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To the Emperor Publius Diocletian, I, Patricius, son of Gaius Valerius and grandson of Septimus Valerius, who lived and died in service to the Senate, send my greeting and my salute from my little desk in my home near…

How can anyone find a hero these days? With sports stars going on steroids and getting in fights, politicians being arrested for shady dealings, teachers having affairs with students, and so on, it is very difficult to…

Researchers in demographics have persistently foretold that the rapidly growing Hispanic population would inevitably develop into the leading minority group in the United States. Updated data released from the 2000…

Sting at the Wiltern Theatre, November 29th, 2011:

What is deterrence? What criminological theory underlies this perspective? Based on the existing evidence, do correctional sanctions "work" to reduce crime? That is, is deterrence effective?

Ellis holds that America, at its outset, was plagued by an identity crisis: Americans who asserted an essentially 'Republican' identity and revolted against Britain for certain reasons were at ends with Americans who…

This is a paper with two charts concerning corporate taxes. Corporations are taxed under a tax rate structure depending on the income. There has been talk about dropping the corporate tax.

A Division of Gender Culture: The Shojo and the Sh-nen

Fatigue has been recognized as one of the top threats to transportation safety by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The Comair Flight 5191 tragedy that occurred in 2006 was forensically analyzed for the contribution that fatigue might have made. Based on the data gathered by NTSB investigators, researchers found that the air traffic controller and the flight crew were both suffering from sleep deprivation and disruption of circadian rhythms. The fatigue therefore probably contributed significantly to the loss of 49 passengers and crew members.

In 2010, Toyota suffered a number of shortfalls that caused it to recall a huge number of its vehicles and tarnished its reputation. The Japanese giant, long the industry's mentor for automotive product quality and manufacturing efficiency, had surrendered to producing a spate of cars at minimal cost and focusing on speed, cheapness, and quantity as opposed to quality. These actions tarnished their reputation and negatively affected the safety of their cars. To restore their name, therefore, Toyota set about implementing a series of control and strategies that would guide their culture and strategic management process. They adopted seven principles for global guiding culture and a further five principles for their internal culture. They also adopted the Japanese Corporation Act as their model for integrity and, in 2010, established both the "Toyota Special Committee for Global Quality" and the "Risk Management Committee". Their efforts paid off. Consumer Reports surveys once again rate the quality of Toyota to be at the top of the heap whilst a recent study by Experian found that Toyota had regained the top spot in Corporate Loyalty for the first time since the third quarter of 2009. Sales globally, too, are booming and reports indicate that Toyota seems to stand by its promise of focusing on quality as opposed to quantity and on reversing its errors.