...Outline Thesis: Union Close Shops are economically depressing to the region that they exist in. Evidence 1: Retards economic growth of the region 1. Louisiana and Illinois study Evidence 2: Reduces company competiveness in the national and global market 1. Evidence 3: Reduces private investment 1. Evidence 4: Decreases worker’s earned income and raises the cost of living. Thesis: Union Close Shops are economically depressing to the region that they exist in. The late Sen. Paul Tsongas once said, “You cannot redistribute wealth you never created. You can’t be pro-jobs and anti-business at the same time. You cannot love employment and hate employers.” Currently 22 states have right-to-work laws, which guarantee workers the right to determine individually whether or not they will join or otherwise support a labor union. The remaining states are Evidence 1: Retards economic growth of the region Every States are ranked on their economic competitiveness in a report called "Rich States, Poor States" for the American Legislative Exchange Council. This ranking uses 15 fiscal, tax and regulatory variables to determine which states have policies that are most conducive to prosperity. One of these 15 policies, right to work laws, has consistently stood out as one of the most important in predicting where jobs will be created and incomes will rise. States that have right-to-work laws grow faster than states with forced unionism. Over the...
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...GM533 Applied Managerial Statistics Course Project Ebenezer Newman and Mark Cherry * NE (Northeast) 1: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey 0: Others * MW (Midwest) 1: Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa 0: Others * WEST (West) 1: Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii 0: Others * Region 3 (South) Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana Scatter plots Get the scatter plots for each variable against the crime rate VIF From the result we see that there is no Multicorinality Predictor Coef SE Coef T P VIF Constant -340 1101 -0.31 0.759 NEAST -304.9 508.9 -0.60 0.553 3.307 MID-WEST -164.5 475.2 -0.35 0.731 3.564 WEST 351.6 588.9 0.60 0.554 5.773 PINCOME -0.01055 0.07966 -0.13 0.895 4.154 DROPOUT 70.66 26.61 2.66 0.011 2.975 PUBAID -76.43 86.78 -0.88 0.384 2.305 DENSITY -1.6666 0.9109 -1.83 0.075 3.760 KIDS 0.851 1.801 0.47 0.639 3.959 PRECIP 7.69 13.85 0.56 0.582 3.328 UNEMPLOY -93.30 ...
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...Let’s get down to business on this subject. Discrimination based on sexual preference is discrimination based on gender, and because of that, it is a violation of the Equal Protection law. The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. ("Equal Protection", 2004) Another example of this is Loving vs. Virginia. When a white man wanted to marry a black woman back in 1967. He was not allowed to do so. He obviously took on the Supreme Court and won. So because of that it was a landmark of the Civil Rights movement that ultimately changed the United States Supreme Court decision on prohibiting interracial marriage. Marriage should be an expression of peoples love and devotion to one another and should not be limited to one man and one woman. On another note. Marriage has not always been between one man and one women. As far as ancient cultures go. Rome and the Fujitan Provence in ancient China had Gay Unions. Gay Unions were also allowed in ancient Indian cultures and in France as well. France had something called Brotherments dated as far back as 600 AD. Historical evidence, including legal documents and gravesites, can be interpreted as supporting the prevalence of homosexual relationships hundreds of years ago, said Allan Tulchin of Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania. (Bryner, 2007). So the fact of the matter is that this topic has been around longer...
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...by Lincoln. They seceded from the country in 1860. 11 states seceded from the Union. Lincoln declared a war to gain the states back. It opposed 2 sides: the 11 Southern States = the Confederate States = Democrats = Slave States; the head was Jefferson Davis. So Lincoln wages a war against Davis. He gathered the Union. General Grant was on Lincoln’s side VS General Lee. In 1863 Lincoln decided to emancipate the slaves => for a certain amount of time you must “free” them. He did that to gather more men. He claimed them as “war property”. Lincoln wanted to restore the Union it’s obviously illegal: infringement of the executive he was not the owner of the slaves. He became a slave owner. The slaves did come to fight on his side. 2 battles: * Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: 1863 Lee won the battle. * Appomattox took place in 1865 and led to the end of the war. It is located in North Virginia => it led to the surrender of Lee and to the victory of the Union, the “Yankees”. But, what should they do with the Slave? 5 States of the Union were still practicing slavery: Delaware, New Jersey, Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland. Lincoln had to make a decision. He promised to free the slaves, and he needed to act. He decided to fight for the abolition of slavery. But he can’t decide such a thing on his own; he needed 2/3 of the vote on the...
