According to Election Data Services the percentage of electronic voting machines per county doubled between 1998 and 2002 to 16 percent-‚ yet a full replacement of the traditional voting procedure is very unlikely. In its essence‚ an electronic voting machine is a computer assisted self-interviewing device (CASI) giving the voter the opportunity to review and change his/her vote before submitting it. The different types of voting machines allow for different kinds of interaction‚ such as using a touch
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APUSH – Chapter 11 (Technology‚ Culture‚ and Everyday Life‚ 1840-1860) Identifications John Deere’s Steel-Tipped Plow and Cyrus McCormicks’s Mechanical Reaper – Deere invented a steel-tipped plow that halved the labor to clear acres to till. Timber for housing and fencing was available in nearby woods‚ and settlements spread rapidly. McCormick developed the mechanical reaper which harvested grain seven times faster than traditional methods with half the work force and guaranteed that wheat would
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Chapter 2 Textbook Solutions QUESTIONS 3. Why is EBIT an important line item in the income statement? What does EBIT show us? ANSWER Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) is the lowest line on the income statement that isn ’t affected by the firm ’s method of financing (the relative amounts of debt and equity used). It is important because it allows an evaluation of physical business operations separate from the influence of financing decisions. It is therefore often called operating income
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The so-called "Indian Wars" took place roughly from 1864-1890 (from the Sand Creek Massacre to the Battle of Wounded Knee). It was really less of a war than a long series of skirmishes‚ battles‚ and massacres. At first‚ the Indians actually had the advantage because their arrows could be fired more rapidly than a muzzle-loading rifle. The invention of the Colt .45 revolver (the six-shooter by Samuel Colt) and Winchester repeating rifle changed this. Notably‚ one-fifth of the U.S. Army out West
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Therapy • Therapy - treatment methods aimed at making people feel better and function more effectively. • Psychotherapy - therapy for mental disorders in which a person with a problem talks with a psychological professional. • Insight therapies - psychotherapies in which the main goal is helping people to gain insight with respect to their behavior‚ thoughts‚ and feelings. • Action therapy - psychotherapy in which the main goal is to change disordered or inappropriate behavior directly. •
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Chapter 1 – STRATEGIC HRM • Hrm – involves the productive use of people in achieving the organisation’s strategic objectives and the satisfaction of individual employee needs. • Objectives – Measurable targets to be achieved within a certain time frame. • Maximise human capital – focus on selecting‚ developing and rewarding top talent‚ encouraging open communication‚ team work and collaboration; and refusing to tolerate poor performance. • Job design‚ employee participation
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Solutions for Chapter 2 True/False Questions 2-1 F 2-2 F 2-3 T 2-4 F 2-5 T 2-6 T 2-7 F 2-8 T 2-9 F 2-10 T 2-11 T 2-12 F Multiple Choice Questions 2-13 B 2-14 B 2-15 B 2-16 E 2-17 D 2-18 C 2-19 C 2-20 D 2-21 A 2-22 D 2-23 E 2-24 B Review and Short Case Questions 2-25 Fraud is an intentional act involving the use of deception that results in a material misstatement of the financial statements. Two types of misstatements are relevant to auditors’ consideration
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Forms of communication in the workplace Business Letters; Good for record keeping Private Good for making presentations Memos; (Inter office memo) Private Emphasizes ideas and good for delivering long documents Great for explaining policies and procedures Email; Can send to many people at once Instant message through texting Private or Semi-private way to carry on a conversation Can be used to contact someone to fix a problem *See unit 3 page 84 Podcast; Digital media file Downloaded
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Photosynthesis notes -sunlight brings energy to Earth -the energy in sunlight is packaged in photons -the photosystems in the thylakoid membrane capture photons -pigments in the photosystems have an antenna complex that actually grabs the photons -chlorophyll b captures the photons and transfers the energy to chlorophyll a (the reaction center) -when the reaction center receives the energy it donates an electron -the donated electron will move down the electron transport system (ETS) -ETS
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Name __________________________________________________________ Chapter 2 – Quick Quiz 1 1. A(n) _______________ is an organized system of assumptions and principles that purports to explain a specified set of phenomena. a. theory c. operational definition b. hypothesis d. experiment 2. An ideal scientist should: a. not express skepticism of new ideas. c. not support falsifiable theories. b. rely on scientific intuition. d. be willing to make “risky predictions.” 3. An advantage
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