The transmission of rural and undeveloped areas to urban and developed areas is globalisation.There are many different definitions of globalisation, but most acknowledge the greater movement of people, goods, capital and ideas due to increased economic integration which in turn is propelled by increased trade and investment. It is like moving towards living in a borderless world.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
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Thursday, September 1, 2011
Technology
Many people see technology as a solution to some of the problems that exist on our planet. It’s true that technology can be used for good, but with new developments come new challenges issues. The digital divide is one such issue, one that people are actively trying to overcome. Telecentres aim to bridge the digital divide by providing people access and knowledge about information technologies. A global telecentre movement is growing right now. Unfortunately, even where computer facilities are readily available, the digital divide persists—even in the world's most wealthy countries, access to the latest and most beneficial technologies is limited for those in rural areas and people with disabilities.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Mobile Banking for the Unbanked
A billion people in developing countries have no need for a savings account–but they do need a financial service that banks compete to provide. The new HBS case Mobile Banking for the Unbanked, written by professor Kash Rangan, is a lesson in understanding the real need of customers.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Why Globalization is Good
Multinationals are trashed as exploiters of the poorest people on the planet. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
A ragtag army of save-the-world crusaders has spent years decrying multinational corporations as villains in the wave of globalization overwhelming the Third World. This ominous trend would fatten the rich, further impoverish and oppress the poor and crush local economies.The business-bashing group Public Citizen argued as much in a proclamation signed by almost 1,500 organizations in 89 countries in 1999. Whereupon hundreds of protesters rioted outside a conference of the World Trade Organization in Seattle, shattering windows, blocking traffic and confronting cops armed with tear gas and pepper spray. Six hundred people were arrested.
Cut to 2007, and the numbers are in: The protesters and do-gooders are just plain wrong. It turns out globalization is good--and not just for the rich, but especially for the poor. The booming economies of India and China--the Elephant and the Dragon--have lifted 200 million people out of abject poverty in the 1990s as globalization took off, the International Monetary Fund says. Tens of millions more have catapulted themselves far ahead into the middle class.
It's remarkable what a few container ships can do to make poor people better off. Certainly more than $2 trillion of foreign aid, which is roughly the amount (with an inflation adjustment) that the U.S. and Europe have poured into Africa and Asia over the past half-century.
In the next eight years almost 1 billion people across Asia will take a Great Leap Forward into a new middle class. In China middle-class incomes are set to rise threefold, to $5,000, predicts Dominic Barton, a Shanghai managing partner for McKinsey & Co.
As the Chindia revolution spreads, the ranks of the poor get smaller, not larger. In the 1990s, as Vietnam's economy grew 6% a year, the number of people living in poverty (42 million) fell 7% annually; in Uganda, when GDP growth passed 3%, the number fell 6% per year, says the World Bank.
China unleashed its economy in 1978, seeding capitalism first among farmers newly freed to sell the fruits of their fields instead of handing the produce over to Communist Party collectives. Other reforms let the Chinese create 22 million new businesses that now employ 135 million people who otherwise would have remained peasants like the generations before them.
Foreign direct investment, the very force so virulently opposed by the do-gooders, has helped drive China's gross domestic product to a more than tenfold increase since 1978. Since the reforms started, $600 billion has flooded into the country, $70 billion of it in the past year. Foreigners built hundreds of thousands of new factories as the Chinese government built the coal mines, power grid, airports and highways to supply them.
As China built infrastructure, it created Special Economic Zones where foreign companies willing to build modern factories could hire cheap labor, go years without paying any taxes and leave it to government to build the roads and other infrastructure they needed. All of that, in turn, drove China's exports from $970 million to $974 billion in three decades. Those container loads make Americans better off, too. You can get a Chinese DVD at Wal-Mart for $28, and after you do you will buy some $15 movies made in the U.S.A.
Per-person income in China has climbed from $16 a year in 1978 to $2,000 now. Wages in factory boomtowns in southern China can run $4 a day--scandalously low in the eyes of the protesters, yet up from pennies a day a generation ago and far ahead of increases in living costs.
