Discussion Question 1

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“The Nature of Crime.” Please respond to the following:

To reflect on . . .

  • There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.”
       ~ Ayn Rand
  • “We do not condemn it because it is a crime, but it is a crime because we condemn it.”
       ~ Émile Durkheim

Hello and welcome to Week 1! This week, as we reflect on what is the nature of crime, consider – how does a crime become a crime? Who decides? How do new crimes get created? And when culture and society change, how and when does a crime stop being a crime? As an example:

  • Think about new crimes that exist today that our founding fathers never dreamed of, and then consider crimes that were crimes back then (like having an ice cream soda, or shopping, on Sunday) – but are no longer – or crimes that are on the books today, but maybe should be removed. For example, think of some things that are illegal today that were not 100 years ago – like being able to purchase over-the-counter morphine. Or 13-year-old girls being able to get married without parental consent.
  • On the other side, has anyone heard of people being prosecuted for committing adultery recently? (Other than in the military. Wink ) It happened in NY just a few years ago in 2010:
    Woman Charged With Adultery to Challenge New York Law
    https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/woman-charged-adultery-challenge-york-law/story?id=10857437
  • And then there are laws that perhaps go to far – at least 13 states require sex offender registration for public urination, according to Human Rights Watch’s comprehensive review of sex offender laws in 2007.

So here is your challenge this week (this is what your post should be about): think about the key differences between criminal law and moral law, and how laws have changed over the last 200 or so years in the US. From the e-Activities: the Supplemental Resources, or other on-line research, here is where your research comes into play – provide one (1) specific example where the criminal law system legislated (or is legislating) conduct or morality. Discuss how or why that law was passed or is being considered for passage.

In your reply responses to another student, consider Durkheim’s words, “We do not condemn it because it is a crime, but it is a crime because we condemn it.” Regarding the law your fellow student has presented, was it necessary or good for society at that point in time that the law was passed? Was it ever overturned? If not, should it be?

  • Note: an exemplary score will include an original post of at least 150 words, with a well-written response to one or more other students. Full citations are not required in the discussions – the case name, book title or website link is sufficient.

BPC110

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Part 1 – Microsoft Word

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Scenario

You belong to a neighborhood group that meets monthly for informational talks. You are in charge of the upcoming talk and your topic is recycling. You may live in an area that has a recycling bin that gets emptied on a weekly basis, but your informational talk will focus on recycling centers near you. You are tasked with reporting to your neighbors where to recycle hazardous waste, electronics, and appliances that will not fit in or are not appropriate for the bins. You will need to make a handout in a Word document for your neighbors to take with them.

Research

Research what hazardous waste is and why it should be recycled properly. Do the same for electronics and appliances, noting your sources along the way.

  1. Using the Internet, find three recycling centers near your neighborhood. Among these three there should be options for recycling hazardous waste, electronics, and appliances; a single recycling center may not accept all three of these, but make sure between the three recycling centers that these needs are met. You will make note of what recyclables they accept, their locations, and their phone numbers for a table you will create. Keep track of the sources of this information for your reference page.
  2. Locate photos or images of each of the three types of recycling: hazardous waste, electronics, and appliances; making sure to note the sources of each photo or image.
  3. Using the information from your research, write an introductory paragraph, a one-paragraph summary for each of the three types of recycling, and a conclusion paragraph, for a total of five paragraphs. You will use these paragraphs in the document you create below.

Word Document

Use Word to create a helpful and professional-looking document for your neighborhood group.

  1. Create a new blank Word document. Do not use a template.
  2. Save the document with the filename Recycling_MEID.docx. Replace “MEID” with your actual MEID.

Document Editing

  1. Use the new document you created to complete the following:
    1. Choose a theme other than the Office default. Change the theme colors and the theme fonts from the Office default.
    2. Give your handout an appropriate title using WordArt and center the title at the top of the page.
    3. Create a border around the title and apply a fill color of your choice. Make sure you can still easily read the text.
    4. Give your handout a subtitle using your name. The subtitle should be centered under the title and have an appropriate style applied.
    5. Insert your five paragraphs (introduction, hazardous waste recycling, electronics recycling, appliance recycling, and conclusion) from your research. Be sure to insert APA-style in-text citations to credit the sources of your information and include entries in your References section at the end of your handout.
    6. Format your report using single line-spacing for your five paragraphs, and 1-inch left and right margins.
  2. Use the following features to make your report eye-catching:
    1. Insert a heading for each of the five paragraphs and apply an appropriate style to the headings.
    2. Insert a picture of each of the three types of recycling within the corresponding text of your handout. Resize each image to an appropriate size and apply text wrapping to ensure the picture remains with the corresponding paragraph. Make sure to add a caption to each image and include entries in your References section at the end of your handout.
    3. Apply a picture style to each image.
  3. Before your conclusion paragraph, insert a 4×4 table to give the details of the three recycling centers for your neighbors’ handy reference. Your first row should contain the column headings of the Name of the Recycling Center, Address, Phone Number, and What Recyclables they Accept. (Although you must list if they accept hazardous waste, electronics, and/or appliances, you may choose to list other items they also accept.) In the Accepted Recyclables column, bold the text that identifies hazardous waste, electronics, and appliances recyclables. Apply a Table Style other than the Office default.
  4. Your conclusion paragraph can be a summary of your information or a call-to-action for your neighbors to properly recycle.
  5. Insert a Watermark indicating that your handout is a Draft.
  6. Check spelling and grammar.
  7. Insert a three-column Footer with your name, MEID, and course/section number.
  8. You must cite the resources used for the content of your handout in proper APA style. Additional information concerning APA style can be found in the Grading Matrix for Essays. Be sure that your handout includes the following items:
    1. In-text citations within the body of your handout to document the sources for all content and to connect each source to its corresponding reference.
    2. Captions under each photo or image.
    3. A References section in APA format on a separate page at the end of your handout.

