...compromise either Súmate, or the universities to which we belong. 1 Abstract This study analyzes diverse hypotheses of electronic fraud in the Recall Referendum celebrated in Venezuela on August 15, 2004. We define fraud as the difference between the elector’s intent, and the official vote tally. Our null hypothesis is that there was no fraud, and we attempt to search for evidence that will allow us to reject this hypothesis. We reject the hypothesis that fraud was committed by applying numerical maximums to machines in some precincts. Equally, we discard any hypothesis that implies altering some machines and not others, at each electoral precinct, because the variation patterns between machines at each precinct are normal. However, the statistical evidence is compatible with the occurrence of fraud that has affected every machine in a single precinct, but differentially more in some precincts than others. We find that the deviation pattern between precincts, based on the relationship between the signatures from the November 2003 Reafirmazo, and the YES votes on August 15, is positive and significantly correlated with the deviation pattern in the relationship between exit polls and votes. In other words, those...
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...last registered to vote, wish to change your party registration, or have changed your name, you need to re-register as soon as possible. You must register by October 22, 2012 to be able to vote in the November 6, 2012 Presidential General Election. WHERE TO OBTAIN A VOTER REGISTRATION FORM: Anyone who is eligible to register to vote in California can use the new California Online Voter Registration system. You can find the online process at the Registrar of Voters website at www.sdvote.com. Click on Register to Vote and follow the instructions. Voter registration cards are also available and can be found at Post Offices, Department of Motor Vehicles offices, Library buildings, various City Clerk offices, and the Registrar of Voters office. NOTE: You can check the status of your registration by visiting www.sdvote.com. Follow the prompts to verify your voter registration. VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT • • PERMANENT VOTE BY MAIL VOTER: If you are currently a vote by mail voter, you will automatically receive your mail ballot. To confirm your voting status and see your polling location, review the colored mailing label on the back cover of this pamphlet. If the label indicates you are a permanent mail ballot voter, please do not reapply --- we begin mailing the vote by mail ballots on October 9, 2012. If you do not receive th your ballot by October 18 , please call the Registrar of Voters office at 858-565-5800. TO VOTE BY MAIL FOR THIS ELECTION: If you wish to vote by mail for this...
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...Ethan Gross Dr. Cary Voss Speech 1315.1 25 March 2015 Election Day Registration I. Introduction A. Attention device – In today’s busy world, how many of us actually take the time to register to vote? Not many of us do; in Texas the lack of voter participation is particularly alarming B. Credibility Claim – I’ve done extensive research on the issue of voter apathy and I’ve found a solution C. Preview – Voter turnout is suffering, especially in Texas, because of the way the current voter registration process works, but by enabling Election Day Registration (EDR), voter turnout can be increased. II. Body A. Problem 1. For Example – In the recent gubernatorial race, we had the lowest voter turnout in the country; The Intercept, a reputable non-partisan journalism site, reports 33% turnout, down from 38% 4 years ago 2. Politifact, an organization dedicated to fact-checking the statements made by politicians, points out that the U.S. Census Bureau ranked Texas 48th in turnout in 2012, 47th in 2008 and 49th in 2006. 3. The cause? – Rock the Vote, a nationwide effort to promote voter participation, shows that the Texas registration deadline is a mere 30 days before the election. Many citizens become most interested and engaged with elections in the last few weeks before Election Day, when candidate debates and campaigns reach their peak. But registration deadlines may already have passed at that point. 4. Inaccurate voter rolls; Many previously-registered...
