9 mark questions Identify and briefly explain three ways in which women may be disadvantaged by religion today (9 marks) – Jan 13 One way in which women may be disadvantaged by religion in today’s society is the fact that some religious organisational hierarchies are still male dominated. Although there have been moves towards equality in many religions‚ for example the Church of England’s decision to ordain women as priests in 1992‚ many religions are still dominated by males who hold the top positions
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Outline and evaluate research into the duration‚ capacity and encoding of information in the short term memory. Short term memory is information that we are currently aware of and that we pay attention to‚ information from the short term memory comes from focusing on sensory memory and once focused on stored in the long term memory until it recalled. Research suggests that the duration of short term memory is limited to on average of up to 2 minutes. Duration is the amount of time a memory lasts
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To what extent is targeting emerging markets for sales the best way for businesses to achieve a major growth in their profits? An emerging market can be defined a new market structures arising from globalisation that are shifting the balance of economic power from the sellers to the buyers. In such market information is freely and widely available‚ and is almost instantly accessible. For a business to target emerging markets for sales can be seen as a very strong way for a business to achieve a
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What is the doctrine of a mandate? (5 marks) In a general sense the word mandate means that an individual or group has authority or permission to act‚ and that their actions are legitimate. From a political perspective the doctrine of a mandate had the following connotations. A political mandate grants authority to the winning party at an election to form a government; this mandate may come from obtaining a majority of seats The winning party has the mandate to implement the policy options it outlined
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discourse particles or discourse markers. Discourse markers are widely used in spoken discourse‚ usually in daily informal conversation. However‚ this research concentrates on the usage and function of these words in written discourse‚ as they appear in fiction. Discourse markers as a special phenomenon have been studied from various perspectives. As previous studies (see‚ for example‚ Aijmer 1986‚Shiffrin 1987‚ Fraser 1999‚ Klerk 2006) have shown‚ discourse markers not only enhance the speech but
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To what effects are the causes‚ characteristics and effects of urbanisation different in countries at different stages of economic development? Urbanization is the increasing number of people that migrate from rural to urban areas. It predominantly results in the physical growth of urban areas‚ be it horizontal or vertical. An example of urbanisation for an LEDC is Rio de Janeiro and Mumbai which has a population of 18.3 million put together and is still expanding; an example of an MEDC is Manchester
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Traffic problems in mumbai city At present more than 20 lac vehicles have been registered in Mumbai alone. Besides these‚ maximum vehicles registered in Thane division are being used in Mumbai city. The population of Mumbai is more than 1.24 crore besides additional fluctuating population of 30 lac. Taking into consideration high volume of vehicles and density of population/pedestrian‚ manual enforcement is becoming difficult day by day. As such migration to technology driven‚ evidence based enforcement
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Georgia Rural Areas and IT Implementation The Enterprise and Information Technology September 1‚ 2013 INTRODUCTION Georgia has the second most counties of any state in the United States following Texas. Georgia has a total of 159 counties in the state. The Georgia Department of transportation is required to keep an account of all public roads in each county. Roads are maintained at a state and county level. Many of the past resources that were available
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Shepard‚ 2011‚ pg7) But what does a marker look for in a high quality assignment? Burdess (2007) answers this question giving three main areas to consider; ’the content of the essay‚ the evidence of research and use of written English.’ (pg98) First of all‚ there are many different criteria for different assignments and to understand how one is being assessed; the best place to start is to read the assignment matrix. This will detail what requirements the marker is looking for in a high quality
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Spirituality In the following I will explain what the author Ortberg‚ in his book” The Life You’ve Always Wanted‚ means by “It’s Morphing Time.” I will explain and give examples from my own experiences of “Boundary Marker Spirituality.” I will also explain Ortberg’s meaning regarding “What the Spiritual Disciplines are NOT.” Finally I will describe and discuss from my own experience the signs of “Wise Spiritual Training.” It’s Morphing Time The author Ortberg described in “The
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