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| Wolff's Article "US Pensions: Capitalist Disaster" | 1255 |
| Abstract This paper reviews Wolff's article, US Pensions: Capitalist Disaster. This article brings to the forefront the rapidly growing concern regarding unfunded and underfunded private and public pension programs. A surge in pension offerings occurred following World War II. Employees saw pensions as an attractive option for securing their future, while organizations saw it as a way to cut costs through compensation concessions and reduced employee turnover. However, mismanagement and underfunding of these programs has led the current shortfall of these programs to approximately $750 billion, in both the public and private sectors (Wolff, 2005). US Pensions: Capitalist Disaster Article Summary: Wolff's article, US Pensions: Capitalist Disaster, brings to the forefront the rapidly growing concern regarding unfunded and underfunded private and public pension programs. A surge in pension offerings occurred following World War II. Employees saw pensions as an attractive optio | |
| The Interests in Immigration and Settling | 355 |
| A full quarter of all immigrants entering the United States are from Asia, and two-thirds of all Asian-Americans were foreign born (Le). The substantial Asian-American population gives rise to a number of sociological questions that derive from humanitarian, legal, economic, and policy issues. As an undergraduate I have investigated the broad concerns of the immigrant communities in the United States as well as the specific concerns of local Asian communities. In addition to gaining a working knowledge of the applications of s | |
| Making Learning an Ideal and Fun | 599 |
| The students streamed steadily into the mid-sized auditorium, creating a sizable noise level. When the professor wrote his name on the large blackboard the chatter gradually died down. Faces turned squarely forward, the students grabbed notebooks and pens, ready to get to work. Expectations for the course were high; rumors circulated around campus that Professor Gleason's Introduction to World Religions class was one of the school's best. Because of all the hype some students eagerly sat in the front two rows, but others, suspect that any religion class could be interesting, mulled around in the last few rows with bored or stoned looks on their faces. Yet as soon as Professor Gleason opened his mouth he had a mesmerizing effect on the room. It soon became apparent that the course's reputation was not unfounded but rather, well-deserved. Professor Gleason had a way with words and his re | |
| The Historiography and Watergate | 1219 |
| When looking at the historiography of an historical event, one looks at not only what was written about the event but what factors might have influenced the writer or reporter. If the report is a primary source, one needs to look at the factors affecting that person's perspective on the event. If the source is secondary, when the philosophy and political views of the reporter must be considered. Any historic source can carry intended or unintended bias. Other things must be considered, such as the view of the events when the material was recorded, and the overall context of the work when it was written. The event known as "Watergate" makes an interesting study of historiography because it was a political event and therefore reporting on it was vulnerable to cultural and political influences. Early on the morning of June 17l, 1972, five men were arrested for attempting a burglary at the National Democratic Headquarters located in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC. Bob Woodward, cit | |
| The Major Educational Paths to Registered Nursing | 814 |
| There are two major educational paths to registered nursing: A bachelor's of science degree in nursing (BSN), and an associate degree in nursing (ADN). BSN programs, offered by colleges and universities, typically take four years to complete (U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2005). ADN programs, offered by community and junior colleges, take two years to complete. Nursing students are advised by professional nursing associations to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of enrolling in a BSN program, because, if they do, their advancement opportunities are typically broader and they are better prepared to handle today's complex nursing demands. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) recently issued a position paper, promoting baccalaureate-level preparation for entry into professional nursing practice (Rosseter, 2004). The organization is making many efforts to increase the education level of the nation's registered nurse workforce. Efforts to in | |
| Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield: The Largest Health Insurers in US | 906 |
| Introduction One of the largest health insurers in US, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield was created in 1996 by the consolidation of two Pennsylvania licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. These two companies were earlier known as Pennsylvania Blue Shield (now called Highmark Blue Shield) and a Blue Cross Plan in western Pennsylvania (now termed Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield). It has a long history of serving the communities, which dates back to 1930s when the predecessor companies were established to help people pay for proper medicare. However, the mission has remained unchanged. It is essentially to provide access to affordable, quality health care enabling individuals to live longer, healthier lives. Advantages As a provider of health care insurance, the vision of the company is clear. It is "to be the leading customer-focused health insurer in the communities we serve, addressing the health care needs of individuals, while maintaining our financial streng | |
| Under Hague and Geneva Conventions | 627 |
