‘Mobile phones are more of a nuisance than a benefit.’ Discuss The mobile phone is a device which has revolutionized the world of technology. In fact the mobile phone started with the keypad buttons and has now attained the ‘touch screen’ system. Nowadays three persons out of five possess a mobile phone. It is a tool which is used everyday and is sometimes essential for someone depending on the type of job‚ one does. For instance‚ businessmen use their mobile phones much for transactions or for
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environmental science & policy 12 (2009) 855–869 available at www.sciencedirect.com journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/envsci Climate and air quality-driven scenarios of ozone and aerosol precursor abatement Kristin Rypdal a‚ Nathan Rive a‚*‚ Terje Berntsen a‚ Hilde Fagerli b‚ Zbigniew Klimont c‚ Torben K. Mideksa a‚ Jan S. Fuglestvedt a a CICERO‚ P.O. Box 1129 Blindern‚ N-0318 Oslo‚ Norway met.no‚ P.O. Box 43 Blindern‚ N-0313 Oslo‚ Norway c International Institute for Applied
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NUISANCE LAW (SCOTS) NOTES From J.M. Thomson‚ ‘Delictual Liability’‚ Butterworths 1994. Unlike ‘in aemulationem vicini’ NUISANCE is a continuing act. AND Liability/wrong arises even when there is no intention to create a nuisance. ‘sic utere tuo ut aienum non laedas’ use your own property in such a way that you do not do harm to others. N.B. The harm must be ‘plus quam tolerabile’ more than the other person can be reasonably expected to tolerate. This is a matter of fact
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SOUND POLLUTION NOISE CONTROL Noise has the potential to impact on us all every day‚ in different ways. Any form of noise can be considered pollution if it causes annoyance‚ sleeplessness‚ fright‚ or any other stress reaction. noise is transient; once it stops‚ the environment is free of it we can measure individual sounds that may damage human hearing‚ but it is difficult to monitor cumulative exposure to noise or to determine just how much is too much the definition of noise itself is highly
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December 2011 Examiners’ Report NEBOSH National Diploma in Environmental Management Examiners’ Report NEBOSH NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DECEMBER 2011 CONTENTS Introduction 2 General comments 3 Comments on individual questions 4 2012 NEBOSH‚ Dominus Way‚ Meridian Business Park‚ Leicester LE19 1QW tel: 0116 263 4700 fax: 0116 282 4000 email: info@nebosh.org.uk website: www.nebosh.org.uk The National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health is a registered
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Sound is essential to our daily lives‚ but noise is not What is Noise Pollution? The traditional definition of noise is “unwanted or disturbing sound”. Sound becomes unwanted when it either interferes with normal activities such as sleeping‚ conversation‚ or disrupts or diminishes one’s quality of life. It is a source of irritation and stress for many people and can even damage our hearing if it is loud enough. Many of us are exposed to stressful levels of noise at home and at work. Noise is
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alcohol sales practices. Accordingly‚ counties and cities across California are gathering efforts to exert control over new and legal nonconforming off-site and on-site alcohol-related business through the coupling of land use powers and public nuisance standards/police powers. A
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Aimee‚ David and Wally would like to prepare for a litigate against Harrington & Nephews Ltd for the nuisances being caused and whether Harrington & Nephew Ltd is liable and will depend on the three claimants successfully in order to prove that Harrington & Nephew Ltd’s conduct was vexatious‚ thereby making it illegal. Private Nuisance is a constant‚ unlawful and indirect interference with the use or enjoyment of land‚ or of some right over or in connection with it. As noted there are 3 necessities
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1 First California‚ Then Utah‚ Should Idaho Follow Suit? Effectiveness and Constitutionality of Gang Injunctions Ryan Jacobsen* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 1 GENERAL STANDARD FOR ISSUING AN INJUNCTION .................................... 3 WHAT IS A CIVIL GANG INJUNCTION? ......................................................
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measures‚ andpromote accountability for fire safety in the fire protection service and prevention service. Section 3. Definition of Terms. - As used in this Fire Code‚ the following words and phrases shallmean and be construed as indicated: Abatement - Any act that would remove or neutralize a fire hazard. Administrator - Any person who acts as agent of the owner and manages the useof a building for him. Blasting Agent - Any material or mixture consisting of a fuel and oxidizer used toset
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