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Iraq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • Gulf War
  • In 1990, faced with economic disaster following the end of the Iran–Iraq War, Saddam Hussein looked to the oil-rich neighbour of Kuwait as a target to invade to use its resources and money to rebuild Iraq's economy. The Iraqi government claimed that Kuwait was illegally slant drilling its oil pipelines into Iraqi territory, a practice which it demanded be stopped; Kuwait rejected the notion that it was slant drilling, and Iraq followed this in August 1990 with the invasion of Kuwait. Upon successfully occupying Kuwait, Hussein declared that Kuwait had ceased to exist and it was to be part of Iraq, against heavy objections from many countries and the United Nations.
  • The UN agreed to pass economic sanctions against Iraq and demanded its immediate withdrawal from Kuwait (see United Nations sanctions against Iraq). Iraq refused and the UN Security Council in 1991 unanimously voted for military action against Iraq. The United Nations Security Council, under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, adopted Resolution 678, authorizing U.N. member states to use "all necessary means" to "restore international peace and security in the area." The United States, which had enormous vested interests in the oil supplies of the Persian Gulf region, led an international coalition into Kuwait and Iraq. The coalition forces entered the war with more advanced weaponry than that of Iraq, though Iraq's military was one of the largest armed forces in Western Asia at the time. Despite being a large military force, the Iraqi army was no match for the advanced weaponry of the coalition forces and the air superiority that the coalition forces provided. The coalition forces proceeded with a bombing campaign targeting military including an occupied public shelter in Baghdad.[38][39][40] Iraq responded to the invasion by launching SCUD missile attacks against Israel and Saudi Arabia. Hussein hoped that by attacking Israel, the Israeli military would be drawn into the war, which he believed would rally anti-Israeli sentiment in neighboring Arab countries and cause those countries to support Iraq. However, Hussein's gamble failed, as Israel reluctantly accepted a U.S. demand to remain out of the conflict to avoid inflaming tensions. The Iraqi armed forces were quickly destroyed, and Hussein eventually accepted the inevitable and ordered a withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Kuwait. Before the forces were withdrawn, however, Hussein ordered them to sabotage Kuwait's oil wells, which resulted in hundreds of wells being set ablaze, causing an economic and ecological disaster in Kuwait.
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  • After the decisive military defeat, the agreement to a ceasefire on February 28, and political maneuvering, the UN Security Council continued to press its demands that Hussein accept previous UN Security Council Resolutions, as stated in UNSCR 686. By April, UNSCR 687 recognized Kuwait's sovereignty had been reinstated, and established the United Nations Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM). Two days later, UNSCR 688 added that Iraq must cease violent repression of ethnic and religious minorities. The aftermath of the war saw the Iraqi military, especially its air force, destroyed. In return for peace, Iraq was forced to dismantle all chemical and biological weapons it possessed, and end any attempt to create or purchase nuclear weapons, to be assured by the allowing UN weapons inspectors to evaluate the dismantlement of such weapons. Finally, Iraq would face sanctions if it disobeyed any of the demands. Shortly after the war ended in 1991, Shia Muslim and Kurdish Iraqis engaged in protests against Hussein's regime, resulting in an intifada. Hussein responded with violent repression against Shia Muslims, and the protests came to an end.[41] It is estimated that as many as 100,000 people were killed.[42] The US, UK, France and Turkey claiming authority under UNSCR 688, established the Iraqi no-fly zones to protect Kurdish and Shiite populations from attacks by the Hussein regime's aircraft.
  • Disarmament crisis Main article: Iraq disarmament crisis While Iraq had agreed to UNSCR 687, the Iraqi government sometimes worked with inspectors, but ultimately failed to comply with disarmament terms, and as a result, economic sanctions against Iraq continued. After the war, Iraq was accused of breaking its obligations throughout the 1990s, including the discovery in 1993 of a plan to assassinate former President George H. W. Bush, and the withdrawal of Richard Butler's UNSCOM weapon inspectors in 1998 after the Iraqi government claimed some inspectors were spies for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.[43] On multiple occasions throughout the disarmament crisis, the UN passed further resolutions (see United Nations Resolutions concerning Iraq) compelling Iraq to comply with the terms of the ceasefire resolutions. It is estimated more than 500,000 Iraqi children died as a result of the sanctions.[44][45] With humanitarian and economic concerns in mind, UNSCR 706 and UNSCR 712 allowed Iraq to sell oil in exchange for humanitarian aid. This was later turned into the Oil-for-Food Programme by UNSCR 986. Over the years, U.S. land forces were deployed to the Iraq border, and U.S. bombings were carried out to try to pressure Hussein to comply with UN resolutions. As a result of these repeated violations, US Secretary of State Madeline Albright, US Secretary of Defense William Cohen, and US National Security Advisor Sandy Berger held an international town hall meeting to discuss possible war with Iraq, which seemed to have little public support. In October 1998, U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the Iraq Liberation Act, calling for "regime change" in Iraq, and initiated Operation Desert Fox. Following Operation Desert Fox, and end to partial cooperation from Iraq prompted UNSCR 1284, disbanding UNSCOM and replacing it with United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC).
  • The Bush administration made a number of allegations against Iraq, including that Iraq was acquiring uranium from Niger and that Iraq had secret weapons laboratories in trailers and isolated facilities throughout Iraq;[citation needed] none of these allegations have proven true. Saddam Hussein, under pressure from the U.S. and the U.N., finally agreed to allow weapons inspectors to return to Iraq in 2002, but by that time the Bush administration had already begun pushing for war. In June 2002, Operation Southern Watch transitioned to Operation Southern Focus, bombing sites around Iraq. The first CIA team entered Iraq on July 10, 2002. This team was composed of elite CIA Special Activities Division and the U.S. Military's elite Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) operators. Together, they prepared the battle space of the entire country for conventional U.S. Military forces. Their efforts also organized the Kurdish Peshmerga to become the northern front of the invasion and eventually defeat Ansar Al-Islam in Northern Iraq before the invasion and Saddam's forces in the north. The battle led to the killing of a substantial number of terrorists and the uncovering of a chemical weapons facility at Sargat.[46][47] In October 2002, the U.S. Congress passed the Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq, and in November the UN Security Council passes UNSCR 1441.
  • Invasion and civil war Main article: 2003 invasion of Iraq Further information: Iraq War On March 20, 2003, a United States-organized coalition invaded Iraq, with the stated reason that Iraq had failed to abandon its nuclear and chemical weapons development program in violation of U.N. Resolution 687. The United States asserted that because Iraq was in material breach of Resolution 687, the armed forces authorization of Resolution 678 was revived. The United States further justified the invasion by claiming that Iraq had or was developing weapons of mass destruction and stating a desire to remove an oppressive dictator from power and bring democracy to Iraq. In his State of the Union Address on January 29, 2002, President George W. Bush declared that Iraq was a member of the "Axis of Evil", and that, like North Korea and Iran, Iraq's attempt to acquire weapons of mass destruction posed a serious threat to U.S. national security. These claims were based on documents that were provided to him by the CIA and the government of the United Kingdom.[48] Bush added, Iraq continues to flaunt its hostilities toward America and to support terror. The Iraqi regime has plotted to develop anthrax, and nerve gas, and nuclear weapons for over a decade... This is a regime that agreed to international inspections — then kicked out inspectors. This is a regime that has something to hide from the civilized world... By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes [Iran, Iraq and North Korea] pose a grave and growing danger. They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred.[49] However, according to a comprehensive U.S. government report, no complete, fully functional weapons of mass destruction have been found since the invasion.[50] There are accounts of Polish troops obtaining antiquated warheads, dating from the 1980s, two of which contained trace amounts of the nerve gas cyclosarin, but U.S. military tests found that the rounds were so deteriorated that they would "have limited to no impact if used by insurgents against coalition forces." [51][52][53][54][55][56] Iraq was also home to 1.8 tons of low-enriched uranium, miscellaneous other nuclear materials, and chemical weapons paraphernalia; the nuclear material was under the supervision of the IAEA until the beginning of the war.
  • Post-invasion Main articles: Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–present, Insurgency in Iraq, Civil war in Iraq, and Humanitarian Crises of the Iraq War Occupation zones in Iraq after invasion. Following the invasion, the United States established the Coalition Provisional Authority to govern Iraq.[57] Government authority was transferred to an Iraqi Interim Government in June 2004, and a permanent government was elected in October 2005. More than 140,000 troops, mainly Americans, remain in Iraq. Some studies have placed the number of civilians deaths as high as 655,000 (see The Lancet study), although most studies estimate a lower number; the Iraq Body Count project indicates a significantly lower number of civilian deaths than that of The Lancet Study, though IBC organizers acknowledge that their statistics are an undercount as they base their information off of media-confirmed deaths. The website of the Iraq body count states, "Our maximum therefore refers to reported deaths – which can only be a sample of true deaths unless one assumes that every civilian death has been reported. It is likely that many if not most civilian casualties will go unreported by the media."[58] After the invasion, al-Qaeda took advantage of the national resistance to entrench itself in the country. On December 30, 2006, Saddam Hussein was hanged.[59] Hussein's half-brother and former intelligence chief Barzan Hassan and former chief judge of the Revolutionary Court Awad Hamed al-Bandar were likewise executed on January 15, 2007;[60] as was Taha Yassin Ramadan, Saddam's former deputy and former vice-president (originally sentenced to life in prison but later to death by hanging), on March 20, 2007.[61] Ramadan was the fourth and last man in the al-Dujail trial to die by hanging for crimes against humanity. President of Iraq Jalal Talabani with U.S. President Barack Obama in 2009. At the Anfal genocide trial, Saddam's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid (aka Chemical Ali), former defense minister Sultan Hashim Ahmed al-Tay, and former deputy Hussein Rashid Mohammed were sentenced to hang for their role in the Al-Anfal Campaign against the Kurds on June 24, 2007.[citation needed] Al-Majid was sentenced to death three more times: once for the 1991 suppression of a Shi'a uprising along with Abdul-Ghani Abdul Ghafur on December 2, 2008;[62] once for the 1999 crackdown in the assassination of Grand Ayatollah Mohammad al-Sadr on March 2, 2009;[63] and once on January 17, 2010 for the gassing of the Kurds in 1988;[64] he was hanged over a week later on January 25.[65] Acts of sectarian violence have led to claims of ethnic cleansing in Iraq, and there have been many attacks on Iraqi minorities such as the Yezidis, Mandeans, Assyrians and others.[66] A U.S. troop surge to deal with increased violence and improve security became a contentious political issue in the United States. The surge in troops was enacted in early 2007; in his September 2007 testimony to Congress, General Petraeus stated that the surge's goals were being met.[67] Iraq also suffered a cholera outbreak in 2007.[68]
  • olence in Iraq began to decline from the summer of 2007.[69] The mandate of t
  • On June 29, 2009, U.S. troops formally withdrew from Baghdad streets, in accordance with former U.S. President George W. Bush's security pact with Iraq known as the Status of Forces Agreement. The SOFA pact stated, among other things, that U.S. troops will withdraw from Iraq's cities by June 30, 2009, and will leave the country on Dec. 31, 2011.[70] Throughout the country, as the citizens of Iraq celebrated with fireworks,[71] television programs declared June 30 as National Sovereignty Day.[72][73] However, crime and violence initially spiked in the months following the US withdra
  • last extended by UN resolution 1790, expired on December 31, 2008.
  • ssaults, and shootings increased dramatically.[74][78] According to the Associated Press, Iraqi military spokesman Major General Qassim al-Moussawi said investigations found that 60 to 70 percent of the criminal activ
  • As Iraqi security forces struggled to suppress the sudden influx of crime, the number of kidnappings, robberies, bomb
  • ity is carried out by former insurgent groups or by gangs affiliated with them — partly explaining the brutality of some of the crimes.[74] United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said that the withdrawal caused a change of chemistry with “a real sense of empowerment on the part of the Iraqis.”[79] U.S. troops continue to work with Iraqi forces after the pullout.[80] Despite the initial increase in violence, on November 30, 2009, Iraqi Interior Ministry officials reported that the civilian death toll in Iraq fell to its lowest level in November since the 2003 invasion.[81]
Kim T

Gameplay of World of Warcraft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 9 views

    • AndreaLee EWSIS
       
      WoW is a roleplaying game.
    • Jessica =D
       
      Indeed. I concur with thee.
    • William Utama
       
      its a massive multiplayer role playing in short mmorpg i love playing mmorpg :3 yeahh i jus wanna take up space :D
    • AndreaLee EWSIS
       