| Under the Hague Convention, individuals who follow an army, but do not directly belong to it, such as newspaper correspondents and reporters, sutlers and contractors, who fall into the enemy's hands are entitled to be treated as prisoners of war.i As such, relief societies which are properly constituted in accordance with the laws of their country may perform their humane task within the bounds imposed by military necessities and administrative regulations.ii Prisoners of war are entitled to enjoy the complete liberty in the exercise of their religion, including attendance at the services of whatever church they may belong, as long as they comply with the measure of order and police issued by the military authorities.iii It is forbidden for the military to employ poison or poisoned weapons, kill or wound treacherously anyone belonging to the hostile nation or army, kill or wound an enemy who has laid down his arms and surr | |
| What is Holocaust? | 552 |
| Holocaust is the name given to the systematic state-sponsored persecution and genocide of various ethnic, religious and political groups during World War Ii by Nazi Germany.i The main victims of the Holocaust were European Jews in what the Nazis called the 'Final Solution of the Jewish Question.'ii However, other victim groups included Russians, Slavs, Poles, the mentally and physically disabled, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, outspoken Lutheran and Catholic clergy, Communists and political dissidents and criminals.iii Shortly after Hitler's accession to power, the Nazis organized a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany on April 1, 1933.iv This was followed by a series of increasingly harsh racist laws that were passed in quick succession.v On April 7, 1933, the Law for the Restoration | |
| The Life in Concentration and Death Camps: An Overview | 598 |
| A concentration camp is created for the purpose of detaining political opponents, aliens, specific ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other groups of people, usually during a time of war. The term, death camp, is applied to facilities set up by Nazi Germany during World War II for the express purpose of killing the Jews of Europe, Gypsies, Soviet prisoners of war, Poles and many others, all of whom seldom lived more than twenty-four hours beyond arrival. The Nazi regime first created concentration camps, such as Dachau, Sachsenhausen and Mauthausen, in Germany and Austria as penal labor camps where people were sent for specific periods of time based on court sentences, however when the war began, political prisoners, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, prisoners of conscience, and people caught during round-ups were also sent to these camps. The people | |
| Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" | 594 |
| Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" combines elements of autobiography with an exposition of his political ideology of Nazism, and outlines major ideas that later culminated in World War II. Especially evident in the book is the violent anti-Semitism of Hitler and his associates, drawing among other things on the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. For example, he claimed that the international language Esperanto was a Jewish plot, and presents arguments toward the old German nationalist idea of Drang nach Osten, the necessity to gain living space eastwards, particularly in Russia. There are two passages that mention the use of poison gas: If at the beginning and during the First World War "twelve or fifteen thousand of these Hebrew corrupters of the people had been held under poison gas, as happened to hundreds of thousands of our very best German workers in the field, the sacrifice | |
| The Impact of "The Treaty of Versailles" in Germany | 834 |
| The Treaty of Versailles ended the First World War. However, the treaty placed prohibited restrictions upon the German military and government that crippled the German nation. It also had debilitating effects upon the post-war German economy by facing Germany to pay war reparations. These territorial, military, and economic restrictions operated in such a fashion upon the spirit of the German people in a way that substantially contributed to the rise of the National Socialist Party and later German militarism. This militarism eventually fueled the Second World War. The Versailles Treaty was signed on June 28th 1919. The main architects of the treaty were the leaders of America, France, and Great Britain-Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, and Lloyd George. Woodrow Wilson wished to make an equitable peace with Germany, and create a treaty with no real winners or losers. However, because the American Congress refused to allow America to become part of Wilson's League of Nations | |
| Family Counseling Problem Appraisal | 651 |
| No chart can give a full determinacy of any family's essential competency, whether led by a single parent or by two parents. Thus, when assessing a single parent-led family a counselor must be especially careful of seeming non-judgmental towards such families deemed non-standard by society, such as single-parent families, and not use an assessment chart as a kind of laundry list of competency. A counselor, regardless of his or her personal approaches, must use any problem-appraisal schema in a helpful rather than a harmful fashion. The aim of counseling is to empower both the custodial and non-custodial parent to move on in their respective family, personal, and professional lives, not hold them to unrealistic standards. When first assessing both parents, the counselor should also remember that in addition to the traditional nuclear family, a single parent could still competently lead a household. However, the family may need some extra help in getting star | |
| The Concept of Knowledge Management System | 2180 |
