Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Market and company analysis of padini

Market and company analysis of padini PADINI started to operate its company in Malaysias apparel industry, manufacturing, trading and supplying garments to order for retailers and distributors. The PADINI Concept Store is a concept store that selling all PADINI Holdings brands in one store or one stop shopping. The first outlet that starting to operate in Malaysia was located in Johor Bharu City Square, a shopping complex in Johor Bharu, Malaysia. After PADINI starting to operate in Malaysia, it becomes one of the major forces to apparel and garments industry in Malaysia. Besides, PADINI involved in the distribution and retail of its own fashion labels through 190 freestanding stores, franchise and consignment counters. The main products that sold by PADINI are formal,fashion wear and accessories. Besides, there are various brands that houses in PADINI and all of them are under PADINI . Every brand represents a fashion philosophy and each of the philosophy involve an extensive range of products aimed at targeted consumer. Their brand image is strongly attached importance to the real value: quality, functionality and price. There are eight unique brands under PADINI, which are PADINI ,PADINI Authentics, PDI, P CO, Seed, Miki, Vincci, and Vincci Accessories. All of the brands targeted consumer is due to both sexes and all ages. However Vincci, and Vincci Accessories are more focused on the flexible tastes of woman consumers on shoes, bags and accessories, and Seed Cafà © have open a new dimension in food operations for its company. Vision PADINI state that their vision is to be the market leader in the retail industry. They will achieve the goal through hard work, discipline and creative endeavour. In long terms, they will continue to maintain their high standard of design and manufacturing quality as well as affordability. Besides, they are also working towards expanding the business on a regional basis. At present, they have a growing presence in their neighbour countries, and we believe that there is great scope for growth. Mission The mission that set by PADINI is to create credible products that meet out target customer requirements but exceed their expectation. PADINI Core Value Caring From The Heart Caring from the heart means every staff of company must treat customers from the heart,staffs must care their customer by providing the best services. PADINIs 7 Culture Speed Simplicity Self- Confidence Communication Team Work Learning Culture Consistency Evolution of PADINI Year 1971-1990 Began operations as Hwayo Garments manufacturers Company, a proprietorship carrying out the manufacturing of ladies garments and wholesaling of the finished products to departmental stores. Expand into the trading textiles. Entered the retail industry with the companys pioneering brand PADINI. The brand VINCCI was created. Children wear was launched under MIKI brand. The SEED and ROPE labels were launched. 1991-2007 Establishment of a holding company, Home Stores Sdn. Bhd., to hold all the groups retail, wholesale and manufacturing business. The name Home Stores sdn. Bhd., was changed to PADINI Holdings Sdn. Bhd. Launched of PADINI AUTHENTICS. PADINI Holdings Sdn. Bhd. Became PADINI Holdings Berhad. PADINI HoldingsBerhad listed on the Second Board of the KLSE. PCO was launched in the second half of the year. PDI was created. The first Concept Stores was opened in Johor Bharu City Square. Seed Cafà © and PADINI Dot Com Sdn. Bhd was set up. Re-launcg of PADINI and Rope to new PADINI Workwear Listed on the Main Board of the KLSE The brand Vincci +. Vincci accessories and brands outlet was launched. STATES LOCATION Selangor AEON Bukit Tinggi Shopping Centre Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall Ikano Power Centre 1 Utama Phase 2 Shopping Centre IOI Mall Shopping Centre Kompleks Membeli Belah, Aeon Cheras Selatan Johor Bukit Indah Shopping Centre City Square Shopping Centre Jusco Tebrau City Shopping Centre Kuala Lumpur Mid Valley Megamall Pavilion Kuala Lumpur Penang Gurney Plaza Queensbay Mall Melacca Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall Pahang East Coast Mall Perak Kinta City Shopping Centre Sabah Warisan Square Sarawak The Spring Map of PADINII coverage The Location of Padini Concept Stores In Malaysia map_malaysia Segmentation As a listed company with such successful result, undeniably PADINI has done segmentizing in terms of demographic, geographic and psychographic. Demographic segmentation include of dividing the market into groups based on variables likes age, gender family size, income, occupation, education, religion, race and nationality. PADINI has segmentized demographic by focusing on the factor like age, gender, income and occupation as the important factor to do the continuous targeting. PADINI has set up 8 brands, which has covered age from baby up to old ages ,gender with male and also female, income which in the range of RM1000-RM2000,RM2001-RM5000 and RM5001above,and finally occupation like office-worker and others semi formal wear which suit majority occupation. This helps the organization to divide the market into several groups and target each of these groups to enhance the performance of the organization. Next, market segmentation strategy whereby the intended audience for a given product is divided according to geographic units, such as nations, states, regions, counties, cities, or neighborhoods.  PADINI has chosen to focus on states as their geographic segmentation, for instances, Penang, Johor and Kuala Lumpur. Lastly, PADINI has also used Psychographic by dividing the industry into different groups based on social class and lifestyle to do perfect segmentation. Targeting From our research, we can say that the targeting strategies used by PADINI is differentiated marketing where PADINI target several segment by offering different products to satisfy the different groups of customer. The targeted groups of customer are derived from the age range that above 7 to 50 and separated according to age and genders. The following table is showing the different targeted groups by offering different products. Group Age Gender Product Type of product Infants and kids Below 7 Both Miki kids Casual Childrens Above 7 and below 12 Both Seed and PADINI Authentic Fashion stlye Teenagers or youngsters 12 to 18 Both Seed and PADINI Authentic Casual Adult 18 to 30 female P Co Younger style(Trendy) Adult 18 to 40 Both Seed Casual plus classic stylish designed Teenagers or adult 13 to 50 Female Vincci and Vincci Accessories Female Accessories Adult 18 to 50 Both PDI Casual stylish designed Adult 18 to 60 Both PADINI Formal Differentiation Positioning PADINI used the differentiation strategies of product and image to place the product occupies in the consumers minds. The hottest product of PADINI