Essays on Surfing

In the world where we live, we exist with the perceptions that there are limitations to the feats that the human body could perform. This is why we presume that people who are disabled cannot take part in sports or any athletic event which requires the use of the body when one part or the other is not functioning at its best. People who have become disabled through one or the other unfortunate occurrence of fate think so otherwise because they have proven to us time and again that their limitations will not hold them back from going after ...

A Report on Internet Misuse in Business Firms

Business organizations rely heavily on internet enabled systems in the present age. This has necessitated unrestricted use of internet in business firms, especially in creative area like graphic designing. This report addresses the same issue in a graphic design firm where the author works as an account manager. The firm is doing well and currently has a strength of 14 employees. However the owner is concerned about the unregulated use of the internet which allows the employees to download almost anything or view inappropriate web content in the workplace. The concern of the owner is justified because the irresponsible ...

I believe that this is fair. It would be unfair to exclude people from eligibility to live in a “nice” area of town on the basis of their income level. The tenants in the rent-controlled apartments will continue to pay the same rate even as increasing inflation drives up the monthly rent of surrounding units. Another problem is that the rent-controlled apartments could decrease the value of the other houses and apartments, making the upscale neighborhood less “nice.” The presence of the reduced-rent condominiums will probably bring new businesses to the area that cater to lower-income consumers. This means ...

The Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP) debate raises heated arguments between the supporters of the idea that multinational companies (MNC) have the capabilities to reduce poverty by strengthening the purchase power of the poor, and those who support the adverse idea that MNCs solely exploit the poor. The main proponents of this debate are C.K. Prahalad and Stuart Hart, who mitigate for the BOP theory in their study “The Fortune at the Base of their Pyramid”, and Aneel Karnani, who demounts the BOP claims in his “Mirage of Marketing to the Bottom of the Pyramid: How the Private Sector ...

Communication in Social Networks

Abstract Everything in world undergoes its continuous changes. Though unknown is always frightening, it also affirms the beginning of something new and thrilling. The same can be said about the invention of social networking. In the midst of social media revolution such social networks as Facebook, Twitter and Skype have opened before their users an amazing world of opportunities and unlimited online communication. Knowledge and information could now be shared among various groups of people and even between different nationalities. People got the possibility to connect with the whole world and highly improve their communication skills. Although social networks ...

The purpose of a marketing audit report is to enable an organization to analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the marketing department relative to the use of alignment skills, processes, and systems because these processes affect the return on investment. Information revealed from this process can disclose the need for opportunities that can improvement the present marketing processes. As an example, if a company desires to achieve a higher performance level in its business, there will be the need to increase effectiveness while also improving the return on investment (Patterson, 2009). This could mean that the organization needs to ...

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1. Explain how tourism can contribute towards socio-cultural conservation Tourists are generally interested, apart from sight-seeing, in exploring the social and cultural peculiarities of the locations they visit. They are interested in the local food habits, dance and cultural forms. In many parts of the world cultural forms have been resurrected and revived mainly for entertaining tourists. Tourists are willing to pay good money to watch dance, rituals and other performing arts which are unique to the town or village that they are visiting and this creates a demand for the local artists who can ...

Trip to Disneyland

1.0 Tourism Distribution Channels 1.1Introduction Travel business and experience is one of the most dynamic sectors of the tourism industry. Visitors want to travel and have an experience of a lifetime. They have formed-perspectives of how they want their experience to be, putting stakeholders in this industry on the run as they endeavour to better performance and conform to the needs of their customers (Tran, Jeeva&Pourabedin, 2016). Customer perspective and the expectations they have is enough to make travel a reality that anyone can wish to engage in. Service delivery in the travel industry is varied before the final ...

Plato’s Cave

Similarities of Plato’s Cave and Today’s People in the 21st Century In “Plato’s Cave”, prisoners can live and do things inside and outside the cave (Cohen, 2006). Though the technological era has been already present, the similarities between prisoners and ordinary people in the 21st century are still evident. This essay focuses on the field of surfing the internet and how it is similar to “Plato’s Cave” that's what transpires inside and outside the cave are similar to what is happening in the internet world and to its surfers or users. Firstly, the events inside ...

