Student Name:
CATEGORY AND CRITERIA
(A+)
15
(A)
14
(B+)
13
(B-)
12
(C)
11
(D+)
10
(D-)
9
(F)
8
Introduction
Paper begins in a meaningful way and not with the beginning of human history. Introduction includes
consideration of the background circumstances of your invention.
Thesis Statement
A sophisticated thesis statement is present, which goes beyond a simplistic good or bad judgment on the
invention.
Interpretation and Analysis
There should be no filler statements. Make sure to acknowledge the implications of your invention.
Use of Evidence
Use concrete examples that are taken directly from your sources. Do not speak in generalities or
abstraction. Tie your writing to the specific and to details.
Research Sources
A minimum of 5 textual sources (3 academic, 2 popular) need to be present in the paper. Sources need
to be relevant, interpreted accurately, and successfully incorporated throughout the essay.
Organization and Paragraph Development
Essay is logically organized. Transitions smoothly connect each idea from one paragraph to the next.
MLA Format and Citations
1" margin, correct heading, essay text is double-spaced in 12pt. Times New Roman font. Paper is a
minimum of 5 full pages. Essay is given an engaging title beyond "Essay #3" Specific examples are
properly cited parenthetically with page number reference and in the Works Cited page.
Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation
Use of correct grammatical conventions and punctuation. Lack of spelling errors.
Style and Tone
Style, tone, and word choice are appropriate to audience specifications. Lack of clichés, personal
pronouns, contractions, slang, and abbreviations. Varied sentence structure.
Conclusion
Presents a coherent conclusion that successfully draws essay to an end without being repetitive.
TOTAL FINAL GRADE:
POINTS EARNED
Grade Rubric: Essay #3: Invention Research Paper
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Anishka Gupta
Week 2
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The internet is changing the way we work, socialize, create and share information, do shopping, organize the flow of people, ideas, and things around the globe. Every innovation has some good and some bad impact on the country’s economy that might affect or increase the revenue of small or big businesses. According to the general online shopping statistics, online shopping is growing so fast that the global online shopping market size is predicted to hit 4 trillion in 2020. In the USA alone, it is expected to have 300 million online shoppers by 2023 which are 91% of the country’s population. 69% of Americans shopped online whereas 25% of Americans shop online at least once per month. All these purchases are not being made in a store which means these have a significant impact on the local economy. Online purchases directly impact the local economy as it reduces the amount of sales tax the state was supposed to col.
Student Name:
CATEGORY AND CRITERIA
(A+)
15
(A)
14
(B+)
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(B-)
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(C)
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(D+)
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(D-)
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Introduction
Paper begins in a meaningful way and not with the beginning of human history. Introduction includes
consideration of the background circumstances of your invention.
Thesis Statement
A sophisticated thesis statement is present, which goes beyond a simplistic good or bad judgment on the
invention.
Interpretation and Analysis
There should be no filler statements. Make sure to acknowledge the implications of your invention.
Use of Evidence
Use concrete examples that are taken directly from your sources. Do not speak in generalities or
abstraction. Tie your writing to the specific and to details.
Research Sources
A minimum of 5 textual sources (3 academic, 2 popular) need to be present in the paper. Sources need
to be relevant, interpreted accurately, and successfully incorporated throughout the essay.
Organization and Paragraph Development
Essay is logically organized. Transitions smoothly connect each idea from one paragraph to the next.
MLA Format and Citations
1" margin, correct heading, essay text is double-spaced in 12pt. Times New Roman font. Paper is a
minimum of 5 full pages. Essay is given an engaging title beyond "Essay #3" Specific examples are
properly cited parenthetically with page number reference and in the Works Cited page.
Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation
Use of correct grammatical conventions and punctuation. Lack of spelling errors.
Style and Tone
Style, tone, and word choice are appropriate to audience specifications. Lack of clichés, personal
pronouns, contractions, slang, and abbreviations. Varied sentence structure.
Conclusion
Presents a coherent conclusion that successfully draws essay to an end without being repetitive.
TOTAL FINAL GRADE:
POINTS EARNED
Grade Rubric: Essay #3: Invention Research Paper
Binxin Li
week2
COLLAPSE
Top of Form
For those three videos, the most interesting thing for me is the rapid growth online marketplace all over the world. As the TED speaker said, the online marketplace has two sides: the bright side and the dark side. It is true, now some small local stories may even face a worse situation than some economic recession period. For my own story, when I was in China last winter, I almost never go out of my house. If I lack some daily items, I could just order those things online and pick them up in front of my house very soon. The APP named"MeiTuan". Sometimes it surely hurt part of the local economy. However, with the expansion of the service, more and more local stories also are included in their services list. I think this is just the speaker talked about, all the participators within the purchasing action would benefit: for me, I could easily get the item I need; for MeiTuan, they could get the services fee; for local stories, they may get more potential opportunity to gain profit; and finally, more people ma.
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Student Name:
CATEGORY AND CRITERIA
(A+)
15
(A)
14
(B+)
13
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11
(D+)
10
(D-)
9
(F)
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Introduction
Paper begins in a meaningful way and not with the beginning of human history. Introduction includes
consideration of the background circumstances of your invention.
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A sophisticated thesis statement is present, which goes beyond a simplistic good or bad judgment on the
invention.
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abstraction. Tie your writing to the specific and to details.
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A minimum of 5 textual sources (3 academic, 2 popular) need to be present in the paper. Sources need
to be relevant, interpreted accurately, and successfully incorporated throughout the essay.
Organization and Paragraph Development
Essay is logically organized. Transitions smoothly connect each idea from one paragraph to the next.
MLA Format and Citations
1" margin, correct heading, essay text is double-spaced in 12pt. Times New Roman font. Paper is a
minimum of 5 full pages. Essay is given an engaging title beyond "Essay #3" Specific examples are
properly cited parenthetically with page number reference and in the Works Cited page.
Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation
Use of correct grammatical conventions and punctuation. Lack of spelling errors.
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pronouns, contractions, slang, and abbreviations. Varied sentence structure.
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Presents a coherent conclusion that successfully draws essay to an end without being repetitive.
TOTAL FINAL GRADE:
POINTS EARNED
Grade Rubric: Essay #3: Invention Research Paper
Binxin Li
week2
COLLAPSE
Top of Form
For those three videos, the most interesting thing for me is the rapid growth online marketplace all over the world. As the TED speaker said, the online marketplace has two sides: the bright side and the dark side. It is true, now some small local stories may even face a worse situation than some economic recession period. For my own story, when I was in China last winter, I almost never go out of my house. If I lack some daily items, I could just order those things online and pick them up in front of my house very soon. The APP named"MeiTuan". Sometimes it surely hurt part of the local economy. However, with the expansion of the service, more and more local stories also are included in their services list. I think this is just the speaker talked about, all the participators within the purchasing action would benefit: for me, I could easily get the item I need; for MeiTuan, they could get the services fee; for local stories, they may get more potential opportunity to gain profit; and finally, more people ma.
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Assignment 1: Dealing with Diversity in America from Reconstruction through the 1920s
For History 105: Dr. Stansbury’s classes (6 pages here)
Due Week 3 and worth 120 points. The formal deadline is Monday at 9am Eastern time, Jan. 21. But, due to the King holiday, no late penalty will be imposed if submitted by the end of Jan. 22.
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BACKGROUND FOR THE PAPER: After the Civil War, the United States had to recover from war, handle western expansion, and grapple with very new economic forms. However, its greatest issues would revolve around the legacies of slavery and increasing diversity in the decades after the Civil War. In the South, former slaves now had freedom and new opportunities but, despite the Reconstruction period, faced old prejudices and rapidly forming new barriers. Immigrants from Europe and Asia came in large numbers but then faced political and social restrictions. Women continued to seek rights. Yet, on the whole, America became increasingly diverse by the 1920s. Consider developments, policies, and laws in that period from 1865 to the 1920s. Examine the statement below and drawing from provided sources, present a paper with specific examples and arguments to demonstrate the validity of your position.
Topic and Thesis Statement—in which you can take a pro or con position:
· Political policies and movements in the period from 1865 to the 1920s generally promoted diversity and “the melting pot” despite the strong prejudices of a few. (or you can take the position that they did not). Use specific examples of policies or movements from different decades to support your position.
After giving general consideration to your readings so far and any general research, select one of the positions above as your position—your thesis. (Sometimes after doing more thorough research, you might choose the reverse position. This happens with critical thinking and inquiry. Your final paper might end up taking a different position than you originally envisioned.) Organize your paper as follows with the four parts below (see TIPS sheet and TEMPLATE also), handling these issues:
1. The position you choose —or something close to it—will be the thesis statement in your opening paragraph. [usually this is one paragraph with thesis statement being the last sentence of the paragraph.]
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Assignment 1
:
Why are the original/raw data not readily usable by analytics tasks? What are the main data preprocessing steps? List and explain their importance in analytics.
Refer to Chapter 3 in the attached textbook:
Sharda, R., Delen, D., Turban, E. (2020). Analytics, Data Science, & Artificial Intelligence: Systems for Decision Support 11E.
ISBN: 978-0-13-519201-6.
Discuss the process that generates the power of AI and discuss the differences between machine learning and deep learning.
Requirement:
****Separate document for each assignment.****
Minimum 300-350 words. Cover sheet, abstract, graphs, and references does not count.
Add references separately for each assignment question.
Double Spaced and APA 7th Edition Format
No plagiarized content please! Attach a plagiarized report.
Check for spelling and grammar mistakes!
$5 max. Please bid if you agree.
Assignment 2
:
What are the privacy issues with data mining? Do you think they are substantiated?
Refer to Chapter 4
in the attached textbook:
Sharda, R., Delen, D., Turban, E. (2020). Analytics, Data Science, & Artificial Intelligence: Systems for Decision Support 11E.
ISBN: 978-0-13-519201-6.
Requirement:
****Separate document for each assignment.****
Minimum 300-350 words. Cover sheet, abstract, graphs, and references does not count.
Add references separately for each assignment question.
Double Spaced and APA 7th Edition Format
No plagiarized content please! Attach a plagiarized report.
Check for spelling and grammar mistakes!
$5 max. Please bid if you agree.
.
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Assignment 1
:
Refer to the attached document and complete the following sections from the document (highlighted in yellow):
Policy 1.1
Policy Statement Section Overview
Policy 1.2
Policy Statements Contents
Requirement:
·
****Separate word document for each assignment****
· Minimum 300-350 words. Cover sheets, abstracts, graphs, and references do not count.
·
Add references separately for each assignment question.
·
Strictly follow APA style. Length – 2 to 3 paragraphs.
