... July 1st, the beginning of the new fiscal year, drawing closer, Governor Jerry Brown expressed his concern that a tax deal still will not be finalized by the due date. Currently, the Democrats and the Republicans are in a heated stand-off, blaming each other for the lack of progress that is occurring (York). Representative Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, abandoned the negotiations concerning the federal debt ... limit after becoming overwhelmingly frustrated that the Democrats who ... sign into law, such as higher taxes without voter approval and accounting sleight-of-hand. The...

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A landlord of a Philadelphian apartment discovered four mentally handicapped people chained in the basement when he went to investigate a short circuit on October 15th. Turgut Gozleveli discovered dogs locked inside of the boiler room and four adults hiding underneath a blanket. They were hunched together in a space not tall enough for an adult to stand, surrounded in human waste with only a jug of orange juice (Hoye). He unchained them while asking questions about their identity, but he didn't receive any answers. Believing them to be illegal immigrants, Gosleveli called in the police who qui...

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... billion tons that same year. So rapidly developing countries are a rapidly developing problem, as predicted. The problem in America? Politics. Drill, Baby, Drill As a political election tactic to solicit the support of those who are overwhelmed by high gas prices, and to maintain the exchange of increasingly huge amounts of money between Washington and oil companies, legislatures from both sides of ... federal funding to implement and years to establish for production; and because oil price is chiefly determined by a global average based on world GDP, not national assets, the direct effe...

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The Occupy movement that began months ago in New York and has since grasped hold of the rest of the country turned violent for the first time on November 2nd in Oakland when a small group of protestors smashed the windows of a Wells Fargo bank branch during a protest of wealth inequalities. The Occupy Oakland movement scheduled a noon rally in front of City Hall and then a free lunch afterward. The day's events were planned to wrap up with a "general strike mass convergence, rally, and labor cookout." Each of these were intended to be peaceful protests, but a small faction began passing out fl...

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... is a result of Congress "recognizing the fundamental unfairness of federal cocaine-sentencing policy." The commission then aimed to bridge the disparity (Serrano). "Justice demands this result," said Ketanji Brown Jackson, the commission's vice chairman (Serrano). The law will go into effect in November barring that Congress does not veto it, although that is highly unlikely. The average crack sentence will be reduced by about 37 months, which could ... save more than $200 million in the next five years according to the federal Bureau of Prisons. Almost six percent ... ...

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... proved to be - it's a lot of hoopla over a bang that will likely be less than a fizzle. That's likely what lawmakers had in mind when they enacted the law that requires television stations to make the switch which has been rescheduled for June 12, 2009. While certainly 6.5 million households that now receive signal via antennae rather than from satellite or cable will turn ... on their sets on the day of the switch to see snow, the fact is that those folks represent about 2% of the American populous, and tend to be people who don't consider television to be a priority or who may find gr...

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... Justice retains data for analysis, dissemination, and study to help those in law enforcement and those wishing to research data related to criminal justice. The Bureau of Justice Statistics program under the DOJ, an executive, administrative branch of government, is an extremely useful tool for students to analyze an array of issues including both victim and offender information, including characteristics ... of these populations. The information provided in this database is extremely useful in that the quantifiable information can be used to assist policy-makers with decisions that eff...

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... in any fashion he wants. Absolute majority of these programs comes free of charge, but without support from the vendors. The open-source software has recently gained popularity in governmental and commercial sector, especially in some European countries. Apart from the obvious advantage it has over the programs you need to pay for - that it comes free of charge, open-source software has other ... good sides as well. First of all, it is the availability of applications - for almost any program you can find an open source alternative (or a couple of them). For example, instead of using Mi...

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... production of watches from Suntize, Suntize can give the watches at much lower prices than the domestic price of watches in Rodamia. This will harm the watch producers of Rodamia. This can be corrected either by placing a tax or duty on the imported watches in order to increase the prices of imported watches to become at least equal to the prices of domestically produced watches. Adding import tax ... will protect the price of the domestically produced watches. Another way ... to correct this dumping is to set a quota on the number of watches that are allowed to ... ...

