...1920s Research Paper The Prohibition Era is one of the many names for the 1920s because of the laws put into place at the time to prohibit making, selling, and transporting alcoholic beverages. The movement for banning alcohol was heavily backed by numerous religious conservative groups forming the Temperance Movement. These generally Christian groups believed that America was becoming immoral and that morality would be improved if alcohol was not consumed. Rum runners became extremely prominent in the 1920s as organized crime groups adopted alcohol sale as a profitable illicit dealing method. Life for a rum runner in the 1920s was dangerous at times because of the frequent involvement in organized crime but immensely profitable because illicit...
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...The Volstead Act itself lacked a regulation of alcoholic beverages. The law was powerless and full of loopholes to regulate alcoholic beverages in saloons, which meant the act prohibited supplying and transporting alcoholic beverages, but saloons could keep alcohol if they were transported before prohibition. People were still drinking sneakily into their home or at speak-easies. The Act regulated alcohol trading, not to prevent dedicated wets.10 Prohibition inspired to make different passions of drinking. The increasing power of organized crimes made governments lose their political power to regulate criminal activities and govern states. In Chicago, Al Capone mediated gang groups and bootlegging industries. He purchased a courthouse, city employees, etc. by using huge benefits. The leader of the prohibition knew that they could never get many people to stop drinking immediately.11 They hoped the next generation would supersede to protect the prohibition. However, their hope never became in real that prohibition was not achieved the goal of regulating alcohol. The worst case of the prohibition was incidents of murder where innocent citizens were getting involved in. "In the opening days of the Volstead Act, there were shooting affrays between agents and bootleggers. By 1923, thirty prohibition agents had already been killed."12 Especially in Chicago, which was a state of widespread violence because of Al...
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...Chapter I INTRODUCTION Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis iis an English word that refers to a lung disease that is otherwise known as silicosis. It is the longest word in the English language published in a dictionary, the Oxford English Dictionary. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it is "an artificial long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust."[1] Silicosis is a form of occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust, and is marked by inflammation and scarring in the form of nodular lesions in the upper lobes of the lungs. It is a type of pneumoconiosis Statement of the problem 1. What is the couse of Pneumoconiosis? 2. How can it be prevented? 3. What are the symptoms? 4. How can affect in our body? 5. What are the treatment? Statement of the Hypothesis HO1: .A pneumoconiosis cause by inhalation of every fine silicate or quartz dust which is found in volcanic ash. HO2: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is fairly easy to prevent. Most countries do not have any volcanoes or any other places where silica dust exposure is likely. In case you live in one of the countries that does, here are few ways how to prevent this disease: Do not go in or near an active or non-dormant volcano. Do not expose yourself to silica dust for long periods of time. If or long periods of time...
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...Prohibition and Harm Reduction Bryon Wilson BEHS 364 August 5th 2014 There have been two different strategies of society dealing with alcohol; harm reduction and zero tolerance. The method of harm reduction is focused primarily on reducing the negative effect of alcohol society and the people who drink. This is usually implemented by our government. They create policies and social programs that can treat those afflicted with alcoholism. There are several ways that this can be accomplished, such as limiting access, and taxing the substance to reduce demand. There are also social programs put in place that can help educate, rehabilitate and help recover. This a strategy compared to zero tolerance carries a unique ability to be tailored to suit individual needs as opposed to a one size fits all blanket policy. The harm reduction policy stands on a principle that alcoholism will not be completely eliminated so it would be more benefit to address the negative harms. For instance as alcoholism can be a major problem at work, some companies provide someone as an advocate and counsel. These counselors can work with them to modify behavior and reduce alcohol related incidents and further harm to their self on the job and in their personal life. That is something prohibition policies cannot do for an individual person. The proponents of zero tolerance see the alcoholic epidemic as a disease and therefore cannot allow continued usage if the person is to be treated and recover. It...