Seed, use the product differentiation in term of design to place the product occupies in the consumers minds. For example, when a consumer want to buy a semi-formal with classic stylish designed, the Seeds product will come into their minds immediately. Besides, Miki kids is also one of the example of product differentiation where the design is specialty for kids. On the other hands, P Co used the image differentiation to place the product occupied in consumers minds. When a consumer want to buy a female clothes with younger style inside the PADINI, the brand of P Co will definitely come into their minds. In short, PADINI use the differentiation of image and product like unique design and brand image to position the products in the consumer minds. Product Consumer Goods  are final goods that are brought from retail stores to satisfy the needs and wants of customers. Products of PADINI falls under consumer product which categorized as shopping products.PADINI itself has other alternatives brands under it. There are PADINI, Seed ,Pdi , PADINI Authentic , PCo, Miki maternity , Vincci , Vincci accessories , Miki kids . The essential of PDI is to emphasis the casual stylish that can be accepted in any occasion. Its purpose to let any guy or girl to get a style fix among the fashion-current jeans, T-shirts, jackets, casual basic-T, belt, socks, scarf and even accessories in a shopper-friendly setting.PADINI is focus more on basic and family lifestyle and aim for anyone who likes and extols casual style. PADINI provides the essential working lifestyle for the modern working man and women. The PADINI collection carries a clean, timeless and modern to the working lifestyle. This brand is focuses on the formal wear and centralize customers base for workers. PADINI has launched out several of tie, belt, shirt and coat. Seed is the confidence of classic and casual plus a refreshing design. Seed emphasize the best of both designs for men, women and even hip kids! The purpose is stand-out style. Seed is focus on urban office-wear for the masses. The clothes under this line are usually jackets, coats, suits, classic office pants and knee-length skirts, semi-formal skirt and belt and also classic jean. In addition to seed cafe, the cafe portrays a bright and contemporary concept which jells with seeds youthful and trendy image. PADINI authentic is more on casually yours. PADINI authentic focus their styleon quality casual wear. Its targets the teenager segment of the market. It sells modern shirt, trendy jean, jackets, shirts and stylish dress. P co is focus on female market and launched all girls skirt, necklace and also hot pants. On the same track where they run ahead in fashions brave new ideas. Women are the largest customer base for P co because they know that women are the most potential customer and most people who are willing to spend money in the fashion. Miki Kids take the message of fun in fashion to every place and occasion. Clothes design with energetic ideas and cheerful colours to charge up every youngster. Miki kids are designed for 1-11 years old infants. This is because infants still have their potential and parents are increasingly willing to spend money on their childs dress. Miki Maternity is designed for fashionable mums-to-be. Miki Maternity has sold all the shirt and dress that suit for the pregnant women at the same time stand out-style. The look of Vincci fun and fashionable, the emphasis is affordable. From head turning hair accessories to trendsetting footwear, must-have handbags to eye catching glasses and fashion-clinching belts. In addition to Vincci accessories carries one of the most extensive lines of accessories from necklaces, bangles, rings and earrings to belts, sunglasses, watches, shoes, bags and more in all the latest styles. Price Pricing are one of the most important elements of the marketing mix, as it is the only mix, which generates a turnover for the organization. Pricing is difficult and must reflect  supply and demand  relationship. Pricing for a product too high or too low could mean a loss of sales for the organization.   Designed of Seed and PADINI are more classic. Both of these brands are premium pricing and especially for relatively high consumption of the customer base. High consumption of the customers base is those who purchase a bundle items in one time. Production of seed and PADINI are much more less than other brand this is because high consumption of the customer base would be lesser. In addition to this, PDI and PADINI authentic and Vincci are much more affordable. Both of these brands are low cost pricing and more focus on the middle class customer base. Product price of these three brands are low and affordable. This is because there are more middle class of customer base compare to high consumption of customer base. PDI ,PADINI authentic and Vincci are attracting many customers due to the low price strategy. Apart from this, the two brands under the MIKI flag are MIKI Kids and MIKI Maternity. Miki maternity pay attention on the fashionable mums-to-be. This brand only focuses on the pregnant women and mums-to-be customers base and Miki kids focus on the children customers base. Product price of this brand is quiet high and is considered as premium pricing. This is due to their customers base not wide enough. Promotion PADINI Holdings Berhad company has different promotion in every seasons . They have different seasons in every years . That is spring ,summer ,fall and holiday . Those products have expensive price will have whole year discount . On the other hand , those products have cheap price only will get discount during season period . PADINI AUTHENTICS promotion will get instant rebate RM30 with purchases of RM150 and RM70 with purchases of RM300 . PDI Promotion will get rebate RM15 with every purchase of RM100 . Followed by , VINCCI ACCESSORIES will get instant rebate RM10 with purchase of RM50 above RM20 with purchase of RM100 above . VINCCI Promotion will get instant rebate RM10 with purchases of RM50 above , RM20 with purchases of RM100 above . SEED Promotion will get rebate RM30 with every purchase of rm150 . PCO Promotion will rebate rm20 with every purchase of rm100 . PADINI Promotion will get rebate RM30 with every purchase of 2pcs . In addition , PADINI GROUP FAIR which known as Mega Carnival Sales will up to 70% discount . This sales will fall on March , August , December every year .Specific terms and condition will be applied on it . During sales period , customers cannot apply for member card . Member card only can apply when no sales proceed . When nearly reach end of sales , PADINI Company will have actual 10 % will add 10 % more discount on it . This is because PADINI company want clear the stock , and they want to push the sales. A companys total promotion mix is also called marketing communications mix . It consists advertising , sales