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Intergovernmental support is a driving variable under the urban development model discussed by Savitch and Kantor (2002) that “provides the finance and infrastructure that are also essential for development,” mainly through intergovernmental support agreements entered by the Secretary of any federal executive department with a state or local government (Procurement Generally, 2006):

Simply put, intergovernmental support is granted by the federal government, through one of its executive departments, to a state or local government for the purpose of providing finance and infrastructure essential for development. An article from the Department of Veterans Affairs – Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs (DVA-OPIA, ...

The Effect of Medicare and Medicaid on the Social Work Field

Introduction
The American society is at the cusp of transformative change. With Baby Boomers of the sixties now reaching retirement age, the proportion of older people in society is going to increase. A smaller base of working population will have to support a larger slab of older people. As a result, existing frameworks of social security, Medicare and Medicaid would prove inadequate. New ways and means need to be explored to sustain the concept of an equitable and caring society that has been built in the USA. In this context, it is essential to explore the effect of the changing ...

This paper is on the topic of work welfare and single mothers' economic survival strategies. The kind of strategies available to the mothers is based on the city’s social structural characteristics where they reside and the quality of their social, private safety. The authors have argued that some of the survival strategies are more attuned along with work rather than others. Most mothers believe that unless costs associated with work are lowered, or earning power is increased with investments in future education, they won’t be able to meet most of their expenses by only working at low ...

The children bureau is an act that was to be established in the department of labor. The publication had the description of what the creation of the children bureau and how it will execute its services and also the resources it requires in its implementation and achievement of its objectives (Government printing office, p. 1). The bureau was meant to investigate and report to the department of labor all matters pertaining to children welfare and life among all the classes of the people of the United States with its focus more on infant mortality, birth rate, orphanage, juvenile courts, ...

This summary will reflect over the wonders of science through four articles. The topics that will be discussed are robots. Robots can be seen, in the developments, in many fields.
This field is constantly researching and updating because of our incredible technology developments of our society. The possibilities that might be able to accomplish through this could save a life and make our world even more powerful. That is the beauty of the power of science with robotics.
“Military Lays in Push for Robotic Ground Vehicles,” by John Markoff provides an in-depth picture of this robotic vehicle to ...

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The topic of the article is “The Pay is Too Damn Low”. The article is written by James Surowiecki and appeared on his column-The Financial Page in the New Yorker onAugust 12, 2013.James Surowiecki writes regular articles on business and finance and works at The New Yorker as a writer.Surowiecki's business and finance articles have appeared in many publications which include The New York Times, Artforum, Slate, The Motley Fool and Wall Street Journal.
The article aims to support increasing the welfare of low-earning workers as well as increasing their pay. It does not, however, support ...

- What is the writer's claim or thesis? Ask yourself:
The writer claims that the people are poor because the government has a hand in it. In this article, Cove is surprised that though people are blind folded that there is a fight against poverty in the society, almost all the activists and other interested groups rejoice and benefit from the expanding number of the people who receive public assistance.
2. What claim is being asserted?
Cove says that only work will do away with poverty. He says that work expands an individual’s capacity to economic self ...

The article Sound cloaks enter the third dimension by Andrew Grant, highlights the cloak technology developed to reduce noise pollution thus preventing submarines and war ships from being detected by the enemy. The article simplifies this important information to the public and the US Naval Department by breaking down the science behind the clock technology.
The project simplified in this article was funded by the United States of America Navy in a bid to identify means of establishing sound invisibility. According to Grant, and based on scientific reports from studies carried out in this field, human visibility is enabled ...

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The above journal article as done by Kay Peggs explores the pertinent issues regarding animal testing paying attention to the European community. Peggs reviews the moral issues, economic implications and scientific importance of nonhuman animal testing vis-à-vis a directive by the European Community endorsed in the year 2008. Peggs first appreciates that nonhuman animal testing has been the main methodology that scientists around the world use in performing scientific research. Further, the author argues that the European Community has had divergent rules and legislation with regard to animal testing. However, nearly all member states have a deep concern for animal ...

