...the end of September in order to prevent a partial government shutdown. House Speaker John Boehner said he would insist on spending reductions as part of the price of voting to increase the debt limit. And last summer Sen. Ted Cruz, R- Texas, and other conservatives began discussing their plan to block or delay the Affordable Care Act before enrollment in insurance plans started in October, by using the spending bill or debt limit as leverage. President Obama and congressional Democrats have steadfastly insisted on nothing less than a “clean” bill to continue funding the government at currents levels and a “clean” extension of the nation’s ability to borrow, with no extra bargaining in either situation. With Republicans holding the majority in the House of Representatives and Democrats in control of the Senate and White House, the government has come to this standoff. Now, since the government have shutdown the consequences for some has been far-reaching, but minimal impact for others. The Department of the Interior is partially closed, but it affects more than you think. The number of agencies that fall under it are myriad. Want to go to a national park or museum, such as the Smithsonian or even a presidential library? Sorry, national parks and landmarks are closed to the public. You can't even stay at home and watch the National Zoo "Panda Cam." However, the White House announced Oct. 10 parks could reopen if states where they are...
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...Keeyon M. Weathersby, MBA MGT 556 07-17-2013 Reaction Paper Women's Pay Still Lags Behind Men's After reading this article " Women's Pay Still Lags Behind Men's " I was disappointed to find out in 2013 that women and men of color are still not being paid correctly is just wrong. Women at all levels of education still earn only 75 percent as much as their male counterparts, according to a new report issued by the White House. In the state, women working full time are paid 80 cents for every $1 their male counterparts make. As sad as that sounds, they’re better off than their sisters working in other places. Statewide, full-time working women are paid 77 cents and nationally 78 cents for every buck men receive. These are the latest figures in a long, slow journey toward pay equity that’s been going on for generations. Don’t chalk it all up to bias, though. Women tend to choose lower-paying careers and don’t push for bigger raises, experts said. Some take time off to raise families. Women are more likely to take a year or two off to raise children, which can hurt their earning potential. They’re less likely than men to negotiate aggressively for a raise because they’re more concerned with maintaining good relationships than pushing into a better pay bracket. Even companies that tout their female executives sometimes raise up one individual as a token, but their statistics on hiring, promotion and turnover show give a fuller picture of how they treat women. I think...
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...AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE (Early history – 1930) THE FIVE PHASES OF U.S. ARCHITECTURE: 1) Indigenous Phase (Circa 500 B.C. to A.D. 16th century) 2) Colonial Phase (1607- 1780) 3) Post Colonial Phase (1790-1820) 4) First Eclectic Phase (1820-1860) 5) Second Eclectic Phase (1860-1930) 1. INDIGENOUS PHASE (Circa 500 B.C. to A.D. 16th cent.) 1) It is characterized by the use of materials like bricks, stone, rubble, and sand 2) Its most characteristic feature is the truncated pyramid. 3) Earliest settlement were roofed dugouts, pallisaded huts, wigwams, or garrisoned forts surrounding thatched half-timbered cottages. 2. COLONIAL PHASE (1607- 1780) -begins with the colonization of the North American continent. Settlers from various European countries brought with them the building techniques and prevailing forms of their respective homelands. Colonial architecture was subsequently adapted to the topography and climate of the chosen site, the availability of building materials, the dearth of trained builders and artisans, and the general poverty of the settlers. 1.Spanish Influence 2. English Influence(Georgian/ classical/ Palladian phase) Georgian architecture- the prevailing style of the 18thcent. In Great Britain and the north American colonies, so named after George I, II George and George III. Derived from classical, renaissance, and baroque forms...