The judicial activism is defined as a philosophy of judicial decision making where by judges allow their personal views about public policy, guiding their decisions among other factors . Judicial activism can be observed in three possible actions: overturning a law as unconstitutional, overturning judicial precedent, and ruling against a preferred interpretation of the constitution. The use of judicial activism as a term usually implies that the person does not like the ruling as for example in the dissent of same sex marriage. The use of judicial activism takes away the powers of the other branches of government. For example ...

Beach tourism is one domain of tourism with an ubiquitous global presence. Vacations at beaches are a practice virtually all peoples in the developed world enjoy worldwide. As such, Beach tourism is a globally significant cultural institution of tourism. As a tourist destination, the beach is ubiquitous on a global scale, across national cultures and identities. This was not always the case, however. The beach was not a main tourist destination until a half century ago, following World War II. Its global rise in popularity was brought on through mass media which packaged and commodified the concept of the ...

The Internet nowadays covers a plenty of computer networks, and therefore in the foreground is the issue of network security. Obviously, there are considered the diverse approaches in this sphere, especially when computer security regards the methods of elementary information access without physical work with computer. Recently, the computer security focuses on the advanced technologies to prevent the information from authorized access. But according to the researches of this key the professionals in information security declare that these methods help to avoid only several computer risks. The human factor plays the vital importance against the background of this issue. ...

Information Systems

Internet censorship is simply the control on what can be published, accessed or viewed online. This practice is mostly carried out by governments as well as private organizations. Individuals may also take part in self censorship for religious, ethical or business reasons due to intimidation or other penalties. Different countries enforce different forms of internet censorship whether it is through banning or full blown censorship. However, they vary on how strict their enforcement is. Similarly, a couple of counter measures are undertaken by some people to thwart censorship efforts. Such people feel that the practice infringes on user`s internet ...

Introduction

Internet has changed our lives in many ways; the information technology has made modern, well-developed and advanced world where life gets easier than ever before. People use internet technology for attaining information in the most inexpensive and easiest way. The study suggests that around 900 million people in the world are using the internet (Masci 1998, 14). This is one of the best medium of communication. However, the question arises, are there any challenges associated with internet privacy or security or not? The internet privacy is defined as a status in which individual’s information is not being accessed without ...

Introduction

The problems in education system, which include the differences in knowledge and wisdom, affect the education system. Other issues such Christian teachings about abortion and the same sex marriage factored in education system brings religious differences into the education system. Other problems such as personality differences and hungry for power undermine the education system. Such problems in education system need a strategic way of addressing them.

Solving a problem while still in the system is better as the person can give out opinions on how to address the issue and the education system can take into consideration those opinions. Another strategy ...

Chapter 11, pg. 427: Denver Goes Alfresco

- What type of problems was the consolidated city-county government of Denver, Colorado, experiencing with documented management before instating the Alfresco ECM system?

Before the introduction of the Alfresco ECM system, the consolidated city-county government of Denver, Colorado experienced many problems with the documented management system. Before introducing the Alfresco ECM system, more than 70 of the consolidated city-county government used 14 different documented management systems, none of which could communicate or interact with each other (Laudon & Laudon, 2012).

The information Technology department had to manually supervise many stand-alone autonomous IT units with their own systems and standards. Using a decentralized system created problems, including document sharing, document security, and the ability to audit record keeping functions, especially financial records and scanned ...

A. United Kingdom

The difference between the House of Commons and the House of Lords is that is that the power to make laws is vested with the House of Commons. On the other hand, it shall be the House of Lords which is empowered to pass the law. Another distinction between the two is that the members of the House of Commons are elected by the people. The members of the House of Lords acquire their position through hereditary succession (United Kingdom Parliament, 2013).

B. France

The security issue concerns of France include battling with terrorism, preventing the production and spread of weapons ...

