have been many Supreme Court cases that dealed with many concepts of the law‚ like obscenity for example. As a matter of fact‚ obscenity is a concept that Miller v. California deals with. To be more specific‚ this case deals with what is considered obscene‚ and if the specific obscenity mentioned in this case is protected by the first amendment‚ the freedom of speech. I will now explain this case in more depth. What brought this case about? In 1973‚ Marvin Miller‚ operator of one of the West
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“A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino” Nick Joaquin Act I ”Bitoy Camacho‚ an old friend of the Marasigans‚ pays them a visit one afternoon after many years of absence. He is greeted by the two daughters of Lorenzo Marasigan‚ a famous painter‚ who in his declining years has been living in isolation and abject poverty. Recently‚ he finished his latest and perhaps last major work of art‚ a painting he entitled Portrait of the Artist as Filipino. The sisters Paula and Candida welcome Bitoy. They
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Unit 5 Writing Assignment There are many avenues that the fire service can utilize to reduce the injuries‚ deaths‚ cost and risks that fire poses to firefighters and those in the community. Among these numerous avenues that are at the fire service’s disposal‚ in my opinion‚ the most effective is the presence of fire suppression systems in homes. With that being said‚ I’m in support of requiring the installation of fire sprinklers in homes‚ for while there may be an initial financial hit‚ there are
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this unfortunate truth‚ a clause was written into Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 that sets the standard of proof for such cases to be “preponderance of evidence”‚ rather than “beyond a reasonable doubt”. If “preponderance of evidence” is not a high enough standard for our judicial system‚ then it should not be an acceptable standard for cases of criminal nature within our schools; Furthermore‚ it leaves open countless possibilities for defamation of innocent parties and internal system
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improper welds and unstable wedges are clearly linked. If one or the other would have happened‚ the other event would happen next (for example if the wedges would fail‚ the welds would fail next). It is impossible to point out one of the two as the clear case. The faulty design of the posttensioned slabs ultimately played a big role in the collapse‚ but there is not enough evidence pointing this hypothesis towards the trigger of the
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1100 The Working Class In the essay “Blue-Collar Brilliance” written by Mike Rose‚ he begins to talk about how Blue-Collar workers are smarter than what society put them out to be. Rose talks about his mother and how she has to member a lot of martial during the work period. Rose also talks about his uncle that started as a regular worker and worked his way up to supervising the paint-and-body line. This is where Rose came to see that Blue-Collar workers are smart they aren’t just given the credit
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(Consolidate existing product‚ reap without investing) E(X) = 0.6(10‚000) + 0.4(1‚000) = 6‚400 EV B.) The decision alternative that has the most favorable total expected value is to develop new product thoroughly with a total expected value of 210‚200. 1.) The Company has determined that it has two alternatives for improving profits: develop new products either rapidly or thoroughly‚ or consolidate existing products by strengthening products or reaping without investing. On the first branch of the decision
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Group Assignment #1 Group 11 Runcheng Zhang‚ Blair Macaulay October 13th 2014 ACC-1100-D01 Debbie Mortimer *Note: The other two group members did not contribute to this assignment 1a) Predetermined overhead rate. b) Overhead costs per program base on predetermined rate c) Total cost per student of each academic program 2a) First stage allocation of overhead costs b) Activity rates c) Second stage allocation of overhead Professional Arts Technology 3. Total cost
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Case 5.2 Conflict of an Insurance Broker An insurance broker firm‚ Ashton & Ashton secures insurance coverage bids based on their client’s individual needs. The broker gets compensated for their services based on an industry average of 10 to 15 percent. An additional way they get paid is founded on the contingency payment made annually by the insurance provider which is established on the past years volume of business. Ashton & Ashton is presented with a potential conflict of interest situation
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skies and sunshine in summer months‚ mild winter temperatures and hot summers‚ and rain primarily during winter season from the mid-latitude cyclone. Extreme summer aridity is caused by the sinking air of the subtropical highs and may exist for up to 5 months. Locations of Mediterranean climates in North America are from Portland‚ Oregon to all of California (www.eoearth.com). The average temperature of the coldest month is less than 18°C (64°F) but above -3°C (27°F). The wettest winter month has about
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