violated a clause on the employment contract which sought to prohibit them from conducting business elsewhere while employed with the company. The company sued to get back the payments. The court held that the mistake was irrelevant since the company got what they wanted (the release of the employees) and the payment was only a side issue. Further‚ the court deemed that the contract was not significantly different from what the parties intended it to be‚ so it should be upheld.
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The article "When the Cyberbully Is You" by Nick Bilton discusses the problem of online shaming faced by our society. According to him‚ there is nothing new about cyberbullying‚ but now the debate is happening everywhere: on radio shows‚ movies‚ books‚ talks‚ TV shows‚ blogs‚ book reviews including social media. With serious concern‚ Jacqui Shine states that online shaming has come to the point that anyone can be a victim of that kind of shaming‚ and that is the reason why it is being discussed now
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08.01: Half-life and Radioactive Decay · Distinguish between nuclear and chemical reactions. · Compare and contrast different types of nuclear decay and the properties of the three types of radiation (alpha‚ beta‚ and gamma) discussed in the lesson. · Be able to predict the isotope or radiation produced by a nuclear decay reaction when the other product is given. · Describe and make predictions regarding half-life‚ including using a graph or set of data to determine the half-life of a substance
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data associated not only with the Columbia accident‚ but that of the 1987 loss of the space shuttle Challenger. Evidence from the investigation indicated that lessons learned from the Challenger were not necessarily applied to the shuttle program and may have been instrumental in the loss of the Columbia. It was determined that several factors outside of the technical and systemic systems were associated within the NASA organization and contributed to the loss of the shuttles. Addressed here are some
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Support individuals during a period of change 1 Changes that may occur are Deaths in the family ‚ moving tenancy‚ a birth in the family or just growing up in general 2 A death can be a negative experience because it brings a time of emotions and can make someone sad if a person close to them has died. Moving house can be a welcome change of refresh an individual’s life with new surroundings. 3 Approaches that may enhance an individual’s capacity for change are to use existing skills or knowledge
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3 Different Types of Sport Fans Everybody enjoys going to a sporting event. Whether the sporting event is Football‚ Baseball‚ Basketball‚ or even Hockey. Sporting events bring excitement to all of us‚ thinking that our team will win. If our team wins‚ we usually go home happy. Then if our team goes home losing‚ we get upset or sad inside. Anyways‚ we will always cheer for our team no matter what especially at the game. There are always those fans though that bugs people to death. Anytime at a
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In her short story‚ “Where are you going where have you been?” Joyce Carol Oates describes the emotional ride of a fifteen year old girl‚ on the verge of becoming an adult and losing her innocence of mind and body along the way. She has a difficult time growing up and developing her own personality as they would have her react to her circumstances.“Everything about her bad two side to it‚ one for Home and one for anywhere that was not Home.” Connie feels that the best attribute that a girl can have
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When You Reach Me follows a sixth-grade protagonist‚ Miranda. She lives with her single mother who has a kindhearted boyfriend‚ Richard. Miranda’s best friend Sal‚ who she knew since she was a small child‚ had recently started ignoring Miranda after he had been punched in the face by another boy‚ Marcus. A homeless man lives on the corner of Miranda’s street. She calls him the "laughing man" for his tendency to laugh without cause. Miranda notices that he always utters the words "book bag pocket
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(P2) In a business report: Task 2: Describe the different stakeholders who influence the purpose of two business organisations you have selected. NHS Stakeholder: Stakeholder is a person‚ group or organisation that has interest or concern in an organisation. Stakeholders can affect or be affected by the organisation’s actions‚ objectives and policies. Some examples of key stakeholders are creditors‚ directors‚ employees‚ government‚ owners (shareholders)‚ suppliers‚ unions‚ and the community
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Title: Going away to University. Will you be homesick? Are you missing your sweet home badly‚ and is the feeling affecting your campus life in a negative way? Homesickness is absolutely nothing. This is the best period in person’s life‚ the youthful excitement‚ new friends‚ campus fun‚ parties‚ and the sense of growing up! The life is just wonderful and carefree‚ and if you are living away from home‚ you have that super good feeling of independence. But like a coin has two sides‚ living away
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