...am so sorry Chase I had lost your water bottle at the seven hundred building.” At the beginning of the school year I met Quintin Abell. He went to San Elijo Middle School. He is in my second period class, Mrs.Borja, at first we weren’t really good friends but as the days went on we came to be good friends.One day after second period ended Quintin was beginning sneaky and took my water bottle. I went to go take a sip of my water but realized that it was gone. I looked around and saw Quintin walking away with it. I didn’t want to be late for class so I yelled “QUINTIN YOU BETTER GIVE ME MY WATER...
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...In high school, I had a problem with eating too much fast food. Also I was against anybody who was a vegetarian. I could not understand why anybody would just want to eat just green food. I always said no matter what I wouldn’t just eat greens over any other food. Around the end of 10th grade, my friend Jason didn’t like how much fast food I ate because he was a vegetarian. Since he was a vegetarian, I would always give him a hard time about it. I called him a punk because of the simple fact that he was vegetarian. So one day he got enough of it and made a bet with me. The bet was that I couldn’t go on a veggie diet for a whole week. Because I have so much pride, I accepted the bet. If I lost the bet, I had pay him 100 dollars and vice versa. So it was a lot on the line. I was telling myself that I wasn’t going to lose the bet for nothing. I couldn’t afford to lose the bet so it wasn’t an option. For a second, I started thinking like maybe that wasn’t the smartest bet to take but my pride wouldn’t let me turn down the bet. Initially, I didn’t think it would be easy but I thought I could just breeze right through it. I soon came to realize that wasn’t the case. The first day of the bet started off well. I started the day off with a salad before I went to school. By the time I got to school, I was hungry all over again. I thought the salad was going to keep me full until lunchtime. But I was terribly wrong. It felt like I had not ate at all. I knew after that point that this...
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...'They're spying on me through my phone' anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me'.” Philip K. Dick-Good Reads.comThe balance of good and evil in the world needs to be maintained. Naturally when a far reaching medium such as the internet brings us social networking sites that spice up our lives a little, it also attracts the irritable few of society. Some of the things that could lead to potential social disasters. The social network revolution has left no layers of our society untouched. Organisations face issues over lost productivity due to employees spending their time on social media. For firms that dole out payments by the hour, each hour of productivity lost through employees updating their profiles or adding a ‘Twit pic’, could prove costly. Most organisations these days do have set guidelines about the use of social media in the work place, however their implementation is a major hassle. Social Networks has been the topic of discussion for years. It has been the number one spot for advertisements, Relationships, Drama and the most recent transition reality stars. But do you know the effects the world of social networking can cause on your everyday life? Social Networks has been the breeding grounds for several corporations and businesses throughout the world and it looks at if no one is holding up anytime soon. Social Media is a multi-billion dollar empire, Bringing in over a 10 billion dollars a year. With all this money...
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...another long and boring day at work. There I was, shuffling three packs of fifty-two card decks. I did that for about ten minutes, and still no casino players showed up to my Black Jack table. I didn’t expect anything else; morning shifts were usually pretty dead. Eventually, people slowly started joining the game and before I knew it, it was 6 p.m. and Karisa was already waiting outside for me. Karisa and I were best friends for ten years since high school and we carpool every night since she works at the daycare centre right across the street from the casino. As soon as I got into the car, she reassured me that Chris picked you up earlier that afternoon. Your father, Chris and I, were high school sweethearts. We got married a little over five years ago. After our second anniversary, I gave birth to you, my beautiful son, Luke. The following morning at work, I set up my Black Jack table. I got the casino chips and three packs of fifty-two card decks. I started doing card tricks to pass the time when someone approached my table. A man put a twenty-dollar bill on the table, so I exchanged his money for chips. When he went to grab his chips, I noticed a large Capricorn tattoo on his forearm. I quickly recognized the horoscope sign because Chris had the identical tattoo on the same spot. He lost all of his chips and looked like he was about to grab his wallet. Instead he was tapping his hidden gun in his jeans pocket, and threatened me saying, “GIVE ME ALL OF...
