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The Canadian civil law handles differences that crop up amongst individuals within the society. It also involves personal disputes in business contracts, property ownership and obligations owed to family members. A Canadian civil action or lawsuit occurs when a person (the plaintiff), takes a legal action against another person (the defendant), concerning a personal dispute. In such instances, the plaintiff is required to provide evidence to the judge or jury beyond any reasonable doubt that the defendant indeed has a liability. In case the plaintiff provides enough evidence to support his or her case, in most instances, the court demands that the defendant pays the plaintiff a given amount of money as a form of compensation for the damages experienced by the plaintiff. In this particular case, the plaintiff is the man who got into ‘The Happy Hour Sports Bar’ in a drunken state and demanded for a beer, while the defendants are Bertha, the bar attendant as well as the owner of “The Happy Hour Sports Bar. In our case, the plaintiff filed a notice with the court which contained the name of parties involved in this case, indicating the initiation of a lawsuit. This was done under personal injury law which is a branch of tort law covering any damage done to a person, ones rights, reputation or even assets. The plaintiff filed pleadings with the court containing the claim and accusations that he had against Bertha and the bar owner. In his claims, he demanded for compensation for the serious head injuries that he suffered from the push by the bar attendant in his attempt to buy beer. On their part, the defendants replied to these claims when they filed a statement of defense with the court. In this statement, Bertha argued that it was against the bar’s regulations to sell beer to any customer who disturbed the peace of other customers. According to her, what she did was within her duties as the regulations set by her employer required that any customer who caused disturbances is supposed to be sent out. She also recorded that the man’s head injuries were only as a result of a mere accident but not her intention. These sentiments were also supported by the bar owner in his statement. As a Canadian judge, I would invite both parties for a pretrial conference at the chambers and allow them to discuss the dispute, while still attempting to find out if the parties are likely to settle their dispute out of the court. If such a possibility does not exist, I would then set the date of trial. With regards to the trial, it is clear that
Introduction The world we live in, now, gave us many opportunities to enjoy the life, and along with the architecture, painting, literature and the other arts cinematography is being established as a leader. Casting, colors, makeup designs, budgets of the film are far form the whole list of “ingredients” that make a good film. Now in contemporary cinematography the budgets of the films and box-office takings are the main sense of the filmmaking, but was it so in the earliest days of the cinematography in the U.S.A.? Main body “The Sound of Music” is the film of 1965 year of production starring Julie Andrews in the role of Marie and Christopher Plummer as the captain Georg Ludwig von Trapp, directed by Robert Wise. The film originates from the Broadway musical “The Sound of Music” adopted from the novel “The Story of the Trapp Family Singers” by Maria von Trapp. A young woman named Maria , a widower Georg Ludwig von Trapp and his seven disobedient children and, no doubt, music are the main characters of the story. The film draws the viewers attention to a family of retired Navy captain Georg Ludwig von Trapp and his family and a lady, who was going to become a nun, Maria. Navy captain Georg Ludwig von Trapp is a widower and had to breed his seven children. And as it makes some difficulties to him he hires on the nannies for his naughty and mischievous children. The fathers constant searching for the nannies makes the children treat all them the same way: hostile and mocking. Former Navy captain Georg Ludwig von Trapp runs his domestic cares as strictly as he used to at the ships, but after Marias appearance in their house everything turned head over heels. The woman, who was preparing to become a nun, became a nanny to seven mischievous children and whats the more of it became a mother for von Trapps children. Soon the children understand that this very woman is not one to get rid of. Maria draws their attention with the kindness, sense of fun, understanding she poses. The nanny teaches the children to sing, to get happy with every moment of life through the music, that is when the music comes to a viewer as the element of good story. And after that not only the naughty children change their views towards their nanny but their father changes his attitude towards his childrens nanny, Maria. Now captain von Trapp realizes he is falling in love with Maria. Another story of love and disappointment is “Gone with the Wind”. “Gone with the Wind” is a 1939 epic film adapted from the novel with the same name by Margaret Mitchell. The film was directed by Victor Fleming. Vivien Leigh played the role of young and beautiful lady named Scarlett OHara, the part of Rhett Butler was played by Clark Gable. At the beginning of the film the viewer sees young lady, Scarlett. She is beautiful and independent. She comes from the rich family. The only thing she wants at that time is to marry a young man named Ashley Wilkes, but it is only Scarlett, who is longing to marry Ashley for Ashley is betrothed to
