The LA Criminal Defense Law Firm – (Theft Crimes) Shoplifting Many people take shoplifting as a light offense and imagine they can get away with it. Unfortunately, when one receives a conviction for shoplifting, they will face stiff penalties that include fines and jail time. Many business owners have reported significant losses occasioned by persons walking into their business premises and stealing merchandise from them. The stiff penalties act as a deterrent to discourage shoplifters from their behavior. When found shoplifting, the store will report you, and misdemeanor charges will be brought against you. A conviction will earn you not only penalties but also a criminal record in your background. This will have dire consequences when getting a job or residential premises. Getting a criminal lawyer to defend you against these allegations is, however, necessary. A lawyer can help you prevent a wrongful conviction, get charged with a lesser offense, or get you acquitted altogether. The LA Criminal Defense Law Firm has a team of lawyers able to defend you favorably against these allegations. Defining the Crime of Shoplifting According…
The central bank Goals, targets and instruments Historic goals of central banks The central banks of different countries usually have their own distinctive and somewhat different sets of goals in their mandates from their respective legislative authorities. However, as we shall see in this section, there is also a high degree of similarity in the goals, broadly defined, among them. Further, the mandate assigned to a given central bank is normally broad enough to allow it a great deal of latitude in the goals it does choose to pursue in practice. We illustrate the types of goals usually assigned to central banks by looking at those for the USA, Canada and the UK. Original mandate of the Federal Reserve System in the USA The Federal Reserve System, referred to as the Fed, is the central bank of the United States. It was set up in 1913 and has a Board of Governors3 with a Chairman at its head. Its monetary policy is set by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), which consists of the Board of Governors and five of…
The Breakup Museum The Breakup Museum is a collection of ordinary objects from Slovenia, Taipei, Colorado, and Manila. All the items in this museum were donated by strangers. Each of these items is accompanied by a story that explained the item and how it was acquired. The act of donating these items to this museum permits permanence and surrender at once. Some of the donations to the museums were from people who could not stand to have the item, but also could not throw it away. Donating to the museum was a good choice for them to put their items on a pedestal. The story of how the museum was founded is very strange. The Museum itself began after a breakup of the founders. The founders, Drazen Grubisic and Olinka Vistica, broke up in 2003. In the process of dividing possessions, the thought of an exhibit made up of all the detritus from broken relationships like their own came up. They created the exhibition three years later and the first exhibit in that museum was reclaimed from their home.…
Maternity Photo Shoot Ideas – Indoor Documenting your pregnancy journey through photography is not only pleasuring but ideal. Therefore, you need to do your homework and understand some timeless and highly preferred maternity photoshoot ideas. Maternity photography is integral since it enables you to document the entire pregnancy journey. Every week, your body experiences some changes, and photography documents this. It deems fit that you work with a professional. Below are maternity photoshoot ideas for an indoor setting. Pictures captured when pregnant will always speak volumes. It does not matter whether the photo is a portrait or a selfie. As long as the belly is visible, the picture becomes meaningful. Maternity photoshoot ideas enable you to understand how to make a photography session colorful and memorable. The people you bring on board and the poses that you employ matters great a deal. Amateurship compared with professionalism Asking a friend who has a sophisticated camera to take photos of you when pregnant is ideal for your budget but might not be what you need. A professional is skilled and experienced and…
SONY VAIO Marketing Case Analysis Summary Sony wants to introduce it’s stylish and premium VAIO laptops to the Chinese market. Mr. Richard Lopez, product manager at Sony corporation must finalise his marketing plan for VAIO laptops in Chania before presenting it to senior management. To finalise his plan, he has the results of four market research reports: a large-scale study of the Chinese consumers (Shanghai report), an in-depth customer interview report and two segmentation reports CLUES and COMPASS which provided different segments of the Chinese laptop market. Sony VAIO was intended for customers whose priority lies in features such as style and design, which justifies its positioning as a “relatively high-end niche product”. Through its higher average selling price, the brand has managed to be seen as a premium brand offering statement pieces to individual consumers or business professionals. In China, Sony brand is also well established as a premium, especially since Japanese electronic brands are highly regarded. In addition to that, Sony is perceived as “young and trendy”. However, Chinese consumers are not as aware of VAIO, as…