      Game creators consider seasons and the game has room for upgrading.
  • In it, players design a character to play based on a number of starting options, such as the race of character and its type or class.
    • Tian EWSIS
       
      I like that players can design their own charactors.
    • Andrea. C
       
      yea, it sounds like it's funner if the game has different jobs to play
    • Chun Heng EWSIS
       
      it is the top online game throughout the wolrd =)
    • Ammy EWSIS
       
      There are many games similar to this.. such as maple story, flyff, ragnorak... its nothing new. The only thing good about WoW is the graphics and the fact that they update the game every single week. I'm rather tired of kinds of games because all you do is level and fight. It got pretty boring to me.
    • diane ewsis
       
      this is for the whole paragraph the combat seems so interesting
    • JustinM EWSIS
       
      its hard to find a mmorpg that doesnt have a character design feature unless it is really crappy or low quality even then its still hard to find one thats well known
    • Hannah EWSIS
       
      I agree with Justin almost all have character design features.
    • Anna EWSIS
       
      Yeah I know what you mean ammy. At first I was addicted to MS but all i did was level and fight. It bored me.
    • Michael Harris
       
      I like that fact that you can obtain a character based on race
    • Noreen C
       
      Why is it so important to have a character design? I mean I get it when a person picks what character they want to be, but why do you need to pick the color of their hair, or race?
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    • AndreaLee EWSIS
       
      Explains environment, possible interaction with international people.
  • a player then has four to seven of the game's ten character classes to choose from
    • YuDi EWSIS
       
      Not all ten players can be used.
    • Zhapa EWSIS
       
      so true
    • Tian EWSIS
       
      Also it needs a minimum level in order to choose a hero class. This gives players motivation to keep playing until they reach the levels they need.
    • Jose EWSIS
       
      personality affects outcome of characters.
    • Jeannie EWSIS
       
      i love games like those ^
    • AndreaLee EWSIS
       
      How to make a character. Alliance or Horde? Different "races" available.
  • Season
  • The game has three roles, DPS (damage dealer), tank and healer, a member of any class can be customized for the DPS role, while members of some classes, known as hybrids, can also be customized as healers, tanks or any of the three roles.
    • YuDi EWSIS
       
      The different classes makes the game funner.
    • Jessica =D
       
      Also helps to play. You need a healer to heal your party and the such.
    • William Utama
       
      ofcourse if people have the classes it will be boring~~
    • Hawa EWSIS
       
      Hmm...I hate being a healer though...healers are boring in my opinion.
    • JustinM EWSIS
       
      every game has different jobs so that there is a varaity in the gameplay and for obsesive people who wish to have all the classes to have a little more fun
    • Shehrina EWSIS
       
      Classes makes it more interesting.
    • Andrea. C
       
      LOL really? I hate being tanks. no fun
  • Azeroth
    • Helen EWSIS
       
      that's a weird name... I wonder what the meaning of it is, if there is any?
    • Jordan EWSIS
       
      who comes up with thes names
    • Andrea. C
       
      many MMORPG have their own world to draw players in. makes every game special in their own way
    • jsmith4
       
      seems alright
    • MelissaB EWSIS
       
      who every comes up with these names really has no life or has one hell of a imagination
    • diane ewsis
       
      cool name
    • Jeannie EWSIS
       
      the names sound coool
    • Hannah EWSIS
       
      I really like the names they are quite creative and interesting.
    • Sarah B
       
      i think it is titled world of warcraft because this is an alternate world where people are learning the art of war, or how to make war/fight in wars.
    • Yuval S
       
      Helen, i think that there is also a meaning to this weird name
    • Kim T
       
      I'm guessing the name is either something in another language or gibberish.
    • AndreaLee EWSIS
       
      Each character is assigned a role at your decision. Play in a group or individually.
  • Players can also participate in player versus player combat, either in large groups or small team matches.
    • Helen EWSIS
       
      I find this to be very typical in all kinds of games.
    • Houin EWSIS
       
      It is a good way for the character go to the PvP and have match with other player.
    • Jordan EWSIS
       
      how meny difernt conpons are there
    • Yuval S
       
      I agree with you Helen.
  • These are indicated by having yellow exclamation marks (!) above their heads, while yellow question marks (?) represent quests ready to hand back and complete.[26] Quests usually reward the player with experience points and in-game money
    • YuDi EWSIS
       
      Many games usually allow players make their own groups.
    • Hawa EWSIS
       
      Hmm the yellow questions I have seen in other games for quests and stuff....
  • al and periodical events have also been added, such as Halloween, Midsummer and weekly fishing competitions
    • Tian EWSIS
       
      Although it's in a fictional world, there are still realistic things, such as Halloween. This makes the game more attractive and interesting.
    • Houin EWSIS
       
      i agree with you,the game will following the real holiday and create some activitly or quest about the holiday.
    • Andrea. C
       
      Yea, I think when there's events like these, people get drawn in because they get rare items or whatever
    • MelissaB EWSIS
       
      I think that this is giving people a excuse to be anti social and have no life why talk to real people or go outside when there is a whole vertual reality the mirrors the real world.
    • Shehrina EWSIS
       
      I agree too. holidays always makes pepole happy and when there favorite holidays are in the game its more interesting.
    • Yuval S
       
      I agree, I like the idea of putting special things for special events.
    • Noreen C
       
      But isn't one of the main attractions of video games to put people in an alternate world? I, in fact, don't think the game is very realistic. The whole idea of fantasy is what is so different from real world. I think that's what is most appealing. 
    • AndreaLee EWSIS
       
      Professions are different from roles. You can actually get useful skills fit for that profession.
  • Characters can be resurrected by other characters that have the ability, or can self-resurrect by moving from the graveyard to the place where they died.
  • To start, players select a game realm or server to play on.
  • Each realm is in one of four different categories, depending on which set of combat rules it uses.
    • Tian EWSIS
       
      The main goal of the game is to defeat monsters and complete the mission, which is very similar to the one that I used to be playing.
  • players are mainly focused on defeating monsters and completing quests (Player versus environment)
    • Helen EWSIS
       
      option 1
    • Houin EWSIS
       
      most of the game need to do the same thing going to up lvl.
    • AndreaLee EWSIS
       
      A "guild" is like a club for players.
  • open combat between players is permitted (Player versus player)
    • Helen EWSIS
       
      option 2
    • MelissaB EWSIS
       
      player verses enviorment what the hell is that I think it is more sane to do player verses player I won't go coocoo.
  • Enhancing a character's reputation can gain access to rare items, unique abilities and profession-based patterns and plans,[29] as well as lowering cost of items sold by NPCs belonging to that faction
    • YuDi EWSIS
       
      This kind RPG game should be online game.
    • diane ewsis
       
      An Npc is it like a potion?
  • Players are also able to customize their character through the use of talents, which are further abilities related to their character class.[9][10]
    • Munaza EWSIS
       
      This sound fun, and very engaging becasue people can can create characters depending the person.
  • roleplay versions of both these types, where players are encouraged to control their character as if they were an inhabitant of a fantasy world
    • Helen EWSIS
       
      I can't imagine someone getting so in to the game... but I guess it's fairly normal also. How do you do that? o_o
    • Luis EWSIS
       
      This sounded like Sims, but it would be interesting to have this combination of battle and civil life
    • Shehrina EWSIS
       
      People get addicted to a game. And when they are playing their favorite video games they have no idea about whats going on around them.
    • Jeannie EWSIS
       
      I think this game sounds pretty fun.. I used to like roleplaying games
    • Yuval S
       
      A lot of people go ODE about the game. you will if you also play
    • Noreen C
       
      This does sound like Sims, however it is more fantasy. I guess it's what someone wants to get out of the game. I think that the idea of going on hunts and the whole monsters and dragons thing makes it very different than Sims. 
  • In one of the updates following the release of the Burning Crusade expansion, the rate at which characters gain experience from killing monsters was increased, along with reducing the amount of experience required to gain further skills and abilities.
    • YuDi EWSIS
       
      By accumulate experiences can make players beat boss.
  • Race determines the character's appearance, starting location, and initial skill set, called "racial traits".
    • Tian EWSIS
       
      "Racial traits" does not only determine the appearance of each charactor, but also affect their skills in combat. I like how this is designed.
  • Characters are also able to learn two primary professions from a list of ten. These can be gathering professions, such as mining, herb gathering, or animal skinning. Characters can also choose from crafting professions, such as blacksmithing, leatherworking, or enhancement professions such as enchanting or inscription.
    • AndreaLee EWSIS
       
      Different areas added because of new editions. Objective is to earn experience points to level up and become better. There is communication through text chat. While traveling, one could ride a boat or a plane.
    • diane ewsis
       
      cool 3-D
    • diane ewsis
       
      There should be airplanes that could transport them to places faster
  • language players are encouraged to use, offering in-game support in that language
  • This allows players to explore areas and defeat quests without other players outside the group interfering.
    • YuDi EWSIS
       
      Players get together to defeat the boss.
    • Kim T
       
      How can players interfere one another? Is there only one dungeon?
  • Gameplay of World of Warcraft
    • Jordan EWSIS
       
      who spent the time to wright this
    • JustinM EWSIS
       
      this game iv heard of many times and it is suppose to be a good game however i find that it gets extremely tedious really fast and it gets boring after time which is good for a game that you piad for and have to keep paying for in order to play it
    • Jose EWSIS
       
      World of Warcraft is a place where people can leave their everyday lives and live a "cooler" much perfered life to escape reality. It is here where a great world of interaction occurs and technology truely shines as we see it in action.
    • Helen EWSIS
       
      This is really interesting... GLOBAL APPROACH?
    • Dylan EWSIS
       
      I can see how people get addicted because they dont want to miss out on any extra priviledges so they buy all the extra game packs ot keep up to date with the game.
    • AndreaLee EWSIS
       
      Includes holiday-based events and uses weather effects. How sentimental.
  • A typical dungeon will allow up to five characters to enter as part of a group.
    • YuDi EWSIS
       
      Group players makes the game easier.
    • diane ewsis
       
      do you have to have group players
    • Ammy EWSIS
       
      i agree. Teamwork makes everything a lot easier because 5 heads are better than 1 !
    • Andrea. C
       
      Yup, but the more people you have, the slower you're going to lvl
    • AndreaLee EWSIS
       
      General idea of questing. Awards and experience points are given after completing a quest.
  • As well as banding together to form groups, players can also band together to form guilds. These structures allow players several benefits, such as easier communication and an identifying guild name and tabard. Guild members can also be given access to a central pool of resources known as a guild bank.[13] Guilds can also make use of an in-game calendar, allowing guild members to view scheduled events, and respond to them with whether they can attend or not. This calendar can also be accessed without need to log-in to the game, using the Armory feature.[14]
    • Munaza EWSIS
       
      yop
  • Characters can only communicate and group with other characters of the same faction. Each faction has five races to choose from. Race determines the character's appearance, starting location, and initial skill set, called "racial traits".
    • Helen EWSIS
       
      CHALLENGE for the players...
    • AndreaLee EWSIS
       
      This paragraph explains the types of quests. Death happens but characters can be brought back to life.
  • As well as dungeon-based raid challenges, several creatures exist in the normal game environment that are designed for raids to attack.
    • YuDi EWSIS
       
      The background music and photo makes players interesting in the game.
    • diane ewsis
       
      do you have to go into a dungeons with a group you can't go in by urself
  • Death Knights are a hero class, which means the player needs a level 55 (at least) and they start at level 55 with many skills, abilities, weapons and armor. While a character can be played on its own, players can also group up with others in order to tackle more challenging content. In this way, character classes are used in specific roles within a group
    • Houin EWSIS
       
      different class character have different skill, if your lvl is higher,then the class will more high,and the you will hagve more skill
  • The Alliance currently consists of Humans, Night Elves, Dwarves, Gnomes and Draenei; the Horde currently consists of Orcs, Tauren, Forsaken, Trolls and Blood Elves.
    • Helen EWSIS
       
      too many terms...!
    • Houin EWSIS
       
      most of the game have 2 different alliance,it will make the game more interest and fun.
    • Luis EWSIS
       
      I wonder what happened to the dead hordes
  • In common with many MMORPGs, World of Warcraft requires players to pay for a subscription, usually either by credit-card or by buying a card from a retailer to redeem for a pre-determined amount of subscription time.[15]
    • Houin EWSIS
       
      it is very expersive.some MMORPGs is free.:)
    • AndreaLee EWSIS
       
      This paragraph shows that one can improve "reputation." There are rare abilities available.
  • Further options to customize the appearance, such as hairstyles, skin tones, etc are also available.
    • Helen EWSIS
       