·
Sources: 2 References to Support your answer
· No plagiarized content please! Attach a plagiarized report.
· Check for spelling and grammar mistakes!
· $5 max. Please bid if you agree.
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Assignment 1 Dealing with Diversity in America from Reconstructi.docxdeanmtaylor1545
Assignment 1: Dealing with Diversity in America from Reconstruction through the 1920s
For History 105: Dr. Stansbury’s classes (6 pages here)
Due Week 3 and worth 120 points. The formal deadline is Monday at 9am Eastern time, Jan. 21. But, due to the King holiday, no late penalty will be imposed if submitted by the end of Jan. 22.
[NOTE ON ECREE: The university is adopting a tool, called ecree for doing writing assignments in many classes. We will be using the ecree program for doing our papers in this class. More instructions on this tool will be posted. You are welcome to type your paper in MS-Word as traditionally done—and then to upload that file to ecree to revise and finish it up. Or, as we suggest, you may type your paper directly into ecree. When using ecree, you should use CHROME as your browser. As posted: “Please note that ecree works best in Firefox and Chrome. Please do not use Internet Explorer or mobile devices when using ecree.”]
BACKGROUND FOR THE PAPER: After the Civil War, the United States had to recover from war, handle western expansion, and grapple with very new economic forms. However, its greatest issues would revolve around the legacies of slavery and increasing diversity in the decades after the Civil War. In the South, former slaves now had freedom and new opportunities but, despite the Reconstruction period, faced old prejudices and rapidly forming new barriers. Immigrants from Europe and Asia came in large numbers but then faced political and social restrictions. Women continued to seek rights. Yet, on the whole, America became increasingly diverse by the 1920s. Consider developments, policies, and laws in that period from 1865 to the 1920s. Examine the statement below and drawing from provided sources, present a paper with specific examples and arguments to demonstrate the validity of your position.
Topic and Thesis Statement—in which you can take a pro or con position:
· Political policies and movements in the period from 1865 to the 1920s generally promoted diversity and “the melting pot” despite the strong prejudices of a few. (or you can take the position that they did not). Use specific examples of policies or movements from different decades to support your position.
After giving general consideration to your readings so far and any general research, select one of the positions above as your position—your thesis. (Sometimes after doing more thorough research, you might choose the reverse position. This happens with critical thinking and inquiry. Your final paper might end up taking a different position than you originally envisioned.) Organize your paper as follows with the four parts below (see TIPS sheet and TEMPLATE also), handling these issues:
1. The position you choose —or something close to it—will be the thesis statement in your opening paragraph. [usually this is one paragraph with thesis statement being the last sentence of the paragraph.]
2. To support your position, use thre.
Assignment 1 Why are the originalraw data not readily us.docxdeanmtaylor1545
Assignment 1
:
Why are the original/raw data not readily usable by analytics tasks? What are the main data preprocessing steps? List and explain their importance in analytics.
Refer to Chapter 3 in the attached textbook:
Sharda, R., Delen, D., Turban, E. (2020). Analytics, Data Science, & Artificial Intelligence: Systems for Decision Support 11E.
ISBN: 978-0-13-519201-6.
Discuss the process that generates the power of AI and discuss the differences between machine learning and deep learning.
Requirement:
****Separate document for each assignment.****
Minimum 300-350 words. Cover sheet, abstract, graphs, and references does not count.
Add references separately for each assignment question.
Double Spaced and APA 7th Edition Format
No plagiarized content please! Attach a plagiarized report.
Check for spelling and grammar mistakes!
$5 max. Please bid if you agree.
Assignment 2
:
What are the privacy issues with data mining? Do you think they are substantiated?
Refer to Chapter 4
in the attached textbook:
Sharda, R., Delen, D., Turban, E. (2020). Analytics, Data Science, & Artificial Intelligence: Systems for Decision Support 11E.
ISBN: 978-0-13-519201-6.
Requirement:
****Separate document for each assignment.****
Minimum 300-350 words. Cover sheet, abstract, graphs, and references does not count.
Add references separately for each assignment question.
Double Spaced and APA 7th Edition Format
No plagiarized content please! Attach a plagiarized report.
Check for spelling and grammar mistakes!
$5 max. Please bid if you agree.
.
Assignment 1 Refer to the attached document and complete the .docxdeanmtaylor1545
Assignment 1
:
Refer to the attached document and complete the following sections from the document (highlighted in yellow):
Policy 1.1
Policy Statement Section Overview
Policy 1.2
Policy Statements Contents
Requirement:
·
****Separate word document for each assignment****
· Minimum 300-350 words. Cover sheets, abstracts, graphs, and references do not count.
·
Add references separately for each assignment question.
·
Strictly follow APA style. Length – 2 to 3 paragraphs.
·
Sources: 2 References to Support your answer
· No plagiarized content please! Attach a plagiarized report.
· Check for spelling and grammar mistakes!
· $5 max. Please bid if you agree.
.
Assignment 1
:
Remote Access Method Evaluation
Learning Objectives and Outcomes
Ø
Explore and assess different remote access solutions.
Assignment Requirements
Discuss which of the two remote access solutions
, virtual private networks (VPNs) or hypertext transport protocol secure (HTTPS),
you will rate as the best.
You need to make a choice between the two remote access solutions based on the following features:
Ø Identification, authentication, and authorization
Ø Cost, scalability, reliability, and interoperability
Requirement:
·
****Separate word document for each assignment****
· Minimum 300-350 words. Cover sheet, abstract, graphs, and references do not count.
·
Add reference separately for each assignment question.
·
Strictly follow APA style. Length – 2 to 3 paragraphs.
·
Sources: 2 References to Support your answer
· No plagiarized content please! Attach a plagiarized report.
· Check for spelling and grammar mistakes!
· $5 max. Please bid if you agree.
Assignment 2
:
Discuss techniques for combining multiple anomaly detection techniques to improve the identification of anomalous objects. Consider both supervised and unsupervised cases.
Requirement:
·
****Separate word document for each assignment****
· Minimum 300-350 words. Cover sheet, abstract, graphs, and references do not count.
·
Add reference separately for each assignment question.
·
Strictly follow APA style. Length – 2 to 3 paragraphs.
·
Sources: 2 References to Support your answer
· No plagiarized content please! Attach a plagiarized report.
· Check for spelling and grammar mistakes!
· $5 max. Please bid if you agree.
Assignment 3
:
Refer to the attached “Term Paper for ITS632(1)” for assignment.
Requirements
:
·
****Separate word document for each assignment****
· Minimum 6 pages. Cover sheet, abstract, graphs, and references do not count.
·
Add reference separately for each assignment question.
·
Strictly follow APA style.
·
Sources: 3-5 References
· No plagiarized content please! Attach a plagiarized report.
· Check for spelling and grammar mistakes!
· $30 max. Please bid if you agree.
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Assignment 1 Inmates Rights and Special CircumstancesCriteria.docxdeanmtaylor1545
Assignment 1: Inmates Rights and Special Circumstances
Criteria
Unacceptable
Below 60% F
Meets Minimum Expectations
60-69% D
Fair
70-79% C
Proficient
80-89% B
Exemplary
90-100% A
1. Analyze the legal mechanisms in which an inmate can challenge his or her confinement. Support or refute the cost of such challenges to the state and / or federal government. Provide a rationale for your response.
Weight: 30%
Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the legal mechanisms in which an inmate can challenge his or her confinement. Did not submit or incompletely supported or refuted the cost of such challenges to the state and / or federal government. Did not submit or incompletely provided a rationale for your response.
Insufficiently analyzed the legal mechanisms in which an inmate can challenge his or her confinement. Insufficiently supported or refuted the cost of such challenges to the state and / or federal government. Insufficiently provided a rationale for your response.
Partially analyzed the legal mechanisms in which an inmate can challenge his or her confinement. Partially supported or refuted the cost of such challenges to the state and / or federal government. Partially provided a rationale for your response.
Satisfactorily analyzed the legal mechanisms in which an inmate can challenge his or her confinement. Satisfactorily supported or refuted the cost of such challenges to the state and / or federal government. Satisfactorily provided a rationale for your response.
Thoroughly analyzed the legal mechanisms in which an inmate can challenge his or her confinement. Thoroughly supported or refuted the cost of such challenges to the state and / or federal government. Thoroughly provided a rationale for your response.
2. Examine the four (4) management issues that arise as a result of inmates with special needs. Prepare one (1) recommendation for each management issue that effectively neutralizes each concern. Provide a rationale for your response.
Weight: 30%
Did not submit or incompletely examined the four (4) management issues that arise as a result of inmates with special needs. Did not submit or incompletely prepared one (1) recommendation for each management issue that effectively neutralizes each concern. Did not submit or incompletely provided a rationale for your response.
Insufficiently examined the four (4) management issues that arise as a result of inmates with special needs. Insufficiently prepared one (1) recommendation for each management issue that effectively neutralizes each concern. Â Insufficiently provided a rationale for your response.
Partially examined the four (4) management issues that arise as a result of inmates with special needs. Partially prepared one (1) recommendation for each management issue that effectively neutralizes each concern. Partially provided a rationale for your response.
Satisfactorily examined the four (4) management issues that arise as a result of inmates with special needs. Satisfactorily prepare.
Assignment 1 Go back through the business press (Fortune, The Ec.docxdeanmtaylor1545
Assignment 1
Go back through the business press (Fortune, The Economist, BusinessWeek, and so forth and any other LIRN- based articles) and find at least three articles related to either downsizing, implementation of a new technology, or a merger or acquisition. In a minimum of four (4) pages in 7th edition APA formatted paper:
What were the key frontline experiences listed in relation to your chosen change?
How do they relate to those listed in Chapter 4?
Did you identify new ones confronting change managers?
How would you prioritize these experiences?
Do any stand out as “deal breakers”? Why?
What new insights into implementing this type of change emerge from this?
Assignment 2
PA2 requires you to identify a current change in an organization with which you are familiar and evaluate a current public issue about which “something must be done.” In relation to the change issue, think about what sense-making changes might need to be enacted and how you would go about doing this. Assess this in terms of the eight (8) elements of the sense-making framework suggested by Helms Mills and as set out in Table 9.7:
Identity construction
Social sense-making
Extracted cues
Ongoing sense-making
Retrospection
Plausibility
Enactment
Projection
Which ones did you believe you might have the most/least control over and why?
What implications does this have for adopting a sense-making approach to organizational change?
minimum of
four (4) pages document for each assignment
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Assignment 1: Discussion—Environmental Factors
In this assignment, you will have a chance to discuss a topic that brings personality theory together with social psychology. Dealing with unhealthy groups like gangs or cults is an important issue in social psychology. However, you cannot fully address this issue if you do not first understand personality development and how one’s personality affects the choices that are made. Specifically, you will look at Skinner’s behavioral perspective on personality development and discuss how that theory can play a role in this issue of unhealthy groups.
