...PSC 201A Dr. Schulte Response Paper 3 In the New York Times article, “What’s the Matter With Kansas’ Schools?” by David Sciarra and Wade Henderson published on January 7, Kansas is facing a rigorous challenge on inadequate and unfair school funding for public education. Governor Sam Brownback who is a Republican and the Kansas legislature, which is led by Republicans, have made an excess amount of harsh budget cuts in addition to the cuts that they made several years ago. Parents filed a lawsuit to protest these funding cuts. The Kansas Supreme Court will have to decide whether the state will continue cutting funds or restore them. “The Judges called the school funding cut destructive of our children’s future” (Sciarra and Henderson, 2014). Federal education policies have ignored the issue of poverty for years. There are a number of research studies that have been found that the majority of students in public schools come from low-income families. Referring to the current school system, I think these large cuts in school funding would not only affect the children’s future, but also help to impoverish society in the long run. Poverty is a substantial factor when it comes to education problems in the United States. According to the Washington Post (2013), low-income students made up at least half the public school population in 17 states, including some wealthy states such as California in 2011, which was a marked increase from 2000 (Strauss, 2013). Furthermore, social science...
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...Communities Creating OPPORTUNITY NOW Agenda—October 18th, 2011, 6:30pm to 8:15pm Yellow highlight=needs revision or update Magenta highlight=program team help cue the audience to participate through applause, sign waving, cheers, standing Red means this is a pin question—commitment question we are asking to those present in the audience or our elected officials or civic leaders. Green highlight means we will reinforce this point with a power point slide or graph. 6:00 pm God's Power Band will provide transition music. They will also perform one solo song midway during the program. 6:10 pm Come Together Choirs Start: 1. Congregation/Choir name: Our Lady of Peace Catholic Song selection: "Con Fe" (5min) Number of people in choir: 12-15 2. Congregation/Choir name: St. Peter CME - Song selection: "Let the Glory of the Lord Rise Among Us" (5min) Number of people in choir: 12-15 3. Congregation/Choir name: Ander's Choir Song selection: "STILL NEED SONG TITLE"? (5min) Number of people in choir: 6 6:30pm Logistics & Recognition of I AM exhibit: (Co-Chairs) * REV. JOHNSON: Welcome, as you are finding your seats, please make sure you have signed in, have an Opportunity Now sticker! Restrooms can be found in the main lobby to the right. Make sure to turn your cell phones off. Translation headsets are available. * ORLANDO GALLARD0: Tenemos equipos de traduccion en la mesa de registracion...
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...KANSAS CITY ZEPHYRS BASEBALL CLUB This case has three fundamental issues 1. Roster depreciation; 2. Player compensation; 3. Transfer pricing of related party operations (stadium costs); 1. Roster Depreciation (I side with the Owners) The owners recognize depreciation as of a value placed on the player roster at the time the baseball club was purchased. They do this for two reasons. 1. It lowers the value of the team and second for tax purposes. This is very legal and is normally used unless the company wants to show a higher profit. However, the team’s roster is usually its biggest assets and the only reason the owners are doing this is to show lower profits and pay less taxes 2. Player Compensation (I side with the Owners) Players compensation is a significant part of the teams expenses. The team uses accrual accounting which recognizes revenues to expenses at the time in which the transaction occurs rather than when payment is made. Although players’ compensations are not paid immediately in cash it is very likely the team will pay them. If the team does what the players suggest and deffers compensation expenses it would not show accurate expenses and therefore over value itself. 3. Transferg pricing of related party operations: (I side with the players) This is a common accounting practice. Our company actually does this with payroll. We have a staffing agency that operates our nursing homes. We charge for LPN and RN double what we pay them. This way...
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...Kansas is a state that is shaped like a rectangle and is full of plains, grasses, flowers and people who sing the cheerful state song. The story of how Kansas became a free state is very interesting. Home on the Range is the state song and the state bird is the western meadowlark. The big hairy buffalo is the state animal and the state insect is the small stinging honey bee. Also interesting is the worlds biggest recorded pallasite was found in Kansas. Kansas was named after the Native American word Kanza, meaning “people of the south wind.” The people of Kansas were considering whether or not Kansas should become a slave state. There was such a balance of opinion that it took four attempts at writing a constitution by congress. The battle raged on often needing the help of federal troops. In 1850 the people of Kansas approved a constitution prohibiting slavery. The senate’s refusal to admit Kansas as a state, the issue exploded into a national political problem. In order to be admitted there had to be a big shift in power in the senate and the presidency. It wasn’t until January 29, 1861 that the constitution making Kansas the 34th state reached President James Buchanan’s desk and was signed. This January we will celebrate the 150th birthday of Kansas. Home on the range, the state song of Kansas, was originally a poem called My Western Home by Dr. Brewster M. Higley near 1872. The music was written by a friend of Higleys named Daniel E. Kelly. It was officially...
