Intelligence Report Draft 2

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Revised Introduction and Background, add ANALYSIS, it is the same paper on the proposal assignment below but with a revised introduction, background and you have to add analysis. It is due in 7 hours

Here are some comments on the prior assignment, and the format of the paper has to be like the one on the other attachment under sarah

Hi Irving. The format of your paper is incorrect. The professor uploaded an example paper that will help you fix the format of your paper.

Susan Obregon , Feb 25 at 5:51pm

-Your introductory sentence is a little bit too broad. Try focusing more on your main issue and how it is effecting the U.S.

Susan Obregon , Feb 25 at 5:52pm

-Try to avoid starting a sentence with an ambiguous pronoun. For example, you start a sentence with “They can lose devices that contain Google’s sensitive….”.

Susan Obregon , Feb 25 at 5:56pm

-Try to avoid using the passive voice so much. Use the active voice instead when possible. It will sound more professional and formal.

Susan Obregon , Feb 25 at 5:58pm

-The sentence in your third paragraph that begins with “In the event, a political-data firm,…” does not make sense. The first part of the sentence, “In the event…” does not make sense. Re-word your sentence if possible. Thank you!

Susan Obregon , Feb 25 at 5:59pm

Try rewording this last sentence of your paragraph. “The victims include the nation as a whole and the citizens because of violation of the nation’s integrity and the citizen’s right of democracy. Either way, the effects would attract concern from the world as a whole”. It is a little confusing. Try making it more clear and concise.

Susan Obregon , Feb 25 at 6:01pm

-In this sentence: ” Therefore Google’s actions affect their operations in many ways” include a comma after the word “Therefore”.

Susan Obregon , Feb 25 at 6:02pm

Good job with your references!

Personal Framework of Play

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Personal Framework of Play

Throughout this course, you have evaluated the relationship between play and learning for young children. For this Final Paper, you will assume the role of an early care provider or administrator. In this hypothetical role, you have become aware that several parents are critical of your decision to provide time for children to engage in activities such as dramatic play and peer-to-peer conversations. Most of the parents do not understand the developmental value of these activities; they tend to believe that a quiet classroom is one in which students are engaged in “real” learning. The parents are requesting that you spend more time on “academics.” Your goal is to construct a paper that presents your framework of play and learning for the young child so you can effectively communicate with family members about the need for play as an integrated part of the curriculum. The prompt for this assignment was adapted from Charlesworth (2013, p. 358).

Note: For the purposes of this course we use the term parents; however, this may also include primary care- givers, family members, and parental guardians.

Creating the Final Paper
Create your Final Paper to meet the content and written communication expectations stated below.

Content Expectations

  • Introduction (2 points): Provide an introduction that includes a brief discussion of your personal framework of play and learning for the young child. In your introduction, provide a succinct, relevant, and clear overview of the information that will be covered in your paper.
  • Stages of Play Summary (3 points): Include a chart and a brief narrative of the stages of play throughout the developmental continuum.  In the chart, list the identified stages of play. Next, provide a narrative summary of the stages and development of play that are identified in the chart as represented in the literature.

 

Stage of Play

Identify the stages of play: unoccupied, solitary/independent, onlooker, parallel, associative, cooperative, etc.

Description of the Stage

Include age range and characteristics of children in this stage. Do children play alone or with others at this stage?