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...History of Euthanasia in America 1973- The American Medical Association issues the Patient Bill of Rights. The groundbreaking document allows patients to refuse medical treatment. 1976- The New Jersey Supreme Court rules that the parents of Karen Ann Quinlan, who has been in a tranquilizer-and-alcohol-induced coma for a year, can remove her respirator. She dies nine years later. 1979- Jo Roman, a New York artist dying of cancer, makes a videotape, telling her friends and family she intends to end her life. She later commits suicide with an overdose of sleeping pills. 1985- Betty Rollin publishes "Last Wish," the story of her mother's battle with ovarian cancer. The book reveals that Ida Rollin killed herself with a sedative overdose. 1990- Dr. Jack Kevorkian performs his first assisted suicide, using a homemade machine, to end the life of Alzheimer's patient Janet Adkins. Meanwhile, after protracted legal wrangling, the parents of Nancy Cruzan, who has been in a coma for seven years, are allowed to remove her feeding tube. Friends and co-workers testify in court that she would not have wanted to live. 1991- Hemlock Society founder Derek Humphry first publishes "Final Exit." The controversial suicide "how-to" book later becomes a national best seller. 1994- Voters in Oregon pass a referendum making it the only state in the country that allows doctors to prescribe life-ending drugs for terminally ill patients. The hotly contested law was not put into effect until...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The IMC campaign title is “HONESTHESIA: Be the Cure” which came from the medicine drug “ANESTHESIA”. It aims to “inject” or to put into the mind and in the heart of the students the value and importance of honesty during elections in order to reduce “pain” or to reduce the dishonesties and lies to happen during election. Elections have been practiced a long time ago; it’s one way for people to exercise their suffrage to vote to appoint their desired leaders. Philippines as a democratic country used election to appoint officials like senators and president. But with every election, news about vote buying, malicious tampering of votes, fraud and other dishonest acts increases. These kinds of acts are a start of an impending problem called corruption. To prevent corruption to take place, we need to take action first on our elections and make it clean and honest. Our team has come up to a campaign called “HONESTHESIA: Be the Cure” which aims to increase honest individuals and young voters to stop dishonest acts during school and nationwide elections. Our goal is to: 1. To provide awareness about honesty to students within 6 months 2. To teach the true value and importance of honesty during elections within 6 months 3. To increase by 10% the students who will value and practice honesty during elections every year after the campaign is implemented 4. To decrease dishonesty and corruption by 10% every year after the campaign is implemented The major...
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...GovernanceMetrics International ® Pioneering Accountability Ratings Low Rated Corporation 400 Main Street Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18706 United States (USA) www.lowratedco.com Global Rating Home Market Board Accountability 3.0 1.5 Financial Disclosure and Internal Controls 6.5 5.0 Shareholder Rights 3.0 1.5 5.5 2.5 1.5 1.5 Corporate Behavior Governance Contact 1.0 Market for Control NASDAQ (LRCA) $455.64M Personal Goods Delaware 2.0 Remuneration Primary Listing Market Cap Market Sector Incorporated Overall Rating 3.0 3.5 Mr. James Johnson, 1 234 312 4567 Vice President - Finance, Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary Rating History Relative to Industry Peers - Low Rated Corporation overall global rating - Average overall global rating for all companies in the Personal Goods sector rated by GMI (82 companies) - Highest overall global ratings in this sector - Lowest overall global ratings in this sector 10.0 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 Feb Aug Feb June Sep Dec Mar June Sep Dec Mar June Sep Dec Mar June Sep Dec Mar June Sep 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 How to Interpret GMI Ratings All companies rated by GMI are scored on a scale of 1.0 (lowest) to 10.0 (highest). All company ratings are calculated relative either to other rated companies in the same region or country...
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...Warren Buffett and Gillette Background of the Active Investor Warren Buffett is known as one of the world’s most notable investors. He is a self-made investor, now worth billions of dollars. Buffets premise is that people should base their investing on common sense and search out assets that are selling for less than they are worth (Pardoe, 2005). At an early age Buffett had a knack for making money. At six year old, Buffett made a five cent profit by purchasing a six-pack of Coca-Cola for twenty-five cent and reselling each bottle for a nickel. At eleven, he purchased three shares of Cities Service at $38 per share. Shortly after buying the stock, it fell to just over $27 per share (Kennon). When the shares rebounded to $40 he sold the shares, but regretted his actions when the shares shot up to $200. The experience taught him that patience is a virtue (Kennon). Buffett was a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Some time after graduation, Buffett had the opportunity to work for his mentor, Ben Graham, on Wall Street. There, he spent his day analyzing S&P reports, searching for investment opportunities (Kennon). He took a different interest than that of his mentor, he became interested in how a company worked, what made it superior to competitors and observed how the company was managed when deciding to invest; he was not interested in the corporate leadership of the companies he researched and invested in. In the mid-1950’s Buffett aligned himself...
