Political Science Week 3 Homework

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This week is devoted to the Petersen book, Acting for Endangered Species. Read the entire book before addressing these questions.

History of Endangered Species Protection

  1. Prior to the ESA, what kinds of species were protected and why?
  2. Why was the ESA enacted in 1973 and why, for what has become such a controversial statute, was it enacted so easily?

Snail Darter

  1. Why did the FWS refuse to list some species after the snail darter controversy?
  2. What role did private citizens and NGOs play in the snail darter controversy?

Spotted Owl

  1. Why was the tiny NGO “Greenworld” the initiator of the spotted owl listing issue, instead of a larger, better-established group?
  2. What was the legal issue in Babbitt v. Sweet Home and what was the Court’s holding and reasoning?

3. Why is this book subtitled the “statutory ark”?

Justice and Socio-Economic Class

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In Chapter 2 of the textbook, the author describes meanings for the concept of socio-economic class and analyzes how perceptions of justice may be influenced by class distinctions in American society (see Section 2.4). He also references the related views of two provocative and thought-provoking contemporary scholars. Robert H. Frank provides an economic analysis, and Charles Murray offers a socio-cultural interpretation. In this discussion, you will summarize the perspective of one of these scholars and evaluate its relevance to understanding how class influences beliefs about justice. Review the questions below and select one (only one) of these scholars as the focus of your initial post.

  1. Robert H. Frank.  Debates about distributive justice among economic classes often characterize the outlook of the rich as libertarian, the views of the poor as egalitarian, and the perspective of the middle-class as utilitarian. This over-simplified framework may translate into conflicting ideologies about the role of government in achieving economic justice. On one extreme are libertarian proponents of the free market and on the other extreme are egalitarian proponents of socialism. In the middle are a variety of “mixed” approaches to the role of government in the economy that promote utilitarian concepts of distributive justice – the greatest good for the greatest possible number of people.

    Cornell University economist Robert Frank, in his recent provocative book, The Darwin Economy: Liberty, Competition, and the Common Good, rejects – but not completely – both the libertarian and egalitarian extremes. Instead, he advocates a new role for government that encourages individuals toward self-interested economic behavior that also advances the economic welfare of all members of the community.

    In your initial post, summarize Frank’s arguments – both his criticism of the libertarian and egalitarian extremes. Then, analyze his proposals on how to achieve greater economic justice for the whole community. Finally, evaluate the relevance or usefulness of his views for understanding how economic class differences may influence perceptions of distributive justice. Do you think his views may be appreciated as just by rich people? Poor people? Middle-class people? Explain your conclusion.

    To help you successfully complete this discussion, review the following resources in the order they are listed:

  2. Charles Murray. Commutative justice rests on a shared understanding of the rights and responsibilities of all parties to the basic social contract that holds a society together. On one level, the U.S. Constitution might be characterized as part of the social contract on which the American political system is based. But on a deeper, more fundamental, level, the social contract includes shared values which shape our expectations of others and ourselves with respect to morality, culture, self-reliance, and collective responsibility.

    Charles Murray, a political scientist at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, calls into question the relevance of the social contract which he sees as the source of “the founding virtues” on which American civic life depends. In his recent provocative book, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010, he argues that “Our nation is coming apart at the seams” – “not ethnic seams, but the seams of class” (Confessore, 2012). He focuses on what he sees as the social and moral collapse of the white working class and the growing cultural gap between them and the white upper class.

    In your initial post, summarize Murray’s description of the white working class and the white upper class. Also, analyze the basis for his pessimistic outlook about government’s ability to solve this problem and re-invigorate America’s social contract. Finally, evaluate the relevance or usefulness of his views for understanding how socio-economic class differences may influence perceptions of commutative justice. Do the white working class and the white upper class no longer have a shared understanding of the rights and responsibilities of the basic social contract? Explain your conclusion.

    To help you successfully complete this discussion, review the following resources in the order they are listed:

Your initial post should be at least 300 words in length. Support your claims with examples from two of the required resources and properly cite any references.

Key Assignment Draft, writing homework help

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Key Assignment Draft

1-2 pages required OR 10 slides

Assume that you are a local investigator assigned to a federal cyber task force. Prepare a detailed presentation for your Chief on a fictional cyber investigation on which you are working. Choose 1 of the following types of cyber crime for this assignment:

  • Cyber intrusions
  • Cyber fraud
  • Identity theft
  • Organized crime
  • Economic espionage
  • Hacktivism

Provide a draft of the presentation for peer review. This presentation can be in the form of an action memorandum, a policy proposal, a PowerPoint presentation, or a briefing paper. The presentation should contain the following:

  • Provide a synopsis of the fraud, intrusion, espionage, attack, or other cyber-related criminal activity.
  • Describe the nature and composition of the group or individuals suspected of perpetrating the crime.
  • List the relevant federal or local statutes and penalties that govern the cyber aspect of the crime.
  • Articulate the logical steps an investigator would take to prove the allegation.
  • Detail the potential damage that could occur if the cyber crime is left unchecked.

