Rivermore College This is a mean-variance optimization case. Software needs: Spreadsheet optimizer (Excel Solver) or use a commercial package. Concepts: performance evaluation with historical data‚ forecasting asset returns‚ portfolio choice with input uncertainty. Computer skills: development and/or use of a mean-variance optimizer Case Roberta Tyler consultants to several university investment offices around the country. She specializes in asset allocation studies. She has accumulated
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Responsible for the Crimes of their Children How can someone who does not commit a crime get charged for the crime committed. This is starting to happen around the country with parents getting charged for the crimes of their children. Although parents are responsible for raising and teaching their children what is right or wrong‚ parents should not be held responsible for the crimes of their children because they did not commit the crime and if they are not present at the crime scene
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9 Clever Ways to Deal with Negative People The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; but we ask the reason of all evil‚ of pain‚ and hunger‚ and mosquitoes and silly people. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson After years and years of observation and self reflection I came to the realization that the best way to face life’s challenges is to take a good look at yourself‚ assume responsibility for whatever it is that you are thinking‚ feeling and living. If you don’t
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The question to be asked is‚ are the parents really the problem here? Or is it something more severe? Punishing parents by the law is not the way to handle such rise in crime rates. Though I do believe that the parents should be held somewhat responsible for their children’s mistakes‚ I do not believe that they should be punished by the law. Some other things we need to consider are the effect that schools have on children‚ and how it can affect them mentally. “Do not train a child to learn by
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and responsible Honorable Judges‚ Fellow classmates‚ Worthy Opponents. The resolution before us today‚ BIRT the media is sensitive and responsible is absolutely correct. So there is no confusion about the terms‚ I will now define them. · Media: Means of communication‚ such as television‚ music‚ newspapers‚ and the internet‚ which provide the public with news and entertainment · Sensitive: Feeling or responding to the emotions of others · Responsible: One
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Negative Externalities We live and work in a world driven by a fossil fueled economy. Our cars and other dominant forms of transport run primarily on gasoline derived from oil. Our homes and work places stay heated and cooled using electricity generated by utilities heavily dependent on coal. Many air pollution issues such as climate change‚ acid rain and smog are directly related to our energy choices. Solutions to air quality issues range from calls for greater energy efficiency to increased
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INTRODUCTION The aim of this assignment is to provide an introduction to the concept of externalities as used by economists‚ which are more specifically negative externalities. Then presents how externalities cause divergence between marginal social costs (benefits) and marginal private costs (benefits)‚ and draws attention to an article: Sark protest against extension of SEM vineyard project. The residents of Sark assembled to against the Sark Estate Management to plant vines‚ also protesters were
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Reinforcement‚ whether positive or negative‚ is adding something or removing something already present in an effort to inspire or motivate an individual to have a continued or increase in frequency of a specific desired behavior (Prince‚ 2013). Punishment‚ whether positive or negative‚ is implementation of a consequence which follows a particular behavior that will hopefully facilitate a decrease in the frequency of that particular behavior (Prince‚ 2013). Negative and positive punishment can be confusing
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assaulted by three boys‚ who later posted pictures of the attack online- leading to her suicide (Giammona‚ 2013); both of these suicides caused by cyber-bullying‚ which is common among teens. A study in Britain revealed that at least half of suicides among young people are associated with bullying ("Bullying Statistics"‚ 2009). Though social networking has many positive effects in society‚ it has more negative consequences‚ especially upon teenagers‚ such as cyber-bullying‚ negative influences on social
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Second Language Teaching and Learning Negative Transfer of Pronunciation and the Polish Second Language Learner MA Applied Linguistics and TESOL Karolina Ciecwierz Table of Contents Negative Transfer of Pronunciation and the Polish Second Language learner 1. Introduction 3 2. Definition of Terms 3 ❑ Language acquisition ❑ Interlanguage ❑ Interference ❑ Fossilization 3
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