...risks are intensified. Google has foreign contention in all of its primary businesses: advertisement, internet search, social media, and mobile phones. Some opposition such as Facebook for the social media and Apple for the phones and tablets are leaders and Google must review these external factors. Another external factor that impacts Goggle’s globalization can be difficult because other countries may not want to use a product they are unfamiliar with. Therefore, a thorough explanation of why a product would be beneficial in another country is very important (Ford, 2010). China for example had outlawed Google as a prominent search engine for political consideration. These slumps are compensated by the importance that globalization produces inside Google. In 2012 the organization has a variety of human resources in different locations internationally that creates difficultly to a competitor to even think about emulating Google. “What the laggards have failed to grasp is that what matters most today is not a company's competitive advantage at a point in time, but its evolutionary advantage over time” (Hamel, 2006). Google manages to prepare for their future by understanding that preparing requires research and progression. Buying into different technologies takes time and money, and not every cent or minute can be devoted to research without other openings for income. This is why Google buys into smaller companies to subsidize the expansion of development in the technological...
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...THE MOST DANGEROUS AND POSSIBLY FATAL FORMS OF COMMUNICATION IN THE WORLD TODAY. FIRST LET ME GIVE THE PROPER DEFINITION OF TEXTING WHILE DRIVING. TEXTING WHILE DRIVING IS THE ACT OF COMPOSING, SENDING, READING OR SENDING A TEXT MESSAGE, READING OR SENDING EMAILS OR MAKING OTHER SIMILAR USE OF THE WEB ON A MOBILE PHONE WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE. WE ALL HAVE SEEN THE COMMERCIALS WHERE A DRIVER TAKES HIS EYES OFF THE ROAD TO READ A TEXT MESSAGE AND IN AN INSTANT THE DRIVER’S LIFE IS SUDDENLY CHANGED BY A HORRIFIC ACCIDENT ALL DUE TO TEXTING WHILE DRIVING. I KNOW THAT I DON’T EVER WANT TO THINK ABOUT BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT THAT WOULD TAKE THE LIVES OF OTHER MOTORISTS OR PEDESTRIANS. AND I’M PRETTY SURE THAT NONE OF YOU GUYS WANNA WAKE UP EVERY MORNING WITH THE FEELING OF KNOWING THAT YOU WERE PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING AN INNOCENT PERSON IN A WHEELCHAIR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THEIR LIVES OR EVEN SHORTENING THE LIFE OF A SMALL CHILD ALL BECAUSE YOU DECIDED TO TEXT WHILE DRIVING. USING A CELL PHONE WHILE DRIVING IS DANGEROUS ENOUGH BUT TEXTING WHILE DRIVING WILL HAVE THE EFFECTS THAT ARE 100X MORE DEVASTATING. ACTUALLY RESEARCH SHOWS THAT 5 SECONDS IS THE AVERAGE TIME YOUR EYES ARE OFF THE ROAD WHILE TEXTING, AND WHEN TRAVELING AT 55 MPH THAT’S ENOUGH TIME TO COVER THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF A FOOTBALL FIELD. (AND WE ALL CAN VISUALIZE THE LENGTH OF A FOOTBALL FIELD RIGHT?) READING OR SENDING A TEXT OR EMAIL TAKES BOTH EYES OFF THE TASK OF DRIVING...
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...The scientific literature on the dangers of driving while sending a text message from a mobile phone, or driving while texting, is limited but growing. A simulation study at the Monash University Accident Research Center provided strong evidence that retrieving and, in particular, sending text messages has a detrimental effect on a number of safety-critical driving measures.[6] Specifically, negative effects were seen in detecting and responding correctly to road signs, detecting hazards, time spent with eyes off the road, and (only for sending text messages) lateral position. Mean speed, speed variability, lateral position when receiving text messages, and following distance showed no difference.[7] A separate, yet unreleased simulation study at the University of Utah found a sixfold increase in distraction-related accidents when texting.[8] The low number of scientific studies may be indicative of a general assumption that if talking on a mobile phone increases risk, then texting also increases risk, and probably more so. 89% of U.S. adults think that text messaging while driving is "distracting, dangerous and should be outlawed."[9] The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has released polling data that show that 87% of people consider texting and e-mailing while driving a "very serious" safety threat, almost equivalent to the 90% of those polled who consider drunk driving a threat. Despite the acknowledgement of the dangers of texting behind the wheel, about half of drivers...
