The problem with today’s youth is their addiction to technology. We have an undeniable hunger for entertainment. The hunger must be fed and sustained or we cannot function properly‚ yet it is never filled. We yearn for more and more. This‚ in turn‚ produces new technology to meet consumer needs. MP3 players‚ cell phones‚ and laptops are all objects to entertain our dulled minds. Rarely do we cure our boredom with a book or another form of "intellectual" entertainment. We would rather let the screen
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Generation-X What is Generation-X .the post-baby-boomer’ generation. Generation-X is the word that stands for the children of the baby boomer generation in America. It has been coined as such because of the diversity and lack of homogeneity of this population‚ which stands in sharp contrast with the baby- boomer generation. X stands for the unknown‚ unpredictable variable. .the 52 million Americans born between 1965 and 1981. Technically‚ Generation X is classified as
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employment became so acute‚ for instance‚ in the mid- 1980s‚ that Nigeria recorded a rate of unemployment of 10% in her urban cities and a little lower in the rural areas. [Umar‚ 1989] In order to stem the rising tide of unemployment‚ especially among the Nigerian Youths‚ by consciously creating job opportunities with emphasis on self reliance and entrepreneurship‚ the National Directorate of Employment [NDE]‚ was established by the Federal Government in January‚ 1987. At the inception‚ the NDE
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Employee Turnover on Performance: The Role of Process Conformance INFORMS holds copyright to this article and distributed this copy as a courtesy to the author(s). Additional information‚ including rights and permission policies‚ is available at http://journals.informs.org/. Harvard Business School‚ Boston‚ Massachusetts 02163 {zton@hbs.edu‚ rhuckman@hbs.edu} Zeynep Ton‚ Robert S. Huckman e examine the impact of employee turnover on operating performance in settings that require high levels
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Money in Mexican Society Rudo y Cursi‚ which translated means Rough and Corny‚ is a Mexican movie produced in 2008 and directed by Carlos Cuaron. It was produced by Cha cha cha films‚ a production company created by Alfonso Cuarón‚ Guillermo del Toro and Alejandro González Iñárritu. The main characters of the movie‚ the brothers Rudo and Cursi‚ belong to a lower class family and live in a small village near the Pacific coast in Mexico. They work on a banana plantation‚ and they both share the dream
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“We are a bunch of pussies‚” replied Justin Singh-Courtney‚ a freshman at University California‚ Davis‚ to a very simple question: Is our (current college students) generation more sensitive than our parents’ generation? As high schools and college have begun incorporating more trigger warnings‚ diversity trainings‚ and awareness days it has become a pressing issue as to the line where sensitivity ends and coddling begins. Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt wrote a piece for The Atlantic claiming
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Business Model Generation- http://www.slideshare.net/techdude/business-model-generation Canvas Definition of Business Model: A business model describes the rationale of how an organization creates‚ delivers and captures value. This book offers a concept that allows you to describe and think through the business model at your organization‚ your competitors‚ or any other enterprise. The authors believe that a business model can best be described through nine basic building blocks that show the logic
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Born as Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón‚ she simply called herself Frieda. However‚ she dropped the ‘e’ in 1935. Frida is an artistic icon admired by many for her works. She was born in Coyocoán‚ Mexico City‚ Mexico on July 6‚ 1907. Her father‚ Guillermo‚ a German photographer‚ married her mother‚ Matilde‚ after immigrating to Mexico. She had two older sisters named Matilde and Adriana and one younger sister named Cristina. She grew up with her family in her beloveded Blue House or La Casa
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“Cartoneo y Nopalitos” is a film written and directed by Pablo Veliz from San Antonio‚ TX inspired in his sister Benny’s story. This film narrates the story of Carla‚ a young Mexican immigrant‚ who has the dream of becoming her grandfather’s physician. Shortly after‚ she realizes that her vision will not be possible because of her undocumented status‚ which prevents her from not only achieving the American dream but take her away from her family. This film is an awesome piece of art. It is incredible
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Effect of employee turnover in the Tourist Sector Abstract Typically‚ almost all bustles of business have been affected by Labor turnover. For instance‚ all companies ought to pay attention to it because it is a factor that is sensational. Its impacts have as well become diverse and unfavorable. Actually‚ these are deemed to be the major reason for the demise of bigger corporations. Organizations with a higher rate of labor turnover ought to heavily spend‚ so as to be able to get hold of‚ and train
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