Save and close the Recycling_MEID.docx document.

Part 2 – Microsoft PowerPoint

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Scenario

Your local library is hosting a technology night and they have asked you to create a brief overview of three different cellphones from three different cellular service providers. Your job is not to sway your audience, but to provide a small amount of information.

Research

  1. Using the Internet, search the sites of three different cellular providers and/or manufacturers to find information on new cellphones. For each of the three cellphones you will need to find information on who manufactures the cellphone, what the model is, how much memory it has, what operating system it runs on, and what colors are available. You will also need to find out which cellular provider you will purchase it from and how much it will cost. You will select a different manufacturer and model at each cellular provider’s site, so you end up with three different models of cellphone and three different providers.
  2. Locate a photo or image of each cellphone, making sure to note the source.

PowerPoint Presentation

  1. Create a new blank PowerPoint presentation.
  2. Save the presentation with the filename CellphoneComparison_MEID.pptx. Replace “MEID” with your actual MEID.

Presentation Editing

  1. Apply an appropriate theme to the presentation other than the Office default.
  2. On the first slide, enter an appropriate title and use your name as the subtitle. Use an appropriate slide layout for the slide.
  3. Create three additional slides with appropriate slide layouts to highlight the information you collected during your research:
    1. For the titles of these slides, include the manufacturer and model of the cellphone (e.g., Samsung Tracfone).
    2. Information you provide in the bullets should include the cellular provider, price, memory, operating system, and colors available. Use a bullet style other than the default.
    3. Insert a picture or image of the cellphone. Resize each image to an appropriate size. Make sure to add a caption to each image and include entries in your References section on the last slide of your presentation.
  4. Insert a new slide with an appropriate slide layout and insert a table that includes all of the information from the three previous slides. Give this slide an appropriate title.
  5. Insert a new slide with an appropriate slide layout to add a list of References in APA style for each of the images and the sources of information from your research.
  6. Apply a transition between all slides. Use timings to advance the slides.
  7. Apply an entrance animation to the images on each slide. Select an appropriate timing “Start” option.
  8. In the Notes pane of each slide, identify the slide layout you used.
  9. In the Notes Master View:
    1. Add your name and MEID to the header of the presentation.
    2. Add your Course and Section Number to the footer of the presentation.
  10. Use the options in the Set Up Slide Show dialog box on the Slide Show tab so that the presentation runs continuously on the Library kiosk.
  11. You should have a total of six slides.

Save and close the CellphoneComparison_MEID.pptx presentation.

Submit Your Assignment

After completing both sections of the project, submit your Word and PowerPoint files following the instructions in the lesson.

Advanced Air Quality Control

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As a continuation of our course project due in Unit VII (A Permit by Rule (PBR) Evaluation for Painting Operation Facility), complete the next section—Operational Air Emission Rates—of your proposal by following the instructions carefully, and then submit your continued draft of your evaluation document into Blackboard for grading. 

  1. Closely read the required reading assignment from the textbook as well as the unit lesson in the study guide. 
  2. Open your proposal draft from Unit III, and make any improvements to your draft using your professor’s feedback from the Unit III Mini Project. 
  3. Open the Unit IV Study Guide, read the Unit IV Lesson, and then review the calculations demonstrated and explained regarding the operational air emission rates, 5-hour average period, and potential to emit (PTE) statistical model calculations for our scenario. Be sure to use the scenario data instead of the data used in the study guide examples.
  4. Make your Unit IV work the third level 1 heading, titled “Operational Air Emission Rates.” Describe the environmental, health, and safety (EHS) implications of VOCs in the work system while pulling from the textbook as well as any other relevant sources that are presented in the unit lesson in the study guide. In your description of the EHS implications of the system, be sure to discuss the natural and anthropomorphic variables causally related to adverse health effects on humans. Perform and present (not hand-written, but neatly typed) the calculations for the following in this section of your project: (a) calculating maximum hourly and annual emission rates, (b) reporting the emission rate averaged over a five-hour average period compared to the DEQ permit limits, and (c) reporting the potential to emit compared to the DEQ permit limits. 
  5. In your abstract section (page 2 of the document), write one or two sentences that reflect your work for this unit. Remember that we are adding one sentence per unit to reflect our work as we go, with the final abstract length being about 8 to 10 sentences long. 

