WARREN BUFFET, JAY-Z, OPRAH WINFREY AND BOB DYLAN HAVE DONATED ONE BILLION DOLLARS TO THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT OF THE ARTS FOR THE CREATION OF A MONUMENT ON THE SCALE OF MT. RUSHMORE [1] TO HONOR AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS PROVIDED A MOUNTAINSIDE IN THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHERN COLORADO. AS THE PLANNING FOR THE HUGE PROJECT BEGINS, THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT HAS CREATED A WEBSITE SO THAT AMERICANS CAN CHOOSE WHAT FOUR PEOPLE WILL BE HONORED FOR THEIR ROLE IN SHAPING AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES. IN ORDER TO CAST A VOTE, YOU MUST WRITE A ONE PAGE DEFENSE OF EACH PERSON YOU HAVE CHOSEN. CAST 4 VOTES. (KEEP IN MIND THAT NICKI MINAJ, SIA, LONZO BALL, ETC.– FLAVORS OF THE MOMENT – HAVE NO PLACE ON THIS MONUMENT. THINK ABOUT INNOVATORS, INVENTORS, AND THOSE ARTISTS WHO HAVE CHANGED THE PLAYING FIELD OR WITHSTOOD THE TEST OF TIME. ) YOU CAN INCLUDE WRITERS, PAINTERS, ATHLETES, ETC. BUT THIS IS NOT ABOUT CELEBRITY. THIS IS ABOUT SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICA’S POPULAR CULTURAL HERITAGE. AND DO NOT MAKE THE MISTAKE OF PUTTING MARTIN LUTHER KING OR OBAMA OR ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ON THE MOUNTAIN. THIS IS ABOUT CULTURE NOT POLITICS.
discussion my ability to be a successful student withing my intended degree program
describe your motivations for pursuing a graduate degree at the stage of your professional and personal development . discuss your ability to be a successful student within your intended degree program
describing community and Police Interaction to Fight Crime
describing community and Police Interaction to Fight Crime Article Commentary – 40 Points Locate an article from a recent publication (on-line or paper) describing “Community and Police Interaction to Fight Crime.” Write and submit a two to three page commentary on the article. Be sure that the article commentary pertains to a specific Community Policing issue/event and the effects of this issue/event. Include a summary and your interpretation of the strong and weak points of the article and your interpretation of the articles’ findings or conclusions. This follows a critiques format. Be sure to give complete references where the article can be found. You are encouraged to use the internet, your textbook(s), and California Southern University’s online library. Major elements of an article critique: Part I: Title The title gives an idea of what the report is about. Part II: Introduction Specifies the issue discussed or studied in the article. Part III: Primary Topic / Research Questions or Hypothesis Provides pertinent data, observations or history on the issue and what research questions they are attempting to answer. Part IV: Summary Include a summary and your interpretation of the strong and weak points of each article and your interpretation of the article findings or conclusions. Part V: References Includes all works cited in the article. References should not be included in your page count.
