History interview

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The Deadline Is Today 2:00 Pm (Wednesday 28-04-2021) !

  1. Interview an elderly family member or friend about a major historical event, organization, or issue (For 2020 courses this may be Civil Rights Movement, Women’s Movement, Vietnam War, Labor Unions/workers rights, the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl). The event must be related to American History and within the scope of our class.
  2. Craft a list of questions beforehand to help guide you.
  3. The goal is to ask your interviewee what they know about a past event or issue, where they got that information (personal experience? News outlet? Word of mouth? Family history?), what was their experience? Or are they recalling stories past down through generations?
  4. This can be freeform or organic, but the guiding questions may help you frame out what you want to be sure to ask. 
  5. Report: write three pages—In paragraph form, report on: what did they say? Can you verify their memories with the textbook? Do their memories uphold or contradict what you’ve learned or read in class? How can you account for any discrepancies, if they exist? What types of personal factors shape what people believe to be true about the past and their experiences? (For example, race, class, gender, economic status, geographic location or residence, sexual orientation). Where did they learn what they know about the past? (For example, if you interview your grandmother about the 1960s and the Vietnam War, where did she get her information from—Television? Newspapers? Friends who may have served in Vietnam?). 

Format: Your report should be double-spaced, 12 point font, times new roman, 1 inch margins. Reports submitted in any other format will result in a 5 point deduction. There will be a 10 point deduction for reports that do not meet the page requirement. Reports that list out questions and corresponding answers will receive no higher than a 75 on this project. 

NO REFERENCES IS REQUAIRED 

Education and Income Inequality

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Education and Income Inequality

[WLO: 3] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Prior to beginning work on the Final Paper, read Steven Strauss’ article, The Connection Between Education, Income Inequality, and Unemployment (Links to an external site.). In your Final Paper, you should address the following based on the information presented in the article and other research:

  • Describe how a country can measure its income inequality.
  • Evaluate the effect of income inequality on the U.S. economy, such as unemployment, economic growth, and other economic factors.
  • Estimate the gap between those who hold bachelor’s and higher (master or doctoral) degrees and those who do not.
  • Explain reasons why the inequality gap between educated and less-educated workers has been widening.
  • Evaluate whether increasing opportunities for higher education can reduce income inequality.
  • Analyze what else causes U.S. income inequality to widen.
  • Recommend how to reduce educationally based income inequality or other factors if you were a federal policy maker.

The Education and Income Inequality Final Paper

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

nurs6051- week9 discussion reply1

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Systems Development Life Cycle provides a standard project management framework to improve the quality of information systems. SDLC consists of these phases, “planning/analysis, design, implementation, and testing phase’’ (Glancey et al., 1990). Nurses play an important role in the utilization of health information technology systems in healthcare. Not involving nurses in each stage of SDLC when purchasing and implementing a new health information technology system can result in them losing trust in the organization and cause them to feel as if they are not important to the development of the organization. The planning/analysis stage begins with a simple process to determine what is needed for the system. Issues that may arise include not knowing the most important issues to address. Having nurses at this stage of the SDLC is helpful because their input guarantees that the right issues are addressed with this new system.  

During the design phase,” developers and technical architects start the high level of design of the software and system to be able to deliver each requirement’’ (Ghahrai, 2018). Issues that can arise at this stage will be putting together a model that is not effective for the institution. Due to the fact that nurses work with EMRs majority of the time, including them in this stage will ensure that whatever model is created will be useful for the facility. The final stage will be implementation and testing. During this phase, the new system will be introduced into the clinical system. Issues that arise at this stage is properly assembling and educating the staff on the new system. Nurses can help address these issues because they can be included with the team of people to educate the staff. If they have been involved throughout the SDLC process, it will be easy to utilize their knowledge. “They would already have experience with it in a hands on environment before the new product and committing to it on a full time basis’’ (McMurtrey, 2013). I did not have any input in the selection and planning of new health information technology systems at my healthcare organization.  Being included in this process would have allowed me to advise the leadership on which designs to utilize due to the fact that I had used the system at my previous institution. Incorporation nurses in these processes allows for smoother transitions with the introduction of new software into institutions.

