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Newspaper Articles on Policy Issues

Immigration Eid, T. A. (2017, January 14). Trump poised to reform America's failed immigration policies. Retrieved January 27, 2017, from http://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/14/trump-poised-to-reform-americas-failed-immigration-policies/

Abortion

McGinley, L., & Goldstein, A. (2017, January 23). Trump reverses abortion-related U.S. policy, bans funding to international health groups - The Washington Post. Retrieved January 27, 2017, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/01/23/trump-reverses-abortion-related-policy-to-ban-funding-to-international-health-groups/

Tax

Shear, M., Appelbaum, B., & Rappeport, A. (2017, January 26). White House Sows Confusion About Plan for a 20% Import Tax - The New York Times. Retrieved January 27, 2017, from https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/us/politics/mexico-wall-tax-trump.html

Federal legislation

Newly Signed Federal Law One of the bills that was recently passed by the House and the Senate and ...

A) According to U.S. EEOC (para 2-5), hostile work environment is a situation in the workplace where an employee finds it hard to work due to harassment from other workers in the workplace. This is usually severe and pervasive. Harassment can be in the form of bullying, fondling, and the use of offensive language and remarks. Sexual harassment refers to bullying in the workplace in relation to an individual’s sex. It mostly affects female employees whereby they are coerced to have sexual relations with their colleagues in the work place. Sexual harassment takes the form of physical or ...

Executive Summary

This paper explores and analyzes the case of Maritime Trading Company with its desire to utilize the Internet to generate more revenue for the company. The plan is to have a Web site that will be truly responsive to the customers through the fostering of closer buyer-seller relationships. In order to explore the existing business scenario, analysis will be conducted through: 1) a summary of the situation; 2) an examination of material exhibits; 3) strengths of the business situation, and; 4) weaknesses of the business situation. In this manner, alternative approaches can be identified and recommended courses of action ...

Analysis of Website – apple.com

www.apple.com - Assessment The website I shoes is apple.com. It is for the company Apple Inc. which is a multinational American technology company. It sells consumers electronics, computers, software and services. I will assess the website on various parameters as follows: Accessibility: I tried opening the website in four different browsers; internet explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Apple Safari. Even though it works with all the browsers, the best experience is with Safari. The navigational buttons on the home page are well placed however the user has to click on each of them to see the subcategories. There ...

Introduction

The city of Cambridge, known for its culture, heritage and the numerous institutions of excellence attracts a large number of tourists from across the world. This globally renowned centre of higher education has been the home of great thinkers and scientists for the past 500-600 years and has made immense contribution in shaping up the world that we see as it is today. This is the place where atom was first split, neutrons and electrons were discovered, the renowned theory of evolution was coined by Charles Darwin and Sir Isaac Newton discovered gravity . The University of Cambridge, which has ...

Public Relations has undergone a sea change following the rapid advance in internet technologies and the advent of social media applications. It has now become the art of not just providing information but truly creating interactive relationships with the public. A PR professional today must embrace the Web in order to reach the people they want to reach. In a way social media has put the public back into Public Relations . Twitter, the microblogging tool, is fast becoming the choice of most companies to provide real time engagement with their customers. Possibly the best example is Starbucks (https://twitter.com/Starbucks) which ...

Encouraging commitment to online communities

The internet has revolutionized the way people work life and interacts, this is due to the important part in plays in human interaction as, through the internet, people are able to keep in touch with each other regardless of the geographical location. The increase of the number of internet users has overtime given tech-related companies the opportunity to form online communities and companies, popularly known as social media, which have become the most popular locations on the internet. The success of any Internet communities is pegged on the portal that the community operates on, the portal should ideally allow ...

Abstract

For this evaluation, a website was analyzed for the quality of its usability and interface design. There were several factors for which scores were issued with 10 being excellent and 1 being a very poor score. Although there were quite a few positive features to acknowledge, the overall quality was found to be quite low. Suggestions are included for what would make this website more usable and valuable for its visitors. What was learned from this study is that a website needs to engage the reader. This can be done by offering a solution to problems. Another way to improve usability is to offer a ...

For the purposes of this discussion, the two websites assessed were those of (1): The National Institutes of Health (NIH) – a government site – and (2): MedicineNet, which is a commercially-sponsored source.

