Essays on Source Of Information

Introduction

Social Media is a part of our lives today, and it is there to stay. This is a platform that has enabled individuals to have the chance of interacting with each other directly. By the fact that these platforms are fast and precise, they have been accepted readily by the members of the society. These platforms include sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and WeChat just to name but a few. The immediate use of these locations has been influenced by the fact that a huge percentage of individuals have access to smartphones and the internet. As a result, individuals ...

Typography refers to the appearance and style present in printed matter. It also relates to the skill of arranging to ensure that published sources appeal to the readers. Neil Postman uses his book, ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death,' to analyze different ideologies like how the television acts as ‘the way of knowing’ and how it uncompromisingly acts hostile to the typography techniques. The media objects’ ‘Knowing’ process entails how they obtain information, the means they use, and how they present it to the public and therefore, the television’s mentioned procedure is more identifiable with the public compared to ...

Miopithecus ogouensis – Gabon talapoin

The Gabon talapoin (Miopithecus ogouensis) is a small species of monkey found not only in Gabon but in other African countries including Angola, Congo, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. Its range includes the Ogooue River, after which it was named but extends to other riparian habitats from the equatorial forest zone south of the Sanaga River in southern Cameroon to other tributaries of the Congo River including the Lefini and Almira Rivers . Although the monkey is listed as being of least concern in the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species , it is suffering significant wide-ranging habitat decline. Nowak has found ...

1. The book begins with a historical portrait of Ruth McBride Jordan. The author reveals that Ruth has had some name changes. Explain each name change and its significance. The change of Ruth’s name indicates the changes that she has undergone since her birth. She was born in Poland as Rachel Dwanra Zylska and as the name indicates she was born into an orthodox Jewish family. The first name change happens in her second year when her family immigrates to America. It is here that she gets her second name Rachel Deborah Zylska, which was ‘an American version ...

Identity and Information in the Internet Age

Today’s generation of kids and adults are dealing with technologies like no generation before. The major engine in this truly unique period is social media and the Internet. This has forever changed how we interact with one another as well as how we get information. We can interact with people all around the globe, with different cultures and nations, and do so all from our own living room. This new way of interacting with one another has had a great affect on how we form our self-identity. Social media and the Internet have made inaccuracies of information much ...

Senders Name

Dear Name: My purpose of writing this letter is to offer information that will help provide career guidance to students. The information in this report is based on the following website: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/legal/home.htm of the United States Department of Labor (USDL). The Occupational Outlook Handbook, published online by the USDL offers career guidance on hundreds of occupations ("Legal Occupations: Occupational Outlook Handbook: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics"). It is an excellent source of information on duties, education, salary, outlook and training provided for different occupations. The book has information on 25 major occupational groups, each of which in turn is ...

Part A

Foot printing is very important in the process of information gathering for hackers given that is present them with the vital information about the target. Hacking is a complicated process that requires massive information gathering and understanding before an attack can be successful. As a consequence, foot printing is considered a significant part of the hacking process (Boyd, 2000). There are several ways through which hacker gain access to massive information about the target at the foot printing stage. The greatest source of information at the foot printing stage include: the target organization’s website, company directory, job boards, ...

Human personality is formed mainly through relations with other people, the community and society. The process of forming human individuality continues for the whole life. The most intensively the personality is up to the age of 18, as it is the most suitable stage of life for absorbing the knowledge and rules of behavior in the society. Human personality is a concept that expresses the social essence of the person, the complex characterizing human features, properties, relations, moral and spiritual world, formed in the course of self-development, cooperation with social communities and separate individuals. Teenagers belong to the most ...

Executive Summary

Over one million children in Australia are victims of domestic and household violence. Children become victims of family violence both directly and indirectly. Family violence is worse among the minority groups such as the Aboriginal community and the Torres Strait Islander societies. Culture plays a major role in breeding or tolerating domestic violence to continue taking place in the society. The government of Queensland does not have adequate policies and legislations to ensure the safety of children in the society. Accessibility to resource centers is limited for children victims of domestic violence. Functional institutions, employers, media and the government ...