me2.. for real

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 The project in this module follows proper design guidelines and uses Excel to create the worksheet shown in Figure 2 – 1. Every two weeks, the owners of Olivia’s Art Supply create a salary report by hand, where they keep track of employee payroll data. Before paying employees, the owners must summarize the hours worked, pay rate, and tax information for each employee to ensure that the business properly compensates its employees. This report also includes the following information for each employee: name, email address, number of dependents, hours worked, hourly pay rate, tax information, net pay, and hire date. As the complexity of creating the salary report increases, the owners want to use Excel to make the process easier 

LAb1  Perform the following tasks: 1. Enter and format the worksheet title Aylin Insurance and worksheet subtitle Premium Analysis in cells A1 and A2. Change the theme of the worksheet to the Berlin theme. Apply the Title cell style to cells A1 and A2. Change the font size in cell A1 to 26 points, and change the font size in cell A2 to 18 points. Merge and center the worksheet title and subtitle across columns A through E. Draw a thick outside border around the range A1:A2. 2. Change the width of column A to 20.00 points. Change the widths of columns B through E to 14.00 points. Change the heights of row 3 to 36.00 points and row 14 to 25.50 points. 

Module 4 SLP-THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE DELIVERY

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Another challenge affecting health care delivery is the growing shortage of health care personnel. Quality, a major concern of health care, is directly impacted by understaffing. For your Module 4 SLP, conduct research on the need for health care personnel in your state, city/town, or a location that you are familiar with. Based on your research, compose a 2-page memorandum to your local/state representative identifying your findings. In your memorandum, include the following:

  • Detailed statistics on the shortage of health care personnel in your selected geographical area.
  • Comparative statistics to the national shortage of health care personnel.
  • Explain how health care personnel shortage is affecting health care delivery currently and within the next 10 years.

You may use the following source to review a sample memorandum:

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/professional_technical_writing/memos/sample_memo.html

SLP Assignment Expectations

  1. Conduct additional research to gather sufficient information to justify/support your memorandum.
  2. Limit your response to a maximum of 2 pages, not including the title or reference page.
  3. Support your report with peer-reviewed articles, with at least 3 references. Use the following link for additional information on how to recognize peer-reviewed journals. Angelo State University Library (n.d.) Library guide: How to recognize peer reviewed (refereed journals). Retrieved from: Link:https://www.angelo.edu/services/library/handouts/peerrev.php
  4. You may use the following source to assist in formatting your assignment. Purdue Online Writing Lab. (n.d.). General APA guidelines. Retrieved from: Link:https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/.
  5. For additional information on reliability of sources review the following source. Georgetown University Library (n.d.) Evaluating internet resources. Retrieved from https://www.library.georgetown.edu/tutorials/research-guides/evaluating-internet-content

Apply: Securities and International Regulatory Agencies

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Read the following scenario:

You are the CEO of Bonner, a U.S.-based farm equipment corporation. Bonner recently announced the release of an innovative new tractor with technology based on a patented invention developed by Bonner’s engineers. Bonner’s vice president, who is aware of the upcoming product offering, bought 100,000 shares of Bonner stock prior to the announcement. You found out about the vice president’s stock purchase on the day of the announcement.

One week after the announcement, Bonner received a letter from a German farm equipment corporation, accusing Bonner of patent infringement based on the new tractor’s technology. 

Bonner’s board of directors asked you to assess the vice president’s liability for the stock purchase and the company’s options for resolving the German corporation’s patent infringement claim.

Prepare an infographic for the board (e.g., Piktochart®, Publisher, Glogster®, Microsoft® PowerPoint®, etc.) in which you discuss the following:

  • Compare the resolution of the patent dispute in a U.S. court with the resolution of the dispute using the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) dispute resolution program. Search the internet to review WIPO’s dispute resolution program. (Information about WIPO’s dispute resolution program may be located on their website by searching the Internet for WIPO).
  • Assess the liability of Bonner’s vice president for purchasing the corporation’s stock prior to the announcement of the new tractor. 
  • Assess whether Bonner has any legal or ethical duties to disclose the stock purchase, and if so, to whom?
  • Discuss risk management procedures Bonner can adopt to avoid or reduce situations like these from happening in the future.

