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Knowledge 2
1023 Words - 4 Pages.... knowledge that will get people into the colleges and jobs that they may desire. The people that are abundant in educational knowledge are the people who dominate our economy and run our country. Certainly, this is one of the more important types of knowledge there are and definitely one that we could not do without, but it is not quite as important as some of the others. Education is vital in life, but mere facts cannot aid in the solution to all problems.
Another source of knowledge is entertainment, such as in television, movies, books, or even music. Certain types of entertainment can even be education. For example, television shows such as “20/20” or ....
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OUTSIDE PLANT
851 Words - 4 Pages.... loop resistance. Over the year the local loop has not changed much but there have been improvements in insulation, cable sheaths, splicing. Most of the that was aerial has been converted to underground which reduces damage. The connection of CO's have changed dramatically by drunk routes being constructed in underground conduits about ever 6,000 feet. Copper wires can be changed to fiber optics, the material is unlimited, bandwidth provides greater performance, and does not corrode like copper. LEC's don't consider protection equipment and range extension as part of an .
Local loops are routed from the customer to the CO over twisted-pair cable. The twisted pair co ....
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Wrestling
737 Words - 3 Pages.... done on a mat,
approximately two inches thick and is half the size of a basketball court. The
out of bounds area on the mat is marked by a circle; so no one gets hurt by
being thrown off the mat. There are several ways to score points, takedowns,
throws, and pins. Takedowns are when one wrestler has the other wrestler under
control on the mat, all four extremities are touching the mat. In Free style,
after a takedown both wrestlers start back at the standing position. Takedowns
are worth one point, because using the legs is not favorable in Free style.
Throws are exactly what is sounds like, one wrestler throws the other one. Two
to four points can be awarded depending ....
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The Cycle Of Never Ending Cause And Effect
718 Words - 3 Pages.... began with the Big Bang,
yet for the Big Bang to originate there must have been the Sun and the Universe
itself. Then what was before the Universe? An atom? And before the atom? The
word "nothing" is a common answer to these questions, supposedly ending the
infinite quest for knowledge. Yet before the "nothing", there must have been
something else, maybe more nothingness, who knows? The fact simply is that
humanity doesn't know what came first and have thrive to come up with answers
which range from the scientific point of view to the religious. The religious
answers, which are completely based on belief, used to be entirely accepted by
people, but as science began t ....
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Are Things Equal Between The Sexes In College Sports?
2836 Words - 11 Pages.... of the problem needs to be
addressed and finally, it is time to think of solutions.
So, first of all, is there really a problem? Why does it matter that
men get all the attention in sports? That's the way it has been for hundreds of
years dating back to the first Olympics. But then again why should men get all
the attention, women work just as hard as men at their sports, why not give them
some credit? Men and women are treated differently in sports ranging from the
size of budgets, the number of scholarships given, and in how many athletes are
participating in sports.
Men's athletic budgets are without a doubt a lot higher than women's
athletic budgets. On averag ....
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How To Put A Jigsaw Puzzle Together
866 Words - 4 Pages.... put together a puzzle unless one can have fun in the process. Putting a puzzle together is fun for those who like to have hours of quiet time or for those who like to work for a beautiful finished project. The first thing to do is pick the kind of puzzle you like, and this you can do at any store, or even at a yard sale. There are also many different designs and shapes, and also there are now three dimensional and sculptural puzzles. After you choose the puzzle just right for you, it will be time to start putting it together and putting it together is half the fun. For example, after completing the next two steps the puzzle will be a one thousand-piece ocean scene with ....
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Stolen Dreams
966 Words - 4 Pages.... metal factories, in textile factories, in sugar cane fields, in the tobacco industry and they even work making toys. The list goes on and on. Two hundred and fifty million children who will never enjoy the simple pleasures of childhood in all the ways familiar to us and our children.
A work day can be 10 12 or 14 hrs long and work is done 6-7 days a week. Often these children do not see their parents for a month a at a time. Some of them never get to see their parents. Many of them have been bonded to the company because their family had to borrow money. Because of this they have become enslaved a the debt with the accumulating interest never seems to be paid.
The abuses ....
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Is Our Society Becoming Post-l
2344 Words - 9 Pages.... telephone and computers, to see whether we are entering a new era in our progression from oral communication. I will try to examine if this supposed post-literacy, created by new means of communication, is a new stage in our development with profound effects on the structure of our society and look at how different life is with modern technology than life with simple literacy.
I will start by comparing orality and literacy to illustrate the deep implications of each. An oral culture is one in which all communication is by talking and listening. The fact that there is no means of writing anything down means that all values and morals of the given society are stored in the ....
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