Bob is an adolescent who grew up in a gang-infested part of a large city. His parents provided little supervision while he was growing up and left Bob mostly on his own. He developed friendships with several kids in his neighborhood who were involved in gangs, and eventually joined a gang himself. Now crime and gang activities are a way of life for Bob. These have become his way to identify with his peer group and to support himself.
It is relatively easy to see that Bob’s environment has played a large role in his current lifestyle. This coincides with Skinner’s concept of environment being the sole determinant of how personality develops. Skinner believed that if you change someone’s environment and the reinforcements in that environment, you can change their behavior.
Use the Internet, Argosy University library resources, and your textbook to research Skinner’s concept of the environment and answer the following questions:
If you were to create an environment for Bob to change his behavior from that of a gang member to a respectable and law-abiding citizen, what types of environmental changes and positive reinforcements would you suggest and why?
What are some interventions that are used in the field currently? Are there any evidence-based programs that use these environmental and reinforcement interventions?
Write your initial response in 2–3 paragraphs. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.
By
Saturday, March 1, 2014
, post your response to the appropriate
Discussion Area
. Through
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses.
.
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Assignment 1
1. Using a Microsoft Word document, please post one federal and one state statute utilizing standard legal notation and a hyperlink to each statute.
2. In the same document, please post one federal and one state case using standard legal notation and a hyperlink to each case.
Assignment 2
A. Social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and even Tiktok have become very powerful and influential. Please give your thoughts on whether governments should regulate the content of content on these media. Minimum 250 words.
B. Respond to two classmates' postings. Minimum 100 words per posting.
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Assignment 1 Dealing with Diversity in America from Reconstructi.docxdeanmtaylor1545
Assignment 1:
Dealing with Diversity in America from Reconstruction through the 1920s
Due Week 3 and worth 120 points
After the Civil War, the United States had to recover from war, handle western expansion, and grapple with very new economic forms. However, its greatest issues would revolve around the legacies of slavery and increasing diversity in the decades after the Civil War. In the South, former slaves now had freedom and new opportunities but, despite the Reconstruction period, faced old prejudices and rapidly forming new barriers. Immigrants from Europe and Asia came in large numbers but then faced political and social restrictions. Women continued to seek rights. Yet, on the whole, America became increasingly diverse by the 1920s. Consider developments, policies, and laws in that period from 1865 to the 1920s. Examine the statement below and drawing from provided sources, present a paper with specific examples and arguments to demonstrate the validity of your position.
Statement—in which you can take a pro or con position:
Political policies and movements in the period from 1865 to the 1920s generally promoted diversity and “the melting pot” despite the strong prejudices of a few. (or you can take the position that they did not). Use specific examples of policies or movements from different decades to support your position.
After giving general consideration to your readings so far and any general research, select one of the positions above as your position—your thesis. (Sometimes after doing more thorough research, you might choose the reverse position. This happens with critical thinking and inquiry. Your final paper might end up taking a different position than you originally envisioned.) Organize your paper as follows, handling these issues:
The position you choose —or something close to it—will be the thesis statement in your opening paragraph.
To support your position, use three (3) specific examples from different decades between 1865 and 1930. You may narrowly focus on race or gender or immigrant status, or you may use examples relevant to all categories.
Explain why the opposing view is weak in comparison to yours.
Consider your life today: In what way does the history you have shown shape or impact issues in your workplace or desired profession?
Length: The paper should be 500-to-750 words in length.
Research and References: You must use a
MINIMUM of three sources
; the Schultz textbook must be one of them. Your other two sources should be drawn from the list provided below. This is guided research, not open-ended Googling.
Source list for Assignment 1:
Some sources are “primary” sources from the time period being studied. Some sources below can be accessed via direct link or through the primary sources links on Blackboard. Each week has a different list of primary sources. For others, they are accessible through the permalink to the source in our online library: Sources below having
libdatab.
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This document provides guidance for counselors on an upcoming assignment due September 23rd. It instructs counselors to listen both linearly and nonlinearly during client assessments to build a strong therapeutic alliance and identify client needs, resources, strengths and gaps in their stories. Counselors are advised to consider both the conscious and unconscious parts of client stories, including recognizing potential adverse childhood experiences and how that might inform the assessment, guide goal development, and affect client readiness to change.
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Assignment 1
This assignment is due in Module 8. There are many variations on WebQuests. Please make sure you follow these instructions and not those listed in the textbook. Although, reading the texts and learning another variation will only benefit you in the future. This assignment is worth 100 points.
1. Find a good website in which you can use for the exercise. If you want your students to learn more about zoo animals, then maybe you should locate your local zoo website and use it as a source. Make sure you choose a site that is age appropriate for your students. And please identify which grade and subject level you have chosen in the title.
2. After deciding on a website, create the student instructions for this exercise. Make sure to incorporate aesthetic value (picture). The instructions are very important because you do want your students to be excited about the activity.
3. You will ask the students 10 questions about the site and its information. Be sure the website is clear in its direction and easily navigated so the students can find the information. Create the questions and type them into a Word document with lines for students to use to fill in their answers.
4. After you finish your WebQuest, make sure you include a sheet with the answers to the questions.
5. Save the document as a .doc, .docx, or pdf and submit it via the assignment drop box by clicking on the title of the assignment.
Submission: To submit, choose the Assignment 4: WebQuest link above and use the file attachment feature to browse for and upload your completed document. Remember to choose Submit to complete the submission.
Grading: This assignment is worth 100 points toward your final grade and will be graded using the Webquest Rubric. Please use it as a guide toward successful completion of this assignment.
Assignment 2
This assignment is due in Module 9. The objective of this lesson is to utilize the Internet to help clarify/expand upon your teaching, while creating a field trip environment for your students.
There are times when you will not have the funding to take your class on an actual field trip. With the help of technology, you can now visit various sites without leaving the room. For assignment 4, you are going to plan a virtual field trip for your classroom. Think about the grade level, subject area, possible topics for the curriculum that you teach, and appropriate online communication. You must create an original, virtual field trip. You cannot use someone else's field trip. Remember, you can utilize various software (PowerPoint, Prezi, etc.) to create this field trip, but be careful, it is not a lesson with technology assisted software. The students have to feel like they are truly at the location of the field trip looking at the exhibit, animal, statue, and so forth. There should be no words on the slides because it is not a classroom lesson, it is a field trip.
You will be the tour guide, and everything you plan to say as the guide shoul.
Assignment 1TextbookInformation Systems for Business and Beyond.docxdeanmtaylor1545
Assignment 1
Textbook:Information Systems for Business and Beyond
Please answer the following
From Chapter 1 – Answer Study questions 1-5 and Exercise 3
From Chapter 2 – Answer Study questions 1-10 and Exercise 2 (should be a Power point presentation)
All the above questions should be submitted in one Word document, except for the PowerPoint presentation (Chapter 2 - Exercise 2).
Please understand that Plagiarism will not be tolerated and will result in a zero grade.
Submission Requirements
Font: Times New Roman, size 12, double-space
Citation Style: APA
References: Please use citations and references where appropriate
No Plagiarism
Chapter 1: What Is an
Information System?
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this chapter, you will be
able to:
• define what an information system is by identifying
its major components;
• describe the basic history of information systems;
and
• describe the basic argument behind the article
“Does IT Matter?” by Nicholas Carr.
Introduction
Welcome to the world of information systems, a world that seems to
change almost daily. Over the past few decades information systems
have progressed to being virtually everywhere, even to the point
where you may not realize its existence in many of your daily
activities. Stop and consider how you interface with various
components in information systems every day through different
Chapter 1: What Is an Information
System? | 9
electronic devices. Smartphones, laptop, and personal computers
connect us constantly to a variety of systems including messaging,
banking, online retailing, and academic resources, just to name a
few examples. Information systems are at the center of virtually
every organization, providing users with almost unlimited
resources.
Have you ever considered why businesses invest in technology?
Some purchase computer hardware and software because everyone
else has computers. Some even invest in the same hardware and
software as their business friends even though different technology
might be more appropriate for them. Finally, some businesses do
sufficient research before deciding what best fits their needs. As
you read through this book be sure to evaluate the contents of each
chapter based on how you might someday apply what you have
learned to strengthen the position of the business you work for, or
maybe even your own business. Wise decisions can result in stability
and growth for your future enterprise.
Information systems surround you almost every day. Wi-fi
networks on your university campus, database search services in
the learning resource center, and printers in computer labs are
good examples. Every time you go shopping you are interacting
with an information system that manages inventory and sales. Even
driving to school or work results in an interaction with the
transportation information system, impacting traffic lights,
cameras, etc. V.
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The document provides instructions for an assignment to analyze an organizational issue and propose solutions as the leader of a task force committee. Students are asked to: 1) Describe the selected organization and issue affecting productivity; 2) Analyze how the current corporate culture contributed to the issue; 3) Identify areas of weakness in the organization; 4) Propose modifications to practices and solutions to resolve the issue; and 5) Prepare a one-page executive summary of recommendations. The assignment aims to expose students to modern organizational challenges and develop solutions reflecting their learning.
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Assignment 1
Scenario 1
You are developing a Windows auditing plan and need to determine which log files to capture and review. You are considering log files that record access to sensitive resources. You know that auditing too many events for too many objects can cause computers to run more slowly and consume more disk space to store the audit log file entries.
Answer the following question(s): (2 References)
If computer performance and disk space were not a concern, what is another reason for not tracking audit information for all events?
Scenario 2
Assume you are a security professional. You are determining which of the following backup strategies will provide the best protection against data loss, whether from disk failure or natural disaster:
· Daily full server backups with hourly incremental backups
· Redundant array of independent disks (RAID) with periodic full backups
· Replicated databases and folders on high-availability alternate servers
Answer the following question(s): (2 References)
Which backup strategy would you adopt? Why?
Assignment 1 Submission Requirements
Format: Microsoft Word (or compatible)
Font: Arial, size 12, double-space
Citation Style: APA
Length: At least 350 words for each question
References: At least 2 credible scholarly references for each question
No plagiarism
Assignment 2: Security Audit Procedure Guide
Scenario
Always Fresh wants to ensure its computers comply with a standard security baseline and are regularly scanned for vulnerabilities. You choose to use the Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit to assess the basic security for all of your Windows computers and use OpenVAS to perform vulnerability scans.
Tasks
Develop a procedure guide to ensure that a computer adheres to a standard security baseline and has no known vulnerabilities.