History Essay Writing (Minimum 1000 words)

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QUESTION: In 2016, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced new designs for several dollar notes. There was, and is, debate about the appropriateness of Andrew Jackson’s image on the twenty-dollar bill. Some people argue that Jackson should remain on the twenty because of his military and political achievements, and other people think his image should be removed for a number of reasons, including his racist views and his actions as a military commander and later as president. Based on the assigned readings and particularly on Glorious Victory, should Jackson’s image remain front and center on the twenty-dollar bill or should his portrait be removed from the currency? Why?

*You need to do some researches and understand the content about the book, Glorious Victory.

*1000 words minimum

*required to write including at least three citations:

*Essay organizations: 1. introduction(with a thesis statement). 2. body paragraphs 3. conclusions.

Module 7: Discussion Forum, marketing homework help

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Read the following article regarding diffusion of innovation: http://www.tojet.net/articles/v5i2/523.pdf.

In this theoretical, scholarly article, Rogers (2003) explains the five adopter categories:

  • Innovators: Purchase newer products (e.g., electronics) quickly (first 2.5% that purchase new product); have higher incomes; are more worldly, more self-confident, and more educated
  • Early Adopters: Purchase early as well, accounting for 13.5%; are oriented to local community as opposed to worldly, like innovators; are opinion leaders and more respectful of others
  • Early Majority: The next 34% to purchase new products; evaluate pros and cons of product prior to purchase; are open to opinion of others when evaluating product, unlike early adopters who themselves offer the opinions
  • Late Majority: The next 34% to purchase product; persuaded to purchase if someone else has already purchased product within their circle of influence (such as friends); are typically older and have lower education and income levels; depend on word-of-mouth communication rather than mass media because of high degree of skepticism
  • Laggards: Final 16% to buy; do not rely on group norms; usually purchase product when it has been outdated; have the lowest socioeconomic status

Decide how this information aids marketers in creating various strategies for new and old products. How might this differ in a global market? Think about promotional activities, advertising, etc. when sharing your response to the article.

Then determine a category you may fall into that involves certain products. Describe what actions you’d take based on the information you have received (e.g., an announcement of the product, word-of-mouth information about the product, etc.) when purchasing these products.

Engage with at least two other classmates, offering insight or asking clarifying questions to help expand the discussion.

draft a motion in limine using the laws of your state.

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Your supervising attorney is preparing for a trial. The Plaintiff in
this case, Billy Bob, began his employment with Widget World Co., the
Defendant, on January 2, 1990. Mr. Bob worked as a truck driver for
Widget World, initially in its Blackacre terminal, and then in its
Whiteacre terminal. Widget World is a widget company that utilizes
hazardous materials on a daily basis. On November 11, 20015, Mr. Bob was
terminated.

In September of 2015, Mr. Bob and several other Widget World
employees were sent to Whiteacre to refurbish a floor in the plant with
epoxy product. There is a question as to whether Mr. Bob followed
instructions in refurbishing the floor in the plant.

Thereafter, on November 9, 2015, Mr. Bob suffered from a workplace
injury, and reported it to the company. Mr. Bob has had on-going
rheumatoid arthritis, and in October of 2015, he stepped off the back
end of a trailer and jarred himself when he hit the ground. A few weeks
later he felt such a sharp pain from his injury that he could hardly
walk. His pain was so intense that he was taken to the local emergency room and received several painkiller injections. He
informed the company that he was going to file a worker’s compensation
claim pertaining to that injury. When Mr. Bob informed Mr. Widgetall,
Widget World’s Safety Director, about his intention, the conversation
between the two became heated.

At a meeting on November 11, 2015, Mr. Bob reiterated his intention
to file a worker’s compensation claim for his injury. Mr. Mitchell, the
safety director for Roeder, then produced a termination letter to Mr.
Bob, alleging insubordination and terminated Bob’s employment. The next
day, Mr. Bob filed a workers’ compensation claim.

Mr. Bob initiated this case, alleging that he was terminated in
relation for his intent to file a workers’ compensation claim, in
violation of Whiteacre law. Widget World has filed a counterclaim
against Mr. Bob, alleging defamation. The trial is set to commence in
two weeks, and motions in limine are required to be filed this week.
Suzy Cue is your supervising attorney at Alpha & Beta LLC, 432 Brown
Ct, Whiteacre. She would like you to prepare a motion in limine to keep
any mention of the following evidence out of court:

  • Any mention of Billy’s psychological counseling, which he has been receiving for the last 5 years
  • Any mention of Billy’s previous conviction for possession of marijuana
  • Billy’s request for $50,000 in exchange for his dismissal of the case

Using this sample provided by Suzy, as well as your own research, draft a motion
in limine using the laws of your state.

