September 23‚ 2012 Subject: Alternative Minimum Tax In 1969‚ Congress had noticed that 155 people with high incomes were legally using so many deductions and other tax breaks that they were virtually paying nothing in federal income taxes. This angered many tax paying citizens and embarrassed the government. In an effort to fix the system Congress came up with the alternative minimum tax. At the time the tax only affected the high income class but not so today. The alternative minimum tax was never
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How Values Affect Decisions in Personal and Professional Life Shaundrea Sager University of Phoenix Abstract Many people have a set of core values‚ either personal‚ organizational‚ or cultural‚ that help guide his or her life‚ and that assist him or her in making decisions in their everyday existence. Most of my decisions are based on how they will affect my family‚ me‚ and my career. My family is the key factor in any decision I make. I have to consider what influence my
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Traditional Versus Alternative Medicine Traditional versus alternative medicine is an issue that requires a great deal of inspection and assumption. The purpose of both types of medicine is to have a healthy‚ strong‚ and fit body. Specialists differ in their opinions on this topic and their views are based on the advantages and disadvantages of both types of medicine. This essay will define in clearer terms how Alternative medicine differs from Traditional medicine in its definition‚ approaches
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Reflect and Improve on Professional Practice 1. Why is it important that we observe agency guidelines when we are examining issues of professional development? It is important to observe agency guidelines for a few reasons some of these are; -To ensure performance processes are consistent with organisations principles -To ensure there is a clear link between business plans and individual performance development -To ensure that the performance management process is not a negative
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Mainstream VS Alternative Media In today’s day and age‚ with the advent of vehicles like the Internet and various social media‚ the means of communicating have significantly developed. This evolution has given rise to contemporary media outlets for both the mainstream and alternative media channels. We must now choose how to gain access to our most basic and truly essential news and information. Mainstream media tends to afford media outlets maintained by various conglomerates‚ which are then
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TOPIC: Alternative Learning System in the Philippines I. Overview II. How It Is Implemented DISCUSSANT: Mrs. Emily J. Ruivivar I. WHAT IS ALS? ALS stands for ALTERNATIVE LEARNING SYSTEM which is a free education program implemented by the Department of Education (DepEd) under the Bureau of Alternative Education (BALS). It aims to benefit those who cannot afford formal schooling and follows whatever is the available schedule of the learners. The program follows a viable alternative to the
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The Music Industry In the Middle East‚ North Korea and other communist countries that are run by dictators; the government monitor everything that their people listen to‚ they are only really allowed to listen to classical music as it doesn’t display any type of message (good or bad) or inspire people to want to speak out about the suffering that they face. Contrary to those places‚ artists in England and other countries across the world have been inspired by politics to make protest songs and art
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Prison and the Alternatives: Is Incarceration the Answer to Crime? How well do our prisons reform prisoners? What are the alternatives to prison? What is the best‚ most cost-effective way of protecting the public? These are some of the questions raised by individuals who are legitimately concerned not only with where their tax dollars are going‚ but also with what is being done to break the cycle of crime within their representative communities. When prisons were first introduced to our society
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Throughout the last few years alternative medicine has drawn a ton of attention towards itself. New ideas and new styles of this medicine are introduced into the media everyday. Despite all the attention to this new trend what do we actually know about it? Is it safe? What studies have been done? In a time when people are looking for a change and living life to the fullest these new methods of medicine seem to be just the answer we ’re looking for. Conventional medical practitioners say that
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Alternative Energy Informative Speech Attention-Getter: Do you know what this is? This is worsening your asthma at the age of 10 and you developing lung cancer by the age of 30. According to the Centers for Disease Control there are 1 in 11 children with asthma (Centers‚ 2012a) and approximately 208‚000 people diagnosed with lung cancer (Centers‚ 2012b). Fortunately‚ there is a better way. Credibility: I’m sure you’ve all heard about or seen windmills and solar panels. For those of you here
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