For each application, fill in details for the following general steps:
1. Acquire and install the application.
2. Scan computers.
3. Review scan results.
4. Identify issues you need to address.
5. Document the steps to address each issue.
Assignment 2 Submission Requirements
Format: Microsoft Word (or compatible)
Font: Arial, size 12, double-space
Citation Style: APA
Length: At least 3 pages
References: At least 4 credible scholarly references
No plagiarism
Assignment 3: System Restoration Procedure Guide
Scenario
One of the security improvements at Always Fresh is setting up a system recovery procedure for each type of computer. These procedures will guide administrators in recovering a failed computer to a condition as near to the point of failure as possible. The goal is to minimize both downtime and data loss.
You have already implemented the following backup strategies for workstation computers:
· All desktop workstations were originally installed from a single image for Always Fresh standard workstations. The base image is updated with all patches and new software installed on live workstations.
· Desktop workstation computers execute a cloud backup eve.
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A
ssignment 1:
Research by finding an article or case study discussing ONE of the following laws or legal issues as it relates to computer forensics:
1) Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)
2) Cable Communications Privacy Act (CCOA)
3) Privacy Protection Act (PPA)
4) USA Patriot Act of 2001
5) Search and seizure requirements of the Fourth Amendment
6) Legal right to search the computer media
7) Legal right to remove the computer media from the scene
8) Availability of privileged material on the computer media for examination
Using at least 500 words - summarize the the article you have chosen. You will be graded on Content/Subject Knowledge, Critical Thinking Skills, Organization of Ideas, and Writing Conventions.
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Assignment 1
Positioning Statement and Motto
Use the provided information, as well as your own research, to assess one (1) of the stated brands (Alfa Romeo Hewlett Packard, Subway, or Sony) by completing the questions below. At the end of the worksheet, be sure to develop a new positioning statement and motto for the brand you selected. Submit the completed template in the Week 4 assignment submission link.
Name:
Professor’s Name:
Course Title:
Date:
Company/Brand Selected (Alfa Romeo Hewlett Packard, Subway, or Sony):
1. Target Customers/Users
Who are the target customers for the company/brand? Make sure you tell why you selected each item that you did. (NOTE: DO NOT say “ANY, ALL, EVERYONE” you cannot target everyone, you must be specific)
Age Bracket: [Insert response]
Gender: [Insert response]
Income Bracket: [Insert response]
Education Level: [Insert response]
Lifestyle: [Insert response]
Psychographics (Interest, Hobbies, Past-times): [Insert response]
Values (What the customer values overall in life): [Insert response]
Other items you would segment up on: [Insert response]
How does the company currently reach its customers/users? What methods and media does the company use to currently reach the customers/users? What methods and media should the company use to currently reach the customers/users?
[Insert response]
What would grab the customers/users’ attention? Why do you think this will capture their attention?
[Insert response]
What do these target customers’ value from the business and its products? Why do you think they value these items?
[Insert response]
2. Competitors
Who are the brand’s competitors? Provide at least 3 competitors and tell why you selected each competitor.
Competitor 1: [Insert response]
Competitor 2: [Insert response]
Competitor 3: [Insert response]
What product category does the brand fit into? Why have you placed this brand into the product category that you did?
[Insert response]
What frame of reference (frame of mind) will customers use in making a choice to use/purchase this brand/service? What other brands/companies might customers compare this brand to (other than the top three identified above)?
[Insert response]
3. USP (Unique Selling Proposition) Creation
What is the brand’s uniqueness? Why do you think this is a key uniqueness for this business?
[Insert response]
What is the competitive advantage of the brand? How is it different from other competing brands? Why do you consider this a competitive advantage?
[Insert response]
What attributes or benefits does the brand have that dominate competitors? Why do you think they dominate?
[Insert response]
How is this brand/company better than its competitors? What is the brand’s USP (Unique Selling Proposition? Why have you decided upon this USP?
Unique Selling Proposition: [Insert response]
Defense of USP: [Insert response]
4. Positioning Statement & Motto
Develop a new positioning statement and motto for the brand you selected. Below is an.
ASSIGNMENT 1Hearing Versus ListeningDescribe how you le.docxdeanmtaylor1545
ASSIGNMENT 1:
Hearing Versus Listening
Describe how you learned how to listen! Please use between 300-500 words to make a complete description of this learned behavior. Did you learn to listen properly? Do you still listen the same way that you were taught as a child? Why or why not?
“Doctor Aunt”
by Eden, Janine and Jim.
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A mother takes her four-year-old to the pediatrician reporting she’s worried about the girl’s hearing. The doctor runs through a battery of tests, checks in the girl’s ears to be sure everything looks good, and makes notes in the child’s folder. Then, she takes the mother by the arm. They move together to the far end of the room, behind the girl. The doctor whispers in a low voice to the concerned parent: “Everything looks fine. But, she’s been through a lot of tests today. You might want to take her for ice cream after this as a reward.” The daughter jerks her head around, a huge grin on her face, “Oh, please, Mommy! I love ice cream!” The doctor, speaking now at a regular volume, reports, “As I said, I don’t think there’s any problem with her hearing, but she may not always be choosing to listen.”
Hearing
is something most everyone does without even trying. It is a physiological response to sound waves moving through the air at up to 760 miles per hour. First, we receive the sound in our ears. The wave of sound causes our eardrums to vibrate, which engages our brain to begin processing. The sound is then transformed into nerve impulses so that we can perceive the sound in our brains. Our auditory cortex recognizes a sound has been heard and begins to process the sound by matching it to previously encountered sounds in a process known as
auditory association
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Hearing has kept our species alive for centuries. When you are asleep but wake in a panic having heard a noise downstairs, an age-old self-preservation response is kicking in. You were asleep. You weren’t listening for the noise—unless perhaps you are a parent of a teenager out past curfew—but you hear it. Hearing is unintentional, whereas
listening
(by contrast) requires you to pay conscious attention. Our bodies hear, but we need to employ intentional effort to actually listen.
“Hearing Mechanics”
by Zina Deretsky. Public domain.
We regularly engage in several different types of listening. When we are tuning our attention to a song we like, or a poetry reading, or actors in a play, or sitcom antics on television, we are listening for pleasure, also known as
appreciative listening
. When we are listening to a friend or family member, building our relationship with another through offering support and showing empathy for her feelings in the situation she is discussing, we are engaged in
relational listening
. Therapists, counselors, and conflict mediators are trained in another level known as
empathetic or therapeutic listening
. When we are at a political event, attending a debate, or enduring a salesperson touting the benefits of vario.
assignment 1
Essay: Nuclear Proliferation
The proliferation of nuclear weapons is closely monitored by the international community. While the international community formally recognizes only five nuclear powers - the United States, Russia, China, France, and the United Kingdom - it is widely acknowledged that at least four others (India, Israel, North Korea, and Pakistan) currently possess nuclear weapons and one other (Iran) is attempting to develop nuclear weapons capabilities.
Describe the current international regime governing the development of nuclear weapons, including the major agreements and treaties controlling nuclear technology. Explain why the international community generally seeks to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons. (500-750 words)
assignment 2
World military spending is nearly $2 trillion every year. If you could redirect these funds, how would you use them? Would such uses be better or worse for the states involved? Do you think there is a realistic chance of redirecting military spending in the way you suggest? (150 words minimum)
assignment 3
Human Rights: A Hollow Promise to the World?
( one paragraph )
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Creativity for Innovation and SpeechmakingMattVassar1
Tapping into the creative side of your brain to come up with truly innovative approaches. These strategies are based on original research from Stanford University lecturer Matt Vassar, where he discusses how you can use them to come up with truly innovative solutions, regardless of whether you're using to come up with a creative and memorable angle for a business pitch--or if you're coming up with business or technical innovations.
Brand Guideline of Bashundhara A4 Paper - 2024khabri85
It outlines the basic identity elements such as symbol, logotype, colors, and typefaces. It provides examples of applying the identity to materials like letterhead, business cards, reports, folders, and websites.
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Slides from a Capitol Technology University webinar held June 20, 2024. The webinar featured Dr. Donovan Wright, presenting on the Department of Defense Digital Transformation.
How to Create User Notification in Odoo 17Celine George
This slide will represent how to create user notification in Odoo 17. Odoo allows us to create and send custom notifications on some events or actions. We have different types of notification such as sticky notification, rainbow man effect, alert and raise exception warning or validation.
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Lesson Outcomes:
- students will be able to identify and name various types of ornamental plants commonly used in landscaping and decoration, classifying them based on their characteristics such as foliage, flowering, and growth habits. They will understand the ecological, aesthetic, and economic benefits of ornamental plants, including their roles in improving air quality, providing habitats for wildlife, and enhancing the visual appeal of environments. Additionally, students will demonstrate knowledge of the basic requirements for growing ornamental plants, ensuring they can effectively cultivate and maintain these plants in various settings.
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Introduction
Paper begins in a meaningful way and not with the beginning of
human history. Introduction includes
consideration of the background circumstances of your
invention.
Thesis Statement
A sophisticated thesis statement is present, which goes beyond a
simplistic good or bad judgment on the
invention.
Interpretation and Analysis
There should be no filler statements. Make sure to acknowledge
the implications of your invention.
Use of Evidence
Use concrete examples that are taken directly from your
sources. Do not speak in generalities or
abstraction. Tie your writing to the specific and to details.
Research Sources
A minimum of 5 textual sources (3 academic, 2 popular) need to
be present in the paper. Sources need
3. to be relevant, interpreted accurately, and successfully
incorporated throughout the essay.
Organization and Paragraph Development
Essay is logically organized. Transitions smoothly connect each
idea from one paragraph to the next.
MLA Format and Citations
1" margin, correct heading, essay text is double-spaced in 12pt.
Times New Roman font. Paper is a
minimum of 5 full pages. Essay is given an engaging title
beyond "Essay #3" Specific examples are
properly cited parenthetically with page number reference and
in the Works Cited page.
Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation
Use of correct grammatical conventions and punctuation. Lack
of spelling errors.
Style and Tone
Style, tone, and word choice are appropriate to audience
specifications. Lack of clichés, personal
pronouns, contractions, slang, and abbreviations. Varied
sentence structure.
Conclusion
Presents a coherent conclusion that successfully draws essay to
an end without being repetitive.
4. TOTAL FINAL GRADE:
POINTS EARNED
Grade Rubric: Essay #3: Invention Research Paper
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Student 1. I will update the file for student 2
Anishka Gupta
Week 2
COLLAPSE
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The internet is changing the way we work, socialize, create and
share information, do shopping, organize the flow of people,
ideas, and things around the globe. Every innovation has some
good and some bad impact on the country’s economy that might
affect or increase the revenue of small or big businesses.