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...I am doing my research paper on Jay Gatsby from The Great Gatsby, and the archetype I have chosen is American Dreamer. An American Dreamer is someone who sees the American Dream as an obtainable goal and vigorously pursues it. Jay Gatsby qualifies for the archetype American Dreamer because in his journey to wealth and prosperity he is reunited with a lost love from five years previous, her name is Daisy Buchanan. I am doing my research paper on Jay Gatsby because I have wanted to read this book for some time and I figured who better to do than the main character of the book. F. Scott Fitzgerald created many interesting characters in his novel The Great Gatsby. Jay Gatsby, The main character from The Great Gatsby fits the archetype of the American...
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...ABSTRACT The paper looks at the interactive relation of the prohibition act with market and stakeholders. The findings are based on interaction with different stakeholders and uses a qualitative research approach. LIQUOR PROHIBITION ACT: THE CASE OF GUJARAT Focus on Public Policy & Marketing Rahul|Edwick|Vishnu IRMA PRM 35 About the Authors Edwick P. Bilung P35027 PRM 35 Institute or Rural Management, Anand. Contact: p35027@irma.ac.in Rahul Singh P35170 PRM 35 Institute or Rural Management, Anand. Contact: p35170@irma.ac.in Vishnu Vijayan P35106 PRM 35 Institute or Rural Management, Anand. Contact: p35106@irma.ac.in Table of Contents Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 4 The Prohibition Act .................................................................................................................... 5 Background ................................................................................................................................ 6 Objective & Scope ............................................................................................................ 7 Objective of the study ............................................................................................................... 7 Scope of the study ...............................................................
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...taxation effects primarily, how funds are being utilized and issues with meeting budget goals with the earned revenue. This paper addresses each of these topics in an effort to identify the effectiveness of cigarette and tobacco taxation. Introduction The concern associated with the health risks of tobacco use and cigarettes began as early as the 1930’s. The ill effects of tobacco were studied by epidemiologists in long term case studies to assess the increase of lung cancer mortality to smoking. The findings were considered merely casual by Surgeon General Leroy Burney in 1957. As a few years passed, the concern between the relationship of smoking and health grew. This led to The American Cancer Society, The American Heart Association , The National Tuberculosis Association and the American Public Health Association collaborating together to address a letter to President Kennedy. In this letter they asked for a call to action on the issue of cigarette smoking. The Kennedy Administration acted swiftly and in 1962 Surgeon General Luther T. Terry indicated that he would have a committee of experts conduct a thorough review of all scientific findings related to the smoking issue in question. The committee reviewed more than 7,000 scientific articles and sought out assistance from more than 150 consultants. The results of their research resulted in a Surgeon General Report...
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...Research Paper Al “Scarface” Capone was the ultimate american gangster. Not only did he run the streets by the time he was 15, Capone ran all of Chicago for multiple years by the time he was 30 (Chicago Historical Society 1). In 1929, what is known as Chicago’s most brutal day, The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre occurred when Capone’s rival gang was murdered because he had one goal and that goal was to run the streets, just as he did (History Channel 1). While the feds were hot and heavy on him, Capone fled to Florida to lay low for a bit. When he was at his highest point of control of most of the country he was making close to $100,000,000 a year. While going back and forth from Florida to Chicago, Capone had up to 5 gangster headquarters. Once the police started to catch on to his case, they decided to give Al “Scarface” Capone a new nickname, “Public enemy number one” (History Channel 1). Capone had a wild childhood. He was born in January of 1899 in a small house in Brooklyn, New York (Chicago historical Society 1). By the time Al Capone was 15 he was brought up from the “kids gangs” (Chicago Historical Society 1) into the notorious Five Points Gang by Frankie Yale in 1916. Capone had a couple jobs as a bouncer and a bartender at Frankie Yales’ gangster dive bars and the Harvard Inn. While working at the Harvard Inn, Capone acquired the nickname “Scarface” because of an incident when a girlfriends brother of his beat him up and the name stuck ever since. Al Capone’s...
