...Introduction - The study of bribery and corruption in the courtroom is paramount to protecting the rights of every person seeking justice. The fact that a judge or District Attorney is 99% honest simply will not suffice. Even the 1% must be treated fairly and equally under the laws of our country. Just like Jesus would leave the ninety-nine to go after the one, we must protect everyone equally under the laws established. Meditate on the words of Edmund Burke “The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” The study and revelation of courtroom corruption is significant because I have personally observed bribery in the hallways of courtrooms in North Carolina. A wise man once told me that the courtroom is not black or white, but green because the person with the most money is routinely dispensed the best outcome. Another personal reason that this topic is personally significant is because I now reside in the state of Mississippi where the 2004 Corporate Crime Reporter asserted that our state was the most crooked state in America. (Mokhibar, 2004) I. The problem is that too many times the issues in the courtroom are not really about the truth. A. Case study on the Duke Lacrosse case involving Durham County District Attorney, Mike Nifong. (Yaeger, 2007) B. Factors involved in the Duke Lacrosse case, and the lives that were destroyed as a result of courtroom corruption. 1....
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...to a Forgotten River An Ecological Solution Design Thesis | Aaron Hanson Reconnecting to a Forgotten River A Design Thesis Submitted to the Department of Architecture and Landscape Architecture of North Dakota State University By Aaron Hanson In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelors of Landscape Architecture Primary Thesis Advisor Thesis Committee Chair May, 2012 Fargo, North Dakota Ma, 0 2 y2 1 table of contents abstract problem statement statement of intent narrative user/client description major project elements site information project emphasis plan for proceeding previous studio experience theoretical premise research case studies climate data historical context project goals site analysis an ecological solution personal identification reference list 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 - 12 13 14 15 16 - 34 35 - 58 59 - 65 66 - 71 72 73 - 88 89 - 108 109 110 - 111 abstract Waterways are a vital and productive resource to our environment. Rivers provide a variety of amenities and services to communities across the world such as drinking water, food, travel, recreation, wildlife habitat, connection to place, aesthetic appeal, economic development, etc. This thesis project examines the importance of the Mississippi River to its urban community and how riverfront design can function as a unifying element for the city center and its ecosystem. Over half of the world’s future population will be living in urban environments by 2030, which...
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...ground overlooking the Mississippi River, above sea level. Also surrounded by Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne, New Orleans was susceptible to hurricanes that would come up the coast into the Gulf. Originally New Orleans was naturally protected by “coastal swamps that helped absorb the energy of storm surges before they reached dry land.” (Stillman 228) At this point Americans were more concerned with the floods that happened annually from the Mississippi River. In the early days, settlers built a mile long levee to block overflows from the mighty Mississippi while landowners constructed their own levees. “In 1879, Congress created the Mississippi River Commission” (Stillman 228) in which they hoped to train the river. Herein lay one of the earliest problems. Congress assigned the Army Corps of Engineers (the “Corps”) to head this newly created commission. The Corps believed they could control Mother Nature however as the video footage from The Lost City of New Orleans: A Case Study proved, “human kind cannot take on Mother Nature”. These engineers did not have the experience however they continued to increase the levees stating this would “confine the rivers for good”. However, “the more the levees constricted the Mississippi, the higher the waters rose”. (Stillman 228) As new plans and projects for the protecting New Orleans from Mississippi floodwaters were enacted, federal government financially backed all of them. The Mississippi River and Tributaries Project...
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...community development in the Deep South Alan W. Bartona* and Sarah J. Leonardb a b Downloaded By: [University at Buffalo, the State University of New York (SUNY)] At: 06:29 3 November 2010 Social Sciences, Delta State University, DSU Box 3264, Cleveland MS 38733, USA; The College Board, Chicago, USA Tourism can serve as a vehicle for sustainable community development by contributing to equity and social justice. This happens as tourists learn about marginal groups through educational tourism, engage in development projects with host-area residents, undertake pilgrimages that bring greater meaning and cohesiveness to an ethnic identity, or encounter stories that transform their view of social injustice and spur further action to reduce inequities. Tourism planning can produce a sense of reconciliation when it brings historically divided groups together. An example is found in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, where a group of white and African American residents are collaborating to develop tourism projects designed around a narrative of reconciliation, while they use the process of tourism planning to work towards racial reconciliation within their community. This case illustrates strategies tourism planners employ and challenges they face when they envision tourism as more than merely a means of economic growth. Keywords: heritage tourism; Mississippi Delta; racial reconciliation; social justice; sustainable community development The advantages of tourism to rural communities...
