Reluctant users slow o take up videoconferencing The public relations executive was enthusiastic on the phone. The IT company he represented had started installing green data centres and energy-efficient computers. Would I like to fly to California to see for myself? That would be a 2500 mile round trip from my home in Midwestern Canada. According to the online calculator from Terapass‚ the trip would release 1‚1232 pounds(about 500 kilos) of CO2 into the atmosphere. ‘If you’re really into green
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Religion Functionalist‚ Marxism‚ Feminism Functionalists believe society is a system of integrated parts of social institutions .i.e. religion‚ family and economy. To see religion from a fuctionalists perspective you have to look at it through society as a hole. Keeping this in mind they emphasise the social nature of religion and the positive functions it serves. They also neglect negative aspects such as religion as a source of oppression of the poor or women which are both the feminist and
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Topic 2: Discuss the extent to which a National Central Bank should be reluctant to act as a lender of last resort. Abstract This study provides an overview of central bank’ “lender of last resort” (LOLR) function. “Lender of last resort” has a very important role in helping the central bank’s monetary policy operating through changes in rediscount rate and refinance rate. The main purpose of LOLR for all the central banks is to ensure the stability and safety of the commercial banking system
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Chris Street wrote the article‚ “A Reluctant Writer’s Entry into a Community of Writers.” In Street’s introduction‚ he describes how he had a student named John who seemed angry‚ and didn’t seem to like writing. Finally‚ Street decided to change his ways of teaching his class. He began to let his students talk about what they cared about and what they knew‚ while he listened. This began to change his students writing. Street could see more interest in the student’s writing‚ and even John seem to
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1. Do you believe the United States is becoming more secularized or more fundamentalist? Comparing your generation to that of your parents or grandparents‚ what differences do you see in the relationship between religion and society? What would popular media have you believe is the state of religion in the United States today? In the United States today I see more megachurches than smaller‚ intimate churches that were common when I was growing up. I do not see this as a bad thing‚ due to people
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INTRODUCTION Billy Graham was one of the greatest Evangelists of 20th century. Was he a fundamentalist? Why and why not. This essay is going to base its focus on Graham ’s personal life‚ the kind of family he grew up in and how he became an evangelist but the main focus of the essay is going to be on whether he is fundamentalist or not. ‘Billy Graham has preached to more than 210 million people through a live audience‚ more than anyone else in history’- Christian life‚ 2006. Graham has been able
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Title: Tituba‚ Reluctant Witch of Salem: Devilish Indians and Puritan Fantasies Author: Elaine G. Breslaw Publication: New York and London‚ 1996 This book summarizes the life of a female Indian servant and her involvement in the 1692 witch trials in Salem‚ Massachusetts. To begin it gives background information of the Arawak Indian woman named Tituba‚ which reveals cultural influences. It tells how Tituba was captured and sold into slavery and shifted from one cultural world to another
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1. Name and outline one theory of social change. The Conflict Theory of social change centers upon the premise that radical change in society is constant and inevitable‚ as existing social conditions will always contain the beginnings for a different future. The conflict theory has its origins in the writings of Karl Marx. Working in the late nineteenth century‚ Marx believed that all societies were primarily influenced by their economic base‚ and specifically by the relationships that exist between
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Why were the Statesmen at the congress of Vienna so reluctant to give serious consideration to the establishment of an independent and united Italy? The Congress of Vienna was a peace conference after the Napoleonic Wars. During the Congress of Vienna the European powers‚ Britain‚ Austria‚ Russia and Prussia began to draw up a settlement that they hoped would ensure them a place in Europe. This settlement‚ from 1814-1815 was dominated by a few leading statesmen from the major powers. Austria’s
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Training and development is said to be beneficial for both firms and employees. Why then‚ are some organizations and individuals reluctant to invest in training? Introduction Employees training and development remains on of the paramount factors in conducting successful and competitiveness business in our rapid changing world. Despite this fact is accepted all over the world‚ there are companies which ignore providing their staff with training programs or seminars. Implementation of
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