The Business i think will make the most significant advancment in the next year is Apple Inc. Through the decades Apple Inc. has come out with the iMac, ipod, and the iPhone, all of which have been a hudge success for the business.
The iMac is an "all-in-one" desktop Macintosh computer designed and built by Apple Inc. It has been a large part of Apple's consumer desktop offerings since its introduction in 1998, and has evolved through three distinct forms. In its original form, the G3, the iMac was egg-shaped with a CRT monitor, mainly enclosed by colored, translucent plastic. The second major revision, the G4, moved to a design of a hemispherical base containing all the main components and an LCD monitor on a freely-moving arm attached to the top of the base. The iMac G5 and the Intel iMac placed all the components immediately behind the monitor, creating a slim design which tilts only up and down on a simple metal base. The current iMac shares the same form as the previous models, but is now thinner and uses aluminum and glass for its case.
The iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple and launched on October 23, 2001. The line-up currently consists of the hard drive-based flagship iPod classic, the high-end touchscreen iPod touch, the mid-level video-capable iPod nano, and the entry-level screenless iPod shuffle. Former products include the compact iPod nano and the high-end spin-off iPod photo. iPod classic models store media on an internal hard drive, while all other models use flash memory to enable their smaller size. As with many other digital music players, iPods, excluding the iPod Touch, can also serve as external data storage devices.
Apple's iTunes software is used to transfer music to the devices. As a jukebox application, iTunes stores a music library on the user's computer and can play, burn, and rip music from a CD. It also transfers photos, videos, games, and calendars to those iPod models that support them. Apple focused its development on the iPod's unique user interface and its ease of use, rather than on technical capability. As of October 2007, the iPod had sold over 119 million units worldwide making it the best-selling digital audio player series in history.
Following the success of iPod, Apple announced the iPhone in January 2007. The iPhone is a multimedia, Internet-enabled mobile phone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It has a multi-touch screen with virtual keyboard and buttons. The iPhone's functions include those of a camera phone and a portable media player ("iPod"), in addition to text messaging and visual voicemail. It also offers Internet services including e-mail, web browsing, and local Wi-Fi connectivity. It is a quad-band mobile phone that uses the GSM standard, and hence has international capability. It supports the Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) data technology.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Business Leader
I think that Bill Gates is the most successful business leader in the United States today. He is an American entrepreneur, software executive, philanthropist and chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft he has held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and he remains the largest individual shareholder with more than 9% of the common stock.
Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. Although he is widely admired, his business tactics have been criticized as anti-competitive and in some instances ruled as such in court. Since amassing his fortune, Gates has pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors, donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, established in 2000.
His family was wealthy; his father was a prominent lawyer, his mother served on the board of directors for First Interstate Bank and the United Way, and her father, J. W. Maxwell, was a national bank president. Gates excelled through elementary school in math and English. When he was thirteen he enrolled at a middle school named Lakeside school. It is one of the best schools in Seattle. When he was in eighth grade, some moms did a yard sale to buy a computer for the school, Gates was so interested that he convinced the math teacher to let him go work on the computer instead of him taking math class. He got a 1590 on his SAT's which then lead him to a school named Harvard. After His college life he worked with a man named Paul Allen and they invented Microsoft. Microsoft is a very big company and it is continually growing. It started with just Bill Gates and Paul Allen but now it is employing over 30,000 people. Some people discouraged him not to start is own company because it is very difficult to make money but he proved them wrong and now is the richest man in the world.
Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. Although he is widely admired, his business tactics have been criticized as anti-competitive and in some instances ruled as such in court. Since amassing his fortune, Gates has pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors, donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, established in 2000.
His family was wealthy; his father was a prominent lawyer, his mother served on the board of directors for First Interstate Bank and the United Way, and her father, J. W. Maxwell, was a national bank president. Gates excelled through elementary school in math and English. When he was thirteen he enrolled at a middle school named Lakeside school. It is one of the best schools in Seattle. When he was in eighth grade, some moms did a yard sale to buy a computer for the school, Gates was so interested that he convinced the math teacher to let him go work on the computer instead of him taking math class. He got a 1590 on his SAT's which then lead him to a school named Harvard. After His college life he worked with a man named Paul Allen and they invented Microsoft. Microsoft is a very big company and it is continually growing. It started with just Bill Gates and Paul Allen but now it is employing over 30,000 people. Some people discouraged him not to start is own company because it is very difficult to make money but he proved them wrong and now is the richest man in the world.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Free Blog
I think an good topic for me to talk about on this blog would The Supreme Court. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the judicial branch of the U.S. federal government.
