...Real Property Essay Re: Bart Vs Alan Facts: Alan found an object belonging to Bart in the state of Oregon. Alan found this object prior to Bart offering a reward for it’s return. Bart now does not want to give the reward to Alan upon the return of the object. Issue: Under Oregon Law, Alan is required to return the object to Bart. Can Alan insist on the reward before returning the object? Rule: In MacFarlane v. Bloch, 59 Ore. 1 (Or. 1911) a pocketbook was found by the plaintiff belonging to Bloch. The pocketbook was found prior to Bloch offering a reward for it’s return. The plaintiff asked for the reward as a condition for the return. The defendant refused and had MacFarlane arrested for larceny. The plaintiff returned the pocketbook and was released. The plaintiff proceeded to sue for the reward. The court determined that the reward should be given to MacFarlane, “it was immaterial that she found the book before the offer was made, the reward not being for the finding but for the returning of the book”and “plaintiff complied with this condition of the offer.” Thus, it completed “the contract, making defendant liable for the award.” The court ruled the plaintiff was entitled to the reward and could hold the lost item until the reward was paid. In Watts v. Ward, 1 Ore. 86 (Or. 1854) horses were found by the defendant and an attempt was made to return them to the plaintiff. However, in the process of delivering the horses they were used for driving cattle, hunting...
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...issue that arises in regards to Alan and Bart’s situation is whether or not Bart is liable to pay the reward he offered for his lost property even though Alan found the property beforehand and may have a pre-existing duty to return the property. Under Oregon law, does Bart have to pay Alan a reward for finding Bart’s lost property before Bart offered the reward? Rule In MacFarlane v. Bloch, 59 Ore. 1, 115 P. 1056, 1911 Ore. LEXIS 98 (Or. 1911), the plaintiff found a pocketbook with promissory notes made out to the defendant owner. At first, the plaintiff did nothing to locate the owner but search the ‘Lost and Found’ section of the paper. The defendant then offered a reward of $100 for the pocketbook to which the plaintiff came forward and the defendant’s agent refused to pay. The court awarded the plaintiff the reward money with Mr Chief Justice Eakin stating, “the finding of the book was not the purpose of the offer,” it was the return of the book and the plaintiff complied. ORS § 98.005 states if a person finds goods or money valued at $250 or more, he or she must give notice in writing to the clerk of the county within 10 days and within 20 days post notice in the general newspaper of the area in which the goods or money was found and if no such owner comes forward in 3 months, the finder is then deemed the owner. Analysis If Alan found Bart’s object, and in good faith, held on to it until he could locate the rightful owner then Bart would have to pay Alan the reward...
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...southerners. In his semi-biographical book, The Making of a Confederate, Williams L. Barney uses the life of an elite Western North Carolina planter named Walter Lenoir, and his descent into the Lost Cause ideology. Barney presents Lenoir as a comparatively liberal man of the time. Educated at his home states university, prior to the attack on Fort Sumner he planned to move to Minnesota, a fairly young state that was actively recruiting Americans from other states and Europeans to solidify population dominance over the inhabitant native tribes. Barney characterizes the Lost Cause phenomenon as an attachment to the faded glory of a romanticized Confederate past. Using Williams L. Barney as a model of the Confederate soldier, his choice of subject varies from the popular trend of studying the poor southern confederate soldiers and his motivations. Lenoir, an elite southern planter was the quintessential model of who would most benefit from a victorious south. Though southern identity contains it fare share of myriad ambiguities, Barney presents a semi-biographical analysis that precisely dissects the often-proclaimed complexity of the Lost Cause narrative. With intention, Barney shows that the preservation of slavery was indeed the reason the south fought and that for men like Lenoir, despite his “naïve innocence” concerning his wealth and status, slavery was an essential part of his family’s wealth. Lenoir’s evolution into the Lost Cause understanding of the Civil War,...
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...theories surrounding the origins and nature of the Essene community at Khirbet Qumran. Gabriele Boccaccini discusses his theory on the origins of the Essene movement, specifically at Khirbet Qumran, in his book Beyond the Essene Hypothesis. In his book, Boccaccini argues that the Essene movement was actually an offspring of Enochic Judaism during the Second Temple period, which later led to the parties of Jesus and John the Baptist. Boccaccini looks at the historiographical analysis and systematic analysis of the Essene community at Qumran to construct his argument. Boccaccini believes that Khirbet Qumran was not the only Essene settlement, but a group of Essenes which were further isolated from society, and followed a stricter covenant than the mainstream Essene community. Beyond the Essene Hypothesis does not suggest anything too radical regarding the Essene hypothesis; but, Boccaccini believes that the term “Qumran” and “Essene” should not be interchangeable with one another. Qumran was merely one example of an Essene settlement throughout the Palestinian area of that time. Comparing the historical writings of Jewish to non-Jewish authors, Boccaccini largely looks at the writings of Philo; the Jewish historian, Flavius Josephus; and Pliny the Elder for historiographical analysis. Boccaccini looks at the ancient historical writings and their examination of the location and extent of the Essenes, as well as the Essenes attitudes towards communal ownership and marriage. Boccaccini...
