...Defamation Of Character: Sara Jones v. TheDirty.Com By: Yolandia Bond Park University Abstract This research paper will explore some of the ins and outs of what “defamation of character” is and what legal liabilities can come from defaming a person or persons. We will also explore the Communications Decency Act (CDA) as it comes to what responsibility, if any, is held by proprietors and curators of websites that allow/encourage slanderous conversation. We will be examining Sarah Jones v. Dirty World Entertainment, LLC (Jones v. Thedirty.com) to help answer the questions: what legal liabilities can come from defaming a person or persons, and does a proprietor/curator of a website have any legal responsibility when it comes to slanderous comments, from one third party about another, being made on their website, or are they protected under CDA? In this paper you will also see mentions of other precedents (i.e. Metro-Goldwy-Meyer Studios Inc. v. Grokster Ltd.) to help answer the questions about Jones v. Thedirty.com. Keywords: CDA, Communications Decency Act, Jones v. Thedirty.com. Bengals Cheerleader, Teacher – Student relationship, Jones v. TheDirty.com Defamation of Character: Jones v. TheDirty.com Defamation of character, as defined by legaldictionary.com, is any intentional false communication, either written or spoken, that harms a person's reputation; decreases the respect, regard, or confidence in which a person is held; or induces disparaging, hostile, or...
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...Nutrition and Fitness Paper To remain healthy it is imperative that I consume a well balanced diet, and incorporate physical activity into my current lifestyle. Through assessing my current level of fitness and nutritional status, I identified new habits that could assist me in becoming healthier. By integrating these new habits into my current lifestyle, I will be able to maintain a healthy body weight, and furthermore improve my general health. Obesity is a leading health concern in the United States, placing individuals at risk to other serious diseases. Discussing some of these associated risks emphasizes the importance of personal nutrition and fitness. Personal Fitness and Nutritional Habits I believe I am an active individual and eat healthy most of the time but recognize that there is always room for improvement. My lifestyle both personal and professional is hectic not leaving me much free personal time. Therefore, it is imperative that I develop new habits to improve my current fitness level and nutritional status. I try to work out a couple of times a week at a local gym but find that I often skip scheduled sessions because of other commitments. Concerning nutritional habits, I am guilty of missing breakfast and lunch resulting in me consuming junk foods until dinner in the evening. My diet at this time is lacking the recommended amounts of dietary fiber, and I need to modify my intake of dietary fat. Health Risks Associated with Obesity According to Lazarou...
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...Meets Science Real Life 1 Science Meets Real Life: Unit 10 Final Project Lashundra T. Jones Kaplan University SC300-09 Professor Morris December 5, 2010 Science Meets Real Life 2 Science Meets Real Life: Unit 10 Final Project With life you never know what to expect, a famous actor once quoted in a movie Life is like a box of chocolate, you never know what you will get. (Forrest Gump, 2000). That was an understatement if you were to ask me! But what most individuals dont realize is that life and science go hand and hand. We use reasoning to denote certain things about people or places. We even use the scientific method to solve everyday problems without even realizing it. Take a look at two of my life scenarios and see how I applied the scientific method to each of these problems and came up with my solution. After that we will take a ride and see why I cannot live with or without science. So hold this should be an interesting journey. As I started my entrance into my home one night after getting off late to find that the light to the front room would not come on. I asked myself two questions; why did the light not come on and what could be wrong with it? Here is where we use the scientific method in our lives without even giving it a second thought. After I asked those two questions I had to do some research and come up with a few good reasons or in science terms (construct a hypothesis) as to why the light did not come on. After careful consideration I came up with two hypotheses...
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...FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF TOURISM AND HOTEL MANAGEMENT Super Dog’s Gym & Training Center ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Business Plan Presented to the Faculty of the Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management Far Eastern University Nicanor Reyes Street, Sampaloc, Manila ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Tourism Management ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- BASAT, JOLINA BELLE C. HUANG, YA-HUI E. MATAYA, TRIZIAMAE D. PAREDES, CHIT JANSSEN A. TELAN, DERREN KRISTELLE J. October 2015 FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF TOURISM AND HOTEL MANAGEMENT APPROVAL SHEET In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE TOURISM MANAGEMENT, this business plan entitled “Super Dog’s Gym and Training Center”, prepared and submitted by JOLINA BELLE C. BASAT, YA-HUI E. HUANG, TRIZIAMAE D. MATAYA, CHIT JANSSEN A. PAREDES, and DERREN KRISTELLE J. TELAN, is hereby recommended for submission to the Oral Presentation. _____________________________________________ Adviser Approved by the Research Committee at the Oral Examination conducted on October 4, 2015 with the grade of __________ %. THE RESEARCH PANEL COMMITTEE ______________________________ Chairman ______________________________ ...