Taking the NIH site first, its “About” section explains that it is “the nation’s medical research agency – making important discoveries that improve health and save lives.” It claims that its research has resulted in Americans living longer, and states that most of its budget supports many thousands of research staff. It appears to be a well-maintained site, showing a “last reviewed” date in ...

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- Introduction. 3 - Home Page Structure and Content.. 5 - Use of Color..7 - Text & Font7 - Ease of visibility by the search machine8 - Images.. 8 - Conclusion.9

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Abstract The report is all about e-commerce in the sense of comparing the usability of two websites for companies that sell their product or service. It aims at providing an overall evaluation of which website is superior to the other in respect of their usability by the target audience using useful criteria aspects such as font, color, and images used within the ...

With the development of websites, the design and visual representation of the website is an important component that should be taken into consideration when designing. The use of web grids is to show how the website will look like and the prototype that will be followed in the design of the site. With the use of the design tools, the design of the final website will be simpler than when there is no use of these tools. It is important to know what the final website will look like and where the content will be placed in the website. ...

The concept of critical thinking entails a way of finding out whether the information received is true or false. There are six principles that govern the process of critical thinking. The first principle dictates that for an extraordinary claim to be made it must be supported by extraordinary evidence. The level of extraordinariness of a claim is determined by how much a claim goes against what we already believe. The more a claim is unexpected, the more one needs in terms of supporting evidence so that a claim can be believed. This theory is important in critical thinking because it pushes one beyond ...

A visit at the Bluefly.com website shows a home page that is very informative. Just looking at the homepage, it is clear that the site is one where designer clothes, handbags, shoes, accessories are sold at a discount. There are a lot of images with big sizes which somehow slows down the download time. There are too many information presented in the home page alone. The major sections of the website have local navigation making it easy for its visitors. The site organization, links and labels are easy to understand. The sections are clearly delineated from each other. If a visitor is interested ...

INTRODUCTION

Toofa Beauty Salon is a business enterprise offering beauty services and solutions. In a bid to expand more in the beauty industry, the store desires to establish a website where it can interact with its users more rewardingly. This paper details the development of the website of the company. The website puts in place the best industry wide practices for availability, access, navigation and usability. Specifically, this specification report explores the accessibility techniques employed in the development of the website, website description, design and implementation. It also includes evaluation mechanisms and validation and testing Aspects. Finally, it will provide recommendations for future ...

Digital forms of communication have taken over and are drastically reshaping the ways in which the world communicates. Today, friendships, casual get-togethers, meetings and romance are developed by information found on the internet. Millions of websites, social networking sites, games and apps influence the way in which individuals relate, and how people interact. One of the ways the effect is evident is seen in online dating. Today, hundreds of websites cater to the dating needs of men and women of all ages, backgrounds, nationalities, and range of interests. This unique form of digital culture seems to have dramatically influenced ...

1.0 Introduction Websites are arrangements of interrelated web pages parented by a single web address or better known as a domain name hosted by a server. Initially websites were typically navigated for information only. The Internet evolved to incorporate unlimited functions such as electronic email communications, architectural designs and business transactions. Nowadays most, if not all, websites are designed to be a two-way method of communication between the sender and the receiver. The purpose of this report is to evaluate three (3) different kinds of websites and distinguishing their main functions: information, interactive, and trans-active. Considering how virtually most established and popular ...

Part 1

After searching the internet, through google search, for web development process, the two sebsites that come up are http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/06/22/following-a-web-design-process/ and http://www.forbes.com/sites/ilyapozin/2013/06/05/4-steps-for-a-better-website-development-process/. The first one is organizational while the second one is educaitonal. The development plan that smashing magazine website follows is architectural while the second one uses a design approac. The first one is the ,lost effective because it shows how the plan of the website has been developed. The develoment processes for the two websites are the same. They are the same because they follow the same process only the focus is on structure.

Part 2

In the site, http://www.deankoontz.com, the ...