This refers to the preliminary investigation to be conducted by the analysis team for the Ipad Rollout Project of your organization. To be unable to know the scope and limitations of the project, as well as the interventions to be made, a background investigation to determine the applicability of the project and its specifications is needed. In this regard, the project management team would like to request access to your company’s Annual Reports, teacher and student profiles, organizational structure, policies and any other documents that may help the team determine the applicability and scope and limitations of the ...

Business model is among the essential aspects of digital enterprise management. The online business environment has enabled various digital enterprises to develop business models different from the traditional business models. According to a business model is simply a way of doing business. Companies chose on different business models depending on how the model can sustain their business through revenue generation. The business model will dictate how companies make money by defining their value chain position. This paper examines the business model for two digital enterprises, CQout and Amazon, in relations to the target audience, how the sites attract their target audience, ...

Nike Inc. is a global company activating in the sports apparel, ranking as the first player in this industry, as a result of its business strategy. The company incorporates a complex mix of organizational, operational or marketing strategies for assuring its leadership position on its market, succeeding with this integrated business approach to become one of the world’s most recognized and valued brands.

Organizational Analysis

Part of the integrated business approach to the international sports apparel market in which it activates is the organizational strategy. The organizational strategy comprises the Nike Inc.’s ethos and business philosophy centered on diversity, celebrating the differences ...

The Republic of Ireland, more commonly referred to as Ireland occupies five-sixths of the island of Ireland, the second largest island of the British Isles. Its demography, history, geography and culture are unique (see Appendix 1 for scale map).

Ireland, which is to the far west of Europe, is also west of the island of Great Britain. The Republic covers 70,280 of the island’s total area of 84,431 square kilometres. The climate is temperate maritime, modified by the North Atlantic Current which contributes to its mildwinters and cool summers. Because of the high precipitation, the climate ...

The book Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman is an autobiography and an inspirational business book by Yvon Chouinard. The book is about a prominent edge company called Patagonia that demonstrates a prosperous business approach. Patagonia is a company that manufactures clothing as well as outdoors equipment and is well-known for its policies that create environmental awareness. As a co-founder of the business Chouinard provides a moving autobiography regarding the inception of the Patagonia and the management policy that is typifies an authentic success in business and in life. The book is divided into three parts. The first part ...

Analysis of “Riders to the Sea”

The poetic drama Riders to the Sea, written by John Synge, is a wonderfully lyrical and haunting drama about an Irish family and the relationship it has to the sea. Maurya, the matriarch of the family, loses the vast majority of her family to the sea, leaving her clinging to whatever hopes might be available to her that any of her family might still be alive. By making this play so poetic in tone, the presentationalism of Riders to the Sea draws the reader into the plight of the characters. Sunge’s low-key requiem shows the hardship of the Irish ...

Coastal towns are those towns that have a coastline. A coastline is where the land and sea or ocean joins together. A coast normally refers to the region around which sea and land form a link. Examples of coasts include pelagic coast and gulf. A pelagic coast is one that faces the ocean in an open manner. A gulf coast is also known as bay and is more sheltered than a pelagic coast. The coastal regions are very important to the ecosystem. The rivers that join the ocean have fresh water while oceans have salty water. The mixture of the two different ...

Addiction is a major focus of an individual’s life which makes him or her to forego and lose control over other things in his or her everyday life. The addiction can be an action, substance, a thing or even a behavior. The addiction becomes an addictive behavior if whatever the individual is addicted to is causing harm to him or to other individuals either physically, psychologically or socially. An individual can happen to be addicted, reliant or even compulsively possessed with anything. Addiction can be grouped into two categories in regard to its cause. The first one is the addiction to ...

Purpose of an acceptable use policy

An acceptable use policy is a policy that a user should agree to follow so that they are allowed to use a computer resource. Many organizations require that employees and other computer resource users sign acceptable use policy before they start use the computer resources. They provide the etiquette in which computer resources will be used in the network. AUP is supposed to define what needs to be followed in the use of computers. They will define the limits that each group has, and the privacy that is to be followed. AUP is meant to protect group members from getting illegal content ...