The Court consists of nine Justices: the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justices. The Justices are nominated by the President and confirmed with the "advice and consent" of the Senate. As federal judges, the Justices serve during "good behavior," meaning they essentially serve for life and can be removed only by resignation, or by impeachment and subsequent conviction. The Supreme Court is the only court established by the United States Constitution (in Article III); all other federal courts are created by Congress:
The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behavior, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services a Compensation which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.
The Supreme Court holds both original and appellate jurisdiction, with its appellate jurisdiction accounting for most of the Court's caseload. The court's original jurisdiction is narrowly focused, as defined in Article III, Section 2 ("In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the Supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction"). The court's appellate jurisdiction encompasses "all cases" within the scope of Article III, but is subject to limitation by acts of Congress under the Exceptions Clause in Article III and by the discretion of the Court.
The Supreme Court meets in Washington, D.C., in the United States Supreme Court building. The Court's yearly terms usually start on the first Monday in October and finish sometime during the following June or July. Each term consists of alternating two week intervals. During the first interval, the court is in session ('sitting') and hears cases, and, during the second interval, the court is recessed to consider and write opinions on cases it has heard.
The Court consists of nine Justices: the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justices. The Justices are nominated by the President and confirmed with the "advice and consent" of the Senate. As federal judges, the Justices serve during "good behavior," meaning they essentially serve for life and can be removed only by resignation, or by impeachment and subsequent conviction. The Supreme Court is the only court established by the United States Constitution (in Article III); all other federal courts are created by Congress:
The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behavior, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services a Compensation which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.
The Supreme Court holds both original and appellate jurisdiction, with its appellate jurisdiction accounting for most of the Court's caseload. The court's original jurisdiction is narrowly focused, as defined in Article III, Section 2 ("In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the Supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction"). The court's appellate jurisdiction encompasses "all cases" within the scope of Article III, but is subject to limitation by acts of Congress under the Exceptions Clause in Article III and by the discretion of the Court.
The Supreme Court meets in Washington, D.C., in the United States Supreme Court building. The Court's yearly terms usually start on the first Monday in October and finish sometime during the following June or July. Each term consists of alternating two week intervals. During the first interval, the court is in session ('sitting') and hears cases, and, during the second interval, the court is recessed to consider and write opinions on cases it has heard.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
All legislative powers are vested within the Congress - a two part governmental body including both the Senate and House of Representatives. The Senate, a 100 member group with 2 senators from each state, is elected by the people with direct reference to the 17th amendment. All senators must be at least 30 years old, a U.S. citizens for at least 9 years, and be a resident of the state they are elected from. Their term remains for six years and 1/3 of the total Senate is elected every two years. This allows for a continual change. Of the two senators elected per state, the one elected first is referred to as the senior senator of that state and the other, junior.
The House of Representatives, comprised of 435 members are elected every two years. The number of representatives per state are determined by total population. The Constitution limits the number of representatives to not more than one for every 30,000 people. Representatives must be at least 25 years, have been a U.S. citizens for seven years and be a resident of the state they are elected from. In addition to representatives from each of the states, there is a Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico and Delegates from the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam and the Virgin Islands.
A Congress lasts for two years, and is divided into two sessions. Both the Senate and House of Representatives have equal legislative functions and powers (except the House may initiate revenue bills) and they are not referred to as the “upper” and/or “lower” houses. The Chief Function of Congress is the making of laws. This is especially important to maintain order within a large country. Without this order, there would be no organization, and it could be assumed that the country could not be as successful as it is because of this structure. Changing times call for changing laws. With a continual look on the present time, representatives and senators can update legislation so that it is impactful for what concerns citizens now.
The House of Representatives, comprised of 435 members are elected every two years. The number of representatives per state are determined by total population. The Constitution limits the number of representatives to not more than one for every 30,000 people. Representatives must be at least 25 years, have been a U.S. citizens for seven years and be a resident of the state they are elected from. In addition to representatives from each of the states, there is a Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico and Delegates from the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam and the Virgin Islands.
A Congress lasts for two years, and is divided into two sessions. Both the Senate and House of Representatives have equal legislative functions and powers (except the House may initiate revenue bills) and they are not referred to as the “upper” and/or “lower” houses. The Chief Function of Congress is the making of laws. This is especially important to maintain order within a large country. Without this order, there would be no organization, and it could be assumed that the country could not be as successful as it is because of this structure. Changing times call for changing laws. With a continual look on the present time, representatives and senators can update legislation so that it is impactful for what concerns citizens now.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
The Presidents Importance
Having the job of being the President of the United States holds great Importance because of the many jobs he has such as, he is to begin with Chief of State, the ceremonial head of the Government of the United States. he is then, The symbol of all the people of the nation, President William Traft's words " The
Personal Embodiment and Representative of their dignity and majasty.
The President is the nations Chief Executive, vested by the Constitution with "The Executive power of the United States." The President is also the Chief Administer of the Federal Gov., heading one of the largest gov. machines the world has known.