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...Cell Phone? Olivia Kinser Advanced Composition CM380 Anna Jordal February 10, 2014 Just How Harmful is Your Cell Phone? That little device you always have in your hand or pocket, the one you use to check the weather, communicate with your friends, or simply scroll through social media sites with – this little device is what’s known as a cell phone. Most people find this device as something that is needed to live, but have you ever wondered just how harmful a cell phone is to your body? If you text and drive, do you realize how dangerous it is? Or are you one of those people that don’t stop to think about this type of stuff because regardless, you can’t live without it? Either way, one should take into consideration what exactly it’s doing to your body and even the people around you. The device that you think is just keeping you in contact with all your friends may be causing you headaches, memory loss, DNA damage, malignant brain tumors, or even a car accident. Radiofrequency energy, also known as radio waves, is a form of non-ionizing radiation. Your cell phone emits these electromagnetic frequency (EMF) waves that penetrate a users’ brain. The tissues closest to where the phone is held absorbs in this energy. “The WTR (Wireless Technology Research) study showed a correlation between a higher incident of brain cancer and a great risk of rare neurological tumors and DNA damage among the users of handheld phones versus users of other types of phones” (Brown...
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...RESEARCH TOPICS Abstinence programs Do they work? Advertising Should certain kinds of ads be banned in the interest of health/morality/annoyance – alcohol, cigarettes, prescription meds, etc…? Africa Why so many wars? What’s the solution? Airplane accidents Who is responsible? Should families of victims be entitled to compensation? Airport security Should the government use invasive pat-downs and body scans to ensure passenger safety or are there better methods? Al Qaida Has U.S. policy actually spread terrorism rather than contain it? Will it get better or worse? Why and how? Alcohol Should the U.S. lower the drinking age to 18? Animal rights Should it be illegal to use animals for sports and entertainment? Arming pilots Good idea? Art A few years ago, an artist was criticized for depicting the Virgin Mary with elephant dung. When is art not really art? Athletes in high schools Should shoe companies be able to give away free shoes and equipment to high school athletes? Beauty contests Do they serve any purpose in society? Bridges, roads, waterways Why the government gets a bad report card on America’s infrastructure. Bullying laws Should the state or federal government put laws into place to prevent bullying? Cell phones How have they changed us socially? Censorship Should parents censor textbooks and other literature for children in schools? Cheap labor U.S. companies that move factories to undeveloped nations barely pay employees enough to...
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...INTRODUCTION In today’s world people have become entirely dependent on their cell phones. One of the features that have changed the way people communicate is the ability to send SMS (Short Message Service) messages better known as text messages. SMS allows people to type messages and exchange them between mobile phones better known as texting. This trend of texting came around in late 90’s and has immensely advanced.It’s fast and it’s easy. We respond to that buzz of our phones spontaneously and tune out of our surroundings. A large number of drivers don’t hesitate to both read and respond to test messages while driving. Unfortunately texting has also become a huge safety concern when it occurs while driving. Texting while driving is a serious health issue. Multiple cases have confirmed that texting while driving is becoming a rising problem across the nation. The crashes are happening far too frequently involving both teens and adults. It has reached the point where many states have banned text messaging while operating a vehicle. While talking on a cell phone, a given user can still keep their eyes on the road and at least one hand free, where as text keeps the user’s eyes on and sometimes even both hands on the phone. Texting while you are driving takes one thing away, your vision. Everyone’s eyes are supposed to be on the road at all times. A crash could take place in just a second of you reading the message. Your eyes are the most important thing that you need while...
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...purchase over another .if you’ve ever been fascinated by subliminal advertising, if sex really sells or how rituals influence buyer behavior, this book will answer your questions on all those things and more. What I learned in Buyology: Warning labels on cigarettes just make people want to smoke more. (page 15) Sex doesn’t sell, controversy does. (Page 183) We instinctively copy other people. (Page 53) Sexy models in ads appeal more to same-sex readers and watchers. (page 191) People love products that look like babies. (page 31) Senses influence us more than features. (143) Rituals and superstitions influence buying decisions. (page 99) Product placement works only when it’s related to the story. (Page 44) The lessons are culled from the research project which Lindstrom started in 2004 — and massive it was. The study took nearly three years and cost about $7 million (sponsored by eight multi-nationals). There were multiple experiments with thousands of subjects from all over the world, 200...
