upon a time there was no zero. Of course people knew if they had nothing‚ but there was no mathematical notation for it. Zero was independently invented only three times. The first recorded zero is attributed to the Babylonians in the 3rd century BC. A long period followed when no one else used a zero place holder. But then the Mayans‚ halfway around the world in Central America‚ independently invented zero in the fourth century CE. The final independent invention of zero in India was long debated
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Predictive Policing By Jamia Yant April 13th‚ 2012 In order to effectively compare and contrast the application of information technology (IT) to optimize police departments’ performance to reduce crime versus random patrols of the streets‚ we first have to look at exactly what information technology is available to police today. The term predictive policing is the name given to “any policing strategy or tactic that develops and uses information and advanced analysis
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drive in two cars at the same time”. And so Merali has decided to give back to the community through charity and creating employment. Though he owns several banks‚ Merali says one may not believe that his personal bank account balance sometimes reads zero. He discloses: “I have made a decision to give 50% of my annual earnings to charity. However‚ sometimes I exceed the limit and find I have given 100 per cent”‚ he says with a shy smile. Creating employment is the next passion for the 62- year old
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Policing Policing aroused in the 1800’s; over 200 years ago it all started with a man on foot patrolling with no experience or legal weapons in hand to provide security to others. The average officer had little education and no training or experience; that was also not in the best of health. In the 1900’s‚ the average officer had a high school education and was predominantly male. Adhering to a police manual‚ the officers did not have laws in place for inappropriate conduct. The officers did
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Tolerance and acceptance are two virtues that many people start learning during their teen years. These values‚ when imbibed in your character‚ can help you immensely in sailing through the rough periods of your married life. Usually‚ bride and bridegroom often neglect to see the goodness of these virtues when planning their life together. One of the reasons for that is many people consider tolerance as the value of yesteryears. According to them if you are not raising your voice or losing your temper
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Intolerable Tolerance Intolerable tolerance‚ is often said that too much of a good thing is wonderful‚ which in this case that may not be true. Tolerance which is a virtue only when it is difficult‚ it involves strong beliefs as a symptom: a distinctively contemporary form of decadence. George F. Will who wrote and summarized the handout on intolerable tolerance. He writes about the thoughts of Theodore Kaczynski’s journal. Kaczynski is a bomber who killed three and maimed twenty two
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to get involved. Many feel that they cannot make a difference. Everyone must get involved for this horrible behavior to stop. When people argue about the tolerating of other religions and their practices‚ what is being shown is that the need for tolerance in general is not as important as the effect that the religion is not so bad that the believers should be prohibited from practicing it or that they should be murdered or harmed in any way just because others do not have the same beliefs. "People
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Culture is based on tradition‚ and no one wants to break tradition. Therefore‚ there are so many differences between people. That is why the most important trait that everyone in the world should have is tolerance. Tolerance is necessary for everyone to coexist peacefully and happily. Without tolerance there would be endless wars and crises throughout the world. In the world there are over five thousand spoke languages and two thousand more languages that are dead. Each region speaks a language‚ and
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System for Computer-Aided Tolerance Analysis of 2-D... http://adcats.et.byu.edu/Publication/97-4/cirp_2_7_97a.html 7.0 ASSEMBLY TOLERANCE SPECIFICATIONS An engineering design must perform properly in spite of dimensional variation. To achieve this‚ engineering design requirements must be expressed as assembly tolerance limits. The designer must assign limits to the gaps‚ clearances and overall dimensions of an assembly which are critical to performance. Assembly tolerance limits are applied to
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Teaching Tolerance in Schools AED 200 March 10‚ 2013 Maria Cuba Teaching Tolerance in Schools Schools today have a responsibility to educate our children. This also means to teach students respect and tolerance. This does not always happen at home and we cannot count on their parents teaching their child to respect all things. Students today have a bigger diverse group of people and cultures that they need to respect. It makes sense that as educators we help them to discover a world
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