Report to CEO and Senior Management at Riptide

Consultant’s Name Report to Riptide: Meet and Beat the Competition with Information Technology and Information Services Riptide has offered high quality surf wear over the years with its winning combination of manufacturing its own products and selling its high-end products at medium prices. Riptide was a success without overstretching its capabilities as a medium-sized business. Most important though, has been the ability of the founder/owner’s charismatic and intuitive abilities to communicate one-on-one with customers and stay ahead of popular trends. The combination of understanding the customers, offering personal customer service and consistently offering high quality products ...

Management

Surf Shop Comparison The Hilo Hattie and Ron Jon Surf Shop are two companies who are famous for their garments and foot wears in the United States of America. The main similarity between the Ron Jon Surf Shop and Hilo Hattie is that the both companies are performing their businesses in the same market sector. Moreover, both companies are famous for their quality brands and their customers are satisfied with their products. However, there is one main difference between the Ron Jon Surf Shop and Hilo Hattie is that the Ron Jon Surf Shop is trying to extend ...

Paddle surfing is my favorite hobby. Before enrolling in nursing school, I used to go paddle surfing in the sea at least once or twice in the summer. At the sea, I used to see a particular sea lion, which popped its head and faced in my direction. I saw the animal so often that I named it Taki, a Japanese word that describes a plunging waterfall. One day I went out to the sea and saw the sea lion twisting in a weird way. I paddled over and freaked out when I saw a red marine rope made of hemp wrapped around its ...

Rhodes is the integration of refined Greek cuisine, historic sites and turquoise seas. Only 11 days spent on the Island of Roses will bring warm memories for the whole year. This period would be optimal to fully enjoy the beauty of Rhodes, visit all attractions, and get even tan. Moreover, visiting Rhodes during winter can be a richly rewarding experience. (RhodesGuide) It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. You will see the architecture, which has been preserved from the sixth century BC. Made in the Greek-Turkish style, it surprise with its power and antiquity. Home Rhodes fortress was built five ...

Summary and Recommendations

This report is about the implementation plan for Integrated Marketing communications for GoPro Company. It manufactures most versatile cameras and their accessories for people with active lifestyle. The company and its products are the result of passion and innovation by its founder and current president Me. Nicholas Woodman. The idea of the product was struck to Woodman when he was surfing in the beaches of Australia in the year 2002. He then painstakingly worked to launch the products in 2004 and achieved tremendous growth for the company in last two years. GoPro went public this year in June. Since ...

iSport Business Plan (Instructor Name)

Introduction to iSport

iSport’s mission is to present consumers with the widest variety of designs, styling and clothes that can be used for all kinds of sports, athletics and active living. iSport provides customers access to all major brands and styles for any outdoor activity, from river rafting, running to yoga and winter sports. Given the wide range of brands and prices, iSport can meet the athletic clothing needs of a wide variety of sports enthusiasts, from the beginners to the semi-professional athletes. The collection will encompass not only the major brands like Nike, Adidas, Reebok, ...

Time wasting is one of the major challenges facing students in various universities. Although there are differences in each university, there are some time wasters that are almost universal in all university. These times wasters might be associated with the common nature of the universities and the common trends in technology that the whole world is experiencing. This paper analyzes some of the time wasters and their effects to the students in the university. According to Boston University (n.d), internet surfing is one of the major university time wasters. The advancement in technology enables everyone with a smartphones to ...

I really enjoy paddle surfing. Once or twice in every week, I usually go out, paddle surfing. Each time I would go out I would see this sea lion; he would pop his head out facing me like he was looking at me. I got used to seeing him, I even named him Taki. One day I go out and see Taki but he is doing this weird twisting thing in the water. I paddle over and I see he got a red marine rope made of hemp wrapped around his neck and one of his fins. I freaked out ...