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...April 27, 2013 South vs. the South One of the most controversial and bloodiest wars to have ever taken place was fought by a nation separated in two to decide the fate of slavery in America. The Union Army of the North would go on to win the war, but they didn’t do it alone. It took a great three-part strategy that relied heavily on southern citizens being loyal to the Union cause, Divisions that emerged before the war that helped shape the Union, and Anti-confederate groups who helped cripple the South, all playing a role in the Union’s victory in the Civil War. The Union Army’s strategy of the Civil War consisted of three parts and was very simple; but if all three were not completed, it would spell disaster for the North. The first part of the strategy was to capture and control all of the Confederate ports. Lincoln and his military planners saw they had naval superiority over the South due to the fact that the, “Northerners controlled almost all the nations largest warships” (Freehling 6). Realizing this, they knew they would be able to capture all of the confederate held ports, thus preventing the possibility of European aid to the south. The second part of the Union’s strategy was to cut off the Confederate Army from their supplies and reinforcements. This required the Union Army to take control of all major waterways like the Mississippi with their Ironclad ships to prevent General Lee from sending supplies and men to the Confederate held middle and lower southern states...
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...threatened to tear the country apart. As westward expansion increased, the territories (the north and south) began disputing on the issue of slavery. To please both territories, a law known as the Missouri Compromise was passed and it admitted Missouri as a slave state while Maine was a free state. The law also prohibited slavery north and west of Missouri. This agreement led Dred Scot, a slave, to sue his owner for his freedom since they were traveling and lived for a time in a free state. While in Illinois, he was encouraged to sue for his freedom on the grounds that living in a free state made him a free man but Chief Justice Terry ruled that slaves were property and since properties were protected, being a slave or being free was irrelevant. He also stated that slaves, along with all the other black people in the country, they had no legal claim for equal rights and could never be citizens of the United States (Lesh and Finkelman, 2008). This decision did not sit well with many African Americans and a few whites from the North as they felt it would make slavery acceptable everywhere and cause it to never end. The decision of the Supreme Court further divided the country politically and accelerated the country toward the Civil war that resulted in the ending of slavery. After the Civil War Plessy vs. Ferguson was one of the first major cases about civil rights for African Americans. Following the war, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments were passed and during this time...
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...Civil Rights Movement Marilyn Hemingway History 300 May 08, 2013 Dr. Goldstein African Americans have experienced racial discrimination in virtually every single area of their lives. America has come a long way since the 1800’s when slavery was common, but that road certainly hasn’t been easy or short for Black American. Not long after the Civil War ended, African Americans experienced a form of racial segregation called Jim Crow. The name "Jim Crow" originated from a character in an early nineteenth-century minstrel show song. A white minstrel blackened his face and jigged around while singing. The "Jim Crow" character regularly appeared in minstrel shows touring the South. Eventually, Jim Crow became the name of the racial caste system which operated primarily, but not exclusively, in southern and Border States. These laws legalized segregation from the 1860’s through 1967. The most widespread laws mandated racial segregation in schools and public places such as railroads, restaurants, and streetcars. Since segregation laws typically excluded African Americans from services, Jim Crow laws began as an attempt to move forward by providing separate services for blacks. These laws were adopted earliest in most southern towns and municipalities where diverse crowds lived. These communities passed vagrancy laws that controlled the influx of black homeless migrants. Many southern states during the...
