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    In this case‚ John has a cause of action against TAFE for his injury from the accident‚ he had rights to claim for his cost from TAFE that he did not fix the engine on the wrong way. There are five steps about the law of negligence‚ first is duty of care‚ it is a legal duty owed by one person to another‚ in this case‚ TAFE owed a duty of care to John. Because based on foreseeable test‚ John is a student who graduated form the TAFE‚ he also proved that the instructor of TAFE gives him a wrong instructions

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    The Unraveling of Affirmative Action Racial preferences spring from worthy intentions‚ but they have had unintended consequences—including an academic mismatch in many cases between minority students and the schools to which they are admitted. There’s a better way to help the disadvantaged. By RICHARD SANDER and STUART TAYLOR JR. Jareau Hall breezed through high school in Syracuse‚ N.Y. Graduating in the top 20% of his class‚ he had been class president and a successful athlete‚ and he sang

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    INTRODUCTION Over the past several years‚ the use of race by law enforcement agencies in their policing activities has received considerable attention across the country. The controversy regarding "racial profiling" has centered on police departments’ practices related to traffic stops—examining whether police have targeted drivers based on their race or ethnicity. Significant anecdotal evidence has suggested that some departments may be treating drivers of some races or ethnicities differently

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    REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9262 AN ACT DEFINING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN‚ PROVIDING FOR PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR VICTIMS‚ PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEREFORE‚ AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Section 1. Short Title.- This Act shall be known as the "Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004." Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy.- It is hereby declared that the State values the dignity of women and children and guarantees full respect for human rights. The State also recognizes the need to protect

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    What Factors Most Affect Evaporation? Intermediate-Level Science Projects    Which Materials Insulate Best Against Windchill? Do Clouds Tell Us What Weather Is Coming? What Factors Most Affect Evaporation? Evaporation of a substance such as water occurs when the molecules in a liquid state absorb enough heat energy to vaporize into a gas. The heat energy‚ which causes the molecules to move‚ is called kinetic energy. The water molecules remain the same during this change‚ except that they’re

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    Racial Profiling

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    Boss‚ Edward McMellon and Richard Murphy fired 41 bullets‚ hitting Diallo 19 times. All four were members of the New York City Police Department’s Street Crimes Unit‚ which‚ under the slogan‚ "We Own the Night‚" used aggressive "stop and frisk" tactics against African- Americans at a rate double that group’s population percentage. A report on the unit by the state attorney general found that blacks were stopped at a rate 10 times that of whites‚ and that 35 percent of those stops lacked reasonable

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    Jim Crow laws are a complex yet derogatory system of laws and customs designed to segregate those who pertain to differing races‚ thus depriving American citizens of the most fundamental of civil rights. Even the name itself provides a view of the sheer amount of discrimination these laws evoke - they were “named after a popular 19th century minstrel song that stereotyped African Americans” (rise and fall of Jim Crow PBS). The fact that the name itself comes from a cruelly comedic song designed

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    There are many ideas and assumptions surrounding how the “model minority”‚ or the Chinese in America came to be. Coined in 1966 by sociologist William Peterson‚ the term "model minority" was first articulated in an article entitled "Success Story: Japanese American Style" in the New York Times (Peterson‚ 1966). The immigration of the Chinese to America and how they became the model minority in an age of discrimination while surpassing African Americans is worth learning. I feel it’s important to

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    Our agreement when made is a legally binding contract set on specific terms and conditions‚ which all parties are aware of and governed by English law. The contract is accepted when signed by the other party. In relation to cancellation our terms and conditions state‚ Section 4.3 If an event is Cancelled‚ the Hotel shall have the right to impose a cancellation charge (“Cancellation Charge”) which shall be calculated as a percentage of the Revenue as detailed below. Timing of Cancellation

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    Racial Diversity

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    Racial Diversity Michael Robertson ETH/125 August 24 ‚ 2014 Dr. Ganella Smith The majority race in the U.S. until present has been Caucasian with ancestral roots from Europe‚ such as Britain France‚ Spain‚ and Germany. Being the "first" Americans were the Native Americans but when English settlers and Europeans began coming into America so did the Native Americans become the minority. Other notable races in history include Hispanic‚ and African Americans. Hispanics derived from Mexico‚

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