Julia McCall 02/16/15 WR 122 Sydney Elliott Preparatory classes for standardized testing are generally not worth their price Standardized testing in the United States started in 1845‚ with Horace Mann public education advocate‚ who “called for standardized testing of spelling‚ geography‚ and math in public schools” to assess students’ abilities. Then‚ in 1900‚ The College Entrance Examination Board‚ now known as the College Board‚ was founded. The Board was an essay-based exam testing students
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The article “Another Marine Pollution Threat: Noise: Will a More Acidic Ocean be Noisier for Whales?” was written by Cherie Winner and was published in Volume 48‚ Issue 2‚ of the journal Oceanus in 2010. I accessed the article through the University of West Florida’s library’s website by searing for the Opposing Viewpoints in Context database under the “A-Z Database List.” Once on the database‚ one can search the title of the article in the search box to locate it. Winner intended this article to
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ISSUE: To decide:- a) Can Ted sue Robyn? b) Can Robyn raise any defence against the claim of negligence? c) Can Lily successfully sue Robyn? Law: In order to establish a claim‚ the plaintiff needs to prove 3 elements of negligence:- (A) Duty of care The defendant owed plaintiff’s responsibility. Duty is based on whether it was reasonably foreseeable that another person in place of plaintiff could have been harmed by defendant’s actions. 1) Objective Test: It is a key test to determine whether
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Lea and Gabe‚ two college students that happen to go to the same University. The book starts off with Lea and her dorm mate Maribel inside their dorm‚ about to be a late night in September‚ this part of the story is in Maribel’s point of view. Before the real drama of the story begins‚ the book opens up with Maribel talking to Lea about getting a fake ID. Lea is kind of shy to the idea and in Maribel’s point of view Lea is nice and innocent and is trying to open Lea up to new possibilities. The central
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liability claim‚ our client has a case against the hotel. The premise liability claim is based on common law principles of negligence and derives from an establishment’s lack of supervision‚ care‚ or control of the premises. RESTATMENT (SECOND) OF TORTS §344 (1965). According to the premise liability claim‚ a tavern owner has a duty to protect his patrons‚ and thus be liable for negligence‚ if the following applies: control over a dangerous and defective condition; the owner had knowledge or should have
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Systems (such as the Cool Roof Rating Council‚ and LEED®) call for 78 and above for low slope roofing. A standard black (reflectance 0.05‚ emittance 0.90) is 0 and a standard white (reflectance 0.80‚ emittance 0.90) is 100. Comparison: NIR against standard i t t d d Ambient conditions: Outside temperature: 10‚4 °C Humidity: 45 % Radiation R di ti on plates: 560 W/m ² l t W/ ~ 65 ° C ~ 52 ° C K= 0.37 W/(m2.K) Concrete:λ= 2.1W/mK EPS:λ= 0.04W/mK 1300 Solar Intens
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in detail. False Claims Act (FCA): The False Claim Act was enacted to enable the federal government to civilly receive damages from a fraudulent claim by an organization. Claims for civil remedy has become more prevalent in healthcare because of the amount of money that is now involved through
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Healthful eating • Oil and gas prices • Education • Media in the courtroom • Cosmetic surgery • Tattoos or body piercing • Language in the United States • A topic of your choice‚ approved by your instructor Final Project Timeline You should budget your time wisely and work on your project throughout the course. As outlined below‚ some CheckPoints and assignments in the course are designed to assist you in creating your final project. If you complete your course activities and use the
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Safian defines the False Claims Act “law specifically forbids the transmission of claims with the intention of gaining reimbursement under false conditions” (Safian‚ 2009). This means that when a claim is submitted with false information to increase reimbursement it violates the False Claims Act. This behavior also can be identified as intentional and will be considered as fraud. There are heavy consequences for violating this Act and the behavior associated with violation should not be taken lightly
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Small Claims Courts in the Philippines Going to court for a small sum of money has just become cheaper and faster with the establishment of small claims courts. A simple procedure makes it easy for everyone. According to former Court Administrator‚ now Supreme Court Associate Justice Jose P. Perez‚ 70% of cases before Metropolitan Trial Courts in Metro Manila are small claims (involving small amounts of money) and many of the litigants in these cases are poor. The same thing is true‚ if not more
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