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...renouncing its attempts to possess weapons of mass destruction 3. To limit the sale of strategic goods and raw materials in short supply - Could apply to food, medicine, basic metals, or natural resources B. Effectiveness of Trade Sanctions - Opponents and Proponents w/no clear consensus - However, to be effective, sanctions need universal cooperation II. History of U.S. Export Laws A. The Rationale - U.S. concerns about technology and weaponry falling into enemy hands Therefore, it regulates the export of arms, technology, commodities with military applications, and other strategic commodities including technical data, component parts, and chemicals B. Development of the Legal Framework - American Revolution: Congress outlawed exports to Britain - Early 1900s: export controls in response to either war or emergency conditions - WWII: export controls were reintroduced - Export Control Act of 1949: reflected the archetypical battle between...
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...ISRAELI TARGETED KILLINGS Sarah Arrasmith INTL 614 - Assassination October 25, 2014 "Consequently, today's threat is just a real from seven thousand miles away as it is from ten feet away," Michelle Mallette-Piasecki, Albany Law Review, 2013. In 1995, Yahya 'Ayyash, otherwise known as "The Engineer," and an expert terror planner for Hamas, answered his last phone call. The Israelis had laden the phone with explosives and detonated while he was carrying it ( Luft, 2003, 2). In that same year Fathi Shiqaqi, the spearhead of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, who had organized several suicide bombings against Israelis, received fatal gunshot wounds by Mossad, the often mythical Israeli Intelligence (Luft, 2003, 2). These were not the first nor last targeted killings performed by the State of Israel yet are signatures of Israel's propensity and tenacity to not fall victim to terror attacks. The history of violence and threats inflicted by terror groups and nations against the state of Israel has lead to Israel's development of tenacious military and intelligence capabilities. Due to its geopolitical disadvantage, Israel must utilize aggressive and resilient tactics against terror groups, state, and non-state actors. Are targeted killings a necessary resort? Are other enforcement and intelligence strategies just as effective? Israel has propagated targeted killings as effective and credits this action with saving more lives of the innocent while reducing terrorist incidents...
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...Atwood’s Look into the Future Margaret Atwood used The Handmaid’s Tale to depict the possible future of the United States. Atwood takes current societal, economical, political, environmental and gender-related issues and uses them to create a possible future that is just as oppressive as the country’s past, leaving the reader to contemplate what they can do as a human being to protect this earth, and/or society from becoming a country “established by religious fanatics who have dismantled the republic, liquidated the opposition and replaced out present political system with a quasi-military infrastructure,” (Kendall 149). Atwood brings up such issues as money, a predominantly male government, the environment, and the value of a woman’s body throughout the text in an effort to bring to light some of the typical controversies of present time. “Yet the book just does not tell me what there is in our present mores that I ought to watch out for unless I want the United States of America to become a slave state something like the Republic of Gilead whose outlines are here sketched out,” (McCarthy 150). Atwood makes her warnings clear through the Tale she has written. Atwood uses a common middle class woman, in an effort to sympathize with the majority of women in the United States, also known as Offred, to paint the picture of the futuristic, or dare I say historical, times. “[Offred] is simply a warm, intelligent, ordinary woman who had taken for granted the freedoms she...
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...Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2011, 8, 321-340; doi:10.3390/ijerph8020321 OPEN ACCESS International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ISSN 1660-4601 www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph Article The Effectiveness of Tobacco Marketing Regulations on Reducing Smokers’ Exposure to Advertising and Promotion: Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey Karin A. Kasza 1,*, Andrew J. Hyland 2, Abraham Brown 3, Mohammad Siahpush 4, Hua-Hie Yong 5, Ann D. McNeill 6, Lin Li 5 and K. Michael Cummings 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA Department of Health Behavior, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA; E-Mails: andrew.hyland@roswellpark.org (A.J.H.); michael.cummings@roswellpark.org (K.M.C.) Centre for Tobacco Control Research, Institute for Social Marketing, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK; E-Mail: akb2@stir.ac.uk Department of Health Promotion, Social and Behavioral Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 42nd and Emile Streets, Omaha, NE 68198, USA; E-Mail: msiahpush@unmc.edu VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, The Cancer Council Victoria, 100 Drummond Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia; E-Mails: hua.yong@cancervic.org.au (H.-H.Y.); lin.li@cancervic.org.au (L.L.) Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, Nottingham City Hospital...