promotion , public relations , personal selling , and direct-marketing tools that the company uses to persuasively communicate customer value and build customer relationships . One of the hardest marketing decisions facing a company is how much to spend on promotion . How does a company decide on its promotion budget ? There are four common methods used to set the total budget for advertising . There are the affordable method , the percentage of sales method , the competitive parity method and the objective and task method . Affordable method is to set the promotion budget at the level management thinks the company can afford . Followed by , percentage of sales method is set the promotion budget at a certain percentage of current or forecasted sales or as a percentage of the unit sales price . Competitive parity method is set the promotion budget to match competitors outlays . Placement Concept Store bring the all in one concepts . So that , customers will be convenient to shop at there . Varienty of modern style can be choose by customers . All they need are inside one shop . Most of the brands outlet will located at the shopping mall instead of hypermarket . Because of the design of shopping mall more attractive . So that can attract more customers . PADINI is one of the most well-known brands in Malaysias multibillion garment industry. A brand leader involved in the distribution and retail its own fashion labels through 180 freestanding stores and in-house outlets. This includes our multi-brand stores of PADINI Concept Store and Brands Outlet. PADINI have many branches in Malaysia . In Malaysia , it divided into two parts . That is west and east . Shopping mall will be choosen as the location where the PADINI Concept store at . This is because shopping mall has more people . For example , Queensbay Mall , Gurney Plaza .It will choose only mall which is more trendy for that city . PADINI has two types of shops. It has brands outlet and PADINI concepts store . The purpose of having PADINI concepts shops is because of the concept one-stop-shopping. With all brands within reach in just one store, the shopping option is set to create a fashion revolution. In addition, certain brands specialize in items such as Graphic Tees, Polo-Tees and Pants. With such a wide variety of styles and labels, Concept Store not only caters to everyone irrespective of age, gender or taste, it also allows shoppers to mix and match effortlessly within one location,maybe by matching with different brands merchandise to fulfill own required style.The brands are PADINI, Seed, Vincci, PDI, PADINI Authentics, P Co, Miki Kids Miki Maternity. Whereas , brands outlet is the latest exciting concept from PADINI group . Already a fashion force in Malaysia with brands such as PADINI, Seed,PDI, Vincci and PCo., the group decided to introduce a shopping experience with a difference based on key ide as of convenience, quality, variety and affordability. Concept Store can be found at Aeon Bukit Tinggi (Klang), Ampang Point (Kuala Lumpur), IOI Mall (Puchong), Ikano Power Centre (Mutiara Damansara; flagship store), Aeon Bukit Indah (Johor Bahru), Dataran Pahlawan Mall (Melaka), East Coast Mall (Kuantan) and Queensbay Mall (Penang). Recommendation After the overall marketing research regarding this company, we would make some recommendation about the product, market development, marketing technique, public promotion and sales rules and regulation. Talking about the product, PADINI has never come out with unisex merchandise, as my experience as promoter in this company, I always get this question from customer .Also, I would suggest PADINI may make some couple design since the company is already well-establised,these two product may probably open a new market to new young generation as their target,the company may choose the A outlet to do market testing by coming out limited quantity. Next,for market development, I would say PADINI can actually start planning to come out a 10Years-proposal which target to open concept-store and brands outlet in all the main city or central of city in Malaysia,for example kuching in Sarawak and Labuan in Sabah.Next the company may also issue share or debentures to public to increase their development in local ,if the company has built strong reputation and already very stable in local market,then they will be able to open oversea market after 10 years. While for marketing technique, we can see PADINI has not yet to explore in the online buying.I suggest PADINI can set up a blog which contain all brands product. Before that, perhaps the company must set up a IT department to do IT support for future transaction and create a IT system to company. They may co-operate with some banks to offer discount by using online banking service. On the other hands, PADINI can also cooperate with some local distributors in the Malaysia like Citi-link or Sky Net to send out the order. Every transaction made by the customer will be shown a payment statement and it was guaranteed by the bank. Besides, the distribution of the order will directly send to the stated address according to the information stated on the order form by the customer. Then, since PADINI is already well-known in fashion industry,I believe they are able to do a fashion show by hiring professional model,wearing their new products and having a fashion show .The company may invite some fashion professional ,helping to to advertising and promote their company. Besides, the company can organize a model show or competition by wearing their new products in specific mall like Gurney or Mid Valley, this will cost lesser.Furthermore, PADINI can sponsor to some well-known ladies magazine with conditions that include few pages which advertising about PADINI new products in every publicatioj of magazine,for example Vogue and Nirvana Women. Historical Net Profit of PADINI From Year 2004- 2010 untitled The histogram above showed that the net profit of PADINI from the year 2004- 2010. We can see that, the net profit of PADINI is dramatically increase from 2004- 2010 with the percentage of 1% to 12.2%. Besides, PADINI state that they forecast an average annual net profit growth of 10% in year 2011 and 2012 because of the demand for the PADINI products due to their strong branding and strategic store locations, as well as improved efficiency of warehousing, inventory management, design and product mix. Stock Split 7052 Besides, PADINI also carry out the stock split program to make its stock price cheaper than before in 5 times at 6 January 2011, being the market day after the books closing date. Share split involving the subdivision of each ordinary share of RM0.50 each held in PADINI Holdings Berhad into five ordinary shares of RM0.10 each. This action is to attract more investor to invest into their company. PADINI HOLDINGS BERHAD (History earnings, dividends and share price) CHART.bmp