Abstract The World Health Organization (WHO) gives statistics implying that at the least ten percent of the global populace lives with a certain form of disability. A massive eighty percent of these individuals are in the developing nations, where development of various infrastructures is being encouraged in order to make the conditions their conducive for all citizens (National Institute of Building Sciences, USA, 2010). Most existing and upcoming buildings and other structures to be used by people do not have the essential user-friendly aspects for the disabled. This is attributable to the social model of the physical condition of persons. In this model, the physical condition of the individual is viewed to be only a fraction of the predicament. It demonstrates that civilization is set up to fully cater for the requirements of the non-disabled. The handicapped suffer from an inadequately designed setting, transportation they are unable to use and communication arrangements they cannot understand (National Institute of Building Sciences, USA, 2010). These obstacles of outlook and admittance bar the handicapped from obtaining good education and learning facilities, good jobs and from living a complete social life. Consequently, there have been proposals to alter usual housing practices so that new structures have these features. This study looks at the difficulties that handicapped individuals face when entering buildings and subsequent use of facilities and other provisions in buildings like bathrooms, telephones positioned at a suitable elevation, soap dispensers located at appropriate heights among others (Hahn, 1988, p. 7). It then looks at various design options catering for this special group of persons and then chooses the most feasible solution for carrying this out. Persons with disabilities are not any different from non-disabled people and thus they have a right to be treated in the same respect as any other person. Introduction Accessibility is a term referring to the extent to which a building or a part of it is reachable by as many people of all forms as possible, be they disabled, handicapped or sound in all aspects (Hull, 1979, p. 4). The concentration is mainly on the handicapped that use equipment and devices like wheelchairs and crutches. They need to go wherever they wish to, just like the rest of humanity, through the assistance of this equipment. The aspect of accessibility is mainly linked to the international design standards and it is all about making man-made structures like buildings and parking lots reachable to all people, whether handicapped or not. This is what is commonly referred to as direct access. Indirect access on the other hand involves making a provision for the entity under consideration to support the use of the handicapper’s assistive technology to gain access. The disability rights movement roots for not only equivalent physical access but also access to the same facilities and other services in building(s) for the handicapped as it is for the physically sound individuals (National Institute of Building Sciences, USA, 2010). Examples of these fa
Introduction The Ford Motor Company reported a net income of $997 million, which was a surprise to the financial market because the Wall Street forecast was that the company was to report losses. The company shares went up by eight percent due to this good performance. Ford is the only automobile manufacturer that did not file bankruptcy in the United States during the current period of financial crunch. The company management said that they are planning to raise its capital by $3 billion by the year 2013. The firm’s profit reports have shown that it has distanced itself from its competitors in the United States who are struggling with restructuring after receiving government funding to save them from bankruptcy (Reuters, 2009). In this paper, I will examine what is behind Ford motor company’s good performance in these economic hard times. Restructuring program The Ford Motor Company through its restructuring program has been able to bring down the automobile structural cost by $1 billion during the 2009 financial period. The reduction in the structural costs has made it possible to bring the company operational costs down, which has seen very positive results to the company’s profits. The company has been able to push the engineering and manufacturing cost lower which is a reflection of the company’s improved productivity (Dolan & Bennett, 2009). Strong products lines The Ford Motor Company has also managed to build strong products lines which have enabled the company to improve its market share in Europe and North America. The company has also been very successful in improving its transaction costs and margins in many areas of its operations; this has made the company profits soar up in various profit centers. The firm has also managed to build its brand through its product development program that has seen its sales go up even in this time of financial meltdown (Snavely, 2009). The rise in the profits The rise in profits can also be explained by the reduction in the number of employees in North America and Europe. This has brought the operating cost in these areas down because the pension and retirement benefits also went down. The company in North America alone in the third quarter reported $357 pre-tax profit which is a big improvement from $2.6 billion losses in 2008. The good performance has been attributed to the company’s constructive net pricing of its products and lowered material costs in the region. These have made the company to be able to check on its operating cost and improve on its earnings. The good performance in North America can also be attributed to the increased market share of the company product which has resulted from the goo
