Elimination of Merit Systems For many reasons‚ merit based civil service systems have come under assault and yet at the same time have been hailed. Merit systems do however attempt and achieve many important objectives including ensuring that an effective workforce is attracted and maintained by providing protections against arbitrary termination and by attempting to avert politically influenced hiring and promotions. Notwithstanding‚ the way merit systems go about attracting a workforce
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Caldecott Award Winners Locomotive Written and Illustrated by Brian Floca This book tells the adventures of a family on a journey across the transcontinental railroad. The author/illustrator‚ Brian Floca‚ gives the reader a look into the past‚ describing what it was like to ride a locomotive in the 19th century. He used muted colors which I found beautifully soft and feel the illustrations would draw the reader into the pages. My favorite part of the book is the book flap‚ when opened kids will
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Landing would simply not be enough. From the moment planning began‚ the Allies knew that taking Normandy’s beaches would not be sufficient to secure their invasion of France. Outlying towns‚ strategic roads‚ railways and geographical barriers like rivers were necessary objectives to protect the Allied advance‚ and prevent a German counterattack (D’Este‚ 72). The Allies would have to capture these objectives if their invasion was going to be a success. While the American’s were faced with Carentan
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The documentary film “The Take” or “La Toma” shows Argentina in the midst and the aftermath of an economic collapse as unemployment skyrockets and almost half the country plummets below the poverty level. In the beginning of the documentary‚ shows an emerging economy transitioning into first world status comparing it to Australia or Canada where Argentina was considered the most prosperous middle-class in Latin America. However‚ the country took a turn for the worst under the presidential reign of
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Merit and demerit goods Merit goods Merit goods are also things that are ’good’ for you‚ but unlike public goods they can be provided privately. The problem is that if they are provided solely by the private sector then they tend to be under-consumed‚ so‚ again‚ the government has to step in to correct the market failure. The best two examples are health and education. Both of these goods can be provided privately. Some of you may be at a private school (or independent school‚ as they are called)
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In Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s ted talk titled “We Should All Be Feminists”‚ Adichie discusses the subject matter of what the word feminists means and how feminism still affects her life today. In one of the most important points of Adichie’s speech‚ she discusses how she was led to believe that being a feminist was a bad thing‚ and how boys are put on a higher pedestal than women from the many examples she gave‚ like how a boy in her primary school was given the position of class monitor‚ just for
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basketball‚ there is now a clamoring for compensating both football and basketball players beyond that of an athletic scholarship. Which leads me to believe college-athletes who generate millions of dollars in revenue for their college-universities should receive a source of payment from the NCAA. Scholarships that’s student athletes receive to play sports in college do not cover the full cost of college universities. In the world of sports ‚ starting from high school a scholarship is an ideal
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Teacher Burnout‚ Well-Being and a Proposed “Teacher Assistant Intervention Program" Fall Semester 2012 COMM 200: Research Methods in Communication Introduction/Abstract: This paper proposes the experimental study which will place new teacher assistants‚ assessed and qualified by a new set of requirements and qualifications‚ within the Providence School District Elementary Schools. What is the point? Why do we need to reassess our current set of requirements and qualifications within the paraeducation
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On April 7‚ 1782‚ George Washington created the Badge of Military Merit in order to reward those in the military who performed singular meritorious actions. But for unknown reasons following the Revolutionary War‚ the award had “broken service” and was not presented to anyone for approximately 150 years. However‚ it was redesigned in the 20th Century and is now known as the Purple Heart. One example of the Purple Heart is displayed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Speller of Windsor‚ N.C. The medal
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