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This paper focuses on Unit 2: Data Analysis Exercise – Voting Rights and Voter Participation. In response to discriminatory voting procedures in some states/localities

Voting Rights and Voter Participation

In response to discriminatory voting procedures in some states/localities, the Civil Rights Act of 1965 established a coverage formula to determine which jurisdictions would be subject to additional federal oversight. Any jurisdiction identified by the formula would be required to obtain “preclearance” from the Department of Justice before making changes to their voting and/or registration procedures.

Congress renewed the Voting Rights Act in 1970, 1975, 1982, and 2006.

In Shelby v. Holder (2013), the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that a portion of the Voting Rights
Act of 1965 was unconstitutional. Specifically, the Court struck down the “coverage formula” (found in Section 4 of the C.R. Act) that determined which jurisdictions should be required to obtain preclearance.

Examine the following documents provided in the Scenario Files folder:

Voter Registration and Turnout Rates

Representation in Select Legislative Offices

Objections and Observers in VRA-Covered States

Shelby v. Holder Excerpt

Cite relevant arguments found in the Supreme Court ruling and your own interpretation of the data to support your answers to the following questions in the form of a memo:
1) How does the provided data support Justice Roberts’ argument?

2) How does the provided data support Justice Ginsberg’s argument?

3) In your opinion, which interpretation of the data is more valid?

4) What additional data would be helpful in determining whether or not Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act should be upheld?
Your memo should be no longer than 2 pages (excluding headers and references which should be on
Page 3), double-spaced, 12-point font. It should include a clearly developed thesis statement, as well as references.

The skills that you will demonstrate by completing this activity correspond to four essential areas that will be imperative in your professional development:
Firstly, written Communication
Secondly, critical and Creative Thinking
Thirdly, real World Readiness and Adaptability
Fourthly, research and Analysis
Finally, a Sample Thesis and Citation example is available in the Scenario Files.

Many firms have dominated an early wave of innovation only to be challenged and often destroyed by the next wave. Consider how much of your firm’s competition is driven by innovation and whether it is susceptible to technological disruptions

Many firms have dominated an early wave of innovation only to be challenged and often destroyed by the next wave

Including a Title Page, Citations, Reference Page and Left-aligned, Boldface headings for each question within the project modules. The project needs to be written in APA Format. The project length should be a minimum of 10 pages.

Many firms have dominated an early wave of innovation only to be challenged and often destroyed by the next wave. Consider how much of your firm’s competition is driven by innovation and whether it is susceptible to technological disruptions from new entrants.

Firstly, where does your firm position itself on the industry life cycle? What are the strategic implications?

Secondly, what is the firm’s innovation strategy? Does it rely on incremental or radical innovations? Additionally, disruptive or architectural? What are the competitive implications of the firm’s innovation strategies?

Thirdly, are intellectual property rights important for your firm? Can you find what strategies the firm is implementing to protect its proprietary position?

Fourthly, identify a recent innovation by your firm. Also, what is your firm’s strategy to cross the chasm(s) to achieve mass-market adoption of its innovation?

Further, what attributes describe the current major customer segment for your firm? Are these changing? If so, is your firm prepared to meet these new customer demands?

Finally, how does your firm organize for innovation? Does it use a closed or an open innovation approach? Is its current approach working, or does it need to change? If it does need changing, in what way?

This is a paper that is focusing on students to write on EDF 2005 Philosophy of Education Assignment. The paper also provides additional information to use in writing this assignment paper well.

EDF 2005 Philosophy of Education Assignment

EDF 2005 – Philosophy of Education Assignment
The goal of this assignment is to allow you to synthesize and establish your initial philosophy of education based upon the readings, our discussions, and your experiences with education. It will be a project where you are to express your philosophy of education in manner that you choose. This could be a paper, a video, a song, a blog, a presentation (i.e. Prezi or PowerPoint), a booklet, etc.

This project is a living project, as your philosophy of education will hopefully change as you move through your teaching career; it may become more sophisticated, more profound, or it may change completely. In this sense, your philosophy assignment will provide another opportunity to see how you develop throughout your career.

Instructions

You will find it helpful in developing your philosophy of education project if you think of it in nine (9) parts. In your project, you should indicate your thinking/beliefs about each section:
1. Purpose of Schools
– Firstly, clearly and thoroughly describe your perception of the purpose of schools. Be sure to align your own ideas of the purpose of schools with the purposes discussed in the textbook.

2. Alignment with Existing Philosophies
– This is where you should discuss and also analyze the philosophies you have studied (e.g. essentialism, perennialism, progressivism, social reconstructionism , and existentialism) and align your belief with one or more of these. Articulate your own stance clearly.

3. Nature of Learners
– For example, are all students capable of learning? Thirdly, do all learners have something to contribute, or is this purely the role of the teacher? Are learners passive and also expected to be filled with knowledge by the teachers, or from a textbook? What are some
important dimensions of learning that you will closely consider?