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...also when you know that part of your tax money is going towards the building of a new ballpark in your area. Within ten minutes of my house in Kansas City, Kansas we have had two stadiums built within the last 12 years, Sporting KC Park (MLS) and Community America Ballpark (minor league baseball). Sporting KC park was built using STAR bonds (only available in Kansas and Nevada) and according to the Kansas Department of Commerce, sales tax revenue (STAR) bonds provide Kansas municipalities the opportunity to issue bonds to finance the development of major commercial, entertainment and tourism areas, and use the sales tax revenue generated by the development to pay off the bonds (Rishe, 2015). Sporting KC had a season ticket base of just under 14,000 for a facility that seats approximately 18,500. That’s roughly 75% of capacity, which is pretty damn good for Major League Soccer. Sporting KC drew an average of 105% of their capacity in 2012 for a 9% increase over their inaugural year at Sporting KC Park (Rishe, 2015). Community America Ballpark was built with the use of private funds. In 2013 the Unified Government of Wyandotte County purchased the Stadium from Ehlert Development. In doing so they will also use STAR bonds for an $8 million renovation (Babbitt, 2015). More than 265,000 fans attended games at the park in 2013, and the Kansas City T-Bones are said to generate over $5.5 million a year to economically benefit Wyandotte County. More than $650,000 has also been given by...
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...Business Research Ethics Byron C. Nelson March 2, 2013 RES 351 University of Phoenix Prof. Lara Lucas Unethical Research Two employees of Lee Research of Lenexa Kansas were indited for falsifying research information. The research company was contracted by Schering/Plough, a subsidiary of Mereck & C, to conduct clinical trails of a new allergy medication. The trials were conducted from January 2010 to May 2010. Dr. Wayne Spencer, a licensened physician and the principle investigator of the study, along with Lisa Sharp, the director of clinical trials at Lee Research Institute were named in the inditement.Dr. Spencer and Sharp were each charged with one case of conspiracy, three counts of mail fraud, and one count of falsifying information required by the Food and Drig Administration (Pharmalot.com, 2011). Dr. Spencer and Sharp were terminated by Lee Reasearch Institute following the inditements. Lee Research Institute immediately started an internal investigation of the alledged insedence in cooperation with the Food and Drug Administration and Schring/Plough (Kansas City Business Journal, 2011). The indictment accuses the two former employees of providing false information of the patients participating in the study trials. The study was to be conducted using subjects 50 years old or greater who suffer from ragweed allergies. Employees of the contracted research organization were prohibited from participation in the case study. Dr. Spencer and Sharp are...
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...onthego@hotmail.com | AR | Randolph | Danette | lookatme@hotmail.com | TX | Burgerman | Gladys | kx874474@hotmail.com | OK | Parish | Loubna | lparish@hotmail.com | KS | McMann | Fred | fredsred@hotmail.com | LA | Wallace | Mark | callwally@hotmail.com | TX | Burma | Kincaide | terman@hotmail.com | TX | Peter | Kowalski | kowalski10@hotmail.com | OK | 3. Current Member Cities Living in Texas | State | Total Of MNo | Baton Rouge | Benton | Bunkie | Clairemore | Clinton | College Station | Commerce | Crossett | Dallas | Dodge City | Emporia | Kansas City | Lavender | Little Rock | McAlester | Miami | Midland | Monroe | Muskogee | North Oaks | Oklahoma City | Pine Bluff | Sherman | Silver | Tulsa | Waco | Weatherford | Wichita | Winnfield | TX | 11 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 3 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 11 total 4.Total revenue generated by Texas is $249.89 5. kansas query | InitialContactDescription | KS | Another Web Site | 2 | Friend | | Magazine | 1 | Newspaper | | Other | 1 | Radio | 1 | Search Engine | 1 | Television | 2 | 6.(See attached database ENROLLMENT FORM) 7. No new members joined in October 2008 8.(I am assuming the example takes place in 2008 so here are the members since 2006) Enrollment Dates | EnrollmentDate by Year | EnrollmentDate | LastName | FirstName | 2006 | 1/9/2006 | Kelly | Val | 2006 | 2/10/2006 | Martin | George | 2006 |...
