Category: English

Choose one of the following two options to address in this discussion. Be sure that your initial post meets the full length requirement of 300 words, and that you incorporate at least two of this weeks required resources in your post, one of which should be the textbook. Include citations and a full reference to your chosen sources. (See the Required Resources page for all references in APA format).

Option 1: Watch the A Class Divided (Links to an external site.) documentary, then

• Explain the exercise that Jane Elliot did with her students.
  • Were you surprised at how quickly the children began to treat each other differently after they were told that children with a certain eye color were superior or inferior?
  • How do you think prejudiced views develop and persist over time?
  • Is there anything that could be done to eliminate prejudice?
  • What role does education play in this?

Option 2: Take the interactive dialect quiz, How Yall, Youse and You Guys Talk (Links to an external site.), then address the following:

• What areas of the US most closely matched your dialect? Include a screenshot or link to your map if you would like to share it.
• Did your results match up with where you currently live or where you have lived before?
• Were there any questions where you had no word for the item described?
• When answering the questions, were there any options listed that youd never heard anyone use before?
• What does this quiz tell you about different dialects and cultures within the US?
• Does your use of language feel more right or normal than others? If so, why do you think this is?

Guided Response: Review several of your peers posts and respond to at least two peers by Day 7. Respond to at least one student who chose a different option than you. Choose a student who has not received peer feedback if at all possible. If your instructor responds to your post, please respond to him or her. Each response to a peer should be a minimum of 75 words. Be sure to relate your discussion back to the course materials and move the conversation forward by asking a question, raising a new point, or elaborating more thoroughly upon a point already raised. Continue to monitor the discussion forum until 5:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) on Day 7, and respond with robust dialogue to anyone who replies to your initial post.

Review: classmates posts below. five well-developed sentences, minimum 100 for each response.

WRITE– 

Discuss a cost consideration they did not include. 

Explain your rationale for stating that it is an important factor to be considered in the capital expenditure proposal. 

Anthony- There are different types of capital expenditures like land, buildings, and equipment.  A specific type of capital expenditure for a radiology department would be replacing the MRI magnet/machine with a new one.  The capital expenditure budget would be an important piece in determining if this is a good purchase.  The budget usually consists of two things: costs associated with already existing capital assets and budgeted costs for planned capital expenditures.  Since not everyone has an endless amount of money to spend on capital assets, the budget determines the amount that is available.  Once the budget is set, companies must prioritize their investments based on necessity, cost, and opportunity cost.  One way that organizations can help prioritize is based on cash flow reports like the net present value or internal rate of return (Baker, Baker, & Dworkin, 2017). Another way to vector projects is through the multicriteria Preference Ranking Organization METHods for Enrichment Evaluations, also known as the PROMETHEE method.  This method quantifies opportunity cost of alternatives. It determines the best net flow and helps in the decision-making process (Castro, 2002).

Aside from the actual cost of a piece equipment, like the replacement MRI magnet, there are other costs to consider as well.  Maintenance on a magnet can be costly.  For example, if the magnet must be quenched in an emergency scenario (rapid releasing helium so that the magnetic field lowers), it costs roughly $90K to fix the damaged parts and refill the helium.  As a result, it is imperative to pay for a maintenance contract with the vendor so that all maintenance and parts are covered under warranty.  Another cost to consider when purchasing a replacement magnet is the cost of lost revenue during the deinstallation and installation phases.  It is a big muscle move to do these processes.  It requires the magnetic field to be ramped down, a panel in the wall removed, jacks to put the magnet on rollers, and a crane.  Once the new magnet is installed, the magnetic field must bring up to operating strength and tested by a physicist.  It can be several weeks to months before the new magnet is brought online.  If the company doesnt have another magnet to accommodate the patients, the renting of a mobile unit would be a consideration, otherwise a lot of revenue would be lost. 

Regina– Capital expenditure budgets are necessary and important in any business or organization because they are intended and utilized for the planning, controling and monitoring of longterm financial decisions and outcomes.  Another name utilized to better understand the use of capital expenditure budgets is “capital spending plan” which consists of existing asset spending or new capital asset spending (Baker, Baker & Dworkin 2017).  One captial expenditure that is important in a physicians office would be upgrading old outdated Billing Software with Practicesuite Billing Software.  This software is one of the best billing softwares and offers an extensive amount of products that would streamline the office functions from the front office to the clinical side so that only one software would be needed to complete every function of the office.  It is cloud based so therefore there will be monthly premiums that will be associated according to what type of additional services that