is in risk. However, inconsistencies in the research subjects' abuse records ruled these theories out. And if this were the case, then why is homosexuality present in different cultures? Some believed homosexuality was caused by a difference in...
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...Nanotechnology Applications in Today’s World Santos Santiago ITT-Tech Author Notes This research was conducted using material from both the internet and reference articles from the following: Center for Responsible Nanotechnology http://www.crnano.org/whatis.htm Investigating Higher-Order Response Surface Methods For Military Nanotechnology Applications Like me, many of you have a variety of electric devices both in your home and in your car that as the years have gone by these devices have evolved from a big bulky device to what you now have, or can see. Technology has evolved at a drastic rate and this will continue in the future. Nanotechnology and the many applications associated with it will be a big factor on this evolution. The definition of Nanotechnology according to (The Center for Responsible Nanotechnology) Nanotechnology is the engineering of functional systems at the molecular scale. This covers both current work and concepts that are more advanced to the engineering of functional systems at the molecular scale. Because of the complexity of Nanotechnology and the science that guides it, much of the research in these areas is being conducted by grants to universities, Military research, and the Automotive Industry. There are many who protest this technology because there is still a lot to learn about its capabilities, and it uses. My research will focus on some of the uses of nanotechnology vs. the complexity of designing these devices. In the Automotive...
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...Communicating Effectively in Today’s World Gianne Karla V. Bruner University of Phoenix Communicating Effectively in Today’s World The ways we communicate have changed rapidly over the years. We use text-messaging, emails, videophone calls over the Internet to communicate. We are so involved on how technology has made our way of communicating more convenient and easier that we have lost touch on how to communicate face-to-face with our peers and family. “Communication is the process of sharing information, thoughts and feelings between people through speaking, writing or body language.” (Brown, para 1, 2011) Communicating involves every part of our body. Our body languages, facial expressions, tone of voice are all a part of how we communicate and talk to other people. We must learn to use all these nonverbal and unwritten ways of communication to effectively communicate and connect with our audiences. To help us convey our message fully and effectively to our audiences, we must maintain constant eye contact with them. Looking directly at your audience and maintaining eye contact lets them know that you are comfortable about what you’re speaking about. It also shows that you are confident and that you care about what you speak about. Smile while you’re maintaining eye contact with your audience. There is a certain warmth and a more personal effect when you smile and look at your audience instead of looking serious and just staring at your notes the entire...
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...The growth of the internet in the modern world has seen every sector of the society embrace the use of Information and communication technologies (ICTs). This has spurred the demand for internet and computer connectivity. Today, virtually all modern services depend on the use of ICTs. The growth of ICTs has led to the increase of various opportunities in every sector that has been touched by its tentacles for example access to information within a touch of a button, efficiency in service delivery by the various organizations using ICT among other great advantages derived from using ICT. However, the growth of the information society has been followed by new and serious threats each day. Online fraud and hacking attacks are just some of the examples of computer – related crimes committed on large scale every day. One common definition describes cybercrime as any activity in which computers or networks are a tool, a target or a place of criminal activity. There are several difficulties with this broad definition. It would, for example, cover traditional crimes such as murder, if perchance the offender used a keyboard to hit and kill the victim. Another broader definition is provided in Article 1.1 of the Stanford Draft International Convention to Enhance Protection from Cyber Crime and Terrorism (the “Stanford Draft”), which points out that cybercrime refers to acts in respect to cyber systems (Lewis, 2012). There have been different forms of Cybercrime activities. This includes...
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...Cell Phone Usage in Today’s World In today’s world, many people think cell phones are starting to become a problem. People of all ages, especially teens, can’t even go anywhere without their phones anymore. They are constantly on them, checking people’s tweets on Twitter and texting back all of their friends. When people can’t even hold conversations with who is in front of them because they’re too busy on their phones, that’s when it becomes a problem, but cell phones can really help us out, too. With all the apps on phones now, we can find out where the nearest restaurant is, look up phone numbers to a retail store, and find out where you’re going with a built in G.P.S. Today, in Africa, the use of mobile phones has increased greatly, especially in Nigeria, which is Africa’s largest telecoms market. It has close to 100 million mobile phone lines. Cell phones are helping people all over the African continent. They are helping people with their banking, and many of them are using their phones to pay for and buy things now. With all the recent uprisings in Africa, mobile phones have made it easy for the world to see. Almost all phones have cameras on them now. Where reporters can’t be, a cell phone can, and that video can be uploaded to the internet almost instantly. Not even in Africa, but almost everywhere, people use their phone cameras to capture stunning video. Years before, people could only see what the news reporters captured, but now nearly everyone you walk by has...