      REALLY? I thought that was just in games that "dress up" their characters as opposed to fictionous animated characters.
    • diane ewsis
       
      For the paragraph What can't you change
  • Players can discover 'flight masters' in newly discovered locations and then use those NPCs in order to fly to previously discovered locations in other parts of the world.[19
  • As well as banding together to form groups, players can also band together to form guilds.
    • Tian EWSIS
       
      Players can interact with each other, which makes the game more fun. The players can also share experience with each other.
  • Depending on the race chosen and the expansions installed, a player then has four to seven of the game's ten character classes to choose from.
    • Helen EWSIS
       
      I'm a little confused... based on whatever they choose before, they then choose another character classes??
    • Houin EWSIS
       
      the game only have 3 main character,after up lvl,it can upgrade to other character.
  • Gameplay primarily consists of completing quests and dungeon runs, and other in-game activities, in order to obtain rewards which will allow one to improve one's character and equipment in order to be able to complete the more difficult quests and dungeon runs.
    • AndreaLee EWSIS
       
      Overall, I am very bored of this lesson and feel that this is pointless because I really don't care about the history or explanation of the "Gameplay of World of Warcraft." Plus, this game is rather boring and makes me not want to play. Great.
    • Kim T
       
      I agree. The game seems really confusing and pointless. I don't find it necessary to learn about a fantasy world that isn't really interesting or beneficial.
  • A number of facilities are available to characters when in towns and cities. In each major city characters can access a bank in order to deposit items, such as treasure or crafted items.
  • Characters can also choose from crafting professions, such as blacksmithing, leatherworking, or enhancement professions such as enchanting or inscription.
    • Helen EWSIS
       
      Professions... part of the game... I like! It's gives me something to do when not battling :]
    • Houin EWSIS
       
      most of the people doing for the game money,you make the own thing and sell it out.
    • Ammy EWSIS
       
      very similar to other mmorpgs where people can choose jobs for their characters.
    • JustinM EWSIS
       
      it makes the game more realistic
    • Luis EWSIS
       
      What are these skills for?
  • n this game world, players use their characters to explore locations, defeat creatures and complete quests.
    • Tian EWSIS
       
      Players have to explore locations themselves. That means the plot is not determined by the game and it will leave the players more to imagine.
    • Ammy EWSIS
       
      I like exploring in games especially when the game has very good graphics.
    • JustinM EWSIS
       
      same old style of gameplay lols
  • Although the game world remains reasonably similar from day to day, changes have been made over time. Seasonal events that reflect on real world events such as Halloween (as Hallow's End),[23] Christmas (as Winter Veil), Children's Week,[24] Easter (as Noblegarden) and Midsummer run for a period of a day or two up to several weeks.
  • Gameplay primarily consists of completing quests and dungeon runs, and other in-game activities, in order to obtain rewards which will allow one to improve one's character and equipment in order to be able to complete the more difficult quests and dungeon runs.
    • Andrea. C
       
      makes the game interesting when there's a goal for you
    • MelissaB EWSIS
       
      The many quest can get boring if there is no one singular goal of enemy to defeat and you whined up giving up.
    • Jeannie EWSIS
       
      I agree. completing small quests in order to achieve the big gaol
  • in-game calendar
    • Helen EWSIS
       
      this seems useful - like a timeling/schedule for when everyone is free to play
    • jsmith4
       
      Wow! this game really doe shave everything!
  • First, some realms allow player versus player combat to take place almost anywhere in the game world outside of areas for new players.
    • YuDi EWSIS
       
      The system of players vs players makes the game in touch with the real world. Players vs. real players in the game.
    • diane ewsis
       
      There too many points in this game
  • This calendar can also be accessed without need to log-in to the game, using the Armory feature.
    • Helen EWSIS
       
      +PLUS! it's less of a hassle to log in
  • World of Warcraft requires players to pay for a subscription
    • Helen EWSIS
       
      haha, nothing is free!!
    • Ammy EWSIS
       
      that sucks because maple story is free and the characters are way cuter !!!
  • A large amount of World of Warcraft revolves around questing.
    • Andrea. C
       
      Lol, I like questing, when it's with a big group. But it does get boring
  • These structures allow players several benefits, such as easier communication and an identifying guild name and tabard.
  • When a player instructs their character to yell or say something, a chat bubble appears above their head containing the spoken words in a similar way to a comic book image.
    • Helen EWSIS
       
      This is kind of cool!
  • Each battleground has a set objective, such as capturing a flag or defeating an opposing general, that must be completed in order to win the battleground.
    • YuDi EWSIS
       
      This is similar like the super mario.
  • inding a difficult to locate object, or delivering an item from one place to another.
  • In each major city characters can access a bank in order to deposit items, such as treasure or crafted items.
    • Helen EWSIS
       
      my first thought was $ not treasure or materials...
  • As well as gaining in-game money, items and experience points, many quests will also increase reputation with a faction.
  • These matches are among a small number of characters (between 2 and 5 per side) in two teams.
    • YuDi EWSIS
       
      Team vs. Team
    • diane ewsis
       
      so cash prizes competition after competition
  • the rate at which characters gain experience from killing monsters was increased, along with reducing the amount of experience required to gain further skills and abilities.
  • A mailbox can be used to collect items won at auction and also to send messages, items and even in-game money to other characters.
    • Helen EWSIS
       
      I bet it never gets full! Just like every other mailbox!
    • Hawa EWSIS
       
      omfg probably...like for aim I have 666 new mails that I yet to read. O_O
    • diane ewsis
       
      You have to pay for everything the messages that are sent must be important
    • jsmith4
       
      mailbox huh? UPS? FEDEX? I prefer the former..
  • These mods can help the player by automating simple tasks, grouping similar spells or abilities together and enhancing the way information about the game environment is presented to the player.
    • YuDi EWSIS
       
      This shows the development of the game.
    • JustinM EWSIS
       
      its also call macroing your keys
  • Some of the harder challenges in World of Warcraft require players to group together to defeat them.
    • Andrea. C
       
      lol, how did i know jessica highlighted this one? but anyways, not when it's like a big boss monster
  • . Seasonal events that reflect on real world events such as Halloween (as Hallow's End),[23] Christmas (as Winter Veil), Children's Week,[24] Easter (as Noblegarden) and Midsummer run for a period of a day or two up to several weeks.
    • Tian EWSIS
       
      There are also realistic events in the fictional realm, which made the game more attractive.
    • Ammy EWSIS
       
      yea those are fun because you get to celebrate it with people from all around the world
  • These are indicated by having yellow exclamation marks (!) above their heads, while yellow question marks (?) represent quests ready to hand back and complete.[
    • Helen EWSIS
       
      this is an interesting way off disputing who is who
  • These dungeons allow up to forty players to enter at a time in order to face some of the most difficult challenges.[3
  • The ability for players to communicate with each other using voice chat was added some time after the release of the Burning Crusade expansion.
    • YuDi EWSIS
       
      The game also let players communicate easier while playing the game.
    • Anna EWSIS
       
      I think thats interesting and fun.
  • In a change from the previous Warcraft games produced by Blizzard, World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) where thousands of players can interact with each other. Despite this change, the game draws many similarities with its predecessors.
  • Sometimes, quests of this nature are linked together by a common theme. Where one quest ends, another starts, forming a quest chain.
    • Helen EWSIS
       
      longer quests?!
    • diane ewsis
       
      If you stop playing the game that you get experience points dont you have to play the game to get the points
    • Andrea. C
       
      I know!! That's the worst. You just want to give up halfway but if you do complete it, you get something good out of it.
    • Carmen M
       
      Dont quests get boring after a period of time? The game designers or whatever you call them must come up with a lot of ideas if the quests are never ending.
  • However, most players prefer to use Ventrilo or Teamspeak, as they come with more customizable features and provide better sound quality than the voice service in-game.
    • YuDi EWSIS
       
      This system is really useful in the boss defeating.
    • Ammy EWSIS
       
      i've used ventrillo back when I played a game called gunbound and it was great.
    • JustinM EWSIS
       
      this is used in numerous games for similar reasons
    • Andrea. C
       
      Yea, and during guild wars but it's kinda weird when your teamates and you only chatted by texts and not hearing each other's voices.
  • a character may get attacked and killed by a creature, becoming a ghost at a nearby graveyard.
    • Helen EWSIS
       
      you can't die?!?!?!
    • Andrea. C
       
      LOL helen. You can die. You just respawn at the nearest respawning point. And you also lose exp which is a total ...
  • As well as being able to complete quests and enter dungeons, players can also fight against other players in the game.
  • When a character dies the items being carried degrade, requiring in-game money and a specialist NPC to repair them. Items that degrade heavily can become unusable until they are repaired.
    • Helen EWSIS
       
      never mind... you can die!
  • These locations act in a similar way to dungeons or instances in that only a set number of characters can enter a single battleground, but additional copies of the battleground can be made to accommodate additional players.[34]
  • As well as banding together to form groups, players can also band together to form guilds. These structures allow players several benefits, such as easier communication and an identifying guild name and tabard. Guild members can also be given access to a central pool of resources known as a guild bank.[13] Guilds can also make use of an in-game calendar, allowing guild members to view scheduled events, and respond to them with whether they can attend or not. This calendar can also be accessed without need to log-in to the game, using the Armory feature.[14]
    • Andrea. C
       
      it's fun if your guild is a good one. they back you up and help you out until you're strong enough.
  • The ability for players to communicate with each other using voice chat was added some time after the release of the Burning Crusade expansion.
    • Tian EWSIS
       
      This added function brought the players more fun from making people network with each other. People can share their experience or ask others question while playing through this voice chat.
    • Ammy EWSIS
       
      I think voice chat is awesome because you can continue to walk around without having ot stop and type. Its much easier to talk while you're hunting. many games have this feature right now which is awesome.
  • Arenas are a further development to player vs player that were added in the Burning Crusade expansion
  • High end dungeons allow more players to group together and form a raid. These dungeons allow up to forty players to enter at a time in order to face some of the most difficult challenges.[33] In the Burning Crusade expansion the most common group sizes are ten and twenty-five,[32] based on the idea that these groups would be easier to fill and coordinate.[32] As well as dungeon-based raid challenges, several creatures exist in the normal game environment that are designed for raids to attack.[20][23] [edit]
    • Helen EWSIS
       
      that's a CRAZY amount of people...
  • In the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, a new player vs player zone was introduced called Wintergrasp
  • A number of facilities are available to characters when in towns and cities. In each major city characters can access a bank in order to deposit items, such as treasure or crafted items. Each bank is unique to that character, with players able to purchase additional storage space.[21] An additio
  • sade expansion was the concept of guild banks, allowing members of the same guild to contribute items, resources and in-game currency to a central poo
  • After a set amount of experience points have been gained, a character gains a level, opening up the option of learning new skills or abilities, exploring new areas and attempting new quests.
    • Andrea. C
       
      The more you lvl, the stronger you get and more skills to use and lvl up. Keeps people interested
    • jsmith4
       
      Like most games! its a center for for people who like to electronically and cybernetically toil
  • some realms allow player versus player combat to take place almost anywhere in the game world outside of areas for new players. In these environments, members of opposing factions can attack each other at any time.
    • Helen EWSIS
       
      this reminds me of when I used to play Star Craft... LOL
  • A number of features have been added to World of Warcraft, either prior to the original release or in one of the following content updates.
    • Helen EWSIS
       
      these constant updates with technology! -___-
    • Usman 'uZi' attends EWSIS
       
      whats wrong with constant updates with technology? it only makes it better..
    • Hawa EWSIS
       
      because updates help with stuff =O
  • expansion was the concept of guild banks
    • Andrea. C
       
      guild bank or storage is really helpful, helps stores everything you and your members donate to your guild
  • Over time, a number of additio
  • 3D-representation of the Warcraft universe that players can interact with through their characters. The game features two continents on the world of Azeroth. A second world, known as Outland, was later added in the expansion World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade.[16] The second expansion, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, added a third continent, Northrend, to Azeroth
    • Jose EWSIS
       
      Open world serves as a great way to roam and complete quests, tasks, meet new people and in a way get lost into a massive world away from your ordinary life
    • diane ewsis
       