Reading Article
1. Respond to June Jordan’s “Poem About My Rights.” 2. Why did Assata Shakur say that mainstream 1970s feminism seemed irrelevant to women in prison? (Hint: use the concepts of marginalization and/or intersectionality in your answer.) Briefly answer one of the following: a. Fast forward to 2016 — Do you think today’s feminism has anything to offer to women in prison? b. Assata Shakur said “Amerika” needs a black women’s movement that is inspired by heroines like the real Harriet Tubman. Watch the video and see if you agree. (You might want to know that Shakur was a real fighter who believed in revolution, and she’s now a political refugee in Cuba.) videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Arguing from Experience
For the first essay, I want you to select a nonfiction reading from a book or another source (not the Internet) and take a stand on an issue addressed in that reading. In essence, I want you to construct an argument that states a position on the views expressed in the reading, and use past personal experiences as evidence to support your claim. While this essay contains contain passages of narrative or storytelling, it should develop the argument stated in your thesis. Please keep in mind, we want to examine NONFICTION, which differs from the novel, the short story, the poem, the drama, and cinema. Objectives: To argue a clear position on a complex issue addressed in a text. To integrate reasonable and varying evidence from experience, knowledge, and the reading selection. To write an essay that is thoroughly developed and logically organized. To use quotations from the literature effectively and properly; this includes citing the quotations and typing a Works Cited page. To achieve a tone that is both personable and academic. To utilize the writing process — inventing, writing, revising, and editing — from start to finish. Requirements: MLA Format Length: 500 words, double-spaced (not including the Works Cited page). 12-point font (Times New Roman or Arial). Include two, not more than three, correctly documented direct quotations; these quotations should be cited both within the essay and on the Works Cited page. Use the introduction to achieve three objectives: 1) introduce the author and work to which you are responding; 2) provide a brief synopsis of the work; and 3) state your thesis. Your thesis should state your position on the issue, and your position should be both debatable and defensible. Each body paragraph should contain the following elements: A topic sentence that implicitly or explicitly identifies the focus of the paragraph and relates specifically to the thesis of the essay. Reasonable evidence from a variety of sources to support your claims. Evidence might be from the reading selections in a textbook, personal experiences, complex questions, fictional scenarios, anecdotes, or personal observations. Academic language that clearly and effectively engages the reader in the thinking process. Transition sentences that help the reader move logically from one paragraph to the next. The conclusion should not repeat already defined information; it should lead readers toward a final position that opens their thoughts to a different perception of ideas. You might even consider creating a clever metaphor to lead the reader to a final feeling about your topic. Further considerations: You also need to prepare subjective and objective evaluations of the piece. In other words, you need to communicate not only how you feel (subjective) about the various aspects of this piece of writing (its author, its subject matter, the style), but you must also judge the piece based on some set of rules (objective evaluation). Those rules may be the ones set down in the section on arguments and persuasion in your assigned readings. The rules could come from the material on logical fallacy (which we examine in the next lesson). The rules could be based on some other criteria from a source other than those found the text. But those rules should come from somewhere outside of your own thoughts and feelings. In this essay you want to try to convince your reader that the piece is either correct, incorrect, flawed in some way, biased, insightful, or incomplete. Seldom does a writer come out completely right or wrong, so in essence you should think in terms of critique. So decide what you want to read about. Pick a piece of nonfiction about some issue for which you have strong feeling. Find something that discusses either the positive side or the negative side of the issue. Something controversial, like war or abortion or immigration or taxes, might work. In the end, though, I want you to really dissect the piece you critique. I want you to look at it closely, and I want you do your best to PERSUADE me of the writer’s knowledge or lack of knowledge on the subject. This essay will include 2, no more than 3 MLA style works cited, along with a corresponding number of MLA in-text (also known as parenthetical) citations. If you do not know about MLA’s system of citation, find out about it as soon as possible. Very quickly, MLA stands for the Modern Languages Association. If you look at the reading assignments for this lesson, you will see a link for a great website that serves as a guide for MLA citation. Also feel free to use any handbooks on MLA you might have kept from previous classes. Look carefully at your resources and apply the guidelines therein. I do not really teach the principles of MLA in this course, as English 1113 should have familiarized you with it, and nobody should really have to “learn it by heart.” Instead, you must always check your MLA resource to ensure you have done your citations correctly. In essay #1, I allow no citations from electronic sources (the Internet or databases). All your research must come from a print source. In short, THERE SHOULD BE NO CITATIONS FROM THE INTERNET IN THIS PAPER; although, you undoubtedly must use search engine and database technology to find your articles. Make sure you only cite those that come from print sources.