Abstract

On a regular basis, business publications have covered the issue of privacy and compliance which means that these are significant factors in the new business which rely on information technology or use information technology to cover their purposes. The case of Biosport is unique because it must implement new policy in the area of information technology usage. Therefore, the area is quite diverse but significant for different companies at the same time. It is important to identify that regulation and compliance ensures the achievement of organizational goals and the better usage of organizational resources. Alternatively, lack of compliance means the ...

Demand refers to the quantity of a commodity a consumer is willing to purchase under different conditions. The demand for a commodity depends on a number of factors like the price of the commodity, income of the consumer, the price of substitute commodities, the price of complements, the preference for the good by the consumers, fashion trends, seasonality, and such others. Therefore, the demand function can be written as: QD = F(P, Y, PS, PC, T, O)

Where, QD: Quantity demanded

P: Price of the commodity PS: Price of the Substitute commodity PC: Price of the complementary commodity T: Consumers’ tastes and preferences ...

My Oceanography professor, not a very inspiring and informative individual, has led an interesting and worthwhile life. He appears so sure of what he teaches and is so passionate about his work, one would believe that this was his life’s calling from the moment he was born. However, being an oceanographer was not my professor’s primary goal from the moment he could walk and talk. He was not one of those people who became doctors with a story of how he got a stethoscope for Christmas as a child and, as he played with it, he knew he wanted to grow ...

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Marketing Strategies targeting the Grey Market (Over-55s) For many of the contemporary marketers, one segment of market or consumers that matter most is the senior market, typically referred to as the ‘grey market.’ The average lifespan in the United States and many of the Western nations has gone up by 30 years in the 20th century. One of the most important thing for marketers to realize is that, these extra 30 years were not docketed to the end of an individual’s life, but were rather inserted into the middle of the ...

Management

Security management is very essential for any given company‘s growth and expansion. The information technology managers are solely responsible for this because as it is the major form of communication in an industry. In security management, it is critical to analysis the business environment, needs of the company and the available defense mechanisms. In a business setting, the major problem is to determine the exposure and vulnerability of a business. Exposure and vulnerability in computer security can be achieved by conducting audits in computer security. It involves regular review of network administrator’s logs. Reviews of the current security patches ...

The world has experienced tremendous and uncontrollable growth in technology. New technological innovations are being introduced into the market on a daily basis. The introduction has led to the adoption and automation of many processes in the work places as technology infiltrates into the processes of the organization. The adoption has come with its challenges and many employees in the workplaces are now using the technology unethically. In my role as an administrative assistance in my previous workplace, I encountered numerous instances that can be termed as unethical uses of technology. In this regard, the most unethical use of ...

Purpose

The objective of this paper is to investigate on the necessity and feasibility of conducting a consumer privacy education program in colleges, universities, or in any other form of educational institution in the form of a complementary module that will be presented to the students as an addition to whatever subjects and topics are outlined in their course syllabus. In this paper, the author will conduct interviews and focus group discussions with a total of five college and or university students who are taking up any of the bachelor’s degree offerings in their respective college and or university.

Present status of the problem

Consumer privacy pertains ...

Technology can have both good and bad effects. Yesterday, my mother changed our internet service provider into a much faster version. The technician came in yesterday and assembled all the parts of the modem including the antenna in order for us to experience their fast internet service. Naturally, as an internet savvy person and a technology addict, I love trying new gadgets and discovering new information. I had tried surfing the internet using my cellphone to see whether the sales man was lying or not; however he was not. Our internet was way faster than our previous one. So instead of ...

Introduction

Everyone faces stress at some point in their life. Stress is the body’s emotional, physical and mental way of responding to everyday activities that are too much to handle. There is positive stress and negative stress (Greenberg, 2011). Positive stress is useful in assisting us to progress in life. On the other hand, negative stress is bad for our health and our mental functioning. There are a variety of stressors in our environment and to manage stress a lot of stress management techniques have come up. In the following report the stress management technique used is relaxation. The essay focuses ...

