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  • California Foreclosures Vs. Housing Costs

    California Foreclosures Vs. Housing Costs

    California Foreclosures vs. Housing Costs Regression Analysis is defined as another technique for measuring the linear association between x (independent variable) and y (dependent variable) and shown as (Y= a +b1X1 +b2X2+b3X3...+bnXn) which is used extensively in forecasting. For Team B’s research, we are going to run a regression analysis on foreclosures versus housing costs in the state of California. In regression, the independent variables are hypothesized to affect the dependent variable in an additive

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: July
  • Is Capital Punishment Right?

    Is Capital Punishment Right?

    Is Capital Punishment Right? Capital punishment has been in effect since the 1600's. However, in 1972 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty was cruel and unusual punishment, which was unconstitutional according to the Eighth amendment. Since capital punishment has been reinstituted many people have argued for and against capital punishment. I feel the death penalty is a good form of justice because only about 250 people a year get the death penalty

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Wendy
  • At What Cost Should Splendid Be Achieved?

    At What Cost Should Splendid Be Achieved?

    At What Cost Should Splendid be Achieved? Splendid is a term that Webster's Dictionary defines as 1. Magnificent and sumptuous. 2. Distinguished or glorious. Splendour means even more than that. It can be used to describe something so excellent in all ways that it leaves a person in awe. The Palace of Versailles is often associated with that term, but should it? The Palace is indeed magnificent, but what the king had done to his

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Mike
  • Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment

    Committing serious crimes need capital punishment so that the offenders unable continue to devise crime in the future. However, people argue that death penalty is a barbaric and violent punishment, there is still possible to lead innocent people being put to death. Thus, we can choose to have a better punishment and effective deterrent such as life in prison instead of taking the criminals’ lives. I personally feel that capital punishment is too barbaric and

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    Essay Length: 486 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Janna
  • An Academic Essay Relating to George Orwell's View of Capital Punishment

    An Academic Essay Relating to George Orwell's View of Capital Punishment

    The audience gets a glimpse into the hanging of a Burmese prisoner in George Orwell’s personal essay “A Hanging.” He employs techniques, such as the use of simile and imagery, which are effective in appealing to the emotions of the reader. By reaching out to the audience in such a way, Orwell is able to press upon them his negative attitude towards capital punishment. In the beginning of the passage Orwell discusses the cells of

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Vika
  • Agency Cost & Corporate Governance

    Agency Cost & Corporate Governance

    Agency Costs and Corporate Governance I Introduction Before analysing problems that occur when institutional ownership and control are separated, it should be outlined why institutions exist at all. Therefore, chapter two examines why organizations occur in economy. Chapter three addresses the agency problem, based on this organization. Chapter four addresses the common ways to solve the agency problem and chapter five gives a comparison over the three most important corporate governance systems, namely the US,

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Steve
  • Capitalism’s Effect on Deviant Behavior

    Capitalism’s Effect on Deviant Behavior

    So far we have discussed many theories that try to help us understand and explain why crime occurs. In their article, Lynch and Groves advocate the approach known as radical criminology. Radical criminologists believe crime is linked to a society’s political and economic conditions especially in capitalist cultures like the United States (p. 372). Deriving their position from Marx, radicals believe that four conditions relate to occurrence of crime: a) capitalism is based on inequalities

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Top
  • As Natural Gas Prices Rise, So Do the Costs of Things Made of Chemicals

    As Natural Gas Prices Rise, So Do the Costs of Things Made of Chemicals

    The hurricanes that hit the gulf region have had a devastating impact on gas prices across the nation. The gulf coast has many natural gas rigs offshore and when Katrina hit it disrupted the flow of gas and knocked some of them out of commission. This disruption in the flow of gas is felt all over the country as gas prices soared. In 2000 natural gas was selling for around $2 per million British thermal

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    Essay Length: 479 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment - Injustice of SocietyLooking out for the state of the publics satisfaction in the scheme of capital sentencing does not constitute serving justice. Todays system of capital punishment is frought with inequalities and injustices. The commonly offered arguments for the death penalty are filled with holes. It was a deterrent. It removed killers. It was the ultimate punishment. It is biblical. It satisfied the publics need for retribution. It relieved the anguish of

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    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: regina
  • Slovenia’s Transition from Labor Managed Economy to Privately Owned Capitalism

    Slovenia’s Transition from Labor Managed Economy to Privately Owned Capitalism

    In 1991 following a ten day military resistance to the Yugoslav National Army, Slovenia achieved its independence. Since then the country has established itself through economic prosperity and stability that is not always the case for countries transforming from a communist dominated system. During the period that Slovenia was a part of Yugoslavia the government consisted of a socialist system dominated by the communist party with most aspects of political power centered at regional

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment

    he rights of animals is a topic that is very important to me. I simply think that everyone should have the decency to treat animals with kindness and respect, and not make them suffer in any way. I believe that animals deserve to live according to their own natures, without harm, abuse or exploitation. It has been shown that animals are capable of feeling pain, hunger, thirst, loneliness, and kinship. It breaks my heart when

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Bred
  • Karl Marx and His Crtique on Capitalism

    Karl Marx and His Crtique on Capitalism

    Karl Marx and his critique of capitalism The definition of utopia is an ideally perfect place especially in its social, political, and moral aspects (dictionary.com). This paper will discuss the changes in capitalism since Marx’s critique in 1848. Marx’s fundamental critique remains correct today. Marx is still correct about his critique of capitalism because even though there have been changes made to capitalism to prevent some abuses, capitalism still produces inequality, reduces the family relationship,