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...Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club, Inc. Answer and submit these two questions for each item in dispute: Who's correct and why? for the Kansas City Zephyrs (6 points). In this baseball accounting dispute case I would rule towards the side of the players. First and foremost, their case on roster depreciation is a good point, because one, this is not done in any other industry when referring to staff or labor, and from a performance standpoint the way you may be able to determine if depreciation is present it could be determined by how much a player is playing in comparison to the previous year(s). And in most cases if a player is actually “depreciating”, they will be put on waivers or released. Next, deferred salaries should be accounted for in the fashion as pointed out by the PBPA, because if the owner’s actually do not pay this money in this fiscal year then that money would be assumed to be earning interest or invested. The third point, referring to stadium operations would definitely need to be analyzed extremely close, because any situation where monies shifting from the right pocket to the left pocket, the rates can not vary from the going rate for these services or properties, because otherwise those transactions might as well be laundering. Ultimately, the accounting policies and procedures practiced by the owners would lend one to question all of their financial reports because their acts up until this point would cause you to think antitrust issues could...
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...August 11, 2015 Mr. Justin King 123 Main Street Kansas City, Missouri Dear Mr. King: After reading my notes about your case I would like for you to call our office and schedule an appointment with me. I have reviewed your case and would like to get more information. I will also like to meet with you at your earliest convenience to gather more information and answer some more questions. I think the timely manner for this interview is very important so we can get a solution to your pilling up medical bills. If you can also provide copies of you accident report, copy of medical reports, copy of medical bills and copies of any documents you think are necessary or contribute to your case. These documents can be very helpful to understand your case and it can also be evidence we might need in the future. I will need for you to think about more information about the accident. Information I would like for you to consider talking about are, Actual name of the Beer Company? Doctor’s names? Police officers name that took the details of the accident? Point of contact at MCI Records? Thank you for your time and I am looking forward to meeting with you. Sincerely, John Doe Paralegal Feedback: You described the purpose of the letter and the need for a follow up interview. You described relevant documents needed from Mr. King. You also had relevant follow up questions. Your letter was well written. | Total Pts. | Student Pts. | Student % | Content...
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...David remembers a trip his family took to Kansas City. The long, 4 hour drive was mind numbingly drab for the most part and was just a waiting game to see how long before his parents snapped at his three younger siblings. However one thing that stood out to him were the numerous military silos they drove past. His father explained that those funny looking building contained enormous nukes, set to launch, in the event of a war breaking out. But that was just the way things were in the 1970s and 80s. Life in America went on, business as usual, in the age of disco and awful haircuts with an ever looming dread of the Red. Things in Berlin however had not improved. By 1980 the wall had been up for almost two decades and showed no sign of coming...
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...Remorseless. Cold. Vile. The presented illustrates just a few of the words that society uses to label criminals. Although society expects that individuals who commit crimes get thrown into the same pile, a vast difference divides a cold-hearted killer from a misguided individual. The Capote classic, In Cold Blood, explores the contrast between these categories with the duo of Dick Hickock and Perry Smith. While Perry may not exhibit the moral qualities of a sensible individual, the fault of his crimes fall more on his need for love and acceptance. On the other side of the spectrum, Hickock fits into the classic criminal mold like a glove. Perry’s fondness of one individual, Willie-Jay, provides more depth to his need for guidance. Throughout the novel, Perry speaks of Willie-Jay in an admiring tone due to his understanding of Perry and his futile attempt to push Perry away from violence and destruction. While Willie-Jay may similarly have a jail sentence, Capote makes it clear that Jay attributes positive qualities and meets the criteria of a good person. Capote intricately scatters pieces of their bond throughout the novel to give an idea of how Willie-Jay acts as a mentor to the mistreated and misguided Perry. The novel, In Cold Blood, develops the relationship between Willie-Jay and Perry to humanize the latter while conveying that all individuals deserve a second chance. Moreover, Capote uses the Willie-Jay and Perry interactions to convey how Jay accepted Perry which in...