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...Question The following lists various ways of describing types of data or variables: A. nominal B. ordinal C. interval, discrete, cross-sectional D. interval, continuous, cross-sectional E. interval, discrete, time-series F. interval, continuous, time-series G. ratio, discrete, cross-sectional H. ratio, continuous, cross-sectional I. ratio, discrete, time-series J. ratio, continuous, time-series Place one of the letters, A thru J, in each of the spaces provided which best describes each of the following data or variables. _____ the reported weight of a diet plan participant every Friday over the past 6 months _____ the exact time that it took each of 50 students to complete a midterm exam _____ the school colours of each of 100 North American universities _____ highest level of education completed by each of 100 senior citizens in South America (elementary, high school, community college, university) _____ the recorded high temperature in each of 100 North American cities in May, 2014 _____ the number of years of education completed by a random sample of 50 senior citizens in Canada Question The following lists various types of basic sampling schemes: A. simple random sampling B. systematic sampling C. stratified random sampling D. cluster sampling E. judgment sampling F. convenience sampling G. focus groups Place one of the letters, A thru G, in the spaces provided which describes which sampling scheme is being used...
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...VOTES ON CALIFORNIA PROPOSITIONS Taking the voting season spirit, I would like to share my opinion toward 3 propositions which appeal me most as follows: 1) Proposition 30: a. What is Prop 30? i. Sponsors / Proponents: The prop 30 is sponsored by Gov. Jerry Brown; California Federation of Teachers; and California Teachers Association ii. Effect on taxes: 1. Prop 30 would increase rates on taxable incomes above US$500,000; 2. Prop 30 would increase sales tax rate by a quarter-cent. iii. Impact on state budget and implications for school funding: 1. Raise on taxes would result in gain of revenues. These revenues would be deposited into a newly created Education Protection Account within the State’s General Fund 2. Revenues would also increase funding for K – 12 schools and community colleges b. My stance on this proposition: as a college student, I would be absolutely voting YES because of the following reasons: i. Stop another $6 billion in cuts to our schools this year. ii. Prevent steep tuition hikes for college students and their families. iii. Invest in our schools and colleges so we can prepare the next generation for the jobs of the future. In conclusion, if this prop does not pass, our classes will become enormous, our teachers will be removed and stripped of their livelihoods, and our education will suffer immensely. 2) Proposition 34: a. What is Prop 34? This initiative shall be known and may be cited as “The Savings, Accountability, and Full Enforcement for California...
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...(a) Compute the Entropy for the overall collection of training examples. Answer: Entropy(t)= -∑ p( j | t)log p( j | t) =-[1020log21020+1020log21020] =1 (b) Compute the Entropy for the Movie ID attribute. Answer: The movie id is unique to each movie. The Entropy for each Movie ID value is 0, hence the entropy for the Movie ID attribute is 0. (c) Compute the Entropy for the Format attribute. Answer: It has two types: DVD and Online. Entropy can be calculated in the following manner: Entropy(t)= -∑ p( j | t)log p( j | t) Entropy for DVD= -68log268+28log228=0.811 In similar way, Entropy for Online= 0.915 Weighted average = 820x0.811+1220x0.915=0.8734 (d) Compute the Entropy for the Movie Category attribute using multiway split. Answer: Entropy(t)= -∑ p( j | t)log p( j | t) Entropy for Entertainment= -14log214+34log234=0.8112 Similarly, Entropy for comedy= 0.5435 Entropy for Documentaries= 0.8112 Weighted Average=420x0.8112+820x0.5435+820x0.8112=0.70412 (e) Which of the three attributes has the lowest Entropy? Answer: Movie ID has the lowest Entropy. (f) Which of the three attributes will you use for splitting at the root node? Brief explain your choice. Answer: We will use Movie Category to split the root nodes even though the entropy for Movie ID is lowest it is just an identification attribute and a decision tree using this attribute would not generalize at all. Movie ID value is unique for each record. The number of records for each...