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Intellectual Capital

    Intellectual Capital

    1.1. Definition of intellectual capital and a brief history of IC management Before someone can measure something, he/she has to know what to count. So how should intellectual capital be defined? A universally accepted definition is the first step toward standardization, but still it is hard to find the best one for “intellectual capital”. In this section I’ll define intellectual capital and study the history of its development. Intellectual capital is knowledge that can be

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Mike
  • Compare and Contrast Activity-Based Costing and Functional-Based Costing Systems

    Compare and Contrast Activity-Based Costing and Functional-Based Costing Systems

    Compare and Contrast Activity-Based Costing and Functional-Based Costing Systems Activity-based costing (ABC) involves two steps; one is services or products consume activities, and activities consume the resources. This method of costing accounting differs from the traditional costing with the model that activities consume resources and processes drive activities. The model of ABC allows for more accurate cost calculation in direct and indirect costs. An activity-based costing system attempts to allocate a company’s cost is acceptable

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Steve
  • Best Practice in Human Capital Management: General Motors

    Best Practice in Human Capital Management: General Motors

    Best Practice in Human Capital Management: General Motors (GM) Overview of GM General Motors is a diversified automotive business with interests in communications services, locomotives, finance, and insurance. GM's size is staggering. It has revenues of approximately $180 billion from more than 200 countries. Its manufacturing operations in over 50 countries produce 15% of the world's cars and trucks. GM has a gigantic global workforce of approximately 315,000 hourly and salaried employees. The business pays

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Vika
  • The Relativity of Comparative Advantage of Low Labor Cost and the Absoluteness of Technological Advantagesthe Relativity of Comparative Advantage of Low Labor Cost and the Absoluteness of Technological Advantages

    The Relativity of Comparative Advantage of Low Labor Cost and the Absoluteness of Technological Advantagesthe Relativity of Comparative Advantage of Low Labor Cost and the Absoluteness of Technological Advantages

    The Relativity of Comparative Advantage of Low Labor Cost and the Absoluteness of Technological Advantages Introduction: Under the atmosphere of globalization of economy, the opportunities for the manufacture enterprises of fewer technologies located in less developed countries and areas to survive and develop have emerged. The opportunities are not kindly offered by the competitive world leading producers but created by “Comparative Advantages of Low Labor Cost”. Analysis of the Relativity of Comparative Advantage of Low

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Human Capital Concept Worksheet

    Human Capital Concept Worksheet

    Human Capital Concept Worksheet Randy Amos University of Phoenix MBA 530 Facilitator: Gale Mazur Week 1 assignment July 16, 2007 Human Capital Concepts Worksheet The Human Capital concepts of this scenario exercise were intended to expand upon and clarify the applications concepts to InterClean, Inc. InterClean, Inc. is part of multi-billion dollar institutional and industrial and sanitation industry. CEO David Spencer of InterClean has decided to improve the performance of sales, service, and the proposed

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    Essay Length: 964 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Yan
  • Oppertunity Costs

    Oppertunity Costs

    In today’s society, economic decisions made involve the concept of scarcity. There are “opportunity costs” associated with any choice that you make. In order for an economy to produce more of one type of product, it will be forced to sacrifice units of production of another product. The shifting of resources from the production of one good to another involves increasing sacrifices of the first good in order to generate an equal increase of the

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Jack
  • Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment Capital Punishment is a controversial issue discussed in today's society. There is a heated debate on whether states should be able to kill other humans or not. People that are in favor of the death penalty say that it saves money by not paying for housing in a maximum prison. Those opposed say that it is against the constitution, and is cruel and unusual punishment for humans to be put to his or

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Constantinople as the Eastern Capital of the Empire

    Constantinople as the Eastern Capital of the Empire

    This essay will attempt to analyse and explain all the causes and factors that lead to the choice of Constantinople as eastern capital of the empire. From the very outset the reasons for such a catalytic "move", which provided the impetus for the creation of a new era, will be examined as lucidly as possible. To conclude, having appraised the above, much light will be thrown on the choice of Constantinople, amongst other locations, as

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment

    Some people might agree with the death penalty. Families get devastated when someone they love and care about has died. Its different when that person they care so much about has been murdered or killed. People tend to hate that person and have the urge to do just about anything to them in order for them to suffer, which causes us to take, revenge on them. This matter has lead to the death penalty. This

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Anna
  • Marx and Weber in Perpetuating Capitalism

    Marx and Weber in Perpetuating Capitalism

    The analysis of capitalism allows a researcher to learn a great deal about the different ideologies from countless sources based on experiences though time in many different countries. Two great theorists Karl Marx and Max Weber both have a scope on capitalism and what perpetuates it through which their own experiences and ideas appear. The ideology of capitalism between these two caries within it certain similarities, but while Marx strongly opposed capitalism and expected a

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: July
  • Working Capital

    Working Capital

    Working Capital The number one reason most people look at a balance sheet is to find out a company's working capital (or "current") position. It reveals more about the financial condition of a business than almost any other calculation. It tells you what would be left if a company raised all of its short term resources, and used them to pay off its short term liabilities. The more working capital, the less financial strain a

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: July
  • Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment

    Megan Michaux Capital Punishment As part of a democracy, Americans accept the rights of the county, state and individual. Social order can only exist when people give up the responsibilities of law enforcement to the government. All fifty states have the right to choose whether or not to utilize capital punishment. It is legal in thirty-seven of those states. (www) I believe capital punishment does not violate the Eighth Amendment because it serves as

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Monika
  • Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment

    In the past "capital" in the term capital punishment, referred to the person's head, which would be severed to deliver death. In current days, Capital punishment takes a new meaning bringing with it moral and ethical questions. The main reason for this argument being, "is it justifiable?" Can the death of a person, though a criminal, be beneficial for society as well as justifiable or does it corrupt the values of the people and lead

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Tasha

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