Stratification can best be defined as _____. Select one: a. divisions created between groups of people in a society based on the social prestige accorded by a person’s occupation‚ lifestyle‚ or membership in certain organizations b. the unequal distribution of wealth that results from private ownership and people’s tendency to preserve surplus wealth rather than share it with others c. systematic inequalities between groups of people that arise as intended or unintended consequences of social
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Whirligig Have you ever wondered who Brent Bishop is‚ continue reading and you will learn his multi personalities. The book “whirligig” is written by Paul Fleischman‚ the main character in the book is Brent Bishop‚ the new kid in school who just wants to fit in with everyone else. Brent is a determined and resourceful teenager who just wants to do well. Brent is a responsible teenager for many reasons. Whenever he killed lea he was determined to do whatever it took to make things right with
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Mercantilism – colony exists to benefit mother country; Brit gave naval protection Indirect tax – you don’t know you’re taxed Colonies haphazardly placed Prime Minister George Grenville enforced Nav Laws: 1. Imperial trade done on Brit ships w/ ¾ crew British; 2. Only certain goods exported to foreign countries unless they go through Britain; 3. Economic diversification; 4. Colonies a protected market for low price consumer goods Sugar Act- raise tax on molasses; Woolen Act- banned export of
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In Whirligig by Paul Fleischman‚ Brent travels to the four corners of the United States of America and builds whirligigs on his mission of repentance. Each Whirligig has a unique appearance and meets the needs of it’s (observer?) in a different way. The first whirligig was put in a state park near Puget Sound. Being Brent’s first whirligig ‚ he had a little trouble creating it. Originally‚ it was supposed to be an angel playing a full sized orchestral harp‚ but he accidentally broke off it’s wing
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Exercise One After a quick read of the passage from 3.540-587‚ one may assume that Satan is only concerned with viewing the beauty of the newly created earth. However‚ after a closer analysis and look into the language actually used in the passage‚ it is revealed that the sun is a more prominent figure in the passage than the earth. Therefore‚ Milton use of words and images throughout this passage convey the message of the stark contrast between the good the sun does for the earth and the earth’s
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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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1. The first arbitrage opportunity relates to locational arbitrage. Holt has obtained spot rate quotations from two banks in Thailand‚ Minzu Bank and Sobat Bank‚ both located in Bangkok. The bid and ask prices of Thai baht for each bank are displayed in the table below: | Minzu Bank | Sobat Bank | Bid | $.0224 | $.0228 | Ask | $.0227 | $.0229 | Determine whether the foreign exchange quotations are appropriate. If they are not appropriate‚ determine the profit you could generate by withdrawing
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7.1 a. How would this customer be classified? A. This customer would be classified as not accepting the personal loan offer. According to the KNN_Output there appears to be overfitting due to the discrepancies in the classification matrix for training (Class 0 = 0% error‚ Class 1 = 0% error‚ Overall = 0% error)‚ and validation error (Class 0 = 4.2% error‚ Class 1 = 55.85% error‚ and Overall = 9.1% error). b. What is a choice of k that balances between overfitting and ignoring the predictor
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QUESTION 1. Write a paragraph to explain and distinguish between a virtual community and a social networking web site. In Social networks everyone has their own social network (whether online or offline). Everyone has friends‚ families‚ and people they are acquainted with. An online social networking site simply makes our social networks visible to others who are not in our immediate network. So the single most important feature that distinguishes a social network from a community is how people
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1. Toys “R” Us SWOT. a. Strengths: 1‚500 superstores not including the 200+ stores that it holds under the brand Babies R Us. Successful collaboration with Amazon.com‚ diversified portfolio of products‚ and advanced logical systems. b. Weaknesses: Dependent on seasonal sales‚ Main stronghold is the brand itself (has lost top spot to Wal-Mart). c. Opportunities: There are opportunities for joint ventures and strategic alliances. Toys R Us works closely with Amazon.com which plays
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