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...Community Assessment and Action Plan Mississippi is a beautiful state with so much history. Such as any state there are negatives and there are also certain health concerns that are specific to the area compared to other areas. Throughout this paper, I will review the demographics of the state as well as discuss one of the health concerns that prevail in the state of Mississippi. State Demographics For a little more than one hundred years, cotton was the undisputed king of Mississippi's economy. Over the last half-century, however, Mississippi has diversified its economy by balancing agricultural output with increased industrial activity. Mississippi’s economy continues to grow with the development of oil resources. Revenue from many industrial products has surpassed those from agriculture in recent years. In the Gulf coast area there is a profitable fishing and seafood processing industry, and gambling is prevalent along the Gulf Coast and in Tunica County. There are military air facilities in Columbus, Biloxi, and Meridian, as well as the Stennis Space Flight Center at Bay St. Louis. The state's per capita income, however, has been among the lowest in the nation for decades. Today, agriculture continues as a major segment of the state's economy. For almost four decades soybeans occupied the most, while cotton remained the largest cash crop. In 2001, however, more acres of cotton were planted than soybeans, and Mississippi jumped to second in the nation in cotton...
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...their day with a substitute caregiver, and Southern Mississippi needs to do more to ensure that care is high-quality and affordable. (Todd, C. and Ashton, A., March 2001). It’s not easy for an individual to live comfortably on less than eight dollars an hour. For parents working in low-wage jobs, trying to arrange reliable day care for their children can add another layer of anxiety to an already precarious existence. As part of Marketplace Morning Report’s series on the world of low-wage work, reporter David Schaper looks at the paucity of safe, affordable day care for low-income families. Kharfen, M. (Dec, 2000.) Low-income working mothers with children often have a hard time finding affordable day care. Even when child-care costs are based on a sliding-scale fee, many mothers with minimum-wage jobs can’t pay all of their child-care bills and still have money for housing, food, and transportation. we, as a society, want poor parents to be productive workers, some form of appropriate child care—regardless of parents’ ability to pay—must be available. Whether such care should be provided by employers, faith-based or charitable organizations, or through governmental programs is up to the citizenry to decide. It would be a mistake, for people to think that it’s not their problem or that these families are getting what they deserve based on their “poor life choices.” After all, children don’t choose their parents. Government studies say families shouldn't spend more than 10 percent...
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... Submitted to Dr Sarah Combs in partial fulfillment of NR-466R Community Health Nursing Regis University February 2, 2013 2 Epidemiology Part 1 EPIDEMIOLGY OF HEART DISEASE INTRODUCTION Using a descriptive epidemiology approach, this paper will define heart disease and identify the problems of this disease on a local, state, and national level. The objectives of heart disease will be discussed and explored according to health data sources. Also, the impact of the effectiveness of the interventional programs that are designed and implemented to treat and prevent heart disease will be evaluated and discussed, as well. WHAT IS EPIDEMIOLOGY? In layman’s terms, epidemiology can be defined as the study of anything that happens or befalls men. According to Stanhope & Lancaster (2010), “epidemiology is the science that explains the strength of association between exposures and health effects in human populations.” This study deals with distribution and determinants of health related states and the purpose of these studies are to control health. The goal of epidemiology is to identify and understand the casual factors and mechanism of disease, disability, and injuries so that effective programs and interventions can be designed to prevent the occurrences of these disease processes before they begin or progress, (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2010). 3 Epidemiology Part 1 DESCRIPTIVE...
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...incidences of diabetes within each region of the U.S. for the past year and identify which state has the highest burden of this disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2012), there are 25.8 million people, or 8.3% of the U.S. population, living with diabetes. 18.8 million people have been diagnosed with diabetes while 7.0 million remain undiagnosed. During a period of 1994 until 2011, (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011) the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes has increased across the states in the United States. In 1994, twenty-five states had prevalence less than 4.5%, twenty-four states had prevalence of 4.5%–6.0%, and only one state had prevalence greater than 6.0%. In 2010, all states had prevalence greater than 6.0%, fifteen of these exceeded 9.0%. The eastern United States had a much higher prevalence than the western states. The south continues to have many more occurrences than the rest of the county. The southeastern quadrant of the United Sates appears to lead the way with morbidity issues. For example, the southeastern portion of the US is known as the Bible belt because of its socially conservative evangelical Protestantism. Sadly, it is also known as the stoke belt and is considered a part of stroke ally by public health authorities for having an unusually high incidence of stroke and other forms of cardiovascular disease. Multiple studies have shown (Jorgensen, 1994) that people with diabetes are at greater risk for stroke...
