...Maris Basha Balkan MUN ICJ 2014 Position paper Topic A: Aegean Sea continental shelf, Greece Vs Turkey, 10th August 1976. The Aegean Sea continental shelf dispute continues for almost 40 years, and Greece and Turkey never came to a solution, neither did the UN or ICJ. Both parts pretend different things about the continental shelf. For Greece the International laws give to the islands (which belong to Greece) the right to extend their jurisdiction, and that every island has his own jurisdiction and continental shelf, thus the definition must be made with a median line. For Turkey the islands do not have the right to extend their jurisdiction on the continental shelf because they are in the Turkish continental shelf, so for Turkey must not be applied the median line definition. So, considering that the UN’s main goal is to maintain peace and stability between all the countries of the world and the ICJ’s main goal is to respect the International Laws and to find a peaceful solution to solve disputes, I judge that the solutions may be to restrict Greek territorial waters of some naval miles (n miles) in the continental shelf, near the islands, and to let all the other territories as they are. This is one of the most comprehensive solutions because Greece has the largest part of the Aegean Sea and any restriction other than this would be in big disfavor for Turkey. This solution does not favor Turkey either Greece, but is a middle solution, which makes both part content. With...
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...Solution to Chapter 2 Internet Project Data on the Internet Note: In exercises 1 and 2 the data for the year 2000 is used. Exercise 1 Using the daily mean temperatures, compute the range and standard deviation in temperature for San Francisco in January 2000. Answer The mean daily temperatures for each of the days in January 2000 as compiled by the Weather Underground are 50.8 48.5 47.8 55.9 52.1 47.8 47.7 50.5 51.3 52.4 54.1 49.6 50.5 52.6 53.9 56.4 50.5 52.8 55.5 55.3 52.4 53.6 54.6 56.2 54.4 51.5 50.5 50.3 51.1 54.9 52.6 . For this data n = 31 ∑ x = 1618.1 ∑ x 2 = 84653.61 so the mean and standard deviation are x= 1618.1 = 52.20 31 and s= 31(84653.61) − (1618.1) 2 = 2.54 . 31(30) Exercise 2 The National Football League uses a long list of criteria to determine if a city is a candidate to host the Super Bowl. One such requirement is that the city either must have a domed (i.e. heated) football stadium or that the average temperature in January for the city must be 50o F or higher. San Francisco does not have a domed stadium. Based on the January 2000 data, would San Francisco satisfy this Super Bowl eligibility criterion? Answer Yes, since the average from Exercise 1 is 52.20. Exercise 3 Which graph below best represents the performance of Microsoft stock during the first four months of 2000? Answer Graph B shows the history of Microsoft stock prices over the indicated period. Note the data is graphed in the form it is provided on the Yahoo! finance site so that January...
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...Agbas 1 A year after revolution swept off her throne , Marie Antoinette stood on trial for her life , accused of crimes against French Republic . She was nearing 38 , but she appeared far older than her years , as there barely remained a trace of the lovely , carefree Austrian princess , who became a French Queen , while she was still a teenager . It was a long journey for a frivolous woman , who was a terrible ruler , but changed in spite of herself , showing an outstanding courage and dignity through deeply personal tragedy … Marie Antoinette was born to a life of unimaginable wealth and unquestioned privilege . Austria was a great empire spread over central Europe and her mother was its ruler. The Empress always behaved towards her daughter more like a head of state than an affectionate mother . As she once said about her own children : - “ They are born to obey ! “ . When she wanted to build an alliance with France , Austria ‘s centuries old rival , she commanded Marie Antoinette to marry the heir to the French throne , Louis the 16 th . On April 21 , 1770 , Marie Antoinette said goodbye to Austria forever . She was just 14 , armed only with her charms and the instructions of her mother , - “ Be well my dearest child , a great distance...
