...Español | Français | Русский | USINFO > Publications An Outline of the U.S. Economy Related Item USA Economy in Brief CONTENTS Continuity and Change This volume was prepared for the U.S. Department of State by Christopher Conte, a former editor and reporter for the Wall Street Journal, with Albert R. Karr, a former Wall Street Journal reporter. It updates several previous editions that had been issued by the U.S. Information Agency beginning in 1981. How the U.S. Economy Works The U.S. Economy: A Brief History Small Business and the Corporation Stocks, Commodities, and Markets The Role of the Government in the Economy Monetary and Fiscal Policy American Agriculture: Its Changing Significance (Posted February 2001) Labor in America: The Worker's Role Other Language Versions: Foreign Trade and Global Economic Policies Afterword: Beyond Economics Glossary Executive Editor: George Clack | Editor: Kathleen E. Hug | Art Director: Barbara Long Illustrations: Lisa Manning | Internet Editor: Barbara Long This site is produced and maintained by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs. Links to other internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views contained therein. Home | About USINFO | Site Index | Webmaster | Privacy Topics | Regions | Resource Tools | Products | | Continuity and Change How the U.S. Economy Works The U.S. Economy: A Brief History Small...
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...Real Essays From Stanford Medical Students Comments Regarding Plagiarism The essays contained within this document were written by current Stanford medical students and have been carefully read and reviewed by file reviewers, interviewers, and admissions staff and officers at Stanford Medical School as well as dozens of other medical schools across the country. We must emphasize that you need to be honest in writing your personal statements. If you borrow material or use quotes from other sources, make sure to credit them appropriately. Not giving credit where it is due is not only disastrous to your essay, but it is also illegal. Admissions officers read hundreds, and even thousands of personal statements each year, and have developed a fine tune sense for detecting plagiarism as well as remembering the essays they’ve read. You owe it to yourself to be hones, open, and sincere in writing your personal essay as it is a reflection of yourself and what is important in your life and your decision to pursue a career in medicine. Stanford Essays The following essays were written by real Stanford medical students in preparing their applications. We suggest that you read through all of the essays to get a diverse view of the types of themes and styles which have been successfully used for personal statements. Each personal statement is exactly that, personal. No one format or style will work for everyone. However, there are structures and themes which are common throughout...
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...track. In the nick of time this boy is pushed out of the way by the friend of his older brother. When I heard this story I couldn’t help but wonder what made this little boy so determined to save his bike? So I found an opportunity to speak with the now and changed Josh Brustman. I didn’t know anything about him other than his near death experience so I decided to interview Josh in class. So today I will tell you about Josh’s background, educational and career goals and a few of his hobbies. Besides almost getting hit by a train Josh’s background goes deeper than that. He was born June 1994 in California, when he was one or two. Now most kids who would have to sit in a car and drive for hours across the country would cry or complain but Josh didn’t say a word. So when he first moved to Ohio he lived in Springfield. Then Josh finally moved to Cuyahoga Falls where he goes to school. Some of the things that Josh likes to do in Falls hang out with his friends. He also plays sports, like soccer and baseball, with his old coaches. Josh doesn’t play sports for the school because he doesn’t really like organized teams; he likes to play for fun. Josh doesn’t really like to work that much so he doesn’t have a job. Josh Brustman doesn’t really have a set plan for what he wants to do for his career or education, but he does have a plan. When I asked him about his future with college he thought about it for a while. He told me that he does want to go to...
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...Microeconomics 8/27/14 Economics is a social science that studies how people allocate their limited resources to satisfy their unlimited wants Microeconomics consist of consumers, firms, individual markets Examples: a sales tax on the cigarette industry, agricultural price support programs on the cotton industry Macroeconomics consist of economy as a whole (economic growth, inflation, unemployment), how economies interact Examples: an increasing inflation rate on national living standards, an increasing inflation rate on national living standards, Obamacare Economic models- Model: a simplified representation of reality Graphs and equations The Circular-Flow Diagram • Households – Consume goods and services – Own factors of production (e.g. labor) • Firms: – Produce goods and services Learn the Role of consumers and firms • Importance of markets • Economic agents are interrelated Does not include government, international markets, unemployment, raw materials, non-profits, banks or bank regulators, no illegal activities Course Outline • Markets – Gains from Trade – Supply and Demand – Efficiency of Markets – Price Controls, Taxes • Consumers and Producers – Making Decisions • What if markets fail? – Monopolies, Externalities, Public Goods Microeconomics Notes 8/29/14 • Today: –Opportunity cost – Production possibility frontier –Gains from trade • Scarcity – trade-offs • Making choices: compare benefits and costs Opportunity cost: what you...
