Day: August 29, 2020

article of writer choice

August 29, 2020 Leave a comment English and Literature, MLA

The purpose of this exercise is to practice a tool for overcoming writer’s block and developing ideas for essays.

Here are the details:

1. Find a magazine article that sparks a reaction in you. This reaction can be agreement, disagreement, anger, fear, happiness, etc. Any reaction is fine. Your reaction might be the notion that you want to respond or say something to the author of the article.

It does not matter what magazine you choose. It can be any magazine. It can be in print, or it can be online. It also does not matter if the article is recent or old. The main thing is just that you react to the article. After finding the article, you will read it.

2. After reading the article, you will write this exercise. This exercise is made up of three parts.

A. First, you will write a paragraph where you give the title of the article, the name of the magazine it appears in and the author. Then in that first paragraph, you will briefly summarize this article. That is, you will briefly tell what the article is about.

B. Write at least one paragraph sharing your reaction. At this point, do not be concerned with the organization. This is not a formal essay (that will come later); this is just an exercise to generate ideas.

Your reaction can be whatever you like. Just whatever thoughts are flowing out of your mind as you are thinking about the article, write those down. The thought process of this part of the exercise relates to the tools and ideas presented in the Ideas for Essays Lecture Notes in Unit 2.

This second part of the exercise where you share your reaction should be one to two paragraphs long.

C. Finally, after you write one or two paragraphs sharing your reaction, write a paragraph where you discuss possible essay topics that you see coming out of your reaction.

Urban studies

August 29, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Engineering

Problem 2

A friend of yours wants to learn a foreign language quickly. He shows you a commercial for Rosetta Stone, a language learning software. The commercial promises the following:

Thanks to our software, learning a new language is incredibly easy and fast. Speak like a native speaker in a matter of months!

Knowing that you have been studying bilingualism, your friend asks for your advice.
Based on what you have learned in this course, write a detailed response to Rosetta Stone’s promise.

Problem 3 

Recently, a Connecticut university professor posted the following message on a professional listserve:

I am in need of some help thinking about a condition I am facing in my state. Connecticut has a legislative mandate for bilingual education programming. But, since 1999 the state has limited the students time in such programs to 30 months (or 3 school years). Consequently, our bilingual education programs have been forced into transitional programs, as opposed to maintenance programs.

A number of the larger districts have just reported that after 3 years in bilingual education programs, the students are performing more poorly on the standardized test (in English) than those students who declined bilingual education and enrolled in pull-out ESL and mainstream classes for the same 3 years.

I dont know how to talk to the Connecticut residents about the ultimate value of bilingual education when the legislators are claiming that their data proves otherwise at the end of 3 years.

Share your own thoughts, hypotheses, and advice with the author of this message about the situation she describes. What is your explanation for the test results? What should the state do, in your view?

Visual Analysis Outline

August 29, 2020 Leave a comment English and Literature, MLA

Good evening Writer. The attached order is what you wrote. Please verify that it is in the format of an “Outline.” I have suppled a Visual Analysis template supplied by my instructor.

This lesson will lead you through the steps of writing the Visual Analysis Outline, which will be a rhetorical analysis where you will apply some of the concepts you learn from reading the two articles in this lesson.

Think of an ad (video or printed magazine ad) that you would want to analyze.

(https://youtu.be/G9TdA8d5aaU)

Now that you have a rough idea of what you are going to be writing about, start the fleshing out process by typing up an outline.

See attached example. Thank you for your help.

hw2

August 29, 2020 Leave a comment Computer science and IT assignments, Undergraduate

