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  • Corporal Punishment: Helping or Hurting Your Child?

    Corporal Punishment: Helping or Hurting Your Child?

    Corporal Punishment: Helping or Hurting Your Child? Child abuse! Spankings! Discipline! Beating! People have different thoughts when they hear the words corporal punishment. There is a fine line between corporal punishment, disciplining your child out of love, and child abuse, beating your child out of anger. I believe that physical discipline is needed when children continuously misbehave, as long as parents and authorities don’t cross the line. Three reasons I believe corporal punishment is an

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    Essay Length: 580 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Social Capital: Its Conceptual and Methodological Aspects, and Its Connection to Local Development

    Social Capital: Its Conceptual and Methodological Aspects, and Its Connection to Local Development

    Abstract Social capital is one of the concepts which have attracted the attention of scholars all over the globe. This paper dealt with the theoretical understandings that could assist in the identification of the various forms of social capital and how it is linked to local development in this era. Three different features of social capital are crucial in so far as the linkage to local development is concern. Social capital has been considered in

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    Essay Length: 3,834 Words / 16 Pages
    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • The Realtionship Between Death and Freedom in Sorrows of a Young Werther and Crime and Punishment

    The Realtionship Between Death and Freedom in Sorrows of a Young Werther and Crime and Punishment

    The relationship between death and freedom is a common thread throughout Sorrows of a Young Werther by Goethe and Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky. The relationship illustrated in both works is that one cannot achieve true freedom until they are dead. Until death, Werther and Raskolnikov will always feel the restrictions that society places upon them. Werther feels restricted due to the unrequited love of Lotte and Raskolnikov feels restricted by the moral code that

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    Essay Length: 871 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Anna
  • Elizabethan Torture and Punishment

    Elizabethan Torture and Punishment

    There are many characters in the book The Outsiders, most of them fall into two categories. They are either greasers, who are generally poor and live unkempt lifestyles, or socs, who live more opulent lifestyles. Of all the characters in the book a few really stood out. The first character, Ponyboy, is a greaser. Ponyboy was bereft of his parents at a young age. Ponyboy is pliable to what his friends have to say because

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    Essay Length: 438 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 22, 2009 By: Victor
  • Corporal Punishment

    Corporal Punishment

    "The fundamental need of American education is to find ways of engaging today's children in the thrill of learning. Fear of pain has no place in that process." - The Christian Science Monitor. Because Ms. Peсa and I are in compliance with this statement, we have decided to bring to the attention of the community, the corporal punishment of Sinton High School. There are many effective ways of properly punishing a disobedient student, but

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    Essay Length: 814 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 22, 2009 By: Mike
  • Capital Asset Pricing Model

    Capital Asset Pricing Model

    Capital Asset Pricing Model The Capital Asset Pricing Model otherwise know as CAPM defines the relationship between risk and return for individual securities. William Sharpe published the capital asset pricing model in 1964. CAPM extended Harry Markowitz's portfolio theory to introduce the notions of systematic and specific risk. For his work on CAPM, Sharpe shared the 1990 Nobel Prize in Economics with Harry Markowitz and Merton Miller CAPM assumes the concept of a logical

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    Essay Length: 1,211 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Andrew
  • An Analysis of Walt Disney's Acquisition of Capital Cities/abc

    An Analysis of Walt Disney's Acquisition of Capital Cities/abc

    Disney’s announcement of its acquisition of Capital Cities/ABC in August 1995 for a consideration of $19.6 billion; was then the 2nd largest acquisition in history and created the world’s largest media conglomerate with assets of $30 billion and market capitalisation of $50 billion. The Walt Disney Company, the creator of Mickey Mouse and other related characters was started in 1923 by Walter Elias Disney and his brother Roy. The company released the first ever

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    Essay Length: 1,024 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Human Capital Concepts Worksheet Concept - Application of Concept in the Scenario - Reference to Concept in Reading

    Human Capital Concepts Worksheet Concept - Application of Concept in the Scenario - Reference to Concept in Reading

    Human Capital Concepts Worksheet Concept Application of Concept in the Scenario Reference to Concept in Reading Staff education and training to develop new strategy Solution-based selling will require InterClean’s sales force to be more knowledgeable about emerging issues in sanitation, environmental regulation of cleaning and cleaning systems and OSHA standards. They will need to understand the legal, environmental, safety, ethical and regulatory issues that affect sanitation and cleaning in varied industries and settings. They have

