1) Citation Palsgraf v. Long Island R. Co 248 N.Y. 339‚ 162 N.E. 99 (1928) Court of Appeals of New York 2) Key facts a. The plaintiff‚ Helen Palsgraf‚ was waiting for a train on a station platform. b. A man carrying a package was rushing to catch a train that was moving away from a platform across the tracks from Palsgraf. c. As the man attempted to jump aboard the moving train‚ he seemed unsteady and about to fall. d. A railroad guard on the car reached forward to grab him and another guard
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R v Hester [2007] EWCA Crim 2127 Court of Appeal The appellant was a police officer who had become involved with a criminal enterprise involving blackmail of two wealthy businessmen‚ Scragg and Phillips‚ who provided payroll services to the construction industry. The appellant’s co-defendant‚ McKay‚ had contacted Scragg and arranged a business meeting in a pub. When Scragg turned up he was attacked by a gang who were waiting for him and falsely imprisoned in an upstairs room of the pub. Phillips
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MODULE 1 THEORIES OF LEARNING: ACT – R (Adaptive Control of Thought - Rational) by John Anderson I. Objectives At the end of the module‚ the students are expected to: a. define ACT – R; b. apply the ACT – R Theory in learning; and c. appreciate the importance of ACT – R in learning II. Introduction of the Topic ACT-R (Adaptive Control of Thought--Rational) is a cognitive architecture mainly developed by John Robert Anderson at Carnegie Mellon University‚ which is also a theory
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R for Programmers Norman Matloff University of California‚ Davis c 2007-8‚ N. Matloff December 4‚ 2008 IMPORTANT NOTICE: This document is no longer being maintained. My book on R programming‚ The Art of R Programming‚ is due out in August 2011. You are welcome to use an early draft at http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/˜matloff/132/NSPpart.pdf; it was about 50% complete and contains bugs‚ but should be useful. Licensing: This work‚ dated December 4‚ 2008‚ is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No
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J. R. R. Tolkien As a great revolutionary writer J. R. R. Tolkien created a new style of fiction and how books should be written. Throughout Tolkien’s life Having a rough childhood‚ Tolkien became an orphan by age fourteen but his love for words and language given by his mother did not stop. As Tolkien aged over the years his love for writing continued as he created writing clubs and learned many languages. These steps led him to write two great and well known literary works‚ The Hobbit‚ and The
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term "freedom of expression" as "Permitting free expression to the end of promoting truth‚ political or social participation‚ and self-fulfilment. That purpose extends to the protection of minority beliefs which the majority regard as wrong or false." R. v. Zundel. It was fair? Unlawful? Profile of the Law: Criminal Code of Canada Spreading False News Section 181 Every one who wilfully publishes a statement‚ tale‚ or news that he knows is false and that causes or is likely to cause injury or mischief
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R&R Introduction of Case Study Bob Reiss in 1983 observed with interest the success in the Canadian market of new game board called “Trivial Pursuit”‚ The sale of the game in the US tended to be approximately ten times those of sales in Canada since “Trivial Pursuit” had sold 100‚000 copies .Now Reiss thought game make a boom in US market and this make a profitable opportunity for him. After Graduation from Harvard Business School in 1956 Bob Reiss started working for a company of stationary
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Mao’s first attempt to prove the validity of the peasants potential for revolution was in the city of Changsha‚ during the Autumn Harvest Uprising of September of 1927. The uprising took place during the harvesting period to intensify the class struggles in the village. Mao had realized the revolutionary potential of the peasant class because the peasants‚ who were the most exploited class‚ had already begun revolting against the ruthless economic exploitation that they were subjected to by the petty
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ICE The book I chose to read is Frozen Earth: Explaining the Ice Age by R. V. Fodor‚ the associate Professor of Geology at North Carolina State University. It presents the recent discoveries and history of the ice age in an easy-understanding and accessible way. He first begins with a little background of ice ages. He then talks about glaciers and how they form and act. Then he talks about the different theories of how this happened. He concludes with speaking of the future and the climate
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