Trying to introduce myself in a new forum with hopeful expectations! - Obioku
"Don't be evil." - Google
"What a man's mind can create, a man's character can control." - Thomas Edison
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." - Albert Einstein
"Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
"The best thing I did was choose the right heroes." - Warren Buffett
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Advice For My Younger Self
Monday, December 28, 2015
Figure of Speech
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Why Computer Science
The Internet's Effect
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Launching Obioku Veers Excitement
Virgin rules to accumulate wealth
I think I'm finally ready
Take it from the oven or the shelf
Kitchen kinetics lets you savor the potential
Obligated to the fact that it is more than mental
Overtures sent with rhythmic testimony
Back down to the personification of matrimony
Oblates appear lost to the meaning
Too busy voting for different reasons
Early was the emphasis of the season
Take a day to think about it and speak in the evening
Trying to trust the augur that you're in to me
Even enemies wouldn't share this much energy
Friday, December 04, 2015
Leadership Discussion pt. 2
Leadership Discussion pt. 1
Sunday, November 29, 2015
Leap Year
See slow runners
Independence gets younger
Countries send their best
Watch the finals
Now know numbers
Trying to fall in love
Trick or treat
New seasons for the shows
Recoup an hour
Field week one
Like the baseball diamond
Thanksgiving feast
Rest in peace
Winter just stay cold
Divinity is breaking the mold
New year
New tear
NCAA and NFL
Stage is just right to win one more
Happy Birthday in December
Greatest story ever told
Spring forward
Enjoy the break
One for the poet
Sixty-seven mad at the stakes
If you have enough credits
Cap + gown = celebrate
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Yet To Be Named
Of the dueling hypocrisy
When what stands beside me
Is believed to be on top of me
Suffering fools search for truth by foot
As the wise pair lies
But nothing compares
To what the blind sees with lost eyes
As the high road becomes less traveled
I ask you all to stay down for the cause
Since new rules to behave
Are broken as just laws
For hindsight creates the perfect vision
Only to view my flaws
Guilty or innocent
When thrown from a jury of your peers
Means there is more separating us
Than age in years
The messenger is more important than the message
And the savior is greater than those he saved
Who is left afterwards to define the names they were gave
Languages are diverse
While math is concrete
Soon there will be a new science for people to compete
They depreciate the optimism
To raise the level of negative ideology
If one item can fix it all
We would reject it as idolatry
God must exist in a world where he or she is needed
However to go further than required helped in winning they were defeated
So I lambast myself for a solution for what to do
But everything I came up with was O-B-I-O-K-U
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Report on Possible Merger of the Communication Departments at Frostburg State University
The webpage shows the entire faculty listing for the Communication Studies department. Resource will use to determine whom to speak with from a teaching perspective for this topic.
Faculty & Staff – Frostburg State University (2014). Retrieved from September 19, 2014 from http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/mcom/faculty-staff/
The webpage shows the entire faculty listing for the Mass Communication department. Resource will use to determine whom to speak with from a teaching perspective for this topic.
Frostburg State University’s Undergraduate Catalog (2013). Communication Studies. Retrieved September 19, 2014 from p. 12 of http://www.frostburg.edu/fsu/assets/File/ungrad/catalog/clasp1.pdf
Frostburg State University has a summary of requirements for the Communication Studies program listed online. It specifically tells what courses are needed to complete the program as either a major or minor and implies an order of succession in which they can be taken. The page also contains the personnel whom are involved with these courses. For completion, readers are informed of the option of a collection of 4 courses or a study track of a specialize selection within its program. This will be used to know the core requirements of this program from the department.
Frostburg State University’s Undergraduate Catalog (2013). Course Descriptions. Retrieved from September 19, 2014 from p. 177-178 and p. 206-208 of http://www.frostburg.edu/fsu/assets/File/ungrad/catalog/course.pdf
Frostburg State University provides a description of each course offered and its assigned number of credit hours for readers online. The information is listed primarily in alphabetical order by major and secondarily by course number. Course numbers increase in level for relative expertise and requirements of taking lower level courses. This is an excellent resource for anyone who attends or plans to attend this University. Will be used determine the difference in what is included for the Communication Studies and Mass Communication majors prior to the anticipated merger.
Frostburg State University’s Undergraduate Catalog (2013). Mass Communication. Retrieved September 19, 2014 from p. 21 of http://www.frostburg.edu/fsu/assets/File/ungrad/catalog/clasp2.pdf
Frostburg State University has a summary of the requirements for the Mass Communications program listed online. It specifically tells what courses are needed to complete the program as either a major or minor and implies an order of succession in which they can be taken. The page also contains the personnel whom are involved with these courses. For completion, readers are informed of the options for a professional focus within its program. This will be used to know the core requirements of this program from the department.
Frostburg State University’s Undergraduate Catalog (2001). Retrieved September 19, 2014 from p. 70 and p. 117 of http://www.frostburg.edu/fsu/assets/File/ungrad/catalog/archive/2001-2003.pdf
Frostburg State University provides archived version of their course catalog online for former students and/or historical reference for the user. The resource shows the faculty that was present over a decade ago and what were the core requirements at that time. This will be used to determine how the course suggestion was modified and who remains as an employee from then.