According to the general online shopping statistics, online
shopping is growing so fast that the global online shopping
market size is predicted to hit 4 trillion in 2020. In the USA
alone, it is expected to have 300 million online shoppers by
2023 which are 91% of the country’s population. 69% of
Americans shopped online whereas 25% of Americans shop
online at least once per month. All these purchases are not
being made in a store which means these have a significant
impact on the local economy. Online purchases directly impact
the local economy as it reduces the amount of sales tax the state
was supposed to collect and other local taxes that towns and
counties collect. Many online retailers do not charge the
appropriate sales tax for items that they sell online; this is
beneficial for the big industry but not for the locals. For
5. instance, if a client buys a Christmas present from Amazon
rather than from a neighborhood business, that cash goes to the
national retailer rather than the buyer's locals.
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Binxin Li
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Top of Form
For those three videos, the most interesting thing for me is the
rapid growth online marketplace all over the world. As the TED
speaker said, the online marketplace has two sides: the bright
side and the dark side. It is true, now some small local stories
may even face a worse situation than some economic recession
period. For my own story, when I was in China last winter, I
almost never go out of my house. If I lack some daily items, I
could just order those things online and pick them up in front of
my house very soon. The APP named"MeiTuan". Sometimes it
surely hurt part of the local economy. However, with the
expansion of the service, more and more local stories also are
included in their services list. I think this is just the speaker
talked about, all the participators within the purchasing action
would benefit: for me, I could easily get the item I need; for
MeiTuan, they could get the services fee; for local stories, they
may get more potential opportunity to gain profit; and finally,
more people may get a job as a deliveryman.
In addition, I think the online marketplace is one new kind of
shopping style, and more and more people become to accept it.
From my research, the growth of online shopping is much faster
6. than in-store
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Kristin Riley
RHET 1302
Date
Getting Away with Lying: The Polygraph’s Validity in Criminal
Investigation
For as long as humans have lied to one another, attempts have
been made to develop
various methods to accurately separate the truth-tellers from the
deceivers. These original
mechanisms were usually unethical in nature, such as the
Bedouins of Arabia from 300 B.C, who
forced the accused to lick a hot iron in order to determine if
they were speaking the truth (Lewis
86). The invention of the modern polygraph introduced a new
way to evaluate deception by
7. utilizing a combination of psychology, biology, and technology,
rather than relying on gruesome
coercion alone. Developed during the early 20th century in the
United States, the polygraph test
has several attributors to its creation: William Moulton
Marston, John Augustus Larson, and
Leonarde Keeler (Synnott 60-61). A popular misconception
made by the general public is that
the device is a “lie-detector”, and can, almost magically,
ascertain whether or not a person is
completely guilty. However, there is no direct, fool-proof way
to measure lying. Instead, the
polygraph analyzes various physiological aspects of the person
being evaluated, such as blood
pressure, heart rate, and respiration (Lewis 87). While the
diagnostic results from these tests
should show accuracy in condemning a guilty person, the
polygraph is known for, “sufficient
false positive and false negative results [that] make the findings
in individual cases of
questionable value” (Steinbrook 123). Mental illness, emotional
confusion, and anxiety are all
uncontrollable factors that can lead to innocent people being
convicted of crimes they did not
8. commit, letting the actual perpetrators get away unpunished.
Since its initial adaptation in the
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field of criminal investigation, the validity of the polygraph has
been highly controversial for its
testing procedures, and is illegitimate in concluding whether or
not someone is telling the truth.
Even since its beginning, the history of the polygraph can be
summarized by years of
public criticism and debates of its credibility in the court of
law. In 1923, William Marston, who
emphasized systolic blood pressure as an indicator of deception,
wanted the results of the test to
be admitted as evidence in court cases, particularly Frye v.
United States (Synnott 61). However,
his attempt to make it admissible was unsuccessful because it
had, “not yet gained such standing
and scientific recognition among physiological and
psychological authorities” (USLegal). This
rule was known as the Frye Standard, exhibiting that the
polygraph was not accepted by the
9. scientific community, and therefore did not meet the legal
criteria to be reliable evidence
(USLegal). The first empirical evaluation of the polygraph did
not come until 41 years later in
1965, and was conducted by the US Committee on Government
Operations (Synnott 61). In spite
of the condemning results stating that, “People have been
deceived by a myth that a metal box in
the hands of an investigator can detect truth or falsehood,”
advocates for the instrument
disregarded the criticisms of the polygraph’s scientific
soundness (Synnott 61-62). Ironically,
those that were more likely to “beat the system” and show its
inability to be reliable were
advocates themselves, those who knew the device and its
limitations better than anyone. In fact,
William Casey, the director of the CIA during the 1980s, was a
supporter of the polygraph and
took the test every month because, “he knew he could beat
them” (Steinbrook 123). This
controversy surrounding the lack of methodical capability in the
device should have pushed for
greater research and development to improve its testing
procedures. But even in the beginning of
10. the 21st century, it was still being criticized for its poor quality,
its inability to improve on its
theoretical founding, and its heavily biased research (Synnott
60). Modern day polygraph tests,
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while far more technological and standardized than its
predecessors, still has a lot to be critiqued
on in its methods of detecting deception.
The testing procedures for most polygraph exams are highly
dependent on the person
who conducts it, since there is not a universally standard
approach. While the type of questions
asked depend on which methodology the test examiner
subscribes to, the most widely-used
version is the Comparative Question Test (CQT) (Synnott 67).
Once the individual is hooked up
to the various sensors and equipment, a pre-test is conducted in
order to establish a control-
group, as well as convince the examinee that the polygraph
actually does work (Steinbrook 89).
This is just one example of examiner bias, which can ultimately
influence the emotions and
11. anxieties someone feels during the interview, leading to skewed
data. The next part of the CQT
consists of comparing physiological reactions to relevant
questions (RQ) –regarding the current
crime- and the previous comparison questions (CQ) –applicable,
but not about the crime (Offe
291). It is assumed that truthful people will focus more on the
CQ, while those that are guilty
will react stronger to the RQ, since it directly addresses the
crime that they committed (Offe
292). However, the amount of significance the examiner places
on the CQ and explanation
during the pre-test can create differences in identification rates
for guilty individuals (Offe 299).
In the post-test phase, the physiological data recorded by the
machine, such as electrodermal
activity, arousal, and breathing, are analyzed most often solely
by the examiner. The amount of
influence they possess is significant, as they alone, “set the cut-
off points at which a given
response is indicative of deception,” and ultimately conclude if
the results indicate guilt in a
person (Synnott 68). If the examiner shows bias in their
questioning and has little psychological
12. training, this can result in the polygraph creating false positives
and false negatives. Essentially it
is the examiner, not the device itself, that has the true power in
convicting who they feel is guilty
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or innocent. However, this partiality is not the only factor that
makes the polygraph non-reliable
in the criminal justice system, as unethical methods of the test
are continuously used today.
One controversial approach to detecting deception is known as
the Reid technique,
named after psychologist John Reid, a polygraph advocate who
adapted this method for police
interviewing purposes (Gudjonsson 33). Rather than utilize the
technology that is primarily used
in polygraph exams, Reid believed that, “the individual
conducting the polygraph examination
was the real lie detector,” and therefore relied on interrogation
rather than scientific,
physiological measurements (Synnott 62). This nine-step
interviewing style is classified by
13. increasing the suspect’s anxiety levels, weakening their
resistance, confronting them with
questionable incriminating evidence, and then giving the
suspect a false sense of security
(Gudjonsson 34). While it is a fundamentally successful method
in obtaining confessions, the
manipulative nature of this test creates concerns over the Reid
techniques’ dubious ethical codes.
One of the major issues with guilt-presumptive interrogation is
that it can lead to one of the
worst possible outcomes for criminal investigation: false
confessions by innocent people. Steve
Drizin, legal director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions,
says that these examiners only give
suspects two options: “admit to the crime using the given
justification or confess without it,
leaving the suspect to appear like a monster” (Johnson).
Whether hooked up to a polygraph
machine or relentlessly hounded by condemning questions, the
subject is at the mercy of the test
examiner, who has the ultimate power in convicting a person of
deception or truth. And while
confessions can be either voluntary or police-pressured, there
are many factors that can lead to
14. one falsely admitting guilt. Intoxication, verbal threats, the age
of the suspect, and a
misunderstanding of the situation can all be crucial variables for
people that confess
(Innocenceproject). However, one of the most worrisome
aspects of techniques that are meant to
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determine truthfulness is the disregard of mental illnesses and
their effects on the examinee in
these testing conditions.
Those with mental disorders are at a high risk in interrogation
environments where
examiners have the capability to produce wrongful convictions
based on misleading data. When
the physiological aspects of the body related to arousal increase
during questioning, the
polygraph machine reads this as an indicator of lying. However,
while deception may be one
reason for this change, confounding factors such as anxiety,
anger, and fear may also provide an
explanation (Steinbrook 122). For those suffering from general
anxiety or panic-related
15. disorders, these uncontrollable emotions can drastically increase
due to the stressful nature of the
test. Because of this, the polygraph can falsely read this as a
sign of lying. Psychotic suspects
with illness-related delusions are especially liable to false
results when hooked up the device, as
cases show that, “the polygraph will find that the patients are
telling the truth, even when asked
about events that in fact did not occur” (Hirschmann 4). Lack of
medication, undiagnosed
suspects, and other psychological dysfunctions can further
diminish the polygraph’s already
questionable validity in detecting deception. False confessions
are especially probable in police
guilt-presumptive interrogation where examiners,” are not given
any special training on
questioning suspects with mental disabilities”
(Innocenceproject). With the already biased and
influential power interrogators have over examinees, mentally
ill individuals are at a
disadvantage if they exhibit abnormal behaviors and responses
to questioning. What results from
these wrongful admissions to guilt is the perpetuation of the
misleading correlation that mentally
16. ill people are more likely to commit crimes. Despite the
polygraph being founded on the basis
for incorporating psychology into the criminal justice system,
its testing standards do not
conform to that of the American Psychological Association
(Steinbrook 122-123). Coupled with
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the fact that it is not required for test examiners to have
psychological training, especially in
regards to mentally ill suspects, the polygraph’s legitimacy in
accurately determining truth is
further diminished.
