U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, n.d. Web. 02 Dec. 2015. Computer programming has been valuable since the 1950’s to modern times. As technology is advancing each year, more and more computer programmers perform their duties of writing codes to create program software. They must unscramble these codes in order to get the best results; otherwise they must check for errors and try to regulate them. Programmers also work jointly with software developers, and in any…
Bureau of Prisons Hiring Practices The Bureau of Prisons has a fair and ethical hiring practice. Employees are hired based on merit and not on race, sex, color, religion, national origin, membership in employee 's organization, sexual orientation, age, and physical disability. www.bop.gov (2014). Presidential mandate in 2009 states that employees with a veteran’s preference status are considered a preference eligible candidate. Unethical Practices to Avoid The Bureau of Prisons takes several…
In Gender Theorist Judith Lorber’s article, “From Believing is Seeing: Biology as Ideology,”( 1992) and Linguist Deborah Tannen’s essay, “How Male and Female Students Use Language Differently,”(1990) Tannen focuses on the difference in language usage between males, and females in the classroom. Tannen also delves into the limiting qualities of a masculinized debate based environment. In contrast Lorber focuses on revealing gender stereotypes in society, and how these stereotypes limit women in…
Gross Domestic Product Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a metric produced by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and used for classifying and quantifying the financial well-being of nations. It seems GDP is the gold standard for measuring success of the world’s economies, but is it enough? One might question the attributes of success and determine the need for a more comprehensive tool. Mankiw (2015), defines GDP as “the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a…
The Bureau of Justice Statistics is an important collection of data that seeks to report information about the criminal justice system. It is important in analyzing our justice system. I was interested in determining the demographics of incarcerated offenders and the results surprised me. I found that in 2014, 37% of the male prison population was black, 32% was white, and 22% was hispanic. While a 5% difference between black and white incarceration may not seem like a large discrepancy, it does…
Journal Assignment. Privacy and Security - Preventing Theft is Just the Tip of the Iceberg. The Internet has grown far beyond it 's humble academic beginnings, and become a worldwide tool used by 30% of the worlds population. As in it 's infancy, it is still largely free, and is used for viewing entertainment, socializing, research, and commerce. The benefits are many but there is also a much darker side to the story. As part of all the on-line activities large amounts of personal and…
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The Santander Group was founded in 1857 in the city of Santander, in Cantabria, Spain. In 2007, on its 150th anniversary Santander Group had become one of the largest bank in terms of market capitalization and net profit. Santander had achieved rapid growth due to its mergers an acquisition. Santander Consumer Finance (SCF) which was founded in 1987 is a division of Santander Group that focuses on the consumer financial sector. It first started with a partnership and shared ownership of the…
0 (a) The arrears rate for all (BTL) mortgages shows the total (BTL) number of mortgages over three months in arrears as a proportion of the total (BTL) number of outstanding mortgages. Data are semi-annual up to end-2007 and quarterly since then. Non seasonally adjusted. (b) The possessions rate for all (BTL, owner-occupied) mortgages shows the total (BTL, owner-occupied) number of properties taken into possession over the preceding twelve-month period as a proportion of the total (BTL,…
If you are in debt, and who isn't, you may find that at some point in time you would benefit from the services of one of the many credit counseling agencies that abound in every city and state. The fact of the matter is that we are a nation of debtors for the most part and many of us find that we are slaves to interest rates. The beauty of working with a legitimate credit counseling service is that they will contact your creditors on your behalf and negotiate a lower interest rate for your debts…