engaged in effective social and community related initiatives. It has developedChildren¶s Foundation that aims to support the local communities via its grant making programs.It took an initiative to encourage the teens to speak their selves up. The program called ³@15´has a goal to give power to the teens to improve their relationships and educational status atschool‚ engage in their communities‚ and skills that can be helpful for them in professional lives(Best Buy Community Relations‚ 2011). Apart from
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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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Delusion of a postracial area We might be aware of some stereotypes related to our social identity but what we don’t know much about is stereotype threat. Stereotype threat has been shown to reduce the performance of successful people belonging to a certain negatively stereotyped group. Claude Steele‚ the author of Whistling Vivaldi‚ a social psychologist and Columbia University provost‚ writes about the work he and his colleagues have done on this phenomenon‚ the tendency to expect‚
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Studying the Equality of Condition In his book “democracy in America”‚ Alexis de Tocqueville provides a thorough study of the equality of condition as a distinctive feature of the democratic America and discusses some of the consequences it might have. He begins his writing by introducing the reader that during his stay in America the equality of condition struck his attention the most. In America‚ the democracy has reached another level that has never been seen before or experienced in any of
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Assignment 1 Threat: An unauthorized employee tries to access data that is hosted on the server. Vulnerability: The organization does not use authentication and access controls. Likelihood: The likelihood is very low‚ depending on the organization and its budget. For the most part‚ most organizations have IT specialists that are tasked to keep everything on the network secure. In the government most all data is protected by multiple forms of security. LAN DOMAIN: Weak passwords could be
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Cyber Threats Roger Larew SEC 402 Informational Warfare February 16‚ 2011 Before we get into the major cyber terrorism threats that we all have to deal with I wanted to first define what cyber terrorism is. According to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation‚ cyber terrorism is any premeditated‚ politically motivated attack against information‚ computer systems‚ computer programs‚ and data which results in violence against non-combatant targets by sub-national groups or clandestine agents
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Environmental Threats Global Problems Sea Level Rising At present‚ sea levels around the world are rising. Current sea level rise potentially impacts human populations and the natural environment. Global average sea level rose at an average rate of around 1.7 ± 0.3 mm per year over 1950 to 2009 and at a satellite-measured average rate of about 3.3 ± 0.4 mm per year from 1993 to 2009‚[01] an increase on earlier estimates.[02] Climate change Destructive sudden heavy rains‚ intense tropical
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Threat of Entry Significant economies of scale the price of laptops has come down in recent years and the prices of some printers are more expensive than others that are smaller! Part of the reason for this is that there is a different degree of technology involved in the production of some of these products and‚ in addition‚ it is not likely that they will be produced in the quantities that will allow the benefits of economies of scale to manifest themselves. With most multinational corporations
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1. What is meant by diversity? Diversity means differences and variations‚ within in people for example different races‚ beliefs‚ physical appearances‚ age‚ capabilities‚ customs and gender and class. 2. Describe the community you live in. Highlight some of the variations you may observe in terms of: • Interests • Beliefs • Ages • Lifestyles • Personal‚ social and cultural identities. The community I live in is very diverse‚ I live among various different cultures and lifestyles
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1.1 Attach a copy of your Job Description‚ from the information contained within this; a) Describe the duties and responsibilities within your role as a carer. Principal Duties All aspects of physical care‚ working as part of a team but capable of working unsupervised. 1. Act as key carer to residents‚ ensuring their needs are met. To contribute to a separate file record for each resident and to participate in the formulation and implementation of individual care plans. (This may involve
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