Discussion:family problems

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 https://youtu.be/YZS1JSwBNKM

Consider how these cases would be handled in the United States.  Do you think these men would be prosecuted in our system? Your discussion posting this week is about prevention and intervention in family abuse. Preventing domestic violence begins at home. Your response should include responses to the following questions:

  • Why is domestic violence such an important issue in society? (consider the costs)
  • How does domestic violence and prevention differ across cultures?
  • Do you feel it is really possible to reduce domestic violence and other family health problems?
  • How can it be reduced? Give examples from your reading or viewing. Cite scholarly sources to back up your opinions.
  • What do you think are the roles of parents in preventing domestic violence?

For more information about domestic violence and some current statistics: go here (Links to an external site.)

To get a perspective of domestic violence in another culture, go here (Links to an external site.)

Your response should be at least 500 words.  Be sure to answer all parts of the discussion prompt and include references to at least two scholarly sources including outside materials you used in your response. Don’t forget the in-text citations and bibliographical reference at the end of your post. Respond to at least two of your classmates postings.

European History 329 Assignment 1

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Instructions: Answer the following question as thoughtfully and thoroughly you can incorporating specific references from the readings below drawn from the syllabus. It should be four to five pages, double-spaced with one-inch margins on each side. Use specific references from the readings to support your argument. Please proof-read for grammar, spelling and syntax.

T. von Laue, “Stalin in Focus,” 1983 (via JSTOR)

https://www-jstor-org.ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/stable/pdf/2496042.pdf? ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_SYC-5187_SYC-5188%2F5187&refreqid=fastly-default %3A41f0d76827b77651cc3536fab133d0ac 

1905 Treaty of Portsmouth (Articles 1 thru 11 only)

https://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Treaty_of_Portsmouth_ending_the_Russo-Japanese_War 

1918 Treaty of Brest-Litvok (Articles 1 thru 11 only)

https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/bl34.asp#treatytext 

Winston Churchill on Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War, 1919

http://pbma.grobbel.org/churchill.htm   

Adolf Hitler, “Eastern Orientation or Eastern Policy,” from Mein Kampf, 1924 (in Blackboard)

Joseph Stalin, “The Task of Economic Executives,” 1931

http://www.marx2mao.com/Stalin/TEE31.html

The Franco-Soviet Treay of Mutual Assistance, May 1935

https://central-victory.wikia.org/wiki/Franco-Soviet_Treaty_of_Mutual_Assistance 

History of the Cuzon Line Settling the 1919-1920 Polish Soviet War

https://www.britannica.com/event/Curzon-Line

The German-Soviet Non-Aggression Treaty, August 1939

https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1939pact.asp

Review each of the assigned readings above. Construct from them a response to von Laue’s view in “Stalin in Focus” that Soviet Communism was a brutal system, but one that emerged to prevent the domination of that country “by any means necessary” in a world in which the major industrial states (Britain, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Belgium, the U.S.) acted as global predators imposing their domination over all societies without the ability to resist them. What validity if any do you see in von Laue’s argument after examining the documents above? Conversely, some have argued that despite von Laue’s acknowledging Stalin’s crimes, his theory still serves to shift some of the responsiblilty for those crimes from those who commited them (Stalin and his supporters) by partly and unjustly blaming Western and Japanese imperialism for creating the global context in which these crimes were commited. After examining these documents is there in your view any degree of truth in von Laue’s theory? If not, how should the repeated invasions of Russia/the USSR in the 20th century, the declared intention of the Nazi movement to invade that country as early as the 1920s, the refusal of the French and British to co-operate with the USSR in confronting Hitler before 1939, and the alliances of some Central Europe states (Hungary, Rumania, Slovakia, Bulgaria) with the Nazi regime’s 1941 invasion of the USSR be understood if not as part of the underlayng context for understading what was driving Stalin’s dictatorship? And was Stalin making excuses  for his repressive rule or otherwise wrong when he claimed in his 1931 speech on “the Tasks of Economic Executives” that “those who fall behind get beaten” and that the country had ten years to prepare for the coming invasion?