The usability testis going to be conducted to decide how user can complete a number of tasks on the GoToMeeting website. The data will be collected via observation and the subjects will be given a questionnaire concerning their experience using the website. The subjects will be selected in such a way that the evaluation provides a view from many perspectives. A number of factors are going to be used to select the individuals to evaluate the website. These factors will need to be different in order to give the best review possible (Barnum, 2011). Each of the subjects will provide a unique view of ...

Introduction

Human-computer interaction (HCI) is a field that seeks to understand how people use computers about the various user interfaces available. Most human-computer interactions use a graphical user interface. However, other interactions make use of speech, sound, touch and command line interfaces (Nielsen, 2003). A principal function of HCI is to understand user satisfaction from using a computer using the corresponding interface (Nielsen, 2003). There are a number of issues that can be measured to determine user satisfaction. These are:

Ease of use

This is a method used to determine how easy the user found it to use the interface. It describes the ease with which a user can ...

Abstract

The project deals with the problem of employees’ empowerment at Google. The opening paragraphs induct into empowerment as a type of democratic leadership style and the ways it applies to Google. Following are various techniques and approaches that enable company workforce to fulfill themselves in terms of creativity. The paper gives an in-depth look into the nature of empowerment techniques, as Google cafes, Moderator, TGIF, “Fix-Its, and “20 percent” projects, to name a few. The project reflects the opinions of prominent management experts and functionaries. Keywords: Google, empowerment, techniques, approach, project, loyalty, leadership Skillful personnel is important to any ...

Report on Website

INTRODUCTION The fast rate of technological advancement in 21st century incessantly revolutionizes all economic sectors in the world; therefore, the world is migrating towards the electronic commercial (e-commerce) activities in order to save both time and money which are very essential parts of human life. It is also for this reason that I have decided to come up with an online book shopping website in order to provide e-commerce services to readers world-wide. There is a greater need to make available reading (book) materials to all educationists and leisure readers, in a platform that they are able to make their ...

Introduction:

The use of media in Singapore plays a very crucial role in the country. It is one of the most important and key strategic centers of media in the region of Asia-Pacific. This is agreement with the aggressive push of the government to establish the region of Singapore as one of the media hubs across the world under the plan of media twenty one that was launched back in 2002. The media industry is widely grown at the moment in Singapore and comprises of activities such as broadcasting, publishing, music, film, and the IT media sectors (Wong, 2001). According to ...

For Beginners

Twitter is a form of social media that you can use from a laptop, desktop, and even from your cellphone. It is one of the programs that people use to communicate with friends, family and even business clients for a variety of things. Some use Twitter for microblogging or people posting things about themselves and being updated on what is happening to friends or relatives living far from them. Some use Twitter as a channel of information. Because several million people actually use Twitter at any given time of a day, information can easily be passed on in minutes. Even news-related shows or magazines ...

Introduction

Signposts in the real world are used to point one in the right direction. The signpost is usually a big and conspicuous sign that has a particular destination as well as an arrow pointing towards that destination. Website creators can utilize the signpost concept to direct the segmented website visitors efficiently and quickly towards a section of the website that is appealing to them or that they wants them to visit. Together with mapping, digital signposts are part of the spatial metaphors as described by Salvo and Rosinksi that are currently being adopted by information designers and technical writers to create exquisite ...

- National Association of the Deaf It is an American-based organization that deals with only deaf people. Essentially, it works on the principle of the deaf for the deaf, and helps those with hearing difficulties in the United States. The website has a high rating in Search engine optimization; thus, making it easy to find it on the Internet. It serves as an umbrella organization for the deaf association in the country. The website communicates and presents all information regarding this association, which was established in 1880 to communicate important issues about the deaf community and use of the ...

Windows Server 2008 R2: Active Directory and Server Manager Remoting

Internet Explorer was used to access the TechNet-Virtual Lab in order to use the Active Directory and Server Manager Remoting for Windows Server 2008 R2. The Tech-Net Virtual Lab offers curious users and potential customers an opportunity to try Windows Server products for free. The Virtual Lab may have been essentially designed for IT Professionals and Developers because those are the two choices under the Drop Down menu titled ‘Job Role’ at the top left of the Home page with the URL address technet.microsoft.com. The Virtual Labs are available for brand new applications including Cloud and Cloud Services, Windows ...