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...In the movie Mosquita y Marí, it goes a great representation of Latinas living in in an urban setting like Huntington Park. Through the storyline we see that the two main characters Mosquita and Marí have two different lifestyles, and personalities. When meeting each other they create a bond like no other. As going more into the movie, the two girls go through obstacles that the only both can understand which were the roles as young Latina females, questioning their own sexuality, and even Mosquita trying to find her own identity drowned in her parent's dreams. Both girls are young teenage girls with different lives but trying to grow up in Huntington Park. Throughout the storyline they are both trying to fight out their way of the local norms. Mari, young troublesome girl just moved into the it and trying to support her mother after her father's passing. Was not into school and was rebellious. But as to Mosquita she is shy and quiet following the guidelines her parents gibe her. Trying to get out of those circumstances she lives in. Only focus to have is on education and not let the surroundings affect her from being "successful". But as she is trying to please her parents she seems to not be able to even find herself....
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...almost never maintaining any absolute truth. Even into adulthood, opinions change endlessly, as they sometimes should (depending on the occasion). Opinions are based on circumstances; when circumstances change, opinions often follow suit. In the epic, “The Lion’s Awakening,” which takes place in West Africa, the character Mari Djata makes decisions that continuously cause the reader’s opinion of him to vacillate. Pitiful, weak and lonely accurately depict the reader’s view of Mari Djata toward the beginning of the story. In one instance, Sogolon, Mari Djata’s mother, “burst into sobs and seizing a piece of wood, hit her son.” What kind of mother strikes her son? As a reader this causes pity to bestow upon Mari Djata, especially when recalling Mari Djata’s inability to walk at the age of seven. Mari Djata resembles a helpless, innocent puppy. Imagine a fluffy, snow-white colored puppy – forget that he tears up people’s shoes – getting struck by someone much larger than him. That same feeling surfaces when Sogolon hits her son. Sympathy and sadness just pour over sweet, disabled Mari Djata from the reader....
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...“I Am A Black Woman” by Mari Evans In the poem “I am a black woman “ Mari Evans mainly talks about how it was a struggle for her being a strong black woman and what she accomplished. Mari says ‘I am a black woman tall as a cypress. Strong beyond all definition still defying place and time. “ mari is trying to say that through the tough times at places she still stayed strong. Mari Evans discuss about places where she had to be strong and she said “I saw my mate leap screaming in the sea, and I with these hands cupped the life breath from my issue in the canebrake.” She is remembering the things or what happened back in her time. She also mentions “I lost Nats swinging body in a rain of tears and heard my son scream all the way from Anzio.”...
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...use for everyday use. The second text that was read was a personal essay named “ Two Ways to Belong in America” by Bharati Mukherjee that was about two Indian girls who moved to America, and one became an American citizen, while the other was just a legal immigrant, so they both had different perspectives of America. Life experiences can easily change a person’s customs in life. Even though Dee and Mari embraced their heritage or assimilated to a new culture; they both still overall care for their culture....
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...reaching home with my daughter, I am stressed out. As my daughter and I enter our apartment home, the smell of Hawaiian Breeze Glade air freshener immense my nose. As I change out of my uniform, I realize that laundry needs to be complete and begin the process. My daughter is present and asks “Mommy can I help?” “Yes baby!” I say. Without hesitation she begins to put the white clothes inside the Whirlpool washing machine. Her short little frame pressed against the washing machine as she struggles to reach. She then looks at me with her almond shaped eyes stretched wide, “Mommy, I’m done, what’s next?” I respond, “Thank you Mari, you are such a big helper but I had a long day so it is best we wind down.” Instantly her mood shifted. Mari was torn into pieces. She loves to help me and I admire her willingness. Being only three years old at the time, it’s hard for Mari to understand the answer “no”. Her face clearly showed disappointment with tears streaming down her face. Her caramel skin, thick dark brown hair in two oversized ponytails, with pink lace clips in the front looks so adorable. I dread seeing her in dismay, but tonight was not the best night for activities. My mind was overwhelmed with burdens, frustration, and agony. I was crying internally but I couldn’t make it noticeable. I plead my case to my daughter as I had to slightly pull her to the bathroom. In a matter of time she calmed down and begin to pout. As we enter her Princess theme bathroom, I begin to run...