      Nice 3-D
    • Jose EWSIS
       
      More Expansions = More $$$ LOL! (including online fees)
  • Players can also use facilities such as boats and zeppelins in order to move from one of the continents on Azeroth to the other. Players can communicate with each other using text based chat, separated into different channels for ease of use.
    • Jose EWSIS
       
      Things can be used within the world and can be interacted with. Communicating with players can bring a more interesting experience to the gameplay to form alliances and discovering enemies.
  • The mechanics of each class vary, with some tending towards melee combat while others are more suited to attacking from range or casting spells.
  • Players can communicate with each other using text based chat, separated into different channels for ease of use.
  • Players can also modify their in-game experience through the use of third-party modifications such as macros and add-ons.
    • Jeannie EWSIS
       
      I think that this makes the game more appealing because users always want updates
  • Players are able to transfer their established characters between realms in the same territory (North America, Europe, etc) for a fee.
    • Luis EWSIS
       
      It seems that they charge you for everything, what an ingenous way of raising money
  • Mages can be animal skinners,
  • Dungeons
    • Hawa EWSIS
       
      DUN DUN DUN~!
  • More regular events such as a fishing tournament have also been set up for players to take part in.[25] Other changes include adding weather effects such as rain, snow and dust storms to areas,[19] or redeveloping areas of the game in order to add new quests or to continue a particular storyline in the game.[23][24] This can also include adding new dungeons to locations for the players to explore.[20][25]
  • character classes are used in specific roles within a group.
    • Luis EWSIS
       
      There is a great variety of classes. I will be dizzy choosing from all of them just like choosing from the game Neverwinter Night
  • nal features and improvements have been added to the game world, such as additional locations to explore.
    • Jeannie EWSIS
       
      it's always better when they keep on adding new stuff to the game, so you'll get bored not as fast
  • In a change from the previous Warcraft games produced by Blizzard, World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) where thousands of players can interact with each other
  • characters of the same factio
    • Shehrina EWSIS
       
      these character's names reminds me of Harry Potter.
  • Comparison of a default World of Warcraft user interface (bottom) to a heavily modified one (top)
    • Luis EWSIS
       
      This game was actually the first of this type I had known or heard of. Although I have never played this game, I think I would have enjoyed the setting and the interplay between players.
  • combat, either in large groups or small team matches.
  • Both Draenei and Blood Elves were added as part of the Burning Crusade expansion, which is required for these options to become available
    • Dylan EWSIS
       
      An example of what I meant by players having to buy extra game packs to keep up to date with the game and have as much fun as possible.
  • These include using the same setting of the world of Azeroth as well as following a similar art direction.
    • Luis EWSIS
       
      people who like warcraft in general would like this world, so it is no wonder it remained there
  • These re-tune a set of dungeons in the Outland area for high-end characters, improving their replay value.[32] This feature is also available in Wrath of the Lich King for players who have reached the new level cap. A "looking for group" option allows players to passively find other players interested in doing the same instance
  • Each bank is unique to that character, with players able to purchase additional storage space.
    • Luis EWSIS
       
      This game has so many different stuff in it. I am amazed at the variety
  • weather effects
  • Characters can also learn secondary professions, such as cooking, fishing and first aid.
    • Jeannie EWSIS
       
      i think the closer to reality a game is, the less boring it gets
  • battlegrounds
  • Victory rewards the character with tokens and honor points that can be used to buy armour and weapons.
    • Jeannie EWSIS
       
      So this is the reward everyone's trying to get?
  • character in: the Horde or the Alliance.
    • nicholas n
       
      Can you change between the Horde or Alliance at will?
  • These include using the same setting of the world of Azeroth as well as followi
    • nicholas n
       
      Are there warecraft games that are not MMOS
  • This was seen as an attempt to encourage newcomers to the game, as they would be able to play alongside more advanced characters much earlier than before.[30]
    • nicholas n
       
      How long does it take to get to the max lvl
JackeyQ EWSIS

Global warming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • The most commonly discussed measure of global warming is the trend in globally averaged temperature near the Earth's surface.
    • Munaza EWSIS
       
      This is impotant, many people do not know that the temperature of the earth is cahnging significantly.
  • An increase in global temperature will cause sea levels to rise and will change the amount and pattern of precipitation, probably including expansion of subtropical deserts.[7] The continuing retreat of glaciers, permafrost and sea ice is expected, with warming being strongest in the Arctic. Other likely effects include increases in the intensity of extreme weather events, species extinctions, and changes in agricultural yields.
    • Munaza EWSIS
       
      The temperature is affecting not only regular temperature but also changes in the agriculture facilities. It is merans that food industry prices as well as food companies will "sky rocket", because of temperature changes.
  • Political and public debate continues regarding climate change, and what actions (if any) to take in response. The available options are mitigation to reduce further emissions; adaptation to reduce the damage caused by warming; and, more speculatively, geoengineering to reverse global warming. Most national governments have signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
    • Munaza EWSIS
       
      Politics is making the Climate Chnge issue, unimportant, I beleive that Govermnets are just "selling their image", so they would look good. There are many, many policies pacts that have been made in order to "control Clmiate Change/ Global Warming". When will there be a policy that actually help the meniviroment?
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  • Human activity since the Industrial Revolution has increased the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, leading to increased radiative forcing from CO2, methane, tropospheric ozone, CFCs and nitrous oxide. The concentrations of CO2 and methane have increased by 36% and 148% respectively since the mid-1700s.[23] These levels are much higher than at any time during the last 650,000 years, the period for which reliable data has been extracted from ice cores.[24] Less direct geological evidence indicates that CO2 values this high were last seen about 20 million years ago.[25] Fossil fuel burning has produced about three-quarters of the increase in CO2 from human activity over the past 20 years. Most of the rest is due to land-use change, particularly deforestation.[26]
    • Munaza EWSIS
       
      Industrial Revolution was bound to happen, people would live in the stone age for the rest their lives. When the Industrial Revlotion did occur things did not look bad, as of 2002 and futher did the climate change was becoming a issue to looked upon as an issue.
  • If the atmosphere is warmed, the saturation vapor pressure increases, and the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere will tend to increase. Since water vapor is a greenhouse gas, the increase in water vapor content makes the atmosphere warm further; this warming causes the atmosphere to hold still more water vapor (a positive feedback), and so on until other processes stop the feedback loop
    • Munaza EWSIS
       
      The atmosphere is warming up, there is no way for stoppiong the warming up but there is a way of slowing this down or going green
  • When ice melts, land or open water takes its place. Both land and open water are on average less reflective than ice and thus absorb more solar radiation. This causes more warming, which in turn causes more melting, and this cycle continues.
    • Munaza EWSIS
       
      The Ice is melting. If you look at the The cold continent of Antartica, the ice caps are melting there. The North and the South Poles are melting. The sea levels are rising and inhabitants such as polar bears and Penguins are getting affected. The sea levels are afftecting Island Nations as well as sea bordering nations.
  • Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans since the mid-20th century and its projected continuation. Global surface temperature increased 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.33 ± 0.32 °F) between the start and the end of the 20th century.
    • Mei EWSIS
       
      basic information about global warming.
  • However, warming is expected to continue beyond 2100 even if emissions stop, because of the large heat capacity of the oceans and the long lifetime of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
    • Mei EWSIS
       
      people are using air conditioner in the summer and the gases come out of air conditioner are bad for the o-zone.
  • Temperature changes vary over the globe. Since 1979, land temperatures have increased about twice as fast as ocean temperatures (0.25 °C per decade against 0.13 °C per decade).
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
       
      I think this sentence is important because this shows that global warming is causing the earth to get warmer. This changes things lik melting of ice bergs which can lead to rising sea level and cause major changes.
  • The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes that most of the observed temperature increase since the middle of the 20th century was caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases resulting from human activity such as fossil fuel burning and deforestation.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
       
      This is important because it descibes why and how the temperatures all around the world are going up. This also shows that as we get more technology, we are destroying the earth more and more.
  • The IPCC also concludes that variations in natural phenomena such as solar radiation and volcanoes produced most of the warming from pre-industrial times to 1950 and had a small cooling effect afterward.
  • The uncertainty in this estimate arises from the use of models with differing sensitivity to greenhouse gas concentrations and the use of differing estimates of future greenhouse gas emissions.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
       
      I think this means that no one can predict what would happen or how much emissions we produce. Less is the best, but none is great
  • The greenhouse effect is the process by which absorption and emission of infrared radiation by gases in the atmosphere warm a planet's lower atmosphere and surface.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
       
      This means that how much emissions we would make is how much global warming we create or how much we would make our own doom.
  • Clouds also affect the radiation balance, but they are composed of liquid water or ice and so are considered separately from water vapor and other gases.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
       
      I wonder if this can also help since it can cool down the face of the earth and also it can help by reflecting solar light back into space as it makes it's way through the atmosphere.
  • Global dimming, a gradual reduction in the amount of global direct irradiance at the Earth's surface, has partially counteracted global warming from 1960 to the present.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
       
      This means that global dimming helps by reflecting the warm sunlight away from earth so that we can keep it cool itstead of hot.
  • Observations show that temperatures in the stratosphere have been steady or cooling since 1979, when satellite measurements became available.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
       
      I wonder if this can really help out since it has really little effect, while we release tons of gas into our atmosphere.
  • Warming is expected to change the distribution and type of clouds. Seen from below, clouds emit infrared radiation back to the surface, and so exert a warming effect; seen from above, clouds reflect sunlight and emit infrared radiation to space, and so exert a cooling effect.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
       
      I think this is important since it might trap heat, but it relfects even more heat out than it traps. It also helps cool the earth, but trapping those gases in can harm us since those gas can be toxic.
  • Measures including water conservation,[99] water rationing, adaptive agricultural practices,[100] construction of flood defences,[101] Martian colonization,[102] changes to medical care,[103] and interventions to protect threatened species[104] have all been suggested. A wide-ranging study of the possible opportunities for adaptation of infrastructure has been published by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.[
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
       
      I wonder if we would really need to evacuate earth if there is no possible answer for saving our lives and the earth as well.
  • Geoengineering is the deliberate modification of Earth's natural environment on a large scale to suit human needs.[106] An example is greenhouse gas remediation, which removes greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, usually through carbon sequestration techniques such as carbon dioxide air capture.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
       
      I think this is important because if we do have to evacuate the earth, then we would need to bring this information to our new planet so that we can preserve that planet and hopefully learn from our mistakes.
  • In 2007–2008 Gallup Polls surveyed 127 countries. Over a third of the world's population were unaware of global warming, with developing countries less aware than developed, and Africa the least aware. Of those aware, Latin America leads in belief that temperature changes are a result of human activities while Africa, parts of Asia and the Middle East, and a few countries from the Former Soviet Union lead in the opposite belief.
  • Geoengineering is the deliberate modification of Earth's natural environment on a large scale to suit human needs.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
       
      This means that geoengineering is the study of changing the environment of earth to suit human needs. This is like constructing more land or to shape the lands so that buildings can be built or changing the land so that it can be used for vegetation.
  • one study suggests that projected rates of extinction are uncertain.[80]
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
       
      I wonder will this be true since there are many theories of when the world will end like the upcoming 2012.
  • United States President Barack Obama has announced plans to introduce an economy-wide cap and trade scheme
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
  • Measures including water conservation,[100] water rationing, adaptive agricultural practices,[101] construction of flood defences,[102] Martian colonization,[103] changes to medical care,[104] and interventions to protect threatened species[105] have all been suggested. A wide-ranging study of the possible opportunities for adaptation of infrastructure has been published by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
       
      I think this is important because this is our means of survivial if anything happens to our planet earth or what we might have to do in the future to prevent anything from happening again.
Daniel T