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...In Truman Capote’s novel, In Cold Blood, the story of Dick Hickock and Perry Smith’s brutal murder of the Clutter family is shared with the reader. Capote writes to show the reader Perry and Dick in a new light. Using syntax, tone, and diction, Capote wraps the reader into getting to know Dick and Perry. Capote begins introducing the reader to Dick and Perry in a clearer sense starting with their arrival to Garden City. One technique that Capote uses in his syntax to connect with the reader is hyphens; they are used to expose the reader to the situation as well as the mood that Dick and Perry’s arrival holds. Capote makes the reader experience the atmosphere of their arrival as he writes: “It was the return of Hickock and Smith these professional spectators were on hand to record, and Captain Gerald Murray of the highway patrol, had reserved for them the ample space on the sidewalk fronting the courthouse steps - the steps the prisoners must mount on their way to the county jail, an institution that occupies the top floor of the four-story limestone structure” (247). The hyphen emphasizes the impending doom of the prisoners. Another use of this hyphen is how it’s elongating the sentence just as the people of Garden City have long been awaiting the arrival of Dick and Perry. The emphasis put on the phrase “- the steps the prisoners must mount” (247) using hyphenation shows that every little thing regarding Dick and Perry is focused and tense. The emphasis put on such details...
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...The Winter Rally took place last Friday on January 27th, 2017. The theme was Disney, and every member of ASB and Leadership dressed up as their favorite Disney characters. Characters from Toy Story, Cinderella, Moana, Monsters Inc., and more all made an appearance at the rally. The rally consisted of competitive games, entertaining dancers, amazing recognitions, and even a special guest! Members from the boys dance team, and Song danced their hearts out as they performed flawlessly and sparked sounds of applause and excitement from every Husky student on the bleachers. Girls Cross-Country and Girls Volleyball were also recognized as their incredible accomplishments and hard work was rewarded by having their championship banner raised in the...
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...BASKETBALL 3RD GRADE BOYS - DIVISION 1 A1 A2 A3 A4 Independence Patriots JC Ballers Celtics Springfield S.T.A.R.S. 2 GROUP A - Jake Clemons - Melvin Myers - Chris Andrasko - Brent Looney GROUP B - John Brooks - Moran / Lewis - Casey Walsh GROUP C - Julian Winfield - Kevin Conkright - Harold Berndt COURT SRC 4 SRC 5 SRC 6 SRC 5 SRC 6 SRC 4 SRC 5 SRC 4 SRC 5 SRC 6 SRC 4 SRC 4 SRC 5 SRC 6 SRC 6 H A1 A3 B1 B3 C1 A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 A1 A2 B2 B1 C2 V A2 A4 B2 C2 C2 A3 A4 B3 C2 C3 A4 A3 B3 C1 C3 Independence Jefferson City O' Fallon Springfield B1 Kansas City Keys B2 Rim Rockers B3 Jr. Hawks C1 STL Warriors C2 Blue Devils C3 Columbia Heat DATE Sat. July 30 Sat. July 30 Sat. July 30 Sat. July 30 Sat. July 30 Sat. July 30 Sat. July 30 Sat. July 30 Sat. July 30 Sat. July 30 Sat. July 30 Sat. July 30 Sat. July 30 Sat. July 30 Sat. July 30 TIME 9:10am 9:10am 9:10am 10:20am 10:20am 12:40pm 12:40pm 1:50pm 1:50pm 1:50pm 4:10pm 5:20pm 5:20pm 5:20pm 6:30pm - Kansas City - Centralia - St. Louis - Saint Louis - Ellington - Columbia SCORES FINALS All teams will advance to a single-elimination bracket. Sun. 8:00am SRC 6 Sun. 10:20am SRC 6 Sun. 1:50pm SRC 5 Sun. 11:30am SRC 4 Sun. 4:10pm SRC 6 Sun. 11:30am SRC 5 Sun. 1:50pm SRC 6 Sun. 11:30am SRC 6 Sun. 9:10am SRC 6...
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...include discussions of child labor in the time period covered, and also discussions of the role played by economics in post-war racial issues (Jim Crow), the radicalization of various populations oppressed by the new economic climate, and the calls for reform. Aspect (B) will cover the financial panics of the Gilded Age, and how they caused such things as the Populist and Free Silver movements. And Aspect (C) will look at the politics…[continue] Sample of sources used: Hofstadter, Richard. The American Political Tradition. New York: Vintage, 1989. Print. Oshinsky, David. Worse Than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice. New York: Free Press, 1997. Print. White, William Allan. “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” Emporia Gazette, 15 August 1896. Web. Accessed 2 February 2014 at:...
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