...Bryony Crocker Duckworth Gov 2305 12 March 2016 Who Will They Choose? It’s 2016 and about that time we declare a new president of the United States. This year’s presidential candidates are quite unique and controversial; currently we have two democrats in the running, and only three republicans remaining after many drops out, still, there are 5 candidates going strong, fighting for the chance to be the next leader of our country. The Democratic Party candidates are Hillary Clinton, former US secretary of state, and Bernie Sanders, US senator, the Republican Party candidates, I will be talking about are Ted Cruz, US senator, and businessman Donald Trump. Starting with the Democratic side, almost all of us know Hillary Clinton as the former first lady of the United States, when she was married to Bill Clinton, but now it’s her chance to be the real first lady by possibly being elected the first female president. Hillary Rodham was born and raised Park Ridge, Chicago her father, Hugh, a hardcore republican, and her mother Dorothy had provided Hillary with a stable middle-class life. Hillary’s mother did not have the best childhood growing up, and this had sparked a flame in Hillary to fight for women’s rights and children’s needs everywhere. Hillary became heavily involved with social justice activism at Wellesley College, and was elected to be the first student speaker at her graduation. (Hillary’s Story) Hillary graduated from Yale Law School, but instead of joining a big...
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...The Patriot Act Philosophers have helped us understand the establishment of governments and the authority of state over the individual. In this world there needs to be rules established and certain freedoms giving up for the exchange for protection and security. This is known as the social contract theory, which was originally founded by Plato. But such ideas has been expanded and taken one step further by many philosophers. This idea of a social contract is one of our most essential foundations of our American political system. The debate of how much of our liberties needs to be taken away to ensure our security has been a long lasting one. One of our most iconic founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, said, “Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.” When we give governments power, they will use them for their own self-interest and when needed for their preservation. In the last decades there have been many technologic advances and our government need to adapt to these changes. The Patriot Act was but into law because our congress believed it was the right course of action to protect our nation’s security. Nonetheless, The Patriot Act undermines one of our most fundamental civil liberties and questions the integrity of our American democracy. Six weeks after September 11, 2001 congress passed a new law named, The Patriot Act (The Uniting and Strengthening America by Proving Appropriate Tools Required...
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...Political Viewpoint on Substance Abuse in Today’s Society Substance abuse in the United States dates back to the excess use of morphine during the American Civil War. Morphine was used as a “wonder drug”, taking away the pain of soldier’s injuries as well as avoiding health hazards such as diarrhea. These soldiers ended up going home addicted, taking morphine even though they no longer needed it, and had to fuel their addictions just to keep their sanity. Present day United States is not free from substance abuse either, and it has started to escalate at an even bigger scale. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, over 570,000 die annually due to drug abuse (NIH, 2014). Due to an excess amount of people dying due to drug abuse,...
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...today’s digital age. People are allowed to create or mold what type of content they put out to their viewers and are also allowed to express themselves freely for anyone to enjoy. Whether they want to be a voice for those who are unheard, trying to share an opinion, or give people something entertaining to watch, Youtubers have an unlimited amount of options. In today’s culture, we see many topics that often spark controversy. Popular topics include: religion, politics, sexism, race, and even sports. Two youtubers who have found success in Youtube so far is the account “ThunderF00t,” and “feministfrequency” who have combined to reach out to a little over 700,000 subscribers. Both Youtubers are strongly opinionated but have very different viewpoints on things. Needless to say if you put the two of them in a room together there is bound to be an argument. Thunderf00t is a middle aged British man with a PhD. in Chemistry. He primarily advocates atheism, anti-feminism, and environmental issues on his YouTube channel. If you do not believe in any of the things just described and you watched his videos you will most likely not like the guy nor watch his videos ever again. At a first glance, it looks like his mission on YouTube is to just generally piss people off. He is willing to say things that others shy away from as well as not being sensitive around certain common sensitive areas such as religion. In one recent video, he compares the stupidity of feminism to the catholic faith and...
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...I recognize this viewpoint is wrong and that my sweet grandma is of the same generation and she has yet to lynch anyone. I also recognize this is the most bias and generalizing opinion I've ever held. However, the GOP party isn't giving me any other options as to what their motivation may be. Let's look at what used to be a selling point of the Republican party. The Working class party. The party that got the government out of your hair so you could keep living the dream. They gave you your money back and treated you as an equal. For example, in the past decade and some change, they've been pushing "Trickle Down Economics." The thing that didn't work once, so we'll try it again. Trumps tax plan reminds me exactly of Bush's. You chop those...