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...Paris, he worked as a librarian and medieval specialist at the Bibliotheque National in Paris until 1942. In 1951 he became keeper of the Orleans library. He also edited scholarly journals and in 1946 founded an influential literary review, Critique, which he edited until his death. George Bataille’s “Theory of Religion” is an attempt to sum up religion in as succinct a manner as possible. To be all things to all religions, the book is very vague and difficult to understand. Bataille created a chart or table to explain what he was doing and to give body to the work. ALAS! The chart is not in the book, lost to time. Thus, as it exists, Bataille’s book is a glimpse into the inner workings of a genius mind. It is a colorful attempt to understand “religion,” whatever that is. Further, it is an off-the beaten path romp through the daisies of the study of religion, sweet flowers that often remain unromped. Theory of Religion brings to philosophy what Bataille’s earlier book, The Accursed Share, brought to anthropology and history; namely, an analysis based on notions of excess and expenditure. Bataille brilliantly defines religion as so many different attempts to respond to the universe’s relentless generosity. Framed within his original theory of generalized economics and based on his masterly reading of archaic religious activity, Theory of Religion constitutes, along with The Accursed Share, the most important articulation of Bataille’s work. Theory of...
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...From the moment the assignment was handed out, I knew what I wanted my topic to be. After having multiple discussions centered around gender roles and taking adequate notes on gender role, I felt that it only made sense to write my essay on the topic I had already done so much research on. However, my stance on gender roles had shifted. At first, I believed that there was no “superior gender” in the book and that both sexes demonstrated adaptability. But, after I briefly mentioned this position to my well-read teacher and was told that this stance would be difficult to support within the word limit, I decided to change my approach; the women of the Joad family demonstrated they were the strongest sex by providing stability to their family. At first, I knew that Ma was going to be a focal point of my essay because I learned a lot through the discussions, however to meet the requirement of a pattern I needed a second example. I learned through briefly skimming over the book that Rose of Sharon was just what I was looking for. Austin Rodriguez, my friend and colleague, reviewed my essay. His revisions were mostly grammar related...
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...Abivo Goursam Elvis Dominguez yanjianhai ACC505-Managerial Accounting General Motors Financial Project Tammy Straus, CPA April, 2010 Keller Graduate School of Management. Introduction The objective of the project is to collect and analyze financial information of the main divisions of General Motors Company in order to provide accurate and useful information to the management in their effort to assess a long-run financial viability of the divisions and serve as basis to arrive at a conclusion whether a division should be dropped or retained. Our group related the General Motors Company decision based on the outcome of our research like the one in problem # 13-20 Pg 614 which is about whether or not a Jackson County Senior Services should drop or retain the housekeeping program that provides weekly maintenance services to seniors. The project is divided into the following sections in order to help in the decision making process for deciding which segment or production line has to be dropped, retained or needs improvements. PROBLEM STATEMENT The dilemma that GM face is whether the company should drop or retain a division that does not provide value to the firm because it is not meeting the projected the financial goals set by the management. The objective of the restructuration program is designed to give General Motors Company the competitive edge over companies like Ford, Toyota, Nissan, and many others in the automobile industry. There are three major...
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...my brain does get a rest, writing periodically also allows me to think of new thoughts and ideas that I want to incorporate into my paper. Along with this idea, a strategy that doesn’t work as well for me is trying to do too much at once. For the Paradise Lost Analysis and British Literature Analysis, I tried to do everything in one night so I wouldn’t have to worry about it any more. This technique put even more stress on me and made me overwhelmed. Although my literary analyses seemed strong in my...
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...ME Analysis Project #2 Christian Seymour Due Date: December 12, 2013 Abstract: The diameter for my shaft design was hand calculated to be 0.8756” for a factor of safety or 2. This factor of safety was expected to be the outcome in FEA SolidWorks and it was not. The reason for this is simply SolidWorks is not the best tool to use for complex designs and loads as ours was. It worked great for the simple beam deflection in the last project. Many times hand calculations are the long way of doing things. In this case, it took much longer to figure out the correct way of adding fixtures, load, and connections in SolidWorks. Many of the material properties in SolidWorks are also not the same as they are in our book. Simply said, choosing which method to use is the hardest decision to make. Sometimes FEA analysis is better, and in some cases, hand calculations are the easiest. Background: We have been given the task to design a shaft to specific guidelines using inch size pillow blocks. We will perform appropriate calculations using modeling techniques and verify the design in SolidWorks FEA program. The problem is 7-5 in the book and is shown below: The problem statement: A geared industrial roll shown in the figure is driven at 300 rev/ min by force F acting on a 3-in-diamter pitch circle as shown. The roll exerts a normal force of 30 lbf/in of roll length on the material being pulled through. The material passes under the roll. Design a shaft for the situation...
