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    Introduction Federal grant money creates an interest in the property it is used to purchase and/or improve. Westmoreland Human Opportunities, Inc. v. Walsh, 246 F.3d 233 (2001); In re Joliet-Will Cty. Cmty. Action Agency, 847 F.2d 430 (1988); Henry v. First Nat. Bank of Clarksdale, 595 F.2d 291 (1979). An agency’s claim to an interest in property after the trustee has gone bankrupt or lost the mortgage is recognized by the courts, but may vary based on the terms of the grant. The less discretion

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    by various local, state and federal entities. E-mail provides a high level of convenience and accuracy in communication. "Over 40 million workers correspond via e-mail and that number is increasing 20% per year".[ii] Electronic mail (e-mail) is a form of correspondence that has become a popular form of communication in the public sector. Given its ease of use and convenience, e-mail is becoming the correspondence of choice through local, state and federal governments. E-mail is used to coordinate

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    Federalism is a system of government in where the power of the country is divided amongst the national and state governments. Each of these governments has both its advantages and disadvantages that I will be discussing in this forum. I will as well state my opinion on what I believe the American federal system gives the citizens of the nation. To begin with, an advantages that a ¨small¨ state government has is that it can ¨develop and enforce criminal codes, to administer health and safety rules

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    providing government stability and legitimizing regimes (Heywood 338). Any attempt at an amendment or revision of our constitution entails a complex process of discourse and decision-making. Amendments mean changing specific provisions in our Constitution without affecting its other parts. But, a revision implies a fundamental review to change the essence or totality of our Constitution (“How To Change A Constitution.”). With the ongoing debate on the viability of a shift to a federal form of government

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    In this paper, I assess a proposal to implement after-school programs in low-income and/or high-migration communities across Canada for the Canadian federal government. Increasingly, we have been hearing, in the popular press especially, about the issue of after-school programs and its positive impact on children from low-income and migrant families. Research has shown that there are positive effects that could be gained from these programs such as increased social inclusion, reduction in the inequality

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    about how the government responded to hurricane Katrina. Not only was my assumption correct, I gained a better understanding of federalism by observing how the local, state, and national levels of government responded to one of the worst crises in American history. From my observation, it seemed that the government on all levels failed to prepare, and then aid, the victims of the disaster. I think this failure was caused by the lack of communication between the different levels of government and could

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    ensure the government did not possess too much power over a nation. The implementation of federalism allowed for a compromise to be made between the states and national government. This compromise ensured that power was divided among the states and the national government. Federalism remained very limited, much like boundaries to ensure overstepping did not occur. The overall explanation for the principle of federalism and its origin dates back to the need of a strong centralized government. Of course

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    reform, the federal government is stepping in to direct the state prison’s operating procedure. Although the financial choices of each state should be free from federal control, the federal government is still known to put pressure on states to make decisions, especially when lawsuits arise. An example of federal legislation commanding state behavior is busing. The states felt that they should have the autonomy to decide whether racial integration was right for them. The federal government,

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    Federalism is the separation of prevailing powers between the national government and the state government. Proposing that the states could not over power the national government and the national government could not over power the state government. Due to the former existence of the states, federalism was created to protect the states and was a required settlement. The states already had their own governmental past dating back to the colonial era where they previously had their own constitutions

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    Introduction One of the most contentious debates in the United States relates to the topic of smoking. Some argue that smoking has risen to the level of a public health crisis, and cite some very distributing statistics in order to support those claims. For example, the Centers for Disease Control (2015) estimates that 6 million Americans die each year from tobacco, and the direct medical costs associated with treating smokers tops 150 billion dollars annually. These facts have motivated many public

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