Nowadays the issue of information sharing among different low enforcement agencies of the United States has become vitally important for the effective prevention of terrorism threats and other possible dangers that can cause damage to a large number of people. The events of September 11, 2011 revealed that the lack of cooperation between various intelligence structures can lead to the coordination failure, thus exposing the whole country to the high risk of terrorist acts. Therefore, the US government decided to improve the network of connections between police and national and military intelligence in order to stimulate the process of ...

A combined classroom is the concept of placing the students from two successive grades in a single classroom with one teacher. This trend is constantly on the rise and many researches have been conducted all over the world whether this new concept is a good move or not. This concept has both supporters and those who oppose it. The people who are concerned about this concept are mostly the parents. The researches which were conducted show evidence that the students, in split grades, perform as good as the students in the combined grade classes (Riggio, 2015). The diversity in ...

Introduction

The report is based on the ways wherein I plan to manage my personal resources. The paper is structured into different parts each dealing with a separate consideration. Initially, there is a detailed summary of results of the self-assessment test recently undertaken by me, which is followed by the description of future aims and objectives i.e. where I expect to see myself in ten years from now. In the next section to that, I have provided the details with regard to my plan of building my personal network that will be a source of support and information for me. ...

“Sacred Rice” by Joanna Davidson looks at how people respond to changes in their environment, especially when that change is the loss of a critical resource. For the people of the Jola located in Guinea Bissau that critical resource is rice “our money is rice, rice is our life” (Davidson). Rice was once the most important aspect of their tribes. It was used as food, in ceremonial rituals, clothes were fashioned from the stalks, and it was also used for burial rites. Then it stopped raining as much as it had and the Jola people were unable to grow ...

Claim

Is it permissible for organizations in the pharmaceutical industry to engage in aggressive product promotion using nonfactual fictional information to woe clients at the expense of their health?

Explanation of the claim

In the recent years, there has been stiff market and product competition in the pharmaceutical consumer goods; the increase in the number of the products in the market due to increased technological advancement which has made production easy. Easy availability and affordability of technology to manufacture pharmaceutical products in the 21st century has made it easy for new producers to enter the market which has increased the production of substitute pharmaceutical ...

Today one of the major problems of education implies a collision of information culture of students who called digital native and information culture of teachers who began to use the possibilities of these technologies in adulthood (digital immigrant). This led to a rapid rise of the amount of information that is really an information explosion. It also leads to large-scale changes in the methods and the nature of communication between people and development of the information society as one of the leading contemporary social processes. Such changes of socio-economic conditions can not affect the socio-psychological and psycho-pedagogical portrait of ...

Q.1. Recipes are innate knowledge from experience or shared stacks of knowledge that are implicit instructions for everyday. Discuss 3 recipes that a person can use in a typical classroom or home situation. Be as precise as possible about the exact conditions under which one can use these recipes and how you acquired them. Answer. Recipes are the knowledge acquired from the system of relevance which varies with the expert knowledge in terms of being partially clear and prone to eventual contradictions depending upon the source of information (Appelrouth and Edles 545). In simpler terms, recipes are information which ...

Undeniably, environmental issues have attracted global interest. All economic activities take place in the environment. Therefore, it is imperative to address any matter affecting the environment with urgency. Production activities in industries result in high economic benefits since they supply goods and services that are fundamental to human life. However, most of the environmental problems experienced throughout the world emanate from these activities. The decisions made by governments as well as companies’ managements affect the value of the environment positively or negatively. Therefore, the decision-making process in public or private institutions must consider the environmental impacts. Media plays a ...