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...Nguyen Le Huyen CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEY ACTILIFE FITNESS CENTER - KOKKOLA Thesis CENTRAL OSTROBOTHNIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES Degree Programme in Business Management May 2010 FOR Thesis Abstract Department Date Technology and Business, 8 May 2011 Kokkola Degree Programme Degree Programme in Business Management Author Nguyen Le Huyen Name of thesis Customer Satisfaction Survey for Actilife Fitness Center – Kokkola Instructor Birgitta Niemi Page 41 + Appendices (6) Supervisors Kai Ahlroth & Birgitta Niemi Fitness industry is predicted to have a bright, blooming future . In a world of lots of competition, customer satisfaction is an important key to ensure customer loyalty as well as the living of a company. Since customers are pleased with the company, they can bring more potential customers by word of mouth communication. Therefore, a company should retain customer satisfaction by providing them excellent quality of services. This study is related to measure the customer satisfaction level of Actilife Fitness Center – Kokkola. W ith the strengths of innovative technology supported by Hur, Actilife constantly develops to bring customer joy, energy and good feeling. Customer satisfaction theories and service literatures are considered as the reference to the main findings of the survey. Throughout the r esearch, Actilife can measure where it lies in customers’ mind. Besides, the company can develop its strengths...
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...Paying Not to Go to the Gym By STEFANO DELLAVIGNA AND ULRIKE MALMENDIER* How do consumers choose from a menu of contracts? We analyze a novel dataset from three U.S. health clubs with information on both the contractual choice and the day-to-day attendance decisions of 7,752 members over three years. The observed consumer behavior is difficult to reconcile with standard preferences and beliefs. First, members who choose a contract with a flat monthly fee of over $70 attend on average 4.3 times per month. They pay a price per expected visit of more than $17, even though they could pay $10 per visit using a 10-visit pass. On average, these users forgo savings of $600 during their membership. Second, consumers who choose a monthly contract are 17 percent more likely to stay enrolled beyond one year than users committing for a year. This is surprising because monthly members pay higher fees for the option to cancel each month. We also document cancellation delays and attendance expectations, among other findings. Leading explanations for our findings are overconfidence about future self-control or about future efficiency. Overconfident agents overestimate attendance as well as the cancellation probability of automatically renewed contracts. Our results suggest that making inferences from observed contract choice under the rational expectation hypothesis can lead to biases in the estimation of consumer preferences. (JEL D00, D12, D91) “Saturday 31 December. New Year’s Resolutions. I WILL...
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...COPYRIGHT NOTICE © Copyright Insta Research Ltd. All rights reserved. You may not copy, modify, publish, transmit, transfer or sell, reproduce, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, display, or in any way exploit any of the content of this report, in whole or in part, save as hereinafter provided. You may download or copy one copy of the report you have purchased only for your own personal use for academic study purposes only, however, you may not submit this document under your own name for academic assessment. This also applies to any sections we add to the work that you have completed however; it does not apply to sections completed solely by you. The statements contained herein are statements of opinion of the writer only and not the statements of Ivory Research Ltd, its officers, employees or agents. To the fullest extent permissible by law, Ivory Research Ltd hereby excludes liability for the truth or accuracy of any information provided herein, your statutory rights as a customer are not affected. HND BUSINESS FUND RAISING PROJECT 2015 FOR ETHAMES CLIENT UNICEF NEPAL EARTH QUAKE SUPPORT INITIATIVE Ivory Research [Type the company address] Introduction: In order to organise an event to raise funds for UNICEF, supporting the earthquake victims of Nepal, EThames took up the initiative with help of HND business students. The role played by the HND business students is to propose a suitable fund raising event which can aim to raise funds...
