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- 2831: Employee Drug Testing
- ... of drugs in the workplace, an increasing number are battling the problem through drug-free workplace policies, employee education, drug testing, employee assistance programs and even undercover drug busts. If your company has joined the war against drugs, make sure you understand the legal issues involved-especially if you're deciding whether to hire and fire based on drug tests. Make a wrong move and you can land in court, defending your company against charges of negligence, violation of privacy, defamation, or violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Here are some areas of potential liability. Passing the tests on testing "The rights of employers in testing are becoming more clear," says Philadelphia employment lawyer Jonathan Segal of Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis ... a sample is another. If you have reason to think the person is cheating, that's likely a good enough reason to watch, says Lewis Maltby, director of the ACLU's National Task Force on Civil Liberties in the Workplace. Otherwise, back off. "Don't watch unless you really have to," Maltby says. "What would you say if a judge asked, `Why did you subject this person to a virtual ...
- 2832: Drug Prohibition
- ... effectively for catching rapists, murderers, and the remaining criminals who commit crimes against people and property. It takes a month to bring a person accused of a crime to trial. It's even slower for civil proceedings. There simply isn't enough judges to handle the ever-increasing caseload. By legalizing drugs, thousands of cases would be wiped off the courts permitting the rest to move faster. Prosecutors would have more ... saved by legalizing drugs. "fighting drugs is nearly as big a business as pushing them." As Gore Bidal so rightly put it. Legalizing drugs would endanger the jobs of police officers, and politicians campaigning on war on drugs. Legalization would threaten thousands of careers that the taxpayers would no longer need to support. About 70 percent of the drug budget is used to reduce drug supplies while 30 percent is used ... better used to reduce the amount of demand by better educating children and adults alike, and also by treating addicts. Governments exist to protect the rights of the people. By prohibiting drug use, American's civil rights are betrayed. How is prohibition protecting American's rights? Prohibition increases crime and corruption. It also wastes billions of dollars in taxpayer's money in the futile effort of eradicating drugs. It also ...
- 2833: Joseph Stalin
- ... Siberia.(Red Tsar) In November of 1917 when the Bolsheviks took power Stalin became people’s Commissar of Nationalities, Stalin along with Leon Trotsky, assisted Lenin with emergency decision making during the time of the civil war. After the Russian Revolution of March 1917, he joined the editorial board of the Party Paper Pravada.(Stalin) In 1919 Stalin was an elected member of the Political Bureau. He was appointed Commissar of Workers ... leaders.(Tyrant) From 1939 -1941 Stalin had a pact formed between him an Adolf Hitler ,ruler of Germany.(Stalin) The German invasion on June 22 found Stalin very unprepared and by the end of the war the Soviet Union had lost 20 million people. From 1941-1945 Stalin was allied with Britain and The United States of America, and after he had defeated Germany he turned his forces against Japan( ...
- 2834: JFK: His Life And Legacy
- ... John F. Kennedy was shot dead, apparently by the lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald. The world had not only lost a common man, but a great leader of men. From his heroic actions in World War II to his presidency, making the decisions to avert possible nuclear conflict with world superpowers, greatness can be seen. Kennedy also found the time to author several best-selling novels from his experiences . His symbolic ... a belief. Kennedy returned to Senate and participated in the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was also chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Labor. JFK believed strongly in education, equal job opportunity, and the civil rights movement. His biggest success came in the form of his Labor Reform Bill which passed by a margin of 90 to 1 in Senate debate. Kennedy's first child, Caroline, was born during this ... younger voters, the factory workers, and the liberals(Gadney 61). During the Kennedy Administration, a great deal of events were going on. Jackie had given birth to JFK, Jr., while all over the south, the civil rights movement was going in full force with incidents breaking out. Specific attention gathered around a black air force veteran, James Meredith, applied for admission to the University of Mississippi. In Cuba both the ...
- 2835: In My Fathers House
- ... In My Fathers House, written by Ann Rinaldi, there are two main characters whose names are Maria and Oscie. These two girls are sisters that live in a house that is being divided by the civil war. Their stepfather (Will McLean) is from the north and is known as a Yankee in the south. Most southerners disagree with his beliefs on slavery, but nevertheless, he is still a respected town leader on ... history into this story that is very captivating once you get into it. Although that Will McLean is a Yankee , I think it will be these two girls that really divide the family on the war between the North and the South.
