Twenty years ago‚ super-maximum-security prisons were rare in America. As of 1996‚ over two-thirds of states had "supermax" facilities that collectively housed more than 20‚000 inmates. Based on the present study‚ however‚ as of 2004‚ 44 states had supermax prisons. Designed to hold the most violent and disruptive inmates in single-cell confinement for 23 hours per day‚ often for an indefinite period of time‚ these facilities have been lightning rods for controversy. Economic
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JMJ Thomas Murphy – 10/27/12 English 7/8 Mr. Hoey What’s Waiting for me at Chaminade? As I arrive at Chaminade High School every morning‚ I know that there is a wide variety of exciting activities‚ fantastic people including teachers and my classmates‚ and a great education waiting for me. Every day I go to Chaminade there are wonderful‚ intriguing activities that are waiting for me. For example‚ every Tuesday there are freshman intramurals‚ in which freshman homerooms compete
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Waiting for “Superman” does not tell of any downfalls to charter schools and test scores of charter schools as compared to public schools. The film initially starts with the repercussions of the NCLB (No Child Left Behind) act and goes in depth with the percentage of children proficient in reading and mathematics in each state‚ and how those test scores consequently take a toll on how children progress through the years once the test is done. The film continues to push on with the idea of standardized
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of Engineering‚ Architecture‚ Fine Arts and Computing Sciences Gov. Pablo Borbon Campus II‚ Alangilan‚ Batangas City‚ Philippines 4200 In partial fulfillment of requirements in Software Engineering Software Requirements Specification NUMBER SYSTEMS CALCULATOR AND CONVERTER Presented by: Colico‚ Janine Erika R. Atendido‚ Mylene B. Atienza‚ Marianne C. BSIT-3201 To: Mr. Melvin Asa February‚ 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Mara Kaouzova Professor Anthamatten Philosophical Ethics April 3 2013 Utilitarianism: ------------------------------------------------- The Greatest Happiness for the Greatest Number In the ethical debate‚ a divide has long existed between two models. One school of thought‚ notably Immanuel Kant’s Deontology‚ emphasizes the importance moral motivation‚ the other‚ represented by Consequentialism‚ emphasizes the importance of the outcome. Consequentialism is distinguished from the deontological
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to represent calculations. The Chinese system is also a base-10 system‚ but it has important differences in the way that the numbers are represented. The rod numbers were developed from counting boards‚ which came into use in the fourth century BC. A counting board had squares with rows and columns. Numbers were represented by little rods made from bamboo or ivory. A number was formed in a row with the units in the right-hand column‚ the tens in the next column‚ the hundreds in the next‚ and so on
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CUSTOMERS’ RESPONSE TO MOBILE NUMBER PORTABILITY -A STUDY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO VODAFONE SUBSCRIBERS IN POOKOTTUMPADAM Comment [a1]: The title should be clear and specific in term of topic and area of study. Under the supervision of Mr. ABBAS VATTOLI Assistant Professor DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AMAL COLLEGE OF ADVANCED STUDIES NILAMBUR Introduction Mobile number portability (MNP) enables mobile telephone users to retain their mobile telephone numbers when changing from one mobile network
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I chose to analyze Beethoven’s Piano Sonata number 15. Sonata number 15 is opus/work number 28. There are 4 movements in the work‚ but I chose to analyze the first movement. Beethoven was born on December 16‚ 1770 into a family of musicians ("Classical Net - Basic Repertoire List - Beethoven" pars. 1-2). Beethoven began writing music at a young age ("Classical Net - Basic Repertoire List - Beethoven" par. 4). He composed his first original Sonata in 1797 ("Classical Net - Basic Repertoire List -
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short‚ the focused mode is used to “concentrate on something that’s already tightly connected in [one’s] mind‚ often because [they] are familiar and comfortable with the underlying concepts‚” whereas the diffuse-mode tries to connect new concepts to what has already been established in one’s brain (11-14). Essentially‚ when you are trying to “understand or figure out something new‚ your best bet is to turn off your precision-focused thinking and turn on your ‘big picture’ diffuse mode” (19). In addition
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themselves in the world of math. The Professor’s favorite concept‚ prime numbers‚ seems to impact the Housekeeper the most. She takes her “cue from the Professor” (113) and makes a habit of carrying a pencil and notebook around so that she can quickly do calculations to figure out if any number she sees is prime. While cleaning at another family’s home‚ she can’t help but to explore the numbers in every place‚ including the serial number engraved on a refrigerator. Much like the way the Professor pulled
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