The 13th Warrior In 922 AD‚ an Arab poet named Ahmed is exiled and sent to the north as an emissary as punishment for his interest in another man’s woman. During the journey‚ they encounter another group of people quite different from themselves—the Vikings. Shortly after‚ the Vikings embark on a journey to defeat a group known as the Eaters of the Dead and‚ according to the Viking oracle‚ the 13th warrior needed for the journey must not be a Northman. As a result‚ Ahmed ends up going on the
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Howard Zinn A People’s History of the United States Chapter Four Summary Chapter four of A People’s History of the United States‚ by Howard Zinn is about how Britain’s aggressiveness in government allows their tightening on the colonies. Because of their need for raw materials to balance their economy‚ their control over the colonies becomes stronger in order to obtain these raw materials. The colonists perform a series of rebellions in order to overthrow this British rule. To lead these
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14. If x has the probability distribution f(x) = 12x for x = 1‚2‚3‚…‚ show that E(2X) does not exist. This is famous Petersburg paradox‚ according to which a player’s expectation is infinite (does not exist) if he is to receive 2x dollars when‚ in a series of flips of a balanced coin‚ the first head appears on the xth flip. 17. The manager of a bakery knows that the number of chocolate cakes he can sell on any given day is a random variable having the probability distribution f(x) = 16 for x =
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possible size of our error if we estimate the mean height of all college students to be 174.5? 3. How large a sample is needed in #1 above is we wish to be 95% confident that our sample mean will be within 0.3 dl of the true mean? 4. A random sample of 1000 recorded deaths in the United States during the past year showed an average life span of 71.8 years. Assume a standard deviation of 8.9 years. Find a 95% confidence interval for the actual average life span.
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control and by penalizing wrongdoers. 3. Integrity-Based Ethics Codes: Ethical standards that define the organization’s guiding values‚ create an environment that supports ethically sound behavior‚ and stress a shared accountability among employees. 4. Whistleblowers: Insiders who report illegal or unethical behavior. 5. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): A business’s concern for the welfare of society. 6. Corporate Philanthropy: The dimension of social responsibility that includes charitable
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Chapter Four Summary This chapter takes place the next night‚ while all of the men are off at the whorehouse spending their weeks’ pay except for the feeble threesome of Crooks‚ Candy and Lennie. The setting is the "little shed that leaned off the wall of the barn" that makes up Crooks’ quarters. Steinbeck gives us a glimpse at the quiet‚ neat‚ lonesome life of the black stable buck. While Crooks is belittled and ordered around in the ranch at large‚ in his bunk he is sovereign; none of the other
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Society‚ Culture and Context UK: Identity Chapter 4 Identity: the characteristics‚ feelings of beliefs that distinguish people from others (Oxford) Ethnic identity: the four nations National (ethnic) identity can be strong among the people in Britain whose ancestors were not English. For Scottish‚ Welsh or Irish people‚ this loyalty is a matter of emotional attachment. Scotland For the Scottish there are three constant reminders of their distinctiveness: * Aspects
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center. 2. Susan has been asked to prepare a system requirements document and deliver a presentation to the management team. What should be the main elements of the system requirements document? Susan needs to create a document that includes an introduction‚ summary‚ findings‚ recommendations‚ time and cost estimates‚ expected benefits and an appendix‚ and maybe to also include charts‚ graphs‚ and/or other helpful visuals in the document to support her presentation. 3. Based on the suggestions in
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companies. The file ex01 57.txt contains the real (that is‚ adjusted for the changing buying power of the dollar) returns on the S&P 500 for the years from 1971 to 2003. (a) Make a histogram of the real returns. Describe the shape of the distribution. Answer) The Histogram for the real Returns‚ of Standard and Poor’s stock Index can be plotted using the following “R” commands: >table table Please refer to the following screenshot: Once the above command is executed‚ we can attach the table “table”
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ANSWERS TO END-OF-CHAPTER 16 QUESTIONS 16-1 The U.S. dollar. The primary reason for using the dollar was that it provided a relatively stable benchmark‚ and it was accepted universally for transactions. 16-2 Under the fixed exchange rate system‚ the fluctuations were limited to +1 percent and -1 percent. Under the floating exchange rate system‚ there are no agreed-upon limits. Currently‚ the 12 countries making up the EMU have their national currencies fixed to the euro; however‚ the
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