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    Unemployment is one of the popular and serious issues in both developed and developing countries. Therefore the government should focus on evaluating potential causes and also give some possible solutions to this problem. This alarming situation is due to some reasons. First of all‚ people are mostly dissatisfied with their salaries. They feel they get not enough money for their work. As a result‚ they prefer to take unemployment benefits than take up any job. Another reason is lack of workplaces

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    The Selection

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    With 35 girls and only one prince‚ the Selection could be the opportunity of a lifetime for one very special girl‚ but the battle is fierce and the competitors are ruthless. If the stress of the Selection doesn’t get you first‚ the girls will. The Selection is an aggressive battle for the prince’s heart and the queen’s crown‚ and it is every girl’s dream to be in it. America Singer is a free-spirited-high-tempered ginger in the running for the Selection‚ and seemingly the only girl in her country

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    Outline Review for Chapters 17-19 Possible Problems 1.—Permanent and temporary differences. Listed below are items that are treated differently for accounting purposes than they are for tax purposes. Indicate whether the items are permanent differences or temporary differences. For temporary differences‚ indicate whether they will create deferred tax assets or deferred tax liabilities. 1. Investments accounted for by the equity method. 2. Advance rental receipts. 3. Fine for polluting.

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    Len Bias

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    of cardiac arrest. His name was Len Bias. He was 22 years old. Bias was an all-American basketball player for the Terps just finishing up his senior season. According to those who have ever seen him play (myself included) he was a phenomenal athlete. According to those who knew him personally he was an even better person. Bias’ premature death is somewhat controversial because traces of cocaine were found in his urine during an autopsy. Physicians claim that a 22-year-old in top physical shape

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    Bias In History

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    When I saw Dan Brown’s quote “History is always written by winners”‚ it made me think whether he was correct; is history only written by winners? If so‚ is there bias in history because it is only written by winners? My real life situation is that Taiwanese history textbooks show bias in the information included and the view of the situation included. Whether information should be included in textbooks‚ or if both sides of an event should be included can be seen in a well-known event known as the

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    How would companies use the Strategic Management Process to attain distinctive competitive advantage over their competitors? Strategic management process is a process which companies use to plan for either short-term or long-term goals. It consists of three components – strategic analysis‚ strategic choice and strategic implementation. (Albert 2012‚ 1) It is also a tool which is used by management to make decisions for companies to have competitive advantage over their competitors. Strategic management

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    Theory of knowledge Topic no. 9 Discuss the claim that some areas of knowledge are discovered and others are invented. Knowledge can be defined as something which is achieved through experience. Knowledge can be segregated into different areas like art‚ mathematics‚ human sciences‚ etc. All areas of knowledge are based on knowledge claims. Every area of knowledge is different from the other. Some of them are discovered while some are invented. Art is an area of knowledge which is

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    Transformational Bias

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    something is true or false. When determining if something is true or false‚ bias can play a role in the final verdict. Conformational bias is “the idea that we only believe information that is similar to our beliefs is the start of the problem” of people believing fake news (Sundar). This can ultimately push a voter to one side or the another. If the voter was a Trump supporter but still had some thoughts about Hillary Clinton‚ his bias when reading an article‚ even with false information supporting Donald

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    Confirmation Bias

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    What is Confirmation Bias? Confirmation bias is a tendency of people to prefer information that reinforces a thought or believe that they have. People demonstrate this bias when they retain information selectively‚ or when they interpret it in a biased way. The effect is stronger for emotional issues and for deeply rooted beliefs. (Science Daily) Examples of Confirmation Bias There are many everyday examples of people using confirmation bias behavior. A student doing research on only one

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    Discuss the claim that some areas of knowledge are discovered and others are invented What is the difference between invention and discovery? An invention is when an object or an idea or even a method is created and it didn’t exist where as a discovery is defined as to learn more about something which was already present but not known. Usually invention is something that it is material an object for example whereas discovery is more of a natural process and is therefore in the human nature.

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