Middle-class Chinese families now own TVs, live in new apartments and send their children to private schools. Millions of Chinese have traded in their bicycles for motorcycles or cars. McDonald's has signed a deal with Sinopec, the huge Chinese gasoline retailer, to build drive-through restaurants attached to gas stations on China's new roads.
Today 254 Starbucks stores serve coffee in the land of tea, including one at the Great Wall and another at the Forbidden Palace. (The latter is the target of protesters.) In Beijing 54 Starbucks shops thrive, peddling luxury lattes that cost up to $2.85 a cup and paying servers $6 for an 8-hour day. That looks exploitative until you peek inside a nearby Chinese-owned teahouse where the staff works a 12-hour day for $3.75.
Says one woman, 23, who works for an international cargo shipper in Beijing: "My parents were both teachers when they were my age, and they earned 30 yuan [$3.70] a month. I earn 4,000 yuan ($500) a month, live comfortably and feel I have better opportunities than my parents did."
Tony Ma, age 51, was an unwilling foot soldier in Mao's Cultural Revolution. During that dark period from 1966 to 1976 universities were closed, and he was sent at age 16 to work in a steel mill for $2 a month. He cut metal all day long for seven years and feared he might never escape.
When colleges reopened, he landed a spot to study chemistry, transferred to the U.S., got a Ph.D. in biochemistry and signed on with Johnson & Johnson at $45,000 a year. Later he returned to the land he fled and now works for B.F. Goodrich in Hong Kong.
The young college grads in China today wouldn't bother immigrating to the U.S. for a job that pays $45,000, he says--because now they have better opportunities at home.
Capitalism alone, however, isn't enough to remake Third World economies--globalism is the key. A big reason India trails behind its bigger neighbor to the northeast in lifting the lower classes is that, even after embracing capitalism, it kept barriers to the flow of capital from abroad.
Thus 77% of Indians live on $2 a day or less, the Asian Development Bank says, down only nine percentage points from 1990. A third of the population is illiterate. In 1980 India had more of its population in urban centers than China did (23% versus 20% for China). But by 2005 China had 41% in cities, where wages are higher; India's urbanites had grown to only 29%.
Freed of British colonial rule in 1947 and scarred by its paternalistic effects, India initially combined capitalism with economic isolationism. It thwarted foreign companies intent on investing there and hampered Indian firms trying to sell abroad. This hurt Indian consumers and local biz: A $100 Microsoft operating system got slapped with duties that brought the price to $250 in India, putting imported software and computers further from reach for most people and businesses. Meanwhile, the government granted workers lavish job protections and imposed heavy taxes and regulations on employers. Government jobs usually were by rote and paid poorly, but they guaranteed lifetime employment. They also ensured economic stagnation.
Financial crisis struck in 1991. Desperate for cash, India flew a planeload of gold reserves to London and began, grudgingly, to open its economy. Import duties were lowered or eliminated, so India's consumers and companies could buy modern, foreign-made goods and gear. Overseas firms in many industries were allowed to own their subsidiaries in India for the first time since 1977. India all but banned foreign investment until 1991. Since then foreign companies have come back, but not yet on the scale seen in China. Foreign companies have invested $48 billion in India since 1991--$7.5 billion of that just in the last fiscal year--the same amount dumped into China every six weeks. By the mid-1990s the economy boomed and created millions of jobs.
By the late 1990s U.S. tech companies began turning to India for software design, particularly in the Y2K crunch. The Indians proved capable and cheap, and the much- maligned offshoring boom began. Suddenly Indian software engineers were programming corporate America's computers. New college graduates were answering America's customer service phone calls. Builders hired construction workers to erect new high-rise buildings suddenly in demand as American and European firms rushed to hire Indian workers.
The new college hires, whose older siblings had graduated without finding a job, tell of surpassing their parents' salaries within five years and of buying cell phones, then motorcycles, then cars and even houses by the time they were 30. All of that would have been impossible had India failed to add globalization to capitalism.
Today, despite its still dilapidated airports and pothole-riddled highways, the lumbering Elephant now is in a trot, growing more than 7% annually for the last decade. In 2005, borrowing from the Chinese, India began a five-year, $150 billion plan to update its roads, airports, ports and electric plants. India is creating free trade zones, like those in China, to encourage exports of software, apparel, auto parts and more.
