Diana Zorchenko February 18‚ 2014 Should Ex-Felon’s be allowed to Vote? POLS 301 Spring 2014 Brief Summary An estimated 5.85 million people (as of 2010) with a felony conviction are barred from voting in elections which is a condition known as disenfranchisement. Each state has its own laws on disenfranchisement. While Vermont and Maine allow felons to vote while in prison‚ nine other states permanently restrict certain felons from voting. Proponents of felon re-enfranchisement
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Can our society survive progress? Recently‚ I watched Ex Machina‚ a science-fiction movie about a robot with artificial intelligence. This film raises a substantial question: Can our society survive progress? I don’t think so. I believe that pushing technological development too far could put all humanity in great danger… First and foremost‚ artificial intelligence is going to steal our jobs. In the coming years‚ many robots will take the place of human beings to do easy and repetitive tasks
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Wiley Plus Wk 2 Ex & Prob ACC/291 August 6‚ 2012 Wiley Plus Wk. 2 Ex & Prob E8 – 3 Date | Account Titles and Explanation | Debit | Credit | 31 – Dec. | Bad Debts Expense Accounts receivable-Fell | 1‚400 | 1‚400 | | | | | 31 – Dec. | Bad Debts Expense (840‚000 – 30000)*1% Allowance for Doubtful accounts | 8‚100 | 8‚100 | | | | | 31 – Dec. | Bad Debts Expense Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (120‚000*10%)-2100 | 9‚900 | 9‚900 | | | | | 31 – Dec.
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The Post-It notes‚ due to their innovative nature‚ turned out to be the sort of product which is difficult to describe to people who are unfamiliar with it. A Post-it note solves a problem that people were not even aware they had‚ yet it is just a sticky piece of paper. Doesn’t sound interesting... For these reasons regular advertising campaigns proved ineffective. 2. Silver – invented the adhesive and kept the "project" alive for a long time. Fry – came up with the product idea for Post-it and
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Post College Personal Finance Assignment Due: October 3 The assignment must be submitted via the Angel drop box for the given assignment by 11:55p.m. on the due date. This assignment will have two parts to be submitted Part 1 A-C and the Post College Budget Spreadsheet. Please submit these assignments in the following manner (Your last name and then the assignment description) Example: Zink Post College Personal Finance Assignment Fall 2012 1. From the Job Offer Package Sample choices
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The American War against De Jure and De Facto Discrimination Throughout the semester‚ we have examined the differences between de jure segregation‚ that which is written into law‚ such as slavery and Jim Crow‚ and de facto segregation‚ that which is seen as customary. Even though the battle against de jure discrimination has been a victorious one‚ with the desegregation of the American military and federal government in the 1940s‚ the reversal of Plessy vs. Ferguson in the 1950s‚ and the passing
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The use of deus ex machina at the end of Sophocles’ ‘Philoctetes’ serves as a final anchor point to tie together the events which unfolded prior. Heracle’s intervention allows us to reflect on the nature of events in the play and the themes of the play. Finally it gives us insight into divine influence and the role of fate. Throughout the play‚ the characters have conflicting objectives‚ ideals‚ etc. Neoptolemus struggles with an internal conflict between doing what he thinks is right‚ and what
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ENGG1100 Introduction to Engineering Design Introduction to Engineering Drawing Professor Yunhui Liu Dept. of Mechanical and Automation Engineering Spring‚ 2014 MAE Dept.‚ The Chinese University of Hong Kong 1 What is Engineering Drawing? An engineering drawing is a type of technical drawing used to fully and clearly define requirements for engineered items (from en.wikipedia.org) • a formal and precise way (graphic language) for communicating information about the shape
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Post - Modernism and Mass Culture 1 P M rnism and M C ost ode ass ulture Post Modernism/20/1/98/P.Covington/Media Disc This is a relatively new development and there are few sources that present clear and readable accounts of it. It is a reaction to the belief of postmodernists that Marx concentrated excessively on production‚ at the cost of consumption. Introduction This concept‚ despite its variety of meanings and definitions‚ is used to refer to many aspects of social life from
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Assignment 1 Ex nihilo: creation from or out of nothing. The very idea of something coming from nothing goes against all logic and science. Yet‚ when we talk about the creation of the world and the creation of art‚ the concept is easy to grasp. Take the creation of the world for example. In the Bible‚ it says God created the world in seven days‚ each day adding to what He had created the day before. The world began in darkness‚ nothing in existence. Just by His words‚ God created everything
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