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is an infectious disease, and it is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections, and it is estimated that nearly all sexually active young men contract it at some point in their lives. Some types of HPV can cause problems to one's health that may even lead to cancer. A person can get HPV from having anal, vaginal or oral sex with a person who has the disease. However, the most common way of getting the disease is through vaginal or anal sex. It can be passed from one person to another even if the ...

Abstract

Collection and analysis of evidence in modern crimes has turned out to be difficult. However, with the technological advancements, new techniques have been devised which aid in this procedure. Evidence could exist in biological, physical, or verbal forms. Among the biological evidence, hair has turned out to be a significant bit of evidence in most scenes of crime. This paper discusses hair as a rich source of evidence in crimes, the nature of hair as evidence, collection techniques and the true value of hair as evidence. The paper also explains why hair as evidence cannot be used to know ...

Description of the Type of Crime and Criminal Behavior

The discussions in this paper will focus on Alex Johnson et al.’s (01) report on the Kansas shooting spree incident featuring the already-neutralized suspect Cedric Larry Ford. Killing sprees are not uncommon in the United States. This is mainly because of the rather lax gun ownership laws in the country, something which is unique especially when it gets compared side by side with the gun ownership laws in other countries, even the most liberalized ones. In the said criminal incident, the suspect, Cedric Larry Ford went on a shooting spree across two separate (but adjacent) towns in the ...

Data is important to Web 2.0 because it is used to get the insights of available in data. The data is important because they help bring the knowledge that is being sought. Web 2.0 is all about data; it makes use of the data to get the knowledge and the patters that are required for the organization. There are many organizations which have shifted from Web 1.0 to now Web 2.0. This shift is because of the data that comes with this new technology. Data is used to get the knowledge and patterns that are required for the business. ...

In a modern world people are drowning in the large volumes of data. Thousands of papers and researches are being published every day to support or refute some kind of statement. Is smoking associated with lung cancer? Did educational reform increase the efficiency of education system? Is the new medicine a better way of illness treatment? All these kinds of questions are trying to be answered by statistical analysis which often includes flaws and fallacies. Some institutions manipulate the statistics intentionally, while others fail to provide society with a reliable result because of a poor knowledge of statistical techniques.

According to Andrew ...

Information is an important resource that makes us get informed. There is a need to understand the source of information so that we can judge their credibility. WIIFM is an important source of information and entertainment. There is a need to understand how information is organized, how it is collected, and the methods that is used for sorting and how it reaches the audience. This information affects me in such a manner that I should be able to judge information content that we get from our radio stations. They form an important part of our lives. It is therefore important that we ...

The article starts with a preview of the social networks and the enhancements that comes with social networks. The use of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter has overtaken the use of traditional advertising strategies. Advertising agencies view social networking marketing as a revolutionary trend that held companies keep customers.

Social marketing has rapidly risen to become the preferred marketing tool among consumers and companies at the expense of traditional methods. According to the author, statistics from ComScore reveal that 84 percent of European Internet users use at least one of the social networking sites and the growth ...

- How can the reliability of an internet-based source of information be assessed?

Today, there have been many sources available over Internet, from which we can get information. They can even provide us with the necessary facts and figures. But, it becomes difficult for us to check for the reliability issue concerned with the given information. In addition, we are not even aware of the authoritative sources that have put this information on the internet. Hence, it becomes a necessity to check the reliability of an internet-based source of information. First of all, it is important for the government and the institutional authorities to organize a committee that will be dealing with the reliability ...

In the past, many critics note that the American media continues to manipulate stories about counties around the world. With this manipulation there is discrepancy in the modern way the media omit, twist, and report inaccurate and often biased information about other countries in the world. In Australia, the media presents Islam as a religion laced with violence. In fact, much of the public’s knowledge about the Muslim and Islamic affairs stems from media reports that cloud the perception of the people. Many critics in Australia point to the fact that the media the listeners judgment about the events ...

