Waiting‚ the winner of the National Book Award in 1999‚ was written by Ha Jin‚ a contemporary Chinese-expatriate writer. Ha Jin was born in a military family in China in 1950s. At the age of fourteen‚ Jin joined the Chinese Liberation Army against the riot of Civil Revolution. Jin ended his military career in 1977. A few years later‚ Jin received his master degree in Anglo-English literature at Shandong University in China. He then emigrated to the U.S. to pursue his Ph.D. in English during 1985
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I Am from the Place Where My Mind Is Affiliated “Cady‚ where are you from?” “I am from Beijing.” “Can you teach me some Beijing dialect? I’ve heard it’s awesome!” “Well… I don’t speak Beijing dialect. I speak mandarin.” “That is impossible! Are you really from Beijing?” I saw the disappointed and skeptical look in my friend’s eyes. Whenever people asked me where I am from‚ I will give them the same answer-Beijing-without any hesitation. Although both my parents are not originally from Beijing‚ born
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Employee Resourcing – The Psychological Contract How can we define the psychological contract? Is it the set of mutual obligations/expectations and more often than not aspirations between employer and employee that extend beyond the formal‚ written contract of employment? This is the general consensus with modern scholars and workers alike‚ but just how far is this assertion true? The problem is trying to evaluate what the psychological contract actually is and what it stands for in our
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CONTRACT OF WADIAH SECTION: 03 ABSTRACT As students of fiqh for Economist‚ we have gathered enough information through lectures‚ analysis in internet‚ books and hadith come into a conclusion that contract of wadiah is very important contract for Muslim. This is because of the fact that the market for Islamic banking on growing day to day. In this assignment that
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Intro To Business Law N1072 University of Sussex Word count: 1099 December 4‚ 2013 Critically evaluate‚ in relation to the common law duty of care‚ the liability of employers for references. How‚ if at all‚ does the liability of a university (such as the University of Sussex) differ regarding references given to potential employers in respect of current (or former) students. Employers have a certain degree of liability when making statements in a former employee’s reference. Employees
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Universiteit van Amsterdam Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid Anglo-American Contract and Tort law Interpretation of contracts ‘’ To what extend does the interpretation of Dutch contracts differ from English contracts. ’’ Naam: A.N.Y. van der Looij Studentnummer: 5610303 Begeleider: Professor H. Beale Amsterdam‚ 14th of June 2013 Table of contents Chapter 1 Preface 3 1.1 Neccessity of interpretation 3 1.2 ‘’Objective’’ and ‘’Subjective’’ interpretation 3
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Subject: Situation Analysis of ‘Enjoy Every Moment’- An Event Planning Company I am sending this memo at you request to satisfy the Situation Analysis assignment. This memo presents a situation analysis of a proposed event planning service‚ named ‘Enjoy Every Moment’. The report outlines the current barriers to multicultural event services‚ current event planning services offered in Vancouver and how the proposed service can promote diverse customized services in Vancouver. Some added advantages
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University of Phoenix Material Risky Situations Identify three types of sensitive information involved with each situation. Then‚ describe three ways in which each information item could be misused or harmed. For each of these‚ note at least one likely finding that you would include in a risk analysis report of the organization. Finally‚ answer the questions at the end. Situation 1 – Online Banking System Information Affected Potential Harm (Risk) Likely Finding in Risk Analysis Report
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Elements of the law of contract Catharine MacMillan Richard Stone 2009 LLB 2650040 Diploma in Law 2690040 page 2 This subject guide was prepared for the University of London External System by: University of London External System Catharine MacMillan BA (Victoria) ‚ LLB (Queen’s‚ Canada)‚ LLM (Cantab)‚ Lecturer in Law‚ School of Law‚ Queen Mary‚ University of London and Richard Stone LLB (Soton)‚ LLM (Hull)‚ Barrister‚ Professor and Head of Law‚ Lincoln Law School‚ University of
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Analysis of an Unfamiliar Situation in Group Work Introduction Henry Tam was a Harvard graduate student‚ and he expected severe problems with employment after graduation from the university‚ so he decided to participate in the School’s annual business plan contest (Polzer‚ Vargas & Elfenbein‚ 2003). The HBS Business Plan Contest trains students to be future entrepreneurs‚ and this competition allows only group projects. Henry decided to join one group‚ which goal was to create an interactive online
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