Urban Poverty             According to World Bank statistics, around a billion people live in informal settlements in major cities across the world. Large scale urbanization happens to be a global phenomenon in our contemporary world. Increase in migration from rural to urban areas, the establishment of new urban centres and extension of urban boundaries have increased the rate of urbanization   Countries have tried to curb the urban poverty menace in vain due to swelling population coupled with other social factors. Despite countries struggling to eradicate urban poverty, some are underestimating it, thus leading to poor enactment of policies that are poised to end the social issue. Urban poverty leads to poor housing, inadequate supply of basic needs such as water and food, poor sanitation, waste disposal, and drainage. Urban poverty also leads to difficulties in accessing education and a lack of proper healthcare. The paper seeks to explore the causes and solutions of urban poverty in major cities across the world. Urban poverty is caused by many social factors such as the migration of low-income people from rural areas to…

Warrant Exception of Plain View/Smell/Touch The smell or odor of marijuana is enough to prompt a cop to search without a warrant. The cases in the articles indicate that courts concur with the fact that the smell of marijuana constitutes a probable cause. In the Philadelphian article, the odor of marijuana is the primary reason that has become popular why cops conduct searches in vehicles. The police use odor and smelling as the sole probable cause to conduct searches in the vehicles, as shown in the cases that follow in the article. It seems an easy way to get access to a vehicle, but after conducting the searches, it results out that these searches do not yield the discovery of any marijuana in the vehicles stopped. Arizona case, on the other hand, involves cops obtaining a warrant basing on the smell of marijuana alone. In the case, Chief Justice Bales states that the odor of marijuana will warrant a reasonable individual to believe that there is fairly probability that contraband or evidence of a crime is present. It explains further…

Cost Accounting Techniques Start-up Company Galaxy Link Company will be dealing with manufacturing mobile phone devices and mobile phone parts with the latest technological features. I have previous experience working in a mobile phone production firm, and I have thus gained adequate knowledge regarding how such companies operate. Since customers are diverse needs and preferences, my company will be offering mobile phones and mobile components of diverse nature, including different prices, models, colors, and several other aspects. Executive Management Executive management comprises of high ranked workers who work together in managing a firm. These employees usually oversee the company’s daily operations to ensure efficiency as well as product satisfaction. My executive team would consist of the chief executive officer, technology specialist, finance officer, marketing manager, purchasing manager, and chief people officer. Each of the individuals will have specialized skills and knowledge regarding their respective fields of operations to ensure that the company runs effectively. Considering that my company has the capability of offering diversified products, some of them can be very costly for the business to afford or are less…

What is Blockchain Article Unless you have been living under a rock or somewhere in the North Pole for the past 11 years, you might have heard the word “Blockchain” being mentioned on one or more occasions. It seems to be the buzzword right after Bitcoin. However, it seems that many people do not quite understand what this relatively new technology is. In this article, we are going to look at what Blockchain is, its defining principles, and how it impacts different industries. So what is Blockchain Technology? Blockchain technology is undeniably an ingenious invention different from what tech guys are familiar with. This technology was launched by an individual or individuals by the pseudonym, Satoshi Nakamoto, to serve as a public transaction ledger for the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. But since then, developers have evolved it into something great that spans beyond cryptocurrencies and the financial sector into almost all other industries. Blockchain is a decentralized ledger (that is, a computation and information-sharing network) that enables multiple authoritative nodes that do not trust each other to corporate or coordinate in a…

      Whiskey Rebellion of 1791 to 1794      In a bid to generate income, the government imposes taxation in goods and products so that they can collect money to add to its revenue. While some of the tax is obtained from the income of the citizens, a good number is derived from other goods, services, and products produced within the country, depending on the legislation in the country. Such revenue is then allocated to different agencies or used to improve on infrastructure as well as for settling salaries of government workers. There are other times when the government introduces taxation of goods that were previously not taxed for it to fulfill urgent needs. More often than not, such moves are met with resistance pitting the people and the government. This essay draws attention to the Whiskey Rebellion of 1791 to 1794 and points out who were the winners and losers of the rebellion. In their nature, wars are costly both in human casualties and economic perspective. To have a successful military campaign, one needs to have the finances to support…