Introduction The book Dwellings by Linda Hogan gives the reader a chance to look at life from a different angle or perspective. Linda explains how human beings look at their communities in a way that allows them to live in happiness and ignoring the things that might not matter in their lives. The book brings a new concept and encouragement for people to learn how to compare their lives with anything else that surrounds them. The outstanding thing about this text is that it presents several themes like language, knowledge, animals, loss, and history. It is notable that Hogan’s exploration and analysis of language and human communication in the text reveals to us the limits of understanding our place in the universe. In this essay, the theme of language to explore how Hogan has used it to teach people how they can find a new way of being in their world. The Theme of Language in the Book Human beings use language to communicate, share ideas, and explore the surrounding nature. In the book, Hogan has explained a lot about the use of language and used it to explore how human beings have continued to misinterpret and understand their position in the universe. In the book, the author believes that different aspects of nature have their own language, something which makes it possible for animals, human beings, and other creatur
In real estate market, economists closely monitor the trends in the economy in order to project the patterns of demand and supply. The article shows how the current change in economy trends of real estate market have affected various parties in the real estate market. Factors such as the cost, income, and price of housing greatly affect the demand of housing as seen in the article. Electricity supply also partly affects the supply of housing in the real estate market, as one of its inputs. From the numerous forecasts, the economy has projected that the momentum of the economy in the second half of the year after July will go down. This will affect the real estate market in the area of housing due to many factors this paper has covered. Despite the economy losing its momentum, there has been a significant growth in various sectors. For instance, in the manufacturing sector the output seems to have increased in the production of electronics, business equipment, and automobiles in the United States of America. The disruption that occurred could have led to this in the East when tsunami and the earthquake greatly hit some parts of it causing destabilization of automobile production from the west hence increasing production from the United States of America (Barber, Floyd, & Floyd 311-320). The industries also seem to have increased the use of their capacity signifying an increment in output. The author of the article points out that the previous anticipated slowdown of the economy would subside in due time and there would be minimal scares about the demand of the consumer surging. The sentiments of the consumer can however be falling due to the facts that there is a rather weak growth in the job area and economists predict low ability of the consumers to afford the housing. The falling sentiments of the consumer have led the people to shift in selling their property. Part of the population is no longer investing in the construction of houses that cater for single family and those of multi-families and most of them are turning to either purchase of smaller units such as apartments or even going to rentals. The owners of the housing units that are not in demand will push the prices of the housing down in order to accommodate the consumers who have weak purchasing ability. The article establishes that there are no signs of the real estate market improving in the near future and economists predict this on the fact that the permits that builders usually get for new constructions have actually declined. This has trickled down to dampening of spirits of the builders and rather low sentiments to start housing projects. However, it is not possible to conclude that all parts of America have experienced the decline. The demand in the real estate market refers to the consumers desiring housing at a particular price and the supply in the real estate market refers to the housing units that the builders are willing to offer or are offering at a particular price. Further, equilibrium is the main point of focus in economics and in real estate market. It refers to the p
Development of confessional poetry Confessionalism is a style of poetry that developed in the XX century. Poets who wrote in the works about personal, intimate, sometimes unflattering information were labeled as confessional poets. The difference between confessional poetry and traditional lyrical poetry is honesty beyond personal embarrassment. Ann Sexton fight with modern society through her work “Her Kind” Poems by Ann Sexton serve as a model of confessional poetry. Her works predominantly contain standard themes of despair, suicide, isolation, etc. It is also should be mentioned, that Ann Sexton was insane. She was very familiar with those terrible things when the society that lives with stereotypes in its mind, stares and puts dark labels at you. In her poem “Her Kind”, she shows how it can be difficult for strong women to live among people, and especially men who are obsessed with their dominance over women. The narrator in this poem is an outcast woman who rebelled against society and who is pictured as a witch: “I have gone out a possessed witch.” (Sexton) However, the poem deals only with one speaker, there are actually two voices: the voice of the woman and the voice of the society. The voice of the letter is represented by the woman’s interpretation of public opinion. For instance, the speaker’s phrase “I have gone out a possessed witch” is a sarcastic rendering of public opinion “She has gone out a possessed witch.” In the second and third stanzas, the idea of society casting a strong woman is strongly developed: “A woman like that is misunderstood.” (Sexton) In addition, Sexton uses strong imaginary to show what pain society induces on the woman, who thinks differently. In the lines “your flames still bite my thigh/ and my ribs crack where your wheels wind.” (Sexton) Ann Sexton describes tortures that were practiced on witches centuries ago. Throughout the poem, we can see the duel between the woman and the society that refuses to accept her views. This fight shows that the stereotype of a witch is, in fact, a positive, strong image for the modern woman. The author is trying to say, that this fight will end up with a modern woman triumph, because all the negative stereotyp