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... and many have lost their homes or are in danger of losing their homes, it seems that the bulk of Americans are more plagued by the promise of woe than the reality thereof. Internationally, the economic news for the travel industry is even better. 43 percent of international respondents to the same survey stated that they saw economic conditions as "terrible" and of those, only 15% have ... selecting more modest accommodations than they have previously, rather than choosing simply not to travel. As such, to make sure they are fully booked, many high end hotels, such as the Golden Nugget ...

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... making moments. Voting turnouts broke some records, and with the election of Senator Barack Obama, the United States allowed a new era of American politics to be ushered in. And the way it all happened was revolutionary, too. The Internet has, it seems, forever changed the way Americans experience their political lives. The Internet has infiltrated our everyday lives in countless ways: ... could ask the candidates the questions they wanted answered. Never before has that been done. Because YouTube is such an enormously popular website across a diverse demographic and because the new arra...

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... back through psychological, emotional, spiritual, and physical force if need be (Lengel). In 2009, two of the church's top members, Marty Rathbun and Mike Rinder, went on record for the first time since leaving the group. From the inside circle, Rathbun and Rinder both saw the abuse being dealt by the church. Their first report listed several issues involving Scientology's highest leaders, particularly David Miscavige, who succeeded ... L. Ron Hubbard as Scientology's leader. The issues included physical abuse of staff, mental abuse and cruelty, high pressure ... ...

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... and a focus on removing "barriers that make it harder for you to compete - from the tax code to the regulatory system" (Dennis). In an attempt to reconcile the differences between his administration and the US Chamber of Commerce, Obama walked the block to the Chamber headquarters. Once there, he joked "I'm in the interest of being more neighborly. Maybe we would have gotten off on a better foot if ... and helping to deliver the House majority to the Republicans last fall. In turn, Obama accused the group of using foreign money to fund ads attacking the Democrats, an allegation that the...

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... May has repeatedly lied, according to law enforcement officials. Forensic evidence concludes that a sexual encounter between Strauss-Kahn and the housekeeper undoubtedly occurred, but little else of what the accuser has said during the case is believable (Dwyer). The holes in the case include the housekeeper's asylum application and possible links to criminal activities, including drug dealing and money laundering. Senior prosecutors met with Strauss ... conditions he originally imposed on Strauss-Kahn. Strauss-Kahn stands to be released on his own recognizance and freed from house arres...

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... a single parent with one child and $50,000 in income, $1200 for joint filers with two children and $60,000 in income, or the $2400 rebate amount mentioned above. In addition, after lobbying by groups supporting senior citizens, social security payments were added to the "eligible" income, so most seniors on fixed incomes who filed a tax return and did not owe tax over ... . Incentives for businesses were also a part of the Economic Stimulus package, giving businesses the ability to deduct expenses at much higher levels than in previous years. The hope: that businesses will buy equipment ...

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... Fund's managing director and chairman next month after defeating Mexican Central Bank chief Agustin Carstens. Lagarde was backed by the United Kingdom, Germany, and most European powers, as well as some Asian and African nations. The United States Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner joined the group of supporters right before Lagarde was voted in (Rooney) "Minister Lagarde's exceptional talent and broad ... Strauss-Kahn, who was recently arrested in New York for sexual assault. Lagarde is the first woman to hold this position and was selected by a consensus vote (Rooney), "I am deeply honore...

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... have run government properly. They were outraged when Democrats passed a $1 trillion health care bill at a time when the country's deficit was rising too fast. On the other hand, they have also criticized Republicans for contradicting the conservative principles that the party was founded on by spending too much money when they were in power also (Spillius). At Tea Party gatherings, many advocate doing away with ... the Federal Reserve, the federal income tax, countless agencies, bailouts, and stimulus packages. Some even call for the elimination of Social Security, Medicare, and Medica...