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...have all made an impact on our culture. People gather around to watch the Super Bowl in bars and parties. On Tuesday nights families gather around to watch live TV, as American Idol introduces young talent to the screen. Whoever has the biggest TV gets to have movie night at their house. The list is endless for the amount information transported into our homes every day, changing the way people live and react to life situations. Politicians use TV for campaigning, the President uses TV to broadcast current events from the White House. Due to the introduction of cable and satellite, people shop on TV, keep up-to-date with the stock market, get live news coverage from CNN, and even the NFL draft is broadcasted live on TV. We know when to buy and sell stock, what natural disasters are headed our way and what latest fashions to wear. TV has been one of the biggest influences on American families today. It is stated by the Department of Education that children/young adults watch as much as 4-5 hours of TV a day; Influencing their lives in not such a good way. They have less time to interact with others resulting in poor social skills. It also has introduced many different trains of thought into the houses of America, which can be a problem because some TV channels negatively influence the youth when drugs, sex, and violence are shown. The television media has changed the mind of many adults too. We are...
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...The Sewall Belmont House has been home to the National Woman’s Party since 1929. It was in this house that women such as Alice Paul aggressively campaigned for a constitutional amendment for the right to vote. The house was originally built for Robert Sewall ca. 1800 in the new city of Washington. The architect of the house is largely unknown but evidence points to architect Leonard Harbaugh. This evidence is based on Harbaugh’s association with Robert Sewall as well as the architectural similarities to his other work. The Sewall Belmont House became a national historic landmark because of its impact during women’s suffrage in America, and although the architect is not widely celebrated for the construction of this particular house, his work can be seen much throughout Washington, DC. The Sewall Belmont House is located on Constitution Avenue Northeast, Washington, DC. The exact date of the houses construction is unknown and the original house has been added on to and altered over several time periods and by many different owners. The original structure is a brick town house built in the Georgian Style. Robert Sewall contracted the main section of the house in 1799 however, the type of brick used on the section of the house facing Second Street NE, on the west side of the structure indicates that this area was built much earlier, anywhere from 1680-1750. This area of the house is now the kitchen of the Sewall Belmont House. The way the house stands today is a rectangular...
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...neo-Palladian in England was the first movement to study the revival of classic architecture from the past; its leader was Colen Campbell (1676-1729), a Scottish architect and editor of book “Vitruvius Britannicus”. He designs the Mereworth castle (1723) in kent, like a near replica of the Palladio’s design of Villa Rotonda, but in a larger scale. Campbell attached four Ionic porticos to a simple cube and crowned it with a pyramidal roof and dome. Mereworth also has an incorporated fireplace flues in ribs of the dome, with the cupola used as the chimney exit. Another architect that brought attention to Palladian movement was Richard Boyle (lord Burlington), also known as the “architect earl”, he was the privy councilor and member of the House of the Lords. Burlington also got his inspiration from Scamozzi and Indigo Jones, Burlington thought of them as his...
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...not know. Some of the most weirdest, craziest and interesting facts that people don’t know. There is something out there about any of our United States president that you didn’t know. I’m only going to tell you about some of them. Some of the crazy interesting facts are George Washington, he never lived in the white house. This was because the capital was actually located in Philadelphia and other cities. Also, Washington is the only president who didn’t belong to a political party. A lot of people think Washington teeth were made out of wood, but actually they were made out of elephant and walrus tusks. Our third president Thomas Jefferson and second president John Adam went to Shakespeare’s birth place and took a knife to his chair to bring back a souvenirs. Jefferson believed that if he was to soak his feet in a bucket of cold water he would never get a cold. The fourth president James Madison and Thomas Jefferson were arrested for taking a carriage ride on a Sunday in the county of Vermont together, that was a violation to the law. James Monroe died on July fourth along with Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. Also he chased his Secretary of State out of the White House with a pair of tongs. A really crazy fact about John Quincy Adams often liked to go skinny dipping in the Potomac River. John Q. Adams wore the same hat for 10 years. As well Andrew Jackson was the first to ride in a train. Andrew also was the father of 10 adopted children, he did this because he was an orphan...
