What drug provides Americans with the greatest pleasure and the greatest pain? The answer, hands down, is alcohol. The pain comes not only from drunk driving and lost lives but also addiction, family strife, crime, violence, poor health, and squandered human potential. Young and old, drinkers and abstainers alike, all are affected. Every American is paying for alcohol abuse. Paying the Tab, the first comprehensive analysis of this complex policy issue, calls for broadening our approach to curbing destructive drinking. Over the last few decades, efforts to reduce the societal costs--curbing youth drinking and cracking down on drunk driving--have been somewhat effective, but woefully incomplete. In fact, American policymakers have ignored the influence of the supply side of the equation. Beer and liquor are far cheaper and more readily available today than in the 1950s and 1960s. Philip Cook's well-researched and engaging account chronicles the history of our attempts to "legislate morality," the overlooked lessons from Prohibition, and the rise of Alcoholics Anonymous. He provides a thorough account of the scientific evidence that has accumulated over the last twenty-five years of economic and public-health research, which demonstrates that higher alcohol excise taxes and other supply restrictions are effective and underutilized policy tools that can cut abuse while preserving the pleasures of moderate consumption. Paying the Tab makes a powerful case for a policy course correction. Alcohol is too cheap, and it's costing all of us.
(Guitar Recorded Versions). 15 songs spanning the almost 20-year career of this thrash metal band from Florida in note-for-note guitar transcriptions with tablature. Includes: Anthem (We Are the Fire) * Built to Fall * Dead and Gone * Down from the Sky * Dying in Your Arms * Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation * Heart from Your Hate * In Waves * Like Light to the Flies * Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr * Silence in the Snow * The Sin & the Sentence * Strife * Until the World Goes Cold * Villainy Thrives.
(Guitar Recorded Versions). Over 20 songs in accurate notes and tab from the hard rocker's various projects: Anastasia * Beggars and Hangers On * Civil War * Dirty Little Thing * The Godfather (Love Theme) * Mr. Brownstone * November Rain * Paradise City * Patience * Slither * Sweet Child O' Mine * Used to Love Her * Welcome to the Jungle * and more.
The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.
Americans now obtain college degrees at a higher rate than at any time in recent decades in the hopes of improving their career prospects. At the same time, the rising costs of an undergraduate education have increased dramatically, forcing students and families to take out often unmanageable levels of student debt. The cumulative amount of student debt reached nearly $1.5 trillion in 2017, and calls for student loan forgiveness have gained momentum. Yet public policy to address college affordability has been mixed. While some policymakers support more public funding to broaden educational access, others oppose this expansion. Noting that public opinion often shapes public policy, sociologists Natasha Quadlin and Brian Powell examine public opinion on who should shoulder the increasing costs of higher education and why. Who Should Pay? draws on a decade’s worth of public opinion surveys analyzing public attitudes about whether parents, students, or the government should be primarily responsible for funding higher education. Quadlin and Powell find that between 2010 and 2019, public opinion has shifted dramatically in favor of more government funding. In 2010, Americans overwhelming believed that parents and students were responsible for the costs of higher education. Less than a decade later, the percentage of Americans who believed that federal or state/local government should be the primary financial contributor has more than doubled. The authors contend that the rapidity of this change may be due to the effects of the 2008 financial crisis and the growing awareness of the social and economic costs of high levels of student debt. Quadlin and Powell also find increased public endorsement of shared responsibility between individuals and the government in paying for higher education. The authors additionally examine attitudes on the accessibility of college for all, whether higher education at public universities should be free, and whether college is worth the costs. Quadlin and Powell also explore why Americans hold these beliefs. They identify individualistic and collectivist world views that shape public perspectives on the questions of funding, accessibility, and worthiness of college. Those with more individualistic orientations believed parents and students should pay for college, and that if students want to attend college, then they should work hard and find ways to achieve their goals. Those with collectivist orientations believed in a model of shared responsibility – one in which the government takes a greater level of responsibility for funding education while acknowledging the social and economic barriers to obtaining a college degree for many students. The authors find that these belief systems differ among socio-demographic groups and that bias – sometimes unconscious and sometimes deliberate – regarding race and class affects responses from both individualistic and collectivist-oriented participants. Public opinion is typically very slow to change. Yet Who Should Pay? provides an illuminating account of just how quickly public opinion has shifted regarding the responsibility of paying for a college education and its implications for future generations of students.
From award-winning ProPublica reporter Marshall Allen, a primer for anyone who wants to fight the predatory health care system--and win. Every year, millions of Americans are overcharged and underserved while the health care industry makes record profits. We know something is wrong, but the layers of bureaucracy designed to discourage complaints make pushing back seem impossible. At least, this is what the health care power players want you to think. Never Pay the First Bill is the guerilla guide to health care the American people and employers need. Drawing on 15 years of investigating the health care industry, reporter Marshall Allen shows how companies and individuals have managed to force medical providers to play fair, and shows how you can, too. He reveals the industry's pressure points and how companies and individuals have fought overbilling, price gouging, insurance denials, and more to get the care they deserve. Laying out a practical plan for protecting yourself against the system's predatory practices, Allen offers the inspiration you need and tried-and-true strategies such as: Analyze and contest your medical bills, so you don't pay more than you should Obtain the billing codes for a procedure in advance Write in an appropriate treatment clause before signing financial documents Get your way by suing in small claims court Few politicians and CEOs have been willing to stand up to the medical industry. It is up to the American people to equip ourselves to fight back for the sake of our families--and everyone else.