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    Essay Length: 504 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: David
  • Capital Projects

    Capital Projects

    Capital Projects 2 Abstract Governmental accounting standards and the city Charter require that operating revenues and expenses be clearly distinguished from revenues and expenses associated with capital projects, the design, development, construction and extraordinary repair and rehabilitation of physical plant and facilities Capital Projects 3 City of Baltimore Capital Projects The Baltimore City Charter specifies that the Planning commission shall submit a recommended Capital Budget and a Capital Improvement Program to the Board of Estimates.

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    Essay Length: 821 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Max
  • Embeddedness in the Making of Financial Capital: How Social Relations and Networks Benefit Firms Seeking Financing

    Embeddedness in the Making of Financial Capital: How Social Relations and Networks Benefit Firms Seeking Financing

    Embeddedness in the making of financial capital: how social relations and networks benefit firms seeking financing. In deze paper onderzocht Brian Uzzi het verband tussen economische activiteiten en de belangrijkheid van relatienetwerken bij de uitvoering van deze activiteiten. Hij richt zich in deze studie vooral op de voordelen en nadelen voor bedrijven die netwerken met zich meebrengen in het zoeken naar financieel kapitaal. Hij steunt zijn bevindingen op onderzoek naar prijszetting van de interest bij

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    Essay Length: 4,425 Words / 18 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Top
  • The Importance of Risk Analysis in Capital Budgeting

    The Importance of Risk Analysis in Capital Budgeting

    The Importance of Risk Analysis in Capital Budgeting In today's business environment, company executives are often required to participate in a company's capital budgeting process as the sponsor, reviewer or approving authority of investment decisions. In any of these capacities, it is imperative that the executive understands many of the key aspects of capital budgeting such as analyzing income statements, balance sheets, cash flows, appropriately discounting cash flows and, most importantly, identifying risk. Capital budgeting

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    Essay Length: 685 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Mike
  • Summary of Max Weber’s the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

    Summary of Max Weber’s the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

    Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is a study of the relationship between the ethics of ascetic Protestantism and the emergence of the spirit of modern capitalism. Weber argues that the religious ideas of groups such as the Calvinists played a role in creating the capitalistic spirit. Weber first observes a correlation between being Protestant and being involved in business, and declares his intent to explore religion as a potential cause

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    Essay Length: 437 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Bred
  • Should Corporal Punishment Be Illegal?

    Should Corporal Punishment Be Illegal?

    Should Corporal Punishment be illegal? In order to answer this question we need to some definitions. What does the word ‘corporal’ mean? For the purpose of this essay we define corporal relating to the body. The word ‘illegal’ means prohibited by the law. And by the phrase ‘corporal punishment’ we mean pain inflicted on the body, like canning. How else are we supposed to teach a child the difference between right and wrong? How can

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    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Monika
  • Capitol Punishment

    Capitol Punishment

    Capital PunishmentThe use of capital punishment has been a permanent fixture in society since the earliest civilizations and continues to be used as a form of punishment in countries today. It has been used for various crimes ranging from the desertion of soldiers during wartime to the more heinous crimes of serial killers. However, the mere fact that this brutal form of punishment and revenge has been the policy of many nations in the past

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    Essay Length: 2,264 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Communism Vs Capitalism

    Communism Vs Capitalism

    Communism vs. Capitalism In the political tract the Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx describes communism as the party that “fights for the interests of the working class” while capitalists are considered “dependent and have no individuality -- only capital is dependent and has individuality". Both of Marx’s statements are true in nature but when the two economic systems are put in practice, they quickly disintegrate into the same end result today, that is to say that

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    Essay Length: 927 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: Mike
  • Capitalism in Economics

    Capitalism in Economics

    Today’s system of capitalism came out of many parts of economic systems over the past few centuries. In the Middle Ages, manorialism was a system where nobles who owned land granted to peasants the chance to work their lands in return for a fixed payment. Improvements in technology and agriculture were very important developments. These led to population growth and eventually to increased trading as well. People started to put money into new businesses

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    Essay Length: 301 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Prison: Punishment or Vacation