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... Only, where was I going to start on finding an article that could expand on this question without being too broad? After giving it some thought, I decided to do some research on whether or not government held non-profit organizations to a higher standard. For the sake of this article, I want to focus on whether or not government holds non-profit organizations to a different standard in terms of getting grants to fund such programs. After reading the article White House (n.d.) Guidance to Faith-Based and Community Organizations on Partnering with the Federal Government. Retrieved February 8, 2012 from http://www.ethicsinstitute.com. Every year, "the federal government" spends billions of dollars for health and human service programs. When it comes to non-profit, however, the government has made it difficult. There are a lot of bureaucratic and administrative obstacles. Starting with the fact that most program officers are often unfamiliar with the work that non-profit groups do. In August 2001, the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives released a report. Unlevel Playing Field that identified many of the barriers that faith-based and non-profit organizations face in accessing Federal...
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...For the last few years, veterans and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been hot and heavy topics in the headlines. The media is all too quick to tell us about these dangerous madmen in our midst, probably because it attracts readers. It seems it’s been one incident after another with veterans in the news, and it is all too easy to follow with pointing the finger at PTSD. The perception is out there that veterans have now turned into crazed monsters. It is a stigma that is running rampant in this country. The media is doing nothing but feeding that frenzy, which is apparent with the latest eye-catching headlines, “White House intruder was an Army vet with PTSD, family says.” The facts of this story are tucked in bits and pieces of this news story and that. To grasp the complexity of this situation you have to go back a few years from his return from deployments. At home, Omar Gonzalez, an Army veteran, went from a jokester who would break into antics to make people laugh to being a haunted figure who became excessively paranoid according his former wife, Samantha Bell, who left him when she said she couldn't take it anymore. According to court documents, Gonzales told Secret Service agents after being apprehended that the “atmosphere was collapsing” and that he had to tell the president so he could warn the public. Gonzales’ record reveals his military occupation was Cavalry Scout, which the Army calls the “eyes and ears of the commander during battle.” The President...
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...the Electoral College, for which each state, as well as the District of Columbia, is allocated a number of seats based on its representation (orostensible representation, in the case of D.C.) in both houses of Congress.[7][10] The President is limited to a maximum of two four-year terms.[11] If the President has already served two years or more of a term to which some other person was elected, he may only serve one more additional four-year term.[7] President Main article: President of the United States The executive branch consists of the President and those to whom the President's powers are delegated. The President is both the head of state andgovernment, as well as the military commander-in-chief and chief diplomat. The President, according to the Constitution, must "take care that the laws be faithfully executed", and "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution". The President presides over the executive branch of the federal government, an organization numbering about 5 million people, including 1 million active-duty military personnel and 600,000 postal service employees. The forty-fourth and current president is Barack Obama. The President may sign legislation passed by Congress into law or may veto it, preventing it from becoming law unless two-thirds of both houses of Congress vote to override the veto. The President may unilaterally sign treaties with foreign nations. However, ratification of international treaties requires a two-thirds majority vote in the Senate...
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...into the kitchen and fetched the teapot and made some tea. The water slowly turned brown like waiting for the sun to rise. She looked at her dark brown skin If only she were white. She would have her own personal slave a big white house, get to eat real food and get to taste tea! As the water finally turned dark brown she poured it into the teapot. She set out the teacups the sugar on one tray and brought it out as her owner Sarah and her master Sir John sat down. They both took a teacup and put sugar in the tea. Rachel looked into the deep brown of the tea in sir john’s cup. Rachel smelled the delicious taste that was longing to be brought to her lips. Her hands went out to take the cup but snapped back in when Mistress Sarah yelled, “Stop at once! You fool! Tea is only for civilized human beings! Not a negro like you!” Rachel set the pot of tea by Sir John and ran out into the fields where her mother was picking cotton with a few other Africans. She spotted her mother and hugged her. “What’s happened?” asked her mother stroking her braids. “Oh Mother!” said Rachel wrapping her arms even tighter around her. “Rachel!” yelled Sir John. “Go child” said her mother. “I’ll be right here” Rachel ran toward the front door. “A slave owner is here to have a look at you” said Sir John pushing her into the house. Rachel’s heart skipped a beat. She held back her tears The slave owner was sure to take her away from her mother and papa and little Noel who was only eight months old. She...
