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The National Youth Service was a programme of the Zimbabwean government for Zimbabweans of ages 10 to 30. It was introduced in 2000 by Border Gezi —then the Minister for Gender, Youth and Employment—and the first training camp was established at Mount Darwin in 2001. [1] [2] Its stated purpose was to "transform and empower youths for nation ...
E-commerce. A help desk is a department or person that provides assistance and information, usually for electronic or computer problems. [1] In the mid-1990s, research by Iain Middleton of Robert Gordon University [2] studied the value of an organization's help desks. It found that value was derived not only from a reactive response to user ...
The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, often abbreviated to Putnam Competition, is an annual mathematics competition for undergraduate college students enrolled at institutions of higher learning in the United States and Canada (regardless of the students' nationalities). It awards a scholarship and cash prizes ranging from $250 to ...
Students in Ghana in a parade for inclusive education. Inclusion in education refers to including all students to equal access to equal opportunities of education and learning, [1] and is distinct from educational equality or educational equity. It arose in the context of special education with an individualized education program or 504 plan ...
Service-oriented programming (SOP) is a programming paradigm that uses "services" as the unit of computer work, to design and implement integrated business applications and mission critical software programs. Services can represent steps of business processes and thus one of the main applications of this paradigm is the cost-effective delivery ...
Types of retirement plans. Retirement plans are classified as either defined benefit plans or defined contribution plans, depending on how benefits are determined.. In a defined benefit (or pension) plan, benefits are calculated using a fixed formula that typically factors in final pay and service with an employer, and payments are made from a trust fund specifically dedicated to the plan.
In the United States, a 401 (k) plan is an employer-sponsored, defined-contribution, personal pension (savings) account, as defined in subsection 401 (k) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. [1] Periodic employee contributions come directly out of their paychecks, and may be matched by the employer. This pre-tax option is what makes 401 (k) plans ...
EmPower is a 120 volt universal connector type found on many commercial airlines designed to provide power to travelers' electronic devices. The system is limited to 200VA. The EmPower universal AC Outlet Unit is compatible with power plugs from over 170 countries and is designed such that 110VAC power is not present at the outlet until a ...