    Prison: Punishment or Vacation

    Prison: Punishment or Vacation. Three hot meals a day, free education, and shelter from the elements, does this sound good to any one? I bet it does, especially to the 737,304 homeless people who according to the human rights record of the United States in 2005, have none of these thing that are given daily to murderers, rapists, and drug dealers. I think it is great that people who kill other people get sent to

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    Essay Length: 1,087 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: regina
  • Crime and Punishment - Rasklonikov Vs. Svidriaylov

    Crime and Punishment - Rasklonikov Vs. Svidriaylov

    Raskolnikov vs. Svidrigailov In his book Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky explores the paths of two men, Raskolnikov and Svidrigailov. These two men encompass many similar problems and obstacles throughout their lives. Both commit murders and are faced with the long and mentally excruciating journey of seeking redemption. They also share many characteristics of their personalities. The reason that the outcomes of their lives are so drastically different is due to the fact that they have

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    Essay Length: 600 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Venture Capital

    Venture Capital

    Venture capital Venture capital is capital provided by outside investors for financing of new, growing or struggling businesses. Venture capital investments generally are high risk investments but offer the potential for above average returns. A venture capitalist (VC) is a person who makes such investments. A venture capital fund is a pooled investment vehicle (often a partnership) that primarily invests the financial capital of third-party investors in enterprises that are too risky for the standard

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    Essay Length: 1,268 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Artur
  • History and Trends of Free Market Capitalism

    History and Trends of Free Market Capitalism

    Free Market Capitalism History of Capitalism Free Market Capitalism emerged in the mid to late 1700's and grew in popularity and strength as individuals realized the benefits specialization and trade and antiquated infrastructures began to grow increasingly more capable and efficient. Improvements in travel and transportation, the monetization of individuals and the softening of attitudes towards the promise of a market based system were important obstacles that needed to be overcome before a region could

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    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Jon
  • Risk and Capital

    Risk and Capital

    When I first looked at the assignment I asked myself first, what is institutional investing? It is money that you invest to achieve your investment goals and having it managed by a professional. The companies that provide this service can sell and trade large quantities of shares which can be managed better and easier. This also aids in their investment activities having fewer restrictions than an individual investor. Because of this they have better knowledge

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    Essay Length: 357 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Human Capital Concepts

    Human Capital Concepts

    Human Capital Concepts Worksheet Concept Application of Concept in the Scenario Reference to Concept in Reading Performance-Contingent Pay “Currently, the sales force excels at demonstrating and selling product, but under the newly proposed solutions/service model, reps will be grouped into multi-functional teams prepared to support InterClean’s high-quality products with high-quality service” (University of Phoenix, 2007, p. 1). This is also the perfect time to launch a new pay structure based on performance. Base pay should

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    Essay Length: 839 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Yan
  • Crime and Punishment: Foils

    Crime and Punishment: Foils

    A foil is a person that by contrast underscores or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another. In Crime and Punishment, the main character Raskolnikov has many foils. Some accent his characteristic and some are the same as him, but all have thier own quirks like him. Razumihin is an old friend from Raskolnikov's college days. Razumihin is good natured, and he is very self-motivated. At school he was extremely intelligent, respected by most others, and

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    Essay Length: 772 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Mike
  • Punishment a Personal View

    Punishment a Personal View

    Table of Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………4 The concept of Punishment………………………………………………………………………………………5 The definition of Punishment…………………………………………………………………………5-6 The Utilitarianism concept of Punishment………………………………………………6 The Liberal Justification of Punishment……………………………………………7-8 My personal opinion of Punishment…………………………………………………………9-10 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………11 References……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………12 Introduction In my opinion punishment is a term that is well known best by children and criminals. As a child you learn what you can and cannot do in life by pushing the limits, seeing just how far you can go before being punished. You

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Victor
  • In Favor of Corporate Punishment

    In Favor of Corporate Punishment

    The death penalty is a deterrent to someone who may consider committing a capital crime. Victims of capital crimes are entitled to retribution. Criminals committing capital crimes deserve severe punishment. If the crime was heinous, deliberate and multiple then capital punishment is the answer. The subject should be approached rationally and without emotion. It is not unfair and inhumane to execute another human being. For those who would unfairly, inhumanely and premeditate the demise of

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    Essay Length: 309 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Anna

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