1 Could a machine be conscious? This question is often dismissed as simple by those that would say “yes” in response. The usual claim made by the pro camp is that man is a ‘biological machine’ and is conscious‚ ergo‚ a machine is conscious. If we‚ humans‚ are truly biological machines and we are at the same time conscious then I would agree that yes‚ categorically‚ a machine could be conscious. But is it really that simple? I contend that it is a more difficult problem but not that it is a complicated
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Motusaga Vaeoso Journal Assessment # 10 Feb 06‚ 2008 English 130 What is more important‚ the grade or the lesson learned? Most students go to class to make a good grade‚ so that when it comes on their report card it looks great. Others want the good grade because it is what their parents want. However all of these reasons that I have and not listed are all wrong. Reason enough for this is that your are not getting anything from it‚ nothing‚ nada‚ zilch. The main reason why we go to school is
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responsibility‚ social abilities‚ that would help them throughout their lives not only that but also the stress from the school would be decreased by doing ‘Open Campus’. By having an Open Campus at ASFM‚ it would bring a lot of benefits to the students in the long run. Based on research‚ they have proven that by having an Open Campus‚ students will develop social skills‚ independency‚ and responsibility skills. Gerardo Durán‚ an ex alumni of Latin American School and currently in career at Tec
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introduction The US has 1.2 trillions of dollars worth of student loan debt . High national debt has many consequences including slowing economic growth and rising interest rates. many think that making college education free will make it pricy for taxpayers but actually it won’t if instead of adding more taxes to everybody else‚ we instead just tax the multibillion dollar companies that are given countless tax breaks every year and who are also responsible for the economic crash in the first place
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Macbeth Essay Macbeth is the story of a man who‚ finding himself faced with a moment of choice‚ lets the bad side of his nature dominate him. He considers his choices carefully‚ looks at the alternatives‚ and deliberately chooses the course he knows to be evil. From this time on he seems unable to turn back to the good side. In the beginning‚ he starts out at the height of his success and honor‚ but then follows a long dark path to despair. Macbeth did not make these choices on his own though
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COST CONCEPTS AND COST ACCOUNTING By: Aman Jawahar Sarika Deepak Muneer CONTENTS Concept of Cost Cost Accounting Terms in Cost Accounting Elements of Cost Meaning of Overheads Classification of Costs Methods of Costing Types of Costing MEANING: Cost Concept: The term ‘cost’ means the amount of expenses [actual or notional] incurred on or attributable to specified thing or activity. Cost means ‘the price paid for something’. Cost Accounting: Cost Accounting is concerned with recording
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Deena Shalab@16457 Reem Hani Arab @16185 CASE 4 An Introduction to Debt Policy and Value 1 (Table format and content from case) 0% debt/100% equity 25%debt/75% equity 50%debt/50% equity BV of debt 0 $2‚500 $5‚000 BV of equity $10‚000 $7‚500 $5‚000 MV of debt 0 $2‚500 $5‚000 MV of equity $10‚000 $8‚350 $6‚700 Pretax cost of debt 0.07 0.07 0.07 After-tax cost of debt 0.0462 0.0462 0.0462 Market Weight of Debt 0 0.23 0.43 Market Weight of Equity 1.0 0.77 0.57 Un-levered Beta 0.8
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March 9‚ 2013 If I could be anything that I wanted – person‚ object‚ or concept; real‚ or not real – what would I choose to be? Nobly‚ I could become the cure for cancer; selfishly‚ I could be a celebrity; obnoxiously cliché‚ I could wish to have a happy ending. However tempting these options may be‚ my choice is not found in any one of them: I only desire to be noticed‚ half-way‚ by you. Regular‚ ordinary‚ seemingly insignificant; I want to be part of your routine. I could be the alarm clock pulling
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Student Loan Debt: Is it worth it? Many high school students are beginning their senior year and have already started to stress about how they will pay for their higher education. Although many students will have scholarships and financial aid‚ a lot more will struggle to pay for schooling and will have to take out multiple student loans. Many people wonder if higher education is worth the debt the country and the students are in and it is‚ however‚ there are alternatives.
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Structure and International Debt ( Questions 1. Objective. What‚ in simple wording‚ is the objective sought by finding an optimal capital structure? When taxes and bankruptcy costs are considered‚ a firm has an optimal financial structure determined by that particular mix of debt and equity that minimizes the firm’s cost of capital for a given level of business risk. If the business risk of new projects differs from the risk of existing projects‚ the optimal mix of debt and equity would change
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