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...a homeowner may want to sell their house at the highest price possible. While the buyer want to pay as little as possible for the home. An employee may desire a raise, while the manger will want to give as little raise as possible in order to keep expenses down. In all negotiation there is always a purpose, gain or lost in every transaction. There is strategy and sometimes deception involve with negotiations. Concealment and honesty is a few aspect of negotiation. People in a negotiation will conceal goals and feeling in order to enhance their own opportunity to make the best deal possible. I was recently involved in a negotiation when I was attempting to buy a new vehicle for my 18 year old daughter. My main goal was to find a use vehicle that was not too expensive and dependable. As a beginner, finding an expensive vehicle would be too risky. I decided to set a budget and search for any vehicle that I thought was decent enough for the needs. First and foremost, I decided to set a budget of $2,500.00 dollars as the max cost that I was willing to pay. I then decided to conduct some market research by searching online for vehicles within my price range. My budget made it quite difficult to find something dependable and minimized the amount of...
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...Before I knew it I pulled up to my family's port near the race track. All around me I saw were some of the most wealthy individuals in America. They always seemed to have this angry look on their face no matter what they were doing which always troubled me. As I stepped out onto the walk towards the parking lot my mind went back to its usual high anxiety state. I began to ask myself how much money will you make today, will you lose money, will you get to greedy like last time and lose it all, will you not play your hot streaks, and will you end up angry afterwards. As I hailed a cab towards the casino and paid the driver for the 15 minute ride, I continued to think about how our society will always revolve around money, and there is nothing we can do to stop it. I always wondered what a world without money would be like, but I could not imagine a world where everyone is equally it did not seem possible. As the driver pulled up towards the front, all I see is rich people continuously trying to show off their money throw their cars and the materials they are wearing. This constant need of always having to flaunt your wealth seemed to be more puzzling to me at this moment....
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...this manner, I got your contact from a directory on the Internet here in Afghanistan. I find it pleasurable to offer you my partnership in business and i pray at this time that, your e-mail contact address is still valid. I know you don't know me but i meant no harm sending you this note, just that I don't have anyone out there to talk to, as I lost my parents in a car Accident, when I was 12 years old, I was raised up by my adopted parents, but they died years ago, the relatives of my adopted parents throw me out of the house saying that I was not their real daughter. I know you can handle this money for me on till I come over to meet with you, we can also build friendship with this transaction. I lived in Hartford,Connecticut, before joining the Force. You may be wondering why I choose to trust a delicate matter like this in the care of a stranger, but this is the best I can do in my present situation and I would have trusted this kind of project in the hands of my Husband who was my closest confidant, but I lost him to cancer on 20th June, 2006, 9 months after we got married, and my only brother has ruined his life with hard drugs, hence my decision to work with a neutral person if we can establish some trust between ourselves instead of confiding in my buddies back home so that this little secret can be preserved. Let me start by introducing my self. My names are Sgt. Monica L. Brown, I am assigned to 782nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne...
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...Business Research Ethics The largest unethical story in business of my era would have to be the collapse of the energy company Enron. This scandal was based on insider trading, money laundry, and unethical practice of business accounting. Enron not only had unethical business practices going on they were illegal as well. The key people involved in this scandal were Jeff Skilling, Ken Lay, Ben Glisan, and Andrew Fastow. Unethical accounting based on false profit’s showed Enron was profits into the 100’s of billions of dollars that never existed because of the accounting practices they were using. This all became a issue when Enron posted a 101 billion dollar profit in 2000 later that year 140 billion in profits, and less than a year later in 2001 the company was bankrupt by December. The share holders, employees, people who invested in Enron all lost everything that they invested into Enron. Employees lost their retirement funds, 401 plans and lost their jobs all together. The major share holders got rich in a short amount of time off of this scam. Both the individuals and institutional investors were misinformed about Enron’s financial performance and accounting which everyone involved lost millions and millions dollars. Accounting to this day has ever been changed because of this scandal Enron was pulling off before they got greedy and somewhat sloppy. After the public was scammed out of millions of dollars a law was passed that every publicly traded company has to follow...