S.B. Kutwal manages the assembly line where Tata Motors builds Safari SUVs. He remembers how, in the 1980s, people waited five years to buy a scooter and cars were only for the rich. "Since we've liberated the economy, lots of companies have started coming into India," says Kutwal. "People couldn't afford cars then. Now the buying power is coming."
In Mumbai (formerly Bombay), Delhi, Bangalore and other big cities, shopping malls have sprung up, selling everything from Levi's jeans to Versace. India still has raggedy street touts, but when they tap on car windows at stoplights, instead of peddling cheap plastic toys, they sell to the new India: copies of Vogue and House & Garden magazines. Western restaurants are moving in, too: Domino's Pizza and Ruby Tuesday have come to India, and 107 McDonald's have sprung up, serving veggie burgers in the land where cattle are sacred.
None of this gives pause to an entity called International Forum on Globalization. The group declares that globalism's aim is to "benefit transnational corporations over workers; foreign investors over local businesses; and wealthy countries over developing nations. While promoters … proclaim that this model is the rising tide that will lift all boats, citizen movements find that it is instead lifting only yachts."
"The majority of people in rich and poor countries aren't better off" since the World Trade Organization formed in 1995 to promote global trade, asserts Christopher Slevin, deputy director of Global Trade Watch, an arm of Ralph Nader's Public Citizen. "The breadth of the opposition has grown. It's not just industrial and steel workers and people who care about animal rights. It includes high-tech workers and the offshoring of jobs, also the faith-based community."
Monday, August 1, 2011
Best Funny quotes
You might be frustrated, worn out, discouraged, irritated or simply heartbroken, just a little wit can easily make all sorts of emotional turmoil seem a lot better.In this situation, only funny quotes helps to maintain your laughter. Funny quotes are very popularly accepted socially, as it is quite often one of the best way to integrate laughter into our lives. Consistently having to worry about little factors in life only makes us sad. The perfect treatment is giggling. Funny quotes really are a very good pick-me-up.
best Funny quotes
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Sunday, July 31, 2011
Curly Girl
Frustrated by your unruly curls or waves? Frying your hair daily with a blow dryer or flat iron? Join the crowds of Curlies who can't figure out how to get beautiful curls. Some of these Curly Girls (and Guys, too!) have discovered a revolutionary new technique called the Curly Girl (CG) method, by Lorraine Massey. This method originated from her own struggle with her curls. When she discovered that her brush, shampoo, and blow dryer were her major problems, she discarded all three and started a new technique. You can read all about it in her book 'Curly Girl, A Celebration of Curls'.
Curly Girl
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
Ambulance Services or Wheel Chair van Services
In this fast moving world rescue teams, medical transportation and everything related to that is very important. This is because you never know what is going to happen next. In a country where we live in, emergency transportation is significant because of unexpected bombings and firings and also due to the high rate of natural deaths and the most common one nowadays is cardiac arrest. Many patients fall ill, get injured etc. and the fastest way to get them to the hospital is through an ambulance.It is very important for an ambulance to reach its destination in time and take the patient to the hospital because there is always a high risk attached as anything can happen to the patient during the time he is being taken to the hospital. Emergency medical services are a type of emergency services dedicated to providing out-of-hospital acute medical care and/or transport to definitive care, to patients with illnesses and injuries which the patient, or the medical practitioner, believes constitutes a medical emergency.
Dallas Ambulance Service
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Globalisation in Nepal
Nepal has so much geography against it, e.g., mountains, that I don't see much hope for it taking part in globalization. War adds to the problem by wasting resources.One way would be to become strong in industries that require no transportation, e.g., software design. However, that requires a good educational system, which Nepal does not have. India, on the other hand, has a good educational system and its people are fluent in English. China has very strong growth and cheap labor at this point in their development. Hence, US, Europe, Japan and other developed countries are investing heavily there.Software and services, e.g., accounting, call answering, research, etc. are going to India. China is picking up heavy industry.Women and children in Nepal are the worst victims of the growing violence. Therefore, I want to find ways to lessen the impact of the conflict on women and children and determine what the media can do to create pressure on the warring factions. Women and children are being affected in one form or another both by the political movement as well as by the Maoists conflict. The media could play an important role to mitigate such a situation. Human rights groups have failed to raise the rights for peace of the common people.It is not unusual for Maoists to show some flexibility to try gaining power without fighting and solve the problem or to achieve their goals through political and diplomatic means, which they failed to attain through battle. The Maoist position in Marxist language is "if the anarchical activities are not solved in time through peaceful means, the country and the people will have to bear a great loss of lives and property." Therefore, all should go for solving the problem.