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The newly developed SASB allowed companies to take into consideration external events (Eccles, 2016) that cannot be controlled such as the effects of climate change. The reason for the accounting standard addition is that governments cannot ignore the effects on industrial markets and their investors (Eccles, 2016). The value of accounting standards is that it allows individuals, companies, and governments to generate wealth since it allows financial performance comparisons (Eccles, 2016). The problem is that there was no previous standard developed for nonfinancial performances (Eccles, 2016) especially on environmental and social activities.

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Introductory section

- Does this material define the primary government? The document has defined the primary government in which the city operates under as the council manger form with six members who are elected for a four year term.
- Does the introductory section discuss the government’s financial condition at the balance sheet date? The introduction briefly discusses the financial position of the government where it states that on a government wide basis, the city’s net assets grew by $19.6 million in that fiscal year which was generated by governmental activities it continues to state that the city’s combined ...

Ray WA, Chung CP, Murray KT, Hall K, Stein C. Prescription of Long-Acting Opioids and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Noncancer Pain. JAMA. 2016;315(22):2415-2423. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.7789.

Prescription of Long-Acting Opioids and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Noncancer Pain
Wayne A. Ray, PhD1; Cecilia P. Chung, MD, MPH2; Katherine T. Murray, MD2,3; Kathi Hall, BS1; C. Michael Stein, MB, ChB2,3
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JAMA. 2016;315(22):2415-2423. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.7789.

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Importance  Long-acting opioids increase the risk of unintentional overdose deaths but also may increase ...

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The need for gambling disorder treatment increases due to the growth of the gaming operations in the United States of America and globally, there is a rise in recognition of clinical investigators together with the creation of awareness among the public to be able to assess gambling symptoms and its harmful consequences on the lives and overall function of gamblers. In this effort to recognize and ameliorate the symptoms of gambling, instruments were created to identify the severity of the gambling symptoms and also any changes that are reflected due to changes from treatment. In empirical research, a variety ...

Hallstead, Ted and Cobb, Clifford, “The Need for New Measurements of Progress,” in Mander, J., & Goldsmith, E. (1996). The case against the global economy: And for a turn toward the local. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books.
Short synopsis of the article: The authors seek to discover why people and politicians are still focused on the obsolete economic measurement, GDP. Beginning by discussing the economic boom of the 1990s, Hallstead and Clifford explain that while Allen Greenspan was assuring the media that the economy was in great shape many Americans were wondering why they were working longer hours with seemingly ...

Introduction

It’s been over two decades that the agenda of the deregulation was adopted across nations, yet till this day regulation of the telecommunications sector continues to pose challenges. Only a few countries has been able to work out viable models of regulation of this sector while many countries still have public owned telecommunication systems (Grote, 2006). What remains a challenge in bringing about effective competition is the cost and economies of scale of incumbent networks. Hence empirical evidence shows no clear trends of changes in incentives vis-à-vis changes in the regulations on the sector.
The US telecommunication sector ...

1. In the article, “Why Private Donations Aren't Helping America's Poor”, Charles Kenny, tells why social protection cannot be completely trusted to charity, and why charity cannot replace government safety net in America. America holds 10th position globally, with respect to income equality. More than 50% of the country’s wealth is owned by just 3% of the American population. Though rich American make donations to charities, these donations tend to fall during the recession, when the need for support is at the highest. In addition, only 12% of the total charity amount is spent on human services. Though ...

Introduction

Milner et.al (2013) article attempts to examine the well-being of the South Korean elderly to assess how the prevalence of suicidal attempts is connected to the poverty rate and economic growth. The piece derives most of its evidence from previous manuscripts and national reports such as The Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging and the National Pension Scheme. Their empirical evidence is also obtained from research done by authors like Feldstein, Becker, and McGarry. The writers of the previous articles discuss the inequalities that exist in South Korea and the citizens’ sensitivity towards cultural, economic, and social contexts. This article ...