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...From Depressed to Distressed On July 2, 2012 history was made when GlaxoSmithKline LLC (GSK) was ordered to pay a total of three billion dollars in damages because they mislead the public about three drugs they were selling Paxil, Wellbutrine, and Avandia. These charges stemmed from illegal actions as follows, misrepresentation of the drug and what the side effects are and their false price reporting practices. This settlement was the biggest compensation in history and the largest ever made by a drug company. “GSK agreed to plead guilty to a three-count criminal information, including two counts of introducing misbranded drugs, Paxil and Wellbutrin, into interstate commerce and one count of failing to report safety data about the drug Avandia to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “(The United States Department of Justice, 2012) What Unethical Research is involved? This story is so sad I do not even know where to begin. This particular drug company grossly misrepresented three drugs called Paxil, Wellbutrin, and Avandia. Paxil which was an antidepressant was targeting children under the age of 18 for its use when there were increased chances of suicide for children that age. The FDA never approved it for this particular use and in fact it was quite the opposite. Wellbutrin, which was only approved for Major Depressive Disorder, was being promoted for off label uses such as the treatment of sexual dysfunction, weight loss, ADHD, and even substance abuse such...
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...and definite price, while others believe you can't put any monetary value on the price if a human life. In my opinion, you can put a dollar value on the price of a life if you're part of an insurance company, or a government body.However, life is priceless to the family and loved ones of the victim, which always asks the main question. What is the real value of a life? Even though the family members of any tragety agree with the fact that you can't put a monetary value on life of a victim, the U.S.government, and some citizens including myself, feel differently. An example from Amanda Ripley’s article “WTC Victims: What's A Life Worth?”. The concept of...
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...years. It was time to go to work. I stepped outside and walked at a leisurely pace down Malcolm Ave. It was the best time of year for my line of work: the summer when all of the tourists came to New York. I got to the city square, and as usual, the very same cliques were there, and in numbers today. 'It looks to be a very good day,' I thought as I smiled to myself. I saw a white man in his late 30's. Guessed he looked kind of lost. 'Perfect,' I thought to myself. “Time to work.” I calmly and confidently stepped up to the man. "Hello, sir. Can I help you?" "Yes. I am looking for the Malcolm Hotel." "Yes, yes... Oh, okay. Go three blocks down, and take a right. It will be on your left. You can't miss it" "Thank you." "You're welcome. Have a good day sir." I walked away with not only a smile on my face, but with the man's wallet in my pocket. I opened it up to see 48 dollars, a Discover, and a MasterCard. A couple of hours and 4 wallets later, I decided to get lunch. So far, I had acquired 6 credit cards, 726 dollars, and several patent leather, hand-made Italian billfolds. I decided to go to my favourite place a little bistro called daVinci's. They have the best pizza. But then, I saw the man. He was about 6 feet tall, with a dark chocolate complexion. He was actually walking in circles - even an amateur could easily recognize that he was lost. Perfect. I cautiously approached him, like a lion stalking his pray. "Hello, sir. Can I help you?" "Yes. Do you, by any chance...