I-search chart

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  Please used the attached   Reflective Annotated Bibliography to answer the I-search chart

Throughout the course you’ve been asked to research, keep notes, and even create a reflective annotated bibliography on a particular research topic. Now that you have spent some time researching sources on your chosen topic, it is a good time to reflect and write on the topic itself. Throughout this process, your job will be to read and consider the material that you gather, to spend time writing about it, and reflecting on it. Eventually, in the Personal Research Narrative, your job will be to tell the story of your research journey. It will include research materials, cited, that you reflected and wrote about. It will talk about wrong ideas that you may have had, and right ideas that may have expanded. 

Task: Write a reflection using the I-Chart on the research topic that you’ve chosen

Objective: To continue to develop material for the Personal Research Narrative.

1. Look over the notes that you have taken on your research topic.

2. Using the I-Chart, reflect on the topic that you have chosen to research. 

3. Fill out the I-Chart.

4. Please write a paragraph that reflects on the topic that you’ve chosen. Post your paragraph and your I-Chart in the the discussion. Please provide feedback to your peers.

Filkins, Scott. (2015). I-Search Chart. Inquiry Based Learning Strategy Guides. National Council of Teachers of English. Retrieved from: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/printouts/search-chart-30787.html

Cybersex with Children is a White Collar Crime

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Cybersex with Children is a White Collar Crime

criminology

Description

As we enter the last week of the course and we look back upon the many different forms of

white-collar crime, we know that many types of white-collar crime are committed through the

use of pen, paper, computers, etc. instead of guns and knives. Many white-collar crimes

involve financial gain, but is the use of a computer to engage in cybersex with children a

white-collar crime? Merely communicating over the internet is not a violent act, yet the

intention of the perpetrator may be very violent indeed. Please state your opinion and cite

the reasons why you believe you are correct.

Unit 8 Lecture

The Cybersex Offender and Children

By ARTHUR BOWKER, M.A., and MICHAEL GRAY

The law enforcement community increasingly faces situations involving explicit chat discussions and other

disturbing online activities that victimize minors. Officers encounter troubling images and dialogue during https://prohomeworkhelpers.com/2021/06/11/this-is-a-practical-assignment-for-my-graphic-information-system-gis-class-th/

undercover operations, as well as other types of efforts, such as computer forensic examinations targeted at

locating missing children.

Because of the capabilities that computers offer criminals lurking in the Internet’s shadows, these individuals

are particularly threatening to the community. From the safety of their homes, pedophiles can use the Internet

to anonymously and simultaneously prepare numerous children for future molestations. With the click of a

mouse, child pornographers easily can distribute their collections to many other offenders or even to juveniles.

Cybersex offenders who target young people use computers for purposes that may include viewing, storing,

producing, sending, and receiving child pornography; contacting, grooming, and enticing juveniles for

victimization; and communicating with (and, thus, helping to validate) each other. Upon their apprehension,

these individuals often will attempt to justify their actions. Law enforcement officers must learn to identify and

understand such offenders to effectively diffuse their defenses and lay the groundwork for a successful

prosecution.

THE YOUNG VICTIM

A recent study of 1,501 Internet users ranging from 10 to 17 years of age revealed the following disturbing https://www.instaassignment.com/for-the-assignment-this-week-you-will-pick-two-business-concepts-one-that-is-em/

information:

Approximately 1 in 5 received a sexual solicitation over the Internet in the past year.

One in 33 experienced an aggressive approach—an individual who requested a meeting; telephoned;

or sent regular mail, money, or gifts.

One in 4 had unwanted exposure to explicit pictures in the past year.

One in 17 faced threats or harassment.

Youths reported less than 10 percent of sexual solicitations and only 3 percent of unwanted exposure

episodes to authorities, such as law enforcement agencies, Internet service providers (ISP), and

appropriate

1 hotline.

Cybersex offenses have a lasting and, thus, devastating effect on victims. For instance, electronically

maintained images do not deteriorate. They also can become dispersed easier, faster, and to a wider audience

than hard copy materials. Once distributed on the Internet, they are harder to retrieve and control. Because of

these factors, digital pornographic images have a longer duration of harm for victims than nonelectronic

materials.

Through the Internet, cybersex offenders can affect victims without any physical contact. Individuals easily can

forward explicit images to juveniles. Subjects also can obtain innocent pictures of children via the Internet or

other sources and then “morph” those images into pornography. 2 Until the pictures begin surfacing online,

these juveniles may not become aware of this type of victimization.