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...437–450. Embodying the gay self: Body image, reflexivity and embodied identity DUANE DUNCAN Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia ABSTRACT The emphasis on a sexualised muscular body ideal in gay social and cultural settings has been described as facilitating body image dissatisfaction among gay men. Drawing on a concept of reflexive embodiment, this paper uses qualitative interviews to analyse gay men’s embodiment practices in relation to discourses and norms that can be found across and beyond any coherent notion of ‘gay subculture’. The findings reveal body image to be more complex than a limited focus on subculture or dissatisfaction can account for. In particular, gay men negotiate a gay pride discourse in which the muscular male body generates both social status and self-esteem, and deploy notions of everyday masculinity that imply rationality and control to resist gendered assumptions about gay men’s body image relationships. KEYWORDS: body image; gay men; reflexive embodiment; sociology INTRODUCTION Body image dissatisfaction and gay men Following the shift from individual pathol-ogy to cognitive-behavioural and feminist perspectives in psychology (McKinely 2002; Pruzinsky and Cash 2002), a significant volume of psychological and health research has identi-fied a greater incidence of body image dissatis-faction, and eating disordered behaviour among gay men relative...
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...States have increased every year since 1987 and a strong market makes a strong business. We are a solid investment because start-up sports gyms on average take in 1,000 new members per year. This will allow our business to break even in less than five years. Our club, “True Fitness” will offer its members quality services and benefits that no other club can offer. We want to take investments and use them wisely in order to create a sports facility that pleases customers. In sports clubs, the top five most profitable programs/services are personal training, massage therapy, food/beverages, an aquatics program, and a tennis program. Our gym will provide all of these services and thus increase our productivity. We will build a large complex that will include a pool, personal training facilities, basketball courts, a day spa, tennis courts, and many other features to attract clientele. Through our knowledge of the Tri-Valley area and our willingness to take risks we will be able to build a single center into a profitable facility. Livermore, where our facility will be built has a large “20 to 64 year old” population. This means not only that our clientele pools is large but that these people are experienced and have attained the socioeconomic status that will be needed in order to attain and maintain our service. In conclusion, our profitable new gym will be a coordinated effort among three aspiring entrepreneurs to create “the ultimate in sports fitness”. 2 II....
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...------------------------------------------------- Paper Doing Business In Brasil Manu Mathys – FT 8 ------------------------------------------------- Visit Natura Question 1 : How does a strong vision and a corporate culture based on human well-being affect employees? You don’t just all of a sudden ‘have’ the almost 8,000 motivated employees that Natura can globally count on, you have to earn them every day. There are several ways in which one can see what influences both company and employee at the same time, and we’ll try to elaborate on at least some of those corporate characteristics. Maybe the most straight forward aspects are to be found when you take a closer look at the employee advantages related to the work, the so-called fringe benefits. As what I’ve learned from the guided tour, apart from their regular monthly pay-check, employees are made feeling very supported when performing their professional activities in the Cajamar factory. Besides the somewhat more regular insurance plans, payback of transportation costs and a restaurant to enjoy a healthy lunch or snack, Natura employees with kids can also use the baby day-care centre if there short on a babysitter. Even more, mothers with new-borns are allowed to stay home for 6 months and even new dads are allowed to take up much more weeks than the Brazilian average of two weeks of paternal leave. Apart from this, the Cajamar factory also includes a gym where employees can stay fit, a medical facility...
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...performance through looking at Google Inc. David Towers Supervised by Suzana Rodrigues Word count: 7359 Extended Essay 2005-2006 (07 14747 & 07 14748) 0 of 31 Abstract This article examines the relationship that exists between organisational culture and performance, and how these factors influence employee motivation. The issues are discussed at length, firstly through a review of the current literature relating to the topic, and secondly by means of investigating the organisational culture of Google. Through examining the work of Denison (1990) and Truskie (1999) it is shown that some authors believe certain cultural aspects are important for organisational cultures to be successful. The frameworks of Martin (1992) and Goffee and Jones (1996) show that strong cultures exist where employees’ values are aligned to the values of the organisation. Though looking at the empirical evidence of Kotter and Heskett (1992), it is shown that there is indeed a link between strong organisational cultures and performance, but only strategically appropriate cultures are successful. Finally, it is suggested that there has been a trivialisation of organisational culture, (Alvesson, 2002) and culture is a facet of an organisation not an object of an organisation. Consequently, the manifestations of Google’s culture is analysed by evaluating the artefacts at Google (Gagliardi, 1992). Through looking at the various aspects of Google, it is shown that Google has an integrated culture (Martin...
