According to the National Criminal Justice Reference Service‚ in 2011there we around 29‚900 known gangs and roughly 782‚500 members. “Gangs are responsible for an average of 48 percent of violent crime in most jurisdictions and up to 90 percent in several others‚ according to NGIC analysis” (FBI‚ 2011‚ p.9). Gang violence explained by the following articles by Bellair and McNulty‚ Horowitz‚ and Shirazi show that gang violence plays a role in negating the positive neighborhood activities. While also
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A3. How can employees position themselves vis-à-vis the expectations of HR managers? Employees can position themselves in a way that results in a situation where both employees and a company can benefit from each. It will also help the employees to gain better recognition in the company and also create more chances to be head hunted by external recruiters for critical positions in the industry. Firstly‚ the most important task for any company is to imbibe its core values and principles in each employee
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CHAPTER 6 PRODUCTION EXERCISES 4. A political campaign manager must decide whether to emphasize television advertisements or letters to potential voters in a reelection campaign. Describe the production function for campaign votes. How might information about this function (such as the shape of the isoquants) help the campaign manager to plan strategy? The output of concern to the campaign manager is the number of votes. The production function has two inputs‚ television advertising and
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Explainthe relationship between the average cost and marginal cost curve? Answer: We usually assume that the Average Cost curve is U shaped The MC curve will intercept the AC curves at its minimum point. When AC is decreasing‚ MC lies below AC - because when MC is below AC‚ producing an extra unit of output will pull down average cots When AC is increasing‚ MC lies above AC - because when MC is above AC‚ producing an extra unit of output will raise average costs Therefore MC will intercept the AC curve
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transforming labor into a more flexible (and variable) cost. Among such companies are Hewlett-Packard‚ General Electric‚ DuPont‚ Sun Microsystems‚ and British Airways. Discuss whether direct labor is a fixed or a variable cost. What are the pros and cons of management treating direct labor as a variable cost? Are there ethical issues to be considered here? Direct labor can be classified as a fixed cost or a variable cost‚ depending on how flexible the employer needs to be/can be with the labor force
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break the cycle of poverty is to raise the minimum wage. This would reduce child poverty in America and give families more financial support. Also‚ when kids have financial support‚ studies show that they will have less behavioral problems. Making better minimum wages would reduce child poverty in America. According to the article‚ "How to end child poverty in America"‚ "...boosting the tipped worker wage to $7.07‚ could reduce U.S. child poverty by 4%…"() This shows that adjusting the wages would
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settings 1.1 –Explain what is meant by: Diversity - means is to understand that each child/young person is individual‚ unique and different i.e.‚ it could be the differences in race‚ heritage‚ customs‚ beliefs‚ physical appearance‚ mental capability. Diversity should be valued and respected as each person are completely different to any other person‚ even in the examples I have stated above. We need diversity as is gives us different views and opinions. We must value our diversity so we can work together
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Main title: Near Field Communications NFC Problem Solving Theory Unit 1Research Paper 1: Paradigm Shift Introduction NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION allows wireless communication and the exchange of data between digital devices‚ like smart phones. NFC is somewhat like Bluetooth at first glance. NFC is an extension of radio-frequency identification (RFID) Except NFC is designed for devices that are close in proximity. There are three forms of NFC technology all are similar
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Explain how judges can be dismissed from the office Judges represent an important central role in adjudicating disputes in a fair‚ unbiased manner by applying legal rules and play a vital role in controlling the exercise of power by the state. Judges may leave their position by the termination of an appointment: Dismissal due to breaching judicial disciplines‚ resignation of their own choice or suggestion by the Lord Chancellor for misbehaviour‚ removal due to disability by permanent infirmity
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Increasing is Considered Decreasing Malcolm Gladwell wrote “Money makes parenting easier until a certain point‚ when it stops making much of difference”(49). The method Inverted-U curve is about having extreme or limited of something might be against our benefits. Before reading David and goliath I didn’t really think that having a lot of something will give me a negative results‚ but Gladwell did change my thoughts by letting me see the negative side of this issue. Having what we want is very good
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