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...Legalization of Marijuana Marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug in the United States. Despite the harsh laws against marijuana use, approximately twenty five million Americans have used the drug in the past year and more than fourteen million continue to use marijuana on a regular basis (norml.org). In turn, not only is the criminal justice system over-flooded with marijuana cases, but law enforcement is focusing valuable time on finding marijuana “criminals”. With the legalization of marijuana, the United States judicial system would be able to handle more important cases in a timely manner and law enforcement officers would be able to spend more time on more important crimes. However, the judicial system is not the only one standing to benefit from the legalization of marijuana. The United States stands to greatly benefit economically on the legalization of marijuana as well. The legalization of Marijuana would benefit our society in many ways. Being aware of all of this, I was curious to know why so many people oppose legalization of the drug. However, it was important for me to gather knowledge from credible sources. I did not want to learn the benefits of marijuana from a “stoner” blogging from his parent’s basement, nor did I want to learn about the negatives of the drug from an extremely right wing conservative who will stand against it- just to be against it. First, I went straight to George Mason University’s online library in the hopes...
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...Term Paper/Book Review 11/16/15 Magnificent Masquerade, by Charles Keats, 1964 Summary of the McKesson & Robbins Scandal Before the scandals of Enron and WorldCom, which are considered the greatest accounting scandals of the 21st century, the most notorious & influential accounting scandal of frauds in the 20th century, or in American history, is the McKesson & Robbins scandal of 1939. In the early fall of 1926, Philip Musica, assuming the name of F. Donald Coster, took control of the pharmaceutical company McKesson & Robbins by using his bootlegging profits from Girard & Co. to issue a merger between the two pharmaceutical companies, and he became McKesson & Robbins’ president. From his experience with Girard, Coster “knew how auditors functioned, they were interested in account books & supporting documents” (Keats, 71) & he knew how to mislead auditors. Coster conducted fraudulent transactions for McKesson & Robbins by continuing to manufacture (fraud) documents of inventories & accounts receivable such as, “order slips, shipping records, duplicate invoices, & other bookkeeping evidences of sale” (Keats, 72). Julian Thompson, Coster’s top assistant, finally uncovered the fraud scandal in 1938 through his suspicions of the existence of the McKesson & Robbins’ Canadian subsidiary’s warehouse. Coster was convicted of “violating Section 32 of the Securities Act of 1934: filing false financial information with the SEC” (Keats...
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...Forensic Accounting in Practice: Forensic Accountants: Fraud Busters A forensic accountant is part investigator, part auditor, part attorney, and part accountant (Levanti, T.). Due to the increase in high-profile cases of companies and individuals, forensic accounting is a growing and popular field in the business and forensic subjects. A forensic accountant is someone who is often retained to analyze, interpret, summarize, interviews and present complex financial and business related issues in a manner that is both understandable and properly supported (Zysman, A.). Forensic accountants usually work in a public practice or are employed by insurance companies, banks, police or government agencies. They are to investigate and analyze any financial evidence, communicate their findings in reports or documents and assist in legal proceedings, such as testifying in court as an expert witness (Zysman, A.). Determine the most important five (5) skills that a forensic accountant needs to possess and evaluate the need for each skill. Be sure to include discussion regarding the relationship between the skill and its application to business operations. I think the five most important skills that a forensic accountant needs to posses are to be: (1) analytical, (2) detail-oriented, (3) ethical, (4) responsive, and (5) insightful (Davis, Farrell & Ogilby). Analytical The need to be analytical in a forensic accounting engagement may be the most important overall characteristic, without...
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...BOM 7094: Operations Management Digital Cinema – Changing the Supply Chain Management of the Movie Industry BOM 7094 Term Paper Dzulhafidz Bin Dzulkifli - 1091200147 10 Table of Contents Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 2 Literature Reviews ........................................................................................................................... 4 Digital Cinema – The New Challenge for the Movie Industry ..................................................... 4 Security and Rights Management in Digital Cinema................................................................... 4 Digital Cinema Business Model – The Global Outlook ............................................................... 5 Summary of Literature Review ............................................................................................... 6 Operation Management: Supply Chain Management ..................................................................... 7 Motion Picture Supply Chain Management – The Conventional Way ............................................ 8 Ownership Chart: The Big Six ..................................................................................................... 9 The Management of the Chain of Supplies for Digital Cinema. .................................................... 10 Digital Cinema Process .................................
