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Trigger Locks Medical Expenses
330 wordsA. Its is very obvious that our gun controll laws are not sufficient. 1. explain a few reasons why these laws are not working 2. tell you a few solutions i might have to make things better. A. guns dont kill people, people kill people b. Trigger locks and responsible parenting are an easy fix. c. In one year, firearms killed no children in Japan, 19 in Great Britain, 57 in Germany, 109 in France, 153 in Canada, and 5, 285 in the United States. (web) a. Trigger locks and warning labels are not go...
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American Lung Association Food And Drug Administration
1,572 words... sed by various cities increases tenfold; and by 1989, 44 states had passed some form of smoking control legislation. Cigarettes still remain the second most heavily advertised product in the United States, behind automobiles. (All broadcast advertisment was previously banned in 1971) The Merican Medical Association is among the many institutions that have recommended a ban on all cigarettes advertisements and promotional activities. Approximately 80 - 90 - percent of regular smokers start at...
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Music Industry Mp 3
452 wordsNapster is an ongoing controversy on the Web. Napster is a software program that allows anyone to find their favorite music by connecting them to the computers of millions of other users. It is the simplest way to find the MP 3 s they want, whenever they want, and share them with the world's largest community of music lovers. An estimated 20 million people have used Napster since it came out last year. With all the people who support Napster, there are just as many that want to see it shut down....
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Employers And Employees Sexual Harassment
1,772 wordsA man walks into his workplace thinking that it will be another normal day at work. However, his employer calls him into his office and fires him, on the basis that he had written offensive threats in an email towards one of his bosses. The employee now files a wrongful discharge action alleging that the employers actions violated his right of privacy. The employee also states that the company had assured its employees that all email would remain confidential. The employer strike back by saying ...
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Recording Industry Association Industry Association Of America
1,045 wordsShawn Fanning, a freshman in college, launched Napster in the beginning of 1999. Napster allows Internet users to share and download MP 3 (music) files directly from any computer connected to the Napster network, which could be hundreds of thousands of people. You can use Napster by downloading the software from the Internet site, and then connecting to the network using this software, which allows the sharing of all your MP 3 files with anyone else on the network. Unlike many other file sharing...
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Gentleman Caller Tells Tom
1,049 wordsAmanda forces things on her children that neither want. Amanda does this with Tom, the obligation she places on her son, Tom, is inexcusable. A mother is supposed to support her children and not the other way around. Amanda tells Tom while arguing about where he is going, What right have you got to jeopardize you r job? Jeopardize the security of us all? How do you think wed manage (P. 23) Notice the words we and us, it interesting cause she uses these while speaking of Toms life. He is an adult...
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Financial Statements Accounting Standards
1,138 words... t-off fraud. 'Under SAB 1010 issued 1999, the SEC established four main criteria for proper revenue recognition: evidence than an arrangement between a buyer and a seller exists, delivery of a product or rendering of a service, a set or determinable price, and an insurance that payment can be collected. ' (Revenue recognition) WorldCom, the nation's second-largest long-distance phone company was also found guilty of accounting fraud. The basis of this fraud was very similar to that of Enron ...
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Form Of Energy Nuclear Waste
1,500 wordsNuclear Waste and the Effects on Human Life By Mike Answer BS 103 - 08 Statement of the issue: Nuclear waste is a growing concern in the Untied States and throughout the world today. Even right now as I type this paper Congress is debating as to allow nuclear waste to be stored in Yucca Mountain in Nevada. This debate in Congress will help decide the way that the Untied States deals with nuclear waste issues in the future. Nuclear waste is hazardous to human life. It contains many harmful chemic...
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Consumer Protection Electronic Commerce
536 wordsIn the European Economic Area, the basic principle is that the parties can choose the governing law and the forum for dispute resolution (i. e. courts of a particular country, arbitration etc. ). The Rome Convention rules decide which law applies although certain mandatory rules in a purchaser's country will always apply, for example for financial services or consumer protection. Similarly, in the EU jurisdiction of disputes is determined by reference to the Brussels Regulation (which has supers...
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Industrial Espionage Intellectual Property
1,212 wordsBUG, Inc. , Paper. 1) As we understand from the BUGs activities some of a company's most important assets are its intellectual property rights, which include patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets. Thus the company should take elaborate precautions to ensure that physical equipment does not leave the building as well as to disallow these valuable assets to go unprotected. Intellectual property is not like other types of property and with case of BUG company illustrates that. It is con...
