...Research Paper Your name: Matthew Turner Your Capella email address: mturner86@capellauniversity.edu The course number: IT3006 Instructor name: Professor Julie Krummen Date submitted: 2/26/16 Title of your paper: PIPA & SOPA Introduction In this paper, the topics to be discussed are what is PIPA and SOPA, prior related acts or laws, impacts on the first and fourth amendment, impacts on e-commence, supporters, and oppositions. This topic may seem old, but it could always come back later. Back in 2011 and 2012, there was a big fight between Congress and the Internet sites. This fight was over PIPA and SOPA which people associated it with censoring the Internet. However, it was much more than just censoring the Internet. It violated not one, but two amendments that are granted to every U.S. citizen. It also had the potential to hurt e-commence. As Wikipedia said on one of it’s blackout pages in 2012 “Imagine a world without free knowledge” and that is exactly what these sites were trying to protect. Yes, they may have won for now, but there is always a chance these acts could show up again. What is PIPA? PIPA is short for PROTECT IP Act or Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act. This bill was introduced to the Senate on May 12, 2011 (U.S. Senate, 2011). This act would “enhance enforcement against rogue websites operated and registered overseas” (U.S. Senate, 2011). Once the Attorney General gets a court...
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...weakness. The legislative branch has a House of Representatives, whose members are elected from districts within each state apportioned by population for two year terms. In Senate, each state has two Senators, with six year terms, one third elected every two years. Article I, section 8 lists the subjects of legislation, empowering Congress to make all laws. Article II gives executive power to the President, to carry out the laws Congress adopts; Article III vests judicial power in the federal courts. This Article has been construed to empower the courts to decide if an action the other branches comport with the Constitution. The strength of this government lies in the separation of powers vertically, the Constitution recognizes the states. It creates the federal government, but by the Ninth Amendment, powers beyond those given the federal government are reserved to the States. (U.S. Const. amend. VIII).Within the federal government, a uniformly apportioned Senate means large states cannot dominate smaller ones. In the House, votes are apportioned by population. Requiring assent of both Houses, the legislative process tends to deliberation and compromise rather than domination by any one element. Another strength of the House of Representatives lies in its constitutional authority to originate spending bills. Article I, Section VII of the Constitution states: "All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with...
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...official WERS website: www.wers2011.info. Keep up to date with Acas policy and research news and publications The Acas Blog: Read and comment on views, experiences and insights on employment relations policy and research shared on the Acas policy blog Subscribe to policy and research email updates: Sign up to email updates of articles, policy discussion papers, and the latest research from the Acas Strategy Unit and the Research and Evaluation Section. We will not share your contact information with any external organisations. View our full Acas privacy policy for further information. Research papers 2015 •pdf Arbitration in collective disputes: A useful tool in the toolbox [819kb] Ref: 05/15 This report outlines the findings from the evaluation of Acas' Arbitration service. The research covers qualitative interviews with 13 users of the service, including Acas arbitrators, conciliators, employers and union representatives. The research showed that the numbers of cases have declined in recent years, but users continue to welcome it as an alternative means of collective dispute resolution. •pdf Evaluation of Acas Early Conciliation 2015 [2Mb] Ref: 04/15 Matthew Downer, Carrie Harding, Shadi Ghezelayagh, Emily Fu and Marina Gkiza (TNS BMRB) This report outlines the findings from the first evaluation of Acas' Early Conciliation (EC) service, which was launched in April 2014. The research centred on a...
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...drastic change may be one not visible to human eyes. Global warming, also known as the rapid acceleration of climate change through increasing global temperatures, has been an environmental issue since it was first predicted in 1970s by Stephen Schneider, while studying the effect of greenhouse gases and suspended particulate material on the climate for NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies for his post doctorate research. His article, “Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Aerosols: Effects of Large Increases on Global Climate”, was featured in the New York Times because of the consequences he listed in his paper, drawing national attention to the subject. However, despite the evidence compiled in his findings and those of various scientific research institutes such as the National Academy of Sciences of the United States and the Royal Society of Britain, global warming remains an issue that continues to be debated. In this paper, I will examine H.R. 1380: New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011, a bill in the House of Representatives, to determine the fundamental issues it hopes to solve, its origins, and the chances of enactment. H.R. 1380 is a bill that faces considerable hardships due to the fact that it faces a pluralist society, a majoritarian Congress, and is highly controversial. H.R. 1380: New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011 seeks to decrease the effects of human pollution on the environment by amending...
