1. Social media enables the spread of unreliable and false information. 49.1% of people have heard false news via social media. On Sep. 5‚ 2012 false rumors of fires‚ shootouts‚ and caravans of gunmen in a Mexico City suburb spread via Twitter and Facebook caused panic‚ flooded the local police department with over 3‚000 phone calls‚ and temporarily closed schools. Shashank Tripathi‚ tweeting as @ComfortablySmug‚ spread false information in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy by posting on Twitter that
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situation of Virgin Atlantic Airways Virgin Atlantic Airways is a British airline owned by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group. In December 1999 the Virgin Group decided to sell 49% of the airlines company to Singapore Airlines‚ which means that Virgin still owns the majority consisting of 51%. In 2006 Virgin Atlantic carried 4.9 million passengers placing them in seventh place amongst UK airlines. One of the main rivals of Virgin is British Airways whom have been in bitter rivalry ever since Virgins inception
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Shelley Mantei vixendoll_13@hotmail.com Virgin: Branding Culture Subject: Virgin Group Ltd. Sir Richard Branson started with a student magazine and a mail order record company in 1971. His Virgin empire is now comprised of over 200 companies [Fig.3] and spans three continents. Not only is Virgin one of Britain ’s most respected brands‚ but it is also becoming an international superbrand. They are involved in planes‚ trains‚ finance‚ soft drinks‚ music‚ mobile phones‚ holidays‚ cars‚ wines
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History of the Miraculous Apparition of the Virgin of Guadalupe In the year 1531‚ early in the month of December a miracle happened in Tepeyacac‚ it was said that the miracle illustrious Virgin‚ Blessed Mary‚ Mother of God‚ Our Lady‚ appeared to a man named Juan Diego. He was a humble Indian who lived in Quahutítlan but was from Tlatilolco. The way the author narrates the beginning of the story is really good. He uses a really sincere tone that makes the story look real and really respectful
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The Vladimir Virgin is an icon painting that was created sometime within the late 11th century and early 12th century. It is painted with tempera and originally on a wood panel approximately 30.5"x21". It was probably painted by a Constantinople artist. Although‚ the faces of this painting are its original materials‚ the consequences of being held as an icon took its toll on this painting causing the need for it to be repainted quite often by different artists. You can see the love and passion
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known as the Renaissance. Altarpieces were crafted for religious purposes and served as individual or communal devotional pieces. They commonly depicted scenes from classical antiquity. Neri di Bicci’s first important commission‚ The Assumption of the Virgin (1455-1456)‚ was an Italian altarpiece. It is composed of numerous recurring forms and lines that serve to unify the composition. This results in the spiritual bridge between the divine and the natural world. The altarpiece was commissioned for the
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Cloud Computing Threats and Vulnerabilities University of Maryland University College Table of Contents I. Introduction: What is cloud computing and why is it important? II. What are Cloud Computing’s Threats and Vulnerabilities? III. Threat/Vulnerability Occurrence Likelihood‚ Risk Reduction and Customer Satisfaction A. “Abuse and Nefarious Use of the Cloud” / “Session Riding and Hijacking” B. “Insecure Interfaces and APIs” / “Virtual Machine (VM) Escape”.
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Crisis‚ hyperinflation and the Munich (beer hall) Putsch; these catastrophic events were great threats to the Weimar Republic. The Ruhr Crisis occurred in January 1923 when Germany missed a reparations payment to the French in 1922 therefore French and Belgium troops decided to invade the Germans raw materials and goods so the German workers went on a passive resistance. This event was a humungous threat for the Weimar Republic as they would automatically receive a bad reputation and some countries
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2/26/04 Art History Fra Carnevale’s Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston contains some of the greatest treasures of the Italian Renaissance‚ and not least among these is Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple‚ painted in 1467 by Bartolomeo d. Giovanni Corradini‚ better known as Fra Carnevale. This Urbinian painter and architect produced some of the greatest architectural paintings of the early Renaissance‚ and his techniques expressed an interest in
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assets” and explain in what way MYOB can help Mark firm achieves the term. Following that the report will address internal & external threats associated with a small business for Mark – owner of Dive for Fun Pty Ltd – as well as giving suggested solutions for each threat. Moreover‚ recommendations will be made and thoroughly explained for Mark to prevent threats based on the firm current capacity. II. What is “Safeguarding assets” means & how to achieve it with MYOB? Barron ’s Educational
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