Talk is certainly the best thing, and if all the sides could sit down at the negotiating table it would be easier to reach to an agreement.For that the process for talks must be started immediately.
I have recently started looking at Nepal again after a hiatus of several weeks. Why? I personally have high hopes that all the parties, government and Maoists concerned will work out that which they have been discussing, particularly the ongoing economic issues.The large earthquake a couple of months ago in Pakistan has created an effective zone of non-control by the government of General Musharraf. The most effective aid workers to the tens of thousands of displaced people there have been terrorists.
There remains a strong possibility that radicals will attempt in the near future to use the ancient "hash trail" to smuggle WMD contraband past the noses of the authorities in India and Bangladesh. Nepal sits astride this route.There is quite a bit of geopolitical jockeying going on between India, China, Pakistan, the USA and the UK, not to mention Saudi Arabia, Israel and Iran, all of whom have power and interest considerations in play depending on what happens in Nepal and neighboring Bhutan, two quaint religious Kingdoms, one Hindu, one Buddhist. Thus, the great game is getting a bit complicated. It just so happens that the helpless people of Nepal, particularly the poor women and children there, are smack dab in the middle of all this Master of the Universe stuff.The New Terrorists have as far as I can determine become members of all religions, sects, cults, etc. No help there. You cannot reliably use appearance as a guide.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Meaning of Globalisation
Globalization refers to the increasing unification of the world's economic order through reduction of such barriers to international trade as tariffs, export fees, and import quotas. The goal is to increase material wealth, goods, and services through an international division of labor by efficiencies catalyzed by international relations, specialization and competition. It describes the process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through communication, transportation, and trade. The term is most closely associated with the term economic globalisation: the integration of national economies into the international economy through trade,foreign direct investment, capital flows,migration, the spread of technology, and military presence. However, globalization is usually recognized as being driven by a combination of economic, technological, sociocultural, political, and biological factors. The term can also refer to the transnational circulation of ideas, languages, or popular culture through acculturaion. An aspect of the world which has gone through the process can be said to be globalized.Friday, July 8, 2011
Mortgages or Buying houses.
Buying and moving into an existing home is the more conventional choice and often the first option people think of when they start the home buying process. Pre-owned homes are less expensive than new homes, and buyers can look at many different houses until they find the home and neighborhood that's right for them.On the other hand, the home you choose may not be as perfect a fit as one that you have custom-made. Remodeling is always an option, but the money may not be there after you've paid closing costs and other fees associated with buying a house and moving.
Building a house requires securing two loans: a loan to purchase the land, and a separate loan for the house itself. (If you buy an existing house, you only need to qualify for one loan.) Pricing for a new home varies by location as much as it does for an existing house. Your new home will be worth more if it is in a desirable location.<a href="http://www.mortgagemap.co.uk/">best mortgage</a>
Building a house requires securing two loans: a loan to purchase the land, and a separate loan for the house itself. (If you buy an existing house, you only need to qualify for one loan.) Pricing for a new home varies by location as much as it does for an existing house. Your new home will be worth more if it is in a desirable location.<a href="http://www.mortgagemap.co.uk/">best mortgage</a>
Monday, July 4, 2011
KMS California
What sets KMS' California products apart is that they have developed a special advanced system for selected products called IOPS (inside out perfecting system). This system allows the product to deliver powerful nutrients and deep reconstructive and conditioning agents into the core of the hair shaft which then builds up to the outside layer of the shaft to make the hair more vibrant and healthier looking from the inside out.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
Jealousy Quotes
Jealousy or envy is a curse to human beings! The wise, the rich or even the powerful; no one has ever escaped from feeling the pangs of jealousy or envy. There are moments in everyone's life where he/she feels a twinge of jealousy which simply cannot be prevented. However, when this jealousy turns into an obsession or pessimism, it can lead to utter Schadenfreude which is considered immoral.These Jealousy Quotes definitely prove that jealousy is like nurturing venom in one's heart. Jealousy is accompanied by anxiety, fear, pessimism, negativity and insecurity.
