Communications Skills Program Course Outline Syllabus for COSK2230 Communications Skills V Instructor: Debra Kuzemka Boehm Email Address: boehm@rmu.edu or dboehm@connecttime.net Phone Number: (724) 772-3542 (home) Office Hours: Before class or by appointment Class Meeting Times: Thursday evenings 6-8:00PM Class Location: Pittsburgh Room 309 Course Description: COSK 2230 COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS V assesses the degree to which students have succeeded in achieving the goals of the lower-division
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The V-Chip What is a V-chip? This term has become a buzz word for any discussion evolving telecommunications regulation and television ratings‚ but not too many reports define the new technology in its fullest form. A basic definition of the V-chip; is a microprocessor that can decipher information sent in the vertical blanking of the NTSC signal‚ purposefully for the control of violent or controversial subject matter. Yet‚ the span of the new chip is much greater than any working definition can
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Abortion The U.S. Supreme Court declared abortion to be a “fundamental right” guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution in the 1973 abortion case Roe v. Wade (www.abortionprocon.org). This ruling was based on the Constitution giving “a guarantee of certain areas or zones of privacy‚” and also “This right to privacy… is broad enough to encompass a woman’s decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.” The U.S. abortion debate has raged on ever since this decision‚ making it a huge religious‚ political
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Shelley v. Kraemer was a landmark case that abolished the enforcement of racially restrictive covenants. The issue began with the Shelley family purchasing a property in St. Louis that had a racially restrictive covenant in the deed. The white homeowner group belonging to the Marcus Avenue Improvement Association fought against this purchase because of the existence of a restrictive covenant. The covenant at issue here states that the property could not be “occupied by any person not of the Caucasian
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HOUSE RULES 8 RULE 1 8 RULE 2 8 RULE 3 9 STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF EACH RULE 9 RULE 1: 9 Strength 9 Weakness 9 RULE 2: 9 Strength 9 Weakness 10 RULE 3: 10 Strength 10 Weakness 10 BIBLIOGRAPHY 11 Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. V. Amadio [1983] HCA 14 Question 1- Ratio-Three Levels of Generality Broad level of Generality: Where a party enters into an agreement with another party and takes an unfair advantage of the situation by failing to disclose anything which has taken
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Page 1 ICLR: Chancery Division/1949/CANNON v. HARTLEY. - [1949] Ch. 213 [1949] Ch. 213 [CHANCERY DIVISION] CANNON v. HARTLEY. 1948 Nov. 19‚ 22. ROMRE J. Settlement - Deed of separation - Covenant to settle after-acquired property - Breach of covenant Volunteer’s right to claim for damages. A volunteer who is a party to a deed and a direct covenantee thereunder is entitled to damages for breach of a covenant contained in the deed. By a deed of separation made on January 23‚ 1941‚ between the defendant
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Galella v. Onassis Case Brief Summary of Galella v. Onassis Citation: 487 F.2d 986 (2nd Cir. 1973) Relevant Facts: Ronald Galella was a freelance photographer specializing in getting pictures of celebrities and other public figures. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis‚ widow of former President John F. Kennedy‚ was one of Galella’s most frequent subjects for photographing. In the course of seeking opportunities to photograph Onassis and her two children‚ Mr. Galella had behaved on several occasions in a
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Miranda v. Arizona American Government This case is one that changed the way the United States Police forces will work forever. Every human in the world has natural born rights. Even people who have been arrested have rights‚ ‘The rights of the accused’. These rights are the main point of this court case. ‘On the third of March in 1963‚ an eighteen year old girl‚ “Lois Ann Jameson” (Sonneborn 6)‚ was leaving Paramount Theaters in downtown Phoenix’ (Sonneborn 7). Jameson would always take the bus
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There are two major types of patents‚ utility patents and design patents. A utility patent can be claimed if the invention has purpose or useful function and a design patent protects the appearance of a product and not how the invention actually functions. In the recent Apple Inc. V. Samsung Electronincs Co. case‚ Apple sued Samsung for copying the design and functions of their Iphone 4 and IPad 2. On August 24th‚ a court in California ruled Samsung violoated Apple’s tradedress and Apple software
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but by 1965‚ in Griswold v. Connecticut‚ the Supreme Court ruled that a law preventing access to contraception in Connecticut was unconstitutional. In those few decades of the early 1900s‚ something transformed American society to become tolerant of birth control. In the 20th century‚ America became increasingly interconnected with the rest of the world‚ and this caused social movements and ideas to spread. The societal acceptance of birth control which made Griswold v. Connecticut possible was
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