Before attempting this project, be sure you have completed all of the reading assignments, hands-on labs, discussions, and assignments to date.
Design a Java class named Guitar that contains:
A private int data field named numStrings that defines the number of strings on the guitar. The default value should be 6.
A private double data field named guitarLength that defines the length of the guitar in inches. The default value should be 28.2
A private String data field named guitarManufacturer that defines the manufacturer of the guitar. The default value should be Gibson.
A private Color data field named guitarColor that defines the color of the guitar. The default value should be Color.Red.
A no argument constructor that creates a Guitar using the default number of strings, length, manufacturer and color.
A constructor that creates a Guitar using a specified number of strings, length, manufacturer and color.
Getter methods for all data fields.
A playGuitar() method that returns a string representation of 16 randomly selected musical notes of random duration. For example, the first part of the string returned might look like this: [A(2), G(3), B(0.5), C(1), C(1), D(0.25), ]. You can assume one octave in the key of C where valid notes include A, B, C, D, E, F and G and duration values are .25, .5, 1, 2, and 4 representing sixteenth notes, eighth notes, quarter notes, half notes and whole notes, respectively.
A toString() method that displays the number of strings, length, manufacturer and color in String format
Be sure your code compiles.
Write a Java test program, named TestGuitar, to create 3 different Guitars representing each representing a unique test case and call each all of the getter methods along with the toString and playGuitar() methods and document the output. For example for a Guitar with 7 strings, length of 30.2, manufactured by Fender with a color of Black, the output may look similar to this:
***Output*** toString(): (numStrings=7, Length=30.2, manufacturer=Fender, color=Black) getNumStrings(): 7 getGuitarLength(): 30.2 getGuitarManufacturer(): Fender getGuitarColor(): Black playGuitar(): [A(2), G(3), B(0.5), C(1), C(1), D(0.25), E(2), F(2), G(0.25), C(4), C(1), F(0.25),A(1), C(2), D(4),C(4)]
Document your test cases in the form of table with columns indicating the input values, expected output, actual output and if the test case passed or failed. This table should contain 4 columns with
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appropriate labels and a row for each test case. An example template is shown below. Note that the actual output should be the actual results you receive when running your program and applying the input for the test record.
Keep in mind, for three guitars, you will have three different output results. Also, note there is no requirement to actually play the notes of the guitar. The notes are just a string representation

Any topic (writer’s choice)

August 29, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Other

As a professional in the Early Childhood field, you will commonly have access to confidential information as part of your job duties.  As a general policy, Early Childhood professionals may only use confidential information for work-related purposes.  Using confidential information for personal purposes is not only unethical but, in some cases, is a criminal violation and may lead to termination.
For this discussion, respond to the following scenario:

You are approached by a colleague who asks you to divulge confidential information that you have access to.  Your colleague hints they plan to use the information for personal purposes.
How would you handle this situation with your colleague and still adhere to your organizations confidentiality policy, as stated above?  What are your options for a resolution?

What are the potential implications for how you decide to handle this situation?  Identify any moral concerns or moral issues with your colleagues request.  What would you decide to do?  Justify your decision.

Evidence

August 29, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Law

You are the Commander of a crime scene investigative (CSI) unit. The unit is only a couple of months old, and the members of the unit are all new and in need of training from the ground up. The Chief of Police requires you to use your experience to establish a training program for the new members of the CSI unit. The Chief requires a proposal from you on what training you will be providing the unit team.

The proposal will be in an APA format. No abstract will be required because it is only a short proposal on the first training weekbut a title page, reference page, and appropriate running header with page numbers are all necessary.

What is the difference between real or physical evidence and testimonial evidence?
Provide 5 examples of real or physical evidence that might require explanation in court by you because you are the one recording, recovering, processing, and packaging the evidence you recovered.
Why is real or physical evidence important for the triers of fact (jury)?
What is demonstrative evidence, and why is it used to clarify issues in trials?
What is the difference between direct evidence and circumstantial evidence? Explain.
What is the concept of overwhelming circumstantial evidence? Explain.
Can it be enough for a conviction? Why or why not?

Applying Process Improvement Models

August 29, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 7"), Health Care and Life Sciences

Choose a Quality Improvement Model from Chapter 5 in the Spath (2018) textbook, and apply this model to your practice problem. Please do not choose Lean or Six Sigma as your quality model unless you have an expert in these quality models in your organization to guide you through the process.

PDSA (p.124).
RCI (p.127).
FOCUS PDCA (p.128).
FADE (p.129).
Post a Discussion entry describing the model that you selected and how each step of the model will be used to develop the plan for the Practice Experience Project. Continue to collaborate with the selected individuals in your practice environment as needed in the development of the Practice Experience Project, and share this information with your group.

Management

August 29, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Business and Management

Write a 300-word response to the following question(s)/prompt(s), include at least one APA-formatted citation/reference.

Watch the video Management by Fear: The Mind of A Leader

Then, consider a position of organizational leadership responsibility to deliver as a mission for dynamic organizational business success.

Respond to the questions:

1) Contrast effective leadership behavioral styles like fear management as compared to the concept of collaboration. Share your thoughts and perspectives about organizational behavior leadership styles in general. 

2) Do you think fear management or the concept of collaboration might be more appropriate depending on the type of organization, or is one of these leadership philosophies always the right approach? Support your viewpoint.

References
Organization Behavior, from Hiriyappa, B. (2008). Organizational Behavior