{"id":12,"date":"2013-02-07T01:16:36","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T01:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/2013\/02\/07\/2008-2009-topics\/"},"modified":"2013-02-07T01:16:36","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T01:16:36","slug":"2008-2009-topics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mnfpsp.org\/index.php\/2013\/02\/07\/2008-2009-topics\/","title":{"rendered":"2008-2009 Topics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;\" align=\"center\">\n<h1 style=\"margin: 0px -5px 10px; padding: 5px; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.19em; font-weight: normal; color: #0d4c89; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: #dddddd; font-family: 'Titillium Maps', Arial;\">FUTURE PROBLEM SOLVING PROGRAM INTERNATIONAL<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"margin: 0px -5px 10px; padding: 5px; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.19em; font-weight: normal; color: #0d4c89; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: #dddddd; font-family: 'Titillium Maps', Arial;\">2008-2009 Topics<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;\" align=\"center\">\n<ul style=\"margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.7em;\">Practice Problem #1: \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"..\/joomla\/index.php\/alltopics\/0809topics#OG\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #095197;\">The Olympic Games<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.7em;\">Practice Problem #2: \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"..\/joomla\/index.php\/alltopics\/0809topics#CC\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #095197;\">Cyber-Conflict<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.7em;\">Regional Bowl:\u00a0<a href=\"..\/joomla\/index.php\/alltopics\/0809topics#SJ\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #095197;\">Space Junk<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.7em;\">State Bowl: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"..\/joomla\/index.php\/alltopics\/0809topics#TCE\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #095197;\">The Counterfeit Economy<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.7em;\">International Competition:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"..\/joomla\/index.php\/alltopics\/0809topics#PD\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #095197;\">Pandemic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\" \/><em style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: bold;\">Note that some affiliate programs change the topic order in their affiliate.<\/em><br style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\" \/><br style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\" \/><strong style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">The Olympic Games<\/strong><a name=\"OG\" title=\"OG\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Once the Olympics was the symbol of pure sport and world peace.\u00a0 Yet over the years, we have seen terrorism, politics and economics tarnish it.\u00a0 Currently, we have professional athletes competing, steroid use, biased judging, bribing of officials, and corruption at the highest levels of the IOC.\u00a0 In addition, there are political and economic implications of hosting it.\u00a0 What is the role of the Olympics in the future?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\"><br style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\" \/><strong style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Cyber-Conflict<\/strong><a name=\"CC\" title=\"CC\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 When the Internet was first envisioned, there was probably no thought as to how the use of computers and computing could potentially become an instrument of war. However, with the increased reliance on the computer for maintaining and even operating the critical infrastructures that are key to the smooth operation of not only businesses, but also governments, and the conduct of war, this probability has become reality. The art of war requires that soldiers be able to shoot, move and communicate. With the increased reliance on computers and computer chips to operate vehicles, weapons systems, and communications nodes, it is evident that attacking those computers from a distance becomes desirable. How will these challenges be addressed even as technological advances increase the possibility of cyber warfare?\u00a0\u00a0<br style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\" \/><strong style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><br style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\" \/>Space Junk<\/strong><a name=\"SJ\" title=\"SJ\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Since the early days of space flight, a wide variety of discarded materials have been left floating in multiple orbits around the earth.\u00a0 Will this space junk pose a peril for future flights?\u00a0 When the discards fall to earth as meteorites, what damage might occur on Earth?\u00a0 Who should be responsible for the management on Earth?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\"><strong style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">The Counterfeit Economy<\/strong><a name=\"TCE\" title=\"TCE\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 At the store in the mall, on the streets of any major city, even on the internet, consumers are bombarded with a variety of merchandise, which is a copy of the original.\u00a0 This can include the clothes on our backs, the music we listen to, the movies we watch, and there is no guarantee that the baseball in your bedroom was actually signed by that favorite athlete.\u00a0 Although some copies may be legal, many are not.\u00a0 The counterfeit economy presents several problems to the consumer, retailers, as well as manufacturers.\u00a0 What are these issues and how can they be addressed within the scope of the global economy?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\"><br style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\" \/><strong style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Pandemic<\/strong><a name=\"PD\" title=\"PD\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 A pandemic is an illness that strikes over a large number of countries and people all over the world.\u00a0 STARS, Ebola, AIDS, Mad Cow Disease.\u00a0 These words strike fear in most people\u2019s hearts for good reason.\u00a0 We have yet to show that humans can prevent them.\u00a0 In addition, a variety of old germs, such as tuberculosis, have been showing that they are resistant to all known antibiotics.\u00a0\u00a0 In the event of a pandemic, given the wide difference in health care in different countries all over the world, how will we prepare and respond?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FUTURE PROBLEM SOLVING PROGRAM INTERNATIONAL 2008-2009 Topics \u00a0 Practice Problem #1: \u00a0\u00a0The Olympic Games\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Practice Problem #2: \u00a0\u00a0Cyber-Conflict\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Regional Bowl:\u00a0Space &#8230; <a title=\"2008-2009 Topics\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mnfpsp.org\/index.php\/2013\/02\/07\/2008-2009-topics\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 2008-2009 Topics\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-topics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnfpsp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnfpsp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnfpsp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnfpsp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnfpsp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mnfpsp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnfpsp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnfpsp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnfpsp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}