Lisa Brown Hsm/ 260 Week 5 – Forecasting Checkpoint 3/8/13 Exercise 9.1 20X1 $5‚250‚000 20X2 $5‚500‚000 20X3 $6‚000‚000 20X4 $6‚750‚000 Moving Averages 20X2-X4 $18‚250‚000 / 3 = $6‚083‚333 Weighted Moving Averages Fiscal Year Expenses Weight Weighted Score 20X2 $5‚500‚000 1 $5‚500‚000 20X3 $6‚000‚000 2 $12‚000‚000 20X4 $6‚750‚000 3 $20‚250‚000 __ ___________ 6 $37‚750‚000 20X5 $37‚750‚000 /6 = $6‚291‚667 Exponential Smoothing NF = $6‚300‚000
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There are many flaws within the United States prison system‚ as there are with everything. Not only are the prisons decrepit and deteriorating but there are far worse issues behind those barred gates. Overcrowding in detention centers and gang violence threaten to unhinge the fragile system and the threat is increasing with each passing day. However‚ not all of the problems are prisoner related as the issue of guard violence is being brought to light. Failure to address these problems could have
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United states prisons have over 2.5 million inmates within their walls. The system has become strained with all the prisoners.There are people advocating for and against the prison system.The system has the good‚ the bad‚ and the ugly‚ but many people disagree on which one prevails. The Prison system has been under scrutiny for years. They have tried every way imaginable to keep the prison system from failing. Experts have come and observed our criminal system from all over the globe “Our prison system
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What is INHERENT POWERS OF THE STATE? The power of the government or state to enforce and money mandatory or compulsory money contribution from the people to support the needs of the nation. POLICE POWER is the power of promoting the public welfare by restraining and regulating the use of both liberty and property of all the people. It is considered to be the most all-encompassing of the three powers. It may be exercised only by the government. The property taken in the exercise of this power
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CheckPoint: Forecasting Exercise 9.1 The following data represent total personnel expenses for the Palmdale Human Service Agency for past four fiscal years: 20X1 $5‚250‚000 20X2 $5‚500‚000 20X3 $6‚000‚000 20X4 $6‚750‚000 For moving averages and weighted moving averages‚ use only the data for the past three fiscal years. For weighted moving averages‚ assign a value of 1 to the data for 20X2‚ a value of 2 to the data for 20X3‚ and a value of 3 to the data for 20X4. Forecast personnel
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System: The United States Prison System Abstract The United States prison system is not a suitable place for nonviolent drug offenders. The high rate of recidivism is caused by one thing and one thing only‚ prison sentences. Nonviolent drug offenders will have no choice other than to socialize with other inmates‚ some who have committed irreprehensible crimes‚ thereby greatly increasing their chance of becoming violent. The population of prisons in the United States is on a steady rise
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The Eastern State Penitentiary was built in 1829‚ to imprison and punish criminals in America. Knowledge isn’t something you can easily define or explain. “Knowledge is to gain facts‚ information‚ and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject.”(Oxford) Knowledge doesn’t have one correct way of explaining because the way humans interpret knowledge changes from a person’s experiences. Knowledge is what causes us to understand
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The prison system is just as corrupt as the prisoners inside them. We live in a world where it is deemed acceptable to punish a criminal by taking away their humanity‚ and only release them when they find it themselves. It is apparent that the methods of handling prisoners and their sentences is costly and not effective. The recidivism rate in the United States prison and detention facilities are incredibly high‚ much higher than their Scandinavian counterpart. Recidivism “refers to a person’s relapse
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accepted‚ most people break the law in a minor way‚ perhaps by speeding or J-walking. Unfortunately some people go to far and end up in prison. At that point society is divided‚ where is the line that separates us? What affects the outcome of what side of that line you are standing on? Education? Environment? Genetics? What would cause one subject to end up in prison while the other raises a family? Some researchers have concluded that it is in your genetic makeup. From the beginning of your life it’s
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What Justifies the State? The state‚ as the textbook refers to‚ "is the highest authority in a society‚ with a legal power to define the public interest and enforce its definition." The state is comprised of the governing institutions‚ politicians‚ and the legal system. They have authority over its citizens in executing legislature‚ applying taxes‚ and‚ if necessary‚ provide additional services for the state. The power of the state is justified by the people who allow the state to have the necessary
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