Are your actions determined or are you free?

Discussion: Determinism vs. Freedom

After reading the three essays provided in this module, share your views by addressing the following thought experiment.

If the laws of nature are constant and predictable, and we are bound by them… Does that mean that we are not free and that our freedom is an illusion?

Suppose that your alarm goes off and you have two options:

A) Get up and go to school, or B) Turn off your alarm and stay in bed.

If you do A and not B, does that mean that B was not a true and real possibility and you were determined (by the laws of nature) to perform A?

Is it possible to prove that we have freedom and make free choices? Why or why not? (Provide an example)

300 Word.

Prepare an assessment of between 1100 and 1200 words of text, 1.5 spaced. Each case study should have a separate bibliography including at least 2 references beyond the video, using APA format. Bibliography does not count towards word count.

Prepare an assessment of between 1100 and 1200 words of text, 1.5 spaced. Each case study should have a separate bibliography including at least 2 references beyond the video, using APA format. Bibliography does not count towards word count. Each assessment should have:

Title
Topic sentence (a single sentence or two which summarize the student’s understanding of the situation, the actions taken by the consulting engineer, and lessons learned)
Situation assessment (What was the factual situation on the ground? What were the main challenges? What role could, and should, the consulting engineer play? What ESEM principles are present?)
Lessons learned (this should include not just the lessons learned by the consulting engineer as expressed in the case study, but the lessons learned by the student looking at the case study as a whole)
(2) CEE582 S17V01 – YouTube

Determine the optimal international strategy and organizational structure that will best support this international venture.

Section Three; Strategy and Structure:

The final task before setting up shop is to determine the optimal international strategy and organizational structure that will best support this international venture. The CEO of your organization has asked you to write a report on your recommendations of the type of international strategy and organizational structure they should adopt.

For this portion of the term project, you will be focusing specifically on the concepts and discussions from Chapters 13 (Strategy) and 14 (Structure). Please also remember to research the actual organization you have been using as a reference for this project. Look at their current international presence (if they do not have an international presence, look at their domestic presence), their organizational culture, their current structure, and their supply and distribution channels.

You are to use at least three additional sources to complete this assignment. PLEASE remember to cite all your sources; proper citation of your sources is a requirement for this course. This assignment is to be a minimum of 2 – 4 pages typed, font 12, double-spaced.

What was taken from the kingdom and the citizens of that kingdom, it was not just the lands and the property of Native Hawaiians. It was an independent government,” Osorio said in an interview.

With Obama’s help, native Hawaiians may establish their first unified government since the 1890s

By Juliet Eilperin (Links to an external site.)

Reporter

September 23, 2016 at 1:09 p.m. PDTThe Interior Department announced Friday it had finalized a rule to allow for the reestablishment of a formal government-to-government relationship with the Native Hawaiian community, a status Hawaiians lost more than 120 years ago with the overthrow of their kingdom.

While it would take years for the relationship to resume — Native Hawaiians would have to form a unified government through a ratification referendum — the new rule could ultimately deliver a form of self-governance to one of the nation’s largest indigenous communities. That power dissolved when a group of sugar barons and businessmen overthrew the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893, a move that led to the U.S. annexation of Hawaii in 1898 and, eventually, its admission as America’s 50th state in 1959.The decision, which comes three days before President Obama convenes his final White House Tribal Nations Conference, is also a symbolically powerful gesture toward his home state. Just last month, Obama created the largest protected area on the planet in Hawaii by expanding the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.

“This final rule provides the Native Hawaiian community with the opportunity to exercise self-determination by reestablishing a formal government-to-government relationship with the United States,” Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said in a statement. “Today is a major step forward in the reconciliation process between Native Hawaiians and the United States that began over 20 years ago.”

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said the move was in keeping with a pledge Obama had made at the outset of his presidency.

“Well, the president took office vowing to strengthen the relationship between the United States government and tribal governments around the country, including the Native Hawaiian population,” Earnest said, adding, “The president obviously does have his own personal connection to the Native Hawaiian population and the rich, cultural heritage of the Native Hawaiian people.”

In 1993, Congress enacted the Apology Resolution, which expressed regret on behalf of the United States to Native Hawaiians for the country’s role in the overthrow of their monarchy. The measure also committed the federal government to a process of reconciliation.

There are 527,077 Native Hawaiians (Links to an external site.) living in the United States, according to the 2010 Census, making it the second-largest indigenous group in the nation. According to Americans’ self-identification of their ancestry in the 2010 Census, there are 819,015 Cherokee and 322,129 Navajo (Links to an external site.).

University of Utah College of Law Professor Alexander Skibine said in an interview that given the fact that the number of people enrolled in the Cherokee tribe is much smaller, Native Hawaiians could “be recognized as the largest tribe” in the United States. As recently as 2004, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit rejected Native Hawaiians’ bid for formal federal tribal recognition through Interior’s established process.

The rule, Skibine said, “allows Native Hawaiians to come up with their own government and their own identity. It’s going to be a long process.”

Robert Lindsey, chairman of the state’s Office of Hawaiian Affairs, noted in a statement, “Native Hawaiians have been the only major indigenous group in the 50 states without a process for establishing a government-to-government relationship with the federal government.”

“This rule finally remedies this injustice,” Lindsey said, adding that his office “will spend the next few days closely examining the rule to better understand how the Native Hawaiian people can — if they choose — pursue a government-to-government relationship.”

