Archive for February, 2010

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Why is it that ghost sightings never seem to be reported by highly educated people in urban areas?

You never see a physics professor from Berkeley or a successful lawyer from Manhattan on TV telling people about seeing a ghost. It always seems to be common folk living in the sticks. Why is that? Do small towns in Indiana and Alabama have more ghosts than NYC?
OR less educated people [...]

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

What is the role of the state department in the executive branch and what are there responsibilities?

Anything will help but I need at least 15 things that the state department does as its role in the executive branch and more on what there responsibility is. I can not find any of this on the web. Thanks for any help.
Did you look at http://www.state.gov/ , the website for the US Dept of [...]

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

What does my prof mean by the two following financial math definitions?

This is a course on options
Long position - a positive amount of a quantity, or a positive exposure to a quantity
Short Position - a negative amount of a quantity, or a negative exposure to a quantity
I thought I knew what these meant… but these definitions are confusing me.
Hello every body ! there is no arms [...]

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

What is the best department store foundation?

I would just like to know what the best department store (like anything you can get at Macy’s) foundation is. Also, I would like feedback about other brands you have used. If you know any good drugstore foundation brands, that would be really helpful too. Thanks in advance!
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You can buy great products at Macy’s [...]

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

What is the difference between a degree in Political Science and a degree in Government?

Can somebody please tell me what is the difference between a degree in Political Science and a degree in Government? Is there any difference?
The former focuses more on public policy and the latter on process.

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Statistics Problem confused about. How to solve it.?

There are a set of twins, Peter and Mary. They are both very competitive. They are both taking statistics and have to take a test. The professor has 2 different types of test formats, A and B. Mary took type A and Peter took type B. Format A exam value was from 0-100. The [...]

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

How fire department responds to call from ADT or other security monitoring system?

Lets say triggered smoke detector leads to call to fire department from monitoring company. How fire department respond to it, dispatches team to investigate? If there is no visible signs of fire from outside house, will they brake down door to make sure all clear and that’s its false alarm.
you will get [...]

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

What is the difference between home economics and economics?

What is the difference between home economics and economics?
Home ecoomics is considered to be a soft option for an As level subject. So is economics the same. And also is economics a soft or good As level choice?
Home economics is related to Life Skills–cooking, balancing your checkbook, sewing, etc.
Economics is the study of markets and [...]

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Why do so many 9/11 victims families, Ph.D’s and gov’t officials insist that 9/11 was an inside job?

Virginia Deane Abernethy, Ph.D., anthropologist, author, Population Politics
Ed Asner, actor, activist
Marshall Auerback, international portfolio strategist for David W. Tice & Associates, Inc.
Catherine Austin Fitts, Asst. Secretary of Housing in the first Bush administration
Keidi Obi Awadu, aka The Conscious Rasta, talk show host, LIBRadio
Michael Badnarik, Libertarian candidate for President
Byron Belitsos, publisher, Origin Press, author Planetary Democracy
Philip [...]

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

What is working in the education department in a zoo like?

I’ve recently been accepted for a job in the educational department in a safari park. I’ve had experienced working in zoos before, but more on the hands on research type, and now they want me to be in an educational department, except I have very little idea on what I’ll do there. Can someone [...]