Life quotes
Sometimes you come across words that stir something inside you and make so much sense, like they were just meant for you. Those words come from the depth of experience and they are marked by simplicity and amazing clarity! In the depths of despair, sometimes such words of wisdom, give you hope and a new perspective of life! These quotes are portals to a philosophy of life. These inspirational quotes are the essence of wisdom and in my opinion, real education.These are the Life quotes.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Dr. Seuss quotes
Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield,Massachusetts.Dr. Seuss studied English at Oxford University in England, which is where he met his wife, Helen Palmer.Dr. Seuss worked as a writer and cartoonist at various magazines before being hired to draw ads for a pesticide company.It was only when Dr. Seuss was returning to the U.S. from a European vacation, by boat, that he wrote his fist children's book. His boredom on the long trip inspired Dr. Seuss to write a poem to the rhythm of the ship's engine. The result was the book And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, which was rejected by the first 27 publishers he sent it to. The book was finally published and became a hit. However, Dr. Seuss didn't become a household name until he wrote The Cat in the Hat in 1957.
World War II interrupted Dr. Seuss' career as a children's book aurthor. During the war, Dr. Seuss worked for the U.S. Army making documentary films for American soldiers. His films, Hitler Lives and Design for Death, both won Academy Awards. When the war was over, Dr. Seuss returned to his career as a successful children's author. Dr. Seuss died of cancer on September 24, 1991 at the age of 87.
One of the Dr. Seuss quotes was "Be who you are and say what you want, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
World War II interrupted Dr. Seuss' career as a children's book aurthor. During the war, Dr. Seuss worked for the U.S. Army making documentary films for American soldiers. His films, Hitler Lives and Design for Death, both won Academy Awards. When the war was over, Dr. Seuss returned to his career as a successful children's author. Dr. Seuss died of cancer on September 24, 1991 at the age of 87.
One of the Dr. Seuss quotes was "Be who you are and say what you want, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
Heartbreak Quote
When you are deeply in love, heartbreak can be traumatic. If you are going through a period of heartbreak, you must accept the fact that life goes on and so must you. Face those feelings of rejection and anger by acknowledging them, dealing with them, and then achieving closure. The most important thing is to get in touch with reality. Here are some thought-provoking heartbreak love quotes. These heartbreak love quotes show you the road to recovery and make it a lot less bumpy. See more about Heartbreak Quote.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Friendship quotes
You must have lots of friends. Let me tell you that having lots of friends does not matter but having true friends matters a lot. You often read lots of quotes on friendship but I would like to share some of the best friendship quotes ever.True friends are your well wishers and know what you want to say. You need not to express yourself with the help of words.Troubles are the essentials of life. We face lots of troubles while moving forward in life. Our true friends support us and show their care while going through tough time. They walk with us.
Through these Friendship quotes you can find your true friends.
Through these Friendship quotes you can find your true friends.
Headbands
A headband is a clothing accessorory worn in the hair or around the forehead, usually to hold hair away from the face or eyes. Headbands generally consist of a loop of elastic material or a horseshoe-shaped piece of flexible plastic or metal. They come in assorted shapes and sizes and are used for both practical and fashion purposes.At first headbands were used by the ancient Greeks in there hair wreaths. The Greeks and Romans wore these pieces to very special occasions or an important event. While wreaths are certainly a likely beginning of today's headbands, some believe that current day hair bands have slowly taken shape from scarves that were worn around the head or were modified from the band of hats that tied under the chin. There are many kinds of headbands such as, leathered, plastic, metal, fabric, toothed and novelty.
