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Environmental Regulation and the Federal Government's Role

environment. From the 1960s to the present, in fact, environmental regulation has been in the forefront of legislative efforts. ...

Guns and Devices for Safety

accidental shootings of children, to stop thieves from stealing guns from households and to decrease the incidents of criminals di...

Overview of the EPA

effort. Still, some spills are so big that they cannot be contained with the limited resources most companies have; that is when ...

Defining Characteristics of Learning Disabilities

disabilities and those who need special education or related services (U.S. Department of Education, 1997, p. 1; 2002). The defi...

Healthcare Industry Managers and Leaders

will become less common. Teams are making more decisions. This serves to replace the increasing importance on mentoring within t...

The Social Significance of Alan Greenspan

this issue. In understanding his importance, some biographical information is useful. Alan Greenspan was born in 1926 and was ra...

Degradation of Wetlands and 2 Warning Letters

is most certainly aware, the areas which are impacted in favor of this excessive development are not only important from an ecolog...

HIV Positive Assessment Findings Summarized

can symbolize aspects of society that a community would just as soon forget, such as prison inmates. When social ills as poverty,...

Overview of STAT

In six pages this paper discusses STAT order designations and its usage by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Org...

Past and Present Relevance of The Federalist Papers

term be too long? Would the representatives only represent the elite? These and other questions would be on the minds of those who...

American Economy from 1990 to 2000 and Interest Rates

consumer demand (Delong 60). Slowly, unemployment rates continued to sink until they hit an all-time low of 4 percent during the ...

Production and Liability

corporations are self-policing themselves for more accountability -- and how this action will likely carry over into the 2000s. Op...

Overview of 'Fannie Mae'

would otherwise be unable to qualify for a mortgage loan to do so (Hoovers, 2003). In short, Fannie Maes core mission is to make h...

Health Care Workders and Accountability Arenas

paralleled by the employers duty towards the worker. Legal accountability is that which is delineated by the civil and criminal la...

Blue Bell Creameries and Corporate Level Strategy

its distribution system. In fact, throughout the years, Blue Bell had crafted an image as being "the little creamery in Brenham" a...

Health Care and Aging

are, of course, special considerations which go into treating the elderly. We know, for example, that the elderly often experienc...

Report Critique of 'Retiree Health Insurance: Recent Trends and Tomorrow's Prospects'

policies so that employees costs will not be so oppressive. In "Retiree Health Insurance: Recent Trends and Tomorrows Prosp...

George W. Bush's Proposed 2004 Federal Budget

That is an increase of $1.7 billion (2003, p.62). That represents a whopping 10% (2003, p.62) increase over the prior year. Under...

Overview of Chinese Beliefs

2002). In addition, dietary practices in Asia are often associated with religious practices and customs (Gifford, 2002). R...

Great Depression's Causes

standard was a system where the different currencies were linked not to each other, but to the price of gold. For example, at one ...

Issues Such as Balance of Power and Devolution

to function (1998). They tend to reject extreme centralization and decentralization of governmental responsibilities, and particip...

Federal Government's Growing Power During the 20th Century

the federal government to take action in order to help people make money. These seem to be rather insignificant issues, or issues ...

Learning, Organizational and Personal Levels

are more likely to develop in the commercial environment than those who have closed minds, are set in their ways or see no reason ...

UK Health, Ethnic and Class Differences

and education levels. Health is also an education issue, with greater knowledge better healthcare practices may be developed and a...

Budgeting for Healthcare and the Impact of Government Regulation

that health insurance is simply a fringe benefit as opposed to a fundamental right (1994). Another issue that comes into play is...

Personal Cholesterol Level Reduction and Health Promotion

of exercise extend beyond helping to burn the energy that the body stores as fat. Fat and cholesterol can collect along the...

Economic and Political Perspectives on Health, Aging, and Utilization of Health Services

but much of the cost is a simple reflection of the fact that medical science is keeping people alive longer than it has in previou...

Canadian Based Public Taxpayer Healthcare System Costs and Benefits

turned away from a Canadian health care facility because they are unable to pay. Even research in the most remote of the northern ...

FRB's History

economy has grown at a rate of approximately 3% anyway, after inflation (48). So the author assumes that the Fed will do a good j...

Definition and National Economic Objectives of Monetary Policy

(Federal Reserve, nd). The 12 District banks are the actual operating arm of the Federal Reserve System. Each performs numerous fu...