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Review and respond to the questions below regarding the transcript of Senator Barack Obama’s speech on U.S. race relations given on March 18, 2008 in Philadelphia.

To locate the transcript go to Google and enter “Barack Obama’s Speech on Race.”

Select one of the “transcript” entries available.

Type your responses to the following questions and turn in at the start of class on Thursday, October 8th.

1. What is your overall reaction to the speech? What stood out to you personally based on

your experience and knowledge?

2. In your own words and according to your own understanding, what is Obama asking

both white and black Americans to do about the issue of race relations in our country?

3. What is the source of “black anger” according to Obama? What can/should be

done about it?

4. What is the source of “white resentment” according to Obama? What can/should be

done about it?

5. Obama states toward the end of the speech that “we have a choice in this

country.” (a) What is he referring to? (b) What can you do personally to exercise that

“choice”?

 

POST 1:

How do you think the president’s political outlook plays into who is appointed to sit on the board?

The president more than likely chooses NLRB representatives that are on the same accord as his views, goals, and agendas. It’s tough to see it not go his way. Most decisions whether small or big will be of the presidents liking and representatives will more than likely consult with the president and get his opinions or actually get their decision from him. “Each member is appointed by the president of the United States for a staggered term, meaning that each member’s term ends at a different time so that the entire board is not replaced all at once. The members serve as judges and hear disputes between management and labor in cases appealed to the board. Because they are political appointees, the decisions by the board tend to represent the current thinking of the administration” (Seaquist, 2015).

How might this impact the decisions made by the board from presidential term to term?

The fact that board members are term to term can inflict conflict on the president and his shared views and goals. With varying members being pro-labor or pro-management issues can and will arise. The president for sure would have to work harder in getting opposing members to see his views and get onboard with whatever decisions need to be made and various issues that need to be handled.

 

 

 

POST 2:

Currently there are five national labor board members, each board member has right to serve the nation for a five year time period ; while the role of general counsel has been based on four year terms and there has been and with Obama in office. Board members are appointed by the president and the counsel is approved with the sensate. One of the biggest issues facing labor and unionization was the Employee Free Choice Act, this act proposed that unions would be able to vote on issues with signed cards and with a percentage of them being signed and submitted it would allow for secret ballot elections versus public or over ridden however if it was 50% or above the union would automatically win without having the use of a voting system in place to come to common terms or agreements. This Act was not even as Obama said he would take care of it. I don’t feel that the president’s choice of appointed board members plays a large role in how outcome would be on issues when the public and laborers can still freely speak and object, also there is congress and senate to still face so there are more individuals throwing in their perspectives on key issues. There are also local governors and their ideas on labor laws and acts for their state and of course their views and backing on being republican or democratic as democrats are big into unions, the same with those sitting in the decision making seats.

POST 3:

The political reasons public pensions are underfunded are when the stock market goes up the public pensions are underfunded, and of using that money for something with an immediate payoff.

Pensions have been dispersed longer due to people living longer. This problem was not considered in the beginning. So this will result in having to give out smaller pensions. To make pensions last the states will have to give out smaller pensions.

I think eventually there is not going to be any money left for pensions. There is just not enough money to keep up the pensions.

 

POST 4:

The political reasons public pensions are underfunded is because politicians are betting on unrealistic investments down the road to cover their underpayments that they are giving now. This is a huge risk because if the investments down the road are not as high as the politicians are hoping for the workers could lose their pensions.

If the pension problem is political, what steps would have to occur to remedy the problem? Do you think such a remedy will ever take place?

These politicians that are promising these pension plans should be made to pay up. I believe there should be a law put in place where they are not allowed to underpay hoping that investments will cover them in the long run.

If you do not see a remedy for the situation, what do you predict will happen to public pensions in the future?

If there is not a remedy to this issue the funding will simply run out of money. People should start taking matters into their own hands and start saving for retirement because depending on a future pension plans is very risky.

Shark Tank. Watch some of the clips from the TV show Shark Tank

(http://abc.go.com/shows/shark-tank). Identify what you believe were the most successful presentations

(with success determined by venture capitalist funding) on a strategic plan for a new venture. What

characteristics of entrepreneurial leadership do you believe were reflected in the presentations that

contributed to their success?

 

Masters level.

APA format.

no internet sources

scholary sources only (please indicate page or paragraph number).

 

Text book source: Wheelen, T.L. & Hunger, D. J. (2011). Concept in strategic management and business policy:

Achieving sustainability (13th ed.). Upper Saddle River, N. J.: Pearson Prentice Hall.