University of Colorado Law School Charles Wilkinson, who worked with Native Hawaiians on the issue in the 1980s, said their situation is highly unusual because “in almost all of the cases where tribes have been restored or recognized they have a tribal council, and that tribal council speaks for the tribal members the way governments do.”

While Interior did extensive outreach on the issue during the two years it was crafting it, including holding 15 public meetings in the state during the summer of 2014, five sessions on the U.S. mainland and four three-hour teleconferences, the issue of whether Native Hawaiians should even be negotiating with the federal government remains controversial. Some scholars and native rights activists argue that since the occupation and annexation of Hawaii was illegal, Native Hawaiians should seek independence rather than reconciliation with federal authorities.

Jonathan Osorio, a professor of Hawaiian Studies at the University of Hawaii, called the rule “not a sufficient remedy for what took place 100 years ago.”

“What was taken from the kingdom and the citizens of that kingdom, it was not just the lands and the property of Native Hawaiians. It was an independent government,” Osorio said in an interview. “My deepest worry about all of this is this is the thing that really ultimately divides our Lahui, our nation, is this offer by the United States to return a bicycle when it took an entire estate.”

Despite the disagreements about the best path forward, Wilkinson predicted that a formal government-to-government relationship will give native Hawaiians greater power both in Washington and in their home state. “They will find being able to speak with one voice has enormous advantages,” he said.

Although the rule does not provide Native Hawaiians with financial compensation for past wrongs or allow them to set up gaming establishments like many American Indian tribes, if they decide to form a government they will have an easier time filing suit in federal court. An official government could provide Native Hawaiians with control over some social programs and greater leverage with federal officials.

Rhea Suh, who served as Interior’s assistant secretary for policy, management and budget and now heads the Natural Resources Defense Council, said the rule is one of the clearest examples of how Obama has elevated indigenous rights during his time in office.

“One of the untold stories of this administration is the president’s leadership and commitment to native peoples,” she said.

Correction: An earlier version of this post misstated the title held by Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, when she worked at the Interior Department. Suh served as assistant secretary, not deputy assistant secretary, for policy, management and budget. The text above has been corrected.

What is the main conflict of the First Amendment that this case highlights? What do you think are the main issues at stake? What does this mean for democracy?

Read the story on the July 2020 ruling on Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania (2020) (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.) then read ” (Links to an external site.)Supreme Court says Trump administration can let religious employers deny birth control coverage under Obamacare” (Links to an external site.) from CNBC.

According to both links, what is the main conflict of the First Amendment that this case highlights? What do you think are the main issues at stake? What does this mean for democracy? Be sure to incorporate ideas and theories from the readings and class into your discussion.

Write C++ Program that print Your Name And Address with C++ program language

How english language come into existence?

Discuss why Acme Online would want to include a choice-of-law provision and a forum selection clause in its online terms of use agreement.

In order to complete the below question you must read Chapter 1. For full credit you must provide thorough, detailed and well-supported answers.

Remember, you must cite and reference sources. Your answer must be a minimum of 1 full page in length.

Please answer the questions in a Word document I am looking for detailed and supported answers. A minimum of 1-page in length. Always remember to cite and reference sources. Even if you are writing from opinion or experience you must find information to support what you are saying.

You are the contracts specialist for Acme Online, Inc. (a fictitious company), and your supervisor at Acme Online, Inc. wants to include a terms of use agreement on its website where all disputes will be exclusively resolved by a state or federal court located in

Allegheny County and governed by the law of the state of Pennsylvania. Conduct research online and find the conditions and use agreement for Amazon.com, another online retailer. Visit the website for Amazon.com and click on “Conditions of use” at the bottom of the main page and look for the sections entitled “Applicable Law” and “Disputes.” Using the Amazon.com agreement as a model, draft the text of a choice-of-law provision and forum selection clause for Acme Online, Inc. Then discuss why Acme Online would want to include a choice-of-law provision and a forum selection clause in its online terms of use agreement.

What choice for dividing W and for picking p will maximize the throughput of your system?

Proportional Power –

based on [69] In the world of power distribution, one reasonable approximation is that the power that is allocated to a machine is proportional to the speed at which that machine can run. In this problem we assume that, if a machine is allocated power w, then that machine processes jobs at speed w jobs/sec. Consider a closed batch system with two servers and N users, where N is assumed to be high. Assume that each job, with probability p, is routed to server 1 for processing and, with probability 1 − p, is routed to server 2. It may help to look at Figure 7.6 here. You are given a total power budget W, which you need to distribute between the two machines. You can choose any way of dividing the power budget W between the two machines, and you can also choose any value you want for p, the routing probability. (a) What choice for dividing W and for picking p will maximize the throughput of your system? (b) Suppose that N was small. Would your answer still be the same? If so, explain why. If not, derive the optimal strateg

How many jobs are there in the queue portion of the CPU on average, E Ncpu Q ?

For the interactive system in Figure 6.14, suppose that we are given the following information: mean user think time = 5 seconds expected service time at device i = .01 seconds utilization of device i = .3 utilization of CPU = .5 expected number of visits to device i per visit to CPU = 10 expected number of jobs in the central subsystem (the cloud shape) = 20 expected total time in system (including think time) per job = 50 seconds. How many jobs are there in the queue portion of the CPU on average, E Ncpu Q ?