  • Cultural Influence Description (3 points): Describe how cultural backgrounds and beliefs that exist within families and communities influence children’s play.
  • Framework of Play (7 points): Summarize the theory or combination of theories that are reflected in your beliefs and values about play and learning for the young child. Provide a rationale to support and justify your selection. 
  • Current Research Summary (3 points): Provide a summary of at least three recent (published within the last 7 years) research articles from the fields of child development, neuroscience, or education. Provide a rationale for each selected article and describe how the research impacts your framework of play.
  • Challenges to Play (2 points): Describe an issue that challenges the opportunities for children to participate in and learn from play (e.g., barriers to the learning environment that limit the ability to play or challenges associated with a lack of community recreational areas). Provide a rationale, and suggestions for reducing the impact of your selected issue.
  • Authentic Exemplar Activity (5 points): Describe an activity that will serve as an example for families about the importance of play and state why you think this activity will increase a families understanding of the role of play in healthy child growth and development. Please note: You are required to include a description of an activity; you are not required to include a lesson plan.
    • For example, during symbolic or dramatic play, children like to make up their own stories. In an effort to promote this type of play, parents can supply children with pots, pans, and other kitchen supplies to explore the idea of symbolic representation. When children use kitchen utensils for drums, hats, and other non-intended purposes, they increase their understanding that one thing can stand for another. Studies show that this type of symbolic play can increase cognitive skills such as complex abstract reasoning and linguistic competence.
  • Conclusion (2 points): Your conclusion should re-establish your personal framework of play presented in your introduction. Be sure to clearly and concisely demonstrate the importance of your personal framework.
  • Recommendations (1 point): In one to two paragraphs, describe at least one recommended method for sharing the information presented in your Final Paper with families or others involved in the learning process for the purpose of advocating for and promoting learning through play.

Written Communication Expectations

  • Page Requirement (.5 points): Eight to ten pages including title page and references page.
  • APA Formatting (.5 points): Use APA formatting consistently throughout the assignment as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
  • Syntax and Mechanics (.5 points): Display meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics such as spelling and grammar.
  • Source Requirement (.5 points): Reference a minimum of three scholarly sources, in addition to the course text, to provide compelling evidence that supports your ideas. All sources on the references page need to be used and cited correctly within the body of your assignment. 

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Learning about healthy foods

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Chapter 12 Scenario: Learning About Healthy Foods

Objective and scenario

To develop and evaluate a lesson plan about nutritious foods.

You are planning a week-long nutrition unit for the 3- and 4-year-olds in your preschool classroom. You have chosen the MyPlate model as a framework to help the children learn about foods associated with each of the food groups. On one of the days you will have five different fruits for the children to sample. On another day the children will help to prepare a vegetable soup that will be served for their lunch. Several children in your classroom are English-language learners so you plan to also build color and label recognition activities into the nutrition lessons.

Focus assignment

1. Identify a lesson theme and a corresponding learning activity that you will use for each day of the week. In addition, explain how you will incorporate learning experiences that will reinforce the color and labeling of food items.

2. Be sure to read the REFLECTION section below to guide your thinking. Write your reflection response after you have completed your lesson plan.

