Child Hunger in America By Western Governors University Abstract The United States faces many social problems. One of these problems is child hunger. It has sociological origins and challenges for government and citizens alike. Social Problem The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports 16.7 million children under the age of eighteen live in a household
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INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM TO: CEO FROM: ELEMENTARY DIVISION MANAGER SUBJECT: METAL WHISTLE TESTING DATE: OCTOBER 1‚ 2011 CC: EXECUTIVE TEAM Overview We have a large shipment of our elementary toy collection scheduled ship at the end of this week but have encountered a problem with the production. One of the products in this collection has failed the quality control testing exceeding the legal limits of lead set by the federal government. This shipment will be delivered to South American schools
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the terms as stipulated under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) were actually met. The Act requires that for one to benefit from the leave he or she must have worked with the employer for more than 12 months. Employee A had worked for 2 years and it can be deduced that he had successfully completed at least 1250 hours at the work place. The rationale of the law is to make it possible for one to accomplish his professional obligations and personal ones without having to choose one at
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Subject: Organizational Management‚ Task2 A. Develop an action plan: 1. Analyze the financial and leadership strengths and weaknesses of the Utah Symphony before the merger. Utah Symphony had a great deal of financial talent‚ but has been unable to find a strong source for future success. The potential merger builds on these strengths and weaknesses by creating a better future for both companies. Strength points: Symphony became one of the first orchestras from the western united
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Western Governors University NUT1 Task 2 Quality Electronic Medical Records (EMR) are becoming more widely used across the healthcare spectrum. One of the reasons for their popularity is the potential that is presented for increasing the quality of care delivered to patients by decreasing handwriting interpretation errors‚ reducing medication administration errors and eliminating lost charts. Time management is a crucial skill to have as a nurse. It allows for a smooth workflow which translates
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According to the Internal Revenue Service‚ a taxpayer has the choice between five different filing statues. The five statuses are‚ Single‚ Married Filing Separately‚ Married Filing Jointly‚ Head of Household‚ and Qualifying Widow(er) with dependent child. For the couple in question‚ the recommendation I am making is that they use the filing status of married filing jointly. Since the couple has three children they will qualify for three dependency exemptions as well as two exemptions for themselves
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Increase in Quality of Care Until the second part of the last century‚ all medical records were on paper. This system worked fine in an age of family doctors making house calls and patients never travelling far from their local hospital. Our modern society has changed and our healthcare record management has changed as well. Computerized record management (CRM) and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) are poised to increase the quality of healthcare. According to the US Department of Health and
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A. Create three organizational policy statements that may have prevented the security breach. During a routine audit of the electronic health record system‚ a security breach was discovered. The lack of a log retention‚ log audit‚ or remote access policy contributed to the unauthorized access. * Log retention policy statement: The intent of this policy statement is to provide the organization guidance on information systems security log retention. Log rotation will be conducted on a
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A. Discuss elasticity of demand as it pertains to elastic‚ unit‚ and inelastic demand. Elasticity of demand is gauged by the percentage of change in demand when the price of an item varies. If the change in the quantity demanded is greater than 1 the demand is elastic. Elasticity of demand is calculated by ED=quantity demanded/decrease in price. If you reduce the price of milk by 6%‚ and that causes an increase of quantity demanded by 9% the demand for milk is elastic (ED= .09/.06 = 1.5).
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Advertising encourages consumers to buy in quantity rather than promoting quality. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Words: 281/ Time: 45’ Whether or not customers are encouraged by advertisers to purchase products in quantity without promoting quality is a controversial question. Some people would say “yes” with that idea. However‚ as far as I am concerned‚ I strongly oppose that perception. First and foremost‚ although nowadays consumers are bombarded with information of products and
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