Frostburg State University’s Undergraduate Catalog (1999). Retrieved September 19, 2014 from p. 55-58 of http://www.frostburg.edu/fsu/assets/File/ungrad/catalog/archive/1999-2001.pdf
Frostburg State University provides archived version of their course catalog online for former students and/or historical reference for the user. The resource shows that there was a time when the majors were not separated. The program was then titled as Communication and Theatre Arts. Course listing shows that elements of both majors were offered under the unified classification. Will be used to research what were the benefits of this initial decision and why was there a move to divide the disciplines then.
Post, P., Post, A., Post, L., and Senning, D.P. (2011). Emily Post's Etiquette: Manners for a New World. Eighteenth Edition. New York, NY: William Morrow.
Miss Post has written a very elegant and sometimes funny book on how to conduct oneself in a variety of situations. Some of the reading can be common sense while other parts are very enlightening and insightful. Resource will be used for suggestions on how to approach and interact with the various participants that will be involved in each level of the project.
Seidman, I. (2013) Interviewing as Qualitative Research: A Guide for Researchers in Education and the Social Sciences. Fourth Edition. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
Mr. Seidman has written a witty and educational book on the dedicated science that is collecting data and speaking with individuals. He not only speaks from experience but also with the apparent disclosure that there is more to this than it seems. Resource will be used to bring a professional aspect to interviewing and discussing this topic at hand accurately.
Underhill, P. (2000). Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.
Mr. Underhill has written a book that goes into to detail about the discreet observance of people from a business perspective. There are many examples of expectation versus realization and human behavior, which can be applied to a subject outside of its intended audience. The book can help to understand the types of answers we receive during this project.
Friday, October 16, 2015
The Theory Behind Raffling
Study Habits
- Read to comprehend
- Learn for yourself beyond the classroom
- Putting emphasis on what the professor or teacher says
- Connecting the materials to other topics
- Create the proper amount of time to study
- Summarize your notes
- Use homework and assignments to prepare for tests
- Start your day and end your day positively
- Never be upset with the amount you have to study
- Study to remind yourself of information rather than learn it for the first time.
Legalization: What Has Marijuana Learned From Alcohol?
During the time of prohibition, alcohol was controlled by organized crime units who opposed the law. The legislation created to remove public access to alcohol did not mean the demand to have it diminished entirely. Bootlegging and the black market began and grew at a similar pace, if not faster than law enforcement. Marijuana distribution is a known service across the United States. Even with it being illegal, some of our favorite musicians, movie stars and athletes kept the drug in the public’s eye and popular. People would sell in their local communities as if it were as common as tobacco. Sometimes prosecutors and police officers would punish violators to the fullest extent and other times users would simply get warnings. The variations of discipline are subjective to say the least. It seems that eventually a democratic government will always respond to the population it serves. Meaning what the people clamor for will be given to them in due time. It just takes time to assess the actual benefits versus the dangers and study the long-term effects for the betterment of all involved.
Now we can move away from the criminal element and consider how these decisions affect the omnipresent topic of our economy. As illegal substances are still pursued, any money spent on those efforts is not taxable. In the case of alcohol there was production, bottling, transportation and the direct sell to the user who knew that this was against the law. The makers of the beverage knew it was against the law. Every intermediary in that process knew it was against the law. There was still a market for it and therefore a way to make money. No one in the course of that transaction worked for free. Marijuana has a process it goes through today. Somewhere it is grown, harvested, bundled, transported, packaged and distributed. Again, with all parties involved aware of the risks being taken. Why is it so important to have the after-effect of its usage that one willingly ignores the consequences of breaking the law? These were potential billion dollar industries that the government could not lay any claim to without making an adjustment. In fact, they spent money for training and equipping a workforce to combat it in both eras. With acceptance of the demand and legalization, there is a huge growth of a taxable product market. As users no longer have to hide and be mysterious, purchasing will go up. Alcohol experienced an increase of the average user after the government endorsement.
More importantly, with government regulation people may actually have access to a safer and more natural product. One could never be sure that the product you purchase through illegal means is actually good for you. How could you? The purity of the substance as well as its condition prior to your possession is always in question. The government can step in and be sure that if its voters want something then they can provide it a better way. Is the problem prevention from use or it is public safety? Those that want it will get it by whatever means they have available to them. So legality is not the concern of a constant user. I assume sustainability would also be enhanced with government intervention. Once a product is approved, does a new sector develop to try the once illicit item? This is usually the case with alcohol, as scores of young adults begin to drink at age 21. Those habits continue as long as they never have a really bad experience. There are some people who do not decide to start however. I cannot be sure of how marijuana will be received but it may be similar. There could be an age limit and tolerance level established to what is rational from a governing body.
In conclusion with the legalization of marijuana almost inevitable, I think there are reasons to prevent it and reasons to accept it. The main cause of prevention would be to continue to discourage the use of a dangerous substance. Even now, alcohol usage is a leading contributor to deaths and physical ailments of all kinds. To promote responsible consumption is not a concrete deterrent. This leads to the reasons to accept it. As stated earlier, the product whether legal or illegal will be sold and purchased. The least we could do is allow it to be retailed and distribute those resources to other causes. Think of the results of lower income taxes, better roads, improved schools and emergency personnel that are less busy all from the money that states could use from lawful marijuana profits. Usage may be at an all-time high, I cannot help the pun there, but will it have the same trend as alcohol. Already there are less cigarette advertisements. We have learned the lessons from smoking and what it can lead to. So maybe marijuana will not be as popular. Maybe people will try it and discover it is not for them. Maybe those who really need it will be helped by this latest advancement. All I know is that we can never be sure until we take the time to find out.