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... of a similar environmental tragedy on July 16th after a pipeline owned by China National Petroleum Corporation exploded in the Yellow Sea, immediately sparking a 15-hour fire consisting of 100-foot flames (Uncoverage). China's crisis is one of a lesser degree than the crisis in the Gulf, according to the Associated Press, who reported that the spill had only spread over 165 square miles, just a small area ... compared to the 2,700 square miles covered by BP's oil spill (Adams). MSNBC.com further reported that China's spill released approximately 400,000 gallons ... workers continually ...

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... aggressive toward Georgian cities, Russian troops had slowly been building a huge presence in the region. On August 8, in response to air raids on South Ossetia by Georgia that killed hundreds of civilians, Russia marched full force into South Ossetia and not only chased the Georgian troops out of the state, but also invaded Georgia and embarked on a bitter four-day killing ... support of Georgia after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev refused to comply with a cease-fire order brokered for the two nations by France. The conflict is far from over, as debate over who started it in the firs...

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... could help her with her campaign for the law. Payne was later informed that her name appeared on Glen Mulcaire's list, the private investigator hired by The News of the World. The list contained about 4,000 people rumored to be targets of the tabloid's phone scandal (Somaiya). "The last edition of The News of the World made great play of the paper's relationship with the Payne family," said Tom Watson, a parliament member ... who investigated the phone scandal. "I have nothing but contempt for the people that did this" (Somaiya ... ...

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... some sort of healthcare package will be passed by Congress in the upcoming months. The scaremongering on the part of those paid to sway the town hall debates will impact the quality of that healthcare package in the following ways: 1) Senators and Congressmen whose jobs are less than secure in the upcoming midterm election will either vote against the bill or else will be very public ... "bi-partisanship" and "compromise" as if they are inherently the goal. The bill itself will be watered down, ineffective and full of regulations that make healthcare an enormous nightmare for the person ...

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... If power is not used in a positive manner, it can have devastating consequences for the organization. Politics With the basic context of power explicated, it is now possible to consider what is meant by politics in this same context. Boe goes on to note the definition of politics as 'the study of who gets what, when and how' (p. 140). Boe argues that this ... of organizational discourse. From which department gets money for projects to who gets promoted in the organization. Politics in the organization, according to Boe, is only mitigated by the ability of individuals to understand wha...

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... and Hispanic households were hit the hardest by the recession, causing the greatest disparity in wealth between the United States' largest minority groups and white households. In the four-year span between 2005 and 2009, the median wealth of Hispanic households fell by 66 percent, while black households' wealth declined by 53 percent. However, the wealth of white households only fell by 16 percent during that time ... Furthermore, unemployment rates for blacks and Hispanics rose at a faster pace than for whites, according to a study by the Center for American Progress. At the same tim...

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... threatened or intimidated for doing their jobs. The association said the threats send "a chilling message to the international media and raises serious questions about Israel's commitment to freedom of the press" (Weiss). The flotilla participants are largely unaffected by the warning, however. In fact, instead of backing down, many are simulating encounters with the Israeli Navy instead (Chick). On the other hand, the Israeli forces have undergone several months of ... opinion. This flotilla is in defiance of the call by the secretary general of the UN, Ban Ki-moon, that such flotillas...

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... of our being regardless of our faith in God and our Christianity, and our faith in our fellow men. That we no matter what the circumstance will find ways to justify our wrongfulness just as Goodman Brown was justifying his when he stated, " and after this one night I"ll cling to her skirts and follow her to heaven." Although we know that ... actions, sometimes we do allow influences of inequity to enter our lives through justification and reasoning. For instance, when Goodman Brown is traveling the path and runs into his catechism teacher as a youth and spiritual advisor, Goody Cloyse. ...

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