Leadership styles
Assignment Objective: Assess various leadership styles. Assignment Description: In an essay format, students will complete the following: 1. Complete an online self-assessment quiz that helps you identify your individual leadership style; 2. Compare and contrast the style identified in the self-assessment quiz against two other styles as identified in the course text and/or external research; 3. Provide comparative examples of public leaders who align with each of the three styles identified and list specific examples to justify the choice. Step #1: You must begin this assignment by completing a leadership style quiz. The quiz was designed by Kurt Lewin and seeks to help you identify which leadership style that most closely aligns with your approach to leadership. PLEASE NOTE: there are a number of leadership styles. The completion of this non-graded quiz should by no means be considered as the only leadership styles available. Additional research will yield other leadership styles outside of the ones identified in this short non-graded quiz or the course text. Once you have taken the quiz, you should place a (screen shot) copy of your results at the end of your essay paper. The non-graded leadership style quiz can be accessed HERE. Step #2: Once you have completed the leadership style quiz, you are now ready to begin completing the essay. Your essay should successfully cover the following points: A comparison and contrast of the leadership style identified in the non-graded leadership quiz you should have completed, against two (2) other leadership styles. Specific examples of public leaders who you believe represent each of the three leadership styles identified in your paper. In completing this essay, be mindful that your work MUST be well researched. This assignment is specifically asking you to explain through your research how the leaders identified link to the leadership styles you are discussing in your work. For example: If I wanted to talk about an ‘Entrepreneurial Leader’ as identified in the text, I might identify Oprah Winfrey as an entrepreneurial leader. Examples I might cite would include the impact she has had on the introduction, launch or advancing of the television careers of Dr. Phil, Dr. OZ, Nate Berkus, and Rachael Ray. I would definitely talk about how she took control over her talk show and launched it into a magazine, and other entrepreneurial endeavors, including her OWN television network. There is verifiable research available that could be used to support my essay if this was a choice I was to make in completing the essay. PLEASE NOTE: You CANNOT use this example to complete your assignment. Assignment Parameters: Accurate description and reference of all concepts and theories learned from course material. Practical examples of concepts that lead to continuing interest in the topic. Synthesis of concepts and theories from other course activities. Well-organized, clearly presented work ( free from excessive spelling and grammatical errors) Properly cited sources using APA 6th edition. Ensure use of the assignment rubric.
describing community and Police Interaction to Fight Crime
Article Commentary – 40 Points Locate an article from a recent publication (on-line or paper) describing “Community and Police Interaction to Fight Crime.” Write and submit a two to three page commentary on the article. Be sure that the article commentary pertains to a specific Community Policing issue/event and the effects of this issue/event. Include a summary and your interpretation of the strong and weak points of the article and your interpretation of the articles’ findings or conclusions. This follows a critiques format. Be sure to give complete references where the article can be found. You are encouraged to use the internet, your textbook(s), and California Southern University’s online library. Major elements of an article critique: Part I: Title The title gives an idea of what the report is about. Part II: Introduction Specifies the issue discussed or studied in the article. Part III: Primary Topic / Research Questions or Hypothesis Provides pertinent data, observations or history on the issue and what research questions they are attempting to answer. Part IV: Summary Include a summary and your interpretation of the strong and weak points of each article and your interpretation of the article findings or conclusions. Part V: References Includes all works cited in the article. References should not be included in your page count.
Essay on Death Penalty
Prior to this, I had to make a project about a topic I feel strongly about. I did my topic on the Death Penalty and how and why I believe it is wrong. This is the following section that needs to be done. It is a 2500 word essay that is based on the theme of the Death Penalty. I am also from England, so if you could be careful to do British spelling that would be great, obviously if you don’t know i can fix it towards the end. Part 1. Introduction [approx. 250 words] Outline the case you are going to present, what material you are going to draw on, and what conclusions you are going to come to. Part 2. Literature review [approx. 1000 words] Describe/paraphrase what you have found in your research. The aim of this section is to develop and support your argument. What have other scholars written about this subject, how can their positions, evidence, and approaches help in furthering or explaining your argument? In a literature review, it is essential that you present the findings of other scholars – it is not necessary at this stage to analyse or critique them. That comes in the next section … So, here, you might note that theorist A says X as does theorist B, while theorist C disagrees saying Z. Think back to your research summaries – that is the style of writing and approach we want you to take in a literature review but here we want you to think about how different pieces of research relate to one another rather than just summarising one at a time. Don’t limit yourself to just ‘academic’ materials here. We want you to be looking at books, journals etc. but also think about how the questions you are interested in are dealt with in the popular media. Part 3. Discussion, analysis and argument [approx. 1000 words] What is being debated in your essay? What are the key concepts/ideas? What argument are you making in relation to the importance of media studies? Over what do the writers you have drawn on elsewhere in your essay differ (evidence, models, theory)? Most importantly, how does the material you have gathered, researched, and read relate to/help you to resolve the essay question? Part 4. Conclusion [approx. 250 words] Much like the introduction, this should restate the aims of the essay, remind the reader of the evidence and argument you have presented, and confirm your conclusion. You should not introduce new material or ideas here. This section should summarise what comes earlier in the essay. Part 5. Bibliography [Not included in the word count]
