The changing or the suppression/prohibition of speech/writing deemed subversive of the common good Censorship is defined as, “The changing or the suppression/prohibition of speech/writing deemed subversive of the common good.” It is a means of capping free speech in society. The government is the only body that has legal backing for enforcing censorship among its citizens. The government holds the responsibility of ensuring that its citizens are protected from what they deem offensive, hurtful and harmful. In a means to achieve this, the government imposes censorship on information sources that are considered risky. Apart from the upholding of public welfare, governments limit free speech to protect private property for trade secrets and in ensuring that economic efficiency and fairness is achieved. Governments began censoring information sources following periods of public offence that posed a threat over the authorities. The impact of uncensored information on children resulted in a change in societal values.   Censorship works through various processes set up. These are applied to specific cases accordingly. One is the complete withholding of information from a particular group of people.…

Ethical theory is different from theoretical sciences. This is an argument by Aristotle. The methodology of this theory is meant to match good action. It should also respect the fact that generalizations hold the most part. The main reason for studying ethics is to improve the life of the individual. The central thing in a well-lived life is virtues. According to Plato ethical virtues are emotional, social skills complex rational. Plato’s account of the form of good is static. By this, he argues that one must acquire the knowledge of the definition of goodness. Knowledge can only be acquired through training. Aristotle is against Plato’s idea of training. The only requirement to live a good life is proper appreciation. Aristotle maps out the steady disposition of character, cultivation of virtue and intentional pursuit of the highest good by making some claims. The first claim is that every pursuit and action aims at some good. First, it is good to measure what we say the aims of political science are. Based on the measurement lets come up with what is the…

  BOOK TITLE – Election, Violence and Transitional Justice in Africa     Topic: Electoral Processes, Electoral systems, Legal Frameworks, and Election Outcomes:  Implications to Transitional Justice in South Sudan, Rwanda and Uganda       Abstract This chapter reviews the management of electoral processes, electoral systems, and legal frameworks and how these can lead to different election outcomes and their implication on transitional justice within South Sudan, Rwanda, and Uganda. Electoral processes generally refer to ground rules for registration, financing of political parties, moral code for electoral campaigns, levels of integrity of registration of voters, the choice of the system of registration, identification of voters, the voting process, and mechanisms for the counting and tallying of votes, the announcement of the results, among others. In Africa, electoral processes have been poorly managed, and legal frameworks, especially the constitution, are rarely adhered to. These, in most cases, have led to negative election outcomes, electoral injustices, and sometimes degenerated countries into post-election violence.  Addressing electoral injustices and post-election violence is part of transitional justice duty, crucial for the sustainability of peace in any country. The assumption is…

Human beings are created with the need to feel a sense of belonging and acceptance. It is this inward need that forces people to want to be connected to others. The closeness individuals feel can be between family, friends, neighbors, or colleagues. The family is the losest unit in every person’s life because it is the first place we find ourselves when we are born. Friendship comes later when we interact with those we meet outside our families. Both relationships are essential in our lives, but one is more important than the other. This paper aims to look at why the family is more important than friends. The family is more important than friends since it is the first unit that provides care, love, and support from childhood to old age. We meet friends later in life, and some may not stick with us to death. Our family members are more accepting of our positive and negative behaviour because they understand that there is nothing they can do to change us. However, friends can hate our vices and not want…

TransferWise Review [All You Need to Know] TransferWise is an online platform that uses mid-market rates to send money across the borders. TransferWise was founded in London, in the UK, in 2010. It is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. The company has seen tremendous growth due to its cheap and easy money transfers across the world. It offers transparent international money transfers at mid-market rates. TransferWise has excellent features that make it easy to use. They include: TransferWise Borderless Account TransferWise Borderless Account is a virtual bank account that accepts more than 50 currencies. You can also transfer money to various countries in different currencies. The borderless account is a virtual bank that allows you to send money to another country without necessarily having a bank account in that country. It has a calculator that you can use to calculate the amount of money the recipient will receive. TransferWise is operational in Europe, the USA and Asia with offices in some countries within the continent. TransferWise Exchange Rates Unlike banks and other financial institutions, TransferWise provides exchange rates at…

