Erosion on Long Beach Island and the Grand Strand Earth 111 ------------------------------------------------- Abstract Long Beach Island is a barrier island located approximately one mile off of the southern coast of New Jersey. The island in some areas is only a half-mile wide‚ with some areas‚ which are even narrower. Therefore‚ coastal erosion and flooding are both major concerns for the residents. Most of the island’s eighteen miles of beaches have experienced significant damage from erosion
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In the case Palsgraf v. The Long Island Railroad‚ 248 N.Y. 339‚ 162 N.E. 99‚ 1928 N.Y.Lexis 1269 (N.Y.)‚ Justice Cardoza denied recovery for the plaintiff. Justice Cardoza found that the railroad was not the proximate cause of Helen Palsgraf’s injuries. The concept of proximate cause is one that is less than precise. In today’s world of business can we still be sure that the reasoning used by Cardoza still applies? Has a new standard developed? In reviewing the materials in the text you should be
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HISTORY Ms. Palsgraf successfully sued the Long Island Railroad Company for compensation for her injuries in the Kings County‚ New York State Circuit Court. The Long Island Railroad Company appealed this decision to the Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court‚ Second Department‚ which upheld the lower court’s ruling. The company appealed once more to the New York Court of Appeals‚ which agreed to hear the case. FACTS OF THE CASE The Plaintiff was purchasing a ticket on the railroad platform
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#3 Platonic and Aristotelian metaphysics Plato and Aristotle are the names of the two philosophers who had so much influence on philosophy as a science. Plato and Aristotle are connected with each other. At 17 years Aristotle entered the school of the Plato. From the beginning Aristotle was strongly on the side of Plato’s principles‚ and then his views became more differ from Plato. In Plato’s school Aristotle got the important knowledge‚ with which he had opened his own‚ against Platonic‚ school
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Bill Bryson‚ Notes from a Small Island‚ Black Swan‚ 1995 In the morning I awoke to find rain falling over the hills in great blown sheets. I breakfasted‚ settled the bill and spent a protracted period struggling into waterproofs in the front hallway. It’s a funny thing. I dress myself most days without incident‚ but give me a pair of waterproof trousers to put on and it’s as if I’ve never stood unaided. I spent twenty minutes crashing into walls and furniture‚ falling into pot plants and‚ in one
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will leaf out. And‚ some Long Island home owners will breathe a sigh of relief they don’t have to put up with drafty corners and cold spots caused by leaking windows. As we welcome in the warmer days‚ it’s a good time to think about banishing those bothersome leaks once and for all. Updating your home with modern‚ energy-efficient replacement windows can significantly improve your indoor comfort. But‚ how do you decide which replacement windows to buy for your Long Island home? Renewal by Andersen
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make an egg bounce? Well the answer is yes‚ you make an egg bounce by using just a few steps. You can make this even more fun by doing this with a couple of friends. First you will need an egg. Then get a bowl. Also you will need vinegar. After you have all those here is what you will need to do. Boil the egg or eggs that you have. After you boil the egg let it set for at least an hour. Then set the egg in a bowl. When you have all that done just put vinegar in the bowl with the hard boiled egg ( How
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The Great Gatsby: Gatsby’s Illusion of Himself F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is considered a novel that embodies America in the 1920s. In it‚ the narrator‚ Nick Carroway‚ helps his neighbor Jay Gatsby reunite with Daisy Buchanan‚ with whom he has been in love with since 5 years before‚ during World War I. The affair between the two fails‚ however‚ and ends in Gatsby being shot and killed. The reason that this was inevitable is that Gatsby created a fantasy so thoroughly that he became
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2011 History of Trade Influence in West Africa Trade has played an important role in the history of the West African region. Trade shaped the region in two main ways. Trade worked as a catalyst for the rise of nearly every empire in the region from its’ earliest times to present day. Also‚ the growth and spread of trade routes brought in an immense amount of culture with it as well. Trade is and has been a reason for organization in all parts of the world from the days of the barter system all
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The Platonic dialogue Lysis attempts to explain what friendship is and how it is formed. Throughout the dialogue‚ Socrates discusses seven varying in definition. The first three were a logical representations of two people‚ one friending‚ being friended‚ and a reciprocated friendship. Even though none of these passed Socrates’s inquiry‚ they become important for understanding friendship later on. Socrates goes on to try and define friendship by the attitude of the person‚ example a person of like
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