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...Research paper on Stem Cell Research Legislation and the related legal issues: What is the history of Stem Cell Research Legislation in the United States? How does it compare to comparable statutes in the rest of the world? In this paper talk about what the current legislative state of affairs is and where the law on stem cells in the United States should go in the future and why. Make sure you use ample research and cited sources to support your arguments but make sure to state your own opinion on the issues as well. Stem Cell Research TJ AS OF: 2/4/2009--Introduced. Stem Cell Research Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct and support research that utilizes human embryonic stem cells, regardless of the date on which the stem cells were derived from a human embryo. Limits such research to stem cells that meet the following requirements: (1) the stem cells were derived from human embryos donated from in vitro fertilization clinics, were created for the purposes of fertility treatment, and were in excess of the needs of the individuals seeking such treatment; (2) prior to donation, it was determined that the embryos would never be implanted in a woman and would otherwise be discarded; and (3) the individuals seeking fertility treatment donated the embryos with written informed consent and received no financial or other inducements. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of...
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...RUNNING HEAD: Key Issues Paper Key Issues Paper SPE 537 Professor Sharon Hill-Wooten Key Issues Paper There are many issues that focus around the term learning disability, which has led to many discussions amongst researchers, legislation, doctors and educators. There has been much legislation to be passed regarding the term learning disability and the entire field of special education. Based on the text reading one issue that is discussed and debated often is defining learning disability. In 1969 the category of learning disability was first included in federal education legislation. That year, the General Subcommittee on Education (of the House Committee on Education and Labor) presented to the House of Representatives a bill entitled "Special Programs for Children with Specific Learning Disabilities," (). Throughout the years this issue has been a continuous debate the definition of learning disability has changed many times. Until IDEA provides more specific guidelines it is said there will be variability in how children are evaluated. Another issue that was prevalent early was the differences in the type of learning disabilities children were faced with. In the early 20’s kids were diagnosed as been mentally retarded, it was later found in the 1940’s that there was a difference in how the kids were learning. Upon realizing this research and evaluations were geared toward finding the different disabilities and how kids were learning. Many...
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...Abstract This paper will provide information on a new company named Nations Trading Guild (NTG) entering the export business in a foreign market in Copenhagen, Denmark. The type of goods provided will be covered in this paper along with the marketing and branding techniques that will be utilized to advertise and sell the goods. In addition, the culture of Denmark will be discussed and the reader will be able to see how this new company will be providing a great service. The Nations Trading Guild (NTG) is a U.S. based company based out of El Paso, Texas. The National Trading Guild owns one of the world’s largest working ranches and processing centers. The National Trading Guild provides quality cuts of steaks to some of the most famous U.S. steakhouses at the best prices around. The National Trading Guild will be starting an export business, providing various types of steaks to include; T-Bones, Filet Mignon, Ribeye and New York Strips with the options of some of these cuts being organic. The Market in Copenhagen, Denmark will be a great place to start an export business providing steaks, as the Danish culture consumes a lot of meat and potatoes. Beef produced in the United States is known for its taste and tenderness. In Copenhagen, steak is a popular choice recommended by physical trainers for women who are working out as opposed to eating carbs. In addition, Copenhagen, Denmark is steady growing in the restaurant industry more specifically with steak houses and specialty...