Self-evaluation

1. For each item in your lesson plan:
 a. Explain how this item addresses the issues in the scenario.

2. Describe and justify how your lesson plan would improve teaching and learning in the scenario.

What is Plagarism

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Assignment Instructions

  • Read the following article: What is Plagiarism?
    • Write a one-page reaction paper reviewing/summarizing what your read and learned from the article. ****Use proper APA format                                                                     What is plagiarism? Plagiarism occurs where one person presents the words or ideas of another as his own, or where others are allowed or encouraged to form this impression. Plagiarism typically but not necessarily takes a written form. Plagiarism is a form of deception or cheating. At its worst, it amounts to intellectual property theft. One who plagiarizes is living, immorally, off the intellectual earnings of others. There are, however, significantly different ‘grades’ of plagiarism, as identified below. Even so, while clear enough in respect of the intentions of the plagiarizer, the different grades of plagiarism are not necessarily easy to distinguish objectively, from the reader’s or examiner’s point of view. Faced with a case of plagiarism, an institution may not find it easy or consider itself obliged, to differentiate between one grade of plagiarism and another when penalizing students. Three grades of plagiarism Grade A plagiarism occurs where an individual makes a premeditated and systematic attempt to pass off the work of one or more others as his own, the plagiarizer taking care to disguise the fact by suppressing all revealing references, by changing words here and there in order to deflect suspicion, and so on. Paradoxically, this worst form of plagiarism can prove the most difficult to detect. Grade B plagiarism occurs where an individual in the course of writing an essay or dissertation knowingly refrains from making clear, through the erratic or inconsistent use of recognized conventions, the normal distinctions between such elements as paraphrase, quotation, reference, and commentary. This kind of plagiarism tends to be naive, clumsy and transparent, with the plagiarized elements often coming from the same sources which are in the same essay properly referenced or quoted from, all of which makes it relatively easy for the plagiarism to be identified. Whereas the Grade A plagiarizer is trying deviously to get ahead, the Grade B plagiarizer is usually just hoping naively to get by. Grade C plagiarism is plagiarism that is unintended or accidental. It occurs where through laziness, disorganization or indifference an individual neglects to acknowledge the source of an idea or quotation; or sticks too closely to the original wording when paraphrasing a source; or innocently reproduces, as his own material, ideas or quotations which have been noted down or copied out without their sources being recorded. One variation on this form of plagiarism occurs where an individual makes excessive or exclusive use of ideas or words from one particular source, even while fully acknowledging this source in the notes and bibliography. Technically, journalism frequently involves elements of grade B or grade C plagiarism, in so far as reporters and feature writers regularly copy or summarize ideas and documents without bothering to make due acknowledgment. Plagiarism and unpublished work Plagiarism does not cease to be plagiarism if the words or ideas plagiarized are not actually in published or permanent form; nor does the gravity of plagiarism vary with the quality of the work plagiarized. Thus copying someone else’s essay is still plagiarism, and it is still plagiarism even if the essay is a bad essay. Getting someone else to write an essay which one then presents as one’s own is also plagiarism.  Plagiarism and permission Nor is plagiarism mitigated by the fact that a person may for some reason give you permission to reproduce or quote from his work (e.g. an essay) without acknowledgment, since the intention remains that of passing off someone else’s work as your own. It is even possible to plagiarize oneself, for example by presenting as a fresh piece of work (whether or not under a new title) the whole or part of a piece of work already submitted to and marked by another teacher. Penalties for plagiarism Theoretically one might propose that different grades of plagiarism deserve different grades of penalty. Thus Grade A plagiarism should presumably be deemed serious enough (at least in the case of pieces of written work constituting examinations) to warrant instant dismissal or disqualification. Grade B plagiarism would require the disqualification or heavy penalizing of the particular piece or pieces of work in question, perhaps with the threat of a tougher penalty for any further plagiarism. Grade C plagiarism should probably remain a ‘domestic’ matter, with individual teachers or tutors counseling students about their studying and writing techniques. It must be remembered, however, that an educational institution is perfectly within its rights to treat plagiarism as an either/or phenomenon. The onus, therefore, must be on students making sure that they avoid all grades of plagiarism, by keeping a proper record of their sources for notes and quotations, and by acknowledging either within the text or in footnotes the authorship of the ideas, quotations, and paraphrasing used in the essay or dissertation itself. The key factor here is acknowledgment. Acknowledge your sources and you have nothing to fear. This document copyrighted by Peter Moore 2000 This document may be freely quoted from, reproduced and distributed, in either printed or electronic format, provided due attribution of authorship is clearly visible on all copies 

URGENT HELP WITH SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

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1. Read Thomas Wright, Chpt 1, “Origins of the Colonial Legacies,” pp 7-16 and 20-31. (write a 350-word response to ONE of the questions below. Describe the consequences of the Spanish and Portuguese conquest of the New World. 

a. After the Conquest, how did Spain impose an “authoritarian” form of governance on the New World? (12-16)

2. Listen to this short podcast about Simón Bolívar. Then write a 350-word response to ONE of the questions below. https://15minutehistory.org/podcast/episode-13-simon-bolivar/  

a. In your own words, how would you describe Bolivar’s politics? 

