In the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence‚ the authors describe the people who are allowed to rule. The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the Constitution‚ which is the law of the land in the United States. The Declaration of Independence is the document that the U.S. sent to Great Britain to declare their independence from them. The problem with these two documents is that they were written by and for the rich people of the time and hasn’t really evolved with time to
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Today marks the 300th anniversary of the ratification Constitution and the bill of rights. To celebrate this day we are going to look through the years on how these documents helped create the identity of America. National governments and the state of the specific duties and powers as well as sharing the same laws‚ not laws adopted in accordance with the Constitution‚ the supreme law of the country. Creating three distinct branches; the legislative‚ executive and judicial. Each branch has specific
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Plato’s Apology‚ Socrates a philosopher is standing trial for charges that are not easily proven. Socrates has two sets of charges brought against him the “old” charges that Socrates claims that have been talked about for a very long time “there are many of these accusers‚ and they have been accusing me for a long time now.”(Plato 18c) His second set of charges known as the “new’ charges represent more straight forward claims. New charges called onto Socrates is that he is guilty of corrupting the
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Looking at Tennyson’s ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ and ‘If’ by Kipling‚ power is presented in various and conflicting ways within each poem. One thing is clear in both poems however; the speaker or narrator in each poem has the power over the subject of the poem. In Tennyson‚ the speaker merely commentates on the event itself with hindsight and takes it upon himself to decide what honour is and distributes it to the soldiers. Kipling’s speaker‚ in similar fashion‚ dictates what honour is and
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Bill of Rights A democracy must ensure that individuals have certain rights and that the government will always recognize these rights. Therefore it is often a practice in most democratic countries to list the rights of the citizens in the constitution itself. Such a list of rights mentioned and protected by the constitution is called the ‘bills of rights. A bill of rights prohibits government from thus acting against the rights of the individuals and ensures a remedy in case there is violation
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Males in Charge: Fact or Fiction Stereotypes are all around us. In today’s world stereotypes are frowned upon and seem to have no bearing on the limitations one can surpass‚ but they did not come out of nowhere. Something had to have happened for these stereotypes to arise. Gender stereotypes are some of the most controversial stereotypes‚ one being that males should be in charge instead of women. Since the founding of America took place in 1776‚ a male has been in charge of this country
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Good grief! Less than two weeks after it was enacted into law‚ the still controversial Reproductive Health Law‚ otherwise known as Republic Act No. 10354 or the “Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of The RH law is now in the hands of our Supreme Court justices. Though I’m an atheist let me say this: “God help us…” 2012″‚ was challenged as unconstitutional in the Supreme Court on the ground that it “mocks the nation’s Filipino culture”. This is unbelievable. No‚ this ismadness
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Chapter 1: Auditing‚ Assurance‚ and Internal Control Auditing Auditing is a systematic process of objectively obtaining and evaluating evidence regarding assertions about economic actions and events to ascertain the degree of correspondence between those assertions and establishing criteria and communicating the results to interested users. Internal Audits * Internal auditing: independent appraisal function established within an organization to examine and evaluate its activities as a service
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BILL OF LADING (B/L) A B/L is one of the key documents in international trade and mostly in the shipping industry. It is document issued by the agent of a carrier to a shipper‚ signed by the owner of the vessel to provide proof that the goods have been received. In a nutshell the B/L is a contract between the person shipping the goods‚ the carrier and the receiver of the goods. The B/L is a legal document that must be thorough‚ accurate and complete. For example‚ suppose that a logistics company
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On my charge nurse day‚ there were staffing and communication issues. The unit was overstaffed and as charge nurse‚ we needed to find out which employees were due to float to other units. I think that this takes important leadership skills and the ability to delegate to individuals. These skills are crucial to utilize in the work place‚ in addition to “developing excellent communication skills [because] … it requires the ability to express yourself clearly and to understand another person” (Black
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