Reasonably foreseeable victims were brought to the forefront by cases such as Tarasoff v. the Regents of the University of California and subsequent duty to warn cases. Foreseeable means that a “reasonable anticipation of the possible results of an action” exists (Foreseeability. (n.d.)). The Tarasoff decision defined the first two categories of reasonably foreseeable victims‚ a person directly named by the client as being the target‚ and a person that a psychologist deems identifiable by using
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Response to The New White Man’s Burden In the article "The New White Man’s Burden‚" Anthony Arnove talks about the parallels between the United States reason for the current war in Iraq and the United States occupation of the Philippines in 1898. The author draws theses parallels because he wants the reader to see for themselves how similar the experience in Iraq was played out to how the experience in the Philippines was played out. The main point that Anthony Arnove is making is that the government
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In her essay “Virtual Friendship and the New Narcissism‚ Christine Rosen explores and comments on the various ways social networking sites have affected how users interpret and define a relationship. Rosen starts by comparing how our modern day social media pages are no different from the painted portraits of the people from the past. Rather than the painters retouching their work to define an image‚ we now update‚ tweak and post specific things on our “online” self-portraits to display who we are
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John Lewis Gaddis is a history professor at Yale University‚ lecturing an undergraduate class every Monday and Wednesday on the Cold War. He wrote The Cold War: A New History based on questions some of his prior students had on the Cold War‚ as well as making a shorter‚ more understanding book for students to read. Gaddis provides a fantastic overview of the Cold War but could have organized the information a lot better. For instance‚ if he put it in chronological order rather than jumping back
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The literature includes several comparisons that are enlightening. One excerpt asks‚ “Is food the new sex?” Here the author highlights how American moral ideas concerning food and sex have reversed over the span of years. Today it seems as though many people see sexual conduct as personal choice but may feel uneasy about the sources and consumption of food. Another excerpt asks‚ “Is pornography the new tobacco?” again showing‚ as the author states it‚ a translation of values between
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In the first article‚ “The New Flat Earth Society”‚ by Albert A Bartlett‚ the author discusses the beliefs of the New Flat Earth Society‚ especially pointing out the need for the earth to be flat and therefore infinite in order to encompass the ever-growing population of people. Although the Earth has been proven to be round‚ the Flat Earth Society is deemed ‘New’ because of their desire for the Earth to be infinite to be able to make up for the increasing number of people and the decreasing number
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As a chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)‚ Richard A. Grasso was earning beyond a reasonable compensation. At the time‚ Grasso was receiving a far greater salary‚ than the median salary of various CEOs from other major corporations. His pay consisted of a base salary of $1.4million‚ along with a bonus that had progressively increased. Grasso was also in control of the compensation committee‚ which consisted of individuals that he had selected himself‚ as well as those he had previous
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Mid-term paper: book review of « Discovering the news: a social history of American newspapers » In « Discovering the news: a social history of American newspapers »‚ Michael Schudson warns the reader before hand: this book is not meant to express an opinion about the objectivity of American newspapers… This book is rather meant to question why and how the issue of objectivity appeared in the field of journalism. Throughout his book‚ Schudson therefore dresses a portrait of the evolution of American
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The famous Scottsboro case began on March twenty fifth nineteen thirty one on one of the Southern Railroad’s trains that was to travel from Chattanooga to Memphis. On this particular day there was approximately twenty four people “hoboing” or hitching a ride on the top of the train most of whom were young males. Among the twenty four riders there were nine african american teenagers four of whom men were from Chattanooga and were traveling to Memphis to investigate rumors about their being government
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I. Situation Analysis. Tweeter is a specialty electronics store‚ which dealt in middle and high end electronics in the New England area. The majority of consumers in the market for electronics are interested in price and Tweeter is in most cases well above the other retailers advertised starting prices. The middle and high end electronics are sold at around the same prices in all stores‚ but the product offerings made by Tweeter and the competitors advertising has made it price somewhat
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