3. Watch the first 20 minutes of the film “Empire of Dreams” available at https://www.pbs.org/video/latino-americans-episode-2-empire-dreams/ And the first 20 minutes of “Black in Latin America: Cuba, the Next Revolution” available at https://www.youtube.com/watch/k7p30a4auyA When you have finished watching, write a 350-word response to this question:

a.  How does taking race into account change your understanding of the war of 1898?

4. Listen to the podcast This American Life, episode “Hearts and Minds,” on the overthrow of Guatemalan president Jacobo Arbenz in 1954: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/200/hearts-and-minds

a. When you have finished, write a 350-word response to the question: What role did false propaganda play in the CIA’s overthrow of Arbenz in Guatemala?

5. If you do not have access to Netflix, watch the film Fidel Castro, from minutes from 11:30-1:03:00, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GPReixtd64&ab_channel=RichardHogan&fbclid=IwAR3YJgRtESVqpf4RL4CP73ZOkk9SK7anoFq2ncn5c4OBTDAO_KWZZKnR6JI 

a. When you have finished, write a 350-word response, drawing on the documentary film and the readings, that explain in your own words how and why relations between the US and Cuba deteriorated so rapidly between 1959 and 1961.

6. You may choose ONE of the following assignments.

Option 1: Watch the first 45 minutes of the film “The Day that Lasted 21 Years: How the US Propped Up a Latin American Dictatorship.” When you are finished, write a 350-word response to this question: According to this film, how and why did the US government support the military dictatorship that emerged in Brazil after 1964? Your answer should give specific examples of actions undertaken by US presidents and other government bodies such as the CIA, the military, the US Embassy in Brazil, etc. 

Option 2: Watch the documentary film Mercedes Sosa: The Voice of Latin America available on Kanopy throughout 45:00, then from 1:05-1:10. Then write a 350-word response to this question: How does Mercedes Sosa’s life reflect political trends in Latin American history?

7. Watch the movie The Official Story (1985), available on Kanopy. Then write a 350-word response to ONE of the following questions. 

a. Some people have criticized this film for asking the viewer to sympathize with a woman who is essentially on the side of the victimizers, rather than the victimized. What is your reaction to that criticism?

b. Would you consider The Official Story a “feminist” film? Why or why not?

Create Nutrients PowerPoint

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As you may recall, nutrients are divided into the following six (6) categories:

  • Carbohydrates
  • Lipids (Fats)
  • Proteins
  • Vitamins
  • Minerals
  • Water

For this assignment, you will need to develop an informative PowerPoint presentation that could be used to teach your classmates about a variety of nutrients from the nutrient categories (above).

  1. Your PowerPoint presentation should:
  2. Have a title slide.
  3. Contain at least 6 content slides.
  4. Reflect proper spelling and grammar.
  5. Cite at least 2 credible references and present the sources in APA format on a References slide.
  6. Choose five (5) specific nutrients from within the nutrient categories listed above. You may choose either:
  7. a mixture of five (5) macro and micro nutrients
  8. For example, you can use 2 macronutrients (such as lipids and carbohydrates) and 3 micronutrients (such as specific vitamins and minerals)
  9. five (5) different vitamins or minerals
  10. For example, 2 vitamins (such as A and D), 2 major minerals (such as sodium, calcium, and potassium), and 1 trace mineral (such as zinc).
  11. For each of the nutrients you selected, create content slides that address the following:
  12. Explain the function(s) of the nutrient within the body.
  13. Describe how the nutrient is metabolized (where primarily digested, absorbed, and transported) within the body.
  14. Identify the current Reference Daily Intake (RDI) for the nutrient for an average adult.