Introduction The purpose of this paper is to present the ideal entry strategy for the Nabeel Perfumes Company based in the UAE that wants to enter and penetrate the German market. From preliminary research, it is apparent that the unique Neebel perfume has huge demand in the German market. The external factors such as political stability, free market, and very low corruption levels are favorable for the entry of the product in the German market. Besides, there are very few competitors since the Nebeel perfume will target Germans of Arabic descent. The product is unique, considering ittar, oudh, and bakhoor ingredients that are currently absent in the German market. The proposed marketing mix will involve entry pricing, franchise to ease distribution, marketing the product as the first of its kind, and focusing on customers with Arabic descent. The Nabeel Perfumes will use localization strategy to penetrate the market in the shortest time possible and win the trust of the clients. Company Background Overview The Nabeel Perfumes is a company based in the UAE that manufactures unique French perfumes going by the name Chris Adams. The company has its headquarters in Sharjah Airport International Free Zone. The company has been in the market since 1969, when it was founded by Asghar Ali. The motto of the company is, Be Daring, Be First, Be Different . Current products, markets, facilities The company has a single manufacturing facility within the Sharjah Airport International Free Zone from which its products are exported to other regions and countries. At present, the company has managed to penetrate Kuwait, United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia. In the year 2014, the company was able to open more than 30 new retail stores across the globe. The product traded by the company is French perfume, which comes in different varieties such as occidental and oriental fragrances. The perfumes have active ingredients such as oudh, Uttar, and bakhoor. Country and Market Analysis External factors Political stability The German political system is very stable and predictable. The country has strong and well functioning democratic institutions, which guarantee free and fair e
The industrial revolution ushered in an era of technology growth that has over the years changed according to human needs. Every period in time has had unique problems that people have used technology to solve. All fields that help the optimum functioning and survival of humanity on the planet have been undergoing technological evolutions that in many ways have made life better on earth. Medicine, education, construction, and communication have all been positively affected by technology [1] . The 21 st century has is facing serious challenges like no other time in the course of human development. However, the challenges that the world is facing right now come at the backdrop of increased pollution and environmental degradation, global terror, economic crises and humanity crises like war. One of the most dominant problems the world is facing now is environmental degradation and pollution. It is estimated that most world’s natural forests and a good number of animal species would have disappeared by the year 2050 if no action is taken. There is also the problems of increased cost of living, poverty and the threat of global economic collapse. These challenges have necessitated the need for development of designs using new materials that aim to conserve the environment, reduce costs for companies and governments while at the same time improving the standards of living for the planet’s eight billion people. Innovation therefore has become an unavoidable goal and objective in the pursuit of materials that whose design can help address the challenges highlighted above [2] . Current product development dynamics operate in a rapidly changing technological environment. Emphasis has been laid on product complexity or simplicity as well as life cycle. Innovative material concepts are growing rapidly in response to the challenges facing the humanity and to fulfill the new design opportunities that have been created. Material selection also takes into account the durability and reliability aspects that various product designs need. Some aspects including the environment, tenacity of the material, safety, and cost saving aspects, guide designers. The designs with the new improved materials aim at providing maximum benefits to the end users, promote sustainability as well as reducing dependence on the irreplaceable natural resources. Some of these materials are nano-structured materials, smart materials as well as spin off materials mainly used in the aerospace industry and renewable materials that are expected to provide an alternative to materials of fossil origin. This paper will focus on products that have been manufactured out of designs that are made from new materials. The industries that the high tech designed materials fall include aerospace, motor vehicle, building, and construction. It’s important to note that the designs discussed here focus on the specifi