Work and Health “WHO Redefines Burnout As a ‘Syndrome’ Linked To Chronic Stress at Work” This article talks about stress which emanates from the workplace. WHO is addressing the issue of work-related stress and more specifically “burnout” WHO recognizes burnout as an occupational phenomenon a lists the factors which cause it. They characterize it by the feelings of energy exhaustion, increased mental distance from the job and negative emotions related to one’s career, which reduces professional efficacy. Therefore, burnout is the state of emotional fatigue which encompasses a sense of reduced achievement or loss of personal character. It is thus not a medical condition, factors such as depression behind depression. Some of the possible causes of burnout in a job include lack of control. It refers to the inability of employees to initiate decisions that affect their jobs, such as workload, and or lack of resources. Also, unclear job expectations lead to burnout (NPR, 2019). Dysfunctional workplace undercurrents tend to undermine employees or when the boss micromanaging your work is likely to contribute to job stress. Moreover, lack of social support…

origin of formal European exceptionalism The article by Blaydes and Chaney is documentation of findings from an investigation that focuses on the origin of formal European exceptionalism. The authors use information about the duration of rulers, as an indicator for leaders’ tenures before 1500CE. They document leadership duration for monarchs in the Islamic region and Western Europe. Blaydes and Chaney compare the Muslims’ kingdoms to Christians and explore the issues that emerged in these territories under different leaderships. The article reports that political stability was a result of executive constraints from medieval monarchs in Europe (1). On the other hand, the issue of military slaves emerges from Muslim governance, hindering productive relationships between leaders and local heads of regions. The difference in institutional framework might be the cause of the Glorious Revolution in European territories, and not the Muslim kingdoms (1). Blaydes and Chaney hypothesize that the rulers in both regions were expected to have a similar duration of leadership tenure before 1500CE. Therefore, the authors’ motivation to create this article was to identify reasons for the gap in government…

Malaysia Airlines Malaysia Airlines is the national air carrier of Malaysia that is operating jet services on the network of domestic as well as international destinations in four of the continents. It is based on Passenger Transportation Industry. The slogan of Malaysia Airlines is “Going Beyond Expectations” (Centre for Aviation (2019). Through various subsidiaries, the airline industry manufactures aircraft parts, offering trucking, cargo transportation services, offers laundry and dry-cleaning services for the airline industry. Malaysian airlines have several challenges arising not only in operating and financial problems, but also, they have several issued in management. Uncertainty / Changes The Airline’s woes appeared immense when the sole shareholder Khazanah reported its first annual loss in over a decade. Malaysia has become a challenging market for airlines, set back by intense competition and volatile demand. Six of Malaysia’s seven carriers were unprofitable in 2018, and the seventh, AirAsia, generated its smallest operating profit in four years. An uncertain future for Malaysia Airlines is a destabilizing feature. Passenger growth at Malaysia’s flagship airport, Kuala Lumpur International, slowed from 11.2% in 2017 to 2.4%…

Poor handoff processes Handoff processes are essential in every healthcare organization; hence, managers must substantially execute them smoothly. These processes usually involve the acceptance and transfer of the responsibilities of patient care attained through effective communication. Thus handoffs ensure that specific information concerning patients is passed successfully from one caregiver to another and even to a team of caregivers to ensure there is continuity as well as safety during the patient’s care. Due to their importance, several handoff processes have been established; nonetheless, while most are useful, some of these processes are poor and affect both an organization and the patients. Poor handoff processes can affect an organization. An organization lacks professionalism as providers fail to create protected space and time for the handoff during changing of shifts. They also reduce the organization’s ability to organize rationales for plans the various tasks to be executed and for the care of patients (Lee et al., 2016). Moreover, poor handoff processes reduce the collaboration, coordination, and cooperation between caregivers, thus reducing teamwork at the workplace. Alternately, they cause an organization’s management support…

analysis of the discoveries at the Rising Cave The Rising Star Cave is found in the Malmani dolomites, fifty kilometers from Johannesburg, South Africa. Although amateur cavers were known to visit the chamber periodically for many years in the past, the 2013 excursion formally investigated the system for remains of early hominins where were found in the Dinaledi Chamber (Powell 1). The recovery of the fossils was publicized widely in 2013 and 2014. This paper will provide an analysis of the discoveries at the Rising Cave. Discussion The fossils that were found in the cave included skulls, ribs, teeth, jaws, bones of feet, spine, and hand (Stinger 2). The fossils were assigned to a new human species named homo naledi. The defining characteristics of homo naledi include curved fingers, a small brain size, trunk and hip joints similar to the species Homo habilis. The teeth were simple and small and increased in size towards the tooth row’s back — the hands, feet, legs, and wrists resembling modern humans’ (Stinger 1). Generally, the species’ stature and body mass are the same…