the biosphere. Some‚ perhaps all‚ are close to tipping points that‚ if tipped‚ will result in irreversible change. And yet‚ no sense of urgency is apparent. If any one of the eight interactive crises passes a tipping point‚ it will probably act as a threat multiplier for the remaining crises. Both politicians and the average citizen believe that priorities can be established for these interactive crises‚ but such an option is not viable for a highly interactive system. Polls indicate that most people
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[NOVEMBER The Nature of the Firm By R. H. COASE ECONOMIC theory has suffered in the past from a failure to state clearly its assumptions. Economists in building up a theory have often omitted to examine the foundations on which it was erected. This examination is‚ however‚ essential not only to prevent the misunderstanding and needless controversy which arise from a lack of knowledge of the assumptions on which a theory is based‚ but also because of the extreme importance for economics of
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How Civilised were The Romans? Civilised means to have a good culture‚ education and to treat people with respect. It also means to have rules‚ help others‚ be clean‚ be organised and being polite. I think the Romans were civilised for several reasons: Aqueducts: An aqueduct was built to transport water. It was a sort of bridge‚ built on arches. On top was a channel to carry water. The Romans used aqueducts to supply towns with water from springs‚ rivers or lakes. A lot of the aqueducts have disappeared
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Kansteiner English-III How Were The Slaves Treated? A slave is a person who is owned by another person. Slave owners had total control over their slaves by forcing them into doing hard‚ painful‚ and dangerous work. Being owned by another person completely destroys the slave’s freedom. Many African Americans spent their entire lives in slavery‚ never knowing what it would be like to live their own life‚ rather than work and obey orders given by harsh and ungrateful masters. Slaves were not allowed to strive
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Justifications of Imperialism Tai Jin 79104 Global Histories Section F Teaching Assistance: Clayton Vaughn-Roberson 9/28/2014 Beginning around the 1700s‚ under the development of technology in many aspects‚ the Europeans started their expedition to explore the world. After the discover of many unknown lands‚ they soon developed a policy to extend their power and influence through colonies‚ with violence and blood. The policy was known as “imperialism”. In Africa‚ European imperialists ruled
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Cyber Threat and Military Challenges* Introduction History has shown that wars are won not only by the courage and strength of the men and women on the battlefield; but also‚ by the evolving technology adopted by the military. In the cyberspace‚ two distinct regimes emerge for the military. The first regime is the open network with its inherent risks and vulnerabilities which is essential for collaboration‚ information sharing‚ logistics etc. The second regime of closed network meets the
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In today’s information age‚ there is an over dependence in I.T in all operations of a company from keeping records to many other functions in the organization. Given the importance of information systems in tee organizations‚ malice‚ mischance or error can be detrimental to the organization’s existence and therefore a well laid out security policy is almost mandatory. Security policy therefore focuses on the processes‚ tools and methods necessary for the design‚ implementation and testing of the
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How many miles to Babylon? Quotes How many miles to Babylon? – Ordinary Level Quotes List How many miles to Babylon? Fourscore and ten‚ sir. Will I get there by candlelight? There and back again‚ sir “I love no living person. P 1 – Now that Jerry is dead there is no one left that Alec cares about‚ not even his parents. “He may be better off dead. My heart doesn’t bleed for her.” P 1 –This quote shows how bad the relationship between Alec and his parents is‚ he pities his father
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Computer Security Student Name University Abstract James works for a bank‚ and he spends most of his attending to bank clients and travelling. He always carries with him a laptop that contains confidential bank information. The Operating System of the laptop was last updated in May 2011. Some of the programs James uses are MS word 2007‚ MS Access and MS Excel. James’ computer is‚ however‚ not well secured. It does not have a firewall or an antivirus. In addition‚ the data in the laptop are
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Pariser‚ who states that Internet is shaping our worldview. He assumed his audience with an example of entering “Egypt” in Google‚ and the search engine gave two different results for two people. There were only positive news‚ tourist guides for one person‚ but for another there were a lot of news about the revolution which took place at that period of time. How does it happen? It is a so-called personalization. According to Pariser‚ Google‚ Facebook‚ Yahoo news and many online media outlets have
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