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...DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS Please read and understand before responding Topics: Central Tendency, Variability (Dispersion), Quartiles, normal data and skewed distribution of a single data group. You will want to know what measure to use when data distribution is normal (symmetrical) and when the data distribution is significantly skewed. We will work with six measures, mean, median, mode, standard deviation, interquartile range (IQR), and range. You may use a web search or the textbook. Textbook: McClave Ch. 2 pp. 54-60 (Central Tendency); pp. 64-67 (Variability); pp. 81-83 (Quartiles) Methods for Describing Sets of Data MyStatLab: Week 1 Problems supports this assignment Central Tendency (Data Center) A. Explain the strengths and weaknesses for each measure of central tendency: a) Mean, b) Median, c) Mode Mean Strengths – Shows averages of all number data Weaknesses – Averages can be thrown off with outliers Median Strengths – Shows middle number variable Weaknesses – Isn’t always exact, as there may be outliers < less sensitive to outliers is a strength. Mode Strengths– Shows most achieved results Weakness – Doesn’t paint a good picture. Not all values are used. B. Choose the best measure to use when data is normal? Choose the best measure to use when data is significantly skewed? The mean to me would be the best choice if the data is normal. The mean shows exactly what is going on. However I believe the mode would be best if the data is skewed, as...
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...capital budgeting covered | | |under finance) | | |Standard costing | | |Nonroutine decision making | |International accounting* | 1. Which of the following is NOT an element of manufacturing overhead? a. Factory employee’s salary b. Depreciation on the factory c. Plant manager’s salary d. Factory repairperson’s wages 2. What accounts are NOT classified in the current assets section of the balance sheet? a. Cash b. Accounts payable c. Security deposits d. Inventory 3. The starting point of a master budget is the preparation of the a. cash budget. b. sales budget. c. production budget. d. budgeted balance sheet. 4. What amounts are not included in Gross Margin? a. Operating expenses b. Sales c. Cost of goods sold d. Commissions paid 5. At what rate is the income statement converted for US $ comparison? a. Month end b. First day of the month rate c. Average rate d. It is...
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... | | |Product costing systems | | |Activities-based costing | | |Cost, volume, and profit analysis | | |Budgeting (except capital budgeting covered | | |under finance) | | |Standard costing | | |Non-routine decision-making | |International accounting* | 1. Which of the following is NOT an element of manufacturing overhead? a. Factory employee’s salary b. Depreciation on the factory c. Plant manager’s salary d. Factory repairman’s wages 2. What accounts are NOT classified in the current assets section of the balance sheet? a. Cash b. Accounts payable c. Security deposits d. Inventory 3. The starting point of a master budget is the preparation of the: a. Cash budget b. Sales budget...
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...Rebeka Ramos Panther ID - 1948265 ACG – 6175 Case 3: United Parcel Service’s IPO 1. How is UPS performing? Back up your assessment with your financial analysis. What factors are driving this performance? Since it first opened for business 1907, UPS has proven to be a worthy competitor and more importantly a threat to be taken seriously. By 1999, after almost a century in business, UPS had captured 51% market share of the $43 billion dollar US package delivery industry. That same year they were named “Company of the Year” by Forbes and the “World’s Most Admirable Global Mail, Package, and Freight Delivery Company” by Fortune. They reported over $25 billion in revenue, which they attributed to their loyal employees, extensive geographical reach, and strong customer relations. They had become the largest parcel delivery company in the world, daily having contact with over 1.8 million customers, picking up 13 million packages, and making delivers to over 6 million business and residential addresses worldwide. Several key factors played a considerable role in UPS’ exceptional performance and industry success. For starters, UPS has always been committed to innovation, beginning as early as 1920 with its invention of the first ever-mechanical sorter and conveyor built system. UPS is also been credited with breaking new ground in delivery logistics, after creating the model for and implementing the practice of consolidating deliveries based on neighborhood groupings. However...
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...Notes: Chapter 11 “Congress” I. Introduction 1. The Congress that the U.S. and most Latin American countries has is different from the Parliament that most European nations have because in Europe, a person who wants to run for office must persuade his party to nominate him, while in America, politicians can run for themselves. i. In Europe, people vote for parties; in America, they vote for individuals. ii. In primaries, people vote especially for a “person” (and his qualities, traits, etc…), and in general elections, this is sometimes true also. iii. In parliament, legislators can support their leaders or not, and if they don’t then new leaders (prime minister and various cabinet members) must be elected. a. This ensures that more action can occur, since the parties of the executive and legislative branches are practically always the same. iv. Congress is free from the turmoil of possible collapsing executive branches and is more powerful to make decisions; Congressmen don’t have to worry about easily losing their positions come another election. a. In Congress, there is less cohesion in bill passing, and less stuff can get done. v. Parliaments members usually engage in debate, are poorly paid, have little independent power, and receive little power as well. vi. Meanwhile, Congressmen are much better paid, have more power, do many things...
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