Due to the scanty nature of comprehensive reports on the U.S. demographics suffering from sleep apnea, the research team aggregated different sources to uncover data and made some assumptions and calculations to arrive at the figures illustrated. Importantly, the prevalence of sleep apnea is higher in men than women since only 19.89% of women in the U.S. use CPAP machines versus 42.24% of men. In the entire population, 22.1% of adults aged 30-70 years and 0.85% to 3.4% of children aged 2-8 years use CPAP machines. Below we detail our research approach, assumptions, and calculations to approximate the figures presented.   RESEARCH METHODOLOGY In identifying the income level, employment, location, home ownership and level of education for CPAP machine purchasers/users, we started by researching studies and surveys specifically focusing on sleep conditions by organizations such as the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Science Direct, Sleep Apnea, and many sleep apnea websites. We found relevant information regarding age, gender, and race for CPAP machine purchasers/users; unfortunately, we found no information about the users’ level of income, employment, location, home ownership, and…

            Evaluating outcomes and consequences of war Name Institution               Consequences and causes of wars are a major concern for scholars in international politics, military studies, and public policy. War can happen regularly and can have great effects on international systems, groups, nations, and individuals; therefore, knowledge of the possible outcomes of the conflict is crucial for those who would want to utilize the logical models of conflict manipulations whereby a lot of attention is given to the effects and prevention of war. With the independence war in America and the pacific theater of war, scholars have attempted to use the behavioral and theoretical approach to explain their outcomes by looking at their birth or their causation, strategic stability, crisis, deterrence, and crisis management. They give insights into what could have triggered the cooperation in terms of cost and calculation of benefits, i.e., what may accompany a successful defection plan or coercion to cooperation. Scholars have sought to look into the consequences of war, both the desired and undesired,…

Engineering is a discipline that deals with a system that evaluates services and products in relation to their costs. Engineer is a discipline that applies scientific knowledge for the good of mankind. The two types of engineering system are physical and economic feasibility. The efficiency of systems are evaluated using the formula below; E= output/ input This type of efficiency is always less than 1. The economic efficiency, on the other hand, is given the formula below; Economic E= worth/(cost ) = (out put x value of each unit)/(input x value of each unit) Economic efficiency is always greater than one so that the system can be justified. When solving problems related to this system, some steps followed are; definition of a problem, finding the alternative solution, and implementation. In the engineering, economics concepts goods are defined using value and their utility where a value is the worth a certain product is attached while the utility is the ability of the that good to satisfy the needs. The goods are classified into two, consumer and producer goods. Consumer goods are…

      VTB Digital Transformation Student’s Name Institution Affiliation Date                       Author’s Note Background Organizational Context Plush bears are a symbol of gentleness and tenderness and sometimes sign of comfort to people, especially the children. They are given by people to their loved ones as a symbol of care and love and to the children to content and teach them. The manufacturing of teddy bears is the legislated business line of Vermont Teddy bear company but later introduced other product brands. The Vermont Teddy Bear Company (VTB) was founded in 1991 by John Sortino, who started only by selling teddy bears from a pushcart in a Burlington, Vermont open-air market. Later, Sortino introduced a ‘Bear-Gram’ service promoted via radio advertisement in the New York City area. The service greatly increased the revenues for the company over the years but later became a threat to the same company survival as it was less cost-effective during off peek session of teddy bears. The company relies on the sale of its three…

Sustainable development and livable communities have been presented as the two planning visions in Godschalk and Campbell. The land use planning has an opportunity and threat in the two visions. With the attainment of the two visions, there are some serious conflicts that will be experienced in the values linked to the two visions. Sustainable development entails economic development that is carried out without the depletion of natural resources. Every urban planning aim is to ensure that they use sustainable development in their urban planning. With its implementation, a lot of benefits can be attained. There will be a reduction in the sprawling up of slums or destruction of the terrains during construction works. Sustainable development can be understood in very many ways. The vision of sustainable development aims at balancing the needs against an awareness of the social, environmental and economic limitation that the society is facing. Sustainable development focuses on one special need without looking into other needs. Sustainable development can, therefore, cause future negative impacts. It can bring about a huge financial crisis due to the changes…