Are we serious about our energy security? Introduction In his New Year message‚ Prime Minister Manmohan Singh outlined energy security as one of the five key challenges facing the country. While this is indeed true‚ unfortunately‚ the Government response to this challenge has been very weak and inadequate. Fuel price reforms and enhancing nuclear capacity are the most discussed options to address the energy security challenge. Though merits and de-merits of these options could and should
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Political Science : Democratic Politics-II (Class 10) Power Sharing Q 1 Name two major parties of Germany. Mark (1) (Ans) The two major parties of Germany are:a. Christian Democratic Party. b. Social Democratic Party. Q 2 What is a coalition government? Mark (1) (Ans) A coalition government is formed by an alliance of two or more political parties‚ usually when no single party enjoys majority support of the members in a legislature. Q 3What is the major difference between the political
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Coal power vs. Nuclear power Safety & Efficiency With nuclear power came what was thought to be a more clean alternative to burning coal and other fossil fuels; Nuclear power does not produce nearly as much of the greenhouse gases as coal produces. People and society have given nuclear power a bad name‚ considering the amount of accidents that have happened. Although when you look at statistics it’s not as many as you would believe‚ or expect. When nuclear power is put head to head with coal
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As young men born in the same year (1955)‚ they set out from the same starting point‚ but with radically different personalities. In the early days of personal computers‚ both dropped out of college and launched their own businesses. Of the two‚ the late Steve Jobs was always the quick‚ live-for-the-moment hare‚ while Bill Gates was the dispassionate‚ lawyerly‚ bide-your-time tortoise. For two decades‚ the race between the two went according to script‚ with the hare jumping out to a huge early
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AES- Telasi: Power Trip or Power Play? The state of Georgia’s geographic location provides resources‚ in particular hydroelectric power sources advantageous to their economic well-being. For this reason this post- communist state attracted the attention of AES‚ a multinational U.S. energy firm. More specifically‚ it caught the eye of Michael Scholey‚ a prospective investor and manager for AES. However‚ Georgia’s impoverished state and rampant corruption throughout the nation made the restructuring
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In the article “The Power Ballad and the Power of Sentimentality‚” Metzer discusses how the power ballad‚ sentimentality‚ and uplift are connected. A ballad‚ as stated in the article‚ is a type of song that narrates a story in short stanzas but also has musical characteristics within it. What separates a ballad from a power ballad is emotional intensity. Ballads conjure up emotions in people‚ but power ballads conjure up more profound emotions. Metzer’s article clarifies the differences between ballads
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LABOUR PRINCIPLES AT CARICOM AND THE CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES Freedom of Association and the Right to Collective Bargaining Convention N° 87: Freedom of Association and the Protection of the Right to Organize 1948 This Convention provides explicitly that workers and employers without distinction shall have the right to establish and join organizations of their choice without previous authorization. This includes the right to establish rules and systems of governance within these organizations
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significantly to global warming. This term refers to the measured increase in the Earth’s surface temperature since the late 19th century and the environmental effects of this change. The primary goal of developing green sources of energy is to generate power while minimizing both waste and pollution‚ to thereby reduce the impact of energy production on the environment. Scientists who advocate the use of green energy say that using such sources will reduce the rate at which climate change occurs‚ although
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#1 Toyota‚ Ford‚ GM and Volkswagen-Some Differing Opinions about working with Suppliers. CASE SUMMARY: Toyota Motor Corporation is one of the world’s leading auto manufacturers. Toyota has been approached by two large US automakers‚ GM and Ford‚ to join their Internet-based marketplaces where the automakers and their suppliers hope to do business more efficiently and drastically reduce costs by giving the suppliers access to more business and by trading billions of dollars worth of goods and
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Social Power and Education Social Power/Education The focus of this essay is to expand on the concept of social power and education. The phrase "social power" has been used by political scientist and philosophers to refer to the power that is exercised by individuals or groups within a society. The question of power in the educational context has troubled educators‚ off and on‚ for years. Ambitious students have attempted to change the landscape of education by injecting the power of the student
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