I wrote down that one ship leaves from New York and one ship leaves from San Francisco on the first of every month at 12:00 P.M. I also wrote down that each ship takes exactly six months to reach its final destination. I decided to assume that there are no problems with the weather, and that each ship travels the same distance per month. I also assumed that time zones don’t affect the problem and that my ship is the first one to go out in a very long time. I started out this POW by drawing a diagram that looked like a curve.
So, once again, I ask why? Why can’t they just leave the time alone! I say it’s time to stop the insanity of Daylight Saving Time once and for all. Just as many people enjoy early morning light as do extended evening light and if there is no real evidence of energy savings during DST, it’s time to do away with it. The story goes that Benjamin Franklin (remember “early to bed and early to rise”) was the first American to suggest Daylight Saving Time (and, by the way, it is Saving, not Savings as most of us say) because he felt that not using that extra early morning daylight in the summer months was just wasteful.
The annual pilgrimage is held on the last Sunday of October each year. This pilgrimage celebrates the anniversary of the completion of the monument and the date was chosen to coincide with the Christian feast of Christ the King. This year was the 73rd annual pilgrimage. It has been estimated that up to 40,000 people attend this pilgrimage each year. Many of the faithful attend annually while others decide to go on this journey for the first time.
Donziger’s studies show that crime rates since the 1970’s are remarkably stable, and violent crimes such as those displayed in the media have dropped by sixteen percent (489). Simultaneously, private prisons, like CCA, have replaced the majority of publicly operated penitentiaries. Barry Yeoman describes this new system as “dungeon for dollars” in his “Steel Town Lockdown” article (507). His article addresses why government favors private prisons and how this directly relates to the expanding definition of crime in order to raise incarceration rates. Yeoman explains, “cost cutting jeopardizes the safety of prisoners, guards, and communities” (508).
After a standard, and usually unpaid, 12 week leave, she usually will return to work, only to come home and take care of the household, and now also, care for her new baby. Despite how forward thinking our society claims to be, we still hold on to some old traditions that can weigh us down like an anchor. When I started research for this presentation, it was supposed to be about a man’s right to take paternity leave. But the more I researched the more I found that the United States is seriously behind other nations in protecting working families. In an article written by David Crary for the Huffington Post, “at least 178 countries have national laws guaranteeing paid leave for new mothers, while the handful of exceptions include the U.S., Swaziland and Papua New Guinea.
Background • Retirees are eligible to receive Social Security benefits at age 62, the early entitlement age. However, benefits are reduced for each month that beneficiaries begin collecting before the full retirement age. • The full retirement age is now 66. It had always been 65, but 1983 legislation raised the age for those turning 62 in 2000 or later. The full retirement age will increase gradually again beginning with those turning 62 in 2017, until it reaches age 67 for those turning 62 in 2022 or later (born in 1960 or later).
THE INCREASE OF TOBACCO TAX SAVES HUMAN LIFE Have you ever thought that tobacco is one of the silent killers of humans? There are millions of people who smoke today. Yet, there are millions of people who are also killed by smoking. The government should minimize the risks of consuming tobacco by making a regulation, such as raising the tobacco tax. This regulation is considered effective because it will decrease the number of smokers, keeps humans healthy and increases taxes to balance tobacco related expenses.
Eisenhower communications is trying to estimate the first-year net operating cash flow (at year 1) for a proposed project. The financial staff has collected the following information on the project: Sales revenue $10 million Operating costs (excluding depreciation) $ 7 million Depreciation $ 2 million Interest expense $ 2 million The company has a 40 percent tax rate, and its WACC is 10 percent a. What is the project’s operating cash flow for the first year? b. If this project would cannibalize other projects by $1 million of cash flow before taxes per year.
The firm charges $100 for labor for the first 10 feet. After that, the cost of the labor for each succeeding 10 feet is $25 more than the preceding 10 feet. That means the next ten feet will cost $125, then $150 and so on. How much will it cost to build a 90-foot tower? (Bluman, 2011) Here is how I would work out the problem I can see that the price changes every ten feet that we build upward the price increases $25 dollars, which is added to the previous price.
From government figures published in 2005 which covered over 4200 speed cameras across the UK, they showed a drop in accidents by 22%, they also showed a major drop of 42% in fatal accidents. The speed cameras themselves are acknowledged as saving 100 lives per year according to government figures. They have lowered speeds and also lowered the risks for motorists and pedestrians alike. The places where these cameras are placed as a result of accidents and named ‘notorious accident black spots’, if a camera is placed in one of these ‘black spots’ and the number of accidents decrease the camera is deemed a success and it remains there for quite some time as a security measure. A ‘black spot’ is defined by the government as a location here 8 accidents have occurred in the last 3 years in which 4 of these must be serious.