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    Constitutional Principles on the Rights of the Child • Article 38B of the Constitution provides for a very important principle regarding children - the best interest of the child is to be the primary consideration in relation to all matters involving children. So your best interests are what is to be the guide for your upbringing and development. • Article 38C of the Constitution also provides that where a child is to be adopted‚ the best interest of the child must be taken into

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    Compoundable and Non Compoundable Offences - Some offences largely affect only the victim and no considerable harm is considered to be done to the society. In such offences‚ if the offender and victim compromise‚ there is no need to waste court’s time in conducting a trial. The process of reaching a compromise is called Compounding. Conceptually‚ such offences‚ in which a compromise can be done and a trial can be avoided‚ are called Compoundable offence. Rest of the offences are non-compoundable

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    [pic] BUQU 1230 Assignment #1 Solve the following 3 problems: 1- Consider the data set for the sample of 10 minisystems that is posted on the course web site. Open the Excel “Minisystems” file and answer the following questions: a. What are the elements in this study? How many elements are in the data set? Brand & Model b. How many variables are in the data set? 5 Variables (Price‚ Sound Quality‚ CD Capacity‚ FM Tuning‚ and Tape Decks) c. Which of

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    Exercise 1 (10 points) Twenty-five randomly selected students were asked the number of movies they watched the previous week. The results are as follows: # of movies  Frequency Relative Frequency Cumulative Relative Frequency 0 5  0.2 0.2=0.2  1 9  0.36 0.2+0.36=0.56  2 6  0.24 0.56+0.24=0.8  3 4 0.16  0.8+0.16=0.96  4 1 0.04  0.96+0.04=1  Table 1.1 (Hint: This is a frequency table. Read the section in the textbook!) a. Find the sample mean x ANSWER = 1.48 b. Find the

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    Show how the opening scene introduced ideas that were concluded in final scene. The movie Gattaca directed by Andrew Niccole‚ it a dystopian film a bout a man Called Vincent Freeman who is known to be a “God child” which in certain cases you would think to be a good thing but in this movie natural born children are considered the bottom of the heap. In this film discrimination exists not based on skin color‚ socio-economic class‚ culture or religion‚ but on whether or not you were genetically

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    Gattaca: A Society Where the Open Future Does Not Exist The open future concept is a notion that has been argued by many ethical philosophers‚ ethicist and professors throughout the last thirty years. There have been endless research and works written and produced reflecting the different arguments for or against the complex topic. A child’s right to an open future was first presented in the 1980’s by legal and political philosopher Joel Feinberg‚ which later allowed Dena Davis‚ a well-recognized

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    English 1102 26 July 2010 Gattaca The movie Gattaca displays a world that is focused on perfection. Vincent lives in a world where being perfect means everything. He is discriminated against because he was born the natural way and not the “valid” way. The “valid” way is being created in a biotechnology lab. The genetic code of a person is altered‚ and they are created to be perfect specimens of society. Vincent’s parents trusted in God with his birth‚ an act that was considered abnormal in

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    1. What is the significance of the word "GATTACA" (hint: think about why the letters A‚T‚C‚ and G were highlighted in all the names during the opening credits) They are the bases in the human genome. The movie is trying to emphasize the significance these four letters‚ each representing a base pair in the human genome‚ will have in the theme throughout the movie. Gattaca is the name of the space agency in the film. The name is based on the initial letters of the four DNA nitrogenous bases: guanine

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    Gattaca presents a world destroyed by the pursuit of perfection.’ Do you agree? * What is the pursuit of perfection? * How is the world destroyed? * What is gattaca? 1) Everyone is the same there are no individuals – the people are sexless‚ no personality 2) The pursuit of perfection leaves people believing that their genetic make up is what lets them achieve their ambitions‚ they have low self esteem. People who fail to achieve perfectionism can suffer from a lot of mental pressure;

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    survive we need a wide spectrum of genetic differences. People with diversity can sometimes over come there diversity and use their differences as motivation. Many people where gifted with unique traits and use them as self motivation. In the movie “Gattaca” Vincent used his imperfections to drive his sprit and become an astronaut. When Hitler was attempting to create to create the “master race” anyone who did not fit his ideal race was exterminated. It’s

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