Monday, January 20, 2020

The Fall Of The Roman Empire :: essays research papers fc

The Fall of the Roman Empire For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief. The causes for the breakdown of the early Roman Republic cannot be attributed to a single event, trend or individual, rather it was due to a combination of all three in varying degrees. The principal and fundamental cause was the breakdown of the political checks and balances, particularly the Cursus Honorum from 133 BC onwards. This subversion occurred both accidentally and through the subversive behavior of individuals, unconsciously and consciously undermining the fabric of the republic in their quest for power and glory. One substantial outcome of this incapacitation was the emergence of violence as a political means. Once this had occurred the end of the old republic was heralded an autocratic dictatorship was born. The republic was born out of a collapsed monarchy and was specifically geared to prevent a centraliz ation of power. The mechanisms to this end were contained in the Cursus Honorum, a document that outlined the ladder of offices. It demanded, among other things, 10 years of military or legal service before any magistracy could be held, annual election and two years between consecutive offices. This system was designed to ensure that no individual could become too powerful by dividing jurisdiction between several groups and allowing for veto. The Gracchi brothers, Tiberius and Gaius are often blamed for causing divisions and antagonizing the aristocracy and particularly the senate by introducing laws and legislation that, although promoting egalitarianism for the poor, were catalysts to later breaches of the Cursus Honorum. Both Tiberius and Gaius had laws enacted without consulting the senate. This weakened the senate's power and started a trend of ignoring the senate that remained until the breakdown. These Graccian reforms included the implementation of a welfare system whereby R omans citizens would be given free corn and the Lex Agraria or land reforms that broke down the latafundia and increased the number of small-scale farms. The welfare corn system not only aroused violent anger from the nobility but also created an urban mob that relied on handouts and later participated in violence. Tiberius Gracchus ran for election to the tribunate for two years consecutively (123 and 122 BC). This was in direct contradiction to the Cursus Honorum. The senate, when they heard of Tiberius' plan, killed him.

