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- 1061: Auditor Liability
- ... accounting. Recently, the AICPA has been lobbying for liability reform in cases involving negligence or malpractice by public accountants. Opposition to this lobbying has come from consumer advocacy organizations, trial lawyers' associations, and state public interest groups to name a few. (Bolinger p. 53) The key to success for the AICPA, according to Gary M. Bolinger is creating an image as a, "profession performing high-quality services but faced with excessive liability burdens that harm the public interest." (Bolinger p.56) One should not be concerned, however, in the pending political outcome, but in weighing the evidence argued by both sides and developing a sound reasonable basis. Therefore, the remainder of this document ...
- 1062: Jack Kevorkian
- ... her (Gutmann 20). ³Dr. Kevorkian was a retired pathologist in Michigan with a passionate commitment to promoting assisted suicide and the use of his Œsuicide machine¹² (Hendin, ³Seduced by Death² 130). He had an abiding interest in helping people die painlessly. He was the perfect person to carry out Janet¹s wishes (Larson 229). Dr. Kevorkian and Janet Adkins then met to discuss their intentions and eventually carry out the suicide ... W. Norton and Company, 1995. Larson, Edward. A Different Death. Illinois: Intervarsity Press, 1998. Uhlman, Michael. Last Rights. Washington D.C.: Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1998. Wolfson, Adam. ³Killing of the Dying.² The Public Interest Spring 1998: 56.
- 1063: Legalization of Drugs
- ... of violent crimes in 1983 reported having used alcohol just prior to committing their offense. The impact of drug legalization on this drug connection is the most difficult to predict. Much would depend on overall rates of drug abuse and changes in the nature of consumption, both of which are impossible to predict. It is worth noting, however, that a shift in consumption from alcohol to marijuana would almost certainly contribute ... of the United States, and the machine gun battles and executions carried out by drug lords -- all of which occasionally kill innocent people. Most law-enforcement officials agree that the dramatic increases in urban murder rates during the past few years can be explained almost entirely by the rise in drug-dealer killings" (Lindsmith Center). Perhaps the most unfortunate victims of the drug-prohibition policies have been the law-abiding residents ...
- 1064: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome I
- ... A higher incidence of SIDS is seen among premature and low birth weight children. Women who smoke and let their children be exposed to smoke give their children a higher risk of SIDS. Low birth rates among children have a higher chance of getting SIDS. Finally there is a much higher rate of SIDS when infants are placed on their stomach to sleep.(Culbertson, 8-10) One of the biggest recommendations ... undeveloped countries, which have a very high infant mortality rate to begin with, the presence of SIDS is there and probably have a much higher rate than in developed countries because throughout the world, SIDS rates are very constant with one another wherever studies have and can be conducted. SIDS ranks only second to injuries as the greatest cause of death to children who are less than 15 years of age ...
- 1065: Constantinopolis
- ... cities in northern Italy in the 15th century-de Medici, Sforza, da Montefeltro, and others-had become wealthy enough through commerce to become patrons of the arts. People of leisure began to take serious scholarly interest in the neglected Latin culture-its literature, its art, and its architecture, whose ruins lay about them. Early in the 15th century the city of Florence was in the process of completing its cathedral. Piers ... Scandinavia, baroque and rococo ran their course. In England, the duke of Marlborough's great Blenheim Palace, designed (1705) by Sir John Vanbrugh, emulated in rougher and reduced form the grandeur of Versailles. A renewed interest in Palladio and his follower Inigo Jones emerged. Development of the resort city of Bath gave opportunities to John Wood and his son to apply Palladian classicism to the design of Queen's Square (1728 ...
- 1066: Isaac Asimov
- ... High School in 1935, he applied to Columbia University and took on Chemistry as a major (Erlanger 18). This prompted his father to buy him a used typewriter. Although Isaac showed a great deal of interest in science fiction, he only considered it a hobby. His real goal was to become a doctor. However, he started to show more interest in his science fiction. On May twenty-ninth, 1937, Isaac sat down at the typewriter and started to work on his on science fiction short story (Wilsonweb). When this story was finished, he sent it ...
- 1067: The Life Of Mahatma Ghandi
- ... up the fight on their behalf. Until the age of 18, Gandhi had hardly ever read a newspaper. Neither as a student in England nor as a budding barrister in India had he evinced much interest in politics. Indeed, he was overcome by a terrifying stage fright whenever he stood up to read a speech at a social gathering or to defend a client in court. Nevertheless, in July 1894, when ... associate protested that clients came even on Sundays, Gandhi replied: "A man in distress cannot have Sunday rest." Gandhi's legal earnings reached a peak figure of £ 5,000 a year, but he had little interest in moneymaking, and his savings were often sunk in his public activities. In Durban and later in Johannesburg, he kept an open table; his house was a virtual hostel for younger colleagues and political coworkers ...
- 1068: Assisted Suicide
- ... to see it as more of a personal choice. It eventually became decriminalized, but assisted suicide and euthanasia are still crimes in most countries.3 The introduction of powerful analgesics caused a rise in the interest in the "right to die" movement. It was advocated in the late 1800's, and has been a topic for debate since the early 1900's.2 Doctors have been helping patients die for centuries ... be wrong to discontinue it. Euthanasia supporters often try to get sympathy by relating stories to make one feel like suicide is the only option in their case. The media has sparked a lot of interest, and continues to show stories like this. Simi Linton, psychologist, says, "I'm disturbed at how the media treats it, as: here are these poor folks; let's help them end their lives" (qtd. in ...
- 1069: Sigmund Freud
- ... research and an usher of his blossoming psychological insight. In 1886 he married Martha Bernays. In order to support his wife he turned from research to the clinical practice of neurology. By that time Freuds interest in hysteria had been stimulated by Josef Breuer's successful use of therapeutic hypnosis. Freud took up Breuer's "cathartic method" and they published their findings in Studies in Hysteria, which outlined their "talking cure" and is generally regarded as the beginning of psychoanalysis. Breuer lost interest when sexuality emerged as central to Freuds view of neurosis.2 Freud, devoting himself to the new science, discarded authoritarian and cumbersome hypnosis by enlisting his patients' cooperation in "free association" 3. This enabled him ...
- 1070: Depression
- ... has to be taken with Peter because he may be a suicidal case, depending on how seriously he is depressed. During the interview I would cover the questions: Do you feel sad? Have you lost interest in things you liked before? If Peter answers yes to both questions then it means he probably has a depressive illness. I would further question Peter on his appetite, sleep habits, daily energy, self-esteem ... questions, this gives me a better understanding of his unique case of depression. Through the interview I found that Peter doesn’t find much pleasure in eating food, even his favorite foods. He has lost interest in his family responding minimally towards his wife and children. Falling asleep wasn’t a problem for him, but he would wake up during the nights and have a difficult time going back to sleep ...
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