Assignment 1

The culture of an organization is an important factor that influences the quality of cost estimates set by an organization. An organization’s culture of an organization in relation to the costs estimates of a project being undertaken by an organization can be defined by a number of aspects or factors. This paper will seek to discuss some of the aspects of an organization’s culture to determine how they influence the cost estimates formulated by an organization.

An example of a factor that affects the quality cost estimates formulated by an organization is the type of data that is normally they ...

QUESTION 1

The content sources which I will need to review include the following: Site speed; site speed has something to do with the rate at which people or clients can download materials or information from the website. Some of the questions which I will have to ask myself here is whether the speed of the site is fast enough to enable both the clients and the two departments: marketing and sales to access and review the feedback from their clients about their services.

Review of the website speed is important because it determines the rate of accessibility of the website. ...

According to the article by Curt Cagle, the internet has many benefits, which are apparent and obvious to the user. However, the internet has many disadvantages as well. Some of them are obvious and some are not so easily seen. One of the advantages of the internet according to the author is that social media can and does improve some critical skills to the users. On the other hand, teens, who are the ones that use social media to the greatest extent, have registered health issues coming from over using computers. Staring at the computer or the whole day ...

Introduction

The origin of internet dates back to a time when people had difficulties in information sharing. The difficulties provided a foundation for a researcher at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, to develop the concept of an internet-based system. This system, as proposed, could read documents in the Hyper Text Mark-up Language found in Universal Resource Locators of websites. In the end, the researcher developed a browser editor in the form of WWW. The hyper-text system incorporated a simple interface that was so easy to use. Consequently, the world was now on its way to the on-line edition since the basic foundation of the ...

Maps: (image 5)

The maps are to be taken while the research projects and for the reason of certain places of the human beings and civilizations. These are believed to be the main source of information as these were created under particular conditions and the cultures. The maps are made under specific factors, weather and the perceptions; these are gathered by the historians as needed by the researchers. Maps are used for the understanding of the situation at a particular point of time and under particular conditions and polishes. The maps are the grounds and the first hand knowledge of the person who ...

How Melissa’s communication Style impacted the performance of the Italian partners?

Melissa Chang’s communication style had positive impact on the performance of the Italian partners. Melissa was initially hesitant to visit Italy as she felt that her company had not upheld basic business standards by not providing the basic product information to the Italians. However, when she provided the necessary information and answered all their questions in an effective manner, the Italians were encouraged by her positive approach and they could listen to her feelings which were genuine. They sat down with her the next morning and provided all the relevant information like their sales records. They even drew ...

Introduction

The internet and television are among the most contemporary sources of global information. Individuals acquire and dispatch both factual and fictional information through the diverse mediums via the internet. In this regard, internet employs a predetermined course of impact, which implies that its impact on the individual’s course of decision making and judgment is highly defined (Carr 216). The internet is a wider channel that may incorporate the television channels within its compost. According to Nicholas Carr, the Internet provides a wide range of information across all points of the world which enhances people’s understanding. However, such quality is harmful ...

The paper “Hard Times: College Majors, Unemployment and Earnings” is both a written a visual text as seen from its use of both methods in passing across its message. As a written text, the paper harnesses the use of headings to direct the reader to the point it intends to portray. On the other hand, the visual part of it involves the use of pictures and other images to give depictions of the intended message. The use of pictures such as coins to denote money in general and graphs to give a general view of things works as intended. Both words and images ...

According to Lance Ulanoff, using Wikipedia as a source for writing any academic paper is not advisable. According to his article Wikipedia: You still can’t trust it, he expresses his feeling about Wikipedia saying that it should not be trusted to give any proper academic information. He had several arguments to support his claim why Wikipedia should not be trusted whatsoever. His main argument as to why we should not trust Wikipedia is that anyone can get access to a Wikipedia page and put any information they feel like without verifying whether the informat6ion is right or wrong. From his ...