Morton Grodzins, The American System as a Single Mechanism, 1966

THESIS
In the view of author, the US government is involved in complexity due to the involvement of all three layers of government in all the functions. The three layers are working or functioning with unclear or undistinguished roles. The division of authorities and responsibilities among all the tree levels is the main issue in the US system. In the author’s opinion, governments have to appropriately divide the authorities and responsibilities among all the three layers to avoid overlapping of functions.
The great number of governments does cover complication of activities. Distribution is not appropriately administrated ...

Introduction

Human resource management is the practice of allocating resources appropriately to achieve the firm’s objectives. Among its elements is taking care of the human resource by ensuring the employees are well represented and taken care of in order to yield positive returns in driving the firm towards its goal.

Article 1: Employee Engagement

Dr. Joe Folkman the president of Zenger Folkman says that developing the strength of leadership is important to helping employees abandon the prison mentality and enjoy happy and productive work (HRM Guide, 2012). According to him, making the average worker happy will increase their commitment. However, what makes people ...

Charles E. Lindblom, The Science Of “Muddling Through, 1959

THESIS: In the view of Charles E. Lindblom, limited policy analysis is used by the executive bureaucracy of U.S. The department uses rational approach to formulate the public policy. He also emphasize that the decision making process takes a long time to draw the conclusion. The decision making process includes three steps i.e. is addressing the policy issue, identifying and analyzing the alternatives, and implementation of the selected alternative. In the view of Charles E. Lindblom the enhancements and adjustments is the solution for speeding up the decision-making process for public administration policy.
A decision is considered as ‘correct’, ‘ ...

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The issue of organ transplant has become a complex and delicate matter because it has been linked to illegal international organ trafficking, organ theft and gross human rights violations. The issue can best be understood if examined within the social context in which it takes place. In her essay “Truth and Rumor on the Organ Trail,” Nancy Scheper Highes, a medical anthropologist, explores the social and economic contexts of organ transplant in Brazil, South Africa and India. Her essay first appeared in Natural History (1998). She notes that the issue of organ transplant is particularly controversial in these ...

Scientific management or Taylorism is one of the theories of management that focuses the analysis, review, and synthesis of workflows to enhance efficiency and productivity. Fredrick Taylor emphasized productivity and efficiency by utilizing scientific principles rather than values and beliefs of employers and employees. Scientific management received a considerable amount of criticism from many theorists and management experts primarily due to the consideration of efficiency and productivity. Taylor focused productivity, effectiveness, and efficiency of workflows and functions rather than the wellbeing of workers and employees. This theoretical framework stressed on the perspective of organizational objectives and they do not ...

Based on recent studies there is a correlation between child maltreatment and culture and ethnicity. Research indicates that child sexual abuse, physical abuse and neglect are the most common forms of child maltreatment. However, childhood sexual abuse is the most common form of abuse among the Latinos with rates of almost 8%, which is higher than the childhood sexual abuse among the African Americans and the Asians. Additionally, childhood sexual abuse between the Chinese is lower than for the U.S children. This is because of the conservative Chinese cultural norms that discourage sexual activity at an early age.
Child ...

The concern for poverty is always present in every society. Since a few decades ago, it is studied that the rise of poverty rates, particularly in the United States of America, can be traced to the socioeconomic status of female-headed families with children. Results of studies show that the risk of poverty for female-headed households is higher compared to male-headed household. Thus, the matter concerning female-headed homes continues to become a major concern to policymakers (Gabe, 2011). There are various elements associated with this issue: inequality, discrimination, family structure, labor force participation, welfare programs and so on. This will be the ...

Climate change is one of the debatable issues in the world today. It is worth noting that climate change is a big threat to humanity and sustainability. Climate change refers to a lasting and significant change in the distribution of weather patterns in a period of time. The causes of climate change are many, and there is need to mitigate them in various ways. Both the developing and developed countries are part of the causes and effect of climate change; hence, every country is part of the issues concerning climate change. The problem of climate change begins when the greenhouse gases are ...