Sunday, January 12, 2020

Abortion: the most controversial issues in America

Nina Emmrich English 1 Abortion Guy Thorvaldsen 14, April 14, 2013 Abortion, this is one of the most controversial issues in America. It’s been an issue for over 200 years. In 1973 it was protected under law. But today it isn’t. Most American’s believe that it’s a sin to have an abortion while others see it as a choice to do it. There have been many legal cases against and also for abortion. Many have won but many have lost. This issue will never end. It will always be an argument. By having an abortion the mother is killing and innocent child who has no say in it.The family and father should also have a say in it as well. A little before the 1800’s states practiced some form of the English Common Law which happened to also lack codification. Abortion and unwed pregnancy didn’t exist in this time period. Finding the history of abortion is more difficult than people can imagine because there aren’t very many records of it to go off of. Starting in the 1600’s, there was the first conviction of the intent to abort a child. This went down in the state of Maryland, and then four years later another girl was arrested for murder because she had an abortion.This also happened in Maryland, but that case was dropped after the woman married the only witness who of course refused to testify. Another case that happened was in 1710 where Virginia Law made it a capital crime to be pregnant and then be found with a dead baby. In 1719 Delaware made it that anyone who counseled abortion or even infanticide an accessory to murder. According to Olasky’s notes â€Å"infanticide was probably the most frequent way of killing unwanted, illegitimate children†. â€Å"Abortifacients were known to and used in the early America.But by using them â€Å"was like playing Russian roulette with three bullets in the chamber†. So already there are beginning to make it a crime to have abortions. (abort73. com) There are many key factors that went into the process of deciding a case. They didn’t always have specific legislation for abortion and infanticide, those who did happened to have the same problem. It was impossible to have the right evidence to convict someone, and even more so pregnancy was hard to confirm. There was never a corpse or a witness to prove it. But on the bright side there was a great deal of the ury that had sympathy for the abandoned and desperate woman. Either way there was a lot of non-legislative factors that had been working against infanticide and abortion. A major factor was that the man should â€Å"act honorably† and propose to the women if he got her pregnant before they were married. (abort73. com) To give more to the influence of the society was the religious and scientific community. They condemned abortion both for how the bible speaks of an unborn child and also for the well-known testimony of church pillars like John Calvin who forbade abortion.Fr om the 1600’s-1800’s the scientific community believed that babies actually existed before they were conceived. This was also another anti-abortion influence. The difficulty confirming pregnancy before quickening made early abortions almost impossible, and late term abortions ruined marriage prospects, and were extremely dangerous. (Abort73. com pg. 2) There’s more to the history than just the community. Lawmakers had to start dealing with abortion in the late 1800’s. It was 1821 when the first abortion legislation had passes in Connecticut.The lawmakers everywhere else tried to keep up. New York legislation changed on abortion 10 times between 1828 and 1881. (Abort73. com) Abortion should be illegal. When women have abortions they are killing innocent children. It’s a sin to do so. Of course it’s a choice of the mother but what about the family. What about the father? Don’t they have a say in what happens to their child. As America g rew and expanded, most of the support mechanisms that helped provide for women during their crisis pregnancies had begun to want.The increase in social isolation and separation through urbanization had removed the societal and familial safety net for pregnant and non-married women had to fall back on. The concealment of a women’s pregnancy alone with smothering the baby after it was born was then considered a choice. Therefore abortion was beginning to get a foothold, but it was still not considered legitimate or legal. The frequency of was increasing as more young women found alone and pregnant. Dr. John Trader of Missouri stated that â€Å"contended that men were (the ones) pushing women into abortion†.So it goes to show that the men are also part of the abortion’s happening. (abort73. com) Slowly the opposition of abortion began to lose a lot of its moral framework. In the med. Books abortion was beginning to be counseled against for the potential risks as it had been presented to many women instead of the life being destroyed. It was said that â€Å"the right to destroy† became the central belief to a women named Margaret Sanger. She began to expose it in publicity. She would celebrate the virtue of sexual promiscuity and she would attack any women’s shelter.She then would have gone on to fount Planned Parenthood which still today remains the largest abortion provider in the United States. The government funding was required to remove all religious indoctrination and professional social workers replaced the evangelically-oriented matrons. The compassion shifted from helping to do what is right to doing whatever people feel like doing. (abort73. com) The birth control issue split the pro-life community for many years and hamstrung their efforts during the crucial 1960’s. (abort73. om) In the year of 1962 there were reports of a women who died form and illegal abortion and she was then cut into pieces which had horri fied the entire nation. Sherri Finkbine became famous women for having an abortion in Sweden because she was worried that her child was going to be disabled. An average American had begun to see illegal abortion instead of abortion itself as the real problem. In the year of 1967 Colorado and California became the first states to legalize abortions for only pregnancies that resulted in rape, incest, or pregnancies that threatened the life of a women as well as a pregnancy of a severely handicapped child.Then within the next three years, Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina and Virginia soon followed. Then in 1970 New York became one of the first states to offer unrestricted abortion, but only during the first 24 weeks of the women’s pregnancy. Then in 1971 the Roe v. Wade case came to trial. The verdict was decided in 1973 which was that all state laws regulating abortion were strict. And the demand became the law of the land. So as you can see that abortion had a lot of history in front of it, but does it still make it right for it to be legal?Some believe that abortion should only be legal for certain reasons, such as Rape victims. While many disagree with this option there are many who do agree. A woman who was raped and is carrying the rapist baby should have the right to decide what she would like to do with the baby. It's not the court's decision it's hers. It's been a woman's right since the Roe V. Wade case that abortion is legal. This caused an outrage. There were protests out on the steps of the courthouse where people were screaming that they are allowing woman to kill innocent children.And they have a point too. Killing a child when they have no say in it is considered murder to some people. Anytime you kill a human being is murder so how is this any different. A woman in the army was 19 and was in an abusive relationship and he had gotten her pregnant. She didn’t want to tell him. She was called a whore, a tramp and embarrassment to her family. They told her to come home and discuss it as a family. Well little did she know they had made an appointment for her to get an abortion. No matter what she said it was all wrong.Her oldest brother whom she respected wouldn’t even talk to her he was so ashamed of her. Her family kept telling her to get an abortion but she was against it. The argument lasted 3 hours and finally she went to bed. But her family wouldn't leave her alone until she made a decision. She was denied food that night and when she awoke the next morning she was denied food as well. So she finally gave in and they drove her to the clinic. She had the abortion and she saw a 16 year old girl in there and she hugged her and they cried together.Her parents as well as her brothers never apologized for their actions. Her take away from this experience is that she can be compassionate to young teens that have made the horrible choice of having an abortion. She is now 47, married with 2 children and adopting a third. This story shows that there is regret to getting an abortion. She never stopped thinking of her first child. She told her now 21 year old daughter who had gotten pregnant 19 about what happened and her granddaughter is now one year old. There will always be that regret of having a child. (abort73. om) There was a case called Roe v. Wade. This was a case between a single pregnant that brought a class action challenge to the constitutionality of the Texas criminal abortion laws by procuring or attempting an abortion on medical terms for the mother. A licensed physician named Hallford who had to cases pending against him was somehow permitted to intervene. A married couple who were unable to bare a child separately attacked the laws as well based on alleged injury from the failure of contraceptives, pregnancy as well as impairment of the wife's health.Roe and Hallford were standing to sue and presented justiciable controversies. The court decided to that the abortion status void as vague as those plaintiff's Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments. The District Court granted declaratory relief to Roe and Hallford. It was then decided in 1973 that the Court's ruled that the Texas criminal abortion statures are unconstitutional. (Cornell. edu) There are places that do abortions. These are called abortion clinics. The main one that is most popular is Planned Parenthood. These places should not exist.Allowing young teens to come in and murder their child is wrong. In the case Planned Parenthood v. Casey the Supreme Court considered a Pennsylvania law that imposed the regulations on abortion. This case was not directly connected to Roe v. Wade. Although the Court didn't contend that Roe v. Wade was a correct application of reasoned judgment. In extreme arrogance the Court declared â€Å"where the performance of its judicial duties, the Court decides the case in such way a s to resolve the sort of intensely divisive controversy reflected in Roe and those rare comparable cases†¦.Contending sides of a national controversy to end their national division by accepting a common mandate rooted in the constitution. † In this case Planned Parenthood because of the case Roe v. Wade and how abortion is legal because it's a national law. (Lifenews. com) There are so many reasons as to why abortion should not be legal but we have to look at the other side of the picture. We have to look at reasons why is should be legal and the reasons behind that. The big reason is Rape victims. Why should they have to carry the rapist's baby. They should have every right to get rid of it.And with abortion being legal they can. To them it's not a sin. They are getting rid of something that was part of a horror that they went through. They have the right to decide and to them they aren’t doing the wrong thing they are doing the right thing. No one can stop them. They have the freedom to choose. Abortion is used for many different reasons. Those reasons can be that the mother was raped and didn’t want to keep the child or if they didn’t abort the mother would die. These are two serious reasons as to why some people are for abortion.It can save someone's life when it comes to the decision of life or death. Or it could be the free release from something tragic that happened to someone. Abortion isn't all bad in some ways. Those two reasons are important to some people. A mother who doesn't want to carry a rapist's baby shouldn't have to. And if the child is killing the mother and abortion is the only way to save her life then do it. There are medical reasons to do abortions. Not just personal. Not only is it the mother's decision but it should also be the father's decision as well.He should have a right to decide whether the baby lives or not. He helped create it. It's unfair to think that he will never be able to see is child be cause the mother aborted it without him knowing. It's unfair. Every father should have the right of say in what happens to his child. Then there's the issue of the family. The family should also have a say in what happens as well. They can help take care of the baby. Be there for the mother. Help her along the way. Help her, guide her. Give her and the baby love. They will be there for. The mother should want that, should have that.The families are supposed to be there for their children. Love them no matter what happens to them. They will love their grandchildren just the same. So they should have a right of say as well. They will help guide the mother through the tough times. They will be there for her and the child, no matter what. So with all that history and all that information, have you come to a conclusion as to whether you are for or against it. You should be against it. It's murder. Killing an innocent child is just wrong. Everyone has the right to do as they please but in common sense it's the worst thing you could do.There are other options like keeping the baby or giving it up for adoption. Why kill the baby when you can give it life. Give it a home, a place to eat, sleep, live and be happy. Or give it to a family whose always wanted a child but could never have one of their own. Give that baby a future. Don’t kill it. It deserves to live. Everyone deserves to live. Not die. It's wrong. So with all this information, I hope you've made the right decision as to whose side you're on. Killing an innocent child is wrong, and it needs to be stopped.