- 2836: The Nomination of Andrew Jackson to the "Presidents Hall of Fame"
- ... At this time his political career looked over. In 1814 Jackson was a Major General in the Tennessee Militia, here he was ordered to march against the Creek Indians (who were pro-British in the war of 1812). His goal was achieved at Horseshoe Bend in March of 1814. Eventually he forced All Indians from the area. His victory's impressed some people in Washington and Jackson was put in command of the defense of New Orleans. This show of American strength made Americans feel proud after a war filled with military defeats. Jackson was given the nickname "Old Hickory", and was treated as a national hero. In 1817 he was ordered against the Seminole Indians. He pushed them back into Spanish Florida and ... system of "rotation in office." This was used to protect the American people from a development of a long-standing political group by removing long-term office holders. His enemies accused him of corruption of civil service for political reasons. However, I think that it was used to insure loyalty of the people in his administration. States rights played an important part in Jackson's policy's as president. In ...
- 2837: Hong Kong Transferring Hands
- ... conflict came to be known as the Opium Wars. Britain easily dispatched the Chinese resistance and opened up China for even more trade with the western societies. One of Britain’s gains from the Opium War was that Hong Kong was ceded over to them. In 1860 the Chinese government also ceded Kowloon and Stonecutters Island to Britain. Britain establish a colony in 1843, it capital was Victoria. In 1898, Britain ... and foreign affairs, as Britain had previously done. In the One Country, Two Systems approach Hong Kong will remain capitalist. Hong Kong will have an elected Legislature and the residents will retain some of their civil liberties. It was in an uneasy atmosphere that the British flag was lowered for the last time in Hong Kong and a new day for China had begun. “The world hasn’t realized that nothing ... in regards to the changes that have occurred in the government. Weng did see some changes in the political process like the gradual politicization of government offices. For example, in present day Hong Kong the Civil Servant Secretaries no longer have to authority to respond to a problem or to insensate a solution. This is slowing down government services. Another trend Weng noticed was with economic downturn of the Asian ...
- 2838: The Farming Of The Bones
- ... is the patriach of the household Amabelle lives in. Born in Spain to a comfortable family, he has somehow landed in the Caribbean, having fought "for colonies with Los Estados Unidos" in the Spanish-American War of 1898. Now, he sits every night by his radio listening to bulletins from Spain about the Civil War raging there. And Amabelle can sympathize with him. She says, "Like me, Papi had been displaced from his native land; he felt himself the orphaned child of a now orphaned people. Perhaps this was ...
- 2839: Peoples Temple Settlement In Guyana
- ... people were drawn to the People's Temple as well as why Jonestown ended up being a terrifying reality. The United States was going through a transitional period around this time. In 1978 the Vietnam war had been over with but there was still much unrest. There was rampant fear of nuclear destruction in the wake of WWII and the eruption of the Cold War; the civil rights movement in all its appearances was beginning and mature capitalism vastly differentiated income distribution. Many people were looking for alternative lifestyles, different ways of thinking and unique ideas to lead them into the ...
- 2840: Leonardo Da Vinci
- ... he stated that he knew how to build portable bridges; that he knew the techniques of constructing bombardments and of making cannons; that he could build ships as well as armored vehicles, catapults, and other war machines; and that he could execute sculpture in marble, bronze, and clay. Thus, he entered the service of the Duke in 1482, working on Ludovico’s castle, organizing festivals, and he became recognized as an ... of years ahead of its time. His concept failed because the tank was too heavy to be mobile and the hand cranks he designed were not strong enough to support such a vehicle. As a civil engineer, he designed revolving stages for pageants. As a sculptor he planned a huge monument of the Duke’s father mounted up on a leaping horse. The Horse, as it was known, was the culmination ... of the year Leonardo began to design a decoration for the Great Hall of the Palazzo Vecchio. Leonardo chose the Battle of Anghiari as the subject of the mural, a victory for Florence in a war against Pisa. He made many drawings and sketches of a cavalry battle, with tense soldiers, leaping horses and clouds of dust. In painting The Battle of Anghiari Leonardo again rejected fresco and tried an ...
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