Carina’s Bridal Outlet and Consignment Company has been in existence for the last 20 years. The company’s main activity is the sale of bridal gowns. An analysis of the company’s website shows the advertisement of several designer gowns from different brands.The listed brands are; Allure, laposa,Blue by Enzoani, Watters & Watters, Maggie Sottero, Pronovias and San Patrick. The products are viable on an online marketing platform as customers can select an item and pay for it online and, thereafter, wait for the delivery of the gown. In addition to the bridal gowns, Carina’s also offers ...

Internet users are increasing at a rapid rate and so are the enhancements in the internet browsers such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet (IE) and Mozilla Firefox. These browsers have their own advantages and disadvantages depending on the user requirement. The Browser versions are updated on a regular basis and all of these are designed according to the web standards and they can handle the required speed easily. All these browsers are fast, have clean interfaces, bookmarking feature, any site compatibility, and the main differences are in support for HTML5 Web markup standard, hardware acceleration, and privacy tools (Muchmore 2012). ...

Introduction

The Philippine-American war was the conflict between the Filipino revolutionaries and the United States between 1899 and 1902, which started when the latter acquired the Philippines from Spain as the result of Spanish-American war. The Filipino revolutionaries made an extensive effort to achieve the First Philippine Republic’s independence from the United States during that period. This war was just a continuation of the Philippine revolution that aims to accomplish absolute independence, which started in 1896. We argue that both sides used their own tactics to win the war in which the Filipino revolutionaries and American soldiers both did well ...

Carina’s Bridal Outlet and Consignment Company has been in existence for the last 20 years. The company’s main activity is the sale of bridal gowns. An analysis of company’s website shows the advertisement of several designer gowns from different brands.The listed brands are; Allure,laposa,Blue by Enzoani, Watters & Watters, Maggie Sottero, Pronovias and San Patrick. The products are viable on an online marketing platform as customers can select an item and pay for it online and, thereafter, wait for the delivery of the gown. In addition to the bridal gowns, Carina’s also offers salon ...

The survey targets healthcare workers in hospitals across the nation. They will voluntarily submit to the survey in order to expose their most recent knowledge concerning the nursing shortage. They have been allowed to volunteer at chance as no selected times were chosen for the survey. The respondents targeted could be from any category of the general healthcare community and as noted above will share one more characteristics that are shared and is relative to the nursing community and related by the claim of knowledge concerning the nursing community. In the spirit of the quantitative simple designed research ...

Since 1965 when it was created by an act of Congress, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has been funding projects designed to support artistic excellence in the community. I think that in the progress of a culture or society, once the basic components are in place such as food and shelter, is when arts can abound. Part of how a culture’s success is judged is on to what degree the arts have an importance in within the society. The NEA is as a result an important marker to where American culture is. While the NEA awards for programs ...

Introduction

This paper identifies and provides an overview of some of the grants and initiatives of the national endowment for the arts in Tennessee. The grants identified have been found to be interesting in different aspects.

This commission receives grants from the national endowment for the arts. I find this interesting in that the Tennessee General Assembly also funds the commission. Moreover, it is the mandate of the local government to support this commission.

The Nashville Shakespeare festival

In the 2012/2013 financial year, the Nashville Shakespeare festival was supported to the tune of $10,000. This event offers a significant boost to upcoming artist to ...

Introduction

China has the longest historical tradition in the world. The roots of human settlement go back to the early relics found from Homo Erectus that were dated back 1.36 million years ago. Their agricultural history dates back to ancient millet radiocarbon dated to around 7000 BCE. Cliff carvings in Damaidi in Ningxia date back to 6000 -5000 BCE and are similar to written Chinese. From the early Xia Dynasty to the final Qing Dynasty It has not always been easy and peaceful. Dynasties rose and fell affected by outside and inside influences and domination. The people of China have ...

Question one

Hacking is a common vice in the digital environment especially with the shift towards globalization that has seen an increase in cyber-attacks. Hackers are malicious people that go against all lay down security measures to gain access into systems. When a system such as the one described is hacked, it’s necessary for the customers, clients and other stakeholders to be made aware of the attack. This is crucial for instance into alerting their banks to block any kinds of transactions until a solution is found. As a manager of an online system that has been subjected to hacking, the very first ...