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • – People's Army
  • guerrilla
  • guerrilla organization based in Colombia
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  • Colombian government had initially ignored the growing influence of several communist enclaves in and around Sumapaz (a locality of Bogotá) until 1964 when, under pressure by Conservatives who considered the autonomous communities (which were labeled as “independent republics” by senator Álvaro Gómez Hurtado,[31]) to be a threat, the Colombian National Army was ordered to take full control of the area.
  • By 1985, the major guerrilla groups (EPL, FARC-EP, M-19, and ELN) had come together under an umbrella organization known as the Guerrilla Coordinating Board (CNG). This group evolved in 1987 into the Simón Bolívar Guerrilla Coordinating Board (CGSB), which led negotiations between the numerous guerrilla groups and the government. While the CGSB did achieve some of its goals, its success was very limited. The CGSB's initiative led to the successful peace process with the M-19. The FARC-EP and ELN, on the other hand, decided to continue their struggle.
  • The FARC-EP have demanded a mechanism for prisoner exchange, which would involve the liberation of 21 military and police "prisoners of war"[12] (not including civilians held for extortion or ransom, which may number in the thousands) that the group currently holds, in exchange for the release of at least 500 jailed criminal rebels. During the duration of the DMZ negotiations, a small humanitarian exchange took place.
  • Partial hostage releases and escapes during 2006 and 2007
  • Anti-FARC rallies
  • Death of Raúl Re
  • Death of Manuel Marulanda Vélez
  • Hugo Chavez's call to disarm
  • Operation Jaque
  • FARC receives most of its funding -which has been estimated to average some $300 million per year- from taxation of the illegal drug trade, ransom kidnappings, bank robberies, and extortion of large landholders, multinational corporations, and agribusines
  • Drug trafficking Main article: Illegal drug trade in Colombia FARC-EP was not initially involved in direct drug cultivation, trafficking, or trans-shipment prior to or during the 1980s. Instead, it maintained a system of taxation on the production that took place in the territories that they controlled, in exchange for protecting the growers and establishing law and order in these regions by implementing its own rules and regulations[100][101]. During the 1990s, FARC expanded its operations, in some areas, to include trafficking and production, which has provided a significant portion of its funding[102]. Right-wing paramilitary groups also receive a large portion of their income from drug trafficking and production operations[102]. FARC has called for crop substitution programs that would allow coca farmers to find alternative means of income and subsistence. In 1999, FARC worked with a United Nations alternative development project to enable the transition from coca production to sustainable food production. On its own, the group has also implemented agrarian reform programs in Putumayo[103][100][101][104]. In areas where it is involved in coca production, FARC generally makes sure that peasant coca growers receive a much larger share of profits than the paramilitaries would give them[105][99][101], and demands that traffickers pay a decent wage to their workers[99]. According to journalist and author Garry Leech, when growers in a FARC-controlled area are caught selling coca to non-FARC brokers, they are generally forced to leave the region, but when growers are caught selling to FARC in paramilitary-controlled areas, they are generally killed[105]. He concludes that the lower prices paid for raw coca in paramilitary-controlled areas lead to significantly larger profits for the drug processing and trafficking organizations, which means that they generally prefer that paramilitaries control an area rather than FARC[105]. After the April 21, 2001 capture of Brazilian druglord Luiz Fernando da Costa (aka Fernandinho Beira-Mar) in Colombia, Colombian and Brazilian authorities accused him of cooperating with FARC-EP through the exchange of weapons for cocaine. They also claimed that he received armed protection from the guerrilla group.[106][107][108] [edit] Kidnappings Main article: Kidnappings in Colombia The FARC-EP is responsible for ransom kidnappings in Colombia. The group’s kidnapping targets are usually those that it considers wealthy landowners and businessmen, the police and military, as well as foreign tourists and entrepreneurs, and prominent international and domestic officials.[109] Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has expressed his disagreement with their resorting to kidnappings[110]. [edit] Human rights concerns
  • Child soldiers FARC-EP, the ELN, and right-wing paramilitaries all train teens as soldiers and informants. Human Rights Watch estimates that the FARC-EP has the majority of child combatants in Colombia, estimating that approximately one quarter of the guerrillas are under 18 years of age[112][113]. Forcible recruitment of children, by either side, is rare in Colombia; most of the children join of their own volition without any threats of force to themselves or their families. They join for a variety of reasons including poverty, lack of educational opportunities, avoiding work in the coca processing plants (which is dangerous), escaping from domestic violence, offers of money (mostly from paramilitaries, who pay their soldiers), and other reasons[113].
Luis EWSIS

2010 Haiti earthquake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • The United States Geological Survey recorded a series of aftershocks, fourteen of them between magnitudes 5.0 and 5.9.[7] The International Red Cross has stated that as many as 3 million people have been affected by the quake,[8] with as many as 100,000 deaths likely, according to the prime minister.[9]
    • Anthoulla EWSIS
       
      When will they ever make a seismogram to detect earthquakes earlier?
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  • According to MSNBC.com and NBC News, United States Geological Survey geophysicist Kristin Marano called it the strongest earthquake since the devastating 1770 earthquake in what is now Haiti. According to Moreau de Saint-Méry (1750–1819), while "only one masonry building had not collapsed" in Port-au-Prince during the 18 October 1751 earthquake, "the whole city collapsed" during the earthquake of 3 June 1770. The city of Cap-Haïtien and other cities in the northern part of Haiti and the Dominican Republic were destroyed in an earthquake on 7 May 1842.[18] In 1946, a magnitude-8.0 earthquake struck the Dominican Republic and also shook Haiti, producing a tsunami that killed 1,790 people and injured many others.[19]
    • Anthoulla EWSIS
       
      thats sad, Heidi and earthquakes are very common. many earthquakes have occured in Heidi than the one that just happened. People say they should move, but most of them are poor and can't afford to leave.
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  • Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.[23] The country is ranked 149th, of 182 countries, on the Human Development Index.[24] There is concern about the emergency services' ability to cope with a major disaster,[25] and the country is considered "economically vulnerable" by the Food and Agriculture Organization.[26]
    • Anthoulla EWSIS
       
      Like i said before Haiti is a very poor country that can't afford the things the US. or other more powerful countries can. It is sad and people should donate and try to help them to gain their economy back to "normal".
  • The earthquake occurred inland, on 12 January 2010, approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) WSW from Port-au-Prince at a depth of 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) at 16:53 UTC-5[6] on the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault system.[2
    • Anthoulla EWSIS
       
      thats a bad way to start 2010.
  • The earthquake occurred inland, on 12 January 2010, approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) WSW from Port-au-Prince at a depth of 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) at 16:53 UTC-5[6] on the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault system.[
    • Tianna EWSIS
       
      Many people have been said to be dead *OVER 100k PEOPLE*
  • The United States Geological Survey recorded a series of at least 33 aftershocks , fourteen of them between magnitudes
    • Anna EWSIS
       
      wow 33 aftershocks and many of them at 5.0 and 5.9. thats terrible. I dont like earthqukes.
  • destroyed, including the Presidential Palace (President René Préval survived), the National Assembly building, the
    • Anna EWSIS
       
      im glad to hear that President Rene Preval survived. Being a president is important and in this situation right now, the president is needed to take care of this. However alot of the important buildings are gone.
    • Zhapa EWSIS
       
      The good thing is that at least the President survive. He is the one that now has to think about what to do next. It's so sad.
  • Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere ,[22] ranked 149th of 182 countries on the Human Development Index
    • Anna EWSIS
       
      This makes it even more worse. Haiti is a very poor country and they just had an earthquke. Its very sad. It will take a long time for Haiti to be fixed.
    • Dylan EWSIS
       
      I agree its crazy how they were already in enough trouble as it was.
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  • prison in Port-au-Prince collapsed during the earthquake. Many prisoners escaped into the streets, and their whereabouts are unknown.[
    • Anna EWSIS
       
      wow. This is no good. It will be hard to find the prisoners back. Who knows what bad thing they are doing now.
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  • The country is no stranger to natural disasters: it has been struck by multiple hurricanes, causing flooding and widespread damage, most recently in 2008 from Tropical Storm Fay and Hurricanes Gustav, Hanna and Ike, resulting in 800 deaths.
    • Dylan EWSIS
       
      How is it that a country that has already suffered so much, recieve another amount of pain to have to deal with?
  • Amongst the widespread devastation and damage throughout Port-au-Prince and elsewhere, vital infrastructure to respond to the disaster, such as all hospitals in the capital, air, sea, and land transport facilities, and communications, was severely damaged or destroyed
    • Zhapa EWSIS
       
      It's amazing how everything got damaged. It's also very sad. It was a surprise for them and everyone in the world.
  • The buildings of the finance ministry, the ministry of public works, the ministry of communication and culture, the Palace of Justice, the Superior Normal School, the National School of Administration, the Institut Aimé Césaire, Parliament , and Port-au-Prince Cathedral were damaged to varying degrees
    • Zhapa EWSIS
       
      Everywhere it was damaged.
  • The Haitian government reported that nearly 70,000 bodies had been recovered by official crews.[87] Some reports indicated 250,000 people sustained injuries, and as many as one million Haitians were left homeless
    • Zhapa EWSIS
       
      Homeless!! This is sad. Specially for children. Poor children that had to sufer so much because of this earthquake.
  • Amongst the large number of dead were several public figures including government officials, clergy members, and musicians, and foreign civilians and military personnel working with the United Nations.
    • Zhapa EWSIS
       
      Important people also die!
  • The Dominican team sent food, bottled water and heavy machinery to remove the rubble.[103] The hospitals in Dominican Republic were made available, as well as the airport to receive aid that would be distributed to Haiti
    • Zhapa EWSIS
       
      It's good to know that others care and help!!
  • people who needed emergency surgery . [41] [42] The state of medical care was severely limited; a parking lot served as a triage center and the wounded were forced to lie in tents for treatment
    • Zhapa EWSIS
       
      Good to know that hospital are there for the Haiti people..
  • U.S. President Barack Obama announced that former presidents Bill Clinton, who also acts as the U.N. special envoy to Haiti, and George W. Bush will coordinate efforts to raise funds for Haiti's recovery.
    • Zhapa EWSIS
       
      It's sounds good that the Presidents are doing Something for the people in Haiti.
  • between 100,000 and 200,000 would have died as a result of the disaster,[3] exceeding earlier Red Cross estimates of 45,000–50,000.[8] Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive announced on 18 January that over 70,000 bodies had been buried in mass graves.
    • Luis EWSIS
       
      This numbers are insane. It is so terrible that this many people had died. So tragic!
  • It was also felt in several surrounding countries and regions, including Cuba (MM III in Guantánamo), Jamaica (MM II in Kingston), Venezuela (MM II in Caracas), Puerto Rico (MM II–III in San Juan), and the bordering country of the Dominican Republic (MM III in Santo Domingo).
LawrenceY EWSIS

Korean wave - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • South Korea is among the world's top ten cultural exporters[3] and the Korean wave began with the export of Korean TV dramas
    • LawrenceY EWSIS
       
      Because South Korea is a major cultural exporter, it allows the beginning of the korean wave
  • Korean wave's influence is most visible in China, Japan and Southeast Asia, spreading to India,[6] the Middle East,[7] Central Asia,[8] Iran,[9] Israel,[10] Turkey[11] and Russia.[11] The Korean wave is rapidly expanding beyond Asia through the internet and has a substantial presence in North, Central and South America, particularly in Chile, Mexico and Argentina,[12] and is increasingly becoming popular in the United States.[13] It is also gaining momentum in Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, led by Hungary[14] and Norway.[15] It is gathering positive interest in North Africa, attracting a sizable niche audience in Egypt.[16] Currently, the Korean wave is starting to hit the shores of the United Kingdom[17][18] and Australia.[
  • The Korean wave first began in the early 1990s with the film industry under the strict surveillance of the Korean government.
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  • Due to censorship and restrictions, producers were limited as to what they were able to produce, giving birth to the melodrama. Such melodramas are now ubiquitous, and are commonly viewed not only in South Korea, but in much of Asia as well.
    • LawrenceY EWSIS
       
      while the korean government tried to control what went on in tv, it spread to other countries which was the beginning of the korean wave
  • The Korean wave is seen as a product of globalization and rise of capitalism in Asia.
    • LawrenceY EWSIS
       
      the korean wave mada asia more noticeable throughout the world
  • Many Chinese scholars attribute success of the Korean Wave to Confucian themes that East Asian cultures are more familiar with, typically dealing with traditional issues such as family, love, and filial piety in an age of changing technology and values.
    • LawrenceY EWSIS
       
      i don't think the success of the korean wave is due to Confucian themes, because some of korea's products most of the time lack Confucian themes
  • South Korea is a highly developed country[25], which is greatly reflected on its dramas, movies and TV shows, giving many viewers a "Korea Dream"
    • LawrenceY EWSIS
       
      if korea was not a developed country it might not have had much of a success spreading its culture
  • In 2001, many critics predicted the Korean wave would soon cool down. However contrary to most expectations, the Korean wave has grown stronger since 2003.[
    • LawrenceY EWSIS
       
      when will the korean wave die down?
  • Vietnam's government threatened to ban the broadcast of Korean shows if they outnumbered the Vietnamese shows being broadcast on television.[57] Taiwan considered limits on the broadcast of foreign shows. China also considered boycotting or limiting the amount of Korean imports in the entertainment sector
    • LawrenceY EWSIS
       
      this is basically saying that the korean wave is too over powering in some countries that they have to limit what comes out on tv
Zhapa EWSIS

