Not for profit organization: A non profit organization (NPO) is an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals rather than distributing them as profit or dividends. While not-for-profit organizations are permitted to generate surplus revenues‚ they must be retained by the organization for its self-preservation‚ expansion‚ or plans.[3] NPOs have controlling members or a board of directors. Many have paid staffs including management‚ while others employ unpaid volunteers and even
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What impact has IT had on the standard of living and worker productivity? Standard of living refers to the level of wealth‚ comfort‚ material goods and necessities available to a certain socioeconomic class in a certain geographic area. The standard of living includes factors such as income‚ quality and availability of employment‚ class disparity‚ poverty rate‚ quality and affordability of housing‚ hours of work required to purchase necessities‚ gross domestic product‚ inflation rate‚ number of
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Currently‚ the place to be is Facebook. This new social network has unleashed a truly international phenomenon. Everyone found there. Whether you are young or old‚ everyone went one day on Facebook. Despite the fact that this is an interesting way to make friends‚ keep in touch‚ express them‚ share their emotions‚ it also has hidden which may be negative even dangerous one side. The first hazard affecting adolescents because they are the first to adopt this social network. They are the most numerous
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ADVANTAGES ADVANTAGES ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES 1) It is easy to detect the source of a media failure. 2) Very few devices on the network are affected by a media failure. 3) They are easy to reconfigure. 4) Other advantages include isolation of devices and benefits from centralization 1) If the hub fails‚ the whole system is dead. 2) If the hub‚ switch‚ or concentrator fails‚ nodes attached are disabled. 3) Requires more cable length than a bus
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Non blind IP Spoofing and Session Hijacking: A Diary From the Garden of Good and Evil Authors: Eric Hines [loki@fatelabs.com] Jamie Gamble [bit@fatelabs.com] Date: February 25‚ 2002 Introduction This paper makes no assumptions of prior knowledge in TCP session hijacking or blind and nonblind IP spoofing. We will cover all basics and provide both a novice and advanced introduction to these topics. Although there are countless papers and books on the subject of TCP/IP‚ I always believe that there
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Traditional and Nontraditional Cultures Comparing traditional and nontraditional cultures is one significant element in the psychology field known as Cross-cultural psychology. In cross-cultural psychology the underlying causes and effects of cultural diversity are examined. This field is a comparative field that involves analyzing behaviors between cultures and how cultural norms can vary. This paper will discuss the comparisons and contrasts among rural and urban African American cultures in
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The traditional food in western countries Each culture‚ ethnic group or region has specific traditions. When we talk about culture‚ especially in western countries‚ the religious beliefs and literature often take up our minds. But actually‚ the food culture contributes a lot to the construction of a region’s civilization and it also plays an important role in cultural identification. Although unlike food traditions in China ‚which is famous for “Eight Cuisines” ‚ the western countries still have
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pointed to the ultimate consequence‚ which is death. Classifications: Mercy killing can be of three types – passive‚ non aggressive and aggressive. While passive euthanasia refers to withholding common treatments like antibiotics‚ drugs or surgery or giving a medication to relieve pain despite knowing that it might cause death‚ e.g. high doses of sleeping pills‚ non aggressive euthanasia deals with withdrawal of life support systems and hence is more controversial. Aggressive euthanasia is
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VALLEY VIEW UNIVERSITY‚ SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY AND MISSION COURSE TITLE: AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION NAME: AMOAH ALEXANDER INDEX NO.: 215PG01000734 QUESTION: TO WHAT EXTENT CAN A CHILD BE AN INCARNATION OF THE FATHER AND THE GRANDFATHER Introduction: African thought tends to define a person in terms of the group he belongs to. There is an ontological element in man linking him to his family and through the family to the clan. In many societies in Africa‚ it is believed that the ancestral spirit
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Families 100 years ago: There were more marriages and less divorces. People got married earlier. They had more children. The husband was the bread-winner and the wife stayed at home to look after the children and do the housework. It follows that very few women had a job. A long time ago several generations lived together under the same roof: the grand-parents‚ the parents‚ the children and sometimes nor yet the grand-grand-parents. Families today: There are less marriages and more divorces
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