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...PROMOTION PRESS RELEASES ASSIGNMENT #1 SYLLA OUMAR 13430 WARNER/REPRISE ARTIST JOSH GROBAN FINALLY ANNOUNCES “BRAND NEW” NORTH AMERICAN TOUR His new album “all that echoes “debuting #1 is available. The dates for his worldwide tour are now known. (Toronto, ON - January 9, 2013) – The world famous singer and songwriter Josh Groban From warner/reprise is releasing the dates to his new “Brand NEW” north american tour following the success of his latest album “All That Echoes”!Tickets will be available for purchase on April 25 2013 directly on www.JoshGroban.com , through Ticket Master or Live Nation. This was announced at a special event at the Marriott Hotel in Toronto, Ontario where Josh Groban had been performing for a corporate party. Josh Groban has had an amazing fan based in all parts of the world. From places in the Middle East to North America, everyone seems to just love and adore Josh Groban. Josh has been nominated Grammy Awards for songs like Noel – 2006 and you Raise Me Up – 2007 and has been nominated by Billboard Magazine for the Number One Song of the Year three consecutive years in a row (2003, 2004, 2005). Josh Groban has not released anything new since You Raise me Up in 2007 and this world tour is a new chance for him to test out some of his new material on the crowds that are just ecstatic. “The 31-year-old classical-pop crossover singer again makes the decision to write — he co-wrote seven songs on his new album, “All That Echoes” — but he also...
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...COMM 1113 – Summer 2015 Speech #2 An Informative Speech on Josh Hamilton General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about Josh Hamilton before cocaine took over his life, during the use of cocaine, and now as he is recovering from the addiction. Organizational Pattern: Topical Order INTRODUCTION I. Attention Getter: I have a story to tell you about a boy, blessed with a God given talent, who grew up to fulfill his dream of becoming a professional baseball player. A wonderful story, except that after becoming that amazing athlete, a monster crept into his life that has and will change it forever. Let me tell you about his journey. II. Credibility Position: Through thorough research about Josh Hamilton, his life and his career, I am excited to share with you many of the interesting facts and stories that I have learned. III. Reveal Topic: Lots of people in this world struggle with addiction, but only some people are blessed enough to get the opportunity to get their life back before the drugs. IV. Preview: Today I would like to share with you about Josh Hamilton prior to his drug use, during the use of cocaine, and now as he is recovering from the addiction. (Transition: First let’s take a look at the kind of person Josh was prior to drugs.) BODY OF SPEECH I. Main Point # 1: a. From the age of six, Josh spent as much time as he could at the ball fields. Even if it was...
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...Hydraulic fracturing- also known as fracking- is a controversial topic that has initiated many debates. “[Fracking is] the high-pressure pumping of water and chemicals deep into the earth to release oil and gas. It’s been implicated with water contamination, air pollution, health effects… [and] may trigger earthquakes” (McAleer 2013). Two documentary filmmakers assert contrasting points of view regarding the value of fracking. Josh Fox develops the opposing stance in Gasland, while in FrackNation, filmed in response to Fox’s movie, Phelim McAleer argues in favor of fracking. Though each film takes its own distinct style, considering each element of persuasion, McAleer’s approach was overall more effective and convincing. Josh Fox’s argument...