The controversial history of the polygraph exhibits how both
human beings and machines
are not inherently reliable at tasks they are intended to be
experts at. In today’s time where
people are becoming progressively more dependent on
technology, this can lead to many
shortcomings if too much trust is placed in them. People rely on
machines to provide the correct
answers to questions that are impossible to know on one’s own,
17. whether it is a calculator or an
fMRI. High expectations are also placed on the specialists who
are trained to operate them, using
years of advanced education and experience to draw conclusions
from scientific data. In some
cases, this dependability can mean the difference between life
and death. For instance, even
though medically licensed doctors achieve over ten years of
schooling, “More than 5%, or about
12 million U.S. adults, could be misdiagnosed during an
outpatient visit,” and half of these
mistakes have the potential to provide worse outcomes (Rice).
Despite this high percentage of
diagnostic errors, Americans continuously place trust in their
doctor, since an expert has greater
knowledge of medicine than a novice does. For the criminal
justice system, the same issue
applies to suspects who are at the mercy of interrogators. Just as
a doctor can find an illness
where one does not exist, polygraph examiners have the
potential to determine guilt in an
examinee who has none. While a polygraph machine can create
results based on scientific
physiological data, it is ultimately up to a human to draw
18. conclusions from it. And as the history
of the polygraph and other deception-detection techniques show,
examiner manipulation, bias,
and disregard to mental illnesses can create outcomes that do
not accurately reveal the truth. This
kind of psychological pressure that examiners can place on
suspects can be seen in cases like
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Gary Gauger’s, who spent three years in jail and nine months on
death row after falsely
confessing to the murder of his parents (Eldeib). Despite the
actual results being inconclusive,
Gauger was so bewildered that he ultimately accepted the
“truth” that investigators told him, and,
“began to speculate how he might have killed his parents”
(Eldeib). Until progressive
development and research towards improving the polygraph’s
testing procedures are pushed, it
should not be seen as a reliable device in convicting people of
lying. Rather than continue
focusing on old foundational theories that view only specific
physiological reactions as
19. indicators of deception, researchers should look more into brain
activity correlations. In addition
to utilizing neuroscience-based technologies to find new
interrelationships, finding and
incorporating methods to diminish examiner bias should be also
be emphasized. Specialized
psychological training and experience needs to be a requirement
in order to become a polygraph
interrogator so that suspects with mental illnesses are not at a
higher risk for false convictions
than those without them. While technology can be upgraded to
become more efficient over time,
it is harder for humans to be able to improve themselves if they
do not understand that they too
are susceptible to making mistakes.
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Bunn, Geoffrey. “The Lie Detector, “Wonder Woman” and
Liberty: the Life and Work of
20. William Moulton Marston.” History of the Human Sciences,
vol. 10, no. 1, 1997, p. 91.
Eldeib, Duaa. “The Polygraph and Wrongful Convictions: Juan
Rivera, Kevin Fox and Gary
Gauger.” Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2013.
Gudjonsson, Gisli H, and John Pearse. “Suspect Interviews and
False Confessions.” Current
Directions in Psychological Science, vol. 20, no. 1, 2011, pp.
33–37.
Innocence Project. “False Confessions or Admissions.”
Johnson, Krista. “City Alumna's Case Highlights Risk of False
Confessions.” Iowa City Press-
Citizen, Press Citizen, 16 July 2017.
Lewis, Jerry A, and Michelle Cuppari. “The Polygraph: The
Truth Lies Within.” The Journal of
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Offe, Heinz, and Offe, Susanne. “The Comparison Question
Test: Does It Work and If So
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Student Name
Dr. Kristin N. Riley
RHET 1302
Date
Shocked to Death
22. In 1890, the electric chair was born thanks to the Gerry
Commission in the United States
and put to work the same year, in New York’s administration of
capital punishment (Essig 245).
The electric chair models a simple design; it often has leather
straps around the armrests, back,
and seat of the chair, a metal helmet electrode connecting to the
scalp of the person seated, and
another electrode connecting to the their legs. This chair
utilizes the alternating current (AC)
system to electrocute those who are secured in it (Gordan).
Although not practiced by the
majority of the states in America now, from the mid-1800s to
mid-1900s, the states that practiced
the death penalty adopted the electric chair to execute prisoners
using electrocution (Martschukat
914). Prior to the creation of the electric chair, the most
common form of execution in the United
States was hanging, but around the world, it consisted of the
guillotine, axing, strangulation,
firing squads, burning, poisoning, etc. As these methods of
execution were thought to be very
violent, since they can result in a slow and painful death,
supporters of capital punishment were
23. afraid the death penalty would eventually be deemed as a “cruel
and unusual punishment” and
written out of existence (Martschukat 913). To prevent this
extinction, one supporter in
particular, Dr. Alfred Porter Southwick, sought to find an
alternate method for legally killing
prisoners (Moran 70). He ultimately thought of death by
electrocution because he believed that
the use of electricity, which was a fairly new discovery that
society had considered very
powerful, was capable of swiftly killing those sentenced to
death, thus making the death penalty
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more humane (Moran 71). Being a dentist and not knowing
much about electricity, Southwick
requested the help of Thomas Edison, who at the time was
competing in the “Current Wars” with
George Westinghouse over their patented currents; direct
current or DC versus AC (Moran 74).
With Southwick’s work in the Gerry Commission and the aid of
Thomas Edison’s knowledge
and secret contributions, the electric chair was made in 1890
24. and adopted into the justice system.
Unfortunately, though, for Southwick and those who supported
the invention, the electric chair
did not last as a common tool used for the death penalty, as it
was ironically recognized to be a
“cruel and unusual punishment” by the government almost a
century later (Seitz 71). Through
the untimely occurrences of the hot-public-debate topic,
concerning capital punishment, and the
“Current Wars” between Edison and his rival, the electric chair
was brought into this world. The
creation and use of this invention desensitized society, in
regards to death, and simultaneously
numbed and stirred conversation over the ethical and moral
issues of the death penalty in the
United States.
While public hanging was the primary form of execution in the
early 1800s, this caused
controversy as a vast amount of people came to view the
executions as if “attending [a] show,
picnic basket in tow” (Capers 254). Prisoners were paraded to
their deaths as the public
insensitively viewed the disturbing executions that could last up
to forty-five minutes (Moran
25. 68). These sore sights available to society, along with the
increased want for privacy, eventually
brought up fueled debate over public executions. Talk of capital
punishment then died down
once public execution in New York was abolished, but, this did
not stay for long, since some
people began arguing that the death penalty should not even
exist (Moran 68). Once again,
though, the public changed their minds when immigrants and
crime rates increased in the states
and they preferred the death penalty to remain intact (Moran
68). This shows contradictory levels
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of sensitivity in society that persists through the history of the
electric chair. The portion of the
public that argued against the death penalty eventually sided for
the death penalty when it was
the ethnic minorities that were being sent to be executed (Moran
69). Following this situation
was the Civil War, and due to the focus on the war, people’s
minds were too occupied to be
26. debating over the death penalty. But after the war, some looked
at the topic again with a changed
perspective but more sensitive view of death and demanded a
more humane way of killing
(Moran 69). Anti-gallows and death penalty organizations began
gaining popularity and
opposingly sparked a fear of losing the death penalty in others
(Seitz 39). This debate built up to
the point where scientists and others were beginning to get
involved as they looked into many
other possible ways to execute someone (Moran 70).
A supporter of the death penalty, dentist Alfred P. Southwick,
was especially motivated
to find an alternate method of execution in order to save capital
punishment (Martschukat 912).
In 1881, Southwick “witnessed the accidental electrocution of a
Buffalo drunkard” and “since
the man appeared to not suffer,” he wanted to incorporate this
concept of electricity in the death
penalty (Moran 70). The bluntness in which Richard Moran,
author of Executioner's Current:
Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and the Invention of the
Electric Chair, describes
Southwick’s experience with the electrocuted man, creates a
27. matter-of-fact tone that is void of
emotions. This adds to the theme of insensitivity during the
creation of the electric chair. By
1884, around election time, the public greatly demanded for
something to be done about the
method of execution. In response, New York Lieutenant-
Governor David Bernet Hill sought
important individuals and formed the Gerry Commission, in
which he also recruited Southwick
(Moran 71). With the Commission grew Southwick’s obsession
and “great enthusiasm” in
conducting “series of crude but deadly experiments” on animals
(Moran 71). The contrasting
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diction provided by Moran emphasizes that Southwick’s goal or
“enthusiasm” to use electricity
to “provide justice,” clouds his judgement over the reality of his
doings: killing. Although, the
joy he supposedly feels is not derived from the murdering of
innocent creatures, but rather his
discovery of using electricity for a “marvelously humane
method of execution,” the fact remains
28. that he is not bothered by the deaths of the animals or the
upcoming deaths to come with the
creation of the electric chair (Moran 71). Southwick was
engrossed in the study of electricity
similar to Edison, “Benjamin Franklin and his contemporaries,”
according to Martschukat,
author of the journal "The Art of Killing by Electricity: The
Sublime and the Electric Chair,"
who “had tested the destructive power of electricity on animals”
(909). This shows the vastness
of insensitivity that took place during the creation of the
electric chair with many people going
around electrocuting living things in the name of science and
“human progress.”
A little further into the development of the electric chair,
Southwick had actually sent out
questionnaires to the public asking which form of execution
they preferred (Moran 72). The
results tallied up to being predominantly in the category in
which if a change had to be made to
the death penalty, they would prefer execution by electricity
(Moran 73). At this point, people
still believed electricity would kill its victims painlessly and
effortlessly so it is understandable
29. as to why the majority of society was willing to accept this as a
form of execution as opposed to
the grueling hangings, but, Dr. J Mount Bleyer, a survey
respondent, had sent in a full explicit
report explaining various more promising alternatives to the
electric chair to Southwick (Moran
73). Bleyer suggested the use of morphine injections or
chloroforming prisoners (which is
actually used today: lethal injections and gas chambers) but
Southwick dismissed his ideas as he
was persistent and confident in his own working out (Moran
73). The dentist then needing
approval from the rest of his Commission to create the electric
chair, sought the help of “the
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greatest electrician of modern times,” Edison (Moran 75). Upon
first request, Edison had actually
rejected helping Southwick since he was actually against the
death penalty (Moran 74). But after
Southwick appealed to Edison’s pride and sense of progress,
Edison gave in with what will be
30. later be described as malicious or at least desensitized intent
(Moran 74). Edison helped
Southwick determine the most powerful and deadly current to
be used for the electric chair (AC)
and because of his “approval,” the Gerry Commission gladly
accepted Southwick’s electric chair
invention (Moran 71-75). Through ignorance and subtle
manipulation, Southwick pushed his
idea to be created just to keep the death penalty and also having
the glory of having “saved” it.
His ignorance can be identified with his stubborn exchanges
with Bleyer who actually presented
valuable alternatives yet Southwick down-right rejected them
and he also manipulates Edison
into unintentionally becoming a famous-figure- head in the
creation of the electric chair.