Your narrative and calculations for operational air emission rates must be presented in at least 200 words (minimum). You are required to use at least one outside source, which may be your textbook. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying APA citations.

STUDY GUIDE FOR PE 131

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  i need short short answer 

1. What kinds of foods provide fiber in the diet and what does fiber help with?

2. What are the different kinds of fats and some properties of them?

3. Why do we need water in our diet?

4. How is obesity defined?

5. What is the most prevalent underlying source of death in the United States?

6. What happens when a person goes on a very low calorie diet?

7. How many calories do one pound of fat represent?

8. What are the daily-suggested lower limits of calorie consumption for both men and women?

9. What happens when you exercise at a low-intensity rate as compared to a high intensity rate as far as types of calories burned?

10. What causes blood cholesterol to be raised?

11. How many calories does a gram of fat, protein or carbohydrate contain?

12. What are some risk factors for coronary heart disease?

13.  How does cancer start in the body?

14.  How many minutes of daily activity are required to prevent weight gain and to maintain substantial weight loss?

15. What kind of results can be expected when a person exercises and exhibits good lifestyle choices?

16. What mechanism seems to regulate how much a person weighs?

17. What are some results of sleep deprivation?

18. What are the different types of stresses?

19. What causes the stress response to occur?

20. What is the purpose of the “stress response” and what are some of the manifestations it has been turned on?

21. Are certain types of individuals at a greater risk of disease related to stress?

22. What are some good techniques to deal with stress?

Skill Evaluation

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For this assignment we will use YouTube.com to practice your evaluation skills. Go to YouTube.com and choose a video based on American football. The video should have the coach giving instruction and athletes performing that instruction. It would be ideal to choose a video based upon a position that you have coached or are interested in coaching. For example, if you have experience coaching the secondary you should choose a video on defensive backs or drills that will work to improve defensive back play.

After giving a review of the drill or coaching instruction, evaluate the athlete’s performance of that instruction. Answer the following questions in your review: Was the instruction technical or tactical? (Please provide specific examples). What specifically did the athletes do well? What specifically could the athletes have improved upon?

Develop a two page review/evaluation of the video you choose. Make sure to include at least two aspects of evaluation from this week’s learning. You can talk about strength, speed, agility, power, and flexibility as points from the book. Finally, please make sure to include the URL or web address of the drill you are analyzing.

This essay must be double-spaced and approximately two pages in length. Please cite all references used to develop your essay. Need help with APA format? 

Effective Questioning Strategies

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In order to engage students in mathematics instruction, teachers use a variety of questioning strategies. It is crucial to have a variety of questioning strategies along with solutions to potential roadblocks that can occur during instruction.

Part 1: Questioning Strategies Template

For this assignment, select a K-8 grade level and a state standard in the area of algebra, and develop aligned learning objectives. Examine a variety of questioning strategies that foster innovation and problem solving in order to complete the “Math Questioning Strategies” template. The questions you create should connect concepts, procedures, and applications from algebra, activating prior knowledge for the lesson, and encourage exploration and problem solving.

The “Math Questioning Strategies” template includes:

  • Math standard in the area of algebra, grade level, and learning objectives.
  • Five probing questions that are directly aligned to the math standard and are used as pre-assessment and formative assessment questions.

Part 2: Reflection

In 250-500 words, provide a reflection that explains how using questioning strategies builds on prior instructional sessions, encourages student content exploration, and develops problem solving strategies. How are questioning strategies used as a guide to determine appropriateness of instructional resources and curriculum materials in order to adapt instruction?

Support your reflection with at least two scholarly resources.

Employment Law UIII

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Unit III Journal

Discuss the Hardison case outlined in the textbook, pp. 211-213, and include whether you agree or disgree with the court’s ruling in this case. Describe reasonable accommodations. Support your decision, and discuss the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines.

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

Unit III PowerPoint Presentation

Instructions

Create a PowerPoint presentation that you might deliver to administration on the following topic: 

Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment 

In the presentation, you need to explain federally prohibited gender discrimination, sexual harassment in the workplace, and the role of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Also, discuss affirmative action plans your company may institute. The purpose of the presentation is to educate administration on prevention and detection of workplace discrimination. Provide a transcript of what you might say for each slide in the notes section. 