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...Josh Groban is a 30 year old American singer songwriter. On Friday October 28th Groban perform at he St. Pete Times Forum to a mixed variety crowd. No matter what age or ethnicity all can appreciate the baritone’s magnificent voice. Groban is a very accomplished prolific singer having performed with other amazing singers such as Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion. He has also sung multiple memorable performances at a variety of events including the Grammys, American Music Awards and the Super Bowl XXXVIII. Groban selected to open the show with a piano solo of “You Are Loved”. He sung to a lento tempo graciously to the crowd of 20,000 people causing an amazing silence. Following after a few second cadences Groban continues to sing another ballad “Awake”. Groban makes all the women sway their hands to the pretty grave tempo. He sings a story pleading to stay awake to avoid a broken heart as the flutes and piano softly makeup the triple composition. The song is mainly homophonic and toward the end goes into a polyphonic rondo. “Awake” ends with a pianissimo crescendo of all instruments. The band consisting of two basses, six violins, two french horns, a trumpet, two flutes, a harp, drums, a piano and two guitars helps Groban transition into “Oceano”. “Oceano” is sung in Italian and depicts an amazing abyss of love that a man attempts to hide. The mezzo forte crescendo leading to the chorus causes the forum to tremble. The piano carries strongly as the violins sing the tale...
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...Nicole Modak Music 100 September 11, 2012 Music Genealogy As a child I remember listening to the typical children’s music. Barney was my favorite television show, so I can still remember the songs that Barney used to sing such as The Clean Up Song. My parents also exposed me to the types of music they enjoyed listening to. My mother loves artists such as Babyface and Toni Braxton. It was our tradition to clean the house while playing music. We would sing and dance to my mom’s favorite songs for hours. My mother also loves music by Josh Groban. She always played his music in the car, which instantly made me sleepy. My father’s favorite artist is Bruce Springsteen and because my father exposed me to his music at such a young age I grew to love the music as well. My dad also introduced me to classic hits by the Jackson 5. As a child I took chorus in elementary school where we sang and learned about music. I played the flute during the fourth and fifth grades. I loved the music in the Broadway musicals I have attended with my family. I have seen The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast. The music in both plays was fantastic. My classmates influenced my musical taste because during free time in class teachers would play music. My peers and I would all decide which songs the teacher would play. This encouraged me to listen to the types of music that my classmates listened to even if it was different then the songs I typically liked. I grew up living 30 minutes from New York City...
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...Klinghoffer has been involved in music from a very early age as a talented multi-instrumentalist, after having dropped out of formal education at age 15. Klinghoffer's first recording experience came as the instrumentalist of the short lived band, The Bicycle Thief, who were fronted by singer Bob Forrest. In 2000, Klinghoffer and The Bicycle Thief were one of the opening acts on the Red Hot Chili Peppers' support tour for Californication. Klinghoffer was also briefly a member of Forrest's other group, Thelonious Monster, a band that at one point auditioned John Frusciante before he joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Klinghoffer is perhaps best known for his work with his friend John Frusciante and has regularly contributed to his solo albums including a joint album titled A Sphere In The Heart Of Silence. Klinghoffer and Frusciante have also collaborated with Joe Lally of Fugazi in 2004 under the name Ataxia. During this short period they played two live shows and released two albums, Automatic Writing and AW II. Despite being released several years apart, these albums were both recorded at the same time. In 2007, Klinghoffer joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers for the later part of the Stadium Arcadium tour as a backing musician where he provided backing vocals, keyboard instruments and a second guitar to the band. On May 8, 2009, Klinghoffer, Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, Ron Wood and Ivan Neville performed under the name The Insects at a MusiCares event to honor Kiedis for...
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...Mickey Mantle Complete a baseball card collection with the 1957 Mickey Mantle #95 Topps card. Mickey Mantle, was a popular major league outfielder for the New York Yankees, and his legacy has made the #95 baseball card a treasured collectible. Mantle played among such legends as Joe DiMaggio and Lou Gehrig, cementing his place in baseball history. When first recruited in the early 1950s, he scored three home runs while being scouted in a game and was subsequently dubbed the 'next Yankees star.' Celebrate his contributions to major league baseball with this Topps card, a classic collector's item that has a photo of Mantle holding a bat on the front as well as his player statistics on the back. Mickey spent his entire major league career as a center fielder and first baseman with the New York Yankees from 1951 to 1968. He is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He was inducted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974 on the first ballot with 88% of the vote. He was also named to the Major League All-Century Team in 1999 along with eight other Hall of Fame outfielders such as Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, and Joe DiMaggio. At the time of his retirement, he put up some of the best career all time numbers on offense, and even by today’s standards, his numbers are still considered solid. When compared to other center fielders who played up to 1968, Mickey had the highest on-base, slugging, and stolen base percentage in the history of the game. In...