Cyber-hate

Cyber-hate is an offence of propagating hate majorly through the internet. It is rampant in the 21st century due availability of devices which enable access to the internet such as smartphones, tablets and computers. Cybercrime has become such a thorny issue that combating it has become the main agenda of many a government. The social websites were also invented in the 21st century. Cyber-hate is so important a topic since it addresses the issues at stake and pertinent to the human race, the shortcomings that come with them and probably considers recommendations for combat of such vices. Cyber-hate can cause trauma ...

Introduction

Over the course of history the Jews in the diaspora have come under a lot of political, economic and cultural persecutions. This mainly occurred in Europe. This discrimination led up to the infamous holocaust and the gas chambers in Auschwitz where millions of Jews died under the rule of Nazi Germany led by Adolf Hitler. This made the Jewish community to think twice about returning back to their mother land. Various past and present Nobel Prize winners have been Jews. The aim of this paper is to review and analyze the history of the Jewish community as represented by the ...

Introduction 3

Theoretical Questions 5 Primary Contacts 6 Other Sources of Information 7 Methodology 9

Bibliography 13

Appendix 14 Travel Grant Proposal to Egypt Introduction There are many reasons why Egypt is ideal place to study music. Firstly, Egypt has historical significance in world history and a study of its culture and music would help establish a link between modern culture and the cradle of civilization. Music in Egypt became a much relevant subject during the pharaonic period. Throughout this period, music formed a significant aspect of the Egyptian way of life. Majority of musicians assumed various positions in the Egyptian ...

Writing entails giving information about a certain issue in the society or what people should know about. As such, it is a broad category that is divided into various genres. Each genre of writing has its unique characteristics and approach that makes it distinct from other genres. Not all genres employ similar techniques, meaning that one should first understand the basic requirements before they decide to write about something. Whereas some genres strictly follow formal writing rules, other genres entail a ‘freestyle’ nature and are less strict on grammar and language technicality (Beck et al. 66). Writing a scientific research paper, for instance, ...

Introduction

Shovel Bums is a comic book by Trent de Boer, which gives an excellent introduction to the live events of an archaeological field technician. The author’s choice of words creates a perception that this field is grimy, with several challenges. Not only does the shovel bum travel working for low wages, he does all types of jobs available in archaeological sites, in different weather conditions. De Boer brings out the Shovel bum’s life as being dangerous, difficult and dull (De, 2004). Shovel bums travel carrying their own field kits. The purpose of this paper is to give a review of ...

The History of Al Jazeera

The shutting down of BBC’s Arabic language television station instigated the initiation of the Al Jazeera Arabic (AJA) on November 1, 1996 (Allied Media Corp). The AJA was set to achieve strong ideals, because its predecessor was closed within a mere two years, as the Saudi Arabian government repressed the truth about political and social events in its nation—the BBC channel had prepared an explicit report on executions and major dissenting ideas (Allied Media Corp). Qatari Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa’s loan of 137 million USD upheld the AJA for the first five years, but the channel has ...

Aims and Aspirations

My dream is to be a news reporter. But news reporting changes every day. For example, being a news reporter today is not the same as being a news reporter during World War 2. Many aspects related to news reporting have changed in a number of ways, including the tools and channels for reporting (such as the use of social media), news content, what the audience want and information sources, among others. Therefore, as an aspiring news reporter, I should know these things (including how news reporting is today and how it is likely to change in the future) and be prepared. ...

Sonbol’s “Women in Shari’ah Courts: A Historical and Methodological Discussion” look at the Shari’ah courts and qadis before modern legal transformation. In addition, the article looks at the laws and the Islamic legal system that govern the role and lives of women. Many critics of the Shari’ah’s customs justify the laws relating to women with the teachings of the Qu’ran. Sonbol attempts to show the system before the culture transformed to the modern days and ways of reasoning. Even though the standard of the society dictated the importance of women, and the qadis ...