4. Role of Teachers and Others
– For example, should teachers be “the sage on the stage” or “the guide by their side”? Fourthly, should parents participate in the schools or should education be left to professional teachers? Should teachers actively involve parents and the community in their
classrooms? What role should administrators and/or other stakeholders have in schools?

EDF 2005 Philosophy of Education Assignment

5. Curriculum: Content, Knowledge, Skills, and Values
– For example, do students need to be educated to be critical thinkers/problem solvers? Firstly, do students need to be trained, socialized, shaped, and/or controlled? Secondly, what sort of conduct do you expect from students? Thirdly, do they need to learn a trade, a skill, how to follow rules, obey the law or perform a job? Do they need to learn the content of various disciplines, facts, how to solve problems or how to cooperate in groups, make decisions, and interpret the world around them? Also, do they need to learn how to engage
2 in social action? Is life-long learning involved? You may want to consider putting something in this part about standards.

6. Instructional Methods
– For example, will you always use one method? Or a mix? How will this help accomplish your goals? Have you read or experienced something that supports your belief? Give reasons. Instructional methods may include some or all of the following: lectures and direct instruction; cooperative groups; problem-based instruction; discussions; worksheets; ability grouping; etc.

7. Assessment, Evaluation, and Accountability
– Discuss the impact of accountability (e.g. FCAT and other high-stakes testing and their associated issues) on the implementation of your philosophy. You should address the realities of the situation but also show your commitment to teaching beyond the test. How will you assess and evaluate your students in addition to the required testing?

8. Classroom Environment
– Describe the classroom environment that you think would be most conducive to learning. Address both the physical environment as well as the social/community environment.

9. Working with Diversity
– Lastly, explain what you believe is the significance of diversity in teaching and learning. For example, do you embrace the assimilationist perspective or the pluralistic perspective? Describe specific strategies you would use for meeting individual needs.

This is a paper that requires the student to provide thoughts on how to deliver client-centered culturally competent care. The paper also provides additional information to use in the writing of the assignment paper well.

How to deliver client-centered culturally competent care

In this written assignment, you have the opportunity to share your thoughts about how to deliver client-centered culturally competent care and work collaboratively with others.

The Case of Mrs. G.
Mrs. G. is a 75 year old Hispanic woman who has been relatively well all of her life. She had been married for 50 years and had five children. Her children are grown with families of their own. All but one of her children live in other states. Mrs. G.’s husband passed away last year, which was devastating for her. She had been very close to him and relied upon him for everything. He was “the life of the party” she always said and was a loving and caring man. Since his passing, Mrs. G. has continued to live in the house they shared for 35 years. In the last month, Mrs. G. has fallen twice sustaining injuries, though minimal.

Her home health nurse comes weekly to check in on her. Mrs. G. likes her very much and wishes she could come more often. Mrs. G.’s daughter who lives in the next town over, has been worried and decided with the urging of her siblings and the doctor to start looking for an assisted living facility for her mother. She found one last week and talks with the Director who said she would be happy to help in whatever way was best.  When she told her mother, Mrs. G. cried and said, “This will not happen ever. I plan to stay in this house of loving memories for the remainder of my life.”

In 3 – 4 pages answer the following questions:

Firstly, how would you best describe Mrs. G.’s feelings about her life, her family, her traditions, and her future?
Secondly, did Mrs. G.’s response to her daughter surprise you? Please explain your answer.
Thirdly, in what way do you believe her culture might be influencing her decision?
Fourthly, if you were Mrs. G.’s daughter what would you say to her that shows you are caring and have compassion for her situation? What nonverbal communication would support that level of communication?
Suppose Mrs. G. stands firm about not leaving her house. What resources and collaborations might be available and helpful so the daughter and other healthcare providers can keep her mother safe and make the most effective decision?

The Claremont Cyanamid Company (“CCC”) specializes in a highly-carcinogenic chemical called “acrylon,” used in computer-chip manufacturing.

The Claremont Cyanamid Company CCC specializes

There will be three essay questions worth a total of 100 points.  Points will be awarded based on your ability to follow the IRAC methodology to analyze the questions, Review the course text, Chapter 2: IRAC Methodology (page 32).  You will have 90 minutes to perform the test from the time you start it.  You may refer to any notes from class, the power points from class, and any study aids you have personally created, and the book.  Also, you may not use third-party sources such as the internet.  Therefore, you should not cite outside sources of law.  Analyze the questions as thoroughly as you can, so long as you stay within the bounds of reason. Good luck.

Question 1

The Claremont Cyanamid Company (“CCC”) specializes in a highly-carcinogenic chemical called “acrylon,” used in computer-chip manufacturing.  The Orange Company calls CCC and orders 7 metric tons of acrylon for use in computer chips being manufactured for its recently-announced line of IPlanes, self-propelled aircraft favored by the rich and famous for travel.  It’s already July, and Orange has announced that the iPlane line will be for sale before the holidays.   One of the characteristics of acrylon, though, is that it is highly flammable at very low temperatures–around 30 degrees–which means it must be transported in special refrigerated rail cars.  CCC rents its train cars from the Pomona Pacific Railroad (“PPR”), a well-respected railway operator in business for approximately 150 years.  CCC called PPR and told it that on Thursday, it would deliver 7 metric tons to the railyard for loading and shipping to Orange.

