term effects of the flood control act provision of 1965 The flood control act of control act of 1965 gave authorization to U.S Army Crop of Engineers (USACE) to design and construct a flood protection system to protect south Louisiana from hurricanes. It was called the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Protection Project‚ the reason for this project was prior to 1965. The state of Louisiana design and built its own flood protection‚ but on September 9‚ 1965 hurricane
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Consumer Protection Paper – Super Size Me Based on our group discussion‚ we came into a conclusion that Consumer Protection are made to ensure fair transactions and along with that are truthful information’s in the marketplace. This is advantageous especially consumers‚ so that they would not fall into the traps of businesses that will not do them any good. This is also to save them from businesses that are engaged in fraud or any unfair practices that the company does. The four basic rights
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The Mental Health Act The mental health act is an act design to protect people with mental illness. It was originally written in 1983 and reformed in 2007. It sets out clear guidance for a health professional when a person may need to be taken into compulsorily detained in a hospital. This is known as sectioning. This helps carers who are unable to cope without help. People can be sectioned if the health care profession thinks they are a danger to themselves‚ they are a danger to another person
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Information Technology Act The Information Technology Act 2000 (ITA-2000)(IT ACT) is an Act of the Indian Parliament (No 21 of 2000) notified on October 17‚ 2000. History of the Act The United Nations General Assembly by resolution A/RES/51/162‚ dated the 30 January 1997 has adopted the Model Law on Electronic Commerce adopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law. This is referred to as the UNCITRAL Model Law on E-Commerce. Following the UN Resolution India passed the Information
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Question 1 Indian Removal The Indian Removal Act was the forced relocation of Indian Tribes from their homelands to federal lands further West. The people of the South supported this Act because they wanted to gain the fertile Indian lands. A type of Indian resistance would be that they attempted to adopt “white” practices‚ like large farms and even owning slaves. Another type of Indian resistance would be going to war. The First Seminole War‚ for example‚ tried fighting against the Americans for
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ACT of 29 August 1997 TAX ORDINANCE (Consolidated text: Dziennik Ustaw 2005‚ No. 8‚ item 60 with subsequent amendments: Dziennik Ustaw 2005‚ No. 85‚ item 727‚ No. 86‚ item 732‚ No. 143‚ item 1199; 2006‚ No. 66‚ item 470‚ No. 104‚ item 708‚ No. 143‚ item 1031‚ No. 217‚ item 1590‚ No. 225‚ item 1635; 2007‚ No. 105‚ item 721‚ No. 112‚ item 769‚ No. 120‚ item 818‚ No. 192‚ item 1378‚ No. 195‚ item 1414‚ No. 225‚ item 1671; 2008‚ No. 118‚ item 745‚ No. 141‚ item 888‚ Monitor Polski 2008‚ No. 61‚ items
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Technology Acts I have chosen write about the No Electronic Theft Act 1997 because I believe music and videos that are downloaded for free from the internet are ruining those industries. I also chose to write about the Children’s Internet Protection Act 2000 due to the fact I have two children that will be using the internet shortly. Constant changes in technology have led to bad practices and criminal charges that necessitated the creation of these acts. No Electronic Theft Act in 1997 The
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Make 8 Difference Journal 9/8/2014 My first Make a Difference act took place in the computer lab at the GTCC campus today. I was in the computer lab finishing up a paper for my Psychology class. I had a gentleman sitting beside me and he looked like he was about to scream trying to complete a resume. I printed my paper and moved to him. I assisted him with the resume for over an hour. He was not yet enrolled in classes he was trying to get through a work study program and he was required to have
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THE INDIAN CONTRACT ACT‚ 1872 CONTRACT Section 2(h) defines a contract as “an agreement enforceable by law” Thus to make a contract there must be – (i) an agreement (ii) the agreement should be enforceable by law. All agreements are not enforceable by law and‚ therefore‚ all agreements are not contracts. Some agreements may be enforceable by law and others not. For example‚ an agreement to sell a radio set may be a contract‚ but an agreement to go to see a movie may
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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1425 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1425 - AN ACT TO INCLUDE IN THE CURRICULA OF ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS‚ COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES COURSES ON THE LIFE‚ WORKS AND WRITINGS OF JOSE RIZAL‚ PARTICULARLY HIS NOVELS NOLI ME TANGERE AND EL FILIBUSTERISMO‚ AUTHORIZING THE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION THEREOF‚ AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HEREAS‚ today‚ more than any other period of our history‚ there is a need for a re-dedication to the ideals of freedom and nationalism
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