...have edge over challengers. It is also an assurance to potential challengers that if they manage to put up campaign funds, whether from contributors or from their own pockets, they are already assured of a win in the elections. With the government structure the United States have, generalizing for all sectors of the government, particularly during the electoral races, will be quite complex. Moreover, though it is very easy to make assumptions, such arguments could start crumbling once empirical studies of various experts on the subject of political science come to light. Factors such as policy decisions, party affiliations, popularity, etc. play a role in the acquisition of campaign finances, necessitating the need for thorough analysis of how these factors affect the fund turn-out, thereby the election outcomes. That is, if the argument is true that huge campaign finances can make winning candidates. This research paper aims to give a clear presentation, backed by extensive data gathering, analysis and assessment of how, if at all, campaign...
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...in this manner, the following are ten tips to curb electronic cheating. Use anti-plagiarism websites. Sites like turnitin may be fast and effective at catching plagiarized writing in student's papers. These services scan uploaded essays for lifted material from across the web. Many teachers require students to submit their own papers to the site before handing in a hard copy, thus eliminating tedious work for the teacher while also discouraging plagiarism since students know their work will be checked. While these websites are quite effective at catching kids who rely on copy-and-paste rather than writing, they will not catch students who hire a writer or buy unpublished content. Rely heavily on in-class material. When assigning a paper, use material from the classroom in the prompt. It is far more difficult for a hired writer to incorporate material from a class they did not attend. Instead of asking for a basic character analysis of the Montague family, ask students to compare each character to a member of the class or the school. It's highly unlikely that a would-be cheater will find material on something so specific, or a writer for hire who is familiar with your class. Makes papers a continuation of discussion. Asking students to continue a discussion from class in their papers serves two purposes. Similarly to the above suggestion, it makes plagiarizing or purchasing an essay more difficult. But more importantly, it promotes critical thinking and allows pupils to delve...
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...Strategies for focusing a broad research topic Are you overwhelmed with how much information you are finding? Try the suggestions below: * Develop a tentative focus List what you already know and questions you have about the topic and focus on those you find most interesting. * Find background information on your topic Check our Electronic Reference Collection for an article in an online encyclopedia you can trust. * Look for magazine articles Magazine articles tend to be shorter and can provide a general idea of key issues or controversies related to your topic. Try: * Academic Search Complete * Academic OneFile * Search CQ Researcher This is a great source for finding background information and overviews of a wide array of topics. * Choose a particular perspective on the issue How do scholars from different subject fields approach your topic? Finding different points of view can provide you with a better sense of direction. Look through our subject-specific databases listed on the Find Articlespage like: * Education Full Text (EBSCO) * Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (ProQuest) * PubMed (National Library of Medicine) * Limit your search to a specific time period Look for date limit options when searching a database. * Need more help? Ask a Librarian for assistance. Finding research topic ideas You'll be spending a bit of time on your research paper, so be sure to choose a topic...
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...A Research Paper Objective: This assignment gives you an opportunity to expand your knowledge by exploring an insurance topic not covered in class. You'll also have an opportunity to work with fellow class members and "pick each other's brains" as you research your topic. Here's what you need to do: 1. Form a group of 2 to 3 members. 2. Select a life/health insurance topic of your interest. If you are looking for suggested topics, here are a few research areas I would like to suggest: * Aging and society: economic, political and social issues * Securitization of longevity risk * Demutualization of life insurers * U.S. healthcare reforms * Medical malpractice insurance crisis in the 1970s and1980s, and current issues * Financial crisis and impact on the life/health industry * Managing longevity risk 3. Each group need to turn in selected paper topic and name of group members (the selection form on page 5) by March 25th. 4. Each group will present their paper in the last week of class. 5. Submit a full paper about 8-10 pages (double-spaced) and the PowerPoint of your presentation to ReggieNet by May 10th. 6. Each group member should submit a peer evaluation form electronically to ReggieNet by May 10th. 7. Late submission will result in one point deduction in grade each day. Requirements * Write professionally: succinctly, proper sentence structure, proper grammar, proper spelling, professional style, and...