Coffee and health - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • Coffee contains caffeine, which acts as a stimulant. For this reason, it is often consumed in the morning and when feeling tired. Students preparing for examinations with late-night cram sessions or code jams frequently use coffee to stay awake.
    • Zhapa EWSIS
       
      This shows that many people drink coffee in the morning to start their day with energy. Whihc is somethimg good. But resourses state that coffee affects your health.
  • A study comparing heavy coffee drinkers (3.5 cups a day) with non-drinkers found that the coffee drinkers were significantly less likely to contract Parkinson's Disease later in life. [7]. Likewise, a second study found an inverse relationship between the amount of coffee regularly drunk and the likelihood of developing Parkinson's Disease
    • Zhapa EWSIS
       
      Accrordind to this it state that coffee is a drink that many people drink but what as a result it gives you a disease. I strongly feel that children should not be drinking coffee becuase that is what manily affectx them with their brain.
  • Coffee consumption is also correlated to a reduced risk of oral, esophageal, and pharyngeal cancer.[17][18] In ovarian cancer, no benefit was found.[19] In the Nurses Health Study, a modest reduction in breast cancer was observed in postmenopausal women only, which was not confirmed in decaffeinated coffee.[20] According to one research, coffee protects from liver cancer.[21]
    • Zhapa EWSIS
       
      As it says here, that coffee can not only be bad for children. But also for adults because it gives cancer to your body. Cancer to women and men. That's why I think that coffee should not be drank every morning only sometimes.
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  • Blood pressure Caffeine has previously been implicated in increasing the risk of high blood pressure; however, recent studies have not confirmed any association. In a 12-year study of 155,000 female nurses, large amounts of coffee did not induce a "risky rise in blood pressure".
    • Zhapa EWSIS
       
      Coffee is also known as giving blood pressure.
    • Zhapa EWSIS
       
      Coffee is also known as giving blood pressure down.
  • Effects on pregnancy A February 2003 Danish study of 18,478 women linked heavy coffee consumption during pregnancy to significantly increased risk of stillbirths (but no significantly increased risk of infant death in the first year). "The results seem to indicate a threshold effect around four to seven cups per day," the study reported. Those who drank eight or more cups a day (64 U.S. fl oz or 1.89 L) were at 220% increased risk compared with nondrinkers. This study has not yet been repeated, but has caused some doctors to caution against excessive coffee consumption during pregnanc
    • Zhapa EWSIS
       
      This is so true due to the fact that many people think that coffee won'y affect women who are pregnant. But they are wrong cause it actually effects the baby from stillbirths.
  • The study concluded that consumption of coffee is associated with significant elevations in biochemical markers of inflammation. This is a detrimental effect of coffee on the cardiovascular system, which may explain why coffee has so far only been shown to help the heart at levels of four cups (24 fl oz or 600 mL) or fewer per day.[42]
    • Zhapa EWSIS
       
      No matter wthat coffe is bad to drink.
  • Coffee intake may reduce one's risk of diabetes mellitus type 2 by up to half. While this was originally noticed in patients who consumed high amounts (7 cups a day), the relationship was later shown to be linear.[13][14]
  • Coffee can also reduce the incidence of cirrhosis of the liver[15] and has been linked to a reduced risk of hepatocellular carcinoma, a primary liver cancer that usually arises in patients with preexisting cirrhosis.
  • However, coffee can also cause excessively loose bowel movements.
  • Coffee contains the anticancer compound methylpyridinium. This compound is not present in significant amounts in other food materials.
  • Coffee consumption decreased risk of gout in men over age 40. In a large study of over 45,000 men over a 12-year period, the risk for developing gout in men over 40 was inversely proportional with the amount of coffee consumed.[32]
  • Over 1,000 chemicals have been reported in roasted coffee, and 19 are known rodent carcinogens;[33] however, most substances cited as rodent carcinogens occur naturally and should not be assumed to be carcinogenic in humans at exposure levels typically experienced in day-to-day life.
  • A 2007 study by the Baylor College of Medicine indicates that the diterpene molecules cafestol and kahweol, found only in coffee beans, putatively raise levels of low-density lipoprotein or LDL in humans.[36] This increase in LDL levels is an indicator that coffee raises cholesterol. The Baylor study serves to link cafestol and kahweol with higher levels of cholesterol in the body.
  • A Harvard study conducted over the course of 20 years of 128,000 people published in 2006 concluded that there was no evidence to support the claim that coffee consumption itself increases the risk of coronary heart disease.
  • for heart attack when drinking multiple cups of coffee a day due to genetic differences in metabolizing caffeine.[citation needed]
Hawa EWSIS

Video game behavioral effects - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • From both a social and psychological standpoint, video games have the ability to influence their players both on implicit and explicit levels.
    • Hawa EWSIS
       
      What does it mean when it says both on implicit and explicit levels?
  • Research on aggressive behavior as an effect of playing violent video games began in the 1980s and 1990s and still continues today.
    • Hawa EWSIS
       
      This is seen a lot in our society today. Many people who are video game addicts exhibit this behavior.
  • some researchers claim that these violent games may cause more intense feelings of aggression than nonviolent games, and may trigger feelings of anger and hostility. Several studies that have supported such findings.
    • Hawa EWSIS
       
      as one can see at the bottom of this, there is another article supporting this theory.
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  • The average gamer, far from being a teen, is actually a 35-year-old man who is overweight, aggressive, introverted — and often depressed, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).[4]
    • Hawa EWSIS
       
      Woah, that is actually really surprising. I thought that the average gamer was a teenager not a 35 year old man
  • Female video game characters are often hypersexualized and unrealistic,[8][9] and have been shown to play a factor in hard-core gamers’ perceptions of ideal beauty
    • Hawa EWSIS
       
      this is really true since when I play some video games the girls are so unrealistic with huge breasts and all that. It actually makes me feel ugly all the time compared to them.
  • This repetition of violence and reward system create a psychological effect on people telling them that violence is okay.
    • Hawa EWSIS
       
      Is that people commit murders and stuff? This it because of huge influence of the video games?
  • This addiction could lead to physical health problems, spending problems, and time displacement leading to missed work or school days. In one example, a 28 year old South Korean gamer died after 50 hours of StarCraft online gameplay.[12]
    • Hawa EWSIS
       
      I know that video game addiction can make someone socially awkward, but can it really make someone die? Somebody should really go into that....
  • The rise in childhood obesity in the U.S. has raised awareness of media consumption in children.[citation needed] Not only are parents and organizations blaming the food industry for the problem, but they are turning to television and video games as a key factor. Displacement Theory supports the notion that the time that would normally be spent being active outdoors or in sports, children are now replacing with leisure and inactive time in front of the television.[citation needed] Others tend the blame the problem on parental enforcement.[citation needed]
    • Hawa EWSIS
       
      In short, parents are just blaming video games for their child being overweight. Why would blame others? It's their fault in my opinion since it's the parents that give children access to video games and other things....
  • Anderson and Bushman explain how violent video games promote violent behavior, attitudes and beliefs.
  • have written that video games are neither good or bad alone, because it all depends on the individual and the context they are played in.[18]
    • Hawa EWSIS
       
      I have to agree for the fact that it all does depend on the person. They all have different effects on someone even though sometimes they share the same effects.
  • The interactive nature allows for high levels of entertainment, but has not yet been shown to subtract from the educational lessons being taught. Additionally, developers are beginning to change the view of traditional video games by creating popular games that require the player to be active -Wii Fit, Dance Dance Revolution- or focus on using brain power -Brain Age 2.
    • Hawa EWSIS
       
      see....a lot of people tend to think that video games is coupled with laziness and being unhealthy. However there are someone games that help become active and some that requires brain power. So video games aren't always that bad.
  • Many authors disagree with the notion that suggests that the media can cause violence, they think that media cannot cause violence because human can recognize what is wrong and what is right and people are not copycats
    • Hawa EWSIS
       
      Well this can be true at times. It is usually built in someone that tells them what is wrong or not. However, what if it's a child who plays the violent games. They're so young that they might not know what is wrong or right...
  • Journalist and author, David Sheff, believes that many skills can be learned from the gaming experience, it builds practical and intellectual skills,” by playing video games children gain problem solving abilities, perseverance, pattern recognition, hypothesis testing, estimating skills, inductive skills, resources management, logistics mapping, memory, quick thinking and reasonal judgements”. [26]
    • Hawa EWSIS
       
      This can be true at times. However I don't really agree with the reasonal judgements. It depends on the person really.
  • There are many positive effects of video games on some people as suggested by some researches; people play because they want to get away from their everyday life, break routine, to relive stress, allow them to cool off when they are stressful, could help people take out their anger through the game rather in real life because they are fun and interesting way to spend time. [25]
    • Hawa EWSIS
       
      This is true, because you can get lost in the world of whatever game you are playing. You can become another character and just be someone else for a while. Also it's sort of a hea;thy way to release stress instead of surpressing it.
  • In research undertaken by Acta Psychologica, in a number of tasks, video game experts outperformed non-gamers. Experts were able to track objects moving at greater speeds, perform more accurately in a visual short-term memory test, switch between tasks more quickly, and make decisions about rotated objects more quickly and accurately.
    • Hawa EWSIS
       
      Well this is sort of true too since I experience something like this once. I think it does help hand eye coordination at times...
Kit EWSIS

Mythology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • One theory claims that myths are distorted accounts of real historical events.[26][27] According to this theory, storytellers repeatedly elaborated upon historical accounts until the figures in those accounts gained the status of gods.[26][27] For example, one might argue that the myth of the wind-god Aeolus evolved from a historical account of a king who taught his people to use sails and interpret the winds
    • Kit EWSIS
       
      I always ask myself, do Myth According to history event or people? Maybe is theory maybe right.
  • Some thinkers believe that myths resulted from the personification of inanimate objects and forces. According to these thinkers, the ancients worshipped natural phenomena such as fire and air, gradually coming to describe them as gods
    • Kit EWSIS
       
      I'm think this theory is also good, I never knew there were so many thoery. I thought it may answer the question. Which came first? Myth or Gods?
  • According to the myth-ritual theory, the existence of myth is tied to ritual.[33] In its most extreme form, this theory claims that myths arose to explain rituals.[34] This claim was first put forward by the biblical scholar William Robertson Smith.[35] According to Smith, people begin performing rituals for some reason that is not related to myth; later, after they have forgotten the original reason for a ritual, they try to account for the ritual by inventing a myth and claiming that the ritual commemorates the events described in that myth.[
    • Kit EWSIS
       
      I never realized ritual is also releated to myth. Now I think of it many culture had different kind of ritual, even some means to offer a human life to what they belived in.
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  • The first scholarly theories of myth appeared during the second half of the 19th century.[46] In general, these 19th-century theories framed myth as a failed or obsolete mode of thought, often by interpreting myth as the primitive counterpart of modern science.
CorrineA EWSIS

Insomnia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

  • Insomnia is typically followed by functional impairment while awake.
    • Paul Allison
       
      So this is saying that when you don't sleep at night you often get hurt the next day.
    • CorrineA EWSIS
       
      I guess this is saying that if you are not usually asleep when you normally would be, you are less attentive. You could bump into something or hurt your foot etc. When you are between being awake and being asleep that can also damage you in the morning.
  • Insomnia is a symptom[1] which can accompany of any of several sleep, medical and psychiatric disorders, characterized by persistent difficulty falling asleep and/or staying asleep despite the opportunity.
    • CorrineA EWSIS
       
      It's important because knowing what insomnia is helps to figure out what sleepless night are and why they occur.
  • According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services in the year 2007, approximately 64 million Americans regularly suffer from insomnia each year.[3] Insomnia is 1.4 times more common in women than in men.[4]
    • CorrineA EWSIS
       
      This sentence is important because statistics mean that there are personal experiences out there to investigate in the mysterious questions circulating sleepless nights
    • kavoy jones
       
      The more i look up research on this topic the more i realize that i have insomnia myself. Before i was told that its from stressed, something on my mind or feelings i had kept hidden. Every where i looked for information about it they all seem to save diffrent things how you can have it but they all did say the syptoms and i do have them.
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  • Transient insomnia lasts from days to weeks. It can be caused by another disorder, by changes in the sleep environment, by the timing of sleep, severe depression, or by stress. Its consequences - sleepiness and impaired psychomotor performance - are similar to those of sleep deprivation.[5]
    • CorrineA EWSIS
       
      this helps to know the different types of insomia so in case you come across sleepless nights then you can figure out what your symtoms may be
  • Acute insomnia is the inability to consistently sleep well for a period of between three weeks to six months.[6]
    • CorrineA EWSIS
       