On the day of the delivery (Thursday), specialized trucks containing 7 metric tons of acrylon appeared at the railyard and prepared for loading. Unbeknownst to either CCC or PPR, one of the three railcars provided for the purpose had a defective nozzle.  The nozzle was particularly likely to give way under stress or pressure.  The acrylon was loaded on to the train without incident, and the train started on its way to Orange.

About halfway between Claremont and Orange was a large farm bisected by the railroad tracks, owned by Farmer Bob. Farmer Bob had woken up early that day and decided it would be an excellent day to move his herd of cows to a different part of the pasture.  He was doing so as the train approached.  Suddenly, an inadvertent train whistle blew, frightening the cows and causing them to stampede toward the track.

Unnerved by the angry horde of cows rushing at the train tracks, the train engineer hit the emergency brakes and slowed the train to a stop without injuring any of the cows (NOTE: No animals were injured in the course of this hypothetical.)  Unfortunately, the pressure of the sudden stoppage caused the nozzle to fail, allowing the 75 degree outside air into the compartment.  An explosion resulted that destroyed all three railcars, and injured seven railroad employees.  Between the times it took to replace the acrylon (delayed further by the weeks it required to repair the track), Orange missed its deadline to market iPlanes for the holiday season at a loss of billions in potential revenue.

Analyze all potential causes of action, liability, and defenses for the following parties:

1) CCC

2) PPR

3) Farmer Bob

QUESTION 2

Cucamonga Laboratories is one of a dozen pharmaceutical companies that produce a synthetic version of a hormone commonly prescribed to pregnant women believed to be at risk of premature labor.  We will call it Hormone X.  Cucamonga had originally filed for the patent of the original hormone, but the patent has since expired, and since then a multitude of producers provide a generic and commodity version of the same hormone.

Lauren was excited to find out that she was pregnant for the first time, but when she went to the obstetrician and had some routine tests performed, he found that she was at risk for premature labor, and prescribed her Hormone X.  Hormone X had long been considered the appropriate prescription for a person with Lauren’s test results, and most doctors would have agreed with the prescription here.  About 1 in 5 doctors, however, would probably hold off and take another test to determine whether the conditions remain that make the hormone necessary, given that it has some known side effects such as weight gain and light nausea.

For its part, Cucamonga and the other producers of Hormone X had all relied on the same set of disclosures which had been required by the FDA when the drug was still approved.  None of the companies had done any further research into the safety of Hormone X; it turned out later that Hormone X had been exposed by a whistleblower from one of the other companies that had done his own research and discovered the carcinogenic qualities of the product.  After he attempted to raise those issues with his employer, he was swiftly fired, locked out of his office, and escorted out of the office.

Lauren’s pregnancy lasted a full term, but just before she gave birth, the Food and Drug Administration announced that it had determined Hormone X should no longer be prescribed except in extreme cases on a fully experimental basis.  As it turned out, new tests had determined that Hormone X is highly carcinogenic, and increases the risk of birth defects.  Taking Hormone X also exposes the birth mother to increased risk of pre-cancerous and cancerous growths.  Lauren does not know, however, which manufacturer of Hormone X is responsible for making the hormone that she was administered during her pregnancy.  Nor is there any way to know, because the hormone is produced by various companies based on factors of supply and demand, and are not marketed by brand.

Lauren’s newborn daughter was born without apparent birth defect.  Lauren herself has not developed any growths, but all women that have taken Hormone X have been recommended to obtain annual colonoscopies and biopsies to ensure that potential cancers are found early.  Nevertheless, she has sued Cucamonga and all of the other manufacturers of Hormone X.

Analyze Lauren’s potential causes of action on behalf of her and her daughter, and analyze any defenses that Cucamonga or any of the other manufacturer defendants may have in this action.  Also analyze any causes of action that may be brought by others.

QUESTION 3:

Erica is a 32-year-old woman in relatively good health, with the exception that she suffers from occasional loss of consciousness as a result of epileptic seizures.  These are infrequent, and she has fully disclosed her impairment pursuant to the law of her state, which has allowed her to obtain a Driver’s License.  One day, while out driving, she suffers an epileptic seizure and loses control of her vehicle.  She loses consciousness and drives into the window of a oceanside surfshop owned by Ariana, who is injured and suffers damage to her shop.

When Erica goes to the hospital for her injuries, her Blood Alcohol Level is calculated to be .085, just a shade over the legal limit, a result of a couple of glasses of rose at lunchtime.  Though her disability does require her to satisfy certain additional requirements to drive, none of them have anything to do with alcohol–put another way, she must simply follow the same law as everyone else.  After the blood alcohol test is administered, she is cited and convicted of misdemeanor reckless driving–a plea bargain that allows her to avoid a charge of driving under the influence.

Analyze all possible theories of Erica’s liability to Ariana, and their relative likelihood of success.  Which arguments do you think would most convince a jury?  And are there any arguments you would not want to make, even if you thought they were good ones?