My Love for Volleyball Sports are more inclined to the pursuance of an individual’s passion and forcing one to like a sport may be difficult. Persuasion may, however, work towards changing an individual’s perspective. My love for volleyball can be traced back to persuasion from my mother, who might probably have had prior knowledge of the pleasure and joy that comes with volleyball. I had not developed an interest in volleyball despite playing it with my young siblings since a young age, and I had only taken it as an informal sport for keeping kids entertained. My perspective has, however, changed over the years, and my love for volleyball is unshakable. My love for volleyball is based on the fact that it is my hobby and that I have mastered its rules over the years; thus, I have less or no difficulties while playing. Most people have at least a hobby that takes their time when they some time to pass. One’s hobby tends to be what they love most. My hobby has happened to be volleyball, although that…
Strategic IT Paper research the purpose of this paper is to provide one good example of an IT innovation that a company has launched and how it is linked to helping to drive their business strategy. The company can be your own or one of your selection. It can be a large vs. small company, profit vs. non-profit, private vs. public vs. government etc. The primary deliverables are as follows: 1. Describe the company and its basic business model. (10%) 2. Provide a desсrіption of how the company has used a specific IT (or assembled a group of technologies) to do something truly creative or innovative with the business. This desсrіption should describe the actual technology/technologies used and the nature of the business innovation they enabled. Remember, a business innovation can come in different forms such as new products, processes, business models, or ways to ‘touch’ customers. (40%) Note: ideally, the example you choose should be compelling, ‘cutting edge’, or novel to some degree. An example of something that would not meet this criterion would be to report on the…
Definitions of Emotion Regulation (Site) defines emotion regulation as the non-conscious or conscious control of mood, affect, or emotion. Conscious control is the active process of thought or the commitment to a specific behaviour which helps one control their emotion, also referred to as a coping mechanism. Non-conscious control, on the other hand, refers to the behaviours and thoughts which humans do not control, such as temperament and how others are not emotional (not showing sadness or anger). The other definition given by (site) is the ability to modulate and manage emotions better. Gross and Thompson (2007) consider emotion regulation to be a deliberate or automatic application of strategies to start and maintain, as well as to display or modify emotion. These authors say that emotion regulation is a process through which people non-consciously or consciously monitor their emotions, which are experienced, and they develop strategies to change or maintain the emotions at levels they desire. Strategies for Emotion Regulation According to (site), the popular approach of emotion regulation is what is known as a coping mechanism. This method…
Evaluation Supporting Element Stiffness of Fluid Viscous Damper Based on Logarithmic and Energy-Dissipated Spectra Abstract: This study evaluates the optimal values of supporting element stiffness ( ) attached with linear and nonlinear fluid viscous damper FVDs in elastic systems, represented with Maxwell model consisting of dashpot damper in series with a spring ( ) to achieve the efficiency working of FVDs and reduction in structural responses. The effect of supporting element stiffness remains unclear in prior studies especially; the optimal values of supporting element of nonlinear FVDs are required to achieve the optimal performance of structures. Therefore, the developed numerical algorithm by MATLAB is used for computing high-precision solutions for linear and nonlinear hysteresis FVDs that are typically represented mathematically with a Maxwell model in extensive response history analyses of (SDOF) systems with respect to ground excitations. The emphasis of selection procedures of ( ), based on logarithmic spectra technique represented by pseudo velocity and energy-dissipated spectra, are proposed in this study to obtain the optimal values of ( ). These procedures allow to select of ( ) based on…
Pregnancy Insomnia – Causes and Treatment Over 70% of women experience pregnancy insomnia. The condition is very reasonable and never harmful to the baby. The question is, what causes pregnancy insomnia, and how is it treated? When pregnant, the majority of women get less sleep. When sleep quality deprives, insomnia becomes a possibility, and one could feel extra fatigued. Understanding the significant causes of pregnancy insomnia enables you to craft indisputable remedies. Below are the causes and treatments of insomnia during pregnancy. What is insomnia? Whenever a person has an inadequate sleep, they have insomnia. There are so many causes of poor-quality or insufficient sleep. For instance, when a person experiences difficulties when falling asleep or keeps waking up at night and unable to fall asleep again, they are considered to have insomnia. Insomnia when pregnant The majority of women believe that insomnia is possible after the baby is born. Nonetheless, pregnancy insomnia is a possibility during the first trimester all through to the last trimester of the pregnancy. Exhaustion is common with pregnancies, and instead of one relaxing at…