Do you think the law should view Uber drivers and other Gig economy workers as employees or independent contractors?

WSJ article about the Gig economy and respond with your thoughts in light of the questions below. You do not need to answer each question. You should provide a complete answer but you may leave some topics for others in the class to address.
What is the Gig economy and how does the material in this video relate to Chapter 32’s discussion of Agency law?
Do you think the law should view Uber drivers and other Gig economy workers as employees or independent contractors? Why or why not?
Do you have any personal experience as a gIg economy worker? Why do you prefer to be viewed as either an employee or an independent contractor?

Discuss how social interaction affect early brain and cognitive development?

Discuss how social interaction affect early brain and cognitive development?Nelson, C. A. & Luciana, M. (2008) Handbook of developmental cognitive neuroscience (2nd edition),
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
Bremner, G. & Slater, A. (2004) Theories of Infant Development.
Blackwells
Goswami, U. (2008). Cognitive Development: The Learning Brain. Psychology Press.
Johnson, M.H., Munakata, Y., and Gilmore, R. (2001). Brain Development and Cognition: A Reader, 2nd
Edition. Oxford: Blackwell.

The essay is supposed to demonstrate an ability to reflect critically on the link between the brain and
cognition. Thank you for your hard work and for saving me the time. I don’t know if you will need any of the class powerpoints but I was not able to find proper research regarding this particular subject, if by any means its easier for you to do an essay base on a different subject here are two other possibilities for an essay:

Why are nativist views on development hard to prove?
What can neuroimaging and eye-tracking contribute to our understanding of the mechanisms of
development?

You can either do about the one that I choose, as I believe its most interesting or you can do about any of these last two subjects, as long as its well done and with the right references I am thankful.

What type of emergency care would you want in your emergency department?

You run a small community-based hospital and were awarded a 2 million dollar grant to start a program in the emergency room department. The program would address the influx of patients presenting with substance abuse disorders. Answer:
Who would you want on staff? What positions would you create? Why? What type of emergency care would you want in your emergency department? (examples could be: detoxification protocol? Medication-Assisted Treatment induction?) How would you educate your staff? What would be the strengths of this plan? What type of barriers would you anticipate? why would it be effective.

Identify 3 areas of your interpersonal communication that are effective and currently assisting in meeting your personal goals.

Your paper should include the following:
1. Identify 3 areas of your interpersonal communication that are effective and currently assisting in meeting your personal goals. Tell me how these skills are helping you reach goals what you are going to do to ensure that you continue performing these skills. Please spend only about 1-2 pages on this portion of the paper.
2. Next, select 2-3 topics discussed in class that you’re not currently demonstrating that most apply to your personal goals. To select these topics, you can review the class calendar, or look at the textbook. Topics could include, but are not limited to: empathic listening, impression management, disputing irrational thoughts and debilitative emotions, effectively reading nonverbal cues, assertiveness, win-win conflict resolution, improving intercultural communication, high-context/low context language, responding nondefensively to criticism…
3. After you have selected your topics, discuss how you’re currently deficient in these areas and what impact these deficiencies have on your relationships with others.
4. Finally, demonstrate how you are going to improve on each of your communication deficiencies. Be specific and use examples. In other words, rather than saying, “I will use the win-win model of conflict resolution”, cite a specific conflict and demonstrate step-by-step how you are going to achieve your goals.
This should be 3-4 pages in length. Times New Roman, 12 point font, double spaced, and use APA formatting for the organization.

What messages does the media send about sexuality to children, adolescents, adults, and older people?

Discussion Post (minimum of 200 words)
Note: Since it is week 1 and everyone is getting established, I am providing one additional day for you all to complete your Discussion Post (by Thursday, July 1st 2020), instead of Wednesday (the standard quarter Discussion Post due Day)
For the week 1 Discussion Post:
Based on your reading of the textbook, Chapter 1 pages 3- 12, in particular, it is described that much of sexuality is influenced and shaped by popular culture, especially, the mass media. Popular culture presents us with countless images of what it is to be sexual.
Question 1: But, what kinds of sexuality does the media portray for our consumption? What messages does the media send about sexuality to children, adolescents, adults, and older people? To what extent do you think your peers are influenced by the media? How does it affect you? Please address these questions in your Discussion Post (Minimum 200 words).
For this discussion post, incorporate information on Sexuality, Popular Culture, and the Media (presented by the textbook author in Chapter 1 on p. 3- 12)- and integrated in numerous other pages of Chapter 1.
Response Post to Classmate Due by Friday, July 2nd, 2021 by 11:59pm
Provide a 5 sentence minimum, insightful response post to a classmate’s discussion post by Friday, July 2nd, 2021 by 11:59pm.