Disaster Emergency Plan Terrorism Planning Technique

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Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Complete the following for this assignment:

  • Read the assigned material, and use the Web resources to learn more about the different approaches to emergency planning.
  • Select a planning technique that is best-suited for your Disaster Emergency Plan. Provide details explaining why this technique is appropriate for your organization or situation.
  • Cite all references using APA format.
  • The Disaster Emergency Plan is for a terrorist (improvised explosive device (IED)- apply the planning technique to this

Useful links

https://www.fema.gov/

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/management_concepts/…

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/management_concepts/…

http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA439372

http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a439372.pd…

make a slides and a brief summary of the news

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On the day you present, you are also required to submit a brief summary of the news you
picked written in your own words. It should not be longer than half a page (single-spaced,
font size 12). Do not forget to specify the source and provide web link if you found the news online.
Some important information about grading:

• One of the most common reasons for losing points is irrelevance of the topic. Ensure
that your report is about an issue related to the field of media planning and buying
(e.g., new channels to use for advertising; media outlets losing or gaining revenue from
advertising; reaching audiences via various platforms; cost of advertising in different
media, etc.)

• Students can also lose points for presenting “old news” – something that happened a
while ago. Your report should update your classmates about the recent developments
in the filed.

• You must specify the source of information. Simply insert the link to a website/online
story you used for the report.
• Students must be familiar with the content of the report and show news familiarity and
understanding during the presentation.

• Follow the formatting guidelines specified above.

The US Expands its Reach, 1890s to 1920s

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2nd Discussion Essay Prompt- “The U.S. Expands its Reach, 1890s to the 1920s”

Analysis of one primary source from Schaller’s ch. 19 and one major film theme from our film “To Conquer or Redeem: Manifest Destiny,” Acts I and III

You’ve read all of your required readings from Schaller, American Horizons, chapter 19-20, our primary sources at the end of chapter, and are our articles listed on our syllabus:

Your primary sources- read all and focus your analysis on one of the following:

*19.2 Andrew Carnegie, Excerpt, “Distant Possessions“ (1898) and Albert

Beveridge, Excerpt, “The March of the Flag“ (1898)

*19.3 Richmond Planet and Wisconsin Weekly Advocate, Excerpts from Letters

from African American Soldiers in the Philippines” (1899; 1900)

*“The Roosevelt Corollary,” 1904 (primary source in Canvas)

*“The Platt Amendment,”1901 (primary source in Canvas)

These are very important required readings (in addition to our text) that provide important historical context and are important for your analysis of your primary sources and film:

*Contreras, U.S. Policy Toward Latin America Since the end of the Nineteenth Century, pp. 1-21 (in Canvas),

*Contreras, The Monroe Doctrine, up to p. 4 (in Canvas)

*Schaller’s “Global Passages” pp. 760-761: “Fordlandia: Small Town America in the Amazon”

*Kinzer, Overthrow, ch. 1, “A Hell of a Time at the Palace” (US & Hawaii) and

  1. 2, “Bound for Goo Goo Land” (US & Cuba and Philippines)

ch 3, “From a Whorehouse to a White House” (US&Nicaragua, Panama)

  1. 4 “A Break in the History of the World (US & Caribbean, Philippines, 1920s)

You’ve also seen and taken notes on the following very important films in Blackboard-these important historical context:

“The Splendid Little War”

“‘Spoils’ of Spanish American War Extend Beyond Caribbean”

“The Diplomacy of Imperialism”

“Business Interests Push US Involvement Overseas”

“The Panama Canal”

*“To Conquer or Redeem: Manifest Destiny” (all parts, to the end, 1:29:00)

Now, for your two-part discussion board essay: after having carefully read all of the primary sources, choose ONE primary source from those listed above as well as ONE major theme from film “To Conquer or Redeem: Manifest Destiny,” Acts I and III to analyze. You will be placing the primary source and the film into historical context, addressing the following questions about each primary source as well as discussing the importance of each primary source, as well as making connections to the rest of our readings and films on this topic. (each part of the essay is just as important and equally weighted)

Essay directions, Part I (Deep analysis of a primary source):

Write a well-developed and well-supported essay in which you analyze the importance of that primary source you chose (you’re carefully reading all of them and focusing your analysis on those listed above), and discuss the multiple ways that that document is important for the study of the United States and its relationship to the world during the latter part of the 19thcentury and the first decades of the 20th century.

