University of Leicester MSc. in Risk‚ Crisis & Disaster Management Module 4 - Case Studies Essay "Given that disasters create opportunities for active learning - why do they repeat? Michael Lübke Student No.: 109023384 Intake: September 2010 MODULE 4 - CASE STUDIES !1 MICHAEL LÜBKE Institute of Lifelong Learning University of Leicester Plagiarism Declaration This form must be completed‚ signed and submitted with each assessment
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Equal Protection for Gay Marriage Danny K. Fattori POL 303 Mark Miller March 10‚ 2014 Gay Marriage In a country were countless soldiers fight on a daily basis for freedom and countless have lost their lives in this pursuit‚ why are we all not free? Are we not all provided equal protection under the law? But what if that law is by its very nature‚ unfair and biased? In a country where we are now all supposed to be created equal‚ why are we all not looked at in the eyes of the law as equals?
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Should online learning be encouraged? Online learning imputes technology and multimedia in education which has been well developed in established universities and community schools which are well equipped with ICT. Online learning has been a popular form of education imminently among those who requires a flexible study schedule to suit their job hours while in the mean time striving to earn a scroll of qualification which is supported by a research with more than 50% of students voted that it lessen
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UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Joseph L. Rotman School of Management RSM332 PROBLEM SET #2 SOLUTIONS 1. (a) Expected returns are: E[RA ] = 0.3 × 0.07 + 0.4 × 0.06 + 0.3 × (−0.08) = 0.021 = 2.1%‚ E[RB ] = 0.3 × 0.14 + 0.4 × (−0.04) + 0.3 × 0.08 = 0.05 = 5%. Variances are: 2 σA = 0.3 × (0.07)2 + 0.4 × (0.06)2 + 0.3 × (0.08)2 − (0.021)2 = 0.004389‚ 2 σB = 0.3 × (0.14)2 + 0.4 × (0.04)2 + 0.3 × (0.08)2 − (0.05)2 = 0.00594. Standard deviations are: √ 0.004389 = 6.625%‚ σA = √ 0.00594 = 7
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Unit 004 – Child Development. Section 1. A good introduction should introduce child development with particular attention to ‘holistic’ development and describe expected patterns of development and what this means. Child development is a stage that every child goes through. This process involves learning and mastering skills like sitting‚ walking‚ talking‚ skipping‚ eating and tying shoes. Children learn these skills called developmental milestones during predictable time periods. Children develop
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Human Failure "4 1/2 minutes" is a story full of the darkest human emotions and human interaction at its worst. The main character‚ Miles‚ will take the reader through a journey and one will wonder why it ends so abruptly. Miles has already begun his torrential downfall eventually leading to his absence of mind and life. Kate Sheofsky wrote this story to show the realness of humans and not to put a sugar coating on it. The author told a weaving‚ intricate‚ and beguiling story of human failure in
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Amy Hemphill Ch 3 & 4‚ week 2 Acct 403 3-25 (a-c) The following questions concern audit reports other than unqualified audit reports with standard wording. Chose the best reponse. A) The annual audit of Midwestern Manufacturing revealed that sales were accidentally being recorded as revenue when the goods were ordered‚ instead of when they were shipped. Assuming the amount in question is material and the client is unwilling to correct the error‚ the CPA should issue: 1. An unqualified opinion or
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users of financial statements. 2.A pragmatic theory of accounting involves observing the practices and techniques of working accountants and teaching these to successive accountants. (a)Argue the advantages and disadvantages of such an approach. (b)Do you believe this method of teaching accounting is ‘correct’? (a)A pragmatic theory is where we observe the behaviour of practising accountants and thencopy their accounting procedures and principles.Advantages: • the solutions of practising accountants are
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Should social media‚ including Facebook‚ assist in law enforcement? We all know what happened to Jill Meagher. What some of you may not know is that social media played an integral role in solving her murder. Without the use of social media‚ Jill Meagher’s case may have remained unsolved. Unfortunately‚ we usually associate social media with negative connotations; however what we haven’t thought of is the positive contributions it could make to our society. One change that we should make that would
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When I was in my psychology class‚ my professor told all of the students that we had to take a bubble bath with a rubber duck. The experiment was for us to relax since we are so busy with our everyday lives and never have time to sit down and just relax. She made us (for a grade) take the bath and then write about our experiences. We were to have absolutely no distractions- meaning no cellphone‚ no laptop‚ no iPad‚ no music‚ and no children. We were to sit there with the rubber duck for an hour and
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