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...utilizing advanced drug-delivery technologies. The company currently has over 20 distinct, proprietary drug-delivery technologies and has access to other technologies through licensing agreements with development partners. In September 2010, the stockholders of Biovail Corporation and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International voted in favour of combining the two companies to become one under the Valeant name. The new combined company is known as Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. and its shares are traded on both the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange. In the case, on September 30, 2003, a truck of Biovail carrying a shipment to Biovail’s Distributor, was involved in a multi-vehicle traffic accident near Chicago. David Maris found that Biovail intentionally and falsely attributed nearly half of its failure to meet its third quarter 2003 earnings guidance to a truck accident. Biovail intentionally misstated both the effect of the accident on Biovail’s third quarter earnings as well as the value of the product involved in the truck accident. In fact, the accident had no effect on third quarter earnings. Besides, Biovail applied FOB shipping point in recognizing its revenue. This is not complied with US GAAP which required revenue must be earned and realized or realizable in order for it to be recognized. ISSUES A few days after a truck accident, Biovail Corporation...
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...The film is showing four beautiful babies: Ponijao from Namibia, Mari from Tokyo, Bayar from Mongolia and Hattie from San Francisco. All four babies are surrounded by different macrosystems but display similar developmental patterns regardless of their upbringing. All these children still must go through the same developmental milestones. In the first year of life babies undergo dramatic changes, many of these are observed in this film. All four babies are living in their own microsystems, each very different from one another. Ponijao has a big family consisting of several siblings, Bayar lives with his parents and a brother, and Mari and Hattie are the only children for their parents, which is a typical situation in developed countries. We see the babies going through the Sensorimotor Stages as soon as they were born, they all were breastfed, which is a sign that they had sucking reflexes that are connected with rooting reflex and breastfeeding. There was an episode where Babinski reflex shown: Mari was sitting in her highchair and a family cat playing with baby’s feet. I noticed that Mari had all possible toys to help her to develop mentally and physically, but she also can be seen playing with CDs and cellphones. On the other hand Ponijao was happy to play with sticks, stones beads and a plastic bottle. I saw Bayar unrolling toilet paper and feeling very happy when he finally got to its base, which he immediately put in his mouth (Oral Stage of Sigmund Freud’s Theory). Watching...
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...The film is showing four beautiful babies: Ponijao from Namibia, Mari from Tokyo, Bayar from Mongolia and Hattie from San Francisco. All four babies are surrounded by different macrosystems but display similar developmental patterns regardless of their upbringing. All these children still must go through the same developmental milestones. In the first year of life babies undergo dramatic changes, many of these are observed in this film. All four babies are living in their own microsystems, each very different from one another. Ponijao has a big family consisting of several siblings, Bayar lives with his parents and a brother, and Mari and Hattie are the only children for their parents, which is a typical situation in developed countries. We see the babies going through the Sensorimotor Stages as soon as they were born, they all were breastfed, which is a sign that they had sucking reflexes that are connected with rooting reflex and breastfeeding. There was an episode where Babinski reflex shown: Mari was sitting in her highchair and a family cat playing with baby’s feet. I noticed that Mari had all possible toys to help her to develop mentally and physically, but she also can be seen playing with CDs and cellphones. On the other hand Ponijao was happy to play with sticks, stones beads and a plastic bottle. I saw Bayar unrolling toilet paper and feeling very happy when he finally got to its base, which he immediately put in his mouth (Oral Stage of Sigmund Freud’s Theory). Watching...
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...Case 5: The Vega Food Company Case 5: The Vega Food Company Professor Jorge Poza Professor Jorge Poza Sandra Echavarría A00142705 Sandra Maycotte A00188265 Vivian Espinosa A00268032 Sandra Echavarría A00142705 Sandra Maycotte A00188265 Vivian Espinosa A00268032 February 24, 2013 February 24, 2013 1. What are the key facts of this case? And, what, in your opinion led Mari to sell her shares? Before listing the key facts, an important issue to address is the difference between the management of the company and the ownership of the company. The Vega Food Company had two types of stocks: The A voting shares that do not pay dividends (management) and the B non-voting shares that pay dividends (ownership). The problem in the case arises due to the thin line that divides both. Key Facts: Francisco Sr. founded Industrias La Vega, a Spanish meat-processing business that produced hams, sausages, and other delicacies for domestic and export markets. Francisco Jr., the only son of six siblings had worked closely with his father since 1976. In 1994, Francisco Jr. became president of the company when his 72-year old father was killed in an automobile accident. Francisco Jr. is the only sibling that had worked in the family business prior to the car accident. In February 1997, only Francisco Jr. and Tere (the fourth of the daughters of the family) worked at the family company in management positions. Tere joined only three years earlier. The ownership structure of Industrias La Vega had...
