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Compare and contrast various scholars’ perspectives and recommendations with regard to weekly research topics.

Using maps, demonstrate the spatial (geographical) impact of a single plant or animal that humans consume on diet and the economy.

In 15 page discuss and estimate the potential safety impact of automated vehicles. the automated or driverless vehicles have attracted a great deal of attention, especially by Google Cars and others. However; there in no commercially market fully automated vehicles operating in actual roadway networks even many of them are in various testing/research stages. Your project should be based on roadway design, traffic flow, safety operation of vehicles, and general transportation operation and safety data you can obtain from other source such as Transposition Research Board (TRB http://www.trb.org). Your research may include but not limited to the following tasks: 1- Literature review on automated vehicles and their impact on safety. 2- Data collection on safety records of current automobile operation. 3- Specifications and/or anticipations on automated vehicles. 4- A methodology or approach to estimate potential safety impact of automated vehicles. 5- Perform analysis. 6- Interpreted your analysis results. 7- Conclusion/Summary. you should also include a figures and tables enhancing the data in your research.
Fro sources beside TRB website you are free to chose any other resources that sustain your research.

Value Index:
Complete Problem 1 from the end of Chapter 2: You have just graduated from college and are looking to buy your first car. Money is tight right now, so you are concerned with initial cost as well as ongoing expenses. At the same time, you don’t want to drive a slow, ugly car like your parents do. You have narrowed your choices down to two vehicles: a Honda Enigma and a Porsche Booster. Based on the rankings in the table (found under Chapter 2, Problem 1 in the textbook), calculate the value index for each car. Which car provides you with the greatest value? Use formulas to calculate the answer to one decimal point.

Business Mapping of Processes:
From Chapter 4, Problem 13, read the current home equity loan process at Faircloth Financial and map the current process. Identify any rework loops and delays in the process. What causes these? What is the impact on cycle times? How might this affect customers’ willingness to do business with Faircloth? What changes might you recommend to redesign this process with the needs of the customer in mind?

Please, I would like this homework to be finished before 10 pm tonight. If you can not do it before this time please let me know immediately and DO NOT do it. Use a very easy sentences and make it easy to read. you will find the slides in the attachments and the instructions below. Thanks.

1. Click on the following link and listen carefully to the 23 mn “Audio” (July 23, 2014) in which Grant Smith provides an answer to the question: “What Is the Israel Lobby?” http://scotthorton.org/interviews/2014/07/23/072314-grant-f-smith

2. Read carefully “How big is the Lobby and what does it do? An overview of the 501 (c) universe” at http://israellobbyus.org/transcripts/1.1Grant_SmithT.htm (you can also watch the video for 27 minutes at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWe5n6aWOZQ&list=PLqnzBdOyKbnY_yD-_ogEw6DqZNKrBIH2q)

3. Review carefully the definition of the Israel lobby as suggested by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt on pages 112-114 of the textbook.

4. Review carefully the various descriptions and information provided about the lobby in at least the following 21 PowerPoint slides of topic 4: 205-208, 211-213, 215, 218-219, 228-230, 252-254, 261-263, 283, 288, and 345.

5. Based exclusively on the above sources, write a 250-350 word essay in which you provide your OWN concise and inclusive definition of the Israel lobby (what is the Israel lobby?). Homework 4 is worth 10 points (10 percent of your final grade). Sources for homework assignments must be cited briefly and ONLY between parentheses in the text. Each homework assignment in this course must be formatted as a Microsoft Word file and uploaded through the TurnItIn link (View/Complete) by the deadline. No other submission will be accepted. Homework assignment 4 is due by 10/29/15 at 10 pm

Conflicts of Freedoms

Gadfly says, Every freedom comes at the cost of some other freedom. My freedom to say what I wish conflicts with your freedom not to be offended by what I say. Therefore freedom itself is not a good thing, and we should not pursue freedom as such. We must determine what is good for society and start there, allowing only such freedoms as promote the public good.

INSTRUCTION:
Assignment. In your comment on a blog, you must engage either with Gadfly or with another student. You may find a flaw in Gadflys argument or defend it against another student. Or you may correct a flaw that another student has found in order to make gadflys argument stronger. You may also find a flaw in a fellow students argument.

An argument starts from premises and ends in a conclusion.

Advice. Here are some common flaws in argument:

A premise is not supported.

A premise is not true.

A premise is not stated, but merely implied and is therefore not supported.

The conclusion does not follow from the premises.

