...The Articles of Confederation was agreed to by Congress on November 15, 1777 and was ratified and in force on March 1, 1781. By the year 1787, this new government had fallen short of the expectations of the people it was intended to govern. The weaknesses in The Articles of Confederation were numerous and had, in the thinking of many prominent men of that time, failed and would lead to a state of anarchy. There was such a sense of urgency to amend it that there seemed to be an atmosphere of panic among many of our Founding Fathers. John Dickenson and fellow members of the 2nd Continental Congress, weary of monarchy rule, had created the Articles of Confederation as a listing of twelve specific Powers given Congress by which to govern. Legislation required nine votes to pass. Each state had only one vote and this was problematic to the larger states, as their problems, more often than not, were based on a larger population and it was not unusual that the smaller states didn’t understand or want to pay for the solutions. Some lesser acts did not require nine votes to pass, but simply a majority of those present. Acts of Significant Consequence did require nine votes. The trouble with all of this was that even if nine votes could be achieved, there was no enforcement of law to be implemented by Congress. Congress could make law but not enforce it. It could charge states for their share of national indebtedness, but lacked the power to collect. Congress...
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...Cory Miller P.O.M 11/6/14 Article Review On Tuesday, November 4th 2014 the states of Oregon and Alaska, along with Washington D.C., followed in the steps of Colorado and Washington by legalizing the use of recreational marijuana. However due to lack of support of the U.S. Congress, any of the new recreational marijuana shops may not be able to survive because of an outdated tax code called 280E from the 1980’s or what they refer to as “ the drug-war era” Making the tax rate for these businesses 50% or more. Under this tax code businesses selling marijuana cannot deduct all of their regular business expenses which therefore makes it so the federal government makes more money from the sale of marijuana than the shops themselves. Many believe this is in attempt to shut marijuana stores down financially since it failed to do so legally. In the state of Colorado alone tax revenue from the sales of marijuana has been steadily rising and is currently bringing in roughly 7.5 million dollars monthly proving that this is a reliable sustainable business. NCIA urged members of Congress last week to change 280E and support a bill that would allow marijuana businesses to take standard business deductions. But the IRS says it will not allowing these deductions saying “Any changes to 280E would require Congress to amend either the Internal Revenue Code or the Controlled Substances Act” Question: Do you think that these businesses have a chance of being sustainable and lasting even though...
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...Management Article Review 1 Monday, September 07, 2015 The article that I read was named 5 Things the Best Managers Do and Don’t. It was published on the Forbes website. I think the one big thing that caught my attention in the article is the part about how managers need to be able to question their own management and be open to and consider reasonable suggestions from their employees. This caught my eye because of the fact that most all of the managers that I have worked under in the past have not been very open to suggestions or ideas other than their own. If a manager isn’t open to suggestions, comments, and concerns from the people that you are managing then how can the manager effectively motivate and improve efficiency? Open communication is an absolutely necessary component in effective management in my opinion. On the other hand a manager needs to be confident in his or her ability’s to manage and make decisions. If a manager takes every single suggestion and does everything that an employee says they should then what’s the job of the manager? Employees have many good suggestions, but that’s what they are, suggestions and comments, not orders. The manager needs to be open to and positively receive suggestions and concerns from employees but at the same time needs to be confident in his or her ability to manage and needs to be able to make determinations based upon company procedure, legal regulations, and many other factors that the employee may not be aware...
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...Article Rebuttal BCOM 275 January 23, 2012 Abstract Article Name: Why Abortion is right even if it’s wrong: Author: Richard X. Thripp Article Rebuttal The author, Richard X. Thripp, begins the article by stating “going down a hypothetical path where abortion is ethical and just, despite knowing it isn’t” ( para1). I do not agree with this statement because I believe women should have the right to decide having an abortion or not. Do I feel abortion should be used as a form of contraception; no I do not. If a woman knows she does not have the means or desire to care for a child, abortion should be an option of choice. Do I feel this is an extreme measure; yes I do but under certain circumstances it may be the only option. Just because a pregnancy is unwanted there are different avenues that could be considered such as adoption. Abortion is not illegal so therefore woman can consider this option. The author gives a definition from the American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary, which states the definition of fetus to be “the unborn young from the end of the eighth week after conception to the moment of birth”(para.2). With this definition identified alone, the author contradicts his own views because according to this definition, he should be accepting of abortions conducted prior to the eighth week of pregnancy. This statement could be viewed as a deductive argument that is invalid and creates a logical error within the statement. In the statement regarding the...
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...Name: Steve Chastain Name of Article: How to Prepare for a New Job Orientation, What to Expect at a Job Orientation Name of Journal or Website: About.com Name of Author: Alison Doyle Date of Publication: No date on the article Abstract This article was about how professionals starting a new job can prepare for the orientation process. HR professionals work hard on getting the things together to get you through orientation as quick and painless as possible. There will be a lot of information thrown at you and you might not catch everything. This article describes how to prepare for it, call your employer when you are preparing that helps bridge the gap so nothing is missing the day you go in. Ask questions; don’t be afraid to speak up because someone out there is thinking the same thing. Things to take away from this article are, how to prepare for the orientation itself. Call ahead if you are unsure of what to bring or expect. Always dress appropriately for the orientation, you may have executives that stop in and speak. Show up early and check in, especially on your first day of orientation, after that you can judge when you should show up. Bring something to write with and a note pad to take notes there may not be ones provided for you and you have nothing to write down the information you want to remember for yourself, or even question you may want to ask out of a classroom setting. If you don’t know the tax information off the top of your head have it...
