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    • Determine the force and impulse exerted with different foot strikes when running • Understand how different foot strikes‚ flat foot‚ heel first‚ or toe first‚ can create different forces and impulses Introduction: Everyday runners across the country take off on their daily run. These runners tend to have different foot strikes when they run. The three types of foot strikes are heel first (landing on the heel)‚ mid-foot (landing simultaneously on the heel and ball of the foot)‚ or forefoot striking

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    The coal strike in eastern Kentucky was a hard conflict in the 1930s. There were many challenges and discontent for the coal miners and their families. Coal miners formed strikes to oppose what was happening. The industrialization of mining was decreasing and becoming less produced. The coal strike is a good case study because of the reason the strike happened‚ the coal operators and police involved‚ and the hardships of the miners. The coal strikes had been happening for years before the 1930s

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    The impact of the NUM’s defeat in the Miners’ Strike encompassed the entire social‚ political and economic spectrums‚ making some significant contribution in all of the three areas in some way or another. However‚ whether they are evidence of the Miners’ Strike’s significance or of another factor outside of its sphere will be made clearer through further analysis of the year-long crisis in the coal industry. The NUM’s defeat in 1985 is generally seen as a major victory against the excessive power

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    respond to the various issues surrounding the strike. Topics discussed include the legality of the strike‚ the impact the strike had on Ironsteel that influenced decision making process‚ and the consequences to both replacement and long-term employees. The strike that took place in the summer of 2011 was legal‚ because it addressed the concerns of employees including disputes over wages and benefits. This type of strike is often described as an economic strike. Section 7 of the National Labor Relations

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    society in reference to crime. Starting around 1980 there was noticeable increase in crime rates in the U.S.. In many of these cases it was noted that these individuals were in fact repeat offenders. So‚ on March 7‚ 1994 California enacted the Three-Strikes and You’re Out Law. This laws and other laws like it are currently being utilized today all around the Untied States. This law was first backed by victim’s rights advocates in the state to target habitual offenders. The reason California holds the

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    three strikes law. The examination study will document the effect of the three strikes rule on internal and external stakeholders‚ trying to evaluate whether the law and comparative laws go about as a compelling obstacle to wrongdoing. The creation of the three strikes law first passed as Initiative 593 in Washington State in 1993. Then California law was passed its own version in 1994 as Proposition 184. Currently twenty-four states in the United States have some version of the “Three Strike Law”

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    launched a general strike‚ marking one of the largest strikes in Canadian history. The strike was the result of many causes‚ including the increased suffering of Canadian workers. This pain was elevated because of Canadians who returned from the First World War‚ and could not find jobs because of the difficult economic environment. In addition‚ plant closures‚ high unemployment and poor work conditions also contributed to the causes of the general strike. The common goal of the strike was to promote

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    Do Three Strikes Sentencing Laws/ “Get Tough” Approaches Work? It would be safe to assume that most individuals agree that those who commit crimes must deal with the consequences of their law breaking actions. Despite efforts to reduce crime by the traditional form of punishment through incarceration‚ some criminals continue to live felonious lives. This not only poses a problem on their behave but also that of the communities in which they live and are offending. The state of California was determined

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    “Three strikes and you’re out”. This is the all too familiar term we are used to hearing in baseball and in the rules of the law in some states. Most heard of in California. Three strikes sentencing were adopted in 1994. It imposed longer prison sentences for repeat offenders. The law requires a person who is convicted of a felony and who previously has been convicted of one or more violent and/or serious felonies. The main feature of the Three Strikes law is the imposition of a life sentence for

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    HRM in Media – Pilots Strike Case in China Eastern Airlines Story Briefing: On March 31‚ 2008‚ 14 flights of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Branch turned back to Kunming without landing at their destinations. Passengers were told it was due to poor weather conditions. However‚ the weather did not affect flights from other airlines to the same destinations. The real reason was a strike by disgruntled pilots‚ according to the April 2 Guangzhou Daily. China’s airline industry has been

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