Resultados para "Check" en Ciencias sociales

Checks are, basically, IOUs. The person writing the check promises to pay the check's recipient at some point in the very near future. The check writer isn't even part of the transaction at that point – the writer's bank is instructed, literally, to "pay" the amount specified "to the order of" the person to whom the check is made out. The bank plays a critical role in the transaction beyond the delivery of cash, too – it helps ensure that the check writer is good for the debt now owed.

Libraries are, increasingly, more than just books—they're repositories of information, and all that knowledge is made open to the public. You can scan decades-old magazines now stored on microfiche, check out CDs and DVDs (and even vinyl and VHS tapes, if you have a device that can play them), and you can surf the internet with reckless abandon.

Explore identity and belonging in Hyphened-Nation by Nicole Draffen. The book was inspired by the author's travels overseas and time spent living in the United Kingdom. Step into Hyphened-Nation: Don't Check the Box, a profound and captivating exploration of America's hidden hyphenation. This thought-provoking memoir shines a light on the socially accepted yet seldom examined practice of hyphenating American citizens by ethnicity before nationality.

Krankheiten und Viren sind in den Zeiten sozialer Medien und weltweiter Vernetzung nicht das Einzige, das sich nahezu hemmungslos und ohne Grenzen ausbreitet. Gleiches kann man auch über Verschwörungstheorien behaupten. Besonders in Krisenzeiten erleben Verschwörungstheorien eine Art Hochkonjunktur. Je mehr Chaos über die Welt hereinbricht, desto größer wird die Anzahl an Menschen, die glauben, dafür eine ganz spezielle Erklärung gefunden zu haben. Man nennt sie Verschwörungstheoretiker und die Verschwörungen, die sie aufzudecken glauben, haben es in sich.

You've seen it all before. A malicious online rumor costs a company millions. A political sideshow derails the national news cycle and destroys a candidate. Some product or celebrity zooms from total obscurity to viral sensation. What you don't know is that someone is responsible for all this...