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...American Civil War History Paper The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a civil war between the United States (the "Union") and the Southern slave states of the newly-formed Confederate States of America under Jefferson Davis. The Union included all of the free states and the five slaveholding border states and was led by Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party, which opposed the expansion of slavery into territories owned by the United States. Republican victory in the presidential election of 1860 led seven Southern states to declare their secession from the Union even before Lincoln took office.[1] The Union rejected secession, regarding it as rebellion. Hostilities began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces attacked a U.S. military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Lincoln responded by calling for a large volunteer army, then four more Southern states declared their secession. In the war's first year, the Union assumed control of the border states and established a naval blockade as both sides massed armies and resources. In 1862, battles such as Shiloh and Antietam caused massive casualties unprecedented in U.S. military history. In September 1862, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation made ending slavery in the South a war goal, which complicated the Confederacy's manpower shortages. In the East, Confederate commander Robert E. Lee won a series of victories over Union armies, but Lee's reverse at Gettysburg in early...
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...a Nation Angela Manjarrez Point Loma Nazarene University Abstract The Little Rock Nine were nine African American students from Little Rock, Arkansas who enrolled at Central High School. No African American student was allowed to enroll in an all White school, until the Supreme Court passed a ruling in which schools would be integrated. It was a trying time for these nine students as they suffered through violence, hate, segregation, humiliation, and fear. Little did they know that their actions during the 1957-1958 school year would mark an important event that changed history forever. They endured massive amounts of pain during their ordeal of mainly trying to get an education. But they received help and support along the way. The Little Rock Nine shaped the educational systems and gave hope to a divided nation at the time. They would grow to be successful individuals and remembered as unsung heroes in Civil Rights history. The Little Rock Nine: The Crisis That Shaped a Nation In 1957, nine ordinary teenagers walked out of their homes and stepped up to the front lines in the battle for civil rights. The “Little Rock Nine” or the “Little Rock Crisis” refers to a time in history in which nine African American students were prevented from attending Little Rock Central High School, located in the southern state of Arkansas. This also took place during the Civil Rights Movement. The Little Rock Nine were the first African American students to desegregate Little Rock Central...
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...Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole. The Choctaw were the first to negotiate for their land with the federal government in 1830 they agreed to give up their property for western land. The government in the other hand had no experience in transporting large amount of people from state to state so on the journey to their new land many Native Americans died from exhaustion, exposure, malnutrition and disease while traveling. In 1828 Andrew Jackson was elected president and he wanted Cherokees to disappear. In 1830 Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which gave the government the right to exchange the Native Americans land and send them east of the Mississippi to Oklahoma. The Cherokee’s took their case to court which was known as Worcester vs Georgia, the Cherokee’s won the case but Andrew Jackson ignored the hearing....
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...J Indian Acad Forensic Med. April-June 2012, Vol. 34, No. 2 ISSN 0971-0973 Review Research Paper Euthanasia Revisited: The Aruna Shanbaug Verdict *Arsalaan. F. Rashid, **Balbir Kaur, ***O.P. Aggarwal Abstract Euthanasia and its procedure have long history of locking horns as a vexed issue with laws of countries across the world. Every human being of adult years and sound mind has a right to determine what shall be done with his/her own body. It is unlawful to administer treatment to an adult who is conscious and of sound mind, without his consent. In patients with Permanently Vegetative State (PVS) and no hope of improvement, the distinction between refusing life saving medical treatment (passive euthanasia) and giving lethal medication is logical, rational, and well established. It is ultimately for the Court to decide, as parens patriae, as to what is in the best interest of the patient. An erroneous decision not to terminate results in maintenance of the status quo; the possibility of subsequent developments such as advancements in medical science, the discovery of new evidence regarding the patient’s intent, changes in the law, or simply the unexpected death of the patient despite the administration of lifesustaining treatment, at least create the potential that a wrong decision will eventually be corrected or its impact mitigated. Key Words: Consent, Permanent Vegetative State, Passive Euthanasia, Parens patriae Introduction: Euthanasia is the intentional premature...
