April, 2008

3 @spects of my Culture

The first aspect of my culture is the pinata. It is something that we have at parties like for our birthdays. We stuff them with candy and then after we stuff them we take turns hitting the pinata. Then the first won to hit it wins (i guess) all that we get is all the candy we can get. Then the second aspect is the food. I love the Mexican food that we make but who doesn`t. I mean my favorite is rice with milk in English form. Also tamales that’s what my family make every year for Christmas but that’s the only time that we get to eat them. The last but not least aspect of my culture is the cloths and music. I think that they both fall as one because like for us if we go to a dance party they go in a tux and a dress. so it is the same in the Mexican culture we have a quinceanera but that is only for the girls to celebrate the 15th birthday. The guys have nothing but its cool i guess because were men.

Success

Success to me is completing my goals and knowing that I have complete them. Success is having my health,family,money,and a good job. I would want to be just an above average person. For people to know who I am and say look there he is. It is to have a nice car and have a nice house. Live without worrying about money because I know that I will always have some. That is success to me.

Hall Street Associates, L.L.C. v. Mattel, Incorporated

The case that we did was Hall Street Associates, L.L.C. v. Mattel, Incorporated. This case involved the Hall Street Associates and Mattel Incorporated. Hall Street Associates had leased a manufacturing plant to Mattel Incorporated. Mattel didn’t clean up a water contamination problem that it had. Hall Street Associates sued Mattel to clean it up and look into why they weren’t cleaning it. The Supreme Court said that both of the parties had gone over their limits into looking in their defense. So the Supreme Court decided to put the case on hold to see how far they had gone over the FAA’s limits. The question was “Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err when it held, in conflict with several other Federal Courts of Appeals that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) precludes a federal court from enforcing the parties’ clearly expressed agreement providing for more expansive judicial review of an arbitration award than the narrow standard of review otherwise provided for in the FAA.      This case has not yet been decided and is still in the Supreme Court.

      We  feel that I am for this case to go through and pass through the court and put in limits in Judicial Review cases that involve the FAA. This would be good because that way in future cases they wouldn’t have to wait to find out if they had gone over the limit with the FAA in these types of cases. This would also solve our cases with the judicial review in the FAA. That’s why I am for it.