First, provide us the historical context necessary to understand our primary source- situate it historically, telling us what is going on in the United States and abroad at the time the document is written. (Use our Schaller chapters, our articles and our films). Show that you’re making connections to our readings and the films that you’re viewing and taking notes on. Providing historical context is absolutely essential to this essay.

Next, tell us all about that primary source and everything that document tells us about that historic moment it deals with.

*Address all of the questions in the “Working With Sources” section in our text following each document. What are some of the strengths of this document? What are some limitations? What assumptions does it make? Does it have biases and/or peddle in stereotypes? If so, explain that.

Lastly, discuss all of the ways that that primary source is important for our understanding of the United States and its relationship to the world during the latter part of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century (up to the 1920s).

[About three well developed paragraphs with specific examples for this part of the essay]

Essay directions, Part II (Deep analysis of “To Conquer or Redeem”): After you’ve seen and taken notes on all of our films on this important topic, choose one major theme from “To Conquer or Redeem: Manifest Destiny” Acts I and III and discuss in detail all of the ways this film is important to our understanding of the United States and its relationship to the world, especially to the U.S.-Latin America relationship, during the latter part of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century.

*”Manifest Destiny: to Conquer or Redeem”: Act I (especially this section, or Act III)

  1. a) The role of violence
  2. b) Frederick Jackson Turner’s “Frontier Thesis”
  3. c) 1893 Economic Collapse
  4. d) The navy and U.S. power
  5. e) The role of the U.S. media
  6. f) Cuba, a canal and coaling stations
  7. g) The U.S. and the Philippines

Act II “An Empire of Liberty”

  1. a) Manifest Destiny
  2. b) the U.S. acquisition of the Mexican territories that are now the U.S. southwest (California, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona…)
  3. c) how policymakers rationalize acquiring the territories of others

*”Manifest Destiny: to Conquer or Redeem”, Act III, “Benevolent Assimilation”(especially this section or Act I)

  1. a) Race and U.S. economic expansion
  2. b) US and Cuba and the Platt Amendment
  3. c) 1898
  4. d) The US and the Philippines
  5. e) Ideology: Christianity
  6. f) Ideology: “Benevolent Assimilation”
  7. g) What does “Benevolent Assimilation” mean for the Filipinos? Consequences?
  8. h) U.S. “Informal Empire”, U.S. Hegemony

(At least two well developed paragraphs with specific examples for this part of your essay )

Be sure to bring in material from Schaller’s chapters 19-20, our important articles “The United States and Latin America” and “The Monroe Doctrine”, and our films on this topic to develop this part of your essay.

LENGTH: Total length of the entire essay should be at about five well developed and well argued paragraphs (900-1200 words)

Citing evidence: Because we are all reading the same documents from the same books, when citing a document you can just give us the title of the document and then the page number in parenthesis. When bringing in a quote from Schaller, you can simply cite it as: (Schaller, p. 744), for example. When bringing in a quote from one of our required films, you can simply cite it as: (“To Conquer or Redeem: Manifest Destiny, Act III Benevolent Assimilation”), for example.

Write your essay in a word processing program so you can always have a copy. After you’ve proofread it and spell-checked it (this is formal writing- please no “text-ese” and capitalize when appropriate), select all of your text, “copy” it, then click “create thread” in the appropriate Discussion Board forum, paste your essay in there, and click “submit”. (Use a 12 pt font). Discussion Forums do not accept attachments so that everyone can read each other’s essays seamlessly without downloading files.

Financial Statements, business and finance homework help

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Select a publicly traded, U.S. corporation with which you are familiar or one where you currently work or have worked in the past.

Research the company and FROM THE COMPANY WEBSITE download the Income Statement, Statement of Shareholders’ Equity, Balance Sheet, and Statement of Cash Flows.

Answer the following questions- APA format is NOT used for this assignment:

  • Determine the net income for the current fiscal year (FY). Is this income up or down from the prior year?
  • Explain the relevance of changes in net income to investors.
  • Determine the ending balance in shareholders’ equity. Why would organizations such as labor unions be interested in this?
  • Determine the total value of assets.
  • Discuss the relevance of the total value of assets to potential creditors and why this is important.

  • Using excel:Compute the return on assets. Discuss the relative profitability of the company based on your results.
  • Using Excel:Compute the working capital and current ratio. Evaluate the relative liquidity of the company based on your results.
  • Using excel: Compute the debt to assets ratio and the free cash flow for your company. Analyze the results and comment on the relative solvency of the company.
  • Discuss how the financial statements are used in your current role or a position you would like to hold. How might these aid you in managerial decision making?

Show your work in Excel®.

Complete calculations/computations using Excel®.

Include the four financial statements along with your assignment