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...born into a farmer’s family in Kingfisher, Oklahoma on March 29, 1918. [31] He had one brother whose name was James Walton. Sam’s father was a farmer until he decided that farming was not producing enough revenue and decided to become a mortgage man. Sam grew up in the great depression where he learned many moral values like working hard. He had many odd jobs so he could help his family out with money. The family then moved to Florida, while there Sam became the youngest Eagle Scout in the state’s history. After graduating from high school Sam decided to further his educations and enrolled at the University of Missouri as an ROTC cadet. Sam graduated in 1940 with a degree in Economics and was named the class president. Wal-Mart was not Sam Walton’s first store that he owned. In 1945 Sam Walton opened the first Ben Franklin franchise in Newport, Arkansas. He started the stores with five-thousand dollar...
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...Medicinal Marijuana Jay Bradley Scott 156 09/15/2012 Tracy Alberry Medicinal Marijuana Medical Marijuana has been a controversial issue among many Americans and their politicians. Supporters for the legalization of the drug boast many of the drugs beneficial effects and uses. Some of these include, but not limited to alleviating pain, nausea, and increase in appetite for cancer patients on chemotherapy. There also is the added benefit of being able to tax the sale and distribution of marijuana. However, there are many who are against this drug being prescribed to patients with severe ailments. The opposition speaks about the harmful effects of this drug even though many government groups make the independent research of this drug difficult to attain approval. What research has been allowed to be carried out does support the drugs bad representation. Even though it is does have harmful effects on the body as any other plant being smoked would have. Opposition also uses the fact that marijuana possession is still illegal according to federal law. The use of medical marijuana has actually been going on in America much longer than many people would believe. The debate became increasingly heated in 1996, when California tried a new approach by making exceptions in criminal cases involving the terminally ill. This good intentioned planned was poorly carried out, yet it did ignite interest of other states in the legality of this herb as a medicinal drug. 17 states have passed...
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...The vital problem of death penalty for children as one of the most important issues of the contemporary system of justice. The death penalty issue has always been one of the most important issues of the contemporary system of justice. Years ago the majority of the criminals were male over 20, but nowadays the situation has quite changed. Not only grown-ups but also by children who are under 18 years old nowadays commit murders and other terrible crimes. Ordinarily, a young criminal is not applied the same restrictions for his crime as a grown criminal is, nevertheless if it especially goes about capital crimes people start talking about the death penalty for such juveniles. A child always remains a child and if he commits a crime it is not because he has had a good life. It is not the guilt of the children, but their big misfortune. It is a misfortune of not having anybody to love and truly support them and lead them in the correct direction. Along with that it is common knowledge that the period of 11 through 17 is a period of an especially intensive changes both in the organism and the mind of a child. That is why it is not fair to put a child in the same line with a grown up that can be completely responsible for his actions. A child is not mentally capable of comprehending the crime he or she commits. The system of values in the age under 18 is not built yet, other people can easily influence children and the psychic process are not stable yet. Under these conditions...
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...No. 1339 Information Sheet August 2001 Should I Lease or Buy? Steven W. Martin, Fred Cooke, Jr., David Parvin, and Scott Stiles I NTRODUCTION For many farms, machinery expense is the largest single production expense (Massey). Under current farm financial conditions, producers must search every avenue for opportunities to minimize costs and maximize returns. Producers have three basic options for meeting machinery needs: purchase the needed equipment, lease the needed equipment, or custom hire. Custom hire may work well for certain jobs, but often does not allow the amount of control many operations require. Like purchasing, leasing allows the producer to maintain control of the timeliness and quality of the work conducted on his or her farming operation. Therefore producers should evaluate leasing versus purchasing based on the economic opportunities that each provides. OVERVIEW Most leases consist of four basic components: • Periodic payment • Length of lease • Amount of use (hours, miles, etc.) • Residual Under a standard lease agreement, the lessee (farmer) agrees to pay the lessor (bank, credit corporation, dealer, etc.) a specified amount (payment) at certain intervals over a certain length of time. Three-year leases with annual payments are very common, but any arrangement is possible. The lease will generally specify the amount of annual use permitted under the base contract. Tractor leases often range from 300 to 1200 hours of annual use. The amount...
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