Essays on Subcommittee

Victimology

Post-traumatic stress disorder is a condition usually brought about by witnessing terrifying and in most cases life-threatening events. Such events are mostly psychological in nature and may include natural disasters, war or even other situations that may invoke the feelings of fear or helplessness. Inasmuch as a number of people may recover from the aftereffects of post-traumatic stress disorder, others experience symptoms that get worse with time which are then referred to as the product of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Any experience that acts as a threat to oneself is bound to trigger a fight or a freeze response to ...

Analysis of Strategic Options and Recommended Action

This report will analyze the strategic positioning of Comcast Corporation, an American based multinational company that offers television, cable TV and Internet services to its consumers, and come up with the best way of making the company as competitive and productive as possible. This paper will focus on the company’s internet service provision branch and analyze how well the company can do in the US market as well as on the global scale when compared to its rivals. The macroeconomic and microeconomic aspects of the company’s operation will be taken into consideration during this process of analysis.

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Pattern of Problems with the U.S. Department of Veterans Administration Health Care System

Abstract The United States Department of Veteran Affairs has established 151 hospitals, 820 community-based outpatient clinics, and 56 regional offices. In addition, it established about 300 well-established veteran care centers in the United States in 2013. It was started to cater to the medical needs of veterans and their families that is wives and children after the World War 1. The federal government established the first residential medical center in 1811 but started no national efforts that were aimed at helping the veterans. The committee is ...

Summary

A number of national policies are discussed and aired daily on mass media platforms and newspapers. The three national policy issues that I found interesting are sourced from these three newspaper articles:- The Associated Press. (2016, May 14). Reyes banned through May under MLB domestic violence policy. USA Today. Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/05/13/reyes-banned-thru-may-31-under-mlb-domestic-violence-policy/84344426/ Reuters. (2016, June 11). California Governor Signs Bill Letting Undocumented Immigrants Buy Insurance. New York Times [New York]. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/06/11/us/11reuters-california-insurance.html?_r=0 Shear, M. D., & Lichtblau, E. (2016, January 4). Obama to Expand Gun Background Checks and Tighten Enforcement. New York Times [New York]. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/05/us/politics/obama-says-he-will-act-on-gun-control-in-coming-days.html

Gun Violence Research Act

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On February 9, 1950 unknown senator from the State of Wisconsin Joseph McCarthy, shaking by a sheet of paper, stated thaat he have declared on meeting in Wheeling (West Virginia) that he has a list of 205 persons who are known to the state secretary as members of communist party and who, however, continue to work and formulate policy of State Department. (Caughey, 68) He has made similar statements also in other cities of the country. The right-wing press and other mass media have picked up these charges. The name of senator soon became a banner of political reaction ...

1. Marbury v. Madison Marbury v. Madison was a significant case in the history of the United States. It was an important case because the Supreme Court affirmed its position as the only state organ charged with the responsibility of reviewing decisions made by the executive and the judiciary. The judgement was delivered by Chief Justice John Marshal in 1803.The case had a vital role in ensuring that the Judiciary was a respected arm of government, just as the legislature and the executive. William Marbury was voted and declared as the peace justice of the country’s capital at ...

What 2008 events gave rise to the need for this legislation?

The need for the Dodd-Frank Act (which complete name is the “Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act”) was given rise by the financial crisis of 2007–08. This crisis triggered the Great Recession, an event many economists consider the worst crisis in the financial markets since the 1930’s (Dodd-Frank Financial Regulatory Reform Bill Definition, 2016). The United States had suffered a “housing bubble” – an unexpected and sharp increase in real estate prices, fueled by easy credit, that lasted over a decade – which had burst in 2004. Many traded financial instruments had their value directly or ...

Business Internship Report

Business Internship Report

I come about the Bank of China internship opportunity through the company website. It offers a three months and six months internship in various departments at least two times a year. The application for the internship was online, giving my details and credentials to the career application form on the website. The response for the internship was three days later. I received, and email confirmation that my application was received, and they would like to do an interview the following week on Monday from 9.30 am. Five members of staff did the interview. I introduced myself, ...

A 1) After graduating magna cum laude from the St. Lawrence University with a Bachelor’s degree in government, Susan Collins’ political career began when she served as a legislative assistant to William Cohen, a U.S. representative, who eventually became a U.S. state senator. After this, she also worked as the staff director on the Oversight of Government Management Subcommittee for the U.S Senate Committee on Homeland Security. It was her stint as the Commissioner of the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation for Governor John R. McKernan, Jr. Followed by her work as the Deputy State Treasurer of ...