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...Rolling tides along a sandy beach, cloud covered green mountain tops, or exotic smells and sounds emitted from crowded streets of a distant place. These can be memories of past vacations, or dreams of future ones. Either way we all have the desire to be free to roam where ever our hearts are most content, free of the everyday stresses of our hectic work life. But more often than not, these dreams are left unfulfilled because, as Americans, we are often one of the most overworked populations on this earth. We skip vacations for a multitude of reasons. The financial burden of taking time off can prevent us from enjoying a relaxing week away, or we may feel that taking time off from our jobs may be viewed as lazy, or that we are not invested in the organization for whom we are employed. But the simple truth is, when we do not allow for time off to rejuvenate our minds and bodies, we not only compromise our own health, but in fact, we compromise the health and wellbeing of the company we work for as well. Attitudes of employers are shifting about quality time off for their employees. They seem to be grasping the reality that overworked employees translates to overall increased productions costs. When employees are overworked and have not taken time off for themselves they can become less efficient, less able to deliver quality of care and/or work, or can make potential mistakes that can have devastating consequences. All potentially costing the organization a great deal...
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...On September 11, 2001, at 8:45 a.m. on a clear Tuesday morning, an American Airlines Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The impact left a gaping, burning hole near the 80th floor of the 110-story skyscraper, instantly killing hundreds of people and trapping hundreds more in higher floors. As the evacuation of the tower and its twin got underway, television cameras broadcasted live images of what initially appeared to be a freak accident. Then, 18 minutes after the first plane hit, a second Boeing 767–United Airlines Flight 175–appeared out of the sky, turned sharply toward the World Trade Center and sliced into the south tower near the 60th floor. The collision caused a massive explosion that showered burning debris over surrounding buildings and the streets below. America was under attack. The attackers were Islamic terrorists from Saudi Arabia and several other Arab nations. Reportedly financed by Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terrorist organization, they were allegedly acting in retaliation for America's support of Israel, its involvement in the Persian Gulf War and its continued military presence in the Middle East. Some of the terrorists had lived in the United States for more than a year and had taken flying lessons at American commercial flight schools. Others had slipped into the country in the months before September 11 and acted as the "muscle" in the operation. The 19...
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...Report Junk Food People used to eat healthy prepared food with their families .Nowadays, many people specially young people , prefer to eat fast food such as Hamburgers, Pizza and French fries . There are many reason why people prefer to eat junk food . one of the top reasons is the change in lifestyle .Many people are working long hours, shifts, or attend schools. They don’t have time to buy ingredients or to prepare delicious food .Women are now starting to work, they are not available to prepare family meals. Another reason is advertising. The media Strongly Influence and Control people with all types of media such as the Internet and satellite television and people like to try new products and different kinds of fast food. fast food is less time consuming it’s served fast , business men and people who are in a hurry they find it easier and more convenient to buy fast food also people are getting lazier and less willing to cook. Therefore, fast food restaurant had made drive-thru they made it even simpler for people to buy fast food. People prefer to buy fast food because its lower cost than other restaurants, fast food is affordable for all and it is very cheap it’s the cheapest even the poorest people buy from McDonald's .junk food can lead to an increased risk for illness and diseases. It is a cause of various diseases. People that eat fast-food four or more times a week , up their risk of dying from heart disease by 80 percent. It also can lead to obesity...
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...News Article: Basel III guidelines could strengthen credit profiles of banks: S&P Date: January 13, 2012 Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/banking/finance/banking/basel-iii-guidelines-could-strengthen-credit-profiles-of-banks-sp/articleshow/114786 Banks in India are suffering from capital and credit profiles and only the proposed prudential guidelines based on Basel III guidelines can strengthen them. Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) draft guidelines on financial management used by the Indian Banks is not working effectively. Probably, it will only benefit the stand-alone credit profiles of the banks. This simply explains that in the world of financial management and banking, an effective guideline to ensure stability of the banking operations is needed will improve not only the Stand-Alone Credit Profiles but also most importantly to improve generally the capital and credit profiles of all government and private banks to support the growth of the economy. Banks in India today has high economic risks because the conservative approach does not enhance capitalization in a country. The banks needed capital at present to improve Indian banks’ risk-adjusted capital ratios, the lowest among its Asian peers. India has the RBI’s guidelines on capitalization, which is more stringent than the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision proposal. In addition, RBI’s has conservative guidelines compare with its Asian peers and banks can meet...
