The arts by Dennis Sporre

Post has three assignments

1:The arts by Dennis Sporre

write a 750-word (minimum) reflection paper on what we have studied in this class. Discuss the following three areas in the context of the course content and theme. Be sure to cite and reference specific examples from a minimum of five (5) different content matter sources (chapters, units, etc.) covered in this class from chapter 1 to chapter 8
Be sure to use the minimum number of references so as not to lose points.
• Describe how the course has affected your world view of the term “culture.”
• Draw contrasts between two different cultures discussed in the course.
• Connect what you have learned in this course to previous learning and life experiences.
The book “The creative impulse: an introduction to the arts by Dennis Sporre” is used for the class.

2:Peak hour volume

We are 3 people in this project, the project is calculating the “Peak Hour” for 6 intersection around the campus, and we want to see how the cars and the pedestrian are Intersects with each other, especially that there are a lot of students walk around and to-from the campus.
– 6 intersection
– We count the cars and the pedestrian that cross the intersections.
– For each intersection we count in 3 times periods, the cars & pedestrian:
* Morning, from 7:30am till 9:30am, divides into 8 periods, every 15 min.
* Noon, from 11:00am till 1:00 pm, divides into 8 periods, every 15 min.
* After noon, from 4:00pm till 6:00pm, divides into 8 periods, every 15 min.
– For the pedestrian we even count whoever cross with the walking signal light and whoever cross without the signal. We call them “Compliant & Non-Compliant”.
-We also count the time for the signal light for the pedestrian, to know if we should make any suggestions later for the pedestrian’s benefit.

3:Raise the minimum wage

Minimum wage law and how the current Democrat candidates for Presidency would like to raise it to $12 or even $15 per hour. Well, guess what? There is a city that already did that last year! Here is the law:

“The new minimum wage legislation passed by Seattle City Council and signed into law by Mayor Murray provides for an increase in the minimum wage in the City of Seattle to $15 an hour, phased in over time, beginning April 2015:

Small employers (businesses with fewer than 500 employees) will reach a $15 an hour minimum wage in seven years. Also established is a temporary guaranteed minimum compensation responsibility of $15 an hour to be met within the first five years, which can be achived by combining employer-paid health care contributions, consumer-paid tips, and employer-paid wages.
Large employers (businesses with 500 or more employees, either in Seattle or nationally) will reach $15 per hour in three years. The wages of employees who receive health care benefits will reach $15 per hour in four years.
Schedule 1 employers shall pay each employee an hourly minimum wage of at least:

$11.00 by April 1, 2015
$13.00 by January 1, 2016
$15.00 by January 1, 2017
Effective January 1, 2018, the hourly minimum wage paid by a Schedule 1 employer shall be increased annually on a percentage basis to reflect the rate of inflation and calculated to the nearest cent on January 1 of each year thereafter…” and the law continues for Schedule 2 employees.

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