HOW TO BRIEF A CASE [OR–WHY DIDN’T I CHOOSE TO GO TO MEDICAL SCHOOL] By Dana L. Blatt‚ Esq. You are just about to start law school. You buy all of your required casebooks [they are about two feet thick–only “slightly” intimidating]‚ and you receive your first assignment. You are simply told‚ “read the first 100 pages in each book and BRIEF all of the cases!” O.K.‚ you know how to read [hopefully]‚ but what does it mean to “brief” a case? You have heard of “briefcases‚” but that
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The scientific Method 1. Scientific Method- scientific investigation involving the observation of phenomena‚ the formulation of a hypothesis concerning the phenomena‚ experimentation to demonstrate the truth or falseness of the hypothesis‚ and result that validates or modify the hypothesis. Mechanist- Has belief that only natural forces govern living things‚ along with the rest of the universe. Vitalist- believes that the universe is at least partially governed by supernatural powers. Cause
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Scientific Method The experiment in this scientific article is based on whether it is true that caffeine can reduce high blood sugar or not. It was necessary to follow scientific method to come to a trustworthy and fair conclusion. The hypothesis of this experiment is that caffeine may help prevent diabetes. Scientists were asking if drinking coffee in regular doses would decrease the risk of getting type 2 diabetes. To test the hypothesis‚ scientists chose to do an experiment on mice that have
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Book Report: The Help The Help is a 522 page novel about 3 women in the 1960s. Kathryn Stockett explains how people treated each other due to the color of their skin and how day to day life felt like. It’s a very touching novel about how we really aren’t all that different and how some may come to extreme measures to pursue that equality. Aibileen is a black maid living in Jackson Mississippi. She has a calm‚ wise feel to her‚ always wanting to make others happy no matter what it comes
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P D Y Chapter 3 1 0 2 SURFACE MINING METHODS REFERENCE: BULLIVANT‚ DA. Current Surface Mining Techniques. Journal for the Transportation of Materials in Bulk: Bulk Solids Handling‚ vol 7‚ n6‚ December 1987‚ pp827-833. 2.1 Ore reserves Suitable for Surface Mining Ore reserves suitable for surface mining can be classified initially as; Relatively horizontal stratified reserves with a thin or thick covering of overburden Stratified vein-type deposits with an inclination steeper
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Payback Method The payback method is useful because of its simplicity. You simply take the expected cash inflows per year expected after the initial investment and find the breakeven point in where the cash inflows equals the initial investment. Whenever that breakeven point occurs on your timeline‚ that is your payback period. Let us suppose an initial investment for a project is $1.3 million‚ the expected cash inflows for the first two years totals $850‚000‚ and the third year is expected to
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Self help‚ not Charity. Charity of huge ransoms to organisations of the poor and deprived is almost always done out of goodwill. But what we don’t realize is that in doing so‚ we might be suppressing their self-esteem or depriving them of a motive to stand on their own feet and learn to earn their own livelihood. Mouth and Foot Painting Artists is one such organization.Their motto is ‘Self-help ‚ not Charity’. As its name suggests‚ MFPA is an organization consisting of physically handicapped
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looking at different aspects of an autobiography. At the end of the unit‚ you will be creating a mandala and an autobiographical essay that reveals some aspect of your life. Quick Writes: You will be given a series of quick writes that will help you in your essay. These will be turned in as part of your grade for the Mandala Project. Also included in this will be assignments relating to autobiographical readings that we will be discussing in class. (50 points) Mandala: Using activities
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Baby Help The book entitled Baby Help by Marilyn Reynolds is about a girl named Melissa Fisher‚ who has a baby named Cheyenne Fisher with a guy named Rudy Whitman. Although they seem like a regular couple‚ it’s far from normal; Melissa is constantly getting abused by Rudy‚ but after years of abuse she finally decides to stand up for herself and leaves him. Melissa is a strong willed person. To begin with‚ Melissa stands up to Rudy. For example‚ when Rudy tells Melissa for the second time that
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in a world of cheerios‚ be a fruit loop. In The Help by Kathryn Stockett one white woman wants to help the black maids get their word out. To get their word out about the experiences they have had‚ Skeeter‚ a white writer at the time‚ secretly wrote a novel to portray how life was like during segregation. The Help by Kathryn Stockett is very accurate in the portrayal of what life was like during the Civil Rights Movement and segregation. The Help by Kathryn Stockett did a fantastic job in portraying
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