Entrepreneurship is paramount for any country that wants to achieve economic growth and development. It is the main driver of economic development of many developed countries like USA, Japan and Germany. Entrepreneurship has valuable attributes required for the development of developing countries. Based on this, the intent of the paper is to identify the impact of entrepreneurship on developing countries like Egypt.
Entrepreneurship involves efficient utilization of the available resources or opportunities hence providing the market with new goods and services. This helps in mobilizing the country’s idle resources creating an opportunity for economic structural changes. These ...

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Sexual harassment is one of unethical practices that have been ignored for a long time. Management has however realized that this behavior is affecting the performance of activities in the work place in various ways. The article ‘organizational justice, sexual harassment’ by N. Cole has analyzed the ethical issue in detail. According to the article, workplace romance is an issue that has existed for a long period in history (Cole, 2009). However, this activity has always been done secretively. Recent studies have shown that work place romances are no longer secretive. They are done in public working environment going to an ...

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The New Urbanization system is an important tactical decision in developing socialism in Chinese characteristics. This has an insightful implication for the extensive plans towards the development of a prosperous society, as it helps support the acceleration of socialist modernization, as well as other causes. Accordingly, the growth among new urbanization systems demands the provision for any relevant and required mechanism in the system. Based on the released documents from the State Council, the promotion of new development schemes in urbanization system is a vital element if only to achieve new urbanization in 2015.
According to the ...

Morality is essential to the stability of a nation or an organization. In fact, lack thereof leads to the development of uncertainty among individuals and this situation compromises peace. With this in mind, it is worth acknowledging the fact that David Foster raises his ethical concerns about the consumption of lobsters. Precisely, he does not present his argument in a way that castigates this action. Rather, he poses a question that challenges one’s emotional and logical appeal. He mentions, “Is it all right to boil a sentient creature alive just for our gustatory pleasure?” This statement forms the ...

The study was conducted to determine the efficacy of the ABC (Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up) and it role in establishing secure attachment and attachment organization in children who are likely to, or have suffered maltreatment and neglect from their primary caregivers, typically their parents. The results of the intervention’s efficacy are crucial to design a program that will benefit both the parents who have a difficult time exuding sensitivity towards their children and especially those with a history of maltreatment as reported to the relevant authorities such as the Children’s Welfare Agency. The programs could be merely ...

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is also known as the ObamaCare is a healthcare reform in the laws of the USA that improves and expands access to curbs spending and care via taxes and regulations. The major focus of this act is to provide more American citizens with easy access to affordable health insurance, regulating the health insurance sector, improving the quality of healthcare as well as health insurance, reducing the amount spent on health care in the United States. There are many different provisions in the Act that are used to address the different aspects of health care ...

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Germany Chancellor Merkel is facing a tough economic decision of trying to balance the interest of her country and that of European countries facing an economic crisis. Influential leaders across the world like the Pope are calling on the powerful to help the weak in an attempt to convince Merkel to soften her position and lend more money to countries like Cyprus. The leaders of countries facing crisis think Merkel need to support them and show solidarity with them in their difficult economic situation (MARCUS, 1).
Germany is proposing a variety of austerity policies that cannot gain any political ...

In his article, Ibbotson (2010) investigates the impact of a long-term asset allocation policy on portfolio performance against that of active management with respect to security selection and market timing. The paper draws its inferences from reviewing existing literature on empirical studies examining the same. The issue of contention arises from conclusions made by Brinson, Hood, and Beebower (BHB, 1986) that asset allocation policy was responsible for more than 90% of the return variations of an average fund over time, with market timing and security selection playing minor roles. In contrast, the critics of the BHB model (e.g. Ibbotson ...

1. Which company is the focus of this article?
a. Specific US company: the article focuses on the Abt Electronics Company, founded by Jewel Abt and her husband, David
b. In which particular country/region of the world is this company’s business the topic of the article? The United States of America, with its headquarters based in Chicago, Illinois
c. Provide some basic BACKGROUND INFORMATION about the company and its focus based on your research. (2 paragraph summary):
Abt Electronics started a small business in the local area of Logan Square, in Chicago. The company began in the ...

