Professor McDonnell Case Brief A.5 Braun v. Soldier of Fortune Magazine Inc.‚ 968 F. 2d 1110 (11th Cir. 1992) FACTS: In 1985 Michael Savage placed an ad in the Soldier of Fortune Magazine (“SOF”) advertising “Gun For Hire”. The ad ran from June 1985 to March 1986 generating an average of 30-40 call per week for jobs ranging from murder‚ kidnapping‚ assault and other criminal activity. After three previous failed attempts on his business partner Richard Braun’s life by Bruce Gastwirth ‚ he contacted
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John Grisham‚ an author from Arkansas‚ wrote a book called The Pelican Brief. John doesn’t just view his books as books. He views them as entertainment for everyone else. In The Pelican Brief‚ John shows how the brown pelican stirs conflict in court and leads to the murders of two Supreme Court Justices who both agree on one topic: the environment. The brown pelican is a “gull-like” bird that usually tops out around 11 pounds (Brown Pelican). These birds have multicolored streaks of brown‚ yellow
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Tattoos: A Brief History Angela Ramsey COM/150 December 13‚ 2009 Brett Stamer Tattoo: in Tahitian‚ the word “tatau” literally means to mark something. The Samoan word‚ “tatua” open wound or some other form of small wound. Even though tattoos are gaining in popularity today‚ history has shown that they have been around for thousands of years. There have been many indicators of early works of art on the body. These include finding mummies with tattoos and crude tattooing instruments
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Jesse Jackson: a Brief Biography Jesse Jackson was born on March eleventh‚ 1965 in Greensville‚ South Carolina. He has since run for president in two elections‚ one in 1984‚ and one in 1988. In the 1984 elections‚ he received over three million popular votes‚ and registered over one million new voters. In 1988 he received over seven million votes‚ and registered over two million new voters.He never got one electoral vote. He sees himself as the leader of African-Americans‚ women‚ unionists‚ the
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A Brief History of Drama The time period from about 1650 to 1920 was ever changing in the world of drama. Neo-classicism sprung up from Greek and Roman models in Europe during the Enlightenment‚ Romanticism struck the Globe in the 1800’s based on principles like emotion‚ intuition and seeking God. During and after the 1800’s naturalism and realism began to play major roles in the area of drama. Naturalists such as August Strindberg and realists such as Henrik Ibsen demonstrate an entirely different
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A brief Lesson Plan Lesson Plan in Poetry The Rhodora by Ralph Waldo Emerson Prepared by: Jonathan S. Araneta I. Objectives At the end of the lesson 80% of the class will be ableto: A. Focus Skills 1. State the message of the poem read B. Support Skills 1. Arrive at the meaning of difficult words through context clues 2. Identify the writer’s purpose and message in writing the poem 3. Draw out relevant concepts from the poem and relate them to one’s experience
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painters give viewers a totally fresh perception and interpretation of art‚ which is the immediate sensation or impression produced by the painting’s everyday scenes of landscape or scenes of modern life. The art work that I have chosen to represent is one of many admirable paintings from Claude-Oscar Monet‚ a famous and influential artist who is considered‚ by many art historians‚ to be the leader of the French Impressionist movement. It is a painting of Monet’s own house and garden during his time
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Title of Instructional Program Archaeology Field School Subject Matter Archaeology and the excavation processes Brief Program Outline The first portion of the program‚ the instructor will explain archaeology‚ directions‚ definitions and tools to the participants. Gridding will be briefly discussed as the site will already be measured and gridded out beforehand. A description of the site will be specified to the students along with ideas of what might have lived there (Native Americans‚ colonists)
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HOW TO BRIEF A CASE Below I have sketched in the beginnings of a brief as a format. This time-honored method of analysis is the basic unit of law school instruction and so most judicial opinions are written to conform to this approach. Knowing the rules makes watching the game so much more interesting. Start with the name of the Case which is called the “style” of the case. PERLA GRAFF v. JAY L. GRAFF‚ 569 So. 2d 811‚ Fla. 1st Dist. Ct. App. (1990). First is the case name‚ followed by the citation
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Marriot Case Brief 1. What is the weighted Average Cost of Capital for Marriot Corporation? WACC for Marriott Corp is 11.89 WACC of divisions: Lodging 10.29‚ Restaurant 13.49‚ Contract Services 13.615 a) What risk-free rate and the risk premium did you use to calculate the cost of equity? We used 8.95% as the risk free rate (LT Government Debt) and the MRP we used was 7.43%‚ which means are expected market return is 8.95+7.43=16.38% b) How did you measure Marriott’s cost of debt? We added
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