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    Extrinsic motivation drives me to do things for tangible rewards such as money or pressures‚ rather than for the fun of it. In a workplace this motivation would be the most used because most people work for money. I am employed at the Corcoran State Prison and this is an extrinsic motivation because I get paid to watch and protect inmates and control any possible hostile situations. One way where my occupation wouldn’t apply as an extrinsic motivation‚ but as an external regulation‚ is if I was

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    Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master subtitle style * * * Federal Reserve‚ Banking and Inflation William Ward Axia College of University of Phoenix ECO 205 Lydia Portee July 27‚ 2008 * * * Introduction The Federal Reserve Board of Governors Federal Reserve Functions The Money Supply Inflation Cause Effect Controlling Conclusion * * * The Federal Reserve History Mission Ownership Funding Accountability * * * Structure Appointments Representation Contacts within

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    EPA – Policy-making in the Federal System POL 201 Instructor: Matthew Szlapak Monday‚ April 29‚ 2013   The federal government enacted the Clean Air Act‚ so as to protect the citizens of the United States. At the same time Congress created the Environmental Protection Agency with its primary role of regulating and the enforcement of environmental policies at the state and tribal levels. A brief history on air pollution‚ in October 1928 in the industrial town of Donora Pennsylvania a thick

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    Federal v. State Courts The United States is at the forefront of modern democracy. Its unique three branched system allows the government to operate under a quasi-idealistic form of checks and balances. As outlined by the U.S. Constitution‚ the judicial branch of government serves as the interpreter of the law and is “one of the most sophisticated judicial systems in the world.”1 This complexity is a product of balance and structure in the form of a judicial hierarchy‚ with the Supreme Court at

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    Driant Hoti‚ Genti Koqinaj October 24‚ 2011 Comparing Death Penalty States to Non-Death Penalty States The death penalty is one of the most controversial topics of the 21th century. Since the reinstatement of capital punishment in 1977 until today‚ 1‚234 detainees have been convicted with the death penalty (“World Coalition against the Death Penalty‚” 2). On the 5th November 2005‚ around 500 protesters demonstrated against the death penalty (Rubac par.1). Those protests are quite often

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    Americans placed in the prison system. According to NAACP‚ from 1980 to 2008‚ the number of people incarcerated in America quadrupled-from roughly 500‚000 to 2.3 million and out of the 2.3 million incarcerated 1 million are African Americans. African Americans are incarcerated at nearly six times the rate of whites. 1 out of 3 African American males are expected to go to prison in their lifetime compared to the 1 out of 17 white males who are most likely to end up in prison as well. There are racial

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    several ways which were federalism‚ separation of power‚ check and balances‚ and small and large states. The first guard against tyranny was Federalism which means the central and state government. Both government has the power to tax and laws or enforce laws. The central government can provide an army‚ but the state government can establish school. Federalism protects against tyranny because the state and national governments have powers so no one become too powerful. It helps them work together

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    Each state has its own government that is structured like the federal government. Each state has the three branches‚ executive‚ legislative‚ and judicial. The size of the state determines the size of the government. For example New York is a larger state than Mississippi therefor the size of the legislative branch differs. This is just one of the differences in these two state governments. The executive branch is the main law enforcement branch and in both states consists of governor‚ lieutenant

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    notes and Chapter 16 reading‚ answer the following questions. ������16.2 Outline the structure of the federal court system and the major responsibilities of each component How is the federal judicial system organized? What role does the federal judicial system play in contemporary American government? What limits are there on the interpretation of the law and the Constitution by federal judges? What powers do judges have to ensure that their rulings are enforced? ������16.3 Explain

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    Congress created the Federal Reserve System‚ which is the central bank‚ on December 23rd‚ 1913; it revolves around 12 Reserve Banks and 7 Board of Governors. The 12 banks the Fed is separated into are not equally divided—they are based on the importance of their financial activities. The role of the Fed in the U.S. economy revolves around monetary policy by purchasing and selling government securities‚ increasing or decreasing the required reserve ratio‚ and using the discount rate. It also focuses

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