Executive Summary

With the increasing technological advancements, different gadgets have been introduced. One of the universal similarities of these gadgets, most of which are hand is the fact that they use rechargeable batteries. The developments in these technologies have been aimed at improving their software and internal systems’ operations. However, their accompanying gadgets such as chargers have not been researched and developed. Little has been made in charging these gadgets such as solar powered and electricity powered rechargeable batteries. This project is aimed at establishing a new charger using the wireless technologies such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Most social environments such as ...

Introduction

Every successful company once started with a ‘Big Idea’ which transformed an industry, sector and people in general, the story of Under Armour (UA) is a testament to the fact that an idea and a persistent effort will bear fruits in terms of recognition and revenues. The company is the brainchild of Kevin Plank who during his playing days at the University of Maryland got the ‘big idea’ to make a T-shirt which helps the players in providing compression and perspiration off the skin rather than absorb it which in essence helped the players in regulating the body temperature and also enhance ...

Tremendous scientific advancements have enabled the creation of computers along with the wide range of functional potential that they possess. Computers are notable for their application in medicine, military complex, science, education, and entertainment, of which the last two have come to be the most controversial of functions. The point is that children are used to spending plenty of time in front of computer screens, whether for the purpose of education or entertainment, which cannot choose but produce health-related concerns among medicine and health experts who claim computers to have a negative outcome for maturing children’s minds. Healy (17) ...

As we approach the so-called ‘digital age’, more and more complex forms of technologies are invented designed to make our lives easier and fast. From beepers and telephones up to the latest tablets, iPhones and high speed computers, indeed man is continuous in developing newer forms of technologies for today’s fast paced living. The ‘computer’ according to the Free Dictionary, is an electronic device used in computation and is programmable for performing operations like surfing the internet, storing, inputting and retrieving data at high speeds. The first ‘mechanical computer’ was invented by the British mathematician, Charles Babbage in ...

The study by Zhenjia Zhang evaluates the competitive advantage of the Starbucks Surfers’ Paradise coffee shop. The paper uses primary and secondary data to assess the positioning and its marketing mix of the shop, which help Starbucks Surfers’ Paradise to maintain competitive advantage. It suggests that a convenient location, the strong Starbucks brand and the high quality of products and services help the shop to add value to customers and to maintain a strong position in the market. The conclusions derived by Zhang point to the fact that Surfers’ Paradise coffee shop indeed possesses a competitive advantage over their rivals, such as Gloria ...

Analysis of the Checkout Issues in Online Surfing Store

Internet business is very demanding in terms of visibility and time that it takes to navigate the website and finalize the purchase. The focus of this analysis is an online surfing store that is trying to understand the reasons why larger percentage of its customers abandons the purchase at the checkout. To have better insight in possible drivers behind customers´ behavior it is important to outline core characteristics of online sales of such product as surf board. The question that I am trying to discuss here is not only what the actual reasons are, but how these issues can ...

Growing Popularity on the Internet 3

Threats on the Internet 5 Combatting Security Threats 9 Cyber security Threats 11 Safeguarding the Open Internet 13 Security Tokens 15 Other industry features on the Internet 16 Strain between Cyber security and Open Internet 16 We Have No Control over Security on the Internet 18 Conclusion 19

References: 19

Security on the Internet The internet is an integral part of modern communication. Yet it is also the source of many security issues of private information because of its widespread nature and availability. These security issues are associated partly to the inherent ...

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Abstract In today’s world the importance of online marketing is hard to overestimate – business model of many online platforms is based on utilization of traffic with help of targeted advertisement campaigns. Without a doubt, the success of these campaigns (which is crucial for the long-term success of the company) depends on the precision of targeting, with the websites, especially social networks, doing their best to collect as much information about the users as possible and to exploit for more and narrower targeting. This work suggests another criterion for targeting: the time the users spend on the websites. According ...

The internet is an integral part of modern communication. Yet it is also the source of many security issues of private information because of its widespread nature and availability. These security issues are associated partly to the inherent characteristics of the internet and to human error (Holden, 2003). The advancement of technology has allowed services and items to be delivered through the internet by collecting information. However, such information comes with a price. In exchange of convenience, consumers become targets to cybercrimes because of the information they provide (i.e. bank account information, address, and personal identity) (Sicari, 2013). Indeed, protecting ...