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Superintendent John Hickman Corporal Punishment In Schools Child
475 wordsThe use of corporal punishment in educational settings has become very rare during recent decades and is forbidden in the school systems of nearly all modern nations. Corporal Punishment still exists in 23 states of the United States, parts of Canada and parts of Australia. In these places, the educator has the right to inflict corporal punishment on his pupils. This practice has gained a lot of attention during the past few years and there have been many studies done on this topic. Also, a comm...
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Attacked By A Student Student Attacks Teacher
740 wordsI dont know the thing which I am going to talk about had happened some place else or not, but it truly occurred in Taiwan. One day, I arrived home and I was sitting on a chair, suddenly, something got my attention. It was a breaking news titled with student attacks from the newspaper which was next to me. It talked about a teacher who was attacked by a student from the back when he was turning toward the black broad. Because this student threw his back bag at the teachers back of the head, it mi...
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Quid Pro Quo Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
1,558 wordsOver the years, many people have believed that the issue of sexual harassment should not be discussed in public. Sexual harassment was to be discussed behind closed doors. In spite of this, the social and political systems have changed instantaneously. This social problem has affected men and women throughout time, however, it seems that the women of our society more closely look at this issue. This social topic has encouraged women to establish organizations in order to help them discuss the is...
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Informed Consent Doctors People
645 wordsInformed Consent Informed Consent A legal document that has been written and processed through the courts is called Informed Consent. An Informed Consent Document requires that doctors give all patients important information about his / her own procedure before the surgery or the treatment takes place. The following four items are important factors in the Informed Consent: 1. the nature of the treatment / surgery , 2. the risks, 3. the advantages, and 4. the possibilities. However, having access...
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Retirement Income Common Law
349 wordsRe: Ingersoll -Rand Co. v. McClendon, page 57 Date: 1 - 4 - 99 FACTS: Perry McClendon, plaintiff, was an employee of Ingersoll-Rand Co. , defendant, for nine years. Plaintiff felt he was fired short of his ten years of service so defendant could avoid pension obligations. Plaintiff sued for wrongful discharge. Defendant argues that plaintiff? s common law claim was preempted by the ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act). ARGUMENTS: Plaintiff: Wrongful discharge Defendant: Terminated at ...
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Secretary Of State Supreme Court
896 wordsJohn Marshall was the fourth Chief Justice of the United States and was largely responsible for developing the power of the Supreme Court. He accomplished this through presiding over many important court cases. These included Marbury versus Madison, Dartmouth College versus Woodward, McCulloch versus Maryland, and Gibbons versus Ogden. John Marshall was born in Germantown, Virginia on September 24, 1755. Marshall served as a Captain during the American Revolution. He received his only formal edu...
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Chief Justice Marshall Law Of The Land
817 wordsBetween 1800 and 1835, the Supreme Court dealt with many cases of great importance to the United States of America. John Marshall served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during this time. The case of Marbury v. Madison, in 1803, was one of the most crucial court cases and decisions made in this time period. During the early 1800 s, the Supreme Court had none of the power and authority that it holds today. Very few cases of importance had ever been brought into the Court, and the Court h...
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Shawn Fanning Compact Disk
348 wordsFor Napster Debate Napster Debate For a project in college eighteen-year old Shawn Fanning wrote a program for a way to download music off the internet. He later put the program on the internet and Napster was born. Napster is a program that allows you to download music on the internet. Since this program is free, many people have downloaded Napster. Since Napster got so many users in so short of a time, a lot of artist and record companies started to take notice. All of the songs that were bein...
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Tobacco Companies Tobacco Industry
766 wordsThe tobacco companies have been getting a lot of bad reviews lately. They are being sued for millions of dollars for smokers Medicaid bills. I do not understand why they are being sued. The tobacco companies are only trying to make a living like everyone else. Warning labels are put on cigarette packs, and everyone knows about the hazards of smoking. People make the decision to smoke, so why should the tobacco companies take the blame? Tobacco use, along with the association of its danger, has b...
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Billion Dollars Tobacco Industry
1,165 wordsTabacco and its unfair treatment Unfortunately for the tobacco industry we live in an unfair society where the population always wants to point the finger at someone other than themselves. Tobacco has been around as long as anyone can remember, and unfortunate for the tobacco industry, they made it possible for the smoking American to be able to buy fully processed and manufactured cigarettes. During this time, the average smoking American has known that smoking causes health problems, and yet t...
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