New York Times bestseller Business Book of the Year--Association of Business Journalists From the New York Times bestselling author comes an eye-opening, urgent look at America's broken health care system--and the people who are saving it--now with a new Afterword by the author. "A must-read for every American." --Steve Forbes, editor-in-chief, FORBES One in five Americans now has medical debt in collections and rising health care costs today threaten every small business in America. Dr. Makary, one of the nation's leading health care experts, travels across America and details why health care has become a bubble. Drawing from on-the-ground stories, his research, and his own experience, The Price We Pay paints a vivid picture of the business of medicine and its elusive money games in need of a serious shake-up. Dr. Makary shows how so much of health care spending goes to things that have nothing to do with health and what you can do about it. Dr. Makary challenges the medical establishment to remember medicine's noble heritage of caring for people when they are vulnerable. The Price We Pay offers a road map for everyday Americans and business leaders to get a better deal on their health care, and profiles the disruptors who are innovating medical care. The movement to restore medicine to its mission, Makary argues, is alive and well--a mission that can rebuild the public trust and save our country from the crushing cost of health care.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • “A tour de force . . . a comprehensive and suitably furious guide to the political landscape of American healthcare . . . persuasive, shocking.”—The New York Times America’s Bitter Pill is Steven Brill’s acclaimed book on how the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, was written, how it is being implemented, and, most important, how it is changing—and failing to change—the rampant abuses in the healthcare industry. It’s a fly-on-the-wall account of the titanic fight to pass a 961-page law aimed at fixing America’s largest, most dysfunctional industry. It’s a penetrating chronicle of how the profiteering that Brill first identified in his trailblazing Time magazine cover story continues, despite Obamacare. And it is the first complete, inside account of how President Obama persevered to push through the law, but then failed to deal with the staff incompetence and turf wars that crippled its implementation. But by chance America’s Bitter Pill ends up being much more—because as Brill was completing this book, he had to undergo urgent open-heart surgery. Thus, this also becomes the story of how one patient who thinks he knows everything about healthcare “policy” rethinks it from a hospital gurney—and combines that insight with his brilliant reporting. The result: a surprising new vision of how we can fix American healthcare so that it stops draining the bank accounts of our families and our businesses, and the federal treasury. Praise for America’s Bitter Pill “An energetic, picaresque, narrative explanation of much of what has happened in the last seven years of health policy . . . [Brill] has pulled off something extraordinary.”—The New York Times Book Review “A thunderous indictment of what Brill refers to as the ‘toxicity of our profiteer-dominated healthcare system.’ ”—Los Angeles Times “A sweeping and spirited new book [that] chronicles the surprisingly juicy tale of reform.”—The Daily Beast “One of the most important books of our time.”—Walter Isaacson “Superb . . . Brill has achieved the seemingly impossible—written an exciting book about the American health system.”—The New York Review of Books
MANNERS CONVEY RESPECT, CONSIDERATION, AND HONESTY (COMMUNICATION IS THE KEY) You’ve only got one chance to make a good first impression! Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man. Your appearance is your visual resume. TIPS: 55% of what is conveyed comes from body language, 38% from tonner of voice, and 6% from what is said. These three factors are important for the first impression. The EYES are windows to the soul. The key to knowing, consider the context of the eye contact; If one never takes eyes off you it could suggest a romantic relationship or interest. If one looks down it can mean they are hiding something or nervous Someone so still not even blinking it means might be lying or making up something. EYEBROWS; 3 main gestures Surprised seen by lighting eyebrows Fearing is seen by eyebrows down Uncomfortable seen by …. SMILE; eyes can lie but a smile doesn’t lie. Without circles at the end of the eye, someone is hiding something, not genuine. What they say …one talking about spouse or workmate they might be a decent person yet talking good about others might have some good traits the opposite is also true. Paralanguage; non-verbal communication through; Mona-tone means not interested in your conversation Sarcasm; not interested at all. SIDE GLANCE; warm person and open to meeting you and will be interested in what you are saying and looks in your eyes. if they glance to the side it means they are not interested and thus looking for an escape. FREQUENT NODDING; Nodding means someone agrees with you But excessive nodding means an excuse to let you move on but worried about what you are saying. CHIN AND JAW; making a decision by rubbing your chin, and looking up and down means one is deep in thought also looking down with a clenched jaw might be depressed, and conversation heading to something disturbing them. POSTURE; Walking upwards with straight shoulder means one feels good about themselves Shoulder downwards means one is not confident or depressed. RUBBING HANDS; broadcast what the head is thinking like positive feelings, hope, excited. HANDSHAKES; Soft and flatly means submissive and likes to push over To hard means, one is too serious To long means, one is wired In short means, one is there is no connection or conflict, or no time. LEANING IN OR AWAY; Towards you means interested in what you, a sign of respect or confide in you (trustworthy) Lean away means uncomfortable. HOLDING BABY; means one is a happy mummy if holding the baby in the right arm. CROSSED LEG AND ARMS; physical barrier not open to what you are saying mentally and physically. FEET FACING YOU; means one is interested in what you are saying ii) If one is facing away means one is not interested and wants to go away. TYPES OF SHOES WORN; New and clean shoes are for organized people at times nervous people Dirty shoes mean one is shabby and disorganized Boot shoes are for aggressive people. OVERALL APPEARANCE; Intelligent, clean hair shows style Smell ambits mean one is lazy COPYING BODY LANGUAGE; good about you so copy your body language. GENERALLY Be yourself, say:” Thank you”, saying Please, greet others, share, have Self-control, apologize, Don’t be boastful, Arrogant, Listen before speaking, Speak with kindness, Don’t criticize, Don’t embarrass others, act and look your best, open for your lady the door, Don’t pee in an open place, chew when the mouth is closed, blow your nose with a handkerchief, and many other ideas of discipline/manners.
