An Analysis on Stephan Jay Gould Buck versus Bell 274 U.S. 2000 (1927) was the United States Supreme Court ruling that upheld a statue instituting compulsory sterilization of the unfit‚ including the mentally retarded “for the protection and health of the state.” (Holmes) It was largely seen as an endorsement of negative eugenics which is the attempt of science to improve the human race by eliminating “defectives” from the gene pool. (Elof) Paul Lombardo argues (in N.Y.U. Law Review‚ April
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Vivian Lau Critique of “Redesigning Cost Systems: Is Standard Costing Obsolete?” by Carole and Leo The study presented four analyzes to discuss the criticisms of Standard Costing System and suggested redesigns for traditional SCSs. Authors mentioned the advantages and disadvantages of SCS‚ and then separately illustrated updates for variances from the aspects of raw materials‚ inventories‚ production levels and quality‚ and sales analysis. After that‚ this article illustrated several updates
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------------------------------------------------- Tzu Han Hung (Vivian) CASE 2 1. Estimated profit by random selection Expected spending per catalog mailed = 0.053 * $103 = $5.46 Expected Gross Profit by random select= (5.46-2)*180‚000 = $622‚800 2. a) We applied partition to “All_data” sheet‚ and partition output is shown in “Data_Partition1” b) Logistic regression output can be seen in “LR_Output1”. Target variable is “purchase”. We select every variable except sequence_number(meaningless
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Tough Break: Response “Tough Break” is written by Tim Rogers (Motives for Writing‚ Pg148). The essay discusses the differences between the men and women participating in the sport of professional billiards and one woman’s quest for a championship title. Rogers touches on gender issues and stereotypes related to gender in the essay. He makes that clear by discussing the differences in behavior exhibited by male and female participants in the sport. He points out how the two genders are perceived
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Crowdsourcing A popular way to outsource tasks which are originally been achieved by internal worker to unknown‚ large and external crowds. Jeff Howe‚ who first creates the word‚ states that “Ceowdsourcing is an open call to an undefined group of people‚ it gathers those who are most fit to perform tasks‚ complex problems and contribute with the most relevant and fresh ideas to benefits from their inputs.” (Wikipedia) It is a new labor relationship which becomes popular in business by the spreading
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leaving a positive or a negative impact towards children. Supporting participation trophies‚ Lisa Heffernan states that it does teach children good values with her argument titled “In Defense of Participation Trophies”. Opposing participation trophies‚ Vivian Diller states that it does not prepare children for the real world with her argument titled “Do We All Deserve Gold? Setting Kids up to Fail”. Heffernan’s argument supports participation trophies by focusing on her own personal experiences with the
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A Lesson Before Dying As human‚ there are a lot that happens around us which distract our innermost being causing us to lose control of ourselves. Everybody changes for one reason or another‚ but the lessons of life is a main reason for change. The novel “A Lesson Before Dying” by Ernest J. Gaines is an outstanding book that portrays great acts of kindness and shows how one can overcome everybody else while confined and put in the worst of conditions. It shows how friendships go hand in hand and
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GKE Task 2: Institutions as Mechanisms of Social/Governmental Change Vivian White Western Governors University GKE Task 2: Institutions as Mechanisms of Social/Governmental Change A. Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela became the first president of South Africa in an election that allowed all South African citizens to vote. Shortly after his inauguration‚ Mandela appointed a cabinet that would represent his county’s diverse political and ethnic groups. He chose members from the African National Congress
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example‚ Kelly Jarvis remembers being bucked tooth as a kid and getting bullied‚ her parents got her teeth fixed and she still continued to get teased and bullied (P1). This is just one instance that shows that corrective procedures want stop bullying. Vivian Diller‚ a clinical psychologist in New York‚ said‚ “Bullying isn’t that rational‚ There are smart boys who get bullied‚ or popular girls‚ or rich girls who are targets‚ so the notion that you can change someone’s appearance to avoid bullying is something
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To what extent was the Gulf of Tonkin the main reason why the US became involved in the Vietnam War between 1954 and 1964? Between 1954 and 1964 US involvement in Vietnam increased significantly about the time that the Gulf of Tonkin occurred and to an extent it can be seen that the Gulf of Tonkin was the main reason that the US got involved in Vietnam because shortly after the event happened‚ it lead to various battles between North and South Vietnam in which two élite battalions of South Vietnam
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