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...Introduction With the recent increase in financial crimes and business fraud, forensic accountants are in great demand. Forensic accounting is the practice of utilizing accounting, investigative, organizational, analytical and communicational skills to conduct examination into a company’s financial statements in legal matters (Crumbley, 2007). Forensic accountants can own their own accounting firms or be employed by lawyers, insurance companies, banks, or large corporations. The use of accountants has played an important role in assisting the government as well as the public. Forensic Accountants participate in detecting scandals and financial crimes caused by individuals, companies and organized crime networks. This profession consists of three main areas litigation support, investigation and dispute resolution (Harris, 200). Litigation support involves the factual arrangement of financial issues, investigation comes in when criminal matters have occurred, and the dispute resolution is the process of bringing justice and fairness. To work effectively within these three core components, forensic accounts must have a set of skills to perform their job efficiently. Important Skills Forensic Accountants must posses more than the fundamental knowledge of financial accounting and auditing. Each project requires analysis, interpretation, summarization and presentation of complex financial- and business-related issues (Matson, 2012). There are several core skills that are...
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...edu/jiws/vol7/iss2/7 This item is available as part of Virtual Commons, the open-access institutional repository of Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts. This journal and its contents may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, re-distribution, re-selling, loan or sub-licensing, systematic supply or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. ©2005 Journal of International Women’s Studies. Prostitution in Bangladesh: An Empirical Profile of Sex Workers By AKM Ahsan Ullahi Abstract The paper explores the profile of the Sex Workers (SW) in Bangladesh; and the ordeals faced by them. 221 randomly selected respondents from three categories of sex workers (Hotel, brothel and floating) were interviewed using both close and open-ended questionnaire. Data show that child prostitution is quite prevalent. A higher percentage of sex workers were married compared with the singles. HSWs (Homosexual Sex Workers), on an average, entertain seven clients and BSWs (Bisexual Sex Workers) 15 clients per day. The highest percentage of child prostitutes was prevalent among the FSWs (Female Sex Workers). Hotel sex working is an emerging direction of its category. The paper concludes that dynamics of sex working in Bangladesh is extended to hotel sex working from two of its historically known categories. Keywords: Sex workers, prostitution, HIV/AIDS pandemic Introduction The sex market...
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...Harvard Business School 9-395-016 January 3, 1995 3M: Profile of an Innovating Company As a perennial winner in Fortune magazine’s annual poll of American CEOs to determine “The Ten Most Admired Corporations,” 3M was almost universally recognized as one of the world’s most consistently innovative companies. Indeed, Fortune described it as “a kind of corporate petri dish that fosters a culture of innovation.” In an era when large companies were struggling to reignite employees’ entrepreneurial spark, 3M was the benchmarking standard. Yet, in November 1991, as “Desi” DeSimone assumed the job of CEO in the midst of a worldwide recession, he was more focused on 3M’s uncertain future than on its glorious past. Beyond the stagnating sales and declining margins he knew would be reflected in his first annual report (see Exhibit 1), DeSimone was aware that the company faced some longer term challenges. With a portfolio of over 100 core technologies being leveraged into some 60,000 products which it sold in 200 countries, some observers were beginning to ask whether this $14 billion giant with over 88,000 employees could continue its extraordinary innovation-powered growth and expansion. It was a question that the new CEO knew he would have to confront honestly. A lot more than the continued admiration of his Fortune 500 peers depended on it. The Beginning: Foundations of 3M’s Values In 1902, on the basis of a report that deposits of corundum, an abrasive mineral, had been found...
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