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...is ever expanding, but how can we expand if we are being shunned from expression? An example of being threatened to leak personal information is a YouTuber by the name of Blaire White who made a video addressing a Black Lives Matter extremist member because a girl from the movement interrupted the funeral for the fifty victims in the Orlando Night Club Shooting to talk about the Black Lives Matter movement. Blaire uses vulgar language at times as part of her comedic nature and video persona, going as far as to even calling the movement “trash” in her title. However, the only reason she dubs the movement as garbage is because of the extremist members that had unreasonably started riots, burnt down buildings and hijacked speeches (see “Bernie Sanders rally Black Live Matter hijacking” on YouTube.) Blaire, in her video, even states that this is not towards the good people in the movement, but toward the extremists in the movement who have practically made it a hate group rather than a movement of change and peace. She does not care about race, but only what people in the movement have done to hurt others. Blaire White’s, "Black Lives Matter Is Trash!", asserts that an extremist supporter of Black Lives Matter hijacked the stage to a vigil for the fifty victims of the Orlando Night Club shooting. She (woman on stage) states, “I was really nervous to get up here because there’s a lot of white people in the crowd.. And that wasn’t a joke” [Unkown Speaker. White, Blaire. "Black Lives...
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...brief part of his actual statement to Fresno County Sheriff Mims. In which the media repeatedly misinformed the public. They ran this story on many major media outlets including USA Today and the Washington Post. USA Today had its headline as, “Trump ramps up rhetoric on undocumented immigrants, ‘These aren’t people. These are animals.” (USA Today) While the other ran a similar story, “Calling immigrants ‘animals,’ Trump evokes an ugly history of dehumanization.” (Washington Post) These are just a few of the many inaccurate depictions of President Trump’s remarks that were directed towards the MS-13 gang members. To decide which way media is trying to sway the people, whether it is liberal or conservative we should first know each sides viewpoint on this matter. Both sides support legal immigration this is the only thing which they share on this subject. Liberals tend to support amnesty for illegal immigrants. They also feel they share the same rights as the American citizens. Conservatives, however, tend to oppose amnesty for illegal immigrants and feel that as though they do not have the same rights as those who obey the law. (Student News Daily) These false reports ended up negatively affecting the President Trumps already damaged public image. Many people like most do now, took to Twitter to post such disgust for what they were told and lead to believe by the media that President Trump called illegal immigrants “animals”. In a tweet written by Clint Smith who tweeted, “Before...
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...M A G A Z I N E FA L L 2 0 0 2 Volume 20 Number 2 SPANNING THE GLOBE Duke Leads the Way in International Law Teaching and Scholarship inside plus Duke admits smaller, exceptionally well-qualified class Duke’s Global Capital Markets Center to launch new Directors’ Education Institute from the dean Dear Alumni and Friends, It is not possible, these days, for a top law school to be anything other than an international one. At Duke Law, we no longer think of “international” as a separate category. Virtually everything we do has some international dimension, whether it concerns international treaties and protocols, commercial transactions across national borders, international child custody disputes, criminal behavior that violates international human rights law, international sports competitions, global environmental regulation, international terrorism, or any number of other topics. And, of course, there is little that we do at Duke that does not involve scholars and students from other countries, who are entirely integrated with U.S. scholars and students. Students enrolled in our joint JD/LLM program in international and comparative law receive an in-depth education in both the public and private aspects of international and comparative law, enriched by the ubiquitous presence of foreign students; likewise, the foreign lawyers who enroll in our one-year LLM program in American law enroll in the same courses, attend the same conferences...
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...M A G A Z I N E FA L L 2 0 0 2 Volume 20 Number 2 SPANNING THE GLOBE Duke Leads the Way in International Law Teaching and Scholarship inside plus Duke admits smaller, exceptionally well-qualified class Duke’s Global Capital Markets Center to launch new Directors’ Education Institute from the dean Dear Alumni and Friends, It is not possible, these days, for a top law school to be anything other than an international one. At Duke Law, we no longer think of “international” as a separate category. Virtually everything we do has some international dimension, whether it concerns international treaties and protocols, commercial transactions across national borders, international child custody disputes, criminal behavior that violates international human rights law, international sports competitions, global environmental regulation, international terrorism, or any number of other topics. And, of course, there is little that we do at Duke that does not involve scholars and students from other countries, who are entirely integrated with U.S. scholars and students. Students enrolled in our joint JD/LLM program in international and comparative law receive an in-depth education in both the public and private aspects of international and comparative law, enriched by the ubiquitous presence of foreign students; likewise, the foreign lawyers who enroll in our one-year LLM program in American law enroll in the same courses, attend the same conferences...