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...as an outrageous assertion: There is no such thing as a biological entity that warrants the term "race." The immediate reaction of most literate people is that this is obviously nonsense. The physician will retort, "What do you mean 'there is no such thing as race'? I see it in my practice everyday!" Jane Doe and John Roe will be equally incredulous. Note carefully, however, that my opening declaration did not claim that "there is no such thing as race." What I said is that there is no "biological entity that warrants the term 'race'." "You're splitting hairs," the reader may retort. "Stop playing verbal games and tell us what you really mean!" Loring Brace challenges the notion that his position on race is a manifestation of "political correctness."EnlargePhoto credit: © Jacob Wackerhausen/iStockphoto A bit of context And so I shall, but there is another charge that has been thrown my way, which I need to dispel before explaining the basis for my statement. Given the tenor of our times at the dawn of the new millennium, some...
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...from Czech Republic. Education & Social science Development:- Herbert was educated as a child in the public school system, he was exposed to the idea that human behavior could be studied scientifically at a relatively young age, he discovered the social sciences, and among his earliest influences he focused in studying the social sciences and mathematics His most important mentor at the University was Henry Schultz who was an econometrician and mathematical economist. After enrolling in a course on "Measuring Municipal Governments," Simon was invited to be a research assistant for Clarence Ridley, with whom he coauthored the book Measuring Municipal Activities in 1948. Eventually his studies led him to the field of organizational decision-making, which would become the subject of his doctoral dissertation in (1943). He joined the faculty of Illinois Institute of Technology, where he was a professor of political science from 1942 to 1949, He thus began a more in-depth study of economics in the area of institutionalism, Marschak brought Simon in to assist in the study he was currently undertaking with Sam Schurr of the “prospective economic effects of atomic energy”. In 1949, Simon became a professor of administrations and chairman of the Department of Industrial Management at Carnegie Tech (later to become Carnegie Mellon University). He continued to teach in various departments at Carnegie Mellon, including psychology and computer science, until his death in 2001. From...
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...Unit 4 Exercise 1: 1. The basic format for a proposal includes the following steps: Introduction Problem Analysis; major causes, Evidence and Effects of the probem. Plan for solving the problem: Major steps, Support and Deliverables. Benefits of the Plan: Costs-benefits analysis Conclusion 2. Proposals are used in college, in the workplace and anywhere you want to pitch a proposal or new project idea including grant writing. 3. The steps for inventing your proposal’s content are defining the problem, analyzing the problem, researching, inquiring, and finding similar projects. 4. The three primary sources of information for proposal writing are online, print, and empirical sources. 5. The steps to planning to solve the problem are map out the plan, explore each major step, figure out costs and benefits, and finding similar projects. 6. Costs and benefits should be listed to prove to the readers that the benefits of their investment are worth the risks. 7. In choosing an appropriate style, the steps are creating an Authoritative Tone, use metaphors and similes, pay attention to Sentence Length, and minimize the jargon. 8. Three tips for designing the proposal are creating a look, create white space and use meaningful headings. 9. The four steps in revising and editing a proposal are looking for inconsistencies in content, getting rid of extra stuff, tweaking the design and proof reading. 10. Five major problems listed are students...
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...2.4 LOCAL LITERATURE 2.4.1 Electronic Voting Literature Review Computer scientists who have done work in, or are interested in, electronic voting all seem to agree on two things: * Internet voting does not meet the requirements for public elections * Currently widely-deployed voting systems need improvement Voting on the Internet using every day PC's offers only weak security, but its main disadvantages are in the areas of anonymity and protection against coercion and/or vote selling. It's such a truly bad idea that there seems to be no credible academic effort to deploy it at all. The Presidential elections of 2000 brought national attention to problems with current American methods of casting and counting votes in public elections. Most people believe that the current system should be changed; there is much disagreement on how such changes should be made. The MIT/Caltech researchers [1] “see a promising future for electronic voting, despite its problems today” (under a few conditions). They advocate using the methods currently in use which result in the lowest average numbers of “uncounted, unmarked, and spoiled ballots,” like in-precinct optical scanning. Their report even proposes a framework for new voting system with a decentralized, modular design. Other researchers have done work in electronic voting; while they may not explicitly mention voting from remote poll sites, their work is nonetheless relevant to any effort at designing or implementing...
