...28 April 2013 How to dispose of disposable income Is it possible to end world hunger by sending your disposable income to a charitable organization? Is it immoral to spend your disposable income on services and items that are not necessities? Do we really need to “shop till we drop” or is there another way? A way for the informed consumer to make responsible spending decisions instead of unrealistic forced “giving” or the equally unrealistic short sighted over spending common in today’s society. Peter Singer thinks the whole process of spending your disposable income on anything other than the necessities is an immoral act. In his article The Singer Solution to World Poverty, Mr. Singer tells us a story about Bob and his failure to save a child stuck on the railroad tracks by diverting an oncoming train. If he diverts the train it will spare the child but destroy his prized possession, a very old and valuable car. Bob does not throw the switch. Mr. Singer states “Bob’s conduct, most of us will immediately respond, was gravely wrong” (Singer 61). He goes on to say “If you still think that it was very wrong of Bob not to throw the switch that would have diverted the train and saved the child’s life, then it is hard to see how you could deny that it is also very wrong not to send money to UNICEF or Oxfam America.” (Singer 61). In making these statements Mr. Singer is telling us that our failure to freely support these charitable organizations is equivalent to not throwing the...
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...William Henry Harrison Calamity Day “class” NOTE – Remember that this work is to be handed-in ON PAPER TWO WEEKS after the assigned calamity day. Open the “William Henry Harrison resource” Read “Life Before the Presidency” and answer the following questions: What sort of family was Harrrison from ? What role did he play at the Battle of Fallen Timbers ? What did Judge Symmes think of Harrison ? How did Harrison get to be Secretary of the Northwest Territory ? What was his primary task as Governor of the Indiana Territory ? Who was Harrison’s main opponent in his conflict with the Indians ? What happened at the Battle of Tippecanoe ? What happened at the Battle of the Thames ? What were some of the political offices/positions Harrison held in the years following the War of 1812 ? On the right side of the page, click on and read “Campaigns & Elections” and then answer the following: What was new and special about the election of 1840 ? On the right side of the page, click on and read “Death of the President” and then answer the following: How did Harrison’s presidency end ? How long did it last ? On the right side of the page, click on and read “Impact and Legacy” and then answer the following: On what did Harrison’s significance in Presidential history lie ? Open and read “The Battle of Tippecanoe” resource and then answer the following questions: Before leaving on a trip, what advice/orders...
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...Between 1999 to 2002, WorldCom overstated its pretax income by at least $7 billion. The largest deliberate miscalculation in the history. Write down 82 billion of its reports assets. Stock value from $180 to nearly worthless Employees lost job, and worthless retirement account The bankruptcy influence 20 million retail customer. On government contracts, affect 80 million social security beneficiaries. Background Line-cost expenses are a significant cost for all long-distance carriers The LDDS started with 650 thousands, accumulated 1.5 million in debt, the company lacked the technical expertise to handle the accounts of large companies that had complex switching systems. Ebber lacked technology experience Ebber focused young firm on internal growth, acquiring small long-distance company to gain larger shares. LDDS grew rapidly through acquisitions across the American South and West and expanded internationally through acquisitions in Europe and Latin America. In 1989, LDDS became a public company through a merger with Advantage Companies, a company that was already trading on Nasdaq. By the end of 1993, LDDS was the fourth-largest long-distance carrier in the United States. After a shareholder vote in May 1995, the company officially became known as WorldCom. In 1996, WorldCom entered the local service market by purchasing MFS Communications Company, Inc., gave WorldCom a substantial international presence and a large ownership stake...
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...2. The Entity-Relationship Model 2. The Entity-Relationship Model This section’s goal: After completing this chapter, you should be able to explain the three phases of database design, Why are multiple phases useful? evaluate the significance of the Entity-Relationship Model (ER model) for DB design, enumerate the basic constructs of the ER model, develop ER diagrams (schemas in the ER model) for a given application, translate ER models into equivalent (as far as possible) relational models. Marc H. Scholl (DBIS, Uni KN) Information Management Winter 2007/08 48 2. The Entity-Relationship Model Introduction Database design (1) Overall goal of DBMS usage: Efficiently develop programs to support given real-world tasks. These programs need to store data persistently. To develop these programs, apply proven methods of software engineering—specialized to support data-intensive programs. Definition (Database Design) Database Design is the process of developing a database schema for a given application. DB design is a subtask of the overall software engineering effort. Marc H. Scholl (DBIS, Uni KN) Information Management Winter 2007/08 49 2. The Entity-Relationship Model Introduction Database design (2) The specification of programs and data is intertwined: The schema should contain the data needed by the programs. Programs are often easy to develop once the structure of the data to be manipulated has been specified. Data, however, is an independent...
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