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...UNLV Theses/Dissertations/Professional Papers/Capstones 8-1-2010 Evaluating point-of-sale buying decisions: Understanding why consumers purchase timeshares Lisa Y. Thomas University of Nevada, Las Vegas Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/thesesdissertations Part of the Marketing Commons, and the Real Estate Commons Repository Citation Thomas, Lisa Y., "Evaluating point-of-sale buying decisions: Understanding why consumers purchase timeshares" (2010). UNLV Theses/Dissertations/Professional Papers/Capstones. Paper 868. This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Scholarship@UNLV. It has been accepted for inclusion in UNLV Theses/ Dissertations/Professional Papers/Capstones by an authorized administrator of Digital Scholarship@UNLV. For more information, please contact marianne.buehler@unlv.edu. EVALUATING POINT-OF-SALE BUYING DECISIONS: UNDERSTANDING WHY CONSUMERS PURCHASE TIMESHARES by Lisa Young Thomas Bachelor of Business Administration Sam Houston State University 1986 Master of Science, Hotel Administration University of Nevada, Las Vegas 2007 A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy in Hospitality Administration William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration Graduate College University of Nevada, Las Vegas August 2010 Copyright by Lisa Young Thomas 2010 All Rights Reserved THE GRADUATE COLLEGE We recommend...
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...P R E FAC E THE ACCOUNTING ENVIRONMENT Accounting is the most employable, sought-after major for 2009, according to entrylevel job site CollegeGrad.com. One reason for this interest is found in the statement by former Secretary of the Treasury and Economic Advisor to the President, Lawrence Summers. He noted that the single-most important innovation shaping our capital markets was the idea of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). We agree with Mr. Summers. Relevant and reliable financial information is a necessity for viable capital markets. Without it, our markets would be chaotic, and our standard of living would decrease. This textbook is the market leader in providing the tools needed to understand what GAAP is and how it is applied in practice. Mastery of this material will be invaluable to you in whatever field you select. Through many editions, this textbook has continued to reflect the constant changes taking place in the GAAP environment. This edition continues this tradition, which has become even more significant as the financial reporting environment is exploding with major change. Here are three areas of major importance that are now incorporated extensively into this edition of the text. A New Way of Looking at Generally Accepted Principles (GAAP) Learning GAAP used to be a daunting task, as it is comprised of many standards that vary in form, completeness, and structure. Fortunately, the profession has recently developed the Financial Accounting...
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...ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR CONCEPTS CONTROVERSIES APPLICATIONS Seventh Edition Stephen P. Robbins 1996 Contents Part One • Introduction Chapter 1 What Is Organizational Behavior? 2 Chapter 2 Responding to Global and Cultural Diversity 42 Part Two • The Individual Chapter 3 Foundations of Individual Behavior 80 Chapter 4 Perception and Individual Decision Making 130 Chapter 5 Values, Attitudes, and Job Satisfaction 172 Chapter 6 Basic Motivation Concepts 210 Chapter 7 Motivation: From Concepts to Applications 250 Part Three • The Group Chapter 8 Foundations of Group Behavior 292 Chapter 9 Understanding Work Teams 344 Chapter 10 Communication 374 Chapter 11 Leadership 410 Chapter 12 Power and Politics 460 Chapter 13 Conflict, Negotiation, and Intergroup Behavior 502 Part Four - The Organization System Chapter 14 Foundations of Organization Structure 548 Chapter 15 Technology, Work Design, and Stress 588 Chapter 16 Human Resource Policies and Practices 634 Chapter 17 Organizational Culture 678 Part Five - Organizational Dynamics Chapter 18 Organizational Change and Development 714 CHAPTER I • WHAT IS ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR? What Managers Do Let’s begin by briefly defining the terms manager and the place where managers work—the organization. Then let’s look at the manager’s job; specifically, what do managers do? Managers get things done through other people. They make decisions, allocate resources, and direct the activities of others to attain goals. Managers do...
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