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    The unconstitutional use of racial quotas in the admission process of the medical school in the University of California at Davis, opened one of the most famous court cases that had to be settle in the Supreme Court of the United States of America. The case involved the admission practices of the Medical School of the University of California at Davis which reserved 16 out of 100 seats in its entering class for minorities, including Blacks, Chicanos, Asians, and American Indians. The purpose of…

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    1. Antibiotic resistance is a big problem and one that is getting worse. Use the CDC site or other sources to answer these questions about antibiotic resistance. Please site your sources. Answer each part in 2-3 sentences. (2 points) CDC site: http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/about.html a. Briefly describe practices that are contributing to antibiotic resistance. First, it must be understood that antibiotic resistance happens to some degree no matter what since bacteria are constantly…

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    In 1968, the Medical School of the University of California at Davis established a racial quota, according to the Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1999). The university’s admissions office was run under two separate programs: “the regular admissions program and the special admissions program.” Minority students were admitted through the special admissions program and had different requirements to fulfill than the students admitted through the regular admissions program (1999).…

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    an essay depicting why the We Are Done Movement is wrong and displayed evidence behind his reasoning. Joe argued that: the safe space this organization is calling for is only making the divide amongst the student body grow. That the phenomenon of “Reverse Racism” is present on the University of Alabama campus today and Affirmative Action creates unfair advantage amongst non-minorities. In Joe’s opening statement he said “ First off and foremost, racism is wrong and has no place in this world.…

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    Terminator V3.1 Cycler

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    BigDye® Terminator v3.1 Cycle Sequencing Kit provides everything we need in order to generate a sequence all we need to do is add one primer and the DNA template. These reagents are suitable for performing fluorescence-based cycle sequencing reactions on single-stranded or double-stranded DNA templates, on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) fragments, and on large templates. First, you must prepare your template by performing a DNA extraction and purifying your template. The purification will be…

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    diversity on college campuses by providing equal access to education for women and minorities. While affirmative action does sound good on paper, some believe that the affirmative action program is outdated and needs to be abolished because it causes reverse discrimination “by favoring one group over another,…

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    I strongly disagree with what Affirmative Action is known as in our society meaning aiding those whose who feel discriminated in other words,” giving special consideration to minorities and women”. As the opposition to affirmative action and the special treatments granted to these so called deprived minorities, affirmative actions should end before the end of the next presidential term. Firstly affirmative action its self is discriminating towards many students and violates the equal protection…

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    Confucianism Case Study

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    New belief systems and cultural traditions emerged and spread, often asserting universal truths. A. The core beliefs about desire, suffering, and the search for enlightenment preached by the historic Buddha and recorded by his followers into sutras and other scriptures were, in part, a reaction to the Vedic beliefs and rituals dominant in South Asia. Buddhism changed over time as it spread throughout Asia – first through the support of the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka, and then through the…

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    Anglo Powhatan War Analysis

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    Clash with the Chesapeake - When they first arrived, they encoutered the chieftain Powhatan who asserted supremacy of the James river, he considered the settleres as future allies so didn't do much but tensions were still high. Once Lord De La Warr arrived he placed "irish tactics" against the indians basically rainding villages, burning houses, doing bad stuff to them. The marriage of Pocahontas to John rolfe ended this first anglo-powhatan war. But eventually the Indians fought back killing…

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    Cranial Deformation Essay

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    Artificial cranial deformation—or the practice of intentionally altering the shape of a person’s skull—has been practiced by Neanderthals about 40,000 years ago until very recently, maybe even still today. People on every continent except Antarctica have done it, making heads more cylindrical, cone-shaped, and ridge, bumpier or flat depending on the area. (Romero, et al 2010: 2-5) This paper argues that Mayans practiced cranial deformation to show an association with a particular social group.…

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