Although, Edison had been partially deceived to help Southwick
with his glorification
goals, he also had his own selfish reasons to accept. Edison, at
the time, was the “Current Wars,”
with his rival, George Westinghouse (Essig 11). He patented
direct current (DC) while
Westinghouse patented alternating current (AC). AC current
was far cheaper and was able to
31. reach long distances in a way “the vision of America could
become reality” (Martschukat 906).
The fact that Westinghouse’s capable of doing what the
country’s vision was and in all aspects
superior to Edison’s, was not fathomable to the “greatest
electrician” so he went about to prove
how dangerous AC current was (Martschukat 915). Edison
began “waging a propaganda
campaign” where he passed 1,000-volt AC current through
“animals ranging in size from cats to
horses” with the same desensitized obsession as Southwick,
Benjamin Franklin, and other
scientists (Gordou). While those others killed animals in the
name of science, Edison did so in
the name of financial profit and pride. He also takes this a step
further as he tells Southwick to
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use AC in the electric chair, in the name of “human progress.”
Moran explores the various
reasons as to why Edison may have pushed aside his beliefs of
the death penalty to help
Southwick, and narrows it down to the self-serving reason being
32. that he wanted to discredit
Westinghouse’s AC and gain popularity for his own DC (62).
Edison thought if people knew that
AC can be used to execute people then they will fear it and
instead use DC for everyday
purposes, thus profiting from it financially and through pride
since he had been using this
propaganda for so long. So he had actually donated/bribed
prisons to use Southwick’s electric
chair to help publicize the “dangerous” AC (Gordon). But,
unfortunately for him, the electric
chair and AC were “understood to give society a sense of
elevation” since “electrocution was
widely perceived as an advance of civilization” during the
initial uses (Martschukat 900). This
optimistic view of the electric chair did take a turn for the
worse, but not until nearly a century
later because of how much society had become excited and then
numb to the executions and
death penalty.
Once the electric chair was created, it was first used on August
6, 1890, in New York for
the execution of William Kemmler who was sentenced the death
penalty for having murdered his
33. girlfriend (Martschukat 915). Being the first execution by
electrocution, it “aroused intense
interest” in the neighboring areas and media and “political
string-pulling” occurred to “secure
places among the 25 witnesses” (Gordon). This excitement out
of context is normal, but seen
with the circumstances of death, it can be viewed to be morbid
and insensitive on the part of
society. Despite the laws abolishing public executions,
journalists “were eager to exploit the
sensational aspects of electrocution” so the public can
experience “a virtual front-row seat” view
of the execution (Seitz 46). This eagerness, similar to that of
Southwick’s when electrocuting
animals, is inappropriate since it is associated with the death of
a living being but during this
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time, it was seen as normal because society had become
desensitized through the creation of the
electric chair. The process of first execution began with
Kemmler being strapped into the electric
34. chair in the room opposite of the witnesses viewing the
execution through a one way glass
(Gordon). The executioner was also placed on the other side of
the glass so the prisoner is unable
to see him (this was done so the executioner does not hold the
burden of killing the prisoner
directly as they are pressing the button to send the current
through their body). This method of
execution is incredibly dehumanizing the prisoner as they are
strapped and tied down, unable to
view anyone during their last moments, and overall have no
control over the situation. Just as
bad as the immoral practices of this killing, the actual execution
was faulty. What should have
ended quickly and effortlessly, resulted in Kemmler suffering a
“gruesome and prolonged death”
(Seitz 41). These were not the results the public was expecting-
the electric chair was meant to be
more humane than hanging and technologically advanced-but
they continued using it for a
century to come because society had become numb to all of the
violent executions of the past.
Even though with more uses of the electric chair there were
more successful executions, there
35. were also some terrible ones. This did not seem to bother other
states such as Ohio,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Virginia since they had
“adopted electrocution” as the exclusive
method of execution (Seitz 38). Other states adopted the electric
chair later on and the theme of
insensitivity was adopted with it. In 1997, after a mishap in
executing through electrocution in
Florida, the Attorney General Robert Butterworth jokes that
people who want to commit murders
should not do so in Florida as they “may have a problem with
[their] electric chair” (Capers 250).
This statement lacks appropriate emotions given that a man’s
head just caught on fire while
being executed. This insensitivity is best explained through
Caper’s analysis of Andy Warhol’s
Electric Chair series in which he explains the “spectacle became
a little redundant. We became a
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little anesthetized” (257). From the beginning of capital
punishment, the death penalty is meant
to 1) punish the criminal and 2) prevent other crimes by
36. showing the public the consequences of
misconducts, so they have the tendency to get violent (Moran
76). Because, society has
experienced such violence, they have become numb and
insensitive to the dehumanizing aspects
of it.
Not until the mid-1900s was when the public reengaged in
conversation of the ethics and
morality of capital punishment and the death penalty
(Martschukat 913). A big part in stirring the
conversation was artist Warhol’s painting series called Electric
Chair. This artist who is known
for vibrant repetitive pictures of “Campbell’s soup cans, Brillo
boxes,” “Marilyn Monroe and
Elizabeth Taylor” takes on a different tone to his paintings with
this grave series of an empty
electric chair in the center of an execution room (Capers 244).
He claims that the emptiness and
vagueness “points to the anonymity of most executions and to
our distance from them” (Capers
251) This analysis is reflects the history of the electric chairs,
because the public had
dehumanized the prisoners as test subjects for this invention
that remained an infamous star for
37. over a century. This simplistic artwork from 1964, similar to the
simple design of the electric
chair, by Warhol encouraged the questioning of the
effectiveness and morality of the death
penalty (Capers 243).
People did begin to question the death penalty, especially with
the use of the electric
chair. In 1995, Nicholas Ingram was sentenced to death and his
friend/attorney, Clive Smith,
viewed his execution by electrocution and reported back the
awful experience and lies the prison
covered up for years (Smith). The electric chair had promised to
provide an instantaneous death,
void of violence and pain. Smith challenges those promises by
asking, “Why carry on cooking
him [then]?” or, “tie him down so tightly?” or, “bind his mouth
firmly shut” (Smith). These
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broken promises are what led the electric chair to be declared as
a “cruel and unusual
punishment.” Now, replacing the electric chair in most states is
38. the lethal injection or gas
chamber, similar to those that Bleyer suggested over a century
ago. Still in some states, like
Tennessee, Florida, and Virginia, the electric chair can be used
in execution if the prison does
not have any drugs for lethal injection or by the prisoners’
choosing (Dockterman). The most
recent use of the electric chair was in 2013 during the execution
of Robert Gleason Jr. in Virginia
upon his request (Owens). Gleason was not the only criminal to
request execution by
electrocution; there were many before and also one currently in
waiting. Wayne Doty, a prisoner
in Florida is currently on the death penalty list and has
requested to be electrocuted rather than
injected with lethal drugs (Berman). His possible reasoning for
this choice was due to the mild
scandals surrounding the drug used for lethal injections and also
because he believes the electric
chair is the fastest and most humane form of execution
(Berman). The death penalty still remains
a highly controversial subject between people who have lost
sight of the killings and those that
are overly sympathetic. As society thinks it is moving forwards,
39. in this case, it is really just
enhancing the primitive ways of killing.
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Chair Rather than Lethal
Injection." The Washington Post. WP Company, 23 Oct. 2015.
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Witness the Death in the Electric
Chair of Nicky Ingram is to be Appalled by the Barbarity of this
Method of Execution and
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Inbuilt Cruelty to Prisoners.,
1995. Print.
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Dr. Riley
RHET 1302
Date
The Fibers Connecting America
The evolution of the American transportation system is a
remarkable driving force
towards the increasing interconnectedness of the states,
enormously benefitting individuals and
industries alike. The section of this diverse system that an
average American depends on the
most is perhaps the roadways. A major part of the roadways in
America that connects its
numerous states is the Interstate Highway system. Since its
conception, the Interstate Highway
system has expanded dramatically to 47,000 miles today
(Highway Finance). The system is
42. named after President Dwight D. Eisenhower who championed
its establishment. President
Eisenhower made the interstate system a presidential priority
and under his leadership, the
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 was passed and signed into
law (Ike’s Interstates). The
network has fulfilled its purpose of making travel faster,
convenient, shorter and more efficient
for Americans. It has also intensified interstate commerce and
made everyday products both
affordable and accessible to consumers. However, it has not
adjusted itself to the changing
dynamics of the American population. A rapid and long-term
change is needed in the network to
accommodate those regions with rising populations into the
network and make highways more
accessible to them. The Interstate Highway System has fulfilled
its various intended
socioeconomic purposes. However, its adverse impact on certain
communities and lack of
adaptation still leaves room for betterment.
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43. The interstates were meant to serve multiple purposes, including
greater civilian mobility,
defense and commerce development. Since its conception, the
Interstate Highway System has
served these aspects well. One of the things that President
Eisenhower had experienced during
his time in the military is that road travel in America was
extraordinarily time-consuming and
inefficient (Ike’s Interstates; The Evolving Interstate). The
Interstate Highway System addressed
this problem by not only reforming existing infrastructure but
also increased its mileage and size.
This has allowed for congestion of traffic to reduce and made
mobility more efficient. The boom
in the sole-operators of vehicles and households owning more
cars could also be attributed to the
interstate system (The Evolving Interstate). Faster and more
efficient mobility across state lines
also led to increasing interstate commerce. The design of the
interstates made it easier for trucks
to move at greater speeds and extend the supply of goods to
greater lengths. As a result, every
American is dependent on the interstates today, either directly
or indirectly, since every single
44. product has been on the interstates at some point (Highway
History). This efficiency in supply in
turn is beneficial for the consumers as well since cheaper
transportation leads to lower and
sustained prices.
In terms of accessibility, it is undeniable that the interstates
have increased the amount of
traffic served. Statistically, the interstate system merely
comprises about one percent of
America’s National Highways. But, it is met by 24% of the
Nations traffic (Highway History).
This massive increase in the population served is also indicative
of the economic growth that the
interstates are responsible for. Increased roadway mobility is
reflective of expansive job
opportunities, meaning Americans can look for better jobs, even
at places far from where they
reside. This is in turn also gives Americans with a better choice
of where to reside adjusting to
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their socio-economic desires, while retaining their right to work
where they want and use the
45. interstates as convenient means of transportation to work.