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...Crime against women in india I hereby declare that the project work entitled “CRIME AGAINST WOMEN IN INDIA” submitted to the UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI, is a record of an original work done by me/us under the guidance of RANI D’SOUZA MAM, Faculty Member, S.M.SHETTY COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, COMMERCE AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES, and this project work is my/our original work based on our research and has not been used previously for any similar project. Name and roll no. of the group members * 33 - ashok pai * 67- sahil wani * 47 - dipika shetty * 53 - sushmia shetty We owe a great many thanks to a great many people who helped and supported us during the research of this project. My deepest thanks to Lecturer, Rani D’souza the Guide of the project for guiding and correcting various documents of mine with attention and care. He has taken pain to go through the project and make necessary correction as and when needed. I express my thanks to the Principal of, [UNIVERSITY NAME & PLACE], for extending his support. I would also thank my Institution and my faculty members without whom this project would have been a distant reality. I also extend my heartfelt thanks to my family and well wishers. contents * Introduction * Sexual harassment * Dowry * Child marriage * Female infanticides and sex selective abortions * Guwahati molestation just the tip of the iceberg,crime against women up in India * Causes of crime * Effects of crime ...
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...1) Target Corporation Overview a) History of Target George D. Dayton founded Target in Minneapolis in 1902. The original name for the company was Dayton Dry Goods. In 1911, Dayton Dry Goods was renamed to Dayton’s Department Store. In 1916, the Dayton Company became a founding member of the Retail Research Association and was once again renamed to Associated Merchandising Corporation. In 1960, Dayton started planning to enter into discount retailing and had its first retail location of Target open on May 1st of 1962 in Roseville, Minnesota. Target also created their famous bull’s-eye icon as the trademark symbol for the company when the first store was opened. In 1966, Target opened its first stores outside of Minnesota in Denver, Colorado; later opening more stores in locations such as St. Louis, Dallas, and Houston in 1968. Target revamped their bull’s-eye icon; this change happened to show what Target stands for and offers to its customers. In 1969 Target opened its first distribution center in Fridley, Minnesota and later became Dayton Hudson Corporation’s highest revenue producers in 1975. In 1979, Target had reached $1 billion in annual sales. With this achievement Target held a billion dollar sale as a way of saying thanks to its guest for visiting the 74 stores in the 11 states that they were located at the time. Today, Target is open in all of the states except Vermont. In 2013, Target expanded its company even further when they opened 124 stores in Canada (Target...
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...usually when someone loses a lot of money. Orange County and Procter & Gamble lost fortunes on them in the 1990s. They were at the core of Enron’s failure. And in September 2008 they brought American International Group (AIG), a mighty insurer, to its knees. Its fetish for credit default swaps (CDSs), a type of derivative that insures lenders against borrowers’ going bust, led it to guarantee at least $400 billion-worth of other c ompanies’ loans—inc luding those of Lehman Brothers. The Americ an government forked out $180 billion to save AIG from collapse. Every catastrophe brings c alls for restrictions on derivatives. This year Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel economic s laureate, has said that their use by the world’s largest banks should be outlawed. But derivatives have defenders too. Used carefully, they are an excellent—some would say indispensable—tool of risk-management. Myron Scholes, another Nobel prize-winner, says a ban would be a “Luddite response that takes financ ial markets back decades.” Because of the mayhem of the past...
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...Russian computer enthusiast group Chaos Hackers Crew and other hacktivists during Operation Allied Force in 1999, that included taking down and defacing various NATO and US Government websites, several successful virus propagation attempts on military servers and countless spamming storms. This particular case raises curious questions about the legal definition of term cyberconflict itself, magnitude of the damage from a potential cyberattack on U.S. Government by terrorists and the level of preparedness of key military and intelligence units for the cyberwar. The cyberterrorism threat is real, however it’s essential to recognize that preserving the state of continuous distress over computer vulnerabilities can be profitable. Based on this research, cultural differences play a huge role in the world of computer hackers who decide what entity to attack and how, also the scale of a cyberattack doesn’t matter as economic damage can be devastating regardless of its size. Global governments need to continue working on creating workable laws that accurately describe the problem of cyberattacks and effectively enforce the solution. The modern world still has a long way to go before all security threats are addressed, appropriate defence is in place and all the critical computer infrastructure is protected from hackers,...
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