| Abstract Today, the concept of installing an effective and an efficient 'Knowledge management System' in an organization no longer seems strange, and it is indeed required of any organization functioning in today's stiffly competitive world, that there must be a good knowledge management system to deal with the influx of information and data that is available everywhere, and to everybody. However, there is as yet no real definition of knowledge management, and the reason for this is that no one has been able to define 'knowledge' as yet. Knowledge management can therefore be described as an important process within an organization, whereby the intellectual and knowledge based assets of the company are utilized in an optimum manner. There are five important themes in a basic knowledge management system, and they are, first and foremost, a tacit understanding of knowledge, at an individual and also at a group level, and then the build up and creation of a 'corporate memory', accordin | |
| Worldview of Naturalism | 654 |
| Naturalism (also called objectivism and positivism), is the worldview growing from modern natural science and technology that has been spreading from Northern Europe since the Renaissance. It is based on the basic concept that nature is real, and that there is nothing else. In other words, the concept of spirits, souls, and other outside forces is incorrect, and only what we can see and touch, or what is "real" is what actually exists. There are also other definitions for naturalism, but the previous explanation is the one that most people hold to and the one that makes the most general sense for believers. Nature, therefore, is a very closed system and which contains only natural causes and the effects of those causes. The position of those that believe in naturalism is a metaphysical one, and deals with the types of causal relationships exist. Part of the belief then becomes that everything in the world that happens has a cause that is natural. This belief i | |
| The Role of United States-based Multinational Firms | 695 |
| Without question, the world economy grows more complex as time moves ever forward. Giant corporations rise and fall, and the dot.com economy create billionaires virtually overnight. In light of these growing complications, the business environment evolves for better or worse. Competition forces companies to enter markets of varying degrees of viability, and ethics often go out the window in favor of profits and self enrichment. In this essay, more specifically, the researcher will discuss the role of United States-based multinational firms in these different issues, as well as the decision-making responsibility of corporate boards. As previously mentioned, U.S.-based multinational firms have found themselves in a variety of complex arenas, including mature market economies and high potential/high growth economies. Both have distinct advantages and disadvantages; when entering mature market economies, U.S.-based companies have an advantage in that the innovation and resulting technology that a developed country like the | |
| Biological Developments | 644 |
| Introduction Human genetics determines multiple personality and physical characteristics, including ones eye color and hair color and other unique physical features. This paper will explore biological development related to three personal biological related life events: my hair color which is dark brown like my fathers, a facial dimple that mimics my father's features and my eye color which also takes after my father. The objective is to explain how I likely inherited each of these traits given the nature of human development and genetics. While one might assume that the offspring of two people should result in an average compilation of the mother and father, this is very often not the case. DNA passes on from parents to children in unusual ways. A person's visible features also referred to as phenotype are determined during various stages of embryonic development (Modern Genetics, 8). There are multiple phenotypic combination that results when | |
| Knowledge Management Within Organization | 1021 |
| The success of knowledge management within an organization depends on a variety of factors. One of these is creating a supportive, encouraging organizational culture in which sharing knowledge is encouraged. In the Western paradigm, however, sharing is not instilled form childhood. On the contrary, competition and individual effort have been the building blocks of the Western business paradigm for centuries. With the increasing implementation of equal opportunity paradigms, however, it has become necessary to accept and implement more than one cultural paradigm in knowledge management. This can be problematic for the effective use and sharing of knowledge within a company, as the case study below will show. The case concerns an American cosmetics company, with a 1:5 ration of Chinese:White employees. While the cultural relations are fairly amicable, the two cultural groups seldom mix on a social level, with the Chinese employees generally associating only with their own cultur | |
| The Traditional Business | 811 |
| Today, most traditional businesses are indeed changing, that is to say, most offices are today prepared or preparing to throw away their mimeographs, carbon paper, and sometimes even their fax machines, in order to acquire the more powerful and versatile Personal Computer, and the various assorted benefits that having a personal computer would bring about, like for example, one's own E mail ID, and this means that high technology is being integrated into the age old traditional businesses of yesterday, and they are indeed changing, and becoming more knowledge based businesses. However, one must remember that at the same time, there are many businesses all over the United States of America, for example, it is indeed a fact that most of these businesses have corporate playbooks that have not been updated since the 1980's. What this means that many firms have taken to using a lot of money for bringing about changes, but do not utilize these changes in an optimum manner, and this in turn | |
