...Introduction/summary Speaker from Alabama Brian Stevenson, grew up with exposure to slavery founder + executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative Childhood I viewed the TED Talk given by Bryan Stevenson, who, along with having second-hand experience with slavery and its victims while growing up in the deep south, is the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, an organization whose focus is to combat discrimination within the justice system but also strives to lower prison populations, reduce sentences for nonviolent offenders, and abrogate capital punishment. The topic of his presentation is a call to action against the current divergence of equal justice by race and wealth and is accomplished with a strong statistical basis and a punctuation of anecdotes from his childhood and early career that highlight his experience in dealing with discrimination. Something I learned 1972, 300000 people imprisoned, now 2.3 million, 7 million on probation/parole ⅓ black men is in jail or parole 34% of African americans cannot vote in Alabama Life in prison for kids 1 out of 9 people on death row are innocent California spends $1b on death row per annum 11x more...
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...Rhetoric Analysis Ludwick Marishane’s Ted Talk Ludwick Marishane is popularly known for his innovation of “A bath without water”. During his presentation on Ted Talks, he makes fun of how he had come up with the idea when sunbathing with his friends in Limpopo, South Africa. By just not wanting to take a bath, he was able to come up with the formula for a dry bath lotion. This innovation has been recognized worldwide and he was named “best student entrepreneur in the world” (Marishane). His innovation did not only save his problems but would be a great solution for millions of people living in areas with a scarcity of water. This essay will analyze how Marishane uses story-telling to motivate, inspire, and persuade his audience. The speaker,...
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...Summary: Joshua Foer, a science journalist, started his talk by instructing the audience to close their eyes, and visualize the very strange story he was telling. This story acts as an introduction into telling us about his journey into the bizarre world of competitive memorizing. The event, Foer says, includes a “bunch of guys and a few girls of widely varying ages and hygienic upkeep memorizing hundreds of random numbers by looking at them just once” (TED talk). Foer investigated a competitive memorizing competition that is held every spring in New York City called the United States Memory Championship. He explained that the competitors were memorizing hundreds of random numbers by just looking at them once, and remembering the countless...
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...The Ted Talk explains and assesses how easy it is to appeal to citizens and get them to change their mind based on information that is curated to sway people to believe certain things. Dave Merlin’s focus is political parties. Although, he is from Canada most of what he talks about is universal and can be applied to most places in the world, especially in America. Dave Merlin exposes and tries to get people to realize that not everything they read is true and most of it is just propaganda used to make them feel a certain way about something specific or in this case, politicians. Dave believes that apathy does exist and people do care, however he believes that we live in a world that discourages involvement and puts obstacles in the way to further prevent and discourage that involvement. He gives many examples of the obstacles and barriers that he mentioned. He uses an ad as his first example. Dave points out how the ad is impossible to read and states how the information you need is at the bottom and in a very small and unreadable font....
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...Case Study: AirTex Aviation Table of contents Table of contents......................................................................................................................2 Executive Summary .................................................................................................................3 Issue statement ........................................................................................................................4 Data analysis............................................................................................................................5 Key Decision Criteria................................................................................................................6 New control system implemented ............................................................................................7 Recommendations .................................................................................................................10 Action and implementation plan .............................................................................................11 2 Executive Summary Two managers recently graduated purchase Air Tex Aviation, a firm on the verge of bankruptcy. In front of the discrepancies of the current control system, Ted Richards and Frank Edwards decide to implement a system which improves transfer pricing, cost allocation and autonomy. Therefore, this case wonders about the difficulties to implement it and the steps...
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...they cannot either centralize authority or be very prescriptive to the line managers as to how to run their operations. As a consequence, they design a new control system that makes each operating department a profit center. With coaching of department managers about good business practices, they manage the business on a decentralized fashion and provide the department managers with incentives for generating good results. The case raises a number of issues that managers face in setting up such a decentralized control system. These include issues of autonomy, cost allocations, and transfer pricing. Suggested Assignment Questions 1. Did AirTex need a new control system at the time of the takeover? 2. Evaluate the control system that Frank and Ted implemented. Should anything have been done differently? Case Analysis Does AirTex Need a New Control System? A reasonable way to start the discussion is to ask, “How is AirTex doing?” Exhibit 2 in the case shows the income for the 4 months immediately preceding the purchase. These Professors Kenneth A. Merchant and Wim A. Van der Stede wrote this teaching note as an aid to instructors using the AirTex Aviation case. Teaching Note Source: Copyright 2003 by Kenneth A. Merchant and Wim A. Van der Stede. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted...
