‘Most accidents occur in and around the home. Discuss’ We’d all like to believe that our home is a secure‚ comfortable environment‚ but we tend not to notice that this very place holds the potential to become very dangerous. In fact‚ most accidents occur in and around our homes‚ with the consequences involving anything from minor abrasions to a fatality. Believe it or not‚ water one of our most valued necessities in life‚ can not only provide life but also take it. Young children are often the
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The Waiter Rule: What Makes for a Good CEO? Tameka Surrett MBA 5310 Business Ethics Dr. Gerber February 21‚ 2015 The Waiter Rule: What Makes for a Good CEO? Webster’s dictionary defines character as “the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.” (Webster‚ 2015) Wikipedia says it is “the complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person.” (Wikipedia‚ 2015) And the google dictionary says‚ character is said to be “the stable and distinctive qualities built into an individual’s
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Home automation is truly a smart idea. It systematically performs tasks at specific times throughout the day. As an example‚ every night at 11 pm‚ a subsystem processor‚ can automatically regulate locking all the doors in the house‚ set the alarm so that we get up for work on time‚ turn off all the interior lights‚ turn on the exterior lights and lower the thermostat. It is unfailing in its duties and frees us from having to physically do these chores. At one time‚ smart home automation
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Kaushik created a general rule for the implementation of web analytics called the 10/90 rule. This rule stated that for every 10 dollars you are paying your web analytics vendor (WebTrends‚ Omniture‚ CoreMetrics‚ etc)‚ you need to be investing an additional 90 dollars in analysts/intelligent resources to extract value from that data. As you can probably imagine‚ most people saw this rule as either a massive exaggeration or simply unrealistic. But the logic behind the 10/90 rule is really very sound which
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implementing rules and regulation IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT 9003 Pursuant to the provisions of Section 59 of Republic Act No. 9003 ‚ otherwise known as the "Philippine Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000‚" and by virtue of Executive Order No. 192‚ Serie s of 1987‚ the Department of Environment and Natural Resources hereby adopts and promulgates the following rules and regulations PART I . GENERAL PROVISIONS Rule I. Preliminary Provisions Section
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life and in response to the growing secularization of the Church‚ Saint Benedict established the Rules of Benedict (“6th Century”). The Rules of Benedict provided a monastic vision of a practical and spiritual life grounded with counter-cultural wisdom that directly challenge the current way of life‚ yet contributed to the growing attraction of the Benedictine spirituality. Life per Benedict’s Rules is embedded with five qualities that confront the conventional wisdom of the current culture. These
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Consequentialism is an approach to ethics that argues about the morality of an action is depending on the action’s outcome or consequence. Therefore‚ a morally right action is one that produces a good outcome or result‚ and the consequences of an action or rule generally outweigh all other considerations. The term "consequentialism" was coined by Elizabeth Anscombe in her 1958 essay "Modern Moral Philosophy"‚ as a pejorative description of what she saw as the central error of certain moral theories. There
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INTRODUCTION * Parol evidence rule is rule of evidence which states that oral evidence is not regarded by the courts to contradict‚ vary‚ and add or reduce the term of contract that already finished by parties. The purpose is to make it certain. * The rationale of this rule is that when the parties take trouble to decrease to writing the agreed terms of their contractual agreements‚ it was thought that the written contract will contain all relevant matters‚ and other aspects that not included
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David McGee Jr. BUS 482 Strategic Analysis Professor Bevensee The Home Depot The Home Depot‚ Inc. (The Home Depot)‚ based in Georgia‚ US‚ is a home improvement retailer. The Company operates The Home Depot stores‚ which are full-service‚ warehouse-style stores. The Home Depot stores sell an assortment of building materials‚ home improvement and lawn and garden products and provide a number of services. The Home Depot stores average approximately 104‚000 square feet of enclosed space‚ with approximately
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every aspect of their children’s lives and my parents were allowing more autonomy. Since they had raised me to be honest and responsible‚ they felt that I could make correct decisions. As a result‚ they trusted me to stay home while they spent a weekend away from home to celebrate their anniversary. My first reaction to this decision was excitement since I could do anything I wanted—within reason—while they were away. However‚ as the weight of the announcement sunk in‚ I began to feel
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