      This type of insomnia is not very long but is is alarming to those who can't get a good night's sleep for months.
  • Chronic insomnia lasts for years at a time. It can be caused by another disorder, or it can be a primary disorder. Its effects can vary according to its causes. They might include sleepiness, muscular fatigue, hallucinations, and/or mental fatigue; but people with chronic insomnia often show increased alertness. Some people that live with this disorder see things as though they were happening in slow motion, wherein moving objects seem to blend together. Can cause double vision.[5]
    • CorrineA EWSIS
       
      Is there more to this because I wonder how long chronic insomnia can go on.
    • CorrineA EWSIS
       
      Does chronic mean consistantly?
  • In many cases, insomnia is caused by another disease, side effects from medications, or a psychological problem.
    • CorrineA EWSIS
       
      What types of diseases cause mild sleepless nights?
  • Many insomniacs rely on sleeping tablets and other sedatives to get rest. All sedative drugs have the potential of causing psychological dependence where the individual cannot psychologically accept that they can sleep without drugs[citation needed].
    • CorrineA EWSIS
       
      What types of sedatives can give you psychological diseases?
    • CorrineA EWSIS
       
      Are sedatives harmful to you nervous system?
  • Restless Legs Syndrome can cause insomnia due to the discomforting sensations felt and need to move the legs or other body parts to relieve these sensations. It is difficult if not impossible to fall asleep while moving.
  • Some antidepressants such as amitriptyline, doxepin, mirtazapine, and trazodone can often have a very strong sedative effect, and are prescribed off label to treat insomnia.[33] The major drawback of these drugs is that they have antihistaminergic, anticholinergic and antiadrenergic properties which can lead to many side effects. Some also alter sleep architecture.
    • CorrineA EWSIS
       
      I think that these are important because they are partly the reason why some people have sleepless nights. Also because these are anti-depressants and they are the laeding cause of sleepless nights which answers part of my question
  • The antihistamine diphenhydramine is widely used in nonprescription sleep aids such as Tylenol PM, with a 50 mg recommended dose mandated by the FDA. In the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and other countries, a 25 mg to 50 mg recommended dose is permitted.
    • CorrineA EWSIS
       
      Why is this relevant to the treatment?
  • Cyproheptadine is a useful alternative to benzodiazepine hypnotics in the treatment of insomnia. Cyproheptadine may be superior to benzodiazepines in the treatment of insomnia because cyproheptadine enhances sleep quality and quantity whereas benzodiazepines tend to decrease sleep quality.
    • CorrineA EWSIS
       
      What these two sentences are saying is that Cyproheptadine way better then benzodiazepines in the treatment of insomnia.
MelissaB EWSIS

Christmas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • Christmas[2] or Christmas Day[3][4] is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that commemorates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.[5][6] The date of commemoration is not known t
    • MelissaB EWSIS
       
      This importtant to know what christmas is and wherethey think that it comes from so you have a feeling of where it comes from and were the ideas come from
  • Although traditionally a Christian holiday, Christmas is widely celebrated by many non-Christians,[1][10]
    • MelissaB EWSIS
       
      If it is a a christian holiday then how has it become more celebrated by non christans and the customes have been adopted. Why do they say that all christans celebrate christmas when some don't
  • some of its popular celebratory customs have pre-Christian or secular themes and origins. Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift-giving, music, an exchange of greeting cards, church celebrations, a special meal, and the display of various decorations; including Christmas trees, lights, and garlands, mistletoe, nativity scenes, and holly. In addition, Father Christmas (known as Santa Claus in North America, Australia and Ireland) is a popular mythological figure in many countries, associated with the bringing of gifts for children.[11]
    • MelissaB EWSIS
       
      Let me break this down there are some customs in christmas and there are some new customs that have been added in resent years and there arew some old customs that have gotten new looks to be mor apealing in modern time such as santa clause.
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  • heightened economic activity among both Christians and non-Christians, the
  • gift-giving and many other aspects of the Christmas festival involve
    • MelissaB EWSIS
       
      I feel like this is important because this is what christmas is about now gift giving.
    • MelissaB EWSIS
       
      I feel like this is important because it seems that this is what christmas is about now gift giving.
  • holiday has become a significant event and a key sales period for retailers and businesses.
    • MelissaB EWSIS
       
      This is important to understand why it is such an important holiday to the economy of some countries and why they try to make it more secular now.
  • in others, Christian minorities or foreign cultural influences have led populations to observe the holiday. Major exceptions, where Christmas is not a formal public holiday, include China, (excepting Hong Kong and Macao), Japan, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Thailand, Nepal, Iran, Turkey and North Korea.
  • Around the world, Christmas celebrations can vary markedly in form, reflecting differing cultural and national traditions. Countries such as Japan and Korea, where Christmas is popular despite there being only a small number of Christians, have adopted many of the secular aspects of Christmas such as gift-giving, decorations and Christmas trees.
Yu Park

Moon landing conspiracy theories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 4 views

  • Various Moon landing conspiracy theories claim that some or all elements of the Apollo Project and the associated Moon landings were falsifications staged by NASA and members of other involved organizations.
    • Yu Park
       
      I wonder if conspiracy theorists think these things up in order to gain something
  • An article in the German magazine Der Spiegel places the Moon hoax in the context of other well-known 20th century conspiracy theories which it describes as "the rarified atmosphere of those myths in which Elvis is alive, John F. Kennedy fell victim to a conspiracy involving the Mafia and secret service agents, the Moon landing was staged in the Nevada desert, and Princess Diana was murdered by British intelligence."[41]
    • Yu Park
       
      I wonder if all of these conspiracy theories are connected in some sort of way.
  • A 2000 poll conducted by the Russian Public Opinion Fund found that 28% do not believe that American astronauts have been on the Moon, and this percentage is roughly equal in all social-demographic groups.[
    • Yu Park
       
      I wonder if the poll rate is raised because of the media and the internet
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  • A number of different hoax claims have been advanced that involve conspiracy theories outlining concerted action by NASA employees, and sometimes others, to perpetuate false information about landings that never occurred, or to cover up accurate information about the landings that occurred in a different manner than have been publicized. Believers have focused on perceived gaps or inconsistencies in the historical record of the missions. The Flat Earth Society was one of the first organizations to accuse NASA of faking the landings, arguing that they were staged by Hollywood and based on a script by Arthur C. Clarke.[13]
    • Yu Park
       
      This is important because it shows why conspiracy theorists believe that the moon landing was a hoax and how they try to find proof to back up their theory.
  • Cold War prestige, monetary gain, and providing a distraction are some of the more notable motives which are give
    • Yu Park
       
      This is important because it shows the reasons why conspiracy theorist think why the government would want to create a hoax of the landing on th moon
  • A 1999 poll by The Gallup Organization found that 89% of the U.S. public believed the landings were genuine, while 6% did not, and 5% were undecided.[2][3]
    • Yu Park
       
      This is important because it shows the percentage of beilevers and none-believers
  • Dr. David Williams (NASA archivist at Goddard Space Flight Center) and Apollo 11 flight director Eugene F. Kranz both acknowledged that the Apollo 11 telemetry data tapes are missing.
    • Yu Park
       
      I double-checked this here http://news.cnet.com
  • On November 1, 2006 Cosmos Magazine reported that some one-hundred data tapes recorded in Australia during the Apollo 11 mission had been discovered in a small marine science laboratory in the main physics building at the Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Australia. One of the old tapes has been sent to NASA for analysis. The slow-scan television images were not on the tape.[67] Britain's Sunday Express reported in late June 2009 that the missing tapes were found in storage facility in the basement of a building on a university campus in Perth, Australia.
    • Yu Park
       
      I double-checked this here http://www.abovetopsecret.com
  • There are no stars in any of the photos. The Apollo 11 astronauts also claimed in a press conference after the event to have not remembered seeing any of the stars.
    • Yu Park
       
      Let me explain this. First because of the daytime at the moon, stars were not visible. Second, the camera may have just concentrated on the bigger blackness rather then the light. Third, human eyes werent used to the light in the moon.
  • 5. The color and angle of shadows and light are inconsistent.
    • Yu Park
       
      Let me explain this. First the angle of the Sun's light affects the angle of the shadows. Second, the distance between objects affect the angle. Third light reflects off the moon resulting in some objects appearing to be different angles.
  • p. 97-98 2.
  • The flag placed on the surface by the astronauts flapped despite there being no wind on the Moon.[citation needed] Sibrel said "The wind was probably caused by intense air-conditioning used to cool the astronauts in their lightened, uncirculated space suits. The cooling systems in the backpacks would have been removed to lighten the load not designed for Earth’s six times heavier gravity, otherwise they might have fallen over".
    • Yu Park
       
      Let me explain this. First the flag appears to be moving because the astronaut is shaking it. Second, the crumpled state of the flag makes it look like its waving. Third it waves because it is like a pendulum
Reasat EWSIS

Extraterrestrial life - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

  • Extraterrestrial life is defined as life which does not originate from planet Earth. The existence of such life is theoretical and all assertions about it remain disputed.
    • Reasat EWSIS
       
      This is the general definition of what aliens are. They are known as extraterrestrial life that do not live on Earth, but oter space. The last sentence is important because, scientists are still trying to prove the existence of aliens.
  • Suggested locations which might have once developed, or presently continue to host life similar to our own, include the planets Venus[1] and Mars, moons of Jupiter and Saturn (e.g. Europa,[2] Enceladus and Titan) and Gliese 581 c and d, recently discovered to be near Earth-mass extrasolar planets apparently located in their star's habitable zone, and with the potential to have liquid water.[3]
    • Reasat EWSIS
       
      There may be potnetial alien life in various planets, moons, and star (i.e. - Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Europa)
  • Alien life, such as bacteria, has been theorised by scientists such as Carl Sagan to exist in our solar system and quite possibly throughout the universe although no samples have been found.
    • Reasat EWSIS
       
      Where is the evidence that bacteria exist else where?
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  • Scientists are directly searching for evidence of unicellular life within the solar system, carrying out studies on the surface of Mars and examining meteors which have fallen to Earth. A mission is also proposed to Europa, one of Jupiter's moons with a possible liquid water layer under its surface, which might contain life.[19]
    • Reasat EWSIS
       
      Another source that goes more in detail about this is: http://www.disclose.tv/forum/finding-life-mars-vs-europa-t10371.html
  • Independently, in 1996, structures resembling nanobacteria were reportedly discovered in a meteorite, ALH84001, thought to be formed of rock ejected from Mars. This report is also controversial, and scientific debate continues.
    • Reasat EWSIS
       
      This is important because this is proof that extraterrestrial life existed in outer space, more specifically Mars.
    • JosephT EWSIS
       
      This isn't proof at all. It says possibly, and it says that there is a lack of evidence.
  • In February 2005, NASA scientists reported that they had found strong evidence of present life on Mars.[21] The two scientists, Carol Stoker and Larry Lemke of NASA's Ames Research Center, based their claims on methane signatures found in Mars' atmosphere resembling the methane production of some forms of primitive life on Earth, as well as on their own study of primitive life near the Rio Tinto river in Spain.
  • Within Islam, the statement of the Qur'an "All praise belongs to God, Lord of all the worlds" indicates multiple universal bodies, and maybe even multiple universes, which may indicate extraterrestrial and even extradimensional life. Surat Al-Jinn also mentioned a statement from a Jinn regarding the current status and ability of his group in the heavens.
    • Reasat EWSIS
       
      This is interesting because I am a Muslim my self. A lot of things can have different interpretations. I am going to try looking for it in the Qur'an.
  • Europa - Europa may contain liquid water beneath its thick ice layer. It is possible that vents on the bottom of the ocean warm the ice, so liquid could exist beneath the ice layer, perhaps capable of supporting microbes and simple plants, just like in Earth's hydrothermal vents.[2]
    • Reasat EWSIS
  • Mars - Life on Mars has been long speculated. Liquid water is widely thought to have existed on Mars in the past, and there may still be liquid water beneath the surface. Methane was found in the atmosphere of Mars. By July 2008, laboratory tests aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander had identified water in a soil sample. The lander's robotic arm delivered the sample to an instrument which identifies vapors produced by the heating of samples. Recent photographs from the Mars Global Surveyor show evidence of recent (i.e. within 10 years) flows of a liquid on the Red Planet's frigid surface.[34]
  • The other large moons of our system which have been visited appear similarly lifeless, though the interesting geothermic forces observed (Io's volcanism, Europa's ocean, Titan's thick atmosphere) have underscored how broad the range of potentially habitable environments may be.
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Ammy EWSIS

