1. The United Nations is currently involved in a variety of conflicts and other public issues by initiating policies to help resolve them. Explain how the United Nations engages in campaigning to resolve global issues.
2. The United States government was founded on the basis of civic discourse. How does the United States government encourage and protect civic involvement at the political level?
3. Internet blogging has become one of the more widely used methods of political discourse. Briefly explain how blogging is having an impact on political and social discourse.
4. News blogging has taken the news media by storm and challenged traditional news outlets in how they present the news. Describe the positive and negative attributes of news blogging.
5. Political campaigns engage in a variety of forms of political discourse and propaganda. Describe ways in which campaign advertisements engage in both political discourse and propaganda. Think back to the activity involving John McCain and Barack Obama's campaign ads for examples.
6. Grassroots organizations are created to help facilitate or support candidates and initiatives. They can begin at the local level and sometimes develop into significant national organizations. Briefly describe the functions of a grassroots organization by giving 4-5 examples of how they organize, operate, lobby and engage in activities.
A 70 kg man stands on a spring scale on an elevator. During the first 2 seconds starting from rest, the scale reads 80 kg. Find the velocity of the elevator at the end of 2 seconds and the tension T in the supporting cable fro the during the acceleration period. The total weight of the elevator, man and scale is 7000 N.