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...STUDENT CASES to accompany Accounting & Auditing Research: Tools & Strategies, 7e NOTE: In addition to the in-chapter and end-of-chapter exercises which serve as short cases you will find the following short cases arranged by course title that can also be utilized as short cases that require the student to access the authoritative literature to address the issue presented in the case. Solutions to the cases below are available to instructors on the Weirich Accounting & Auditing Research 7e instructor website at www.wiley.com/college/weirich. Other excellent sources of longer and more detailed cases include the Deloitte Trueblood cases (www.deloitte.com/more/DTF/cases_subj.htm), as well as the AICPA cases (www.aicpa.org). Topical Index of Student Cases INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING Case 1: Reporting acquisition and repayment transactions in the Statement of Cash Flows Case 2: Recording a forfeited payment Case 3: Revenue and expense recognition associated extended warranties Case 4: Accounting for “due on demand” note payable Case 5: Purchase of a controlling interest with a greenmail premium Case 6: Revenue recognition in the construction industry Case 7: Accrual and measurement of interest payments Case 8: Recognition of an asset transfer when title has not yet been received Case 9: Capitalization of interest and property taxes on a construction project Case 10: Deferred compensation and life insurance policy recognition Case...
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...STUDENT CASES to accompany Accounting & Auditing Research: Tools & Strategies, 7e NOTE: In addition to the in-chapter and end-of-chapter exercises which serve as short cases you will find the following short cases arranged by course title that can also be utilized as short cases that require the student to access the authoritative literature to address the issue presented in the case. Solutions to the cases below are available to instructors on the Weirich Accounting & Auditing Research 7e instructor website at www.wiley.com/college/weirich. Other excellent sources of longer and more detailed cases include the Deloitte Trueblood cases (www.deloitte.com/more/DTF/cases_subj.htm), as well as the AICPA cases (www.aicpa.org). Topical Index of Student Cases INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING Case 1: Reporting acquisition and repayment transactions in the Statement of Cash Flows Case 2: Recording a forfeited payment Case 3: Revenue and expense recognition associated extended warranties Case 4: Accounting for “due on demand” note payable Case 5: Purchase of a controlling interest with a greenmail premium Case 6: Revenue recognition in the construction industry Case 7: Accrual and measurement of interest payments Case 8: Recognition of an asset transfer when title has not yet been received Case 9: Capitalization of interest and property taxes on a construction project Case 10: Deferred compensation and life insurance policy recognition Case...
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... 1. Assignment Topic In your case report, identify three to four marketing challenges covered in this subject, and address how those challenges can be met using the principles developed in this subject. Be sure to cite and reference the name and source of your case in your assignment report (as well as other references you use). The case study “Nike – The art of selling air.” has been included for reference in Appendix A of this paper. 2. Word Count This paper contains a total of 2581 words from the start of the introduction to the end of the conclusion section. 3. Executive Summary Companies today face many challenges to maintain market share and differentiate themselves from a highly competitive and ever evolving market place. Marketing is crucial to a company’s long term success. The aim of this paper is to use the “Nike - The art of selling air.” case study and concepts from strategic marketing theory to identify marketing challenges and how those challenges could be best addressed using marketing principles. The paper provides a brief introduction to the company known as Nike, explores what concepts are guiding Nike’s company marketing efforts; and uses examples to explore some of the marketing challenges and misjudgements that Nike has faced and how these were or could have been overcome using marketing principles. 4. Introduction...
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...describes an environment in which fair and equitable distribution of overall athletic opportunities, benefits, and resources is available to women and men and in which student athletes, coaches, and athletics administrators are not subject to gender-based discrimination. Title IX, passed in 1972 at the pinnacle of the women’s rights movement, banned sex discrimination in any federally financed education program. It threw into quick relief the imbalanced treatment of male and female athletes on college campuses. Ever since Congress passed the federal gender-equity law, universities have opened their gyms and athletic fields to millions of women who previously did not have chances to play. But as women have surged into a greater part on campus in recent years, many institutions have resorted to deception to make it look as if they are offering more sports to women. Throughout this paper I will discuss the issues of gender equity in sports. I will mention what equal opportunities women have to play sports and how they can develop the psychological, physiological and sociological impact from sports participation. Females are playing team sports more now than they were a decade ago and far more women will play team sports in the next decade. In the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association's (SGMA) study, the authors analyzed many team sports and the role that females played in each activity. In 1990-1991, female high school varsity athletic teams numbered 1,892; in 2000-2001, the...
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