This Land Is Your Land By: Woody Guthrie There are many fold songs that go unheard. But when you go back to the roots of folk music‚ there is one that most every American recognizes. "This Land Is Your Land" has been a staple of Americana for nearly 75 years. The lyrics start off by giving a visual image of the vastness of America. It mentions California and the New York Island which focuses on the widest breadth of the country. Then it mentions the Redwood Forest (Which is also in California)
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The Fraud of the Century: The Case of Bernard Madoff Bernard Madoff was a creditable man that people trusted him with their money because “he created an image of power‚ trust and responsibility.” (Ferrel‚ 2013‚ p. 416) He was able to scam and scheme his investors from the early 1990s up until December of 2008 when his Ponszi scheme was discovered. Over the course of a decade he was simultaneously running a legitimate business and earned his investors’ trust because he didn’t make
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teachers and how these relate your specialist subject. My specialist subject is recruiting for Educational professionals and working with local educational authorities to ensure that educators are in post‚ with the responsibility for their professional development The Children’s Act 2004 emphasises the importance of safeguarding children and young people within an educational setting. If a learner discloses neglect or abuse; an establishment should have instructions to help the learner. This could be
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excusable and non-excusable. Excusable one involves a ‘grace period’ and is mostly subject to a force majeure provision. Any losses to the buyer caused by non-excusable delay must be compensated. The amount of compensation is usually set in advance and called ‘liquidated damages’ - Use a straightforward calendar date to name the delivery date: 15th September 2010‚ for example. The parties often plan for the contract to come into existence in two steps: the signature date and the date of coming
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has a huge effect on the health care billing system. They are charged millions of dollars because of an incident. Studies show that ninety six percent of hospitals reported one data breach in two years. This shows that the average cost of data breaches rose and will continue to rise depending on how many theft incidents will occur in a time period. Data breaches also roll over into hospitals‚ which means it will run them around twelve billion dollars. The medical industries are not well up dated
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of a Contract “A contract is an agreement that can be enforced in court. It is formed by two or more parties who agree to perform or to refrain from performing some act now or in the future.” (pg 208) Recently I was faced with a situation regarding a contract that was not in writing and I had to explain that as long as a verbal contract contains the four essential elements of a contract it is binding. We are so accustomed to seeing contracts in writing that many people assume that a contract must
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Now You Don’t: A Review of Fraud Costs and Trends Fraud is more dangerous to your business than you think‚ and treating it as a cost of doing business may be emboldening criminals and costing you customers. A well-designed fraud management program can help protect your customers and improve profitability. By Krista Tedder Product Owner‚ Risk Management and Fraud Solutions © 2009 First Data Corporation. All trademarks‚ service marks and trade names referenced in this material are the property
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Health Care Management Cluster 14 November 2011 Research Paper U.S. Health Care and Compliance A System Challenged By Schemes‚ Scams‚ Fraud‚ and Abuse “Laws are made to restrain and punish the wicked; the wise and good do not need them as a guide‚ but only as a shield against rapine and oppression; they can live civilly and orderly‚ though there were no law in the world.” John Milton (1608-1674) On August 31‚ 2010‚ in Los Angeles‚ California‚ the former chief
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Subjects of civil law Two main types: * natural persons * legal persons (or artificial person) * Third category: “handicapped legal person”- ułomna osoba prawna Legal personality Notion connected with: * Legal capacity - ability to become the subject of rights and obligations * Capacity for legal acts - ability of obtaining rights and acquiring obligations by the person’s own actions Legal personality – legal person * Legal persons always have: * legal capacity
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Have you ever done so much work and never given enough credit for it? This one man was never given enough credit due to fraud by Thomas Edison. This particular man was named Nikola Tesla. He had a mind ahead of his own time. Tesla was a Serbian-American physicist who was born on July 9‚ 1856 in Smiljan‚ Croatia. He was born during the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father was Milutin Tesla‚ a preacher at the Serbian Orthodox Church. While his mother‚ Djuka Mandic‚ ran the family farm. When he was seven
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