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...CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 2 ISSUES 3 QUESTION and ANSWER 4 RECOMMENDATION 8 CONCLUSION 10 BIBLIOGRAPHY 11 INTRODUCTION Biovail Corporation was one of the Canada’s largest pharmaceutical publicly traded companies which expert in the development and large scale of manufacturing of pharmaceutical products. Biovail Company engaged activities on enhance formulate of the existing drugs, clinical testing, manufacture and commercial pharmaceutical products and utilized advanced drug delivery technologies. This company had listed on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). In the case, on September 30, 2003 there was a truck carrying a shipment of Wellbutrin® XL from Biovail’s manufacturing facility in Manitabo to Biovail’s Distributor, North Carolina was involved in a multi-vehicle traffic accident near Chicago. The company announced that the loss of the quarterly earnings which target by $260 million is because of the truck accident happened that contributed a significant unfavourable variance where the company estimated that revenue of the truck that involved in accident was in the range of $10 million to $20 million. There are several issues that addressed in this case which included accounting policy based on the revenue recognition; how Biovail Corporation should account the sales based on two different “Freight On Board” (FOB) point which are FOB Shipping point and FOB Destination point, and ethic of earning management where Biovail is suspected might significantly...
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...1 THE VEGA FOOD COMPANY In February 2007, Francisco Valle, Jr., president of Industrias La Vega, organized the first family council meeting in the owning family’s history to address problems he was having with his youngest sister, Mari, a shareholder in the company. He felt that the problems were not of his making and were interfering with his management of the company. Francisco, 45, had worked closely with his father, Francisco Sr., since 1986 and had become president of the company in March 2004, when his 72-year-old father was killed in an automobile accident. Industrias La Vega was a Spanish meat-processing business that produced hams, sausages, and other delicacies for domestic and export markets. The $104.8-million-a-year business was demanding, of course, but Francisco Jr. felt most challenged by the family conflicts that often overwhelmed him. The ownership structure of Industrias La Vega had been updated just months before the tragic accident involving Francisco Sr. At the request of Francisco Jr., who was concerned about the possible loss of control of the enterprise he had co-managed with his father for years, Francisco Sr. and his attorneys had created two classes of stock. The voting A shares did not pay dividends. The nonvoting but dividend-bearing B shares had a par value 10 times higher than that of the A shares. Except for brief stints, none of the Valle daughters had worked in the business prior to their father’s death. Ana, the second eldest daughter, was...
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...Nigora Raufova Psych 150 “Babies” Reaction Paper The film is showing four beautiful babies: Ponijao from Namibia, Mari from Tokyo, Bayar from Mongolia and Hattie from San Francisco. All four babies are surrounded by different macrosystems but display similar developmental patterns regardless of their upbringing. All these children still must go through the same developmental milestones. In the first year of life babies undergo dramatic changes, many of these are observed in this film. All four babies are living in their own microsystems, each very different from one another. Ponijao has a big family consisting of several siblings, Bayar lives with his parents and a brother, and Mari and Hattie are the only children for their parents, which is a typical situation in developed countries. We see the babies going through the Sensorimotor Stages as soon as they were born, they all were breastfed, which is a sign that they had sucking reflexes that are connected with rooting reflex and breastfeeding. There was an episode where Babinski reflex shown: Mari was sitting in her highchair and a family cat playing with baby’s feet. I noticed that Mari had all possible toys to help her to develop mentally and physically, but she also can be seen playing with CDs and cellphones. On the other hand Ponijao was happy to play with sticks, stones beads and a plastic bottle. I saw Bayar unrolling toilet paper and feeling very happy when he finally got to its base, which he immediately put...
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