There is often a wide discrepancy between content presented in the mainstream media and that which is presented in the scientific literature. In this discussion, you will choose one contemporary psychological issue that is prevalent today (depression, body image, bullying, media influences, self-esteem, etc.). Research your selected topic in a popular publication (Psychology Today, Newsweek, New York Times, etc.). Then, using the Ashford University Library, locate a peer-reviewed journal article on the same topic. In your initial post, briefly identify your topic and provide enough detail for an adequate understanding. Compare and contrast the information presented by detailing commonalities and differences that exist in the two sources. Assess the contributions of the peer-reviewed source to the topic and identify any missing element in the popular source. Evaluate how adequately the popular article addresses the major components of the selected contemporary topic in psychology for a general population.

1st Posting Due by Day 3. Cooperative Strategy. If you determined to change your business model and

engage in a cooperative strategy to enhance your entrepreneurial venture, would you experience any

risks? What would be those risks and how would you mitigate them? Respond to at least two of your

fellow students’ postings.

 

Masters level.

APA format.

no internet sources

scholary sources only (please indicate page or paragraph number).

absolutely no plagarism

 

Text book source: Wheelen, T.L. & Hunger, D. J. (2011). Concept in strategic management and business policy:

Achieving sustainability (13th ed.). Upper Saddle River, N. J.: Pearson Prentice Hall.

Choose an article.

 

The article should be peer-reviewed.

 

Summarize the article in your own words.

 

Discuss 5 topics of:

 

 

 

(Quartiles, Percentiles ,Mode ,Geometric Mean ,Median ,Weighted Mean , Mean )

 

OR

 

(tem-and-Leaf Display, Cumulative Distributions ,Histogram ,Dot Plot ,Relative Frequency and Percent Frequency ,Distributions , Frequency Distribution )

 

 

 

1- Clearly demonstrating your knowledge of the topic and how it is being applied in the article.

 

 

 

2- Remember: this class is about making decisions and how to understand and apply statistics in order to make better decisions.

 

 

 

3- Discuss the opinion/decision/why that was covered in the article.

 

HTM 421 Reading Assignment Questions

“Fast Food Nation…the Dark Side of the all-American Meal”

 

• 1    Anaheim, California had been settled in the late nineteenth century by two different immigrant groups. Who were they and what did they hope to accomplish?

 

 

• 2     While the cities in the East expanded through immigration and became more diverse, what happened at the same time to Los Angeles and why?

 

 

•  3    What made the migration of people to Los Angeles different that to any other city?

 

 

•   4   What were the two inspiring innovations as a result of the ‘car culture’?

 

 

•   5   What was Carl Karcher’s philosophy?

 

Utilitarianism is based on the notion of bringing about the greatest good, which requires some conception of what “the good” is such that this can be identified, measured, and calculated in a way that is consistent across time, place, and people.  Is there any such “good” that has these characteristics?  What does Mill identify as the good, and does it have these characteristics?  What about Singer?  What good does he seem to be referring to and does it have these characteristics?  What implications would there be if we can’t identify a good of the sort that the utilitarian seems to need?

 

All human beings encounter pain and suffering in life. This can present some difficult questions to organized religions.

 

On some level, all religions answer fundamental questions of human existence, including, “why are we here?” Pain and suffering complicate these basic questions of human existence, whether the religion is monotheistic, polytheistic, or atheistic.

 

Some people endure much more pain and suffering than others. Why is this so? What is the origin of suffering? Is evil external or internal? Does it have any meaning? How should we respond to it?

 

Even more difficult is the problem of moral evil: some people deliberately cause other people to suffer. Why? If there is meaning in the universe, and especially if the universe is ruled by a beneficent deity, how can this be?

 

Write an essay of 1,000 words that examines the basic positions of each of the five religious traditions considering these human questions

 

In your essay, address the following questions:

 

• How does each religion (Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism) respond to the problems of evil and suffering?
• How are those responses similar?
• In what ways do the responses differ?
• What factors account for these differences?
• Which way of addressing evil is the most similar to your own? What role does reason play in your personal understanding of evil? How does that overlap or contradict with the major religions’ uses of reason in explaining evil?

 

A software company sells a package that retails for $99. Quantity discounts are given according to the following table:

 

Quantity  Discount

 

10–19 10%

 

20–49 20%

 

50–99 30%

 

100 or more 40%

 

 

 

Write a program that asks the user to enter the number of packages purchased. The program should then display the amount of the discount (if any) and the total amount of the purchase after the discount.

 

 

 

Requirements:

 

A main() function.

 

Either an intro() function to explain the program, or the explanation in main().  Other functions (or modules) are optional.

 

A description along with the resulting amounts.