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    a girls most vulnerable time during their lives. During this time for me I felt as though I was bad at everything I did. I was not motivated to keep trying the best I could in school, sports, in anything because I did not have the reassurance that if you keep trying or keeping going you will get better. Seventy-two percent of girls feel as though society limits them. (Always #LikeAGirl, June 2014) As girls start and go through puberty hurtful things such as, being told that they are weak or getting compared to someone else affects them deeper than any other time in their lives. Beginning puberty in today’s world creates a huge snowball affect. Teenage girls begin to live through what society tells women, “women are meant to be the damsel in distress; never the hero, the best women are stay at home moms, women are quieter than men and not meant to speak out.” (Health Guidance, 2016) There is a constant analyzation that teenage girls do of themselves, there is a constant comparison of themselves and what society tells them they can and cannot do. Young ladies are “already trying to figure themselves out.” (Always #LikeAGirl, June 2014) In this ad a girl reacts to a question asked about how ten to twelve year olds feel when they are put down using the phrase “like a girl” in societies standards. She states that it probably does not make the young girls feel good about themselves because they are being targeted about one thing that they really cannot change and that is their sex.…

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    permitted a serious case of Palilalia and Echolalia and liver disease. She informed it was a repetition of vocalizations and words of someone, which was one word Devasree, and a hindi song she sang. Devasree soon came in the room, with tears wiping down her Shari, my mom hugged her and left the room. She said, “ I’m sorry for always keeping this proximity a secret, we had a brief infatuation when I visited you last time.” Her lips murmuring to her shaking lisp and sorrowful eyes. “ We had this…

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    To be free means to have nobody in control every you and have no restrictions. Lyddie had always been obliged to take care of her sibling when her mom couldn’t. Lyddie had always been the leader of her farm and was the one to feed and take care of the animals. Lyddie was not always to do whatever she wanted because she was considered the ‘mom’ of her family. “Don’t nobody yell,” she said softly. “Just back up slow and quiet to the ladder and climb up to the loft. Charlie you get Agnes, and…

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    ” “I mean with my fireteam.” “No, not that. Look.” He pointed at the flashing light that was displaying on the screen. “Looks like you got an incoming transmission. Gonna answer it?” I rolled my chair over and sought to the signal that was being read by our SATcom. I disabled all active broadcasting channels so only I (and technically Paledon) could hear it before I sned it through the Tower’s announcement system. Turning the dials and knobs, the feedback resigned and played through the…

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    built on resentment for another person, especially one that you have to see to see another person you care about as Aparna cares for Pranab Kaku. This judgment continues to build and increase to the point it forces a self-imposed isolation on Aparna. Jealousy can lead to isolation, and in this story, it is quite prevalent. As Aparna’s dislike evolves into full resentment, it eventually causes her to stay away from everyone in general. This heartbreak causes extreme emotional distress and leads…

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    Emotional Distress (“IIED”). The suit is based on Janice’s unauthorized posting of our client’s personal information through the use of social media with a caption that posted GPS coordinates of Kemps house. Kemp alleges Janice’s Twitter post has caused him IIED. Janice’s conduct was not extreme and outrageous when she posted the picture, because her conduct was not atrocious and utterly intolerable in a civilized community. Janice’s post did have a causal connection because Kemp’s distress is…

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    Doe V. Burd Case Study

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    In Pennsylvania, a plaintiff claiming negligent infliction of emotional distress must establish one of these four situations: “1) that the defendant had a contractual or fiduciary duty; 2) plaintiff suffered a physical impact; 3) plaintiff was in a “zone of danger” and at risk of an immediate physical injury; or 4) plaintiff had a contemporaneous perception of tortious injury to a close relative.” Doe v. Phila. Cmty. Health Alternatives AIDS Task Force, 754 A.2d 25, 27 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2000). The…

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    suing Ginny Jones for intentional infliction of emotional distress for purposely revealing personal secrets about her on national television. In addition, Suzy Anne is suing the owner and producer of WSLZ for negligence to protect her from being assaulted by Ginny Jones. This brief will only focus on whether Ginny Jones’s behavior was extreme and outrageous and whether, under the totality of the circumstances, the criminal attack by Ginny Jones was foreseeable, thereby establishing a duty for…

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    Infliction of Emotional Distress (p. 140). Dolly could show that: 1. Carl committed an act of extreme or outrageous conduct by lying to the human resources manager to get her fired; 2. He intended to cause her severe emotional distress by purposefully lying to the H.R. manager; 3. She suffered from severe emotional distress from being fired as a result of Carl’s false statements; and 4. Carl’s false statements were the cause of her termination (but for Carl lying to the H.R. manager, she would…

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    Implementation Plan Development Methods of securing support for the proposal and obtaining necessary approvals The first and foremost approval to obtaining support is from fellow nurses in order to “buy them in” as they will be an important asset in the formal approval of the executives. Talking to colleagues who work at the bedside of the patients and understand what the change is all about is an important part in the implementation. Administration approval will also be an important tool as…

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