important, the values of life are even more important. Values are guiding principles, or standards of behaviour which are regarded desirable, important and held in high esteem by a particular society in which a person lives. "The Importance of Values and Morals are the code we live by in a civil and just society. They are what we use to guide our interactions with others, with our friends and family, in our businesses and professional behaviour. Our values and morals are a reflection of our spirituality;
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taken place on a large scale internationally overlaps with a phase characterized by extremely rapid take-up of information technologies in higher education. This article analyses the implications of institutional mergers for information systems development in the South African higher education system. The analysis is undertaken with particular reference to the new institutional shape as envisaged in the higher education merger plan, and with reference to the characteristics of current higher education
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can also be a completely anonymous place where someone could never know whom someone is having a conversation with. Keywords: Adolescent social development, online social networking, social interaction With the acceptance and use of any technology, there is an array of affairs that affect how social networking sites are used on a distinct adolescent level, as well as group tendencies that come into play. Adolescent’s collective, susceptible, and impetuous demeanor, associated with the element
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DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL VALUES AND CULTURAL PRACTICES Certain needs such as to make a living, the need for social organization, knowledge as well as learning, normative and metaphysical expression are common to all the people. As a result, the culture of a society not only acts as an instrument of cooperate development, but also as a basis of social values and cultural practice development. In addition, culture is not considered as being in the opposition to development, but rather as an idea that is continually
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cultural transmission function). The focus of the researcher in this study is not only on the entertainment function of the media, but the role the entertainment media especially television, plays in shaping social behaviour among teenagers in the society. Stephenson (1967) a British psychologist, as cited in Folarin (2005, p.170), divides man’s activities into work and play. The former involving reality and production, while the latter deals with entertainment, relaxation or self satisfaction. He
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manufacturing of a Francis type hydro turbine runner. A Francis type hydro turbine consists of five components which are volute, stay vanes, guide vanes, runner and draft tube. The hydraulic performance of the turbine depends on the shape of the components; especially on the shape of the runner blades. The design parameters for the other components are affected by the runner parameters directly. Runner geometry is more complex than the other parts of the turbine. Therefore; to obtain accurate results and
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William Saffold Professor Caine Writing 106 Utopia/Dystopia 20 February 2012 It’s Not Worth It It is not difficult to see what it takes to have a Utopian Society. George Saunders’s world in “The Semplica-Girl Dairies” was in no way a Utopia. There was nothing but chaos from beginning to end and in all facets. However much the characters in the story tried to make everything perfect it never seemed to really work. Contrarily Forster’s “The Machine Stops” began as a Utopia and fell apart
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the rise of the telegraph and its posterity the Internet, are major factors in globalization, generating further interdependence of economic and cultural activities. The following are the major points he quoted Technology Technological innovation, diffusion, and adaptation profoundly shape firm capabilities, production patterns, and the quantity and quality of employment in a sector. During these discussions, participants distinguished between technological change, a force wholly exogenous to firms
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MKU-VIRTUAL CAMPUS RESEARCH METHODS CATS I &II QUESTION ONE Using the knowledge acquired on literature review, answer the following questions; Compile a literature review on “why we should carry out research in our society” INTRODUCTION. In the broadest definition of words research includes gathering of data, information and facts for the advancement of knowledge. In meaning research is an organized and systematic way of finding answers to questions. It is systematic because there is a
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provide more efficient solutions to everyday growing human need for security. Biometrics refers to methods that can be used for uniquely recognizing humans based upon one or more intrinsic physical or behavioral characteristics. In information technology, in particular, biometrics are used as a tool for efficient and reliable identity management and access control. Biometrics are also used in surveillance applications in order to identify individuals. The last decade, a large number of novel biometric
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