Peter S. McInnis’s “Teamwork for Harmony: Labour-Management Production Committees and the Postwar Settlement in Canada” unearths major steps undertaken by the leadership of Canada to bring the much needed order in the labour industries as well as in the settlement of the Canadians after the second world war. Peter sheds enough light into how, what would later turn into one of the most successful and long-lived cooperative experiments in the industrial relations of Canada came to be. He elaborates how the then Prime Minister of Canada, William Lyon Mackenzie King orchestrated the formation of the formal Labour-Management Production ...

Article Review

How to prepare the future generations of professional singing teachers? What special voice pedagogy programs are the most successful? What are their curricula, educational philosophies, facilities and special feature? Darelene Wiley and Patti Peterson as the representatives from eminent graduate voice pedagogy programs share their experience with the readers about the important issue, how to teach a voice teacher in the Teaching Voice Teachers article published in the Official Journal of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Nov 2008.
The first part of an article is written by Darelene Wiley, who is a highly recognized voice teacher who ...

“Elbanna, S. 2013. Processes and impacts of strategic management: Evidence from the public sector in the United Arab Emirates. International Journal of Public Administration, 36(6): 1-14.”

In this article, the author investigates the processes as well as impacts of the strategic management in the United Arab Emirates public sector. In particular, the article surveys how public organizations in United Arab Emirates formulate, implement, and assess their strategic plans. According to the author, the fluctuating effectiveness and popularity has affected strategic management negatively in its numerous guises. It was very popular from mid-1960s to mid-1970s but suffered a ...

Summary

Trading investment is growing at a faster rate and the market structure is changing fundamentally such that business people have indicated presence of low frequency trading opportunities (Maureen, 2014). The chances to purchase are not limited but buyers are few and this has tempted most investors to look for fatter gains. Consequently, this has created the need for implimenting smarter ideas inorder to survive in the market. In fact, by adopting business strategies which are appropriate for the better frequency in business world, investors can get reasonable gains. Otherwise most investments involve some degree of risks like the ...

The belief by the Chinese that an eclipse emanated from dragons that devoured around the sun made the Lydian and Medes soldiers declare peace between their communities. The members of the two communities had an obligation to bang pots and drums in order to startle the dragons. The decision of the congressional leaders on to solve the crisis between the tribes left the citizens muddled. The men in power had to make a choice so that the community members could follow. The economy of the community was negatively affected by the crisis, which affected the Lydian and Medes community. Consequently, ...

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In the article “Children Need to Play, Not Compete” written by Jessica Statsky, she stated that competitive sports can cause psychological and physical dangers to children brought about by injuries and the fear of losing the game.

Statsky stated that organized sports activities for children between the ages of six and twelve children have become too competitive that the spirit of play have disappeared and sports have been considered as a job where children as tasked to win (2). It was emphasized that winning, which is the primary goal for every professional athlete should not be made applicable to ...

One of the key processes of the world economy on the brink of the XX-XXI centuries is progressing globalization, i.e. a qualitatively new stage in the development of the internationalization of economic life.
These days, globalization is being discussed very often; it is a buzzword, which quickly turned into some kind of a slogan, a key, which can open the door to any existing and future mysteries. For someone “globalization” is all that he needs for happiness, for others—the cause of all the misfortunes. However, for all of us, globalization is an inevitable fatality of our world, irreversible process, the process, ...

Article Summary:

In the U.S. Construction Industry

Magazine: McGill Journal of Education, 2013

Article: “Doing it Old School: Peer Led Occupational Safety Training
In the U.S. Construction Industry” by Clayton Sinyai, Pete Stafford & Chris Trahan

Summary of the Article:

The article entitled “Doing it Old School: Peer Led Occupational Safety Training” written by Sinyai, Stafford, & Trahan (2013) presented relevant information regarding conducting training programs by trade and construction workers within the construction industry. As divulged, the construction industry recognized as one of the most risky and hazardous industries require knowledge and adherence to safety standards. The authors initially presented a historical overview of the emergence of peer-led and union based outreach ...