The President is aslo the Chief Diplomat, the chief architect of American foreign policy and the nations chief spokesman to the rest of the world.Hurry Truman Once said " I make foreign Policy" which he did. Everything the President says And does, is carefully followed not only by this counrty but by the whole world.
The Constiturion also makes the President the Commander and Chief the the nations armed forces. Two Million Men adn Woman in uniform, and allof the Incalcuable power inthe nation's subject to the presidents direct and immediate cantrol.
Importantly. the President is also the nation's Chief Legislator, chief architect of its public policies. it is the President who sets the overall shape of the Congressional agenda initating, suggesting, and demanding that Congress enact most of the major legislation that it does.
Each of these roles is inseparable form, and closely interrelated with, each of the others. None of them is or can be, preformed in isolation. the manner in which the President plays any one role can have a very decided effect on the ability to play another or several or even all of them.
Personal Embodiment and Representative of their dignity and majasty.
The President is the nations Chief Executive, vested by the Constitution with "The Executive power of the United States." The President is also the Chief Administer of the Federal Gov., heading one of the largest gov. machines the world has known.
The President is aslo the Chief Diplomat, the chief architect of American foreign policy and the nations chief spokesman to the rest of the world.Hurry Truman Once said " I make foreign Policy" which he did. Everything the President says And does, is carefully followed not only by this counrty but by the whole world.
The Constiturion also makes the President the Commander and Chief the the nations armed forces. Two Million Men adn Woman in uniform, and allof the Incalcuable power inthe nation's subject to the presidents direct and immediate cantrol.
Importantly. the President is also the nation's Chief Legislator, chief architect of its public policies. it is the President who sets the overall shape of the Congressional agenda initating, suggesting, and demanding that Congress enact most of the major legislation that it does.
Each of these roles is inseparable form, and closely interrelated with, each of the others. None of them is or can be, preformed in isolation. the manner in which the President plays any one role can have a very decided effect on the ability to play another or several or even all of them.
The 17th Amendment
The 17th Amendment States: “The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of each State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.
This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.”
The 17th Amendment was ratified on April 8, 1913 and was first put into effect for the election of 1914. It amends Article 1 Section 3 of the Constitution to provide for the direct election of Senators by the people of a state rather than their election or appointment by a state legislature.
The Seventeenth Amendment is one of the They call it a "Progressive Amendment" because it was passed during the Progressive Era, with the support of the political group known as the "Progressives". The other Progressive amendments were: the 16th Amendment, which created the income tax; the 18th Amendment, which started Prohibition of alcoholic beverages; and the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
There are two reasons for why the 17th Amendment exists today: First was the problem that many state legislatures deadlocked on their selections for the Senate. The upper house and the lower house could not agree on a choice, or it was prohibitively difficult for one candidate to get an absolute majority in each house, which was required by federal law. Some states went without representation in the Senate for years as a consequence.
The second problem involved a perception that the election of senators by state legislatures made them more susceptible to corruption by special interests. The Hearst newspapers were a major force arguing this point in the early 1900s.
“From the 1870s on, citizen pressure for direct election intensified. The House of Representatives began passing "popular election" joint resolutions by the required two-thirds margins in the early 1890s. By 1902, the House had passed nineteen resolutions calling for direct election. Due to serious opposition, the bills were not even allowed on the Senate floor until 1887.
The states were active as well. Using popular referenda, the people of Oregon engineered a system to force their legislators to select whoever won the popular senatorial vote. In 1907, the Oregon legislature chose two senators within twenty minutes. This "success" resulted in other states following Oregon’s example. The states applied the most intense pressure through calls for a Constitutional Convention. Stephen Schechter, a writer who specializes in American federalism, credits the convention calls with "forcing" the Seventeenth Amendment, the only amendment compelled in this manner. Between 1893 and 1911, thirty-one of the thirty-two required states submitted applications for a convention for the purpose of obtaining the popular election of senators.
After much legislative maneuvering, a "popular election" constitutional amendment passed through both the House and the Senate, and subsequently was sent to the state legislatures in 1912. On April 8, 1913, Connecticut became the thirty-sixth state to ratify the amendment, and the direct election of senators became an official part of the Constitution. The entire ratification process took a little less than a year to complete.
