the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program at the World Economic Forum. The concept was simple and appealing. Innovate a $100 laptop and distribute it to children in the developing world’s governments. The vision was for bridging the digital divide between developed and developing nations. The OLPC was a nonprofit project for the developing nation’s school going students’ for their better education. The OLPC created buzz from its first day of announcement for its low cost and its non profit initiative
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The Age of Exploration was a period starting in the early 15th century during which European ships‚ mostly belonging to Spain‚ France‚ and England‚ traveled around the world in search of new trading routes leading to India. All three countries set out to explore and possibly colonize‚ all expecting to find what they each set out for. While searching for what they came for‚ they established relationships‚ some friendly and some hostile‚ with indigenous Americans. Spain’s most prominent reasons for
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•What was the impact of mad cow disease on the supply and demand for beef? The demand for beef remained strong. Chain restaurants reported no change in sales of beef. As a matter of fact‚ most customers who ate beef at restaurants didn’t even ask any questions about where the beef came from. The top 3 burger restaurants reported no change in sales. And some even increased. Its seems that consumers remained impervious the issue of mad cow disease. I believe it is because of a strong trust and confidence
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Why It Is Important To Secure Sensitive Items Sensitive Items is a range of items which varies from those which are essential to the mission to those which contain information which is sensitive in nature (i.e. giving access to secure communication‚ movement of troops‚ their equipment‚ support lines or the general idea of the mission.) There are many reasons these items need to be secure and accountability maintained for them. Some of these reasons include the potential to pose a threat to mission
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The Erie Canal‚ or the Great Western Canal as it was initially known‚ was one of the most important state projects of the early years of the United States. It proved to be overwhelmingly succcessful and its success prompted other state economic development projects. Before the Erie Canal was built New York City was not the premier port of the United States that it became. Philadelphia was the largest‚ most prosperous city of the new United States. The Erie Canal provided the base for New York City’s
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examples‚ assess the degree to which the level of economic development of a country affects planning and management in urban areas. (40 Marks) There are many examples of countries around the world which show examples of hashed and perfect planning and management in urban areas. However there are many variables that affect the difference in which the planning is done across the globe. By 2007 the percentage of the world’s population living in cities was 50 percent‚ and rising with most of the mega cities
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Referencing Exercise Due to implications for related research in areas of accounting and finance‚ Time series behaviour of earnings is crucial for empirical studies (Beaver 1970). Issues regarding Income smoothing‚ the relative forecast ability of alternative income measurements‚ and interim reporting‚ were discussed by Beaver (1970: pp. 62). These studies share mutual reliance upon a knowledge of the process creating accounting earnings‚ despite representing a comprehensive spectrum of predictive
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and businesses are interested in learning more about the influence of music on the development of children. Others focus on how formal music training impacts various aspects of cognitive development such as perception‚ memory‚ and language skills. Some researchers are interested in documenting effects that listening to music may have on children’s development. When considering this topic‚ the notorious "Mozart Effect" likely comes to mind‚ referring to claims that listening to Mozart’s music improves
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PHO24‚ Nam An Group has owned and operated many other different F&B brands including An Vien Restaurant‚ Maxim’s Nam An Restaurant‚ ThanhNien Restaurant‚ An Restaurant‚ Goody Ice Cream‚ Goody Plus Ice Cream‚ Ibox Café‚ etc. The first PHO24 outlet was opened in June 2003 on Nguyen Thiep Street‚ opposite to the prime landmark Saigon Sheraton Hotel. By June 2010‚ PHO24 has opened 77 outlets in Ho Chi Minh City‚ Ha Noi‚ Da Nang‚ Vung Tau‚ NhaTrang‚ Binh Duong‚ Jakarta (Indonesia)‚ Manila (Philippines)
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think when they hear the term "sensitive items" they will think of thing such as weapons‚ security codes‚ classified information‚ ect. However most things in the military are considered to some degree a "sensitive item". . Which if they ended up falling into the hands of the enemy could cause minor or major damage to our nations national security and possibly endanger the lives of those both at home and deployed across the world. A very basic sensitive item used on a daily bases could include your
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