Social media technology played a pivot role of support to protesters in Egypt, Iraq, and Tunisia. I had discussed and described the issues in a report titled ‘Arab Springs’ hoping it would support the cause of protesters. Arab Spring had an excellent use with Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube in the mission. User-friendly approaches made active users to come together for organizing protests in humongous volumes. Cutting across language barriers voice from different languages got translated through ‘transliteration’ technology to reach across the world. Anonymous peaceful supporters extended their support giving worthwhile ideas. Based on worldwide response through the power of media, ...

Introduction:

The article “Five numbers that show how Aldi has revolutionised grocery shopping” published in the online version of Daily Telegraph dated 29 September 2014 is the topic of investigation for this paper.
The main features of the article relate to how Aldi respond to the overall competitive environment in the UK grocery market. In addition, the article outlines how the discounter has made great strides in the UK grocery market.
The marketing story undertaken relates to the grocery sector for this investigation which has implications on every individual in the society.

The foremost talking point in the ...

Question # 1

The Implications of the Global Baby Bust for Marketers of Consumer Goods
Question # 2
The Implication of the Global Baby Bust for Marketers Who Sell to Government
Retirement age is more likely to be acute especially when the baby boomers retire. The government and the marketers who sell to the government now have all the reasons to worry the extent to which people will find affordable the basic demands of an aging population. The government’s worry is the amount of money lost from tax revenues due tax advantages provided in employer-sponsored Qualified Pension Plans (QPPs) ...

The writer of this article talks about some challenges that efforts at implementing gun control measures in Canada tend to face. He brings forth his main idea that Canada has got very strict gun laws as compared to those of the United States. He acknowledges this by giving a corresponding opinion from one respondent to his articles that confirm about the Acquiring a gun in Canada is no longer easy. He attributes this to the lessons that Canada gets from neighboring United States' public shooting incidents besides the Marc Lepine's incident in 1985 where the twenty five years old man killed ...

This article addresses the need for childbirth educators, as the first line of information for parents, to understand procedures related to umbilical cord blood banking and potential uses of umbilical cord blood and cells to answer questions or discuss the topic with expectant parents. The article points out the need for more awareness in childbirth educators of the topic of umbilical cord blood since most expectant parents are unaware of the topic unless they know someone who has been involved in a stem cell procedure.
The majority of expectant parents are largely unaware of the benefits that umbilical cord ...

Introduction

Facebook is widely known social network tool that is used by different users for different purposes across the globe. Facebook attracts 845 million users globally. These statistics shows that; there are more Facebook users in the entire globe, and these users use the social network tool for different functions. Facebook attracts individuals as well as corporates to reach out to the outside world. These functions include; marketing, relay of important information, and enlightening the public about some life based issues.

Marketing through Ads

Facebook group allows users to use the site freely. It has free entry, free exit policy that does not ...

Introduction

Money is not a source of happiness in one’s life. This means that money should not be a motivating factor in career happiness. The opportunity to grow in responsibility, to learn others while recognizing your achievements and contributing to other people’s welfare is a powerful motivating factor in life. A high level of self-esteem contributes to contentedness in the working environment free of frustrations, exploitation, and unappreciated by colleagues or bosses.

Happiness in one’s career lays on satisfaction he or she finds in the career and the relationship with colleagues such as recognition after a valuable achievement. Learning new things ...

- Give at least two different reasons why the author suggests that Americans may be anxious about the economic future. Explain the economic causes and consequences of each of these issues.
- Two different reasons causing anxiousness in Americans are unsustainable policies of the state and the shifts in demographics. Policies like the Medicare and Medicaid have begun to show signs of unsustainability with the fast increasing age of the working class and the comparatively slow growth of public economy. With foreign market influences and impending consumer debts the system relapses into slower growths of economy rendering policies ...

The fourth chapter of the book: Introduction to Homeland security: Principles of All-Hazards Response, is interesting in that it deals with homeland security. Homeland security is a general term used to refer to the efforts by the U.S. to avert terrorist attacks within its borders, minimize its susceptibility to terrorism and reduce the damage resulting from the attacks which do occur. This concept emerged as a consequence of the reorganization of several US government institutions in 2003 to establish the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This reorganization was informed by the September 11, 2001 attacks; with the goal of ...