The PowerPoint should have at least 10 slides, not including a title slide with the title and your name and a reference slide(s) with five to seven references (citing at least two from the CSU Online Library). It should follow APA style for citing and referencing. 

See the CSU Writing Center’s tutorial linked below regarding PowerPoint Best Practices for assistance. 

PowerPoint Best Practices

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Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 500–700 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas:

You will be attending an upcoming psychological conference on psychology and mass media. While packing for the conference, you are struck by a particular advertisement you see on television. You have seen this same product advertised in magazines, on the radio, on billboards, and on the Internet. This commercial has you thinking more about the interplay between psychology and mass media. You decide to analyze the advertising campaign and use it as an example during the conference. 

Using a psychosocial perspective and media research, you will analyze a product campaign to fully demonstrate your understanding of the effects and impacts of propaganda, social influence, persuasion, and attitude changes on society. You will also examine how your own behaviors are influenced by popular media and mass communication.

Select a company that is currently promoting one of its products and has an extensive advertising campaign running at this time. 

  • Discuss the emotions that the company is using in its ads. 
  • How does the company use emotions to get the consumer to want to buy the product? 
  • How does the company try to persuade the consumer to buy the product? Is there a specific audience (e.g., parents, men, women, age groups, race) that the company is looking to persuade? 
  • Do you think that the company is using a specific stereotype when advertising its product(s)?

Genetic disorders Presentation

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For this assignment, you will research a genetic disorder and create a presentation about the disorder. Choose from one of the following disorders:

  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Down syndrome
  • Hemophilia
  • Turner syndrome
  • Tay-Sachs disease
  • Huntington’s Disease
  • Marfan syndrome
  • Sickle Cell Disease
  • Neurofibromatosis

In your presentation, after you identify and briefly describe the disorder, you should address the following topics:

  • What causes this disorder
  • The genes/chromosomes that are involved
  • Is the disorder inherited?
  • Role of dominant or recessive genes
  • Any influence from the environment? (Address if/how nature vs. nurture applies to this disorder)
  • Is this diagnosed in utero? How? 
  • How the disorder affects prenatal development
  • How the disorder affects postnatal development

Please include slides for each of these bullet points. For example, even if there is no influence from the environment, you should still have a slide that explains that there is no influence from the environment. All of these bullet points need to be addressed in the presentation and clearly labeled at the top of each slide. (See the rubric below. Each criteria is worth up to 3 points, for a total of 18 possible points.)

Your presentation should be at least 10- to 15-slides in length, and should include pictures or diagrams. You are welcome to use PowerPoint, Prezi, or another presentation tool of your choice. Be sure to cite your sources, both for your written information and for any images. All sources must be cited using APA-formatted in-text citations, with a reference slide at the end. Some good sources of information include:

http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/disorders/whataregd/

http://www.genome.gov/10001204

http://www.ygyh.org/

When you are finished, submit your presentation here. After you have submitted it here, go to the Genetic Disorders Presentation Discussion and post your presentation, so that you can share it with the class. Read at least one other classmate’s presentation (on a disorder different from the one you researched), and respond to it. This discussion activity is worth an additional 2 points, for a total of 20 points possible for this assignment

400-800 words no plagiarism

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Company leaders need to keep a watchful eye on the economy and how micro- and macro-environments affect their business. Successful leaders are always a step ahead. They stay there by leading with data-driven decisions that allow their companies to anticipate and respond to challenges. In this module, you’ve learned how information is key in making decisions and solving problems; however, research and analytical skills are also needed to extract value from data. Information-gathering should align with research objectives. Qualitative and quantitative data alongside relevant and credible primary and secondary sources are fundamental ingredients for informing good judgement.

Prompt

In a report by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. economy contracted at an annual rate of 4.8% in the first quarter of this year. For this assignment, you will take on the role of an HR manager at an air transportation supply company. The company is currently struggling with a significant loss of revenue and considering operational costs. You have been asked to analyze employee performance over the last year and make sense of the data.

Using a summary (provided below) of the company’s employee salaries, bonuses, and performance data, address the following rubric criteria:

  • Interpretation: Discuss your interpretation of the data.
    • What questions emerge from your analysis of the data?
    • What story can they tell about the company’s employees?
  • Analysis: Explain how the provided data helps you understand your employees and how the company is using its financial resources. Identify potential gaps or issues in the data.
    • What is the quantitative and qualitative data telling you? Are there any underlying issues or perspectives?
    • What is the data not telling you?
    • What additional primary and secondary sources would help the company make a decision?
  • Conclusion and related outcomes: Describe how you have used data to determine a strategy. Use evidence to support your explanations.
    • What would your strategy be if you were asked to recommend a 10% reduction in the budget?
    • How would you synthesize and defend your decision process?