What is evident is that in order to implement EBP in practice it takes more than just the nurse.

Thank you for sharing such diverse opinions regarding the importance of organizational culture and climate when it comes to utilizing evidence-based practice (EBP) guidelines. What is evident is that in order to implement EBP in practice it takes more than just the nurse. While culture and climate are important, as a follow-up to the discussion this week I would like you to consider other stakeholders that would be essential to successful implementation of EBP. Identify another stakeholder that would positively or negatively influence the implementation of EBP and describe the role of this stakeholder in the process. I look forward to your responses!

What is the “principle of equal sovereignty”?

Shelby County v. Holder, 570 U.S. 2 (2013)

1. This case deals with principles of federalism. What is federalism and does the Court strengthen it or weaken it in this case?
2. What is the “principle of equal sovereignty”?
3. Does the majority’s reasoning in this case reflect originalist jurisprudence or living constitution jurisprudence?

INS v. Chada, 462 U.S. 919 (1983)

1. What is the legislative veto?
2. What was the Court’s reasoning in this decision?
3. Are any of the three branches of the federal government strengthened or weakened by this decision?

Chevron v. NRDC, 467 U.S. 837 (1984)

1. What was the legal question that Court was trying to answer in this case?
2. Since Chevron was decided the Court and commentators have used the phrase “administrative deference” or “Chevron deference”. What does this mean?
3. Big Think Question: What implications, if any, does administrative government, including Chevron deference, have regarding the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers?

Charles J. Cooper, “Confronting the Administrative State,” National Affairs No. 25 (Fall 2015): 96-108.
(https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/confronting-the-administrative-state
(Links to an external site.)
).
1. What is Cooper’s thesis and what evidence is used to support it?
2. Do you agree with Cooper’s argument? Explain.
Robert Jay Dilger, “Federal Grants-in-Aid: An Historical Perspective on Contemporary Issues” (Congressional Research Service) (2010) (posted on Canvas under “Files”).
1. Name and briefly define the “mechanisms” for federal aid.
2. How does Congress manage and confirm that money it provides to the states is being spent in the manner it wished?
3. What was the “devolution revolution” concept? Why did it not occur?
Michael Greenstone and James H. Stock, “The Right Discount Rate for Regulatory Costs and Benefits,” Wall Street Journal (Mar. 4, 2021) https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-right-discount-rate-for-regulatory-costs-and-benefits-11614870636?st=dmfz8yozankfyaw&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
(Links to an external site.)
If the WSJ link brings you to a paywall, then look up the article in the MSU Library’s databases for periodicals.
1. What is the “discount rate” referred to in the article?
2. What do the authors want to happen regarding the discount rate and why?

Explain the purpose of a balance sheet and analyze Ford Motor Company’s balance sheet from its Ford Motor Company 2012 Annual Report (Links to an external site.).

In a two- to three-page paper (not including the title and reference pages), explain the purpose of a balance sheet and analyze Ford Motor Company’s balance sheet from its Ford Motor Company 2012 Annual Report (Links to an external site.). In your analysis, you must determine the financial ratios and compare them to industry standards.

Your paper must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center, and it must include citations and references for the text and at least two scholarly sources from the University of Arizona Global Campus Library.

What current plans to retain wetlands appear the most sustainable?

This essay is based on Paving Paradise by Pittman and Waite. In order to successfully craft this essay, you will need to read the entire book. The essay should be approximately 1000-1200 words in length, and focus specifically on one of the prompts below as it relates to the core environmental/sustainable/sense of place concepts we have reviewed in this course.
PROMPT: Respond to ONE of the questions below in a multiple paragraph essay, using short excerpts from the text (the book), and full MLA/APA style formatting.
How successful has “No Net Loss” been?
Developers continue to need space for the hundreds of people a day who are moving to Florida, but space is limited. How might this problem be solved? What is gained and what is lost?
A “sense of place” is important in our daily lives. Has the concept been preserved? Is there a way to preserve that with current development plans?
Wetlands have been shown to be critical to the environment in many ways. Expand on that concept. What current plans to retain wetlands appear the most sustainable?
Knowing the results of different approaches from accounts in the book, what would you, as a land developer, do to balance the demands of new housing with wetland retention? … as a landowner? … as a legislator? … as a government regulator? …as an educator?

What have you been noticing around you that seems like a problem we should address?

most important thing is that you pick something unique that you are really passionate about…what drives you crazy in our society? What have you been noticing around you that seems like a problem we should address?

there should be nothing from the internet and outside sources included in the essay; if you choose a topic you are sincerely interested in, you already have everything you need from personal experience and observation.