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    Bloody Mary from the waiter knowing that she could have done it herself. This scene seems to show the ex-lover’s previous relationship – how they treat each other -- before the story of the film started. Soon after the waiter leaves, they passionately started kissing as they make their way back to the bed. Jack then started to strip her clothes and reveals that she’s covered with bruises. This can possibly mean that she’s also running away from her current situation and the only person that can comfort her is him. When Jack said that “he would never be her friend”, which clearly states that he doesn’t want anything to do with her is parallel with what the song conveys. The feature film followed the short film. A train known as the Darjeeling Limited in India transports a privileged, slightly estranged fraternal trio – Francis (Owen Wilson), Jack, and Peter (Adrien Brody) – to unknown destinations hoping to find their enlightenment. Francis, who is controlling and have an obsessive attention to detail, have arranged this trip for their spiritual edification, for them to bond, and most importantly to reconnect with their Mother (Anjelica Huston) who is currently living in Tibet as a nun. It has been a year since their father passed away and each brother carries their own personal grief over his death and their lingering question as to why their mother did not attend their father’s funeral. Jack instantly felt a connection with Rita (Amara Karan), the train attendant. She…

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    The Comfort Of Free Speech

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    As put by Lythcott-Haims, students used to be able to “go to college and be challenged by the free exchange of ideas,” which produced adults that were “interested in getting to sound, informed conclusions.” Yet millennials today are all about keeping everyone comfortable. That doesn’t sound like a bad ideal on the surface, but keeping everyone comfortable means that free speech has to be limited, and if it is unlimited, people are free to express views that hurt others. Undoubtedly, many…

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    Business Ownership

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    The general partner or partners are responsible for managing the partnership and are jointly and severally liable for the partnership’s debts, however, limited partners who become active in the management of the partnership risk losing their limited liability status. (Prescott, Madden, & Foster, 2010). Finally the Master limited partnership (MLP), is little different they can be referred to as publicly traded partnership; they are owned and ran like a corporation however most of the time taxed…

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    from someone while making a business agreement by taking too much that was agreed upon. You will also be liable for that action. You didn’t know that it happened and maybe you used the money during the partnership agreement, which makes you liable. Case 32-1 RNR investments limited partnership v Peoples first Community Bank: Facts: RNR is a limited partnership that was formed. The limited partnership agreement had some restrictions on the general partner authority. The general partner was…

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    Directors from relevant Government Authorities. The information to be provided by prospective bidders for security clearance along with the Application is given at Annexure 10.8. The company shall take prior permission of the Government before effecting any change in the Board of Directors. 2. Clause 3.2 of the NIA – Disqualifications 3.2.1 The following types of companies shall not be eligible to apply: - A) Companies not incorporated in India. B) Any company controlled by a person convicted…

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    Mehta Case Study

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    5. Recommendations for Mehta: Mehta is the only person who has connection with both the groups such as the Bonazzi and Indo group. Mehta being the CEO of Bonazzi is appointed for a purpose. He should understand the Indo group and share his views to the Bonazzi Goup and vice-versa. He can think from both their views and make the best decisions. HE should create, communicate and execute a clear vision, strategies and goals so that the future of the Joint Venture is bright. He also should make…

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    In 2014, and the year I was fourteen years old, coincidentally, I went on a long trip out of the country. I visited four countries if I remember. It was England, Netherlands, France, and India. Some of this trip was for tourism purposes and some of it was just for meeting family and having a great time. So the first place I went to was London, England. I remember arriving into London Heathrow Airport and having such a great feeling of excitement. It’s been such a long time since I visited London…

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    Most of the challenges in organizations today emanate from strategic planning. This presents the organizations with a dilemma on whether to do strategic planning internally or to hire an outside consultant to guide the organization through the in-house initiatives of planning. As such, organizations implement the balanced scorecard, BSC to drive performance thereby transforming the strategic objectives into a set of performance measures. Companies are widely applying the BSCs as tools for…

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    Public Spaces

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    The north, south and east side of the park are very large sidewalk areas that are capable of holding large groups of people at a time. The most obvious of these is the south part of the park where there are two sets of steps that lead up into the park, this is the popular meeting spot for when protest take place here in Union Square. These sides of the park are meaningful as they have the ability to facilitate large groups of people and act as signifying objects that carry meaning with them.…

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    Section 721 Case Study

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    which incorporate as an investment company, then the general rule does not apply and no gain or loss shall be realized. Subsection c of 721 states if during a transfer of property from partners to partnership the gain will include in a gross income of a non US person, and then general rule does not apply. Also in subsection d, when transfer intangible assets to partnership, the transaction does no relate to section 721 and it will be effect under other section. I did research on tax court cases…

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