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...Actus Reus The equation for Actus Reus is, Actus Reus, which is a guilty act and must be voluntary. Actus Reus is actually doing the acting, for example stabbing someone. The next part of the equation is plus Mens Rea, this means guilty mind, which means they had to of wanted to stab someone either by Intention, recklessness or malice aforethought. Strict liability can be here instead, this is where committing the offense alone is enough for you to be guilty, for example speeding, it doesn’t matter if you intended to you did it and that’s enough for you to be charged. Absence of defence is next and finally this all equals crime. Actus Reus + Mens Rea or Strict Liability + Absence of a defence = Crime There are four ways in which Actus Reus can be committed. The first is “Results crimes are those in which the actus Reus is defined in terms of prohibited consequences irrespective of how these are brought about.” This is where causation takes place and it is the actual consequences that are important where physical act links with consequences and results. The next for cases are example of causation. T R v Smith 1959, a fight broke out in a military barracks and a soldier was stabbed, on the way to the hospital he was dropped twice and the treatment at the hospital was inadequate, he later died, did he die because of the wound or the care he received. The stabbing was seen as the reason he died. R v Malcherek, a Defendant’s actions put him in the hospital and on life support...
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...Mitt Romney introduces Paul Ryan as his vice president. Refers to the man as a “strong and caring leader that is down to earth, and confident in the challenge this moment demands.” Romney reminds the audience that freedom is what first made America special. He makes an attempt to win hearts and minds by referencing small businesses and graduating students. He implies that Obama made promises of hope and change but did not follow through with them. “This was when we were supposed to start paying down the national debt and rolling back those massive deficits. This is the hope and change America voted for. It’s not just what we wanted. It’s not just what we expected. It’s what Americans deserved!” Romney exclaims. Just then the crowd begins to chant U.S.A. Romney talks of his childhood, and how he was a “baby boomer” in the middle of the country, reminds the crowd of Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon, Talks of his mother giving up giving up her acting career to marry his father. He tells us he grew up in a Morman family in Michigan. “My mom and dad were married for 64 years, and if you wondered what their secret was you could have asked the local florist, because every day Dad gave Mom a rose which he put on her bedside table. That’s how she found out what happened on the day my father died. She went looking for him because that morning there was no rose. My mom and dad were true partners,” Romney says. The camera then cuts to a couple older women holding back...
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...Josh Feuerstein is an evangelist who has a big following on social media as a man of God and a spreader of the good word. He has been in numerous talk shows about his hypocritical ideas as well as holding such ignorant points of views about science, homosexuality, evolution and basic government law. However, I want to discuss how he sees evolution. His viewpoints on evolution have been heavily criticized for only picking up strawman’s and false ideas, or just doesn’t understand what evolution is. “Evolution is not a science. Never has and never will be. Why? Because it cannot fit within the parameters and parentheses of science for one simple reason: It was never observed,” Feuerstein explains in his video. “That’s why it’s not science. That’s...
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...Okay, the first thing I have to say about Josh Lieb is why is he such a pessimist? He talks on this video like he was spited by the industry but I looked him up and he has had a VERY successful career with the Jimmy Fallon Show. I think his advice was a little helpful just to see the darker side of how the industry can affect people. I think that he is worn down and I don't see a reason why. He says, "If you can be a lawyer, please, go and be a lawyer." My question is WHO gives advice to people to not follow their passion? Life isn't easy and nothing comes with ease. You have to work and sometimes things don't work out or you aren't where you thought you'd be. He's sitting there, with I'm sure a lot of money telling us not to go there. Not...
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