| Understanding of Knowledge-Based Organization | 596 |
| "Most companies...have embraced the notion that to operate effectively in today's economy, it is necessary to become a knowledge-based organization. But few truly understand what that means or how to carry out the changes required to bring it about," (Zack 2003). Moreover, knowledge-based organizations may differ significantly from their product- or service-based counterparts in terms of organizational structure and organizational culture. When people, not products signify revenue production, an organization's culture will become less hierarchical and more egalitarian because employees, not quantifiable items, are the lifeblood of the company. Because employees within a knowledge-based organization tend to be highly skilled and well-educated they will prove valuable as long-term assets. A knowledge-based organization will tend to reflect egalitarian social values and the workforce | |
| Reaction Paper in "A Good Man is Hard to Find" | 689 |
| "A Good Man is Hard to Find" is Flannery O'Connor's most famous short story and it embodies the author's style, tone, and point of view on American culture. Set in the South, "A Good Man is Hard to Find" is a foreboding tale that has correspondingly dark elements of humor. Unafraid of frank depictions of violence, O'Connor conveys a sense of hopelessness that may be associated with modern life. In "A Good Man is Hard to Find," an otherwise ordinary grandmother meets with a murderous ex-con called The Misfit. The two eventually have it out verbally. The grandmother's attempt to show the Misfit the potential merits of Christianity results in her murder. The Misfit remains disillusioned with religion, morality, or familial love. Half horror story and half social commentary, "A Good Man is Hard to Find" exemplifies Flannery O'Connor's perspective on modern American society. O'Connor's audience could be anyone, young, old, rich, poor, educated or not. The story is short and easy to read. Although perhaps unsuitable for yo | |
| "Demand and Supply for Housing" | 353 |
| According to the Tutor2U article entitled, "Demand and Supply for Housing," (2005) the housing market exhibits fairly classical features of micro economic supply and demand principles. Sellers can chose at what price they wish to sell their homes while buyers can select from the available offers to find the best match for their budgetary and housing needs. When supply exceeds demand, buyers have a greater selection of potential homes to select and sellers must lower their prices to become more competitive, while a shorta | |
| Mirace In My FAmily | 419 |
| Who says miracle doesn't happen in these modern times. In my experience, I can very well attest that miracles do exist. It happened three years ago with my grandmother. She got very sick and was hospitalized for almost six months. Everybody in our family thought she will not make it because of her condition. She is more or less in comatose judging from her bodily condition. One thing she wishes though was to see our uncle who has been stationed in Korea for a mere eight years. He was the youngest of six siblings including my father. Everyday, my grandmother would hold and look at my uncle's photograph trying hard | |
| Taiwan's Investment Climate Belongs in the Top "A" Category | 839 |
| Introduction Before proceeding into engaging a business in another nation, it is important to analyze and know the risks that one might encounter between his business and the present condition of a country. Considering the possible conditions in the future of the country where the business will be established is also very important. These considerations include the economic and political stability of the target nation, as well as the past potential and future potential of its population with regards to accepting the business. In view of this, following is a risk analysis of doing business in Taiwan. Taiwan Business Risk Analysis Recent business history, that is a few years back, indicates that Taiwan is doing well in the global investment climate. In fact, according to the Taipei Times Online, Taiwan ranks fourth-place and tied with Japan in terms of having a good global investment climate. This study and ranking was conducted by US-based Business Environment Risk I | |
| Establishing Observation Techniques In Organizational Setting | 310 |
| It is important to apply observation techniques learned from psychological testing to the business or organizational setting. Observers can be used to evaluate performance of an individual, a group, or how an individual relates to others in a group. This can be extremely valuable because the overall success of a company is based on the strengths of the individual partners and employees. The observations made by a trained evaluator can relay information to m | |
| The Ethical Issues of Women's Reproductive Rights and Healthcare | 1006 |
| One of the major ethical issues that relates to contemporary healthcare is that of women's reproductive rights. This has become an important issue as it also relates to the ethical problematic s of treating HIV/AIDS patients. The intersection between women's reproductive rights, AIDS and healthcare has become a focal point of research and medical studies due to the sensitive and often complex nature of these issues. The focus on the ethics of women's reproductive right has also intensified in recent years due to the increase in the number of HIV/AIDS cases, particularly in developing countries. Healthcare and nursing organizations are therefore facing a problem that is growing at an alarming rate. The statistics on AIDS indicates that".... the treatment and prevention of HIV pose not only a huge challenge to medical care, social resources, state finances and policies, but also confront the present ethics and human rights debate with a serious moral dilemma." ( Vorster J.M. 2003. p.345 | |
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