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Here is Marine Corporal Jose Armenta in his tent on the night before getting blown up in Afghanistan. He jokes with Mulrooney and Berry and the medic the guys have nicknamed “Christ.” He feeds and waters his dog, Zenit, a sable-coat German shepherd. He lets Buyes, who will be dead in three months, ruffle Zenit’s fur, for the radioman is crazy about the dog. Then he takes Zenit outside in the waning light of this dusty, desert otherworld to train. They’re happiest like this. Jose has Zenit sit,…

Introduction Operation Anaconda took place in March 2002 in Afghanistan. The operation consisted of many elements from different branches of service including local national armed forces being leveraged by American Special Operations Forces (SOF) for support. Coordination with these elements and lack of clearly defined leadership lead to the operation not going as planned and elements of mission control which caused delays in reaction time and forced U.S. commanders to adapt. The old…

support in a homelike setting. What is a residential care home? Care homes are residential facilities that provide individualized service to small groups of older adults. These adult care homes provide housing, dining services and assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs). Many adult care homes are situated in large single-family homes that have been renovated into multi-unit apartments. These homes may only have the capability to care for a few…

example, if a company hired candidates solely based on their training and it could be proven that minorities had in the past been prevented from receiving such training, then the training requirements for the job were discriminatory (GRIGGS v. DUKE POWER CO., (1971)). This court opinion was one of the first of its kind to consider how past segregation and existing discrimination largely limited and prevented the advancement of minorities in the work place. This became a precedent to one of the…

IQ test is not applicable to the capacity to play out the Assistant Manager part inside the organization. Per the decision in Griggs v. Duke Power Co., the court decided that the organization's business necessities did not relate to the candidate's capacity to play out the occupation. Straight to the point Clothiers is like the Griggs v. Duke Power Co. case,…

terminated for a legitimate reason (a physical altercation in a warehouse elevator) and an illegitimate reason (her gender). Costa had a history of problems with management and co-workers that eventually led to disciplinary actions being taken against her by employer. Costa’s involvement in a physical altercation with a male co-worker led to her termination from Desert Palace. Both employees were disciplined but because of the male employees clean disciplinary record he only received a five-day…

1. Name of Case New York Times v. Sullivan 376 U.S.254, 84 S.CT. 710 (1964) 2. Facts of Case The New York Times was sued by L.B Sullivan. Sullivan was a commissioner in the city of Montgomery. Sullivan wanted compensation for advertisements posted in the Times. The advertisement was published on March 29, 1960. The advertisement was called, “Heed Their Rising Voices,” and complained about the status of civil rights in the South. It was a long advertisement with some factual inaccuracies.…

instrumentality left the defendants possession (GRAD RESOURCE Ybarra v Spangard). The plaintiff’s injuries can be traced back to the manufacturer when the product reached in the market; nevertheless, the manufacturer is held liable (GRAD RESOURCE Li v. Yellow Cab Co.) Also, the defendants are considered independent “tortfeasor” thus each defendant is liable for damages caused by him alone due to its impossible to prove whose conduct actually caused the harm (GRAD RESOURCE Summer v.…

Goodyear Tires and Rubber Co. would be in favor of Goodyear. Goodyear appealed first to the 11th Circuit Court which ruled in favor of them stating that a discriminatory pay has to be reported within 180 days required by the Civil Rights Act. Due to the fact that Ledbetter’s claim…

Haile Selassie, who wrote Appeal to the League of Nations, was the emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. Both Ethiopia and Italy were members of the League of Nations. Italy was the founding member in 1920, and then Ethiopia joined in 1923. Benito Mussolini was an Italian politician, the leader of the National Fascist Party, and he ruled Italy as the Prime Minister from 1922 until 1943. Haile Selassie wrote Appeal to the League of Nations to get justice for his people and his country, making…