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Background of Research 6 2. LITERATURE REVIEW 7 2.1 Emerging markets 7 2.2 Marketing in Emerging markets – Opportunities and Challenges 7 2.3 Marketing practices in Emerging markets 9 2.4 Advanced Marketing practices 10 2.5 Cross Cultural Management – Practical Examples 11 2.6 Cross Cultural Issues 12 2.7 marketing culturally sensitive products 12 2.8 Theoretical Models – Comparing First world and Emerging markets nation’s culture 15

Hofstede’s Dimensions of Culture 15

GLOBE FRAMEWORK 18 3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 21 3.1 Research Design 21 3.2 Data Collection Methods 21 3.3 Sampling procedure: 21 ...

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Probably one of the most popular artists in the modernist, circuit, Mel Ramos surely has a style which is infectious and has a lot going for it. He bases his art on several of the most popular advertising messages of the iconic 1950’s and 1960’s with particular reference to the Coca Cola advert. His use of nude women in suggestive and erotic poses demonstrates that he is very much au courant with what was going on in the hearts and minds of adults and young people. His style was very much influenced by the heady imagery of women especially ...

Introduction

1979’s Apocalypse Now is one of the most significant films which emerged from the Vietnam War period. The movie is based on Heart of Darkness, a book by Joseph Conrad (Syn 1). The story revolves around the character of Benjamin Willard, who is tasked with the duty of killing Colonel Walter Kurtz, who has gone rogue in the Cambodian jungles. The accuracy of the movie in depicting the actual happenings of the Vietnam War has been a subject of extensive debate. Francis Ford Coppola, the producer and director of the film asserts that Apocalypse Now is not just about Vietnam ...

Abstract

In today’s world the importance of online marketing is hard to overestimate – business model of many online platforms is based on utilization of traffic with help of targeted advertisement campaigns. Without a doubt, the success of these campaigns (which is crucial for the long-term success of the company) depends on the precision of targeting, with the websites, especially social networks, doing their best to collect as much information about the users as possible and to exploit for more and more narrow targeting. This work suggests another criterion for targeting: the time the users spend on the websites. According to ...

China’s first functional connection to the internet was in 1994. This was done using a 64K international dedicated circuit provided by Sprint Corp (Taneja and Wu, 2011). However, the country did not enjoy the fruits of the internet since its government started regulating internet services and contents in 2000 (Taneja and Wu, 2011). At this time, access to the internet was still considered a luxury since only top elite mostly found within research institutes, foreign companies, and state organs owned it. China was not only trying to strengthen its ideological control over the new technology, but also trying to take ...

Netbooks have the capabilities to run all types of applications because they run complete operating systems. This paper compares and contrast iPad and Notebooks based on different categories. The first issue to be examined is the support for peripheral devices. IPad was designed to accommodate fewer peripheral devices. iPads do not have SD card slots built in. The camera connection kit is also purchased separately which now offers the SD Card slot and USB port. Connecting to the external monitor also requires one to purchase iPad Dock used to connect to the VGA adapter (Ehrett, 2011). There iPad ...

This paper focuses on the impact of internet especially social on education. There is both positive and negative impact of internet on education. The positive impact includes; the massive reference materials, easier communication, tutoring platform among others. Internet also has negatively impacted on the education both at a higher level and lower level of education. It is becoming difficult to control access to harmful materials; social media is becoming addictive to students, overreliance on internet, interpersonal communication skills problems among other negative effects. This paper focuses more on the negative impact of internet on education. Information technology is advancing ...

The project is about creating a surf competition to improve the BILLABONG Company sales. The surf competition will be used as an aid to raise money for a specific charity. Furthermore, raise awareness about the charity being supported. At the end some individuals would have received help from the cash collected, but at the same time the project will also have promoted the Billabong company image and profile. The project would still add value to the Billabong Company because it will hopefully increase sales through exposure. This is the primary objective of the project. Billabong as a company was established in ...