Create a 350- to 525-word letter in response to the German farm equipment company in which you:

  • Explain why Bonner is the owner of the invention
  • Discuss the intellectual property rights owned by Bonner in the invention
  • Suggest a method of dispute resolution (e.g., arbitration, mediation, litigation, WIPO dispute resolution), why that method would be desirable for resolving the dispute, and how and where the dispute resolution should be held (United States, foreign country, online, etc.). 

Cite a minimum of two references.

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines. 

intro to sql data

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  • Exercise 1: HistogramExercise 1 in the text: You may use any spreadsheet program. Submit a Word document with a screenshot from your computer showing the histogram. Comment your images with  a sentence or so of description in your  own words  of what you are doing.   Please make sure that your images are large enough and high  enough resolution for the reader to see the text in your queries and the results. 
  • AssignmentExecise 2: Calculating QuartilesExercise 2 from the text: Use any spreadsheet program. Submit a Word document showing a screen shot from your computer with the quartiles underlined or highlighted.  Comment your images with a sentence or so of description in your own words of what you are doing.  Please make sure that your images are large enough and high enough resolution for the reader to see the text in your queries and the results. 
  • AssignmentExercise 3: Central TendencyExercise 3: Use any spreadsheet program. Submit a Word document with a screen shot from your computer showing the highlighted median.  Comment your images with a sentence or so of description in your own words of what you are doing.  Please make sure that your images are large enough and high enough resolution for the reader to see the text in your queries and the results. 
  • AssignmentExercise 4: DispersionExercise 4: Use any spreadsheet program. Using the data provided in the text, submit a Word document with a screen shot from your computer highlighting the range, standard deviation, IQR, and outliers of Add-on Sales.  Comment your images so the viewer knows what you are doing.  Please make sure that your images are large enough and high enough resolution for the reader to see the text in your queries and the results.
  • AssignmentExercise 5: Pearson CorrelationExercise 5: Use any spreadsheet program. Using the data provided in the text, create a scatter plot and calculate the Pearson Correlation Coefficient. Comment your images with  a sentence or so of description in your  own words  of what you are doing.   Please make sure that your images are large enough and high  enough resolution for the reader to see the text in your queries and the results. 
  • AssignmentActivity 2: Exploring Sales DataThere is no activity 1.Activity 2: Use the attached dealerships.csv file and any spreadsheet program. Submit a Word document with a screen shot from your computer of your solutions to questions 2 – 7 in the text. Highlight your results.  Comment your images with a sentence or so of description in your own words of what you are doing.  Please make sure that your images are large enough and high enough resolution for the reader to see the text in your queries and the results.  dealerships.csv

Course Project – Collaboration for Effective Implementation of School-wide Support Systems

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Title Page

Part 1: District-wide Professional Development Presentation

Create a 12- to 15-slide multimedia presentation introducing an RtI or PBIS that you can implement in the future to an elementary or secondary school staff. Design your presentation to meet the needs of your current district or community. Include the following:

  • Overview of identified model
  • Identification of each tier including the process of moving between each tier
  • Three examples of interventions that could be implemented at each level
  • Use of checklists or illustrations to describe the process
  • Explanation of the role of special education within the model selected
  • Importance of collaboration in the RtI or PBIS process

Part II: Resource Guide for Teachers

Create a Resource Guide for Teachers (depending on your choice for Part I), with at least 10 resources that provide information regarding the RtI or PBIS process you chose, to be distributed during your presentation. Concisely explain how each resource may be used to support students with diverse learning needs.