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...This paper will be analysing a newspaper article from The Australian in relation to assimilation and Australian culture. Rintoul (2012) reported in the article that there was support from leaders of multiple faiths in Victoria to install prayer rooms in Australian Rules Football (AFL) venues. However, a former Victorian premier (Jeff Kennett) was against the move, positioning Muslim culture at odds with Australian culture and identity, deeming it incompatible with an iconic part of ‘traditional’ Australian culture. Therefore, this newspaper article may raise the question of whether migrants or Australians of faiths other than Christianity, particularly Muslims, are still expected to assimilate into a “traditional” Australian culture. This is...
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...election result, and other electoral process” process” Public perception of the AES It would lead to clean elections l Cheating would be impossible in an automated election l AES System l Election Management System (EMS) Configuration of precinct data l Election Mark– Up Language (EML) Mark– l l Precinct– Precinct–Count Optical Scan (PCOS) System l Precinct Machine BOC Computer l Consolidation / Canvassing System (CCS) l PCOS Machine SMARTMATIC AUTOMATED ELECTION SYSTEM (SAES 1800) SAES 1800 lPrecinct Count Optical Scan / Optical Mark Reader (OMR) • Detects the absence or presence of a mark in predefined positions on a form SAES 1800 Components RF Key Thermal Printer •2-1/4 inch roll paper •Rated to last 5 years Digital Scanner •4-bit mono – color scanner •16 shades of gray Processor And Memory Not Specified Compact Flash (CF) Card Input / Output Ports •CF Card Reader •UTP Ethernet Port •Disabled USB •RJ – 11 Modem Port Ballot Box Cast and Return •Buttons Disabled Display • Touch screen, mono-color display •Quarter VGA in size, 320x240 pixels Ballot Boxes with Transparent Panels Compartments the Ballot Box in Transparent Panels Invalid Ballots Valid Ballots Software Specifications: Operating System Embedded uClinux l Possibly with uClibC l Possibly with GNU core utilities l Copyrighted under the General Public License (GPL) open source licensing scheme l Voting Flow using PCOS - OMR BEI inserts...
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...2012 中国政法大学 Tristan Alberto Vaca Narvaja [THE LI AND THE FA ALONG CHINESE LEGAL HISTORY] China University of Political Science and Law 中国政法大学 An Overview of Chinese Legal System Introduction The purpose of this paper is to make an analysis about how the concepts of Fa and Li interacted between each other along the Chinese legal history, starting with a brief summary of the dynastic eras, and focusing in what we could call modern legal history, what I consider starts on the late Qing Dynasty. The analysis ends with the admission of China to the WTO, because I think that is a topic that deserves a whole new article for itself, and due to time limitations cannot be developed properly. The reason why I have chosen this theme is because I firmly believe that to be able to understand nowadays legal debates and legislation is necessary to have an idea about the broad historical and ideological Chinese framework. Along the more than 5.000 years of history, China has reinvented itself several times, learning from the hits and misses, unsurprisingly legal principles and legislation has followed the same stream. This papers starts with the genesis of the Li and Fa concepts, relating it with the Confucianism and legalism philosophies. Then, the each section illustrates an important period in Chinese history, emphasizing the situation of the law. Those sections comprehends, the late Qing dynasty, the republican era, the changes during the communist era, the application...
