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    Telephone Past and Present

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    TELEPHONE PAST TO THE PRESENT YOLINDA RATLIFF INF. 103 COMPUTER LITERACY INSTRUCTOR MIKE JONES August 10‚ 2010 In 1862 Thomas Alvin Edison hung a telegraphy line from Port Hudson Railroad station to Port Hudson village and worked in the telegraphy office as he was taught as a

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    The Current Undergraduate The article‚ “Ask Not What You Can Do For Your University‚ but What Your University Can Do For You”‚ written by the University of California Los Angeles Student WebZine‚ claims that universities are no longer providing education for students‚ but rather running a business. Colleges have turned into a profit seeking institution‚ making decisions based on financial concerns. The article claims that students are customers and education is a purchase. Webzine scolds the students

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    excellent facilities. The modern life‚ the excellent facilities was not a present from god. It was made by people of all generations who always learned from the past and developed everything they had learned from it. Thus‚ I totally disagree with the statement above that learning about the past has no value. The first reason for this is that learning about the past brings us all the knowledge and information in the past. Without yesterday‚ there is no today. A society can develop only when its

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    are thinking of an easier way to get more wealth‚ which is theft. A research in China has shown that more than 90% of theft cases are due to criminals’ desire of pelf. These people cannot control their own desire of possessing more and more wealth‚ hence stealing from others‚ which causes the loss of others and bad social ethos. Another aspect is that greed can cause the corruption of a government. One example is that there is an average of 10 provincial officials under investigation every year in

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    learning and support

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    Learning and Support Systems Skills I Need to Improve: Practice Persistance When something isn’t clear to me I’m going to ask my instructor or my academic advisor. Meet Deadlines To ensure I keep up with my assignments and discussions‚ I’m going to start setting up the calanders on my laptop and phone to remind me of due dates a day in advance. Enjoy Relaxation To relax I’m going to start finding some time for myself and do things other than school work and household duties

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    attract more students to exercise‚ because a healthy body can make a student bear the heavy studies. On the other hand‚ most people‚ like me‚ strongly disagree with it. In the following paragraphs‚ I will explain some main reasons. In the first place‚ an obvious advantage to spend more money on libraries is that enormous libraries can help us save a huge amount of money‚ paper resource and the time to seek study materials from a far bookstore. As we all known‚ the prices of books are more expensive

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    Mcdonald's Past and Present

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    2.1 McDonald’s Corporation About McDonald’s company today Since its incorporation in 1955‚ McDonald’s Corporation has not only become the world’s largest quick-service restaurant organization‚ but has literally changed Americans’ eating habits--and increasingly the habits of non-Americans as well. On an average day‚ more than 46 million people eat at one of the company’s more than 31‚000 restaurants‚ which are located in 119 countries on six continents. About 9‚000 of the restaurants are company

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    Do you agree with the view that there was overwhelming support for the Boer from 1899 to 1902? Explain your answer using source A‚ B and C and your own knowledge Although there was support for the Boer War from some political views‚ and support from the respective countries involved in the war for their country to succeed‚ I don’t think that there was an ‘overwhelming’ support. My view is backed up not only by the sources‚ but the view of many other people‚ including many left wing Liberals who

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    Past and Present Slavery

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    Past and present day slavery By Marco Ohlin The hardship of slavery back then and how cruel it was being treated as if they were products of businesses and not actual human beings‚ for they had a different system to run the slaves compared to slavery today. The comparison of slavery today and back in the 19th century where very different‚ because instead of it being around the whole world of slaves and it being legal back then. Today it’s not legal and a different type of slavery is happening

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    1. Basic present value calculations Calculate the present value of the following cash flows‚ rounding to the nearest dollar: a. A single cash inflow of $12‚000 in five years‚ discounted at a 12% rate of return. b. An annual receipt of $16‚000 over the next 12 years‚ discounted at a 14% rate of return. c. A single receipt of $15‚000 at the end of Year 1 followed by a single receipt of $10‚000 at the end of Year 3. The company has a 10% rate of return. d. An annual receipt of $8‚000 for three

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