Saturday, January 4, 2020

How Portents, Omens and Dreams Add to the Dramatic Tension...

How Portents, Omens and Dreams Add to the Dramatic Tension Before Julius Caesars murder in Julius Caesar Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeares greatest plays because in it he deals powerfully and excitingly with the themes of power and conscience. Particularly in Julius Caesar Shakespeare uses disruptions as portents, omens and predictions to give us a sense of approach of terrible events. Shakespeare lived the Elizabethan period; therefore like many Elizabethans he would have had the conception of the divine order of the universe being mystical. Similar to the characters in Julius Caesar the Elizabethans would see storms as a warning to some sort of disaster or calamity to be visited upon men,†¦show more content†¦Although it is so early on in the play Shakespeare is already creating an impact on Caesars character as being self minded and a selfish emperor, also in other plays like Macbeth, there is a selfish king called Macbeth who murders Duncan to take power based on magical predictions by the three witches. So by linking Julius Caesar with other plays he has created a wi de range of themes, power, greed and deception. In Act one scene three there is a portent, the thunder begins to rumble and grows in volume. As in the Elizabethan period a storm was to predict a bad forthcoming, and so Shakespeare shows at the start of the scene. The reactions of the characters were expressed a lot at the start of the play, especially Casca who is just introduced in the play as a plain blunt man. But in this scene after the storm he changes to such a large extent that he draws his sword out. Are you not moved, when the sway earth Shakes like a thing unfirm? this is a line from the play showing casca reactions. It is quite common to see a tough character become so nervous, talkative and excitable as Casca does in circumstances of danger because Shakespeare might have known that men were like that in his time. Casca says a man should beware of the anger of the gods, but Cassisus, who is speaking to him in the scene, answers that thereShow MoreRelatedThe Theme of Julius Caesar Essay2961 Words   |  12 PagesThe Theme of Julius Caesar How suitably is the theme of the supernatural depicted in the play ‘Julius Caesar’? William Shakespeare was one of the most influential playwrights, is known today for his plays such as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, A Midsummer Nights Dream and many other interesting and different plays. We in the 21st century enjoy Shakespeare’s plays for a variety of reasons. His plays have different themes like love, ambition, pride, friendship, supernatural