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...2009 (Risher, 2013; U.S. DOL, 2011). So, why did so many government officials decline the increase of the federal minimum wage and why do they fear the positive impact that the increase will have on America? This paper intends to briefly discuss six laws, all pertaining to federal minimum wage introduced to the House of Representatives within a year and highlight one member of the senate who disapproved the law for passing. In addition, this paper will briefly point out statements made about why some Senators chose to decline the bill; and finally, this paper intends to briefly explain any legal issues preventing the wage increase and implications for management. Start of Hope: Minimum Wage Fairness United States senators and representatives have introduced numerous federal minimum wage bills to the House of Representatives in order to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) during their term. These bills were designed to either request better employment pay for all those who work within the past year. The titles of each bill are similar but have different amounts and standards about what the federal minimum wage should be and when the increase should take effect. The starting point - there were plenty, the first law introduced to the House of Representatives occurred during the previous year, from Democratic...
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...London Abstract A fall in house prices due to a change in fundamental value redistributes wealth from those long housing (for whom the fundamental value of the house they own exceeds the present discounted value of their planned future consumption of housing services) to those short housing. In a closed economy representative agent model (the special case when the birth rate is zero, of the Yaari-Blanchard OLG model used in the paper), there is no pure wealth effect on consumption from a change in house prices if this represents a change in their fundamental value. When the birth rate is positive, higher fundamental house prices driven by the housing demand of future generations will boost current consumption. There is a pure wealth effect on consumption from a change in house prices even in the representative agent model, if this reflects a change in the speculative bubble component of house prices. Two other channels through which a fall in house prices can affect aggregate consumption are (1) redistribution effects if the marginal propensity to spend out of wealth differs between those long housing (the old, say) and those short housing (the young, say) and (2) collateral or credit effects due to the collateralisability of housing wealth and the non-collateralisability of human wealth. A decline in house prices reduces the scope for mortgage equity withdrawal. For given sequences of future after-tax labour income and interest rates, a fall in house prices will then depress consumption...
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...Britain’s and Americans over cherished political standards. The following conflict between the Americans and the Britain’s brought forth another country. The New World sustained new thoughts regarding the way of citizens, society, and government. In the Old World, few individuals born to such permanent surroundings challenged to question their humble societal position however European immigrants were not easily extinguished. In the American wild, they experienced the world that was theirs to make. During this period the people of America were subjected to hostility, heavy taxes were imposed on to them to finance the colonial expenses. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the thesis of the four articles that are being closely related to the theme England was the safest place to live between the years of 1763-1775. This paper will effectively focus on the social, economic and political stands of England to its citizens as well as the colonies. Women in the American Revolution The author has clearly defined the term patriotism as an act of being an active member in the progression of a specific idea similar to independent from the states that are being denied. For this situation, there is a solid connection between the acts of women being patriotically active in the achievement of the war. In this circumstance, the poem “The Attempt is Praise,” was published in the Maryland Gazette, composed by an anonymous soldier. The poem demonstrated the subject according to the suggestion...
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...BIS/220 July 9, 2012 Heather Shankwiler Information Technology Acts There are several advances in information technology that resulted in new ethical issues necessitating the creation of certain acts. The two acts which will be discussed in this paper are the Children’s Internet Protection Act of 2000, and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. Children’s Internet Protection Act, 2000 The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) is a federal law which was passed by Congress to allocate the offensive content over the Internet. CIPA obligates the schools and all public libraries to require filters on their computers to stop minors from accessing sites that are not appropriate. (Federal Communications Commission, n.d.) The (CIPA) was passed in December 2000. The main purpose of the CIPA is for the protection of children from obscene, child pornography and other dangers of the internet. CIPA does not precisely state what kind of filtering systems to use. This is the third law that Congress has passed to allocate concerns about the children’s access to the inappropriate Internet sites and it is the only one “that the U.S. Supreme Court found constitutionally defensible.” (Minnesota House of Representatives House Research, 2004) Our kids face online predators and other inappropriate things in chat rooms, online games, pictures of teens drinking, drugs, sexual messages, and even false information about them written online before they are eighteen. (Convenant Eyes...