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jeane Mortenson but baptized and raised as Norma Jeane Baker, was an American actress, singer and model.She was born in the Los Angeles Country Hospital on June 1, 1926, as Norma Jeane Mortenson. After spending much of her childhood in foster homes, Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946. Her early film appearances were minor, but her performances in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve (both 1950) were well received. By 1953, Monroe had progressed to leading roles. Monroe studied at the Actors Studio to broaden her range, and her dramatic performance in Bus Stop (1956) was hailed by critics, and she received a Golden Globe nomination. Her production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions, released The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), for which she received a BAFTA Award nomination and won a David di Denatello award.
The final years of Monroe's life were marked by illness, personal problems, and a reputation for being unreliable and difficult to work with. The circumstances of her death, from an overdose of barbitures, have been the subject of conjecture. Though officially classified as a "probable suicide", the possibility of an accidental overdose, as well as the possibility of homicide, have not been ruled out. In 1999, Monroe was ranked as the sixth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute. In the years and decades following her death, Monroe has often been cited as a pop and cultural icon as well as an eminent American sex symbol.
The final years of Monroe's life were marked by illness, personal problems, and a reputation for being unreliable and difficult to work with. The circumstances of her death, from an overdose of barbitures, have been the subject of conjecture. Though officially classified as a "probable suicide", the possibility of an accidental overdose, as well as the possibility of homicide, have not been ruled out. In 1999, Monroe was ranked as the sixth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute. In the years and decades following her death, Monroe has often been cited as a pop and cultural icon as well as an eminent American sex symbol.
Writing Essays
An essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political declarations, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition of an essay is vague, overlapping with those of an artical and a short story. Almost all modern essays are written in matter of fact, but works in verse have been dubbed essays like Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism and An Essay on Man. While brevity usually defines an essay, voluminous works provide counterexamples.Writing Essays
Monday, June 13, 2011
Web Site
A website is a collection of related web pages containing images,videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet address also called URL.If we know how to create a web site then we can our photos,videos,etc and put in internet.We can also do inexpensive web hosting so that we can make our website popular.Through these websites we can also earn money.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun (a medium with multiple content forms) or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which only use traditional forms of printed or hand-produced material. Multimedia includes a combination of text,audio,still images,animation,video,and interactivity content forms.
Multimedia is usually recorded and played, displayed or accessed by information content processing devices, such as computerized and electronic devices, but can also be part of a live performance. Multimedia (as an adjective) also describes electronic media devices used to store and experience multimedia content. Multimedia is distinguished from mixed media in fine art; by including audio, for example, it has a broader scope. The term "rich media" is synonymous for interactive multimedia. Hypermedia can be considered one particular multimedia application.
Multimedia is usually recorded and played, displayed or accessed by information content processing devices, such as computerized and electronic devices, but can also be part of a live performance. Multimedia (as an adjective) also describes electronic media devices used to store and experience multimedia content. Multimedia is distinguished from mixed media in fine art; by including audio, for example, it has a broader scope. The term "rich media" is synonymous for interactive multimedia. Hypermedia can be considered one particular multimedia application.
Technology
Technology is the making, usage and knowledge of tools, techniques, crafts,systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or serve some purpose. The word technology comes from Greek technologia; from techne, meaning "art, skill, craft", and -logia, meaning "study of-". The term can either be applied generally or to specific areas: examples include construction technology, medical technology, and information technology.
Technologies significantly affect human as well as other animal species' ability to control and adapt to their natural environments. The human species' use of technology began with the conversion of natural resources into simple tools. The prehistorical discovery of the ability to control fire increased the available sources of food and the invention of the wheel helped humans in travelling in and controlling their environment. Recent technological developments, including the printing press, the telephone, and the Internet, have lessened physical barriers to communication and allowed humans to interact freely on a global scale. However, not all technology has been used for peaceful purposes; the development of weapons of ever-increasing destructive power has progressed throughout history, from clubs to nuclear weapons.
Technology has affected society and its surroundings in a number of ways. In many societies, technology has helped develop more advanced economies (including today's global economy) and has allowed the rise of a leisure class. Many technological processes produce unwanted by-products, known as pollution, and deplete natural resources, to the detriment of the Earth and its environment. Various implementations of technology influence the values of a society and new technology often raises new ethical questions. Examples include the rise of the notion of efficiency in terms of human productivity, a term originally applied only to machines, and the challenge of traditional norms.