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...together and entertain viewers from their favorite literature masterpieces. Imagine snuggling up in a blanket on a lazy wintery Sunday, with a hot cup of tea and a book in the other hand. What book is it? A classic, non-fiction or a biography? Now imagine reclining back on a soft La-Z-Boy, on a Friday night with a chilled glass of red wine and placing in a movie. What movie is it? An original creation or is it based on a book?...
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...the opportunity of exploration and adventure.” (Bierce 1) Continuing, the importance of the love between the boy and his father is displayed through an act of reading war books, and the carving of a wooden sword. The journey proceeds with a rollercoaster of experiences that changes the boy. The deaf and mute boy begins as a six-year-old in a fantasy world, but finishes with a traumatic experience forcing him to grow up. Innocence birthed when the boy carved the sword. Every situation throughout, the sword was accompanied by his imagination and playfulness. The boy stumbles upon ragged, intimidating soldiers, but takes them on with his sword in hand Once he bowed down to nature by throwing the sword into the fire, reality began to set in. He immediately realizes his home is ablaze, runs to it, and discovers his dead mother. The emotional rollercoaster...
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...Book Reviews Thompson, J.D., Organizations in Action (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967). Yie, Robert K., Case Study Research: Design and Methods, vol. 5, rev. ed. (San Francisco: Sa^e Publications, 1989). Anthony A. Atkinson 955 University of Waterloo Thomas H. Johnson and Robert S. Kaplan, Relevance Lost: The Rise and Fall of Management (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School ftess, 1987) pp. 269. Given the reaction that this book has caused in the management accounting milieu, it seems destined to play an important role in the direction that teaching and research may adopt in the near future. In fact, the accounting literature is already witnessing an increasing number of articles regarding the lack of relevance of management accounting systems (MAS) in the decision making process of the firm. The book of Johnson and Kaplan (J&K) is implicitly divided into three parts. Part I—^The Rise of Management Accounting, chapters 2 through 5, provides an interesting overview of the evolution of management accounting in the United States from the 1880s through the 1920s. According to the authors, MAS were developing and adapting to management's needs, providing relevant, accurate, and timely information. Part II—The Fall of Management Accounting, chapters 6 through 9, analyses and explains the loss of relevance of MAS. Unlike some historians, J&K assert that this was not due to the fact that financial accounting unduly influenced managerial accounting, but to the prohibitive costs of...
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...was taking hold of German psychology” (Schultz & Schultz, 2012 pg 262). When it comes to Gestalt psychology, one can say that this field had many influences from many different founders with many different views and theories. Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Köhler, Ernst Mach, and Kurt Koffka are some of the ones that had a huge impact on the development of Gestalt psychology. Gestalt psychology as we know is “the study of perception and behavior from the standpoint of an individual's response to configurationally wholes with stress on the uniformity of psychological and physiological events and rejection of analysis into discrete events of stimulus, percept, and response” Max Wertheimer was a young scholar who was going to school to study law. But during his time at the University of Prague he decided to change his major to a field of study that he found rather interesting and that field was philosophy and psychology. As per different students, who took his lectures or had been to his office said that the way he saw or perceived things was very stimulating, enlightening and interesting Wertheimer loved bright colors and felt that if the walls were not a bright color such as red then you were not able to work as well. Max Wertheimer along with other founders also had a hand in beginning” the journal Psychological Research, which became the official publication of the Gestalt psychology school of thought”...
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...religion icons, representing tradition and a way of life. Japanese Swords: Cultural Icons of a Nation; The History, Metallurgy and Iconography of the Samurai Sword makes an attempt to outline the different levels of this iconic tool. The book shows the readers the unique way the swords shaped the way an identity was formed. Using history, spiritual symbolism, and metallurgical techniques the text steers the reader into the world of the Japanese samurai. Colin M. Roach, M. ED. is the author of this outline. He is an educator that was always been an enthusiast of Japanese history and culture. Having been able to trace his family connections back to Japan he focusing on Martial arts, archetypal warrior cultural and sword-related symbolism in his studies. As a result he...
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... This answer can be found on pages 15 and 16 and Table 1.5. If we start with the first reason, traditional commerce is well suited for the sales of impulse items that are for immediate use. For instance, I’ve been taking my son to his baseball games for the past few years and every time we have to stop for sunflower seeds. Not only are they an impulse purchase, but they are inexpensive and a “low value. This is reason number two. Items that are low-value transactions, under $10.00 are well suited for traditional commerce. The final reason is for the sales of unbranded goods. Now that makes sense because when you engaged in e-commerce, you can’t physically touch and feel the product, so your instincts will lead you to the brand you recognize. RQ2. Figure 1 -5 lists roommate-matching service as a type of business that is well-suited to a combination of electronic and traditional commerce. In one paragraph, describe the elements of this service that would be best handled using traditional commerce and explain why. I haven’t had a roommate for years, but for a matching service, it would be prudent to meet the person in real life. Profiles for any one online are traditionally self inflated and based on the subjectivity of the writer. But actually meeting the person in person, one can get a better feeling of who the person really is. For instance, you can’t smell someone with poor hygiene on the computer (unless there’s an app for that I haven’t found yet), and you really don’t...
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