Metals & Non-Metals Metals: Good conductors of heat and electricity. Have shining luster. Malleable (this means that they can be hammered or distorted). Ductile (this means that they can be drawn into wires). Most have high melting and boiling points. Are sonorous (give out sound when beaten). Usually solid at room temperature. An exception to this is mercury‚ which is liquid in nature. Examples: Aluminum‚ Gold‚ Copper‚ Silver‚ Sodium‚ Potassium‚ Mercury. Corrode or oxidize in
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Chapter 28 Review 1. How did the Philippines become a major headache for America? Filipinos erupted into an open insurrection in 1899 under Emilio Aguinaldo. The war/ conflict was sordid and prolonged. Instead of quietly assimilating‚ they objected. 2. Why did the United States hold on to the Philippines? Millions of American dollars were invested in improving the nation’s infrastructure and education. Moreover the 2 nations had established important economic ties including trades in sugar
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TATA POWER Vision: To be the most admired and responsible Integrated Power Company with international footprint‚ delivering sustainable value to all stakeholder. Mission: We will become the most admired and responsible Power Company delivering sustainable value by: • Operating our assets at benchmark levels • Executing projects safely‚ with predictable benchmark quality‚ cost and time • Growing the Tata Power businesses‚ be it across the value chain or across geographies‚ and also in allied
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Killgore Knight 12 February 2015 Homework Assignment #3 EEOC v Target Corporation 1) What were the legal issues in this case? What did the appeals court decide? The issue was whether there was disparate treatment based on race in the recruitment and hiring process at Target. The court also considered the issue of whether the employer’s failure to retain resumes and interview forms violated Title VII’s record retention requirements. The district court granted summary judgment to Target on both
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Introduction: It is‚ precisely‚ in the modern art gallery of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City‚ that Jackson Pollock’s painting‚ Number 28‚ 1950 hangs. On a wall of its own‚ neither too big nor too small‚ it would seem completely normal in relation to the art surrounding it. But the painting has an interesting quality; to some‚ it appears as a vague‚ brown‚ mess of paint‚ to others‚ as a mystical movement of color contained on a canvas. The techniques that Pollock utilizes to create
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Eeoc And The Process The mission of the EEOC‚ as set forth in its strategic plan‚ is to promote equal opportunity in employment through administrative and judicial enforcement of the federal civil rights laws‚ education and technical assistance. Overview The EEOC carries out its work at headquarters and in 50 field offices throughout the United States. Individuals who believe they have been discriminated against in employment begin the processes by filing administrative charges. Individual
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It is safe to say that most people in the world are salaried employed workers and not entrepreneurs. There is a significant difference in being an entrepreneur and a salaried worker. An entrepreneur is a person who organizes and manages their business‚ taking lots of risks. A salaried worker is someone working for another person’s business for pay while having a lot of security. While the entrepreneur has more freedom‚ the salaried employee takes lesser risks. As an entrepreneur you have plenty
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EEOC Paper SOC315 May 24‚ 2012 EEOC Paper Throughout the history of the United States‚ there have been few laws or established commissions to protect employees from discrimination and harassment in the workplace. The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing federal laws with employers who have fifteen (15) employees or more (EEOC‚ n.d.). According to the EEOC (n.d.) website‚ the EEOC laws make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant
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Supermarkets vs. local shops To many‚ supermarkets are an integral part of modern-life‚ but should their expansion be at the cost of local stores? TheSite.org looks at the pros and cons of supermarket shopping. For Time savers: Let’s be honest‚ life without supermarkets would be total hell. Gone are the days of trawling the high street all day long‚ and now we can fit shopping into our busy schedules. We’re not even restricted by opening hours‚ with many supermarkets now open 24 hours. Choice:
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A Night At The Movies: NAME: Date: 7/3/12 Points: ________/7.5 MOVIE: 28 Days 1. Briefly describe the plot of the movie: Gwen (Sandra Bullock) plays a party girl journalist from New York. Her sister is an uptight controlling bride to be. They were raised by an alcoholic single mother. At her sister’s wedding she arrived late and added another great disappointment to her sister as she fell into the cake and stole the limo to find a cake store. Gwen then crashed into a house and was
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