Renewable energy pertains to energy that is continually replenished no matter how much of it is used as energy resource. Examples of renewable energy are sunlight, rain, wind, waves, and geothermal heat. Among these, the sun is the best source of renewable energy considering that there is never a shortage of it despite advanced technologies' dependence on solar energy. It is also good for the environment unlike other traditional energy sources. Using solar energy, locations that depend on solar energy save a lot on electricity costs as they generate power through natural means. One of these areas is the Town of ...

` Literature Review
Will the implementation of strict count process and other means lower the retention of surgical items (foreign bodies) in patients and during surgery and how does it help to increase patient safety?
Ali, A., Omar, B., Okacha, N., Abderrahmane, A., & Mohamed, B. (2012). Paraspinal Textiloma. After Posterior Lumbar Surgery: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. World Neurosurgery, 77(2)375-380. doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2011.07.017
Paraspinal Textiloma is a complication that is common after posterior lumbar surgery. This study aims to inform spinal surgeons and radiologists on the experience of Paraspinal Textiloma so as to minimize unnecessary death that is ...

Article Review: Japan’s Growth Strategy is All Wrong

Abstract
The article Japan’s growth strategy is all wrong is about the policies implemented by the Japan government led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that is viewed to jeopardise the country’s low interest rate environment that is conducive for spending and investment. The purpose of the student in writing this paper is to present the economic problem faced by Japan as an implication of the policies executed by the government, applying the concepts and principles that I have learned in my Economics.
The article entitled Japan’s growth strategy is all wrong is about the ...

Healthcare Class: Comparison and Analysis of Two Critical Articles

Introduction
This paper reviews the two critical articles written on American healthcare system. The author, David Goldhill, has narrated his personal experience of American healthcare system in his article “How American Health Care Killed My Father” (Goldhill 2). Whereas the other article “Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills are Killing Us” written by Steven Brill is essentially a critique on the current US healthcare with much of its emphasis on current US President Obama’s healthcare policies recognized as ‘Obamacare’ (Brill 7).
The complexities of US health care system has raised countless debates and discussion in the American social ...

The article Fun with Numbers: Disclosing Risk to Individual Investors by Cristian Weller discusses the topic of investors’ awareness of the risks associated with various investment opportunities and the challenges related to quantifying those risks. The author claims that information is key to making better investment decisions that is why it is important for the governments and financial institutions to provide more relevant, accessible and concise information. Unfortunately, in the majority of cases it is impossible to achieve all the three characteristics of information quality, therefore the decisions made based on imprecise information can be inferior to those made ...

Reading about the Philippine president’s State of the Nation Address or SONA will make people realize especially the international community that the Philippines and its leader is serious about cutting down the abuse of authority of its government officials. One thing that I am very much interested with in relation to my area of interest is Politics and prevailing common policies. The state of the nation address is like a general status report of the president to its people regarding the things that the government has accomplished within the year of office as well as future initiatives. In the ...

1. Demand and Supply

Pepitone reported that coffee futures had dropped due to favorable coffee-growing weather conditions (n.p.). Coffee lovers now enjoy 1.6%-6.0% cut prices on several popular brands including Maxwell House, Smucker, Folgers and Millstone. Interestingly, the prices for coffee products had increased for 10-20% several months ago. Smucker had increased prices for its coffee products for 10% in February and then an increase of 10% followed in May. Starbucks had upped the price for 17% for the package of coffee in the U.S. retail stores. In accordance with Wall Street Journal, key coffee producers were having the largest harvest of ...

Health

When analyzing the structure of a country’s health care system it is critical to understand the evolution of the system over the years. A country’s health care system is a direct reflection of the county’s political, social, cultural, and economic factors. The United States health care system is made up of non-profit and profit making health care organizations. Although the structure and mode of operation of profit and not for profit organization differ slightly, ultimately their major objective is to provide health services to the society (Barton, 2009). This paper presents an in-depth discussion into the difference between ...