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...humans use, consume, or waste the most amount of water. Humans have the mindset that water will never run out, when in fact that is just the case. Our water is slowly vanishing, being contaminated, or wasted. There are key factors to take into consideration when determining how our water is doing not only internationally, but globally. When it comes to water, the World Health Organization (WHO) is one of the main corporations responsible for passing along the information on how the water security is doing. There are more ways to infect water than to help it. The WHO clearly states on the front page of the water section of their website, “The amount of fresh water on earth is limited, and its quality is under constant pressure. Preserving the quality of fresh water is important for the drinking-water supply, food production, and recreational water use. Water quality can be compromised by the presence of infectious agents, toxic chemicals, and radiological hazards” (WHO). This is just an emphasis on the importance of being aware of the preservation of water and how it easily it can affect anything when infected. The WHO does everything in order to ensure the safety of the water and creates opportunities to become informed about the water one drinks. Water has a huge affect on anything living. Water has the same impact on the United States as it does globally. If water is contaminated, then others get sick or cause fatalities. However, if the water is hygienic and managed properly...
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...teen pregnancy and sexual transmitted disease rate among Mississippi teens be solved? The United States teen pregnancy rate has fallen, but Mississippi still has the highest birthrate in the nation. Mississippi reported 64 births per 1000 teens aged fifteen through nineteen in 2011, more than 60 percent above the United States average. To solve the high rate of teen pregnancy and sexual transmitted diseases in Mississippi, public schools should offer abstinence plus classes for the fifth through ninth graders and comprehensive sex education for the tenth through twelfth graders. “A mutually faithful monogamous relationship in the context of marriage is the expected standard of human sexual activity.” Different people will disagree about the veracity of this statement, but we know that it does not reflect the experiences of the majority of young people. Therefore, classes should be offered to educate the younger people about sex and its consequences. Abstinence plus programs teaches teens abstinence but includes information about condoms and contraception methods. Simultaneously, comprehensive sex education teaches abstinence as the best method for avoiding pregnancy and sexual transmitted diseases but also teaches condoms and contraception to reduce the risk of unintended pregnancy and of infection with STDs. Offering comprehensive sex and abstinence plus classes in the schools are age appropriate. Mississippi children are becoming pregnant at the age of ten now. At...
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...Background of the case * Talks about the red tops that’s an African-American dance orchestra band, which performed for 2 decades in the southern states. That’s leaded by Osborne with a specialty in blues music. * Being established in 1953 but was disbanded in 1974 by the turnover of musicians and Osborne’s increasing age. * There’s also studies on leadership and how Walter Osborne’s mgmt provided a relevant case just for that. * With the usage of frameworks proposed by Morgeson, Lindoefer & Loring * Lastly, with an examination of team leadership through the socio-historical model, illustrating lessons for the leaders and portraying power through the analysis. About Walter Osborne * Was a successful leader possessing spontaneous skills and was drummer of the Red Tops band, * Osborne had strict rules just like how businesses would have- punctuality for performances and rehearsals, band uniforms were to be neat and tidy and there was a renounce from drinking and socializing whilst on job. * He had strict rules of conduct and regular inspections on the members of the band. * Thus was popular for his leadership strength and rules towards his members without any biasness. The success of the Red Tops band * Red Tops success is mainly because of their disciplined mgmt, fine performance and exclusive talent * Where they entertained teams of dancers with a mix of blues, jazz and pop * Creating a fan base across Mississippi and nearby...
