Street Smarts over Book Smarts Gerald Graff is a Professor of English and Education in the University of Illinois at Chicago. In Graff’s essay‚ “Hidden Intellectualism”‚ Graff compares street smarts to book smarts. Graff debates the common belief that having book smarts gives one an intellectual advantage over other forms of intellectualism. Gerald Graff supports this belief by telling a personal story‚ explaining where the education systems fails‚ and stating that people stereotype intellect with
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------------------------------------------------- A virtual company can be described as an organisation where the employees are geographically dispersed‚ work from home and use ICT to operate most aspects of the business. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Discuss how emerging ICT technologies could be used to operate a virtual company. ------------------------------------------------- Include in your discussion the social and
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The Virtual Dialectic: Rethinking The Matrix and its Significance David J. Gunkel Northern Illinois University Rather than designating the choice between good and evil‚ my Either/Or designates the choice by which one chooses good and evil or rules them out.1 The debates and decisions surrounding virtual reality‚ cyberspace‚ and other forms of computer-mediated communication have been‚ like so much philosophical reasoning within the Western tradition‚ organized around antinomies. One of the
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PROJECT CHARTER PROJECT SAP Implementation at Smart technology -----------------------------------------------------Table of Contents 1 Implementation Strategy.........................................................................................................6 1.1 Methodology................................................................... ....................................................6 1.2 Project Plan.....................................
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Contents 1. Introduction Before understanding the concept of Smart Meter‚ we should know that how many types of meter available in market. In modern days‚ the types of electric meter continuously operate to measure the instantaneous voltage and current and calculating the product of these to give out the instantaneous electrical power. The electric power is then integrated against time to give energy used. 1.1 Types of electric meters
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Name ______________________________________ BioScience 100A Online Virtual Lab Report: Part 2 Due by: 11:59 PM PST on the final Saturday of class Updated 9/10/11 Directions: 1. Type your answers‚ observations‚ and results in bold. 2. Save your report often as you fill it out‚ so as not to lose information. 3. Use the report form as a single document‚ do not turn in separate reports for each lab 4. Use the ‘Save As’ option to save your file as a Word 97 .doc file 5
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“Virtual reality” Table of contents: 1. Introduction. 2. “Internet Revolution”. 3. The Internet and marketing. 4. The Internet culture. 5. Disadvantages of the Internet. 6. Etiquette and Netiquette. 7.Conclusion References. 1. Introduction. This paper investigates such important aspect of virtual reality as the Internet. Understanding other people’s languages‚ cultures‚ etiquettes and taboos is necessary for every person. Nowadays it is obligatory for an intelligent person to know
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A smart city uses resources efficiently and provides solutions sustainably. It provides solutions that are cost effective which reduces the carbon footprint. These solutions include the implementation of green buildings‚ electric powered vehicles and the use of alternate renewable energy sources. Smart cities are based on integrated systems that interact to form an efficient and productive economy. A smart city is a city that is developed to reduce negative environmental impact. It is
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The Disheartening Truth of Cyber Love In her article “Virtual Love‚” Meghan Daum‚ a freelance writer‚ claims people become to comfortable with the security that online communication provides. Daum‚ herself‚ experiences this first hand. Through Daum’s experience with PFSlider‚ she is able to inform her readers about the troubles that may arise if you become engulfed in e-mail affairs. Daum’s relationship simply began as a flattering e-mail written to her by Pete‚ an admirer who lived hundreds of
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Smart Meters Smart Electrical Meters‚ Advanced Metering Infrastructure‚ and Meter Communications NOTE: This document is a free excerpt of a larger research report. If you are interested in purchasing the full report‚ please contact Pike Research at sales@pikeresearch.com. Published 4Q 2009 Bob Gohn Industry Analyst Clint Wheelock Managing Director Smart Meters Section 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The electrical metering industry is undergoing the largest transformation
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