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...Title: How I Met Your Mother, season 2 episode 7 – The Crazy Eyes (Swarley) DESCRIBE THE 20 MINUTE ACTION: Ted, Marshall and Barney are sitting in a coffee shop where they figured out is not as fun as sitting in a bar. While drinking their coffee, Ted notices a heart on Marshall’s cup. He and Barney assume that coffee shop girl has a crush on Marshall. They are encouraging him to invite her on a drink. Marshall brags about how she likes his pumpkin jokes. That in Ted’s opinion can mean only two things – either girl has never heard a joke before, or has a crush on Marshall. Marshall is, however, not convinced. Ted and Barney try to prove him that heart next to his name is meaning something. When doing that, Barney discovers that his name is not written correctly. Instead of Barney is Swarley. He realizes this name will stick to him. Second scene takes place at Robin’s apartment. Robin is girlfriend of Ted. She is on the phone with her mother, but she is willing to talk to Ted even though her mother is still speaking. Ted tells her about Marshall and his date and that he helped him get the girl. Robin discovers that look, that made her sleep with Ted was fake. She can’t believe she fell for it until Ted reminds her that she has a familiar look for seducing. Lily, Marshall’s ex-girlfriend appears with plans for next evening. She is considering inviting Marshall too, but Ted tells her that he is busy. Lily is surprised to hear that her ex-boyfriend started dating again but she seems...
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...COURSE DESCRIPTION Introduces basic marketing principles and concepts. Emphasis is placed on the development of marketing strategy and the major components of the marketing mix (product, price, promotion, and distribution). Reviews the critical environmental factors of markets, domestic and international, and customer behavior characteristics that affect marketing operations. Highlights the integration of marketing with other functions in a business organization. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS Required Resources Pride, W. M., & Ferrel, O. C. (2013). Foundations of marketing (5th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning. Supplemental Resources A comprehensive list of supplemental resources is located at the end of the course guide. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. Identify the key concepts of marketing and its function in society. 2. Explain the fundamentals of marketing, including product, price, distribution, and promotion in a global environment. 3. Determine the marketing planning process, market segmentation, and the development of the key elements of a marketing strategy. 4. Identify ethical issues involved in marketing. 5. Understand customer relationship management. 6. Determine the elements of marketing research. 7. Determine the factors affecting the behavior of consumers and commercial / organizational buyers. 8. Understand the key elements of business marketing, including product, price, distribution, and promotion. 9...
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...Annotated Bibliography THESIS STATEMENT: In order to improve our level of education and help students to retain and learn what teachers are teaching, the state needs to remove standardized state level of testing; this will encourage children of young age to think creativity and think outside the box, encourages organic learning and prevents the unnecessary stress on young children. Robinson, K. (2013, April) Ted Talks Education How to escape educations death valley [Video File] Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_how_to_escape_education_s_death_valley#t-782486 Ken Robinson is an author, speaker and international advisor on education. He emphasized on importance of education and how it is that we are to change the way we are teaching in America. He mentions that while the standardized testing is ok, we should however expand on the notion with state testing and expand within the arts. He mentions that 60% of children drop out of school before they get into high school. He also states the No Child Left Behind act is based not on diversity but conformity. He compared Finland to each state within the America. Finland does not use any standardized testing; yet they are consistently above average. The difference with Finland and any state in America can be summed up by 3 things. 1) America in general or state level does not individualize teaching and learning. 2) America in general or state level does not invest in the teacher. He states that America...
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...Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED Talk on “The danger of a single story” emphasizes the problems with a story being told from just one perspective. Due to stereotypes many misconceptions have occurred due to only one side of the story being shared. In Adichie’s speech, she uses herself as a main example. Many people in America saw Adichie as an impoverished, uneducated Nigerian woman who was lucky enough to get out of Africa and start a better life in America. This viewpoint is not the blame of the individual, but the media the individual has been exposed too. The stereotypical African person is an untrue representation that most people in America have. Learning about the world is good for becoming more diverse, but if the information shared is one sided the experience may become limited because the person learning will become misinformed on a certain culture, person, or beliefs. Adichie’s goal in her speech was to educate the viewers on the problems with only hearing one side of a situation. In her speech she gives personal examples of situations where a person has assumed Adichie is a certain way due to stereotypes the person has learned. Adichie also shares personal examples of when she has assumed something about another person due to the stereotypes she has picked up over time. Adichie explains her speech that even though the stereotypes people have of certain cultures are misrepresented sometimes, still hold truth to some extend. Again, Adichie uses personal example to back...