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...Nonviolence was the key to tactical victories won in this era. And the Constitution of the United States was the anchor that provided guarantees that non-violent tactics were legally defensible to provide the gains necessary. People were willing to violate local laws because they believed they answered to a higher law, the Constitution. Students should become aware of the hardships faced by people who were willing to risk job and home and even life to win the prize of justice, self-respect and fair treatment. What gains were made during this decade of marches, meetings, jailings, sit-ins and freedom rides? My unit presents five themes, in the context of barriers to overcome: A. SOCIAL BARRIERS. Racial prejudices and fears that led to the formation of the Ku Klux Klan; fears of black-white race-mixing, culminating in the murder of Emmett Till in Mississippi in 1955. Why did the Till case become a national scandal? Tills mother said, The murder of my son has shown me that what happens to any of us, anywhere in the world, had better be the business of all of us. B. EDUCATIONAL BARRIERS. Implementation of the Brown decision in Little Rock produced heroes and villains like Orval Faubus, Daisy Bates and Thurgood Marshall. What was it like for Mrs. Bates after she was struck by a rock thrown through her living room window with a note, Stone this time. Dynamite next? The confrontation achieved historic proportions when President Eisenhower reluctantly brought in federal...
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...are human factors responsible for flooding? Case Studies: * Mississippi 1993 (HIC - OECD) * Bangladesh 1998 (LIC) There are various causes and consequences of flooding, from displacement to death. But flooding, which is defined as being ‘the overflowing of a body of water onto dry land’, is enhanced by human intervention. Apart from natural causes; rainfall. Humans, in development, conquest to disturb the environment. Human factors such as urbanisation, changing of river systems (e.g. the building of levees, channel straightening etc.) are all important in the causes and consequences of flooding. * Firstly, there is the issue of deforestation; the cutting down and removal of trees. Deforestation means that there is less vegetation for the interception of water, meaning that there is a larger amount of surface run-off, while deforestation also results in the loss of top-soil, and therefore the inability for new trees to grow. Since 1990, Bangladesh has lost a total of 2,600 hectares (ha) of forest cover per year, this equates to 0.17% of all forest cover in Bangladesh, meaning that by 1998, there would be an average loss of 20,800 ha of forest, this is contrasted in the US, where afforestation is taking place due to Flood Action Plans by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). * Secondly, urbanisation. 82% of the United States’ population lives in urban conditions, while the 1990 US census shows that in Mississippi State alone, there was 49% urbanisation. Let alone...
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...Ebony Stewart May 7, 2014 Estimating Health Care Associated Infections and Deaths in U.S Hospitals as Oppose to Medical Malpractice Epidemiology Introduction This study was conducted for two important reasons. Deaths in the United States as well as an estimation to provide information for the number of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) were the purpose. The data sources used were 1) National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance 2) National Hospital Discharge Survey and 3) American Hospital Association all of these sources were used by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s. HAI occur in many different healthcare settings: acute care within hospitals, same day surgery centers, long-term facilities, and ambulatory outpatient care in health care clinics. HAI has resulted from and adverse reaction to toxins and evidence of infection isn’t presented during time of admission to hospital. Surveillance has also been a research base for HAI. NNIS is an ongoing system that has collaborated with CDC to monitor data on HAI”S and other nosocomial infections. It covers intensive care units, high risk nursery, and surgical patients. A major goal of NNIS is to develop data to prevent and control nosocomial diseases. NHDS was designed to meet needs of patients from non-federal hospitals that stayed only for a short period of time. The data collected from these surveys is collected to examine the importance of public health. The survey is conducted in three difference...
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...Employment-at-will doctrine gives employers the right to fire employees without having a valid reason for termination. Under the employment-at-will doctrine, employees can be fired for good reason or bad reason. The employment-at-will doctrine gives employers the right to dismiss employees without just cause. Mississippi’s at will doctrine does not allow employers to dismiss employees for illegal reasons. Illegal reasons outlined in the state of Mississippi are gender, race, retaliation, employment discrimination, or unsafe work conditions. The high courts in Mississippi ruled that a company must follow procedures it created when terminating employees and those procedures must be outlined in the employee handbook, so the employee is aware of the company’s procedures. Employees employed for an indefinite time cannot be fired at will in the state of Mississippi. Employers are expected to comply with federal laws and not be discriminatory against employees when terminating as this could lead to wrongful termination lawsuit even in at will states. Whistleblowers are protected to prevent wrongful termination when bringing attention to inappropriate conduct and behavior in companies. Mississippi’s Supreme Court created a public policy exception to protect whistleblowers. Companies are not able to terminate whistleblowers for speaking up. Employers and employees both have responsibilities in the workplace. Employers are responsible for the safe workplace environment, benefits...
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