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...at: SUPPORT@WISEAMERICAN.US PAD 500 WEEK 1 DQ Personal Action in Public Administration” Please respond to the following. Note: Online students, please respond to two (2) of the following four (4) bulleted items. PAD 500 WEEK 1 DQ • Formulate two to three (2-3) reason(s) why the termspublic sector and private sector are not interchangeable. Generate two to three (2-3) differences between the public and private sector, and determine the key organizational goals of each. Provide a rationale for your response. • From the e-Activity, summarize President Wilson’s central problem in creating good public administration, and propose whether or not Wilson’s concerns are relevant to today’s public issues (e.g., the issues listed under the White House Website). Support your response with two (2) examples of such relevance—or lack thereof. • Posit two to three (2-3) reasons why academicians should continue to study public administration as a discipline in America. Justify your response. • Suggest the overall manner in which businesses and governments should work together toward societal goals. Produce two to three (2-3) reasons why a business administrator should be familiar with the general duties of a public administrator in order to achieve organizational goals. Provide a rationale to support your answer. PAD 500 WEEK 1 DQ Personal Action in Public Administration” Please respond to the following. Note: Online students, please respond to two (2) of the following four (4) bulleted...
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...The case of White House Passes The presidential residence of United States of America is probably one of the most secure and locked up places in the this Earth. That does not mean that the visitors are allowed. Indeed, there is a separate section of the office in the White House which handles all sorts of visitors’ passes. And not only visitors’ passes, but also passes related to scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and any such requirement. Even the pizza delivery man has to obtain a pass! The processes involved in obtaining a pass are numerous and complex in nature. But, 20 years back, the people working for the president decided that time has come for the white house to have a more automated system of accepting the application of these passes, processing them and then issuing them. As such, consider yourself going back in time, to the point where the people of white house were detailing their pass processing steps. For simplicity and security, the information presented here is for processing of the lowest level security passes (the ones reserved for toilet cleaners in the ground floor and children accompanied by their adults to visit the White House!!). The officer in charge of processing the passes has a desk where the applications (having background checked for security) are organized. She picks up the applications, one at a time, and then checks through the databases (computer databases) that whether the person has already applied for a pass before or not...
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...There were no new policy prescriptions in her speech, while skipping over difficult episodes during her tenure as secretary of state, the NATO intervention in Libya and its bloody aftermath in Benghazi. It won her the kind of sustained live coverage that Mr. Trump has routinely enjoyed. Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s declaration of support for Trump stole her thunder in the first few minutes of the Clinton speech. Clinton said she imagined that Trump was composing nasty tweets about her even as she spoke which tuned out to be true. Trump wrote, “Bad performance by Hillary Clinton”, Reading poorly from the teleprompter.” And she doesn’t even look presidential. She sought to turn Trump’s tweeter habit against him by referring to the mood in the white house situation room as she advised the president on the raid on a compound in Pakistan that killed Osama bin laden which elicited cries of “NO” from the...
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...Washington D.C. History about Washington D.C.: District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) is the capital city of the USA. The White House, the Capitol, the Supreme Court, and many other government buildings are located in Washington, D.C. President George Washington chose the site as the future capital of the USA in 1791 (the French architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant designed the city). Washington, D.C. became the nation's capital on June 11, 1800 (previously, the country had been governed from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). The first President to live in Washington D.C. was John Adams; his family moved there in 1800. Size before: Washington D.C. was originally shaped like a diamond, but this changed. In 1814 conquered England Washington, D.C. England burned a big part of the town. Including the city's public buildings for example the White House and the Capitol. The city was rebuilt, and in 1846 Alexandria applied to reunite with Virginia. This was granted by Congress, the areas of Alexandria and Arlington was returned to Virginia, and thus became the District of Columbia to the irregular rectangle, it is today. Size now: 68.25 square miles (176.75 square km) [Washington, D.C. is smaller in area than any state in the USA] Population: 646,449 people (24th largest city in U.S.) The name: The city of Washington was named for George Washington, because I was the one who picked the location, while D.C. stands for District of Columbia and was named for the explorer Christopher...
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