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...The decisions of the average shopper in today's world Richard Curtiss Com 155 December-Saturday 1st, 2012 Kimberly Benton The decisions of the average shopper in today's world Our lives can be challenging to us every day to get the things we want to get done daily. It never seems like we have enough time to stop to go into a store for long, do errands or even to do are Christmas shopping. All of the stores are trying to help us make are lives a little bit easier for us to shop. Since the advent of the Internet, modern holiday shoppers have been present with a choice, buy their gifts in a traditional storefront or shop online. There has been a time in everyone's life that there was just not enough time to get everything done in the day and to get the items when we wanted to. Most of the big box retailers like Wal-mart, Best Buy, and Meijer have given us a choice of delivery; as they have certain hours and holidays that they are open for business to the public. What happens if a store is closed and you need that one item to get your family through the night, like a pack of diapers or medicine because someone is sick? Every retail store is trying to make their presence know and give us the option to still shop in their stores 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at our finger tips to help with their stores closing for any reason. Mother Nature and holidays have been the only time a store has closed regularly. On the Internet, the regular shopper does not have to worry...
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...THE IMPORTANT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE IN TODAY’S WORLD Community service is the long held tradition of working without pay in order to serve the common good. In essence, we're talking about helping others either directly or indirectly in order to make the world a little bit of a better place. Often times, community service is different from other volunteer organizations because it is focused on one local issue rather than trying to save the world or focusing on larger problems. The whole premise of community service is based on the idea that it is a good thing to give of yourself without expecting anything in return, and that if everyone gives a little in their local community, the world can become a better place a little bit at a time. The real beauty of serving your community is that you get to help others, and in the end, it helps you too to have a stronger community with happier people. There are many reasons people do community service and there are many different ways in which to participate, but all of them share the common theme of making the world around you a better place without being compensated financially. Community service has been a forever, long service done through giving people of communities in the effort to bring up their neighbourhood. These selfless acts of kindness have been passed through the generations with the same undertones. As volunteering services have grown through the times, there are now more available means of community services for people to...
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...Using a Strategic System in today’s World Linda Porter Grand Canyon University: CHL 520 March 26, 2014 Using a Strategic System in today’s World The purpose of this paper is comprehend the need for 21st century churches to not disregard the strategic systems model plan that God has put in place to enhance, equip, and engage the church to full maturity in the Body of Christ. It is essential that the church I shepherd as senior pastor be equipped in the knowledge of the principles in which the church was built on which is the same foundation Jesus built his Church when he spoke to Apostle Peter “that upon this rock he would build his church”, (Matthew 16:18, NIV). The church goals have to be Christ centered and heaven focus, meaning the vision and mission of the church (Blackaby, 2001) is relative to the Word of God. As leaders that shepherd in the House of God we must have the on the characteristics of spirituality that is part of the foundation of the Great Commission, Matthew 28:16-20. We were built to evangelize the world that others may see Christ. God hand picked up for his purpose. Every ministry leader and auxiliary need to be spirit lead and Word fed and mindset (Ogden, 2003) must be that of God. Jesus taught the disciples that their main focus should be on evangelism. “Go into the hedges and highways and compel men to come unto me”, (Luke 14:23, NIV). Jesus had a strategic system in mind. He chose men that were willing to serve, he trained and equipped...
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...The novel “1984” describes the results of drastic totalitarianism which tramples the dignity of humans who are under the control of an omnipresent, Big Brother. Many people do not believe that the novel “1984” is significant to our society. Likewise they think that the novel itself posses very little relevance to the modern world. Though many people might think 1984 is solely relevant to the post after World War II politics, but the fact is that today any of us could become Winston or Julia. It is clear that the circumstances of novel “1984” are revealing to our society with the three slogans; War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength, invasion of privacy and physical Control. This essay will go on to discuss these points in greater detail. “War is Peace, Freedom is slavery, Ignorance is Strength” which is the three slogans of the English Socialist Party of Oceania emerges the...
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...Today alcohol is most well known to work on getting men and women drunk during the weekend, although this is a true statement there are many uses in todays world. The history of alcohol is large and the use of it today is huge. Today alcohol is used for the manufacturing of perfumes, preservation of organic material, medicine and drugs, alcoholic beverages and even as fuel. Man made alcohol can be traced back to the 15th century but was widely used when Samuel Morey created an engine that used ethanol and turpentine in 1824. After the creation of this engine ethanol has been widely produced for fuel but it has been used for modern medical purposes.Alcoholic beverages, beer, has been dated back to the time of the cavemen and even Sumerian writing...
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