Part III: Collaboration

Write a 4- to 5-page reflection addressing the following topics:

  • Explain the role of collaboration in the implementation of MTSS across levels (i.e., school, district, state). Discuss two strategies for effective collaboration and at least one additional strategy that discusses culturally responsive practices.
  • Describe at least two strategies to collaborate and involve parents/guardians with regards to MTSS. Analyze the impacts on student learning when parents/guardians are partners with educators, citing evidence from the course readings.
  • Analyze the role of leadership in guiding collaborative implementation of MTSS across tiers in a school. Provide two or three examples, with descriptions, to support your analysis.
  • Examine the relationship between conflict, collaboration, and consensus. Provide at least two strategies for collaborative problem solving when conflict arises.

Your final document for this Course Project must include the following:

  • Title page
  • Part I: 12- to 15-slide multimedia presentation
  • Part II: 2- to 3-page Resource Guide
  • Part III: 4- to 5-page paper
  • Reference page

Informative speech. 2 mins.

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Topic:   

Students are to present an informative speech on a current, controversial topic of state, regional, national, or international importance.  The topic should be one about which the class needs to be informed.  The speech should present a balanced (i.e., unbiased) presentation of both sides of the topic. 

Length:  

5-6 minutes (30 seconds grace period – under or overtime)
If you are severely over or under the time limit (one minute or more), your speech grade will be penalized.

Required Materials:  

A complete preparation outline, visual aid, and bibliography are required.

  • Outline:  Use Mrs. Miller’s Preferred Outline
    • Be sure that you support each point that you make with evidence and reasoning. If you need to jog your memory, please refer to the previous chapters we have studied. Do not include your bibliography on your outline. It is a separate assignment.
  • Visual Aid:  Click here to see specifics regarding Visual Aids. This will be a PowerPoint presentation delivered during the speech.
  • Bibliography:  A bibliography of sources (in proper APA style bibliographic form) used in the speech must accompany this speech.  Click here to learn how to cite sources in APA style.  Types of sources are books, periodicals, interviews, websites, and so forth. 
  • For a grade of “A,” at least eight (8) sources should support your speech. Be sure to use different supporting material types (online periodical, books, pamphlets, interviews, credible websites, and so forth).  The supporting material (sources) should be indicated and highlighted out to the side of where you used them on the outline submitted to the instructor (example: CNN.com, childabuse.org, and so forth). You will also indicate your complete bibliographic citation on a separate bibliography assignment.

Presentation:  

Speak in extemporaneous mode.  You should have note cards to use to jog your memory.

Do not forget to cite your sources in your speech presentation. For instance, “According to CNN news online,” or “These statistics came from USA today online.” You need to include this information in your speech as you deliver it. I even ask that you write it into your outline in parentheses (highlighting it in yellow) so you know where the information was found. [Example: B. Types of Skin Cancer (WebMD.com)]

Construct a makeshift podium/lectern by using a table, bookcase, or clothes basket with a sheet over it.

Wear Professional Dress

The other students delivering speeches, along with your instructor, will serve as your audience

Specifics about Your Visual Aids:

  • There is information about your PowerPoint Visual Aid (VA) that is due for your Informative and Persuasive Speeches in Chapter 11.
  • You will need a minimum of three PowerPoint slides for each of your Informative and Persuasive Speeches.
  • Eight slides are the maximum for your VA.
  • Be sure you have a blank slide at the beginning and end of your speech.
  • You will only show your slide when you are referring to it in your speech presentation.

BMAL 500 DB 3 Replies

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Replies: Provide 2 thoughtful replies to the threads of classmates. Each reply must include an analysis of your classmates’ threads, based on any experience from your own professional career (if applicable) that might be relevant. All replies must be 200–250 words. Also, be sure to integrate the required reading in a logical and relevant manner.

You must cite:

  • The textbook or at      least 1 peer-reviewed journal article;
  • 1 passage of      Scripture; and
  • The audio lesson      presentation.

Submit your thread by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Wednesday of the assigned module/week, and submit your replies by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of the same module/week.