The Seventeenth Amendment enjoyed widespread popular support at the time of its ratification. Pressure for the Amendment was exerted by state legislatures, the media, the House of Representatives, and the people at large. Despite claims to the contrary, the Seventeenth Amendment fundamentally altered the federal structure of government created by the Founders. The direct election of senators eliminated the states’ representation as separate entities in the national government, and in so doing it upset the precarious balance of power between the states and the federal government.”(American Secession Project)
One Case I found on the 17th Amendment was a case to get it Repealed. “In 2004, after announcing his retirement, Senator Zell Miller introduced a constitutional amendment that would repeal the Seventeenth Amendment, arguing that it gives too much power to Washington's special interests and was an attack on federalism. Alan Keyes, the veteran of unsuccessful presidential and senatorial campaigns, has also criticized the Seventeenth Amendment. At least five prominent libertarians have advocated the amendment's repeal, on the grounds that it upsets the balance of power between the federal government and state governments.” (Wiki) By repealing this amendment would mean that it would transfer the right to elect U.S. Senators from the people back to the state legislatures, as the Constitution originally provided for.
When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of each State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.
This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.”
The 17th Amendment was ratified on April 8, 1913 and was first put into effect for the election of 1914. It amends Article 1 Section 3 of the Constitution to provide for the direct election of Senators by the people of a state rather than their election or appointment by a state legislature.
The Seventeenth Amendment is one of the They call it a "Progressive Amendment" because it was passed during the Progressive Era, with the support of the political group known as the "Progressives". The other Progressive amendments were: the 16th Amendment, which created the income tax; the 18th Amendment, which started Prohibition of alcoholic beverages; and the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
There are two reasons for why the 17th Amendment exists today: First was the problem that many state legislatures deadlocked on their selections for the Senate. The upper house and the lower house could not agree on a choice, or it was prohibitively difficult for one candidate to get an absolute majority in each house, which was required by federal law. Some states went without representation in the Senate for years as a consequence.
The second problem involved a perception that the election of senators by state legislatures made them more susceptible to corruption by special interests. The Hearst newspapers were a major force arguing this point in the early 1900s.
“From the 1870s on, citizen pressure for direct election intensified. The House of Representatives began passing "popular election" joint resolutions by the required two-thirds margins in the early 1890s. By 1902, the House had passed nineteen resolutions calling for direct election. Due to serious opposition, the bills were not even allowed on the Senate floor until 1887.
The states were active as well. Using popular referenda, the people of Oregon engineered a system to force their legislators to select whoever won the popular senatorial vote. In 1907, the Oregon legislature chose two senators within twenty minutes. This "success" resulted in other states following Oregon’s example. The states applied the most intense pressure through calls for a Constitutional Convention. Stephen Schechter, a writer who specializes in American federalism, credits the convention calls with "forcing" the Seventeenth Amendment, the only amendment compelled in this manner. Between 1893 and 1911, thirty-one of the thirty-two required states submitted applications for a convention for the purpose of obtaining the popular election of senators.
After much legislative maneuvering, a "popular election" constitutional amendment passed through both the House and the Senate, and subsequently was sent to the state legislatures in 1912. On April 8, 1913, Connecticut became the thirty-sixth state to ratify the amendment, and the direct election of senators became an official part of the Constitution. The entire ratification process took a little less than a year to complete.
The Seventeenth Amendment enjoyed widespread popular support at the time of its ratification. Pressure for the Amendment was exerted by state legislatures, the media, the House of Representatives, and the people at large. Despite claims to the contrary, the Seventeenth Amendment fundamentally altered the federal structure of government created by the Founders. The direct election of senators eliminated the states’ representation as separate entities in the national government, and in so doing it upset the precarious balance of power between the states and the federal government.”(American Secession Project)
One Case I found on the 17th Amendment was a case to get it Repealed. “In 2004, after announcing his retirement, Senator Zell Miller introduced a constitutional amendment that would repeal the Seventeenth Amendment, arguing that it gives too much power to Washington's special interests and was an attack on federalism. Alan Keyes, the veteran of unsuccessful presidential and senatorial campaigns, has also criticized the Seventeenth Amendment. At least five prominent libertarians have advocated the amendment's repeal, on the grounds that it upsets the balance of power between the federal government and state governments.” (Wiki) By repealing this amendment would mean that it would transfer the right to elect U.S. Senators from the people back to the state legislatures, as the Constitution originally provided for.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
The top four Repulican Candidate's for the 2008 election are as followed: Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, John McCain and Mitt Romney. At this point any of these people have a chance at becomeing the new President of the United States. Each person is graded acording to how they go about each of these ideas, the Iraq War Plan, Universal Health Care Plan, Education Plan, Immigration Reform, Energy Plan, Stand on Human Rights Issues, Foreign Policy, National Security, Presidential Aura and Bearing, Charisma & Personal Connection, and Authenticity vs. Poll-Tested words. It will be how well they deal with theses issues that will eventually either win them the election or lose them the election.Many People place there vote on how popular, well dressed, or goodlooking the Candidate is, But that is not how voting should be. Voteing should be base on how well the Candidates decide to deal with the ideas I stated above. I believe that anyone who can deal with those ideas, that is in best interest for the United States is the one who should become President in the 2008 Election.
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