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...Description of MyVideoTalk Dr. Craig Maddron BUS 521: Entrepreneurship and Innovation April 24, 2011 Description of MyVideoTalk Hisrich, Peters and Shepherd (2010) define an entrepreneur as “an individual who takes initiative to bundle resources in innovative ways and is willing to bear the risk and/or uncertainty to act” (p. 6). An entrepreneur’s objective is to create a business opportunity for profit. An entrepreneur must identify and evaluate the opportunity, develop a business plan, determine the resources required, and manage the enterprise (Hisrich, Peters, & Shepherd, 2010). The purpose of this paper is to describe a new business venture, MyVideoTalk. This paper will introduce MyVideoTalk, discuss the market opportunity for MyVideoTalk, and discuss the market entry strategy to a foreign or domestic market for MyVideoTalk. The paper will also discuss the strategies for minimizing personal risk with MyVideoTalk. Introduction of MyVideoTalk The act of introducing a new business venture and its product and/or service is to unveil, debut, or launch it and summarize its purpose. MyVideoTalk is a division of Team Effort International, LLC. Team Effort International, LLC is a privately held, debt-free company with global offices in San Ramon, CA – USA, Northern India, Southern India, Dubai, and the Philippines. Team Effort International, LLC was founded in October 2002 by entrepreneurs, Mel and Amie Gill and the MyVideoTalk (MVT) division was created in April...
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...1 Davis-Bacon Act Elizabeth Wiedemeier Business law Kenneth Lynch (Instructor) Park University Explain what you are going to do. Will you prove a point? Will you be looking at various opposing views and weighing up the merits? Spell out exactly what you will achieve in your term paper right here. * A brief explanation of the problem * Aim of your term paper * What questions will be answered in the term paper * A brief outline of current research * Relevance of the term paper topic * The research process Introduction: Contractors bid on U. S. Federal Construction projects and most contracts for federally assisted constructions exceeding $2,000 required to pay their employees the standard wage and benefit package that workers in the area performing similar work are earning the “prevailing wage”. Prevailing Wage typically means the local union wage. In government contracting, “a prevailing wage is the hourly wage, benefits and overtime, paid to the majority of workers, laborers, and mechanics within a particular area”. The culprit of all of this is the “Davis Bacon-Act” (DBA) The act was amended several times and has been attacking by opponents claiming its racist, unnecessary, expensive and costing taxpayers and the government a lot of money. Republicans have been attacking and trying to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act on the grounds that it is outdated, expensive and bureaucratic. Their latest effort last year was claiming, the repeal will...
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...This document is relevant to this event because this source specifically states the suffrage most women went through and the process that the House of Representatives took in order to pass the 19th amendment. The origin of this document is from the National Archives and Records Administration. The purpose of this document is to state what the 19th Amendment was as well as provide background information about the Women's suffrage movement organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The content of this secondary source regarding the 19th amendment and how the Women's suffrage movement was crucial to proving most women the right to vote was significant by providing readers with knowledge and information about the suffrage and why it was important and why the suffrage was needed to happen to ultimately give most women the right to vote. Both sources discuss why the Seneca Falls convention was a crucial...
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...com - Free Term Papers, Essays and Research DocumentsThe Research Paper Factory Join Search Browse Saved Papers Search Ron Paul Biography In: People Ron Paul Biography Dr. Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul was born in 20th August, 1935 and was raised in his town of birth Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. While in high school, where he served as the president of the student council, he met and married, in his last year in Gettysburg College, his wife Carol. Upon his graduation in 1957, the young couple moved to Durham, North Carolina, and while there, Ron attended the Duke University School of Medicine, where he pursued a medical degree and attained it in 1961.Paul and his family then moved to Detroit, Michigan, where Paul did his internship and residency at the Henry Ford Hospital from 1961 to 1962.In the years 1963 to 1965, Paul served as a doctor in the United States Air Force, where he served as a flight surgeon. In the years 1965 to 1968, he served with the United States Air National Guard. In the year 1968, Paul and his wife moved to Texas, where he began his medical practice, and specialized in obstetrics and gynaecology and proceeded to deliver more than 4000 babies. In addition, Paul and his wife have five children, besides him being a best-selling author and a qualified physician. Ron Paul began his political career in the year 1974, where he made a Congressional bid and failed. However, in 1976, a special election that sought to replace resigned Representative Robert R. Casey...
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