PART TWO: Reflective prompts

QUESTION ONE: Values refer to the virtues that are held dearly by the individuals. They act as the foundation of one’s character. In most cases, values are virtues that are drawn from our societies to help us be morally accepted. However, it is not easy to define virtues for their relativity in terms of circumstances, perceptions of individuals and backgrounds. Despite this ambiguity, it is still widely accepted that what is good is good to very many people. It cannot be hidden There are several values in life that people ascribe to. To me, I just ...

Question 1a

Three of the website’s strengths are its content, the integration of social media on the website, and the online ordering capability. In particular, the site is rich in content that any web user, whether a potential customer or business partner, would easily find the information they need. Information is also available in various formats such as text, image, and video format. The text information provides web users with just about everything they need to know. The images also provide the users with information as the images allow users to get an idea of the kinds of food they can ...

The teachers college website is supposed to provide teachers in the Columbian college with information on programs and policies of the college. The website is accessible through a unified resource locator (URL) either through the internet or through intranet. The website has clear navigation links, which are placed at the top, left, and right sides of the home page. Dead links are not found on the website, which ensures users always end up in the right page after clicking on a link. The use of graphics on the website is done with consideration to the information portrayed and communicated by ...

Memo

Director of Information System cc:

Website Manager

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Evaluation of the company's website

PART1: Review of the Company Website 1. Website audience. The website is first of all created for attracting new customers and maintaining positive image of the company. As for the types of audiences, it can be viewed by any type of audience: executive, expert, technician and general. The interests of all the groups should be taken into account in different sections of the website, but overall it should be easy-to-use and to understand. 2. Needs of the audience. The needs differ according to the type of the audience. Executive needs ...

Introduction

This paper is divided into four sections. The first section is a troubleshooting report on a restaurant’s food and operations. The report highlights the observations and gives the recommendations. The second section is short memo report which highlights the advantages and disadvantages of e-learning and the recommendations to Paper Products, Inc. The third section gives an in-depth development of an objective and “Related Capability” sections for the resume. The dream job, for which the resume is intended, is sales and marketing manager/executive. The final section is a memo that gives a critique of the website of Talisman Energy Inc., one of the ...

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Site structure and navigation

The site chosen for analysis in this paper is Barnes and Noble which is an online store front selling books and other literature materials in digital form. The site is designed in a way as to allow for easy navigation and use by its users. At the top of the home page, towards the right hand side, the navigation links which links different web pages in the site is placed. The location for the links is strategically placed in a location that makes it easier for a new user of the system to recognize. These links will lead the user to ...

Web site evaluation

The web site selected for evaluation in this case is called angry birds (www.shop.angryshop.com ). The site is an online store front selling costumes for kids and even older people. The site has employed the use of many graphics in its presentation as well as use of less text. The sites navigation is given in a way that is seen as to make it easier for clients and users to navigate through. At the top of the home page and each subsequent page, is a bar with navigation links. Consistency is maintained throughout the web pages. The firs link in any web ...

Educational websites that are going to be considered in our study include:

1. http://www.horton.com/portfolio/ILACourse/course/index.htm 2. http://web.archive.org/web/20070429151915/http://www.trainingcafe.com/members/coursesite/ 3. http://www.publishnotperish.org/ 4. http://www.horton.com/portfolio/gantt/index.htm 5. http://patientnavigatortraining.org/course1/menu.htm

The websites are used for educational purposes and have different features that aid in their use in the classroom.

1. http://www.horton.com/portfolio/ILACourse/course/index.htm

This is a website that is used for designing effective electronic courses.

The diagram below shows the screen shot for the home page of the website.

Features of the website that makes it suitable to be used in the classroom include:

1. Usefulness in the classroom (for teacher or student) This website is very useful for both the teachers and the students. It is ...

Abstract

In the tourism marketing, the internet plays a very crucial role due to its ability to transcend geographical boundaries and reach the regions that are far beyond the reach of many traditional forms of communication. All this is achieved at an amazingly low cost and the tourism company involved in able to increase sales and awareness without having to force this publicity. The Leopard beach resort in Kenya has employed the use of its website as a gateway to its services, where potential visitors can get information and also make bookings online, prior to visiting. The resort has optimized this site ...