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...How People Fall Into Debt Unfortunately in today’s demanding society, many find themselves racking up thousands of dollars of debt. There are many different reasons as to why people wind up in this mentally and finically stressful position. While some people are just fiscally irresponsible and lack personal discipline; others that are much more responsible aren’t immune to debt, they can be hit with an unexpected medical bill or job loss. Living outside of ones pay check and unexpected medical incidents are some of the more common way people fall into debt. Credit cards are attractive for many people because they don’t have to physically carry money with them; but they are also dangerous because of interest rates that the banks charge. These rates can vary from bank to bank but in addition to interest rates if you can’t make your payment deadline the banks will charge you extra for a late fee which just makes the problem worse. For example my friend Chris learned this the hard way when he purchased a pretty pricey mountain bike using his credit card. It took Chris six months to pay the bike off and he winded up pay thirty percent of the bikes total price back just as interest. Needless to say this made Chris much more cautious about using his credit card and when he does use he pays it off as fast as he can to prevent the interest from racking up. However not everyone learns this lesson, many times the interest compounds and people can’t pay back the interest let alone the...
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...Is it Time for a Flat Tax? Flat tax is defined as an income tax system in which everyone pays the same tax rate no matter his or her income. In 1913, the United States established an income tax to raise money for the government. In our current system, income tax is applied to various parties. Individuals, companies, corporations, an almost every entity that produces an income gets taxed. However, partnerships are not taxed. To calculate the taxable income, allowable deductions are subtracted from the total income. There are specific rules and guidelines for income taxation depending on the person or entity filing. For example, someone with a higher income is going to be taxed at a higher rate than someone with a lower income. Taxpayers generally self assess their income tax by filing tax returns to the IRS. Currently, filing for income tax requires, lengthy instructions, record, keeping, forms, worksheets and schedules. With all these necessities, it causes headaches for the taxpayers involved. This also does not include Social security taxes and Medicare taxes, which just keep adding to the money the filer has to pay and the costs that it takes to have an individual calculate everything to get to the gross income. One may ask how do we get rid of the headaches while still maintaining the income level for the United States government? One idea is establishing a flat tax rate for everyone. A flat tax is an income tax rate that everyone pays the same tax percentage across...
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...Paper The Case For, or Against, New Orleans Management Decision Models B6025 Dr. Usha Dasari We will look at many factors in our case for rebuilding or not rebuilding New Orleans. This recommendation will be reviewed by state and local governments for their decision. We will perform a Cost-Benefit Analysis which will represent the residents of New Orleans, the residents of the surrounding floods plains, the Mayor of New Orleans, and the federal government represented by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) and the taxpayers. We will look at scenario models, risk management, and decision trees to support our decisions and analysis. This natural disaster took an enormous toll on the residents of New Orleans. Over 1200 lives were lost and countless injuries were suffered. The loss of revenue from the shutdown of businesses, loss of homes and possessions of residents caused much pain and human suffering. We will conclude with an executive summary which will summarize our decision for or against rebuilding of New Orleans. Prior to the hurricane New Orleans was a tourism magnet. The city offered many restaurants, festivals, and great weather. These positives made tourism a thriving market. Other boons for the economy of New Orleans were the mining, transportation, and warehousing along its waterways. More products came through this port than any other port in the world. There are many colleges in the area than add to the economic bottom line of the city. Many things...
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...For this journal I am using a company I previously worked for as the basis for my personal observations and then using references to provide substantiating data. Company Z as I will call them has undergone and continues to undergo a very painful transition from being an 8A small business four years ago. We graduated into the large business category then within 18 months achieved revenues of slightly more than a billion dollars. This explosive growth was in most part to landing a couple of very large government contracts that have since ended. Our revenues have declined and stabilized at the somewhere near the 600 million dollar mark. Both during the upswing and then again during the painful downswing we have endured a multitude of organizational changes. First let me say that change is hard. For nearly 40 years as a small business we established a culture of agility, low price and value. We insisted on intense relationship building and trust with our government clients. Our organizational values were that we continued to serve our country after taking off our uniforms. Just as we began our large growth cycle our existing CEO retired and our board of directors hired a young energetic retired Navy captain. We immediately saw our headquarters staffing increase by over 300%. Many of these new employees had no prior military service and communications issues began manifesting almost immediately. Our government clients began to complain that we no were delivering the...
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