Thursday, December 26, 2019

Dealing With Homesickness at Boarding School

Any parent who has seen their child go off to boarding school, or even college, has likely experienced that dreaded phone call home. I miss you. I want to come home. Homesickness is a natural, albeit challenging, reaction to being away from home for the first time. Unfortunately, there are no quick cures for homesickness, a feeling all of us encounter at some point or another. If your child is going off to boarding school, homesickness is bound to be something he or she has to deal with too. Going off to boarding school is what the professionals call a planned separation. Reassure your child by explaining that those feelings of missing familiar surroundings and family are perfectly normal. Tell them about the times when you felt homesick and how you dealt with it. Need more advice? Check out these four tips. Dont Allow Your Child to Call You Constantly This is a tough thing for a parent to do. But you have to firmly lay down the ground rules for calling you. You also need to resist the temptation to call and check in on your child every hour. Establish a regular time for a 15-minute chat and stick to it. The school will have rules about when and where students can use cell phones. Encourage Your Child to Make New Friends Your childs advisor and dorm master will help them meet older students who will take them under their wings, helping them to quickly make lots of new friends; if you give him or her some room to do so. Remember, the school has dealt with homesick children for years. It will have a plan in place to keep your child so busy that he or she probably wont have time to be homesick, especially in the first few days or weeks. Sports, all sorts of clubs and plenty of homework fill up most days. Dorm mates will soon become fast friends and it wont be long before you call at the appointed time and are told that he or she only has a minute before the swim club meets. Dont Be a Helicopter Parent Of course, you are there for your child, but he or she needs to learn quickly that it is necessary to adjust and cope. Thats what life is about. Your child has to make decisions and abide by the consequences of those decisions. He or she has to make choices independently and not rely on you, the parent, to provide guidance constantly. Your child will never develop good judgment if you make all the choices and decide everything for him or her. Resist the temptation to be an over-protective parent. The school will act as a parent and protect your child while in their care. That is their contractual responsibility. Understand That It Takes Time to Adjust Your child has to learn new daily routines and allow his or her biorhythms to adapt to the new, somewhat inflexible schedule of boarding school. Habits often take a month to develop and become second nature, so be patient and remind your child to stick with whatever challenges are arising. It will get better. Homesickness is typically a temporary phenomenon. It passes within a few days. If, however, it does not pass and your child is extremely unhappy to the point of despair, dont ignore it. Speak with the school and find out what they feel can be done.   Incidentally, this is one more reason why it is so important for you and your child to get the fit right. If a student is happy in his or her new surroundings, the feelings of homesickness will pass very quickly.

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Romanticism Research Paper - 1429 Words

During the middle of the fifteenth century, the Renaissance movement expanded from its birth place Italy to throughout most of Europe. The word Renaissance means â€Å"rebirth† and the movement was a rebirth in the art, music, architecture, science, drama, and literature of the ancient Greek and Roman classic works. Many of the famous artists, philosophers, and writers stated to allow themselves to discover and experiment new ideas, which led to the start of the humanism. In 1660, after twenty years of the English Civil War and Puritan dictatorship, England became stable when the return of Charles II took back the throne of England and re-establish the Church of England (Holt Literature 531). The monarchy of Charles II started the Restoration†¦show more content†¦The Romantics believed in the power of human nature is far much greater with a celestial soul and emotions than knowledge and reason of mankind. The Industrialization Revolution started in London, England. The city of London increased in population as the number of demanding of labor workers needed for the factories. Individual owners bought farmers’ land for private parks which resulted farmers to migrate to the city to search for work. The laissez faire policies let economic forces to perform openly without government interference. The rich can do anything what they want with of how to operate their businesses. In William Blake’s poem â€Å"The Chimney Sweeper,† describe of terrible of the Industrial Age was for the children. The rich took advantaged with the poor by paying them less, treated them like slaves, and making the workers to work everyday with less rest and food breaks in dangerous environments. For those harsh conditions of the Industrialization age, the Romantic period was filled with examples of superstitious fear and supernatural. 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Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Remedies and Penalties

