History 1301 Why you should not smoke Have you ever been walking into a store and a pungent smell slaps you across the face? You turn around only to see that someone is smoking a cigarette. Have you ever wondered the affects that smoking would cause? How would smoking affect a person’s appearance and health? Have you ever wondered just how many people smoke worldwide? According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention)‚ about 43.8 million US adults (21.6 percent of men and 16.5 percent
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In the article "Why Do You Think They’re Called For-Profit Colleges?" Kevin Carey believes that for-profit colleges are a fraud. He believes that for-profit colleges are abusing the student loan program by by charging outrageous rates to their Students and making them take out huge amounts of money; therefore‚ putting the student in debt. He also claims that students who goes to a for-profit college are only getting a worthless degree out of it. Despite all of that he also makes another claim that
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to solve this situation from a judge’s standpoint. I thought I had an idea of where I stood on this situation until I tried to put myself in Mr. Myers’s shoes. After combining both of my stances‚ I have finally come to the conclusion that Mr. Myers should have never spent a day in jail. I believe it’s important to know the entire situation when it comes to Mr. Myers and WorldCom. Mr. Myers was the Controller of WorldCom‚ and Mr. Sullivan was the Chief Financial Officer. StrategicCFO defines a controller
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past few months‚ there has been renewal interest in the national security issues since the occurrence of Edward Snowden incident. Internet censorship is one of the security measures in many parts of the world. This measure was implemented by the government that requires Internet search organizations to censor the website which the content include the sensitive issues. Also‚ the Internet Service Provider block access to foreign website such as Facebook‚ Twitter and Youtube. When it comes to the question
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Do you think the government incentives is a main factor cause for the increase in foreign-market entry? Why? I think the government incentives is a main factor cause‚ because governments are increasingly under pressure to provide jobs for their citizens. Foreign direct investment can serve as a method to attract more industry and create more jobs. Because many foreign investors import equipment‚ parts and even personnel‚ the expected benefits in terms of job creation mat often be either less than
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5/24/2012 Do you think Candide gained Insight? I believe that while Candide lived in the castle‚ he was very innocent and naïve‚ and did not know much about the reality of life. Obviously‚ he was taught by Pangloss who is a fool acting like the world they live in is the best world and the castle as well. He did not prepare Candide well‚ so when Candide gets kicked out of the Castle‚ he takes a big hit. He grew up in the castle so of course he does not have experience‚ which is why he gets very
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has taken over society. I think we once had control of technology‚ but now technology seems to be controlling us more. And it only took less than 10 years for it to happen. Right now‚ every 7 year olds and their mothers more than likely has a smartphone‚ or at least some kind of small supercomputer in their pockets‚ or in the household. That smartphone can be used as a tool to help the child learn. You can surf the web for countless amounts of information.
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degrees in his article‚ “Why Do You Think They’re Called for-Profit Colleges”. Carey starts off by practically taking away the educational integrity of these for-profit “higher” education organizations. He basically describes them as get rich quick sales pitches to investors‚ with profit mainly relying on student government funding (Carey 217). Carey is relentless on exposing the fraud for-profits carry with them. He says” Without over-sight‚ the combination of government subsidies and financially
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For a religious person‚ the fact that life is special leads on to the concept of the sanctity of life. Christianity and Islam both believe that God was responsible for creating life originally‚ so it is like a gift from God‚ so should be preserved and respected. However‚ some others dont believe the same things. Some poeple believe that life forms evolved naturally over millions of years‚ leading to our society today‚ and so if it is not a ’great gift from God’‚ it shouldnt matter as much if a persons
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statements for his belief. Assume a= .1 Some of his students take a random sample of students and comes with a 90% CI of (.80‚ .90) Based on these results‚ what will the results of Mr. Baird’s test be? Explain. H0: p=.76 Ha=p=/=.76 Your answer should include: Reference that a 90% Confidence interval corresponds to a 2 sided test with a =.1 Indicating that the interval does not include .76 Diagram tends to help with explanationaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Test statistic = (statistic – parameter)/(standard
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