Summary The case study ‘Hermes Fund Management‚ Total and Premier Oil: the responsibility and accountability of business’ documents that in 2008‚ Hermes Equity Ownership Service (EOS) considers whether they should support Total‚ one of its clients‚ a giant French oil company operates a business in Burma/Myanmar and should they accept Total ’s invitation to visit Burma/Myanmar. David Pitt Watson‚ founder of Hermes EOS has said: "Hermes ’ philosophy is different from most founds. It seeks to create
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The point of playing defense in basketball is to stop the other team from scoring either and two or three pointer. There are two types of defenses‚ zone‚ and man. Zone defense is where each player has to guard anyone that comes into a specific part of the basketball court‚ and do your best to prevent the other player from getting the ball or if they already have the ball prevent them from scoring. The second kind of defense is man; this is when you are assigned to guard
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The Basics of Perimeter Defense: You Only Own It As Long As You Can Defend It If you cannot defend it then you do not own it. In other words‚ someone‚ or some group can come along and take it. Take over your shelter‚ and enjoy all of the luxuries you have stockpiled while you sit shivering in the cold rain plotting your strategy for getting back inside. Once the SHTF‚ readymade shelters like the one you have will be on the minds of those without one‚ and there will be plenty of people without one
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“A Defense of Religious Exclusivism” Alvin Plantinga Religious exclusivism is an idea that is the complete opposite of religious pluralism. Religious pluralist’s such as John Hick have ideas containing a set of beliefs asserting that multiple religions can not only all co-exist‚ but they can all also be true within their own beliefs that they hold about the cosmology of the Earth‚ God‚ and our existence. And the complete opposite of John Hick’s belief is the idea of Religious Exclusivism.
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Gavin Edgerton In defense of Jammeh 2/19/13 A lack of leadership and an overabundance of government corruption have impeded many African nations from developing. While many African leaders can be accused of short-sightedness and tending to their own agenda‚ Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has proven to be one of the few progressive leaders. Jammeh has achieved political stability‚ mobilized resources‚ and built valuable infrastructure and institutions that generations of Gambians will be able
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In the context of Thomson’s article‚ A Defense of Abortion‚ the violinist is a famous violinist that was found unconscious and has a fatal kidney alignment. The benefactor is yourself‚ who was determined to have the same blood type as the violinist. With having the same blood type‚ the benefactor was kidnapped and their kidneys were used to extract poisons from the violinists’ blood as well as your own. If the violinist is unplugged from you‚ he will die; but after 9 months he will have recovered
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Sarah Plantiff and Appellant V. ACME‚ KM‚ and STE Facts: The City of Albany decided to upgrade a fleet of repair trucks in order to respond to pothole fixing. ACME manufactured a cab and chassis of a truck that was then sold to Keefer Motors. Keefer Motors sold the truck unchanged to the City of Albany. No discussion by ACME or Keefer Motors had taken place with the City as to what the city would do with the truck. Susan’s Truck Equipment was contracted by the city to add a dump bed and
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Synopsis The Galleon Group was a privately owned hedge fund firm that provided services and information about investments. The group was founded in 1997‚ and attracted employee’s from Goldman Sach’s and Needham & Co. The company made its profit and other companies by choosing stocks carefully. Raj rajaratnam was an analyst for Needham for 11 years before leaving to start Galleon Group‚ he took several employee’s from his previous
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DEFENCE OF CHANGE OF POSITION | * The defendant may claim the defence of change of position. * Whether the defendant can successfully establish this defence depends of whether he can prove that his position is so changed that he will suffer an injustice if called upon to repay or repay in full (Lipkin Gorman v Karpnale) * In order to prove a change of position defence‚ first there must be an adverse change of position by the recipient in good faith and in reliance on the payment (New Zealand
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Summer Reading Book The book I chose to read for my summer homework was In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan. Pollan has written many books regarding what to eat and how the foods we consume affect us. In this book‚ he opens with simple advice‚ “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly Plants” (Pollan 1). As straightforward as it sounds‚ Pollan quickly demonstrates how complicated this can be. Food is all around us. However‚ there are whole foods‚ stuff you’d find at a farmer’s market‚ and then there are
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