Additionally, these offenders use electronic images, as they would with hard copy materials, of child

pornography and even favorite cartoon characters engaged in sexual acts to encourage or entice juveniles to

participate in inappropriate conduct. This exposure serves to desensitize young people and make them think

such behavior is normal.

For these victims, finding justice can prove difficult. Of course, no one country or authority governs the

Internet’s content; issues of child pornography and exploitation frequently transcend jurisdictional boundaries.

This causes not only legal problems but also difficulties for juveniles and their families when seeking redress.

Activity

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Please analyze the following scenario and answer the question: 

●  Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are the leading competitors in the market for cola products. In 1960 Coca-Cola introduced Sprite, which today is among the worldwide leaders in the lemon-lime soft drink market and ranks in the top 10 among all soft drinks worldwide. Prior to 1999, PepsiCo did not have a product that competed directly against Sprite and had to decide whether to introduce such a soft drink. By not introducing a lemon-lime soft drink, PepsiCo would continue to earn a $200 million profit, and Coca-Cola would continue to earn a $300 million profit. 

●  Suppose that by introducing a new lemon-lime soft drink, one of two possible strategies could be pursued:

○  PepsiCo could trigger a price war with Coca-Cola in both the lemon-lime and cola markets  

o  Coca-Cola could acquiesce and each firm maintains its current 50/50 split of the cola market and split the lemon-lime market 30/70 (PepsiCo/Coca-Cola). 

o  If PepsiCo introduced a lemon-lime soft drink and a price war resulted, both companies would earn profits of $100 million. Alternatively, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo would earn $275 million and $227 million, respectively.

o  If PepsiCo introduced a lemon-lime soft drink and Coca-Cola acquiesced, they can split the markets.

●  Please explain, as a manager at PepsiCo, 

○  How you can convince your colleagues that introducing the new soft drink is the most profitable strategy by explaining the reasoning and theoretical analysis

Math assignment

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  1. During the year, Coronado Boat Yard has incurred manufacturing costs of $420,000 in building three large sailboats. At year-end, each boat is about 70 percent complete. How much of these manufacturing costs should be recognized as expenses in Coronado Boat Yard’s income statement for the current year?
  2. A company that assembles trucks produces 60 trucks during the current year and incurs $4.5 million of material, labor, and overhead costs. Fifty-three trucks were sold during the year and each is allocated the same amount of costs. How much of the $4.5 million assembly costs should appear on the company’s income statement for the current year?  (Enter your answers in dollars and not in millions of dollars.)
  3. During the current year, the cost of direct materials purchased by a manufacturing firm was $340,000, and the direct materials inventory increased by $65,000. What was the cost of direct materials used during the year?
  4. Road Warrior Corporation began operations early in the current year, building luxury motor homes. During the year, the company started and completed 50 motor homes at a cost of $60,000 per unit. Of these, 48 were sold for $105,000 each and two remain in finished goods inventory. In addition, the company had six partially completed units in its factory at year-end. Total costs for the year (summarized alphabetically) were as follows.

Direct materials used

$

728,000

Direct labor

908,000

Income tax expense

100,000

General and administrative expenses

500,000

Manufacturing overhead

1,510,000

Selling expense

Required:

a. Compute the total manufacturing costs charged to work in process for the current year.

b. Compute the cost of finished goods manufactured for the current year.

c. Compute the cost of goods sold for the current year.

d. Compute the gross profit on sales for the current year.

e. Compute the ending inventories of (1) work in process and (2) finished goods for the current year.

a.

Total manufacturing costs

b.

Cost of finished goods manufactured

c.

Cost of goods sold

d.

Gross profit on sales

e-1

Ending inventory of work in process

e-2

Ending inventory of finished goods

Visual Interpretation

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Instructions: In order to properly write positive behavior goals and create intervention plans, teachers and educators must be able to conduct observations of students and accurately define the behavior in observable terms. Read through the following case studies (Tom download, Kyle download, Billy download, Angie download) and choose one student that you will focus on for this assignment. As you read through the case studies, think about how the student fits the disability focus you have chosen for this course and the Week Six assignment.