Discussion English Reply

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By Cassandra Williams 

Week 3 discussion

  1. What is a labor union? A labor union, in the dictionary, is defined by “an organization of wage earners or salaried employees for mutual aid and protection and for dealing collectively with employers” Does labor union really help a company or employees? A labor union can be beneficial to a company and for its employees. 
  2. A labor union can benefit a company and its employees. It can make a bad company great. There are so many positive things about labor union. Some positive things about a union are, it provides worker protection, unions can also promote higher wages and excellent benefits, unions also protect workers right to work. Some negative things about unions are union dues, some unions can require fees that workers might not want to pay. The second thing that is negative is that unions can cause businesses to increase their prices. Unions also makes it difficult to promote someone who is excellent at whatever they do and terminate those who are terrible at what they do. 
  3. I think my 1st introduction needs a bit more work, however it gets straight to the point. My second introduction is a little bit too long and explains too much at once. I had a hard time figuring out how to even do the introduction, and that is the best that I have. The first introduction I was thinking maybe having the audience think about the topic, and what it means, and how it can be beneficial to them or a business. 

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PEER REPLY

Respond to peer main posts with replie of 150 -200 words each by answering each of the following questions.

  1. What two approaches of introductions were used? 
  2. Which of the introductions is more effective? Why?
  3. Does the introduction provide enough information about the topic and direction of the essay?
  4. Is the position the writer is taking clear?
  5. Is the thesis statement complete, clear, and well-composed?
  6. What do you like most about the introduction?
  7. Offer a suggestion to make the introduction stronger.

Week 3 – assignment a & b & c

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Assignment A:

 

Prior to beginning this discussion, review section 7.4 Contingency Planning in your textbook. Strategic plans are focused on current and future company goals, therefore changes in the environment must be detected and monitored. Changes in the environment that impinge on the company’s strategic plan are known as external triggers and triggers are paired with plans to successfully deal with them. These paired actions are known as contingency plans. What qualities make a future issue a “trigger”?

As an example, consider you are on the strategic planning team for a soft drink company. A merger of two major competitors next year would constitute a future trigger. For this discussion, consider the Environmental Scan and SWOT analysis you conducted in Week 2. Formulate a trigger/contingency pair in the form of a three-part sentence similar to the example in the textbook. Examine it in terms of the three guidelines that good contingency plans should follow.

Post a summary of your selected company and risks that you perceive based on your prior Environmental Scan and SWOT analysis. State the three-sentence trigger/contingency pair and justify your choice of contingency plan using information from the week’s readings and/or other scholarly or credible resources, using the Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. document for guidance..

(NOTE: Incorporate the feedback you receive from your instructor and save your work. It will be part of your Strategic Plan Final Project for this course).

Assignment B:
Please review Chapter 4’s section concerning Porter’s 5 Forces, read the Forbesarticle Porter or Mintzberg: Whose View of Strategy Is the Most Relevant Today? (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.(Moore, 2011) and view the required You Tube video Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., regarding Porter’s five forces. In the video, Mr. Porter discusses how Porter’s Five Forces Analysis is an important tool for assessing the potential for profitability in an industry. As an example, Mr. Porter applied these five forces to the airline industry. Think of another industry where profitability is low. In an initial post of at least 250 words, apply the five forces to your chosen industry and demonstrate how those forces can lower profitability. 

Assignment C:

 

Mission Statements

Prior to completing this assignment, review Chapter 2, section 2.1 in your Constellation textbook and read the article Answer 4 Questions to Get a Great Mission Statement (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Hull, 2013), being sure to review this Fortune 500 Mission Statements (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.Now, turning to the company you selected, research and find the company’s mission statement. Then,

  • State how the mission statement provides guidance for the company’s organizational activities.
  • Evaluate the company’s mission statement per each of the four questions posed in the Hull article as well as your assigned readings for the week.
  • Rate the company according to the 5 star rating system used in the Fortune 500 list, stating how many stars would you rate the mission statement. Explain your rationale.
  • Rewrite the mission statement so that it better addresses the four questions and forms a complete mission statement.

Hello, everyone.

I need some assistance with these assignments. Plagiarism and grammar will be checked.

