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Nuclear Power Plants Chemical Weapons
1,909 wordsThis paper will discuss the moral and ethical issues concerning how and why Locally Undesirable Land Uses (LULUs) and Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities (Tsdf's) are located. A LULU, or TSDF, can be a power plant, a munitions factory, a county landfill, a medical waste incinerator, a hazardous waste storage facility, a military base, an airport or any number of other facilities that people need, but do not want to live next to. The siting of these types of facilities is thought to be dri...
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Nuclear Power Plant U S Department
1,835 words... o stay in the county. Other residents oppose the facility due to the inherent dangers of nuclear radiation. The Western Governors Association web site stated the following objective for their transportation program: The objective of the Western Governors' Association Radioactive Waste Program is the safe and uneventful transport of waste from temporary storage facilities to more suitable treatment and storage facilities. Western Governors recognize development of a successful transportation ...
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Prohibits Discrimination
4,181 words... r after July 26, 1992, may be filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or designated State human rights agencies. Available remedies will include hiring, reinstatement, promotion, back pay, front pay, restored benefits, reasonable accommodation, attorneys' fees, expert witness fees, and court costs. Compensatory and punitive damages also may be available in cases of intentional discrimination or where an employer fails to make a good faith effort to provide a reasonable accommo...
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The Meat Production Industry And Concerns For Environment
1,267 wordsCurrently there exists many concerns about the direction that the people of the world are moving towards solving environmental problems. Growth in the meat production industry and corresponding manure production has contributed to concerns over air and water quality. If the meat production industry does not yield to more strict regulations pollution will lead to the eventual loss of livestock production from a given community, as well as environmental damage. Land use planning should provide an ...
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Federal Income Tax Shareholders' Equity
1,765 wordsOGDEN CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA DECEMBER 31 1988 1987 ( ) 1986 ( ) (In thousands of dollars, except per-share amounts) Net sales and service revenues $ 1, 087, 785 $ 902, 565 $ 819, 629 INCOME (LOSS) FROM: Continuing operations 57, 780 47, 802 35, 109 Discontinued operations 80, 920 Net income (loss) 57, 780 47, 802 116, 029 EARNINGS (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE: Continuing operations 1. 44 1. 19. 89 Discontinued operations 2. 09 Total 1. 44 1. 19 2. 98 EARNINGS (LOSS) PER ...
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Nursing Shortage In Long Term Care Facility
1,836 wordsNursing shortage in long term care facility This paper is about the globally spread problem -the shortage of nursing staff in long term care facility. The problem is increasing day by day; not only on national level but the hospitals that operate their medical facilities internationally are also facing this problem. Here are few examples what the professionals from hospital industry say about. As California hospitals embark on a hiring spree to meet state-mandated nurse staffing regulations, lon...
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Low Income Families Visually Impaired
2,474 wordsIntroduction Healthcare is delivered through both the public healthcare system and the private sector in most of the countries. The public healthcare system consists of healthcare facilities run by the central and state governments, which provide services free of cost or at subsidized rates to low-income families in rural and urban areas. The government funds allocated to healthcare sector have always been low in relation to the population of the country, for example in india in 2003 it was as l...
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Ethical Dilemmas Academic Asap
2,130 wordsMain drivers behind changes in the ways that public services have been delivered over the past 30 years It was during the first half of the last century when two World Wars spurred the action of government to control its national resources. This was followed by the protective role that public administrations extended as they also had a key role in the other areas such as economic, social and cultural areas. It was also at this time when the role of the Welfare State was dominant especially after...
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Wackenhut Corrections Corporation The Truth Behind Private Prisons
2,974 wordsWackenhut Corrections Corporation - the truth behind private prisons Within the conceptual framework of this research, we will elaborate on Wackenhut Corrections Corporation, a private prison system that is nowadays notorious for numerous human rights abuse cases. History of Wackenhut Corrections Corporation as well as its owner will be briefly discussed, followed by detailed elaboration on numerous problems that Wackenhut Corrections Corporation experienced. After careful research, it is appare...
