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This essay is a case brief with additional comments focusing on certain issues in the case, dealing with a particularly gruesome death by starvation and dehydration of a ninety-two year old man who put himself in the care defendants, who systematically hid him while they neglected him while they looted his bank account, and when that was exhausted simply allowed him to starve and die of thirst. The writer discusses that on appeal, their convictions were affirmed.

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"Defendants had a contract to provide the deceased, an elderly invalid, with care in their home. Instead, they isolated him in a rural site and deprived him of food and water, causing his death. Charged with murder, they contended that they had no legal duty to care for him. The jury ruled that the defendants had a contract to care for the deceased, and that this imposed on them a legal duty to provide such care, so that the failure to do so amounted to third degree murder. Found guilty, the defendants appealed."

Tags:murder, omission, starvation

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This paper examines two sides of an arbitration process, considering how the union has determined that one of its members has been assigned to temporary supervisory positions for more days than bargaining allows. The paper then shows how the union sees this as depriving him of his union membership and seniority since management has exceeded the permissible temporary transfer days. The paper then describes the viewpoint of management, which believes that it is economically feasible, in these difficult times, to limit transfers only to those days needed, and those days represent a new beginning of each temporary transfer rather than the union's position that accumulation not calendar days applies.

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"It is important to realize that the union in this case covers the workforce at the company, not management. The union believes that supervisors, whether permanently or temporarily assigned, represent management. Therefore, anyone placed in a supervisor's position no longer is an active member of the union. This also means that any such worker loses seniority rights granted by his service while a member of the union. The issue at stake is the cumulative number of days that J. Cochran served as "temporary" supervisor. The contract, as approved by the union and management clearly states that such service is limited to thirty (30)..."

Tags:management, union membership, promotions

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This paper analyzes the role of television commentators when delivering news reports. In particular, it notes that commentary by various people during a broadcasted event is largely from a concern on the part of broadcasters that people will get bored if they are left simply to watch and decide on their own. The voices of commentators are used to keep the public tuned to the given station, and the commentary can often be intrusive to any viewer who wants only to see and hear the real situation.

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"Television presents a certain image of the world that is often seen as distorted, and this applies even when what is seen is a real event. For one thing, most television presentations include commentary by various people during the event, largely from a concern on the part of broadcasters that people will get bored if they are left simply to watch and decide on their own. The voices of commentators are used to keep the public tuned to the given station, and the commentary can often be intrusive to any viewer who wants only to see and hear the real situation. Certain types of event are common and are recognized by the average viewer as fitting into a specific category, and an ethnographic analysis of the..."

Tags:ethnographic, study, report

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This paper examines the feedback comments of the professor of a business course relative to a final research paper and analysis. The paper shows how the comments are both insightful and informative and the response to these comments centers on clarifying some points and providing additional rationale as to why a specific viewpoint was taken or a specific stance was adopted.

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"This paper examines the feedback comments of the professor of a business course relative to a final research paper and analysis. The comments are both insightful and informative. The response to these comments centers on clarifying some points and providing additional rationale as to why a specific viewpoint was taken or a specific stance was adopted.
"The character and sophistication of technology as a management device has altered not only how the contemporary enterprise manages both processes..."

Tags:feedback, response, riordan

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This paper addresses Gottfried Leibnitz's comments on the need for wisdom, practical reasoning and taking total responsibility for all one does, for one has moral choice within a framework of divine creation. Comments on Leibnitz's belief that moral reasoning was practical reasoning, given a mystical sense of creation to be made through moral goodness, promoting harmony and self-direction.

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"Gottfried Leibnitz (1646-1716) was a strongly Aristotelian thinker who also gained from the philosophy of Thomas of Aquinas, towards an idea that although God made each agent in Creation `everything that it will ever be' that each was completely responsible for its own actions. In effect, he refers to a mass creation of beings that should then learn to exercise the practical reasoning that others associate with being among the different processes of free will. Roinala's Leibnitz on Rational Decision-Making is a starting place for what can be determined of the thought of a remarkable..."

Tags:leibnitz, moral reason, responsibility

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This paper is a response to comments made on a previous Language Arts teaching portfolio as submitted by a science specialist. The paper follows the structure of the portfolio and its comments, further presenting ideas for future language arts interests and applications. Additionally, the paper addresses what has been learned of applicability to science teaching and different kinds of learning and learners.

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"A submitted portfolio addressing language arts teaching was instructive for its responses, particularly, as it had been submitted by a Science specialist who was compelled to think through a variety of less familiar works addressing all matters of language arts instruction and Education. The first assignment involved four modules, discussed presently, in relation to criticism received and towards discussion of three `Big Ideas' to be incorporated into teaching skills so as to be equipped to teach language arts should this be required in the future. It was rewarding to..."

Tags:language arts, portfolio, responses

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This paper discusses racism with relation to the video sharing site, YouTube. It describes the principle and growth of the site. The paper then discusses the fact that the comment boards of popular videos can contain insults, threats, profanity and, to a large and unsettling extent, racism. The paper defines racist comments and then discusses how this phenomenon can occur.

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"When a user joins YouTube, he or she must agree to the site's Terms of Service. According to these terms, "You further understand and acknowledge that you may be exposed to user submissions that are inaccurate, offensive, indecent, or objectionable, and you agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against YouTube." Though the phrase "may be" might more accurately read "will," this phrase captures both the strength and the potential failings of user-generated content. YouTube provides a freedom that, like all freedoms, is prone to abuse. The proliferation of racism on YouTube is both abhorrent and disheartening, but suggests a need for debate that currently is not or cannot be met by corporate media. While You Tube allows racism to reach a public audience, pushing racist sentiments out in the open simultaneously makes them vulnerable. Critically, the format of YouTube allows these sentiments to be criticized, debated, and ultimately debunked."

Tags:hegemony expression, freedom of speech

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This paper discusses the relevance of Carlos Fuentes' comments in his CBS Massey lectures today, in understanding the political challenges faced by Latin America. The paper discusses the existing political economy of Latin America and the pressure of internal and external politics, as well as historical, economic and cultural aspects that it faces.

Tags:carlos, fuentes, politics

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This is a summary of ten different literary critics' comments on Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby." All of the critics are cited and separated into individual sections.

Tags:book, critique, fitzgerald, scott

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The current paper comments on a quote by J.M Johnson and H.S Pennypacker that compares inferential statistics to single case designs. It discusses how the statement in question calls to account psychology as a science to abandon a traditional reliance on inferential statistics and group design research and to support its practical focus on the individual with reliance on more individually focused research.

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"Inferential statistics is a branch of statistics that consists of generalizing from samples to populations, performing hypothesis testing, determining relationships among variables, and making predictions (Tabachnick & Fidell, 2001). This type of research is the most widely used in psychology, with the majority of published studies in this field relying solely on the use of group comparisons. The major argument for the use of inferential statistics is that it increases the external validity of the study and increases the likelihood of the results generalizing to other people. These results are gathered by statistical inference where various methods of calculation are used to find a central tendency within a group. The variability of the results between subjects are often explained by measurement error or extraneous variability because well conducted group research introduces the only variability deliberately as an intervention designed to examine and measure its effect(s) on subjects (Hayes, Barlow & Nelson-Gray, 1999)."

Tags:science, group, comparisons