illiterate and do not have access to a primary education. Yet‚ some of the world’s most advanced technology firms call India home. Enter Dr. Sugata Mirta‚ an Educational Researcher. In the TED podcasts‚ “Sugata Mitra: How Much Can Children Teach Themselves”‚ and “Sugata Mitra: Can Schools Exist in the Cloud”‚ Mitra discusses a global educational issue: Schools and teachers are not accessible to children living in remote areas. Through a series of experiments‚ using a PCs with Internet connections
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cabinet (although there are still a number of firms that rely on old technologies or combinations of the two). Like the filing cabinet‚ the computer is only able to give access to those who have a "key" or password. A computer can also have a secondary security system in which different users have different access limits. This is equivalent to only having certain people in the office having access to different information. Furthermore‚ files in the computer can be locked by a particular user which
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9 crores of Indians slip down from middle-class to the below poverty line. Today a large number of our population lies below the poverty line. – Dr. Kiran Majumdar Shaw. d. In India the amount of money spent on health sector of a single person is least in the entire world. e. Due to lack of political will and weak influential system health services are not able to reach the commoners at a reasonable cost. Hence‚ even the little amount
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The Implications of Value-Based Purchasing in the American Healthcare System As a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010‚ beginning in October 2012‚ US hospitals will begin having their payments from Medicare affected by the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program. Essentially‚ this legislation will shift the way hospitals are reimbursed for services from a focus on quantity to a focus on quality. The following research study will examine the background of this legislation
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obligations to report a matters‚ abuse concerns on our premises. By the individual we should act in best interest of any child in our local community as protecting child from harm has not limit to agencies like schools‚ children centres ‚ nurseries. Main implications of the Act for child protection work The main implications for child protection work are the requirement for inter-agency cooperation and coordination in safeguarding children The importance of seeking the views of children and
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employees to access work remotely from home. Technology has also made a great contribution allowing people to work from home. Equipments such as computers‚ facsimile machines‚ telephones etc. have revolutionized the work industry and this trend has helped employers‚ employees and the state at large. An International Telework Association survey found that the number of teleworking employees grew from 41.3 million in 2003 to 44.4 million in 2005 and projects that number to climb to 51 million by 2008
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Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis - What Caused It ? How Can US Recover From It? The recent financial crisis in the U.S. that spread to other countries and caused massive turndown in the global economy had its roots in the recent waves of globalisation. Since the developed countries’ production had shifted dramatically towards services‚ specially to financial services‚ and this in turn led to financial liberalizations‚ developed countries experienced massive capital inflows‚ lending booms‚ housing and
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Contrast the advantages with the disadvantages of performance – based – pay. Which approach to pay do you think‚ would be the most beneficial to work organizations in the current economic climate. To begin this essay I would like to use the definition of what performance related pay is by Hoevemeyer : An intention to pay distinctly more to reward highly effective job performance than you are willing to pay for good solid performance‚ the objective of which should be to develop a productive
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Delta Air Lines (A): The Low-Cost Carrier Threat Problem: Delta Airlines didn’t have a comprehensive response to low-cost carriers across functions. Option: Delta should launch its own low-cost carrier. Problems: Nearly all major airlines had done this unsuccessfully‚ proved unsustainable over time‚ never had a high-cost carrier transformed into a low-cost carrier. Since deregulation (1978) the average return on investment below cost of capital for the 5 largest carriers. Due to 9/11 the demand
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that adversely affects the team’s performance and vice versa. In a capitalist society‚ everybody is paid what their work is worth. Sports such as hockey‚ basketball‚ and baseball are pay-for performance sports‚ in that the players are paid what their skills are worth to the team. The less common a desired talent is‚ the more money an athlete will make because of it. There has been a continuous debate about how athletes should be paid. Is a defensemen in hockey who can score as valuable as a forward
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