Introduction

Human resource management is undergoing a lot of improvements and enhancements. This is due to the fact that there are trends that have been enhanced with the capabilities that are set by the big data. This capability is enabled with the availability of information from the many interconnections that come with big data and data analytics. This paper will focus on how meshing of data will improve the availability of information in the human resource field to enhance the connectivity of the data (Rothwell, Prescott, & Taylor, 1998).

Improve workflow policies through meshing of data

Information flow is growing at a much faster rate with the use of the ...

Introduction:

The media is an important source of information. The media has become very influential in modeling people’s lives through different decades. The society today thrives on the media a reliable source where they get informed. The coming of new media has become more influential in the recent days. Social media has become very influential and has been used by everyone across the board for business and recently politicians have turned to the social media as a way of furthering their agenda. Many of the elite groups of politicians have used the media to reach out and organize their supports. Many ...

ANALYSIS AND EXPORATION OF ASIA MINOR BY HORATIO SOUTHGATE

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Asia Minor, the area which is located in the north-western part of Asia and includes Anatolic peninsula, Mesopotamia and surrounding areas, has always been a crossroad of civilizations. The history of the region pretty much reflects the history of mankind. From Hettic and Phinician tribes to Egiptians, from Ancient Persians, Greeks and Romans to modern Turks, Kurds and Arabs – hundreds of nations have crossed the land or settled down there. The importance of geopolitical and economical status of the area was understood of leaders of various nations throughout the past three thousand years. Being a bridge ...

Introduction

Domestic violence is becoming so popular in the United States. There have been numerous reported cases that indicate the domestic violence where women are the ones who are most affected. The national statistics reflects how wide-spread the issue of domestic violence is and the fact that only a few women are spared from it. Domestic violence is turning to be a social menace that has jeopardized social interactions and community development. In the practice setting, physicians and psychiatrists have always been the center of help in instances of domestic violence. The physicians have a great role to play where they interview ...

Internet security

The internet offers us good things and through it we can achieve a lot of things. Organizations are able to contract suppliers and distributers online. Online payments and ordering of products in one of the major benefit that internet has offered to business community. Initially, internet was reserved for the technological persons. The internet used to be a limitless source of information for few individuals. There has been rapid growth of internet connectivity not only in businesses but also in homesteads. Many users both in developed and developing world are able to access internet through the small devices such as mobile ...

- What is the thesis of this video and article? The thesis of the video and the article is that human activity is the most likely cause of global warming observed since 1950s. - Describe the use of ethos in this argument. Ethos appeal to ethics, and serve as a means of convincing the audience of the credibility or character of the persuader. The article and the video cite universal agreement among climate scientists that human activity is the major cause of global warming observed since the 1950s (Hennen, Miller & McLaughlin, 2013). These scientists come from all ...

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_information_officer This site provides general information about the role of chief information officer in an organization. The authors are varied, and there are cited and uncited materials. There is no guarantee to indicate that the information in the site is accurate. Since authors are varied, the validity of information is subjected to scrutiny. As a matter of fact, the site administrators have a disclaimer that source for additional information and verification forms the contributors. It also requires clean up as per the Wikipedia’s quality standards. The site is well organized and updated with the last update being just a ...

Introduction

For over a decade, the government in general has been fighting a war to reduce crime and making every state a better place. Drug traffickers, offenders, organized crime groups and even other negatively charged groups are known to work within our community, of which in most cases their ability to grow is encourages by giving them a blind eye. This paper is focused on offering insight into the most effective ways to investigate the offenders as well as the pros and cons in relation to the topical area and identified problem.

Discussion

Starting from persons in authoritative positions, it is not unheard of to ...

Developing Consultancy Skills

Dealing with stress from work has become a concern that affects the employees’ private lives but also their professional results, interfering with the quality of the job performed. This is a rising concern, especially in the large organizations that are dealing with tight deadlines and that give their employees a high level of autonomy and responsibility. This is a problem faced also by Fast Soft Logistics (FSL) company, an organization activating in the logistic industry, providing services for various events. The activities associated with this industry are often highly demanding as the customers’ requests are permanently increasing and many times they are not ...

