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    2013 Indian Badminton League 2013 Indian Badminton League is the first season of Indian Badminton League starting from 14th August 2013.[1][2] Contents 1 Teams 1.1 Mumbai Masters 1.2 Pune Pistons 1.3 Banga Beats 1.4 Hyderabad HotShots 1.5 Delhi Smashers 1.6 Awadhe Warriors Tournament Details Dates August 14 – August 31 Administrator(s) Badminton Association of India Tournament Format(s) Round-robin and Knock-out Host(s)  India Venue(s) 6 Teams 6 Final Positions Champions

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    The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) makes it unlawful for an employer with 15 or more employees to discriminate against a qualified individual with a disability. HR department must manage employee and employer relations by ensuring that all laws pertaining to the ADA act are followed. The ADA applies to a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities (like walking‚ standing‚ or breathing). Examples include individuals who have physical

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    Was the non-violent civil right movement of the 1960’s a success? Why or why not? The success of the civil rights movement in the 1960’s could have only been achieved by the philosophy of standing up for the rights of the African American people from a non-violent course of action. During that period of time people were being murdered‚ homes and churches were being bombed and there was a sense that the evil hand of the oppressor would prevail. Andrew Young‚ one of Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr

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    1. Choose two amendments to the Constitution from the slideshow to research. 1. Amendment 19. 2. Amendment 24. 2. Research the amendments to answer the following questions: ◦How does the amendment protect citizen rights? ◦Who supported it? Why did they support it? ◦Who did not support it? Why were they against it? ◦When was it introduced? ◦When was it ratified? ◦What history and events led to its ratification? 1. Who supported it? Why did they support it

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    The Adoption of the 13th Amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1965 In the turn of the fifteenth century African American traveled with European explorers‚ especially Spanish and Portuguese to the New world many serving as crew members‚ servants and slaves (Bigelow‚ 2011). African Americans were free in the beginning times of the New World‚ though first white landowners faced labor crisis‚ what appeared easiest was to force the strong‚ hardworking African Americans to slavery by the mid-sixteen

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    The main fault that I see with a plea bargain is that it violates the six amendment. The reason why the sixth amendment is in violation is that plea bargaining goes against what it stands for. The sixth amendment states that everyone has the right to a fair trial; however‚ most cases are not even analyzed in front of a judge or jury because of a plea bargain. The main reason a plea bargain is put into play is to push a case through the system faster and resolve it quicker. Furthermore‚ everyone knows

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    Paving the way for equal rights Imagine not having the simple rights‚ not only as an American citizen‚ but as a human being. Women and blacks had no rights in this country. They could not vote‚ pick an educated career‚ or even have ownership of their children. Susan B. Anthony needed more‚ so she started fighting for the unheard voices of America. Susan B. Anthony has positively benefitted modern society by standing up for equal rights and fighting for opportunities for women. Susan B. Anthony

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    Emma Rosen Professor Lucas Rhetoric and Composition November 24‚ 2012 Love is Equal Federal and state governments have an obligation to protect the rights of individuals. The general population may feel that they are doing their job‚ but in the issue of same-sex (gay) marriage this is not the case. As recently as the 1970s‚ homosexual marriage was considered a crime in most states in America and such laws were ruled unconstitutional in only 2003.  America is the land of the free‚ where citizens

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    For Equal Work Mark Schmitt ORG303 –Applied Organizational Psychology Colorado State University – Global Campus Winsten-Bartlett‚ Cheryl January 5‚ 2014 UNEQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK For years many people have cried for equal pay for equal work. This has been a legal and ethical issue in our country for many decades. There are laws that govern this issue such as the Equal Pay Act. This law states that men and women working in the same workplace will be paid the same. This law was developed

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    Women had won the right to vote and their fight for suffrage was over‚ but not for Alice Paul. She wanted to keep fighting and so she introduced the Equal Rights Amendment. She thought women needed to be validated as human individuals‚ not just wives and mothers (RP 504). However‚ Paul was on such a high from the suffrage movement ending‚ she ended up introducing the Equal Rights Amendment too early. Her first mistake was wording it in a too positive manner‚ so such had to switch up the language

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