Being a Powerful Leader

Edgar Luna Ogando

BMAL 500

Trough out the years I have had great leaders; some of them were not natural born leaders but they learned, through many years of experience, technical and tactical schools that helped them to understand how to take care of Soldiers in combat or garrison, they were able to influence me to accomplish any mission by either rewarding me with free time or positive feedback. They were extremely intelligent and humble. They had a lot of consideration for the individual Soldiers and the team; most of them believed that there is a God, that wants us to do the right thing by helping others and be humble. While deployed you get in this mind set of not respecting the way of life of the natives in our area of operation. These good leaders always are calm, collective and emotionally stable; always talking how great is God and the benefit of always having him in your heart “Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith” (Hebrews 13:7). I also had these natural born leaders, these ones had this incredible charismatic power that at times was overwhelming because they knew Soldiers wanted to be led by them. Some of them were border line narcissist and Machiavellian. When I was a younger Soldier and trusted these aggressive, effective leaders, who promised to bring me back from war, for example: in Iraq we took multiple strong holds of enemy insurgency with extreme arrogance and lack of respect. 

When I analyze in my experience, the results form one natural leader to the non-natural were very similar. The main difference is that some of the best leaders were more spiritual orientated than the others.

In Kinicki and Fugate (Ch 13.3 p,513). It is a fact, that effective leaders behave in similar ways. The most successful leaders in my organization are the ones who are able to establish systems and run them efficiently, and once he or she leaves the unit does not collapse; for example: once I finished my time as a troop commander my last evaluation criteria was based on how my successor was able to run my troop for his first 45 to 60 days, this period of time showed to my superiors how well my systems were able to maintain and be able to merge with the new commander systems. This system that my commander established in our Brigade gave a better understanding across the formation on how to take care of your peers and for consequence the organization. 

   I was in some way surprised by the similarities of the Organizational Behavior view from Kinicki and Fugate and Field Manual 6-22 Leader Development (June,2015) on Leadership. Kinicki and Fugate describe Leadership as “a process whereby an individual influence a group of individuals to achieve a common goal”. The Army definition of leadership “is the process of influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation to accomplish the mission and improve the organization”. This shows how the military is incorporating good organizational behavior techniques not just on leadership lessons, but also in a general operational view. “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves” (Philippians 2:3).

References:

· Kinicki, A., & Fugate, M. (2018). Organizational behavior 

· Liberty University, BMAL 500, Presentation: Lesson 6- Leadership & Lesson 7- Power, Conflict & Negotiation  

· Field Manual 6-22, (2015). Leader Development

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· “Decision making entails identifying and choosing from among alternate solutions that lead to a desire state of affairs.”(p.423, A.Kinicki, M.Fugate) Decision making is broken down into four rational stages. Stage one, identifying the problem or opportunity; It is extremely important to determine the difference between what is logical than what is to be desired. stage two, generate alternative solutions; be creative and think outside of the box. It is important to come up with many different ideas on how things should be done to create a positive and satisfactory work environment. Stage three, evaluate alternative and select a solution; ask these questions, is the solution Feasible? is it ethical? and will it solve the problem? Lastly, implement and evaluate the solutions chosen;  Once a decision has been made stakeholders must evaluate to make sure the decision will be effective in solving the problem. (p.425, A.Kinicki, M.Fugate)

· “Evidence based decision making is the process of conscientiously using the best available data and evidence when making managerial decisions.”(p. 435, A. Kinicki, M.Fugate) From my personal experiences; I am a High School lacrosse coach, although my job does not require me to be in a cooperate office i still meet with my fellow coaching staff and individually research and examine statistics. That of opposing players for scouting purposes and also of my own players to pinpoint weaknesses so we know what improvements need to be made in order to better our team.

 

· “Value Orientation is the extent to which and individual focuses on either task and technique concerns or people and social concerns when making decisions.” (p. 439, A.Kinicki, M.Fugate). I find this to be an issue amongst other coaches. Value oriented people only really see the big picture and the issues that picture may have. They do not see the issues in the detail that it took to make the big picture. “Value oriented people are very task-focused at work and do not pay much attention to people issues.” (p.439, A.Kinicki, M. Fugate) When coaching a successful team you must be able to fix each player individually and point out what it is they could work on to improve their overall game because once every player understands their strengths and weaknesses, they are able to gel better together which is what creates a successful program.

 

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