Introduction

According to Emmanuel Jacob Williams who is 66 years media have made his life better. According to Jacob, the media has been a source of information to him. Since retiring media has helped him keep up with current issues through television, radio and newspaper. He compared the current style of media of passing information and the way information was being communicated during his early days of life. Jacob says that at his teenage hood, he recalls some the way news was being broadcast. News were first recorded then brought on air reason being the government had the power to control ...

Initial hypothesis:

The introduction of the racism of an era gone is purely interrogative in the paper. We introduce the African American hypothesis of racist upbringing to African people migrating to America and from their homeland. Investigating the origin of the African continent, the demography, the cultural, economic and institutional aspects derive great strength and notion in value. People have been subject to slavery to avoid and lessen hard labour as elsewhere. The racist taste for maintaining relation is to defeat a purpose to development. Single white race superiority is also an idea that is explored in the entire detail.

Sources of information:

Primary and ...

Introduction

The use of the internet has been seen to be affecting the way we live and interact with one another. With the use of the internet, there has been a lot of interdependence on this media source. We are almost over relying on the information that we easily get from the internet. There is no longer independent thinking and reasoning. Everything that we need to know and get facts we get them from the internet. This makes it hard to reason and make independent research about issues. Google stand in as the reference for general internet technology. The concern that ...

The study of self and society and in particular social influence is made complex by the fact that the tenets of this area and the relationships are complex. This paper presents a review of the classical movie Twelve Angry Men by Director Sidney Lumet (1957) in the context of the theory above. A succinct overview of the film is presented, followed by an evaluation of some of the concepts in the title above that feature in the film and finally a conclusion.

Brief description of the film

The film, Lumet (1957), tells a story of a jury consisting of 12 white men who deliberate the guilt or acquittal ...

Marco Polo

Introduction Marco Polo was an Italian merchant traveler who immortalized his travel stories to Central Asia and China by giving an account of his journey in his famous book 'Description of the World' aka Livres des merveilles du monde in French. There are few European travelers who voyaged to China years before Marco Polo but the journey undertaken by Polo was the most remarkable. He spent 24 years of his life travelling in Asia and China, having spent 17 of those years in China alone. Marko Polo served as an inspiration to many subsequent European explorers. Marco Polo's ...

Abstract

The financial performance of a business entity depends on a myriad of factors. These include prevailing market conditions, level of competition, and consumers` tastes and preferences. Therefore, a profitable firm does not necessarily adhere to ethical standards. As such, one cannot argue that profitability fully depends on legal, ethical or philanthropic responsibilities. Nevertheless, the extent to which ethics and profits are mutually exclusive may be limited depending on the type and quality of the product being produced by various firms. Further, the extent to which ethical practices may influence a firms` level of profitability depends on the perception of the consumers at large. ...

Introduction

Procurement Management is acquiring of goods and services effectively from an outside organization and gaining maximum benefit to the organization in question for the intended project. (David I. & Roland, G. 89).To add on to that project procurement management also helps in maintaining good relationship between the buyer and the seller. Since a contract is a legally biding agreement between two or more parties, it should include documentation. The procurement part of it deals with acquisition or obtaining what is needed. In any contract, both parties involved should agree to do or supply whatever planned to do in written form. There ...

As technologies used with education continue to be developed at an incredible and accelerating pace, the opportunities for special needs students to receive a quality education increases. Online education offers new and improved education for students with a variety of disabilities and special needs, including lower costs, convenience and flexibility, and personal enhancement through technology knowledge and materials designed with specific special needs in mind. One of the biggest advantages of online education for special needs students is the potential for lower costs. The newest models for delivery of online education are designed to improve access to education at a lower ...