Will Smith Willard (Will) Christopher Smith‚ born and raised in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania is well known for his early rapping/hip hop career and later as a comedic actor. The sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air which aired in 1990 helped launch Will Smith’s acting career. After The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ended in 1996‚ Smith began a successful solo music career while simultaneously starring in a series of films. The first two films were hugely successful summer blockbusters: Independence Day
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The Prague Spring 1968 The Czech leader‚ Novotny‚ a hard line communist and Soviet ‘puppet’‚ he was very unpopular. The Czech economy was in a mess‚ and seemed to be run purely for the benefit of the USSR. Dubcek‚ a reforming communist‚ replaced Novotny. Brezhnev‚ leader of the USSR‚ supported this move. Dubcek promised the people socialism with a human face‚ and launched a series of reforms known as the Prague Spring. The reforms aimed to improve standard of living‚ allow for greater freedom
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Alexandra Trogisch September 4‚ 2006 Legal Research and Writing Annamaria Maciocia‚ Esq. Citation: The People of the State of New York v. Howard Sohn‚ 43 A.D. 2d 716‚ 350 N.Y.S 2d 198 (1973) Procedural History: This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court‚ Queens County‚ rendered February 14‚ 1973‚ convicting him of assault in the second degree‚ after a nonjury trial‚ and sentencing him to probation for five years. Facts: The complainant
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‚ Eds. New York: Hindawi‚ 2006. [3] L. Liang and S. V. Hum‚ “Experimental characterization of UWB beamformers based on multidimensional beam filters‚” IEEE Trans. Ant. Propag.‚ vol. 59‚ no. 1‚ pp. 304–309‚ Jan. 2011. [4] S. V. Hum‚ A. Madanayake‚ and L. T. Bruton‚ “UWB beamforming using 2D beam digital filters‚” IEEE Trans. Ant. Propag. (TAP)‚ vol. 57‚ no. 3‚ pp. 804–807‚ Mar. 2009. [5] T. Gunaratne and L. Bruton‚ “Adaptive complex-coefficient 2D FIR trapezoidal filters for broadband beamforming in cognitive
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On December 25‚ 1878 Louis Chevrolet was born in the Bernese Jura region of La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland. When he was growing up he learned to repair and race bicycles. As a teenager he worked for a wine cellar‚ he invented a wine pump that made the process of making it even faster‚ it was used in that region for many decades. Louis went on to build his own bikes called Frontenac. That’s we’re he got the name for the car he made later own in his life. Louis eventually met William K. Vanderbilt a
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ACC 640: Advanced Auditing Dr. Owhoso Case 4: Waste Management Due: 09/23/14 Summary: Waste Management‚ Inc. was an international provider of waste management services. What once started as a family-owned trash collection business in 1894 grew to be a leading company in the 1990s. The company had diversified into several waste-related ventures‚ including trash pick up for individuals‚ businesses‚ and municipalities‚ as well as recycling‚ methane gas removal
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Faverty v McDonald’s Restaurants of Oregon‚ Inc. 892 P.2D 703 (CT. APP. OR. 1995) Facts: Matt Theurer was an 18 year old adult that worked at McDonald’s part time. His friends and family worried about him because he had many extra-curricular activities‚ worked for the National Guard‚ and worked for McDonalds. McDonald’s informal policy did not allow high school students to work more than one midnight shift per week or split shifts. There was a special clean-up week McDonald’s held‚ Theurer worked
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In article “You Asked for it‚ You got it…Toy Yoda: Practical Jokes‚ Prizes and Contract Law” by Keith A. Rowley‚ the professor of the University of Nevada‚ is discussing a case of Berry v Gulf Coast Wings Inc. The case gathered a lot of attention of the legal world and extensive press coverage at the time. A 26-year-old Jodee Berry was working as a waitress in Hooters restaurant in Panama City‚ Florida. In April 2001‚ all the waitresses were informed by their manager‚ Jared Blair‚ that a month-long
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In the case of Smith v. United States‚ the plaintiff‚ John Angus Smith‚ was convicted of engaging in drug-trafficking‚ which would have granted him a five year sentence had he not “used” a firearm in regards to the incident. As stated in statute 924(c)(1)‚ the use of firearm in relations to a drug-trafficking crime enhanced the sentence‚ and turned it into a 30-year sentence. The argument at hand is whether the term “use” was to be taken from a broad dictionary definition or in the ordinary meaning
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BURWELL V. HOBBY LOBBY‚ INC. 134 S. Ct 2751 (US 2014) SUPREME COURT OF UNITED STATES Facts: Hobby Lobby is a family owned arts and crafts store that runs on Christian principles. The companies statement of purpose is “honoring the Lord in all [they] do by operating the company in a manner consistent with Biblical principles.” The family does not believe in the use of contraception but under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)‚ the company is required to offer a minimum coverage
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