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The concern of all serious historians has been to collect and record facts about the human past and often to discover new facts"

The balanced scorecard approach to the measurement of company performance is gaining popularity. This approach takes into account financial and non-financial aspects of company performance.

For years, experts have pondered in regards to what cause a serial killer to become so sadistic? Why do they kill? Not many people have been able to answer that question. Of course there are many different theories; nonetheless none of them are truly substantial. However, this paper will explore the vivid derails of what turns them into a monster

Gideon's Trumpet -- not a trumpet of the will of the majority

Sometimes something that would seem logical and that would appear should be the case, does not turn out to be the actual situation. This is the case with women's status and the economic development of a country.

E911 which is short for enhanced 911 is a location technology that allows emergency services to locate the geographic position of a caller, regardless of whether the call is being made from a landline or a cell phone.

A Comparative Discussion on CSR at Microsoft and Google

When the effects of contemporary racism are discussed, the conversation frequently revolves around the more tangible, practical effects of racism that are evident in large-scale trends. This discussion of society-wide trends, while important, runs the risk of diminishing the individual, psychological effects of racism on minority groups, not only because it abstracts an otherwise immediate and deeply personal issue, but because a discussion of large-scale trends without an accompanying investigation into the smaller-scale constituent factors behind those trends can actually perpetuate racist ideologies. Thus, to better understand the effect of racism on minority groups and further undermine the ignorance that all racism depends on, one must examine the psychological effects of racism, because experiencing racist attitudes and actions can have a variety of detrimental effects that contribute to the larger-scale trends mentioned above.

The introduction of a carbon tax in Australia would have clear implications for economic and environmental sustainability. While in the long-term, the aim of such a tax seeks to promote environmental sustainability for Australia as a whole, in looking at the short-term, there appear clear implications for economic sustainability for a wide variety of businesses and households. One such area of business that seeks to be affected in both the short-term and the long-term in terms of the introduction of a carbon tax is the tourism and hospitality sector of the Australian economic market, which will likely take a major hit in terms of profitability and finance with the passing of the tax at hand.

This paper offers a review of the book, "Therapeutic Communication: Developing Professional Skills," and outlines how the material presented in this book may prove beneficial to counseling practitioners in the field.