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...Cold Rolling Jeffry S. Asher DT1410 Unit 4 Assignment 2 ITT Technical Institute January 18, 2016 Cold rolling is a metal forming process in which the shape and the structure of steel are altered through drawing, extruding, hammering, pressing, rolling, spinning, and stretching at temperatures below the steel's recrystallization point, usually room temperature. These processes result in changes to the metal's composition which permanently increases its hardness and tensile strength, and improve the surface finish, but decrease ductility and impact resistance. After hot rolling, many steel products undergo a further processing in the cold state. This stage of processing may not necessarily alter the shape of the steel, but it does reduce its thickness and significantly improve its performance characteristics. Hot rolled coil is commonly known as cold rolled, also known as cold reduced. Cold rolling is a process by which the sheet metal or strip stock is introduced between rollers and then compressed and squeezed. The amount of strain introduced determines the hardness and other material properties of the finished product. The advantages of cold rolling are good dimensional accuracy and surface finish. Cold rolled sheet can be produced in various conditions such as skin-rolled, quarter hard, half hard, full hard depending on how much cold work has been performed. This cold working hardness is often called temper, although this has nothing to do with heat treatment temper...
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...Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis Terra Postelle ACC/291 January 08, 2013 Bennie Clark Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis The effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 on financial statements are general guidelines as to how the information is gathered, calculated and presented to clients while enforcing their accuracy and legitimacy. Companies such as Enron, Tyco, Global Crossing, and WorldCom are just a few examples of corrupt business cultures, practices, and greed that made the need for new laws to arise in order to prevent future business taking the same direction. These companies and companies like them manipulated, lied, embezzled, and sometimes flat out stole from their clients plummeted into financial hardship and in some cases the economy as well. There will always be companies such as, The Brooke Corporation, who will purposefully manipulate financial data or find new loop holes through the SOX guidelines and laws to make a bigger profit. Corporations and businesses such as these do not look at the ethics behind their decisions, but their business’s financial well-being and their own pockets. In the article, Eight Years After The Fact Is SOX Working? A Look At Brooke Corporation, Brooke Corporation would sell insurance and related services through franchises. When an “Agent” would purchase a franchise Brooke Corporation would allow the use of their business model, registered trade name, access to the products of insurance company suppliers...
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...than 18 on campus school shootings. There have been multiple school shootings but, there are very different such as sucidal, not during school hours, and during school hours. This being a real isuure some people think school shooting are not a issue on the other side of people some thing that gun violence is not under control. There are different situations during a school shooting. There is susdial stiuations where a young teenager kills him or herself on school grounds either durring or not during school hours. In 18 of those school shooting there were about 2 of thoes were sucidal. In one artical byJohn Woodrow Cox and Steven Rich, it says “On the afternoon of Jan. 3, a 31-year-old man who had parked outside a Michigan elementary school called police to say he was armed and suicidal.” this is an event where the cause of one man could have caused muilte people to get ingured....
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...prevent juvenile crime and to protect youth from victimization.But do teens today really feel this way?Teens don't think that this curfew is fair.Teens want this to stop.they want to be free for a bit,They want freedom.These laws aren't just made for nothing. all these days are very strict. change things that it's ok to be out of 10. But parents and other adults are fighting to keep this law. these days are fighting for Some of their rights.Kids feel like curfews should not be allowed.Some teens are doing everything they can.As it stated in the artical(‘Americas curfews law’) It stated that teens say “They think that all kids our bad”. Nowadays people are always assuming things.A lot of officers are very judge mental sometimes.In the artical titled (“Americas curfews laws”) It stated that “Teens complain that police go out of there way to hassle them”.We see it on tv a lot .Cops...
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...Pfizer Stock Analysis Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) is involved in the development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical products. The industry is intensely competitive and there are a few unique characteristics. Pharmaceutical products have long and expensive development periods – upwards of ten years and $100 million depending on the nature of the drug and the scope of the clinical trials process. In order to encourage companies to engage in innovation, companies are given lengthy patent protection for their drugs upon receiving regulatory approval. This allows them to control rates so that they may recover the development cost. A product brought to market is often highly lucrative, so success in the industry depends largely on the firm’s ability to bring product to market and capitalize on the monopoly rates. Pfizer is the world’s largest pharmaceutical firm, with annual sales near $50 billion. After the sale of its consumer health-care division to J&J, prescription drugs now account for more than 90% of sales. Top sellers include cholesterol-lowering Lipitor, Celebrex for arthritis, Viagra for impotence, and Lyrica for epilepsy and some types of neuropathic pain. Recently approved drugs with blockbuster potential include oncology drug Sutent and Chantix for smoking cessation. As most pharmaceutical companies’ in the market, in this type of business it is not simple since there is a lot of research and the development of new drugs in regular basis. Most stocks...
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...minimise discomfort and pain. The procedures that were proposed would stop Ashley from reaching puberty and to stop her physical growth. It was suggested that if Ashley reached puberty it would become more difficult to care for her and extremely uncomfortable. The suggested treatment would avoid the discomfort associated with menstruation, large breasts and reduce the complications that get worse with size such as pressure sores. It was also thought that freezing Ashleys development would reduce her chances of being vulnerable to sexual abuse by future carers once her parents were no longer able to care for her. There have been several discussions surrounding this proposal. Martin Platt of Royal Vistoria Infirmary wrote a very interesting artical (community care 15-21 Februalry 2007 p 26). He supported the...
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