While travelling as a part of the military during the Second
World War, President
Eisenhower had seen the destruction deplorable roads had
caused, including 230 recorded road
accidents (Ike’s Interstates). The lack of construction and
muddy conditions were particularly
dangerous for trucks to travel upon. The interstates have been
extremely effective at ensuring
effective truck travel across the nation. About 71% of all the
freight transportation in the U.S.
depends upon the highways (Highway History). In addition to
creating numerous jobs, the
interstates have helped intensify commerce. Small businesses as
well as industries have been
great beneficiaries of the interstates since efficient
transportation is tantamount to a sustained
trade environment, which also benefits the consumers.
The interstates have resulted in increased speeds at which
vehicles travel but they have
not disregarded safety. As an innovation, the specific standards
and designs of the interstates
have helped reduce fatalities dramatically. While safer vehicles
have done their part, a
46. combination of standards have enhanced safety. The interstates
have relatively wider shoulders,
slid-resistant pavements and better visible markings and signs,
all of which have resulted in a
safer driving experience. As a result, fatalities have dropped
from 6.05 per 100 million miles
travelled in 1956 when the construction began to 0.8 today. In
addition, this fatality rate is way
less when compared to all other roads, which have a rate of 1.44
(Highway History). Therefore,
the interstates have certainly achieved their purpose of more
efficient and safer travel for
vehicles of all kinds.
However, the positive impacts of the interstates cannot be
applied to every sector in the
present day. During the initial construction, the regions with
greater population and population
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density received more number of highways. But, the United
States has evolved since then and
domestic mobility, as well as concentration of immigration into
certain areas has greatly shifted
47. the dynamics of the population. The national population
recorded in the 1940 was 150 million,
half of what was recorded in 2010. The number of metropolitan
cities with a population of over 1
million has increased from 11 back then to 49, currently. Since
the purpose of the Interstates was
to reduce traffic, increase mobility and connect large cities to
each other, these population
changes should have led to significant changes in the system.
However, such transformation has
not happened. Since the interstates were planned and built, the
population has also increasingly
moved towards the southern and western states (The Evolving
Interstate). Southern states have
not only become the primary destination for domestic migrants
but also for immigrants
(Mapping Migration). However, the interstate network has not
kept up with these population
shifts. The system has gone through changes and expanded
every year with an increase of 10%
in mileage. But, the focus of this additions has not been
uniformly focused. These changes were
concentrates in the densest part of the network and not high
population growth areas (The
48. Evolving Interstate). Southern states have been leading in terms
of population growth, with about
38% percent of the entire U.S population living in the south
(U.S. Census Bureau). However, the
growth of the interstates has not matched the pace at which the
southern population is growing.
Maps of the interstate highway system published by the U.S.
Department of Transportation show
highly concentrated network of highways in the northeastern
part of the United States, when
compared to fewer highways passing through southern states
like Texas and Western states like
California, that have constantly led the nation both in terms of
total population and population
growth (U.S. Census Bureau). This slow-paced and lack of
adaptation of the interstate system to
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the population changes in the U.S. over the years and the status
quo is one of the major
disappointments for the concerned regions and a drawback of
the network as a whole.
The interstates catalyzed the move from cities to suburbs. The
49. increasing urbanization
within America’s cities had led to booming population. This led
to people deciding to move to
the suburbs. The interstates, through their promising
convenience for commuters, made this
decision possible for Americans who planned on living in the
suburbs but work in cities
(Highway to inequity). But, the overwhelming movement of
population had caused suburbs to no
longer be uncongested. Those people who left cities in hopes of
lesser crowds and traffic
congestion were left disappointed since the conditions were
getting as deplorable as the cities
(Lewis, p.291). This eventually led to the degradation of the
standard of living of those who
lived in these cities and suburban regions. By 1990, three out of
every four Americans drove to
their jobs alone. This rapid increase in both the crowd and cars
increased travel times. Andreas
Duany’s analysis of this rusting of the standard of living is apt.
He compares U.S. to nations like
France and Italy, where an average household does not own as
many cars as an average
American household. But, the people living in those nations
50. have more free time, since they do
not spend as much time commuting on clogged highways
(Lewis, p. 265). However, this
argument could be applied to only short-transit, mostly in cities.
It is crucial to recognize that the
U.S. is extremely bigger in size when compared to nations like
France and Italy. So, the
argument made by Duany would not wholly pertain to the
immense geography of the U.S.
Nevertheless, it is important to acknowledge that people in
nations like France and Italy often
prefer other means such as public transportation for short-
transit within their cities. Thus, the
interstates have reduced the use of cheaper and more efficient
forms of transportation like busses
and trains, and made them obsolete in many areas like the
South. This nonexistence of public
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transportation in crowded cities and suburbs for short-transit
further worsens their traffic and
increases travel time.
The interstates have had an adverse impact on racial minorities
51. and the poor. The
proposition that the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 brought
was rather attractive since the
cities got a huge chunk of federal funding for investing some of
the money from own pockets
into highway construction. This made city planners focus on
reforming their cities by looking for
lands that could be turned into highways. As mentioned before,
the population increase in cities
and suburbs was dramatic. The interstates were intended to
serve those densely populated
regions (The Evolving Interstate). But, people of certain races,
specifically African-Americans
could not move to those areas since they lacked an equal access
to jobs and were denied home
loans in certain areas through a practice called ‘redlining.’ So,
they crowded into smaller
neighborhoods, slums and rural areas (The Role of Highways).
In order to claim federal funds
and to serve their city and suburban populations, city planners
came up with a plan with a
discriminatory edge. They decided to destroy slums for the
purpose of building more highways
on those lands to serve urban and suburban populations (The
52. Role of Highways). This practice of
driving racial minorities would continue to be a symbol of the
discriminatory policies that the
interstate system gave birth to. For example, the completion of
the highway, I-81, which ran
through the urban center, had the same effect it has had in
almost all cities that put interstates
through their hearts. It decimated a close-knit African American
community (The Role of
Highways). These factors are reflective of the marginalization
of the vulnerable and inequality
generated by the interstate system. The use of eminent domain
was exploited to the extremes.
The officials used eminent domain to capture the dwellings of
the poor and focused more on
clearing that land rather than finding a new place for those
people to live, something that would
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lead at least one scholar to conclude that “racial politics guided
these unfortunate developments”
(Biles, p. 851). These policies did not result in a one-time
impact of the poor and racial
53. minorities leaving their homes and finding other places to live.
Moving meant leaving jobs and
disruption of education of their children, thereby keeping the
flow of misfortunes alive through
generations (Highway to Inequity). Thus, while the network
made life and travel easier for the
affluent, its cost was borne by the poor and racial minorities.
While the standard of living in
cities and suburbs was dropping, the standard of living for these
vulnerable populations was
becoming painfully nonexistent.
Overall, the Interstate Highway System has generated both
advantages and disadvantages
like any other innovation. The present appalling nature of the
interstates is the result of its lack of
adaptation to the changing trends in population. For instance, in
the Dallas-Fort Worth
metropolis and on the outskirts, the condition of these vital
highways is visible. Due to a lack of
renovation and timely alteration based on the changing
dynamics, I-45 has been left in a
vulnerable condition, with frequent accidents, jams and
slowdowns. This interstate highway
connects Dallas to Houston, the fourth most populated city in
54. the U.S. However, a huge part of I-
45 still only has two lanes open, with some parts with narrower
or no shoulders at all. This has
immensely increased travel times, while making the drive
harder for bigger vehicles. Therefore,
a proper revamping and maintenance of the system is needed to
ensure greater efficiency. Along
with that, the repetition of past mistakes and injustices must be
avoided, so that the interstate
system does not lead to isolation of a certain community but
rather serves as an effective means
of commute for all Americans. Nevertheless, the expansion of
the system should not be as
aggressive as to make other more efficient modes of small-
distance transit obsolete, especially in
cities. Hence, a better, more inclusive strategy is needed to
further enhance this ambitious project
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championed by President Eisenhower. Better plans, and
upholding of justice and the rule of law
is needed to make this system work for all Americans. The
further enhancement of this
55. incredible innovation depends on these factors which are
necessary to ensure the best and
effective use of American taxpayer money.
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Works Cited
Aisch, Gregor, and Robert Gebeloff. “Mapping Migration in the
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RHET 1302
Essay #3: Research Paper
Submit: Online via the Submit Essays button in Blackboard
Length: 5-7 pages
Sources: FIVE: A minimum of 3 Academic/ Scholarly and 2
Popular sources. You can have more
than five sources, but five is the minimum.
** Remember, you will complete the Proposal and Annotated
bibliography before you write your draft.
Purpose: All semester, we have been working on
communication and analysis. The main purpose of
this final essay is to understand that where you get information
from, matters. All sources are not
created equally. Being able to locate, critically examine, and
synthesizing several disparate sources in
60. order to construct an argument is one of the primary hallmarks
of independent thinking. (And, the
development of confident, independent thinking is the main
purpose of college education). Now, it is
your job to find the very best sources you can in order to
support an argument.
Audience: For this essay, you should assume that you are
writing for people who have some
knowledge of your subject matter. Therefore, it is not
necessary to cite things that are common
knowledge to you within your field of study.
Subject Matter: Choose one invention or innovation that is
interesting to you and write about it. It
can be from any time period or culture, but it has to be real.
Choose something specific that you can
find an abundance of research about.
Note: This is not a middle school research project. Your main
task is to show that you have done
significant research and that you are able to utilize your sources
in relation to one another. This
assignment is about the quality of your research sources—it is
not about the history of an invention.
61. You are simply using an invention as a focal point for research.
The paper is also not simply a
description of sources. You still have to have an argument in
your paper. Your argument will not be
about rhetorical appeals—this time you have to come up with an
original thesis statement.
Requirements:
1. Read the two articles posted in Blackboard about Inventions.
You can find them in the Essay
#3 Folder under Assignment Descriptions.
2. Choose one invention/ innovation to focus on. You may
choose something listed in one of the
articles posted in Blackboard if you would like to, but you
certainly don’t have to.
3. Research sources: You must utilize and discuss your sources
extensively throughout the entire
essay. This means you need to do more than simply drop in a
quote or two.
4. Thesis statement- you have to have one. Some ideas for the
direction of your thesis might
include arguments about: the significance of your invention in
relation to other similar
products; the transformation of your invention over time; the
long-term implications of the
invention; how your invention changed society at the time it
62. was created.
Examples of successful recent student paper topics: Virtual
Reality, Pacemaker, MMR Vaccine, Amazon, GPS, CRISP
Technology, Integrated Circuit, Drone, Iris Recognition
Technology, Deep Brain Stimulation, Automated Fingerprint
Identification System, 3D Printing, Self-Driving Car, Motion
Control Games, Prosthetic Limbs, Motion-Capture
Technology, Triptans, MRI, UNIX, IOT, Touchscreen, Voice-
Recognition Technology