After reading the case study, create a classroom incident that is aligned to the students’ characteristics. 

Provide a document that includes the following:

  • Identify the student by name and age, and describe the learning situation.
  • Explain the antecedent (what happened before the behavior happened).
  • Describe the behavior in concrete, observable, and objective terms.
  • Function of behavior (attention, escape, access/control, sensory/stimulation) and rationale for choice

The Visual Interpretation paper

  • Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center (Links to an external site.).
  • Must include a separate title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  • Must use at least three scholarly sources, which may include your course text.
  • Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.
  • Exhibit meticulous use of grammar, spelling, organization, and usage throughout your submission.

Institutional Review Board

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We have navigated through much research to date. As you know, ethical considerations are vital during this process. After reading about Milgram’s compliance experiment and many of the early studies in social psychology, it becomes clear that participants in social psychology have suffered harm. There are safeguards in place today within the American Psychological Association’s Code of Ethics (2016) with regard to research. Institutional Review Boards have also been put in place to protect both human and animal research participants.
Imagine your CLC group sits on an Institutional Review Board (IRB) and someone like Phillip Zombardo or Stanley Milgram provides you with a research proposal to conduct the same experiment(s).
Task: Do some research and chose an unethical study that has been conducted thus far (i.e., Monster Study, Aversion Project, Dr. Money/David Reimer, Learned Helplessness).A quick Internet search will reveal other ideas.
Your job is to approve the study, approve with modifications, or reject the study completely. Using the APA Code of Ethics, justify your group’s determination. The code of ethics can be found at http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index.aspx
Create a PowerPoint presentation, of 8-12 slides (slide count does not include the title and reference slide), in which your group presents their decision. Your PowerPoint should include:
Provide a summary of the experiment.
Identify some general ethical concerns with the experiment.
Using the APA Code of Ethics, identify at least five specific ethic codes that were violated with this study. Be sure to explain why there was a code violation.
Provide your decision as an IRB if you will approve the study, approve it with modifications, or flat out reject it all together.
Use two to three scholarly resources for support. Your textbook is a viable source. Resources should be listed on the last slide.
Include speaker notes below each content-related slide that represent what would be said if giving the presentation in person. Expand upon the information included in the slide and do not simply restate it. Please ensure the speaker notes include 50-75 words per slide.
NOTE: Save and upload your PowerPoint as a PDF if it’s too large.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines.

The Science of Global Warming

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Rick Perry, a Texas governor, says that climate change is non-existent and that more and more scientists are challenging the claim that human activity has resulted in global warming (“Perry’s Global Warming Statements,” 2011). Actor Danny Glover blames the 2010 Haiti earthquake on global warming and criticizes a climate summit in Copenhagen for failing to create a significant response to the perils of climate change (Brent, 2010). Politicians, actors, and many other public figures make science-related statements. How do you know which statements are truly based in science, and which are not?

Last week, you explored the nature of science and learned about the scientific method. Knowing the fundamentals of the scientific process helps you to evaluate science-related information. Obtaining information from reliable scientific sources—which may not always be a politician or celebrity—is also critical.

For this week’s Assignment, you respond to a scenario that requires you to identify and analyze scientific facts about global warming. You also describe the carbon cycle processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration and relate these to global warming.

References: Brent, B. (2010, January 16). Actor Danny Glover blames global warming for Haiti earthquake [Web log comment]. Retrieved from http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2010/01/16/actor-danny-glover-blames-global-warming-haiti-earthquake

Hearst Communications Inc. (2011). Perry’s global warming statements put politics over science [Online article]. Retrieved December 5, 2011, from http://www.chron.com/opinion/editorials/article/Ignoring-the-heat-2134114.php

To prepare for this Assignment:

  • Review Section 4.2 Cellular Respiration (pp. 72-78) in Chapter 4 “Body Weight and Health”in Biology: Science for Life, and focus on the following:
    • How cellular respiration occurs
    • How cellular respiration supports the life of an organism
    • What ATP is and how it functions in cellular respiration
  • Review Chapter 5, “Life in the Greenhouse” in Biology: Science for Life, and focus on the following:
    • What global warming is
    • How global warming is related to the carbon cycle
    • How photosynthesis occurs
    • How photosynthesis supports the life of an organism
    • How photosynthesis compares and contrasts with cellular respiration
  • Conduct additional research to identify scientific facts about global warming. (The Optional Resources section lists articles and websites where you could start your research.)
    • One fact should address the change in atmospheric CO2. For this information, refer to the article “Past Climate Change” listed in the Required Resources section.
  • Consider this scenario:

