McGraw-Hill © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Using These Slides These PowerPoint slides have been designed for use by students and instructors using the Anthropology: The Exploration of Human Diversity textbook by Conrad Kottak. These files contain short outlines of the content of the chapters‚ as well as selected photographs‚ maps‚ and tables. Students may find these outlines useful as a study guide or a tool for review. Instructors may find these files useful as
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Type of Cloud Computing Cloud Computing can be divided by two main criteria. The first criterion is service models‚ and another criterion is deployment models. Service Models For service model criterion‚ cloud computing can be divided into three types which are software as a service (SaaS)‚ platform as a service (PaaS) and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) Software as a Service (SaaS) The first service model‚ software as a service‚ likes an online application. Service provider is responsible
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BACK TO BASICS TO THE EDITOR What Is Inflation? Ceyda Oner I T may be one of the most familiar words in economics. Inflation has plunged countries into long periods of instability. Central bankers often aspire to be known as “inflation hawks.” Politicians have won elections with promises to combat inflation‚ only to lose power after failing to do so. Inflation was even declared Public enemy No. 1 in the United States—by President Gerald Ford in 1974. What‚ then‚ is inflation‚ and why is
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current higher education students (over 18 years old). They need to learn English in order to succeed in their academic careers. · EAP‚ therefore‚ involves an attitude to learning and teaching that believes that it is possible and useful to specify what language and practices are required in a particular academic context and that it is worthwhile to focus teaching on this. · In some cases‚ a very high level of proficiency is not necessarily required‚ as long as the learners can succeed in their
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lives. Everyone experiences stress and anxiety occasionally. Anxiety is a part of life that comes and goes. Under certain circumstances it can even be helpful such as‚ wanting to do better in school and nerves right before an important event. However‚ having an anxiety disorder is a negative type of anxiety that results in a feeling of fear and worry so strong and constant that it interferes with day to day life. There are several types of anxiety that a person can develop for different reasons.
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What Is Success? Success means achievement‚ accomplishment‚ victory‚ and triumph. The dictionary states that success is “The achievement of something desired‚ planned‚ or attempted; the gaining of fame or prosperity” (The Dictionary.com n.pag.) and “The favorable or prosperous termination of anything attempted; the attainment of a proposed object; prosperous issue” (Hypertext Webster Gateway n.pag.). These are just dictionary definitions though. One needs examples and instances in order to fully
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agendas at 2010 G20 Business Summit. In addition‚ the CSR policy ensures its active compliance with the spirit of the law‚ ethical standards and international norms. The goal is to embrace responsibility for companies’ actions and encourage a positive impact through the activities on the environment‚ customers‚ employees‚ communities‚ stakeholders and all other members of the public sphere (Mallen‚ 2001). Furthermore‚ the theory is the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute
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DISADVANTAGE OF LATEST TECHNOLOGY Hidden camera We have stepped in the 21st century and the world has given us some unbelievable technology that sometime it seems to be a dream. But when we look at the backside of the latest technology‚ we find that we have made these technology for our destruction if wrongly used by wrong people. If people of the world use these technology in a right way‚ we all are going to be benefited out of it ‚but if the motive of a human being is not positive‚ he can
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stretching the money that each spends o Governments can act as customers/consumers for NGO initiated activities o Governments and NGOs can each tackle different aspects of a particular problem (e.g.‚ environmental degradation or conservation work) What do NGOs Do? ♣ Advocate particular political‚ social‚ or economic positions ♣ Lobby governments at the local‚ regional‚ national‚ and international level ♣ Provide consultative services at the local‚ national‚ or international level (e.g. the UN)
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Main technology characteristics The following five characteristics of cloud computing are created by the Gartner Group‚ according to Plummer‚ et al. (2009) and Mell and Grance (2009)‚ and have a summariz-ing purpose for applying cloud computing in general (cited in Mora‚ 2009). Service based – The technology is service-oriented‚ thus abstracting the con-cerns of the consumer with the concerns of the providers (Mora‚ 2009). The ser-vices are provisioned automatically without human interaction
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