Childhood obesity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • Obese children often suffer from teasing by their peers.[10][11] Some are harassed or discriminated against by their own family.
    • Ammy EWSIS
       
      This is very important because children often becoming suicidal or low self esteemed due to teases made by their peers or own family.
  • Physical inactivity of children has also shown to be a serious cause, and children who fail to engage in regular physical activity are at greater risk of obesity.
    • Ammy EWSIS
       
      It is very important for an overweight child to engage in physical activity as it can help improve their health and lose weight. The key to fighting obesity is to exercise daily and maintain a healthy eating habit.
  • A 2008 study has found that children who are obese have carotid arteries which have prematurely aged by as much as thirty years as well as abnormal levels of cholesterol[13].
    • Ammy EWSIS
       
      Why is this so? How does carotid arteries and obesity both contribute to premature aging?
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  • Children's food choices are also influenced by family meals. Researchers provided a household eating questionnaire to 18,177 children, ranging in ages 11–21, and discovered that four out of five parents let their children make their own food decisions.
    • Ammy EWSIS
       
      A child's weight is highly influenced by their food choices and family meals. It plays a critical role on their diet.Hence if a parent lets their own child make their own food choices, then that wouldn't be good since kids enjoy eating junk food and fast food, which doesn't do any justice to their bodies. Instead, they should be eating healthy nutritious foods such as vegetables and fruits. It is important for the parent to be in charge of what their child consumes. I found out from another source that studies have shown that almost all childs who are overweight, are due to their parents giving them control over what they want to eat.
  • Breast-feeding for example may protect against obesity in later life with the duration of breast-feeding inversely associated with the risk of being overweight later on.
    • Ammy EWSIS
       
      How does breast feeding contribute to preventing child obesity? Where are the facts to support this?
  • Stress can influence a child's eating habits.
    • Ammy EWSIS
       
      I agree because sometimes when people are stressed, they tend to eat a lot, because eating usually makes them feel better and happier.
    • Ammy EWSIS
       
      However, in some case, its different for other people. For example, females are very conscious about their own body appearance. They are very strict to themselves when it comes to having a nice body image. When influenced by a magazine model to look thin, they would binge and not eat; which later on leads to a serious case of anorexia.
  • Childhood obesity however can also lead to life-threatening conditions including diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, sleep problems, cancer, and other disorders.[6][7] Some of the other disorders would include liver disease, early puberty or menarche, eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, skin infections, and asthma and other respiratory problems.
    • Ammy EWSIS
       
      Yes this is very true. Child obesity can lead to any of these risky factors.
  • Many children fail to exercise because they are spending time doing stationary activities such as playing video games or watching TV. TV and other technology may be large factors of physically inactive children.
Jessica =D

Video game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • Early games used interactive electronic devices with various display formats. The earliest example is from 1947—a "Cathode ray tube Amusement Device" was filed for a patent on January 25, 1947 by Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann, and issued on December 14, 1948 as U.S. Patent 2455992
    • Jessica =D
       
      This is important, you need to know the history of the platforms.
  • In common use a "PC game" refers to a form of media that involves a player interacting with a personal computer connected to a high-resolution video monitor. A "console game" is played on a specialized electronic device that connects to a standard television set or composite video monitor. A "handheld" gaming device is a self contained electronic device that is portable and can be held in a user's hands. "Arcade game" generally refers to a game played on an even more specialized type of electronic device that is typically designed to play only one game and is encased in a special cabinet.
    • Jessica =D
       
      Its important to know the difference of each platform. They arent all the same, and different platforms equals different views.
  • Core games are sometimes considered demanding in their gameplay and typically do not appeal to the casual gamer, but
    • Jessica =D
       
      this quote referenced a different type of gamer, the casual gamer. This qupte is completely true. Most games that come out are "core" games, they require (well most of the time) a lot of effort to complete. Casual gamers usually play games to relax, not to play for the action.
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  • In Australia, the United Kingdom and other PAL regions, generally when compared to the US, PAL gamers pay 40% to 50% more for the same product.
    • Jessica =D
       
      If its in the same language, why such a price difference?
  • The NPD Group tracks computer and video game sales in the United States. It reported in 2004 that: Console and portable software sales: $6.2 billion, up 8% from 2003[41] Console and portable hardware and accessory sales: $3.7 billion, down 35% from 2003[41] PC game sales: $1.1 billion, down 15% from 2006[42]
    • Jessica =D
       
      I wonder why in the US there doesnt seem to be the same interest in PC games, as there is in East Asia. o_O
  • A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device.
    • Jessica =D
       
      Basically video games are games that when in use, show visuals.
  • exergames
    • Jessica =D
       
      Exercise+Gaming = Exergaming. Brilliant. -_-
  • Cheats usually make the game easier by providing an unlimited amount of some resource; for example weapons, health, or ammunitio
    • Jessica =D
       
      Cheaters never prosper. Usually if there is an achievement, if you use a cheat code, you lose the chance to gain that achievement.
Hannah EWSIS

Animation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement.
    • Hannah EWSIS
       
      I feel this is important since it is the basic definition of Animation.
  • The most common method of presenting animation is as a motion picture or video program, although several other forms of presenting animation also exist.
    • Hannah EWSIS
       
      Why is this the most common method?
  • The most common method of presenting animation is as a motion picture or video program, although several other forms of presenting animation also exist.
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  • Early examples of attempts to capture the phenomenon of motion drawing can be found in paleolithic cave paintings, where animals are depicted with multiple legs in superimposed positions, clearly attempting to convey the perception of motion.
  • The phenakistoscope, praxinoscope, as well as the common flip book were early popular animation devices invented during the 1800s, while a Chinese zoetrope-type device was invented already in 180 AD.[3][4][5][6] These devices produced movement from sequential drawings using technological means, but animation did not really develop much further until the advent of cinematography.
    • Hannah EWSIS
       
      Gives good examples of early types of animation. Shows how it began.
  • An Egyptian burial chamber mural, approximately 4000 years old, showing wrestlers in action. Even though this may appear similar to a series of animation drawings, there was no way of viewing the images in motion. It does, however, indicate the artist's intention of depicting motion.
    • Hannah EWSIS
       
      Shows an early form of animation. I makes you realized how old the concept of animation is.
  • This has been claimed to be an example of early animation.[1] However, since no equipment existed to show the images in motion, such a series of images cannot be called animation in a true sense of the word
    • Hannah EWSIS
       
      The way this is information is said confuses me. I think its should be explained more clearly. I would write Although this was thought of as animation since the images did not move some people don't consider it animation.
  • The bouncing ball animation (below) consists of these 6 frames.
    • Hannah EWSIS
       
      Shows how the animation was created which is helpful in understanding the process of animation.
  • Georges Méliès was a creator of special-effect films; he was generally one of the first people to use animation with his technique. He discovered a technique by accident which was to stop the camera rolling to change something in the scene, and then continue rolling the film.
    • Hannah EWSIS
       
      Shows how one technique was found even though it was found by accident.
  • The earliest surviving stop-motion advertising film was an English short by Arthur Melbourne-Cooper called Matches: An Appeal (1899).
    • Hannah EWSIS
       
      I wonder how it managed to last so long with out being completly damaged.
  • A 5,200 year old earthen bowl found in Iran in Shahr-i Sokhta has five images of a goat painted along the sides.
    • Hannah EWSIS
       
      shows an important even in history
Evgeni D

Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

    • Evgeni D
       
      This tells me how and in what ways Japan is advanced. It turns out that U.S.A. is the most productive, but Japan is the 2nd most technologically advanced in the world.
  • As of 2009, Japan is the second largest economy in the world,[72] after the United States, at around US$5 trillion in terms of nominal GDP[72] and third after the United States and China in terms of purchasing power parity.[73] Banking, insurance, real estate, retailing, transportation, telecommunications and construction are all major industries.[74] Japan has a large industrial capacity and is home to some of the largest, leading and most technologically advanced producers of motor vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel and nonferrous metals, ships, chemicals, textiles and processed foods.[70] The service sector accounts for three quarters of the gross domestic product. Osaka Castle and Osaka Business Park district of Osaka. The majority of Japan's economy is service sector based.
corey stanley

Len Chenfeld's Outside Shot at Basketball Glory - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • At 5 feet 9 inches and 150 pounds, Len does not imagine himself playing in the N.B.A. or even the N.C.A.A. tournament
    • corey stanley
       
      I can relate to this because I am 5'11 and 153lbs, and being that i didnt play h.s ball i cant see myself making it to the N.C.A.A tournament let alone the N.B.A.
  • Kenny Anderson grew up in LeFrak City, Queens, and had an army of recruiters tracking his skills by the sixth grade. Stephon Marbury, raised with six siblings in Coney Island, became “Starbury” and the subject of a book, “The Last Shot,” by the ninth. Both played for powerhouse city high schools (Archbishop Molloy, Lincoln), went to Georgia Tech on scholarship and left college diploma-less for the N.B.A. and its attendant fame and fortune.
    • corey stanley
       
      This is very discouraging for me because these NBA stars were being tracked since 6th grade and had books made about them. They went to big "powerhouse" schools and i cant compare to these acomplishments at all.
Alexa EWSIS

2012 (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • 2012 is a 2009 Disaster
    • Alexa EWSIS
       
      this is important because in real life, this is happening! or at least scientists think so.
  • The film briefly references Mayanism, the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, and the 2012 phenomenon in its portrayal of cataclysmic events unfolding in the year 2012.
    • Alexa EWSIS
       
      heres what this is saying. its saying that on the mayan calender, 0n 2012, it says that the worlds will end.
  • Because of solar flare bombardment the Earth's core begins heating up at an unprecedented rate, eventually causing crustal displacement. This results in an onslaught of Doomsday event scenarios plunging the world into chaos, ranging from California falling into the Pacific Ocean, the eruption of the Yellowstone National Park caldera, massive earthquakes, and Megatsunami impacts along every coast line on the Earth.
    • Alexa EWSIS
       
      this is important to know because it is a true fact!
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  • attempting to save as many lives as they can before the disasters ensue.
    • Alexa EWSIS
       
      i wonder if this 2012 theory is true! saving lives? disasters? corruptions? this all sounds so crazy
  • The film received mixed to negative reviews from film critics. Rotten Tomatoes reports that 39% of critics gave the film a positive review based on 210 reviews.[36] Critics cited numerous scientific inaccuracies, lazy script and heavy reliance on the CG visuals, while some praised the CG effects. On its "top critics" section, it fared even lower with 27% of critics giving it a positive review based on 33 reviews.[37] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film holds an average/mixed score of 49 based on 34 reviews.[38]
    • Alexa EWSIS
       
      this is important to know because some of the things shot in the movie are not really supposed to happen when the year 2012 happens.
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    This world is left with nothing but question's and the craziest part about it is when it happen's it happen's so there's the answer towards things , to my eyes when it happen's it happen's. As of right now were left with question's no answer.
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    the world is not going to end how it is portrayed in the movie, but by God.
Kit EWSIS

Mythology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • The first scholarly theories of myth appeared during the second half of the 19th century.[46] In general, these 19th-century theories framed myth as a failed or obsolete mode of thought, often by interpreting myth as the primitive counterpart of modern science.
    • Kit EWSIS
       
      The trust in myth lost bit by bit over time to modern sicence. Sicence change what people used to have total trust in, as the one who created the world ect. Also to explain natural phenomena. But I don't think science can say Myth is just a story. I can prove the false in Myth it self, but it prove the contens in the Myths are false.
  • Many 20th-century theories of myth rejected the 19th-century theories' opposition of myth and science. In general, "twentieth-century theories have tended to see myth as almost anything but an outdated counterpart to science […] Consequently, moderns are not obliged to abandon myth for science."
    • Kit EWSIS
       
      I think 20th century theories and 19th century theories are close, but the 20th century thought that Myth is a total counter part of science.
  • Euhemerism Main article: Euhemerus One theory claims that myths are distorted accounts of real historical events.[26][27] According to this theory, storytellers repeatedly elaborated upon historical accounts until the figures in those accounts gained the status of gods.
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