You are a participant in a city council debate about global warming. During the debate, council members make conflicting statements about climate change, and most members are unsure about the sources of their information. The city council members realize that they do not have the scientific facts on global warming. You have been selected to conduct research on this topic and submit a report that includes these scientific facts. The council also wants you to explain the carbon cycle and how it relates to global warming.

The Assignment:

Write a report of two or more pages that presents the scientific facts about global warming and explains what the carbon cycle is and how it relates to global warming. Your report should address the following:

Part 1: The Carbon Cycle
Compare and contrast photosynthesis and cellular respiration by answering the following questions:

  • How are cellular respiration and photosynthesis alike?
  • How are cellular respiration and photosynthesis different?
  • Why are these two processes interdependent?

Part 2: Scientific Facts About Global Warming
Identify at least three scientific facts related to global warming that include:

  1. How atmospheric CO2 has changed over the last 650,000 years and since the Industrial Revolution (1850)
  2. How scientists measure CO2 levels
  3. At least two of the primary factors thought to be involved in the observed changes in atmospheric CO2 levels since the Industrial Revolution

Part 3: How the Carbon Cycle Relates to Global Warming
Explain how the carbon cycle relates to global warming, describing at least two implications of climate change for biological systems.

Be sure to cite all references in APA format.

analyze the communication patterns of the “In” group and the “out” group In formal organizations.

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write a short analysis paper or working memo (2-3 pages double space),  

The first activity we will undertake is to analyze the communication patterns of the “In” group and the “out” group In formal organizations. 

In-group favoritism, is a pattern of favoring members of one’s In-group over out -group members. This can be expressed in evaluation of others, in allocation of resources, and In many other ways. This Interaction has been researched by many psychologists and linked to many theories related tom conflict and prejudice. The phenomenon ls primarily viewed from a social psychology standpoint.

Two prominent theoretical approaches to the phenomenon of In-group favor items are realistic conflict theory and social identity theory.

Realistic conflict theory proposes that Intergroup competition, and sometimes-Intergroup conflict, arises when t wo groups have opposing claims to scarce resources.

In contrast, social Identity theory argues that a psychological drive for positively distinct social Identities as the general root cause of In-group favoring behavior.

Out -group derogation or scorning is the phenomenon in which an out-group Is perceived as being threatening to the members of an in-group. This phenomenon often accompanies In-group favoritism, as It requires one to have an affinity towards his or her in-group.

Some research suggests that out-group scorning occurs when an out-group is perceived as blocking or hindering the goals of an in-group. It has also been argued that out-group scorning Is a natural consequence of the categorization process.

Here is an example of the categorization process. The In-group of seniors at a prestigious Ivy league college may strenuously scorn the out -group freshman; may sneer at the out-group sophomores; may tolerate the out-group juniors; may declare war on a student who transfers In from a community college. These are all categories of students. The in-group assumes that all the students of each category communicate in the same way.

Select a setting where you can observe In-out- group communication behavior for at least 60 minutes:

Be sure to wear your mask.

This setting might be a big-box store

Or

A group of students eating a meal at the Student Union.

Or

The way an in-person class selects seats too include or exclude others. 

Or 

The way a family gathering for a meal demonstrates status

Or

The placement of offices in a works setting communicates status

Be sure to wear your mask.

If you need assistance in selecting a site please call me. 

The owner of this establishment perceives that in- and out-group behavior is a detriment to his or her business. He or she has hired you as a communication consultant to document this activity in his/ her establishment and recommend realistic, concrete corrections.

Your report:

Introduction: : a three sentence overview of your entire report

Body: Document three specific communication behaviors using the categories above. Behavior #1

Behavior #2

Behavior #3 

Correction:

  

For behavior # 1 

For behavior #2 

For behavior # 3

Summary:

 Brief 3-sentence summary of the corrections.