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U S Department Americans With Disabilities Act
1,270 wordsIntroduction Under Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, any attempt to limit functional ability of disabled people, on the part of public or commercial institutions, constitutes the impairment of their civil rights and can result in legal consequences. This Act obligates U. S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board to make necessary provisions, so that Minimum Guidelines and Requirements for Accessible Design (ADAAG) could be taken into consideration at all times by...
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Hit And Run Educational Facilities
1,006 wordsRhetorical Analysis Courtland Milloy, an African American columnist for the Washington Post, examines the effects inadequate educational facilities have on children. His article, Young Minds Injured by Our Inattention, is focused towards the ethnically and socially diverse adults of the Washington area. Milloy's intention in speaking is to explore the problems society has with its educational system. Although effectively appealing to emotions and values, Milloy lacks strong arguments of characte...
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Overhead Costs Management System
1,452 wordsGenerally Accepted Accounting Practice The main purpose of searching for a new method to estimate cost if due to the erroneous practices of accounting. There is a wide recognition of this problem but most companies still have not gone to a different approach. The GAAP principles do not provide the kind of cost detail and information focus required in todays capital intensive, automated, and complex manufacturing and distribution. It generates an erroneous and inverse relationship between compute...
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Harley Davidson Technological Advancements
9,320 wordsINTRODUCTION History In 1903, William Harley-Davidson, Arthur Davidson, Williams Davidson, and Walter Davidson started Harley-Davidson in a 10 &# 215; 15 shed in their backyard in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Production started with three motorcycles in 1903 and increased to 8 in 1908. In 1969, AMF Incorporated acquired Harley-Davidson Motor Company and expanded capacity from 15, 000 to 40, 000 motorcycles. Harley-Davidson, Incorporated was formed in 1981, when it was purchased from AMF Incorporated in...
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Long Term Care Home Health Care
1,947 wordsAmerica has a highly developed health care system, which is available to all people. Although it can be very complex and frustrating at times it has come a long way from the health care organizations of yesterday. Previously most health care facilities were a place where the sick were housed and cared for until death. Physicians rarely practiced in hospitals and only those who were fortunate could afford proper care at home or in private clinics. Today the level of health care has excelled treme...
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Reinforced Concrete Strike Slip
10,086 wordsThe January 17, 1995 Kobe Earthquake An EQE Summary Report, April 1995 Executive Summary exec summ / ex 1 - 600. gifexecsumm / ex 1 - 600. gif On the first anniversary of the moment magnitude (MW) 6. 7 1994 Northridge Earthquake, Kobe, Japan was struck by an MW 6. 9 earthquake. Both earthquakes struck in the pre-dawn hours, both ruptured beneath densely populated areas, and both caused horrible damage. Yet in Kobe there were many more deaths, financial losses dwarfed those in Northridge, and the...
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Correctional Facilities Gang Involvement
3,243 wordsOnce inside, I was walked through a gauntlet of desperate men. Their hot smell in the muggy corridor was as foul as their appearance. None of them seemed to have a full set of front teeth. Many bore prominently displayed tattoos of skulls or demons. One could argue whether it was the look of these men that led them to prison or whether it was the prison that gave them their look. Just looking at them made me fear for my life (Hassine, 7). Most inmates in correctional facilities felt the way that...
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Risk Management Van Der
4,015 wordsRecreational Risk Management and Security Control Introduction: The need for effective risk management has become evident to leisure-service managers in various settings. As more and more people have visited large national or state parks, forests, and recreation areas, the risk of injury or death from environmental hazards has increased. Controls that will protect participants from their own unawareness of the natural environment or from behavior that invites injury or death, must be better supe...
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Unwanted Pregnancies Abortion Clinics
5,086 wordsIn three weeks, Jennifer will leave for college. She broke up with her boyfriend two weeks ago, and today she found out she was pregnant. Should Jennifer have an abortion, or stop all her plans and have a baby at eighteen? Either way the decision is hers to make. On January 22, 1973 the landmark decision of Roe vs. Wade occurring in the Supreme Court made abortion a " constitutional liberty" (Francome 20). Legally, Jennifer can receive an abortion. Socially, however, she will endure ma...
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