Question: Explain who may take legal action and what remedies and penalties could be applied. Cases and statutes should be used. Answer: Introduction: The business organizations operate with the complex regulatory and legal framework. The sources range anywhere from the specified statutes and above all, it is governed by the common law. The basic concept of the common law is that it becomes operational once the matter gets decided in the court. The compliance to the organization is somewhat an assurance that the business holder seeks from the arrangements that it meets the entire legal, regulatory requirements mostly applied to the ongoing business activities (Betke et al. 2013). The essential regulators acting in the compliance mainly consists of the government regulators particularly the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (Farrar and Hiscock 2015). The compliance usually acts as the regulatory body enforced by the Governmental policies and the industrial associations thus termed as the regulatory compliance (Sadiq and Governatori 2015). Discussion: For a business set up, it is quite important to follow certain rules that go in compliance with the ongoing business set up rules. As it is observed that the compliance acts as the regulatory compliance, it is understood that it regulates some factors in the business, and since it has the legal enforceability, so the entity are bound to follow the regulations as described in the statutes. In the given situation, the party intends to run a business of the seafood restaurant based in Sydney, and they wish to name it as Great Catch.' So, upon starting a business, the members are required to be aware of certain rules related to the business and needs to comply them so as to maintain the ongoing business without the legal obligations. The primary rules of the business follow the type of the business and the means to continue. The meaning of the statement is whether the business will be a proprietary business or the limited business with shares. After the decision of the type and nature of business gets decided then comes the concern of the place where the party intends to carry on with the business. The decision of the outlet involves the discussion, whether the party will buy any property or will take a lease. Hence, such discussion needs to take reference from the property law based on that place. So, it is important to note what the property law explains and what are the limitations applied with compliance of the application of the rules. It is important to note whether the property is a real property that attaches the land or the personal property that includes the leases with the chosen possession and action. The next concern comes whether the property chosen has the ownership or the possession. The possession usually occurs for the leased property where the person holds some exclusive control when the real claim is held back by the actual owner (Bird 2016). Hence, the leased party are liable to take care of the property without the actual claim over it and is liable to operate with the claim without any actual right over the property. Armory v Delamirie and Ranger v Giffin is the matter where the court ordered that any possession found to be not applicable to the operating purpose must be returned to the actual owner of the possession. The party to the business must be well aware of the fact to distinguish between the leased and real property. For the business ongoing of a restaurant, it is likely that they will take a lease of the property hence they must license the period of the usage. The lease is the contract that involves the actual owner and the interested party as the subject of the agreement, where it is decided that the tenant will use the premises for a certain period (Davis 2012). The obligation comes with an option to extend the lease as necessary by the tenant. The license to the premises is right for the tenant to use the premises for a defined purpose as in the agreement. Once the property chosen decision gets over, it is the concern for the business holder to keep a signatory level of their business so that there shall be no illegal claim upon such by a party. The business must have a specified protection that seems to be fit for it. The intellectual property is governed by four statutes: The Copyright Act 1968 The Designs Act 2003 The Patents Act 1990 The Trade Marks Act 1995 The party must be aware of the fact of what it means to the infringement of the copyright and how does it affect the trademark of the business (Davison et al. 2016). The trademark that is likely to affect the business purpose of the restaurant is that the copying of the name and even following a same under the name which might spoil the goodwill of the existing business. Therefore, it is advisable to take the reference to compliance from the ASIC for the registration of their names of activities so that no other business can get the license under the same name, Targets Pty Ltd v Target Australia Pty Ltd (Austlii.edu.au 2016). The concern with the sale of goods as well as the consumer protection is a concern compliance with the business of a restaurant. Since the law of sale of goods is regulated by the consumer laws of Australia. The sale of goods comes with some implied terms and is maintained under the good faith to the customers, Grant v Australian Knitting Mills. Lastly, the concern must be with the consumer protection laws so that the business goes with the fair trading policies with compliance to the Trade Practises Act. The business must go with the good conduct and no customer to be dealt under influence, Commercial Bank v Amadio (legislation.vic.gov.au 2016). Conclusion: So, throughout the business planning, we have seen that the importance of the effective compliance planning is a necessity to continue with the business. The system of conformity acts as an integral part of the business on the good governance of the planning. The basic requirement is that the ongoing business rules must comply with legal obligations. Issue: Do Manny and Bella violate the intellectual property rights of MB oven or the Tuscan XX by referring it to another name? Does the Tuscan manager violate the rule under the sale of goods act laws by assuring them that the oven will fulfill the criteria of the requirement, which in real is not happening? What remedies are available to Manny and Bella for the infringement of the fair trading regulations if they sue against the Tuscan XX under Consumer Protection Law? What compensation must MB oven get from Manny and Bella if they sue them for the wrongful use of the name which might affect the good faith under the property law? Rules: The following rules to apply for the situational issues rose for the given situation: Issue 1: For the issue raised here, the rules from the Intellectual Property rights are applicable here. The fact emphasized here explains the defendants' primary purpose of creating the breach of the statutes and how much they intend to misuse it for their personal benefits, Milpurrurru v Indofurn (Reynolds et al. 2012). The rules under the infringement of the intellectual property will also apply here since there was no record of the transfer of the rights to use the name in whole or part manners, Wilson v Weiss Art Pty. Issue 2: For the situation raised the rules under the sale of goods law will be applied here. The sale of the goods usually gets compliance with the consumer laws where the seller sells the consumers goods under the good faith. The sellers are liable for some implied terms while selling the product to the consumers, David Jones Ltd v Willis. Issue 3: The remedies available to Manny and Bella will have the compliance under the consumer protection law. The rules of Sec 18, which explains misleading and deceptive conduct, duplicating section 52 of the act. Sec 20- Unconscionable conduct explaining the undue influence and unfairness, Commercial Bank v Amadio.Falling under the rules of false and misleading representations, Rules for the remedy, penalty and enforcement containing the injunctions and the damages. Issue 4: In the situation raised here, the MB oven is liable to get the damages caused top their good will due to the wrongful use of the name since the MB oven is their title ownership. The hold of the position claims that they are the true owner and that they must have the sole ownership upon the possession, Armory v Delamirie and Ranger v Giffin .The personal property and the security act is one of the act compliance with the property act (Carruthers et al. 2012). Hence, the rules for the violation for the security of property rights find the relevancy here. Application: Issue 1: In this situation, it is found that Manny and Bella wish to advertise the name of the pizza oven as the MB oven, while in real it was Tuscan XX. It is a clear situation of the infringement of the intellectual property rights since Manny and Bella misled the name of the company for their benefit. They even acted in such manner that violated the confidentiality of the MB oven, after that spoiling the good name and proving it as incapable. So, the situation makes an infringement of the intellectual property rights since there was no transfer of the permission made regarding the use of the name. Issue 2: In this situation, it is observed that the consumer (here Manny and Bella) are misguided. There was a breach of the warranty from the part of the Tuscan XX oven Pty. Ltd. While there is a breach of the terms of the warranty then the good faith is hampered and causing the breach of the implied terms in the good sold to the consumer. Issue 3: In this issue, it is observed that there is a violation of the rules under the consumer protection laws. Hence, the rules under the remedies to the breach of the consumer protection laws will be applicable for Tuscan XX since they have misled the consumer. They even made false assurance of the product and some faulty advertisement. So, they are liable to get the compensation for the damage caused to their good faith and the loss of the business. Issue 4: MB oven if sues Manny and Bella, then they will fall under the liability of the payment of damages under the property rules to the company. It is found that they have breached the security of the property whose sole ownership is vested with the MB oven. Also, the goodwill maintained by the company is hampered by the act of Manny and Bella, because when there is an observance of the incompetency of the pizza making the device, then the name of MB oven gets exposed. The exposure of the name will further create a loss in the business (Galloway 2015). Conclusion: Issue 1: The situation raised here explains about the violation of the intellectual property rights for wrongfully using the name without the prior transfer or permission of the same. The act caused misleading towards the good faith of the business carried on by the MB oven and thus is likely to cause some loss in the business. 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