Thanks 🙂 

HR Application: Leadership and Ethical Practice

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HR Application

A government organization has two interns serving limited terms of one year each, and the internship periods are coming to an end. The organization now has one open permanent position. Organizational guidelines do not require the position to be announced. Both interns are qualified, and one of them could be selected with limited outside competition. The interns have performed at equal levels while assigned to sections in compensation and benefits and training and development. Both interns have applied for the open position on the recruiting team. The responsible in-house HR professional has determined that both have passed the needed qualifications to become candidates. The director of HR has shown some preference in terms of giving special assignments and short-term, individual opportunities to one of the interns. During these absences, the other intern has been split between HR sections to perform both sets of duties. In doing so, he has become highly proficient with the tasks of a specific area of training and development, as well as his assigned work in compensation and benefits. This occurred at the same time that the other intern was observing upper-level meetings and accompanying the director of HR to other events.
As the human capital development HR professional who leads a small cell of other HR professionals, you are now serving on the selection panel for the recruiting position to which both interns have applied. The director of HR is not on the panel, but the recruiting chief and a member of the employee relations staff are. During the interviews, the recruiting chief tells you that she feels both candidates are good but that the director has a personal interest in the intern he mentored. While conducting the interviews, it became evident to you that the intern who was left to do the work has a much stronger grasp of the organization’s mission. He also knows how to do the work he was assigned and has developed the knowledge and skills of the other intern when he filled in for her. Your vote would be for that intern and not the one favored by the director of HR. The employee relations staff member agrees with you but said he could be swayed because the other intern was favored by the director of HR.

Using this HR application, draw on your knowledge and experience to respond to the following:

  • What would you do in this situation?
  • What is the most important consideration?
  • What might the panel expect in terms of reactions for each candidate by the director of HR?
  • How might the actions of the selection panel affect the perspectives of other organizational employees?

Your initial post should be succinct, have at least 150 words, and demonstrate clarity of thought and precision in writing.

English Composition Discussion

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Respond to peer main posts with replies of 100-150 words each.In two paragraphs,

  1. Respond to the peer research process and the tip or fact that was described from the reading. Comment on your experience in the area or methodologies of research the peer posted.
  2. Evaluate the peer search terms. Are they specific enough?  What results do you expect the search terms to yield? Suggest at least two additional search terms or refinements for those terms already listed and explain why these additions may be useful.

Odalys Rivera,

   FIRST

      What I have learned and have implemented in a research paper in the past is freewriting. As mentioned by (Bullock, 2019, p. 482) “Freewriting, listing, clustering, and looping are all good ways of tapping your knowledge of your topic.”  Freewriting helps to bundle all your ideas into an unorganized way that can be looked at and later analyzed to take from it. For example, I would brainstorm but write every idea down, big, or small and take what I have written and highlight what can be taken as a good question or idea to begin your paper, almost like “organized chaos”.

SECOND

      For this course I have taken my first initial way of brainstorming and have taken it to the next level by asking research questions. A perfect way to start a research question, also mentioned (Bullock, 2019, p. 483) in this chapter are the simple “What? When? Where? Who? How? Why?” All of these can also be a way to come up with the questions needed for the beginnings of the research and forming your first draft.

THIRD

     Topic will be “what are the benifits in educating the parents and school age children in health and wellness? I will be pursuing the educating and management of a health and wellness class for adolescent children between the ages of 10-16. I have always been passionate about health and wellness, but more importantly I would love to encourage our younger generation to love children with exercises that are made to be fun Parents also taking educational classes that will have them understand the importance of physical exercise will also benefit the children long term.

SEARCH TERMS

Health and Fitness/Wellness – General benifits 

Quality of life – How it can improve the quality of life

Diabetes – Lack of phisical activity can cause health issues 

Mental Health – devoloping mental health 

Prevention – educating on how a healthy lifestyle can prevent adverse health risks 

References:

Bullock, R. & Goggin, M.D. (2019). The Norton Field Guide to Writing w/Readings + Digital Registration Card (5th ed.)