Juvenile Deliquencey
Interview a professional engaged in Delinquency programs, a victim of juvenile crime, a friend, a family member, a teacher, or someone in your community, etc. Be prepared by having 45 questions for him/her to answer. Be creative in trying to find out what type of views they have as to juvenile delinquency in society. Find out how they arrived at their perspective and inquire as to any influences, active participation, etc. Compile your information into an informative essay
ethics
Introduction: In a complex, multicultural business environment, it is important that business professionals adhere to ethical standards throughout their daily activities. The goal of this course is to introduce you to concepts and guidelines for ethical courses of actions in business. In order to assess understanding, you will analyze the ethical and socially responsible courses of action for the business scenario below. You will take on the role of human resources (HR) director of the firm to discuss the situation, propose ethical guidelines for the organization, and analyze possible solutions to address the ethical dilemma for the company. Scenario: TechFite, a British company that produces high-technology goods, recently began production of its innovative recreational equipment in its first U.S. factory in Dellberg. TechFite is widely known for its culture of workplace collaboration and leadership development. Additionally, the company culture encourages employee empowerment and engagement in corporate decision making. The company also prides itself on being actively involved in the communities in which they have a presence. As the human resources (HR) director of the new factory in Dellberg, you soon realize there are financial obstacles that must be addressed as it relates to hourly employees. The budgeting process has constrained the amount of funding available to provide full-time employee benefits, and hours have been reduced to keep many employees classified as part-time. The HR department needs to develop policies to address the legal and cultural differences between the United States and the United Kingdom pertaining to hours and benefits. As the HR director, you are grappling with the ethical obligations to your employees and the limited funds available. Upon a review of the budget, excessive bonuses are being paid out to top executives. During one of the company’s presentations to the Dellberg city council, commitments were made to sponsor community events, to support local youth leadership development programs, and to invest in infrastructure to aid in the rebuilding of the city of Dellberg utilizing environmentally responsible techniques. Up to this point, these commitments have not been addressed or funded by TechFite. The leadership team realizes the importance of community involvement, and this commitment is central to their corporate culture. A plan needs to be developed to meet the company’s corporate social responsibility to the city. While residents of the city were excited about the company’s investment and the opportunity for new jobs in a bankrupt city, relationships quickly began to deteriorate when employees began to complain about wages, benefits, and weekly hours that fell far below the 40 hours necessary to receive full-time benefits under company policies. In addition, the company is not fulfilling the commitments it made to city officials about community involvement. As part of its launch into the United States, TechFite realizes that corporate actions must be consistent with company culture to gain acceptance. Two primary focuses will be making this a great place to work and developing a strong presence as a company that is good for the community. Requirements: Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. Use the Turnitin Originality Report available in Taskstream as a guide for this measure of originality. The rubric provides detailed criteria for evaluating your submission. You are expected to use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course. A. Create three corporate policies that reflect the organization’s culture and ethical viewpoints. 1. Explain the rationale behind the policies, including how they align with the organization’s culture. 2. Distingush between ethical and legal issues. 3. Analyze the ethical issues at stake in the scenario (e.g., conflict of interest, misuse of resources, whistleblowing). 4. Describe the purpose of the ethics officer. B. Describe corporate social responsibility and how it applies to the scenario. 1. Explain the ethical desirability of improving the company’s reputation in the community based on the scenario. The explanation should include three supporting examples of what the company has done or failed to do that has harmed its image in the community. 2. Describe an ethically, socially, and environmentally responsible course of action to address each example from part B1 based on the company’s culture and core values. 3. Explain how the course of action from part B2 is ethically, socially, and environmentally responsible. C. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized. D. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.