Technology in the Educational/Professional World The rapid change‚ and consistent pace of change in technology we see today‚ is creating both opportunities and challenges. These opportunities allow us to have a great range of access to a wealth of multimedia content‚ being able to take online courses‚ accessing the internet from a variety of devices‚ social networking tools for professional development‚ and learning. This also poses a great challenge in our schools. It can get very difficult
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WORLD HISTORY The Making of the Modern World Nationalism Progressive Ideas and Movements During the Progressive Era new ideas and ways of living were being formed. Nationalism was one idea that emerged towards the end of the Middle Ages. It is the idea that people all share similar interests including culture‚ language and religion. It is also the sense of belonging to a nation and is the creation of a single government over a large territory. Nationalism can originate when people decide
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Technology (IT History of Information Technology History has witnessed several path breaking scientific achievements that have benefited mankind immensely. The discovery of fire‚ the invention of wheel‚ the industrial revolution‚ the automobile revolution and so on. But it can be said without any ambiguity the Information Technology revolution has made the greatest impact in this century. It has influenced greatly human progress in communications‚ trade‚ manufacturing‚ services
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Deindividuation is a process whereby people lose their sense of socialised individual identity and engage in unsocialised and often antisocial behaviour. Generally‚ people refrain from acting in an aggressive and antisocial manner because they are easily identifiable. When a person is deindividualised‚ they lose their sense of self awareness and their sense of personal responsibility. For example‚ in a crowd‚ where a person is less likely to be identified and held responsible for their aggressive
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The communication has always been the crucial part of mankind’s social life. The means of communication has changed according to the changes in people’s living conditions and all other circumstances such as technological developments. We barely have time to pause and reflect these days on how far communications technology has progressed. Without even taking a deep breath‚ we’ve transitioned from mail to email‚ from telephone to chat‚ from newspapers to blogs‚ and now to social networks. Among
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1. “I was persuaded to stop writing that book. I started it four more times during the next twenty years. On each occasion‚ my decision to begin again was influenced by current world events: the U.S. invasion of Panama in 1989‚ the first Gulf War‚ Somalia‚ the rise of Osama bin Laden. However‚ threats or bribes always convinced me to stop. In 2003‚ the president of a major publishing house that is owned by a powerful international corporation read a draft of what had now become Confessions of an
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17th century and the 18th century‚ European world states embraced mercantilism‚ or an economic system that “saw the world’s wealth as fixed‚ meaning that anyone country’s came at the expense of other countries.” (Tignor et al‚ 482). According to British commercial expert Malachy Postlewayt‚ the principles of mercantilism were there to ensure that “the lasting prosperity of the landed interest depends upon foreign commerce” (Tignor et al‚ 482). Mercantilism allowed European motherlands to thrive‚ attain
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Did Smith have a theory of capitalism or was he primarily a critic of mercantilism? Between the 16th and 18th century mercantilism dominated western economics. Mercantilism held a strong belief in the power of large reserves of precious metals‚ primarily gold and silver‚ and encouraged states to maintain large reserves through high tariffs on imported goods. In 1776‚ Scottish philosopher Adam Smith refuted the theory of mercantilism in a criticism entitled An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes
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PROBLEM STATEMENT Polygamy has been an important issue these days. Generally‚ men tend to take the concept of polygamy as a way to have many wives. Furthermore‚ polygamy is applied with or without the first wife‘s consent. Polygamy also being practiced even though the husband is not capable and cannot be fair. So‚ the reason we conduct this research is to study people’s knowledge regarding polygamy in this era and whether it is proper to practice polygamy or not. We would also like to gain their
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the freedom of his State. In the present age also many great heroes were born in India. They sacrificed their lives for their country’s freedom. We remember their names with love and respect. My favourite national hero Among the great heroes of modern India‚ the name of Netaji Subhaschandra comes uppermost in my mind. I like him best/He is my favourite national hero. His life is a great ideal to us. It inspires every Indian with ardent patriotism. Why he is my favourite national hero Very few
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