Philosophical debates have arisen over the present and future use of technology in society, with disagreements over whether technology improves the human condition or worsens it.Neo-Luddism, anarcha-primitivism, and similar movements criticise the pervasiveness of technology in the modern world, opining that it harms the environment and alienates people; proponents of ideologies such as transhumanism and techno-progressivism view continued technological progress as beneficial to society and the human condition. Indeed, until recently, it was believed that the development of technology was restricted only to human beings, but recent scientific studies indicate that other primates and certain dolphin communities have developed simple tools and learned to pass their knowledge to other generations.
Technologies significantly affect human as well as other animal species' ability to control and adapt to their natural environments. The human species' use of technology began with the conversion of natural resources into simple tools. The prehistorical discovery of the ability to control fire increased the available sources of food and the invention of the wheel helped humans in travelling in and controlling their environment. Recent technological developments, including the printing press, the telephone, and the Internet, have lessened physical barriers to communication and allowed humans to interact freely on a global scale. However, not all technology has been used for peaceful purposes; the development of weapons of ever-increasing destructive power has progressed throughout history, from clubs to nuclear weapons.
Technology has affected society and its surroundings in a number of ways. In many societies, technology has helped develop more advanced economies (including today's global economy) and has allowed the rise of a leisure class. Many technological processes produce unwanted by-products, known as pollution, and deplete natural resources, to the detriment of the Earth and its environment. Various implementations of technology influence the values of a society and new technology often raises new ethical questions. Examples include the rise of the notion of efficiency in terms of human productivity, a term originally applied only to machines, and the challenge of traditional norms.
Philosophical debates have arisen over the present and future use of technology in society, with disagreements over whether technology improves the human condition or worsens it.Neo-Luddism, anarcha-primitivism, and similar movements criticise the pervasiveness of technology in the modern world, opining that it harms the environment and alienates people; proponents of ideologies such as transhumanism and techno-progressivism view continued technological progress as beneficial to society and the human condition. Indeed, until recently, it was believed that the development of technology was restricted only to human beings, but recent scientific studies indicate that other primates and certain dolphin communities have developed simple tools and learned to pass their knowledge to other generations.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Globalisation in Nepal
There are many different definitions of globalisation, but most acknowledge the greater movement of people, goods, capital and ideas due to increased economic integration which in turn is propelled by increased trade and investment. It is like moving towards living in a borderless world.
There has always been a sharing of goods, services, knowledge and cultures between people and countries, but in recent years improved technologies and a reduction of barriers means the speed of exchange is much faster. Globalisation provides opportunities and challenges. Bigger markets can mean bigger profits which leads to greater wealth for investing in development and reducing poverty in many countries. Weak domestic policies, institutions and infrastructure and trade barriers can restrict a country's ability to take advantages of the changes. Each country makes decisions and policies that position them to maximise the benefits and minimise the challenges presented by globalisation.
The issues and perceived effects of globalisation excite strong feelings, tempting people to regard it in terms of black and white, when in fact globalisation is an extremely complex web of many things. The following table presents ten opposing points of view often expressed about globalisation.
There has always been a sharing of goods, services, knowledge and cultures between people and countries, but in recent years improved technologies and a reduction of barriers means the speed of exchange is much faster. Globalisation provides opportunities and challenges. Bigger markets can mean bigger profits which leads to greater wealth for investing in development and reducing poverty in many countries. Weak domestic policies, institutions and infrastructure and trade barriers can restrict a country's ability to take advantages of the changes. Each country makes decisions and policies that position them to maximise the benefits and minimise the challenges presented by globalisation.
The issues and perceived effects of globalisation excite strong feelings, tempting people to regard it in terms of black and white, when in fact globalisation is an extremely complex web of many things. The following table presents ten opposing points of view often expressed about globalisation.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Nepalese Culture
Nepal is a country which is rich in different traditions,customes,cultures,etc.Among these traditions Nepalese culture is one.All the people in our country Nepal has there own culture,rituals,rules,regulations,and so on.Culture of a person teaches him his own tradition,which has been followed through his ancestors.Culture is the tradition of a person which he has to follow.Our culture & heritage are the traditions,prestige&recognition of our country.So,to save these cultures we should implement it strictly.
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