Initiative

On December 5th,1933 the 21st amendment replied Prohibition. Listed as the 18th amendment, prohibition banned the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages for consumption. The 21st amendment also allowed each state to set its own alcohol consumption laws. Nearer to this change, states kept the drinking ages higher around 21. It wasn’t until the passing of the 26th amendment that lowered voting ages from 21 years of age to 18 years. Soon thereafter states began to lower there…

Several individuals in the United States today had the discussion of what the legal age drinking should be. Individuals, political groups, and organizations express that the legal drinking age should remain at twenty-one years old, but others argue the legal age should be lowered to eighteen years old. This is understandable considering that at the age of eighteen you can vote, serve in the military, get married, and sign legal documents or contracts. Therefore, they are able as young adults…

In the two years since President Obama announced the BRAIN Initiative, much progress has begun. The application to which these integrative technologies to specific question-based projects will grow over the later years of the Initiative. Continued development of technology will be applied in the middle stages of the BRAIN Initiative as combinations of technology begin to emerge (Bargmann BRAIN 2025). An example of this combination of technology is when scientists combing advance genetic and…

to 21%. The Clean Marina Initiative is an effective way to help stop this problem. Many people may argue that joining this type of program won’t make enough of a difference, however, this program will provide you with the capability to influence and permit others, so they also can help. The Somers Point Marinas should participate in the Clean Marina Initiative because it will increase the safety…

The Community Dashboard in the journal, The Magnolia Community Initiative Case Exhibit 7 page 27, shows the stakeholders many critical information and conditions that are reflected from the current community, especially the output measures of improvement. However, some of the graphics on the dashboard are difficult to understand and to interpret what those graphs mean. Maybe for some stakeholders, the information are overwhelming. A good dashboard should present the information with graphics…

Employee Wellness Initiatives Recently, the Brooklyn Nets have started a health and wellness initiatives for it’s employees. During the month of March, the Nets decided to title the moths, “Health Matters Month” in order to delve much into this initiative. There is currently much brainstorming that occurs regarding this initiative. For instance, there is a current idea to restart a smoking cessation initiative for employees. This program would involve putting fruits and informational sheets at…

Literacy Initiative Assignment Space travel is currently and will continue to be the pinnacle of man’s scientific and technological achievement. Born out of countless hours of chalkboard math and innumerable successes and failures, space flight is truly amazing. So far, the high point of our space travel is the International Space Station, or the ISS. This space station is continually maintained through the hardworking men and women of NASA and Roscosmos, from The United States and Russia,…

The traditional initiatives for minimizing wastes of materials in construction focus on avoiding and reducing the waste of materials, and the hazardous and dangerous materials and products used to be disposed (Tom 2012). Traditional initiatives operate completely depending on priority in the Waste Management Hierarchy. Pittwater council (2009) had given a flow-process diagram to result in minimizing waste of materials in construction and Tom (2012) followed and provided detail processes.…

Today, many adults view word problems as the least favorite aspect of math problems; however, that may all change in the future due to today’s students receiving thorough instruction on word problems through the use of teachers using the Common Core Initiative. In order for students to appreciate word problems they must first understand what the problem is asking them solve and they must also understand the information that the word problem has given them. The eight mathematical practices teach…

The Ballot Initiative System in California was designed to give ordinary citizens the chance to change the laws of our state, as well as introduce new ones. That’s why it’s tragic that the process today is so tilted in favor of the rich and well-connected. Proof of this can be seen in the high costs of a successful campaign. California gives organizers only six months after filing their proposition to collect 365,880 signatures of registered voters, according to the Secretary of State’s…