How can the government stop tyranny ? The Articles of Confederation seemed to fail trying to do the job. The challenge was to create powerful rules that everyone would be able to live by. They weren’t just any powerful rules it was the Constitution‚ and it made sure that no one had more power or was much more powerful than any other. “In the compound republic of America‚ the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments.”James Madison came up with a compound government
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is not sure about the difference between cost accounting and a cost accounting system. Explain the difference to Joe. (b) What is an important feature of a cost accounting system? 2. (a) Distinguish between the two types of cost accounting systems. (b) May a company use both types of cost accounting systems? 3. What type of industry is likely to use a job order cost system? Give some examples. 4. What type of industry is likely to use a process cost system? Give some examples. 5. Your roommate
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How to Cool a Can of Cola Quickly Imagine a half an hour before your party is going to start you realize something very important. You forgot to chill the colas! What do you do? I intend to look at the science of this predicament‚ tell you what materials to use and how conduct the experiment. To answer this question‚ you must have an understanding of the science behind cooling. Coolness actually means the absence of heat. Ice is the reason that liquids get cool because ice takes the heat from
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Chapter 1 Lecture Notes: Limits‚ Alternatives and Choices The economic perspective or economic way of thinking takes the following concepts into consideration: * Scarcity and Choice * Purposeful Behavior * Marginalism: Benefits and Costs Scarcity and Choice Economics is about wants and means: * Society has the resources to make goods and services that satisfy our many desires. * However‚ our economic wants far exceed the productive capacity of our limited resources – our
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ineffective spending around the globe‚ lawmakers looking for cost-saving measures would do well to turn to prisons. Prison reform must attain the lowest economic costs‚ lowering actual taxpayer dollars spent without giving up the benefits of attaining important social goals‚ which represent another form of cost when lost. Undoubtedly‚ the current prison system is doing little to separate the US from its international counterparts in minimizing such cost‚ yet prison privatization has yielded hopeful results
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The expected value is -.053. b.) Interpret this expected value. (4 points) This means that the casino wins 5.3 cents per game or the players lose 5.3 cents per game. c.) What is the average return to the casino from 1‚000‚000 such bets? (4 points) 1000000*.05=50000 The casino can expect to win 500000 of the 1 million bets because 1 million times .05 is 50‚000. 2. A venture capital fund has the mandate to invest in new businesses that may be perceived as being
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literature is; second‚ what it is that endangers a nation that can be negated by literature. Literature‚ per definition‚ is the art of written works. In Latin‚ it literally means “to be acquainted with letters”. So‚ in that context‚ every book‚ every journal‚ every thing written‚ loosely defined‚ is literature. Now‚ what can books‚ journals and papers possibly do to save a nation from‚ say‚ war? Or economic crisis? Or anything that can harm what we define as “ community sharing a common language
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Angethlor Wimberly How Personal Can Ethics Get February 5‚ 2010 Valerie Young is a marketing manager for Wisson‚ a fragrance company headquartered in Chicago. While working for Wisson‚ Valerie discovers information that questions her ethics and places her in compromising dilemmas. The discovery contributes to the stressors she experiences. Her manager‚ Mr. Lionel Waters‚ was hired by Wisson for his successful contributions to the female fragrance industry. Mr. Waters is responsible for the
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The Cost of Absenteeism Any company’s successful operation depends in large part on the attendance of its employees. Unnecessary or unexcused absences affect company operations. Some absences are unavoidable. Others are worth taking steps to control. Absenteeism costs companies more money every year. Can you figure out what absenteeism costs your company in any given month? Can you multiply that by 12 to see what it costs in a year? Remember‚ this isn’t taking into account the cost of replacing
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CAN WE EVER REMOVE CORRUPTION? Corruption: This word corruption is something disreputable which we always come across in our day to day life whether it reveals in politics or is seen in our regular jobs.Corruption exists in almost all the countries of the world. The rich and powerful people are the real beneficiaries of corruption and they are never part of movement to eradicate the corruption. All of them need to be made center of attraction before the society and media for their act of corruption
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