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...Dudani’s and others' work is radically changing the government’s regulations, with the state of Illinois being the first to officially abolish the cash bail system back in 2023, and hopefully paving a path out of the unjust bail system. But the only way through starts with the people “If we want that kind of change, then this shift in thinking is required of each of us” (Dudani 12:05-12:25). Works Cited Dudani, Salil. A. “How Jails Extort the Poor.” TED Talks, Apr. 2016, www.ted.com/talks/salil_ dudani_how_jails_extort_the_poor?referrer=playlist-truths_about_the_us_prison_system &autoplay=true. Accessed 3 Mar. 2024. The. “Facts on Money Bail.” Civil Rights Corps, civilrightscorps.org/wp-content/uploads/ 2021/10/9i2UrGPoQJeM6uCmG5VZ.pdf. Download the PDF version here. Accessed 4 Mar. 2024. The. Salil Dudani - Attorney. Civil Rights Corps, civilrightscorps.org/salil-dudani-attorney/. Accessed 4 Mar. 2024. The. “What is a Law?” Judicial Learning Center, judiciallearningcenter.org/law-and-the-rule-of-law/#::text=aws%20are%20rules%20that%20bind,provide%20for%20our%20general%20safety. Accessed 5 Mar. 2024. The. “What is cash bail?” The Bail Project, bailproject.org/bail/. Accessed 6 Mar. 2024....
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...Unfortunately that’s not networking, that’s spamming a fellow human being. People who do this should put themselves in the role of the spamee and consider how it might feel if the roles were reversed. Let’s just think of it as the Golden Rule of Networking and to be an effective networker, it’s a rule you must follow. What it comes down to is this: You must discover what you can do, offer, or share that ingratiates you with others and makes them genuinely look forward to your next meeting. Doing this consistently brands you as someone of interest, someone who is truly worth 1 knowing. As you consistently treat people in this manner, it's no accident that they look for opportunities to reciprocate. And it all starts with the “small talk," the key to...
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...Listening summary/response Summary Duckworth (2013) in her talk “The key to success? Grit (研磨)” says that grit is the key to success. She explained that she change the job to teaching seventh graders Math in New York City public school when she was 27 years old. She found that I.Q was not the only difference between her best students and worst students. In her opinion, the Math of seventh grade is hard, but she is convince if they work hard enough. Then, she concluded that ability to learn quickly and easily was not only one thing to influence the performance of school and life. So, she came back to school and started learning psychology. She and her team a researched on who is successful person in super challenging situations (for kids and adults). Finally, she found that the most important character trait (特性) to influence success was grit. Grit is sticking with your future, and working hard to make the future a reality. She made a survey about the grit influence of students in high school, and she found the students who have strong girt character can easily graduate. She was shocked that we know a little about grit, and we do not know how to build grit in kids, but according to the data, we know that grit was not related to the measure of talent. The best idea was building grit in kids in something called “growth mindset.” This is an idea developed at Stanford University by Carol Dweck. When they learned this method, they can preserve if they failed, because they believed...
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...interviewed on Nightline. When Mitch found out about Morrie having ALS, he decided to go see him. When he first saw Morrie, he slumped down in his seat to finish his work. HE should've just ran up to greet him. But he didn't. Morrie and Mitch decide to meet weekly on Tuesdays, so Morrie can teach Mitch the "meaning of life" before the disease complete destroys Morrie's ability to communicate. During the lesson's, Mitch learns that he needs to focus on love and other people, not making as much money as he can. Morrie convinces Mitch to write the book "Tuesdays with Morrie", so Morrie can share his virtues with the whole world. When Morrie dies at the end of the book, Mitch realizes he can still communicate and learn from him, even when he's dead. Summary #1 "The Curriculum" The first chapter is introducing the ‘class’ that Morrie will teach to Mitch. It describes the setting as Morrie’s house by a window, and that it would meet on Tuesdays. The subject of this class will be the Meaning of Life, and it is said to be taught from Morrie’s experiences. It is said that there were no grades, and no books were required, even though the topics love, work, community, family, aging, forgiveness, and death. The last...
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...Discovering Ancient Climates in Ocean & Ice | Rob Dunbar | Summary What Dunbar discussed in this lecture was sea level rise, ocean warming and ocean acidification. He also explained the environmental conditions revealed by marine sediments and the negative effects that carbon dioxide has on the ocean. It was easier for me to understand how sediment works and how he went upon researching it. When he talked about carbon dioxide and the negative effects it has on the ocean I was shocked. I did not know greenhouse gases could affect shells and corals in the ocean. I also did not know that it can decrease marine life. He also talked about the dangers of low sea level islands and how high sea level waters can affect them. Dunbar also explained how El Nino affected the ocean. He briefly explained that El Nino warmed up the ocean by a few degrees Celsius and temporarily changed the world’s climate. Furthermore, What I also found interesting was how he sampled corals. He would sample corals to figure out the temperature of the ocean. Dunbar would use a diamond drill, send fragments of limestone back to a lab and analyze the temperature of the ocean. In conclusion, the lecturer explained the danger of how sea level rise can affect low sea level islands, he talked about ocean warming and he talked about how acid affects the ocean Reflections One idea that I found interesting about the lecture was concerning billions of tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse...
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