A key term is not defined.

Please answer the following questions:

In what ways are your own beliefs about integration similar and different from Liberty University?

How might Liberty University Integration Model be a challenge for you?

Please use this reference: Clinton, T., & Ohlschlager, G. (2002). Competent Christian Counseling. Volume one: Foundations and practice of compassionate soul care. Colorado Springs, CO Water Brook Press.

Liberty University is a Christian School located in Lynchburg, VA

1. How do you think Erikson’s Eight Stages of Development could affect how someone constructs reality? For example, in Stage 4: Preadolescence, if a child fears that he/she does not measure up, it could affect how he/she views his/her world. (Look at the social construction of reality as a reference.)

   Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

2. Identify each stage of Erikson’s Eight Stages of Development. Determine which stage you currently fall into and why. If you do not think you fall into any, then theorize. Briefly explain yourself.

   Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

3. Examine the challenges related to the evolution of formal organizations. How does the changing nature of work benefit (or hinder) the employee?

   Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

4. Describe four benefits of the “McDonaldization” of society. Provide three examples (that are not in the textbook) of how this has benefited our society as a whole.

   Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

5. In your own words, define a formal organization and its purpose. Do you agree or disagree with Max Weber’s stance that bureaucracy dehumanizes a person?

   Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

6. Examine the social constructs of feeling, gender, and humor. How do these relate to the presentation of self? Provide examples that show the correlation between the influence of society and how we present ourselves.

   Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

7. In your own words, define fertility and mortality. How do these factors affect population growth? Provide examples.

   Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations

8. Examine different sociologists’ accounts of the effect of urbanism. Describe how urbanization has changed the interaction of people within society. Provide examples.

   Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations

9. Examine the different types of medical care in high-income nations around the world. Describe which is most beneficial for a country with a population over 300 million. What are some solutions to the problem of healthcare?

   Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

10. Compare and contrast some of the issues regarding health in the United States. Provide three examples of and create solutions on how these can be prevented/resolved.

    Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

11. In your own words, describe three different issues surrounding U.S. education, and provide solutions to each.

    Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

12. According to Macionis, “I = PAT, where environmental impact (I) reflects a society’s population (P), its level of affluence (A), and its level of technology (T)” (2011, p. 463). In other words, the higher the population, the richer the country and the higher level of technology, causes a greater impact upon the environment of that society. In your own words, describe the term environmental deficit, and discuss the effects a rising global population has upon the environment.

    Your response should be at least 500 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

1. How do you think Erikson’s Eight Stages of Development could affect how someone constructs reality? For example, in Stage 4: Preadolescence, if a child fears that he/she does not measure up, it could affect how he/she views his/her world. (Look at the social construction of reality as a reference.)

   Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

2. Identify each stage of Erikson’s Eight Stages of Development. Determine which stage you currently fall into and why. If you do not think you fall into any, then theorize. Briefly explain yourself.

   Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

3. Examine the challenges related to the evolution of formal organizations. How does the changing nature of work benefit (or hinder) the employee?

   Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

4. Describe four benefits of the “McDonaldization” of society. Provide three examples (that are not in the textbook) of how this has benefited our society as a whole.

   Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

5. In your own words, define a formal organization and its purpose. Do you agree or disagree with Max Weber’s stance that bureaucracy dehumanizes a person?

   Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

6. Examine the social constructs of feeling, gender, and humor. How do these relate to the presentation of self? Provide examples that show the correlation between the influence of society and how we present ourselves.

   Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

7. In your own words, define fertility and mortality. How do these factors affect population growth? Provide examples.

   Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations

8. Examine different sociologists’ accounts of the effect of urbanism. Describe how urbanization has changed the interaction of people within society. Provide examples.

   Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations

9. Examine the different types of medical care in high-income nations around the world. Describe which is most beneficial for a country with a population over 300 million. What are some solutions to the problem of healthcare?

   Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

10. Compare and contrast some of the issues regarding health in the United States. Provide three examples of and create solutions on how these can be prevented/resolved.

    Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

11. In your own words, describe three different issues surrounding U.S. education, and provide solutions to each.

    Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

12. According to Macionis, “I = PAT, where environmental impact (I) reflects a society’s population (P), its level of affluence (A), and its level of technology (T)” (2011, p. 463). In other words, the higher the population, the richer the country and the higher level of technology, causes a greater impact upon the environment of that society. In your own words, describe the term environmental deficit, and discuss the effects a rising global population has upon the environment.

    Your response should be at least 500 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.