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...Auditing and Assurance Services Table of Contents Meet the Audit Team 3 Partner Summary 5 Introduction 6 Part 1.1 a) Advanced Analytics in Professional Standards 6 Part 1.1 b) Academic Research on Advanced Analytical 6 Part 1.3 Simple Trend-line Regression 7 Part 2.1 Specific Risk of Material Misstatement 11 Part 2.2 An Appropriate Audit Program 12 Appendix 15 References 16 List of Key Audlish terms 17 Partner Summary In order to better understand the audit reports, we have documented academic research and existing audit standards relevant to planning stage APRs. This background information will provide a summary of professional standards and guidance directly related to APRs. First and foremost, every auditor must follow the standards called the Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) which are set by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). Important sections within the standards required to know include: Independence, Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statement Audit, and Communications about Control Deficiencies in Financial Statements, which includes nine rules that deal with identifying and reporting deficiencies found in financial statements. In the second part of our report, we prepared basic ARP’s and identified some key red flags for the Chevron Company. To access client viability, we used vertical and horizontal analysis, where we found...
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...charts, diagrams and tables, but without references. Writing guidelines The purpose of this assignment is to give you an opportunity to demonstrate the knowledge and skills you have learned from this module. There are many, equally valid ways to fulfil the assignment tasks. You will therefore have to make many own choices. For example, you have to decide on the time period, you have to decide what aspects of the strategy to focus on, and you have to choose which tools and concepts to apply to this case. Please note that the case study focuses heavily on Jeff Immelt’s role, but you should focus more on the evaluation of the strategy itself. You should not draw only on the printed case study, but you also need to conduct more research into the company, its strategy, and its environment. Internet search, in particular the company website, news articles, and MINTEL reports will be useful. You should also draw on knowledge from other readings, including journal articles. You have to choose a time period to focus on. The case study printout gives you some of the information you need to complete the tasks with regard to the time between 2001 and 2012, and provides some historical background, but you should get additional information, which may also refer to General Electric’s earlier and more recent developments. You can choose either a shorter time period (e.g. 2001 to today) or a shorter one (e.g. 2010 to today). If you choose a shorter time period, you will have...
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...conversion fees, deeper financial markets, and lower volatility therein. It has been successful in accomplishing most of those objectives, even though some are openly disputed. Whether the euro as a whole is successful remains to be seen, since the question if the euro-zone in itself is suitable for monetary union is left largely unanswered. Two criteria are met with, and two are not. The key success factor now and in the future will be the policy of the ECB, which is dual; fight of inflation at the expense of economic growth or vice versa. How long the policy of the ECB can count on the trust of its members depends largely on movements in the world economy, the financial markets and the ability of policy makers to shroud the efforts in political correctness. ii. Table of contents i. Executive Summary p. 2 ii. Table of Contents p. 3 iii. Preface p. 4 1. Euro History p. 6 2. The European Monetary System p. 7 3. The early nineties currency crisis p. 8 4. Convergence program p. 10 5. Launch of the euro as a currency p. 12 6. The benefits of the euro p. 16 7. European Central Bank Policy and promises p. 23 8. The future of the European Monetary System p. 25 9. Conclusion p. 27 10. Bibliography...
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...moreover, the problems can be of various types and kinds. However, the most important point in this is that the interpretation of social problems is rather personal. This means that a problem can be important to one person and absolutely of no importance to another one. But of course, this does not mean that social problems should be interpreted and analyzed subjectively. Even vice versa, the analyst should forget his or her personal views of the problem so, that to ensure its objective analysis. Consequently, social problems should be considered with the help of the strong pieces of evidence. There are small and large social problems and in this paper one of the largest ones will be addressed. Problem The topic of my proposal is the joining of generations in all its aspects. To put it in other words, this paper will suggest a program of the solution of a social problem of lack of understanding and a huge gap that exists between the older adults and children. The problem has always been important in the human society, and nowadays it acquires special significance due to the outside factors that influence the thinking of both social groups more frequently. Among these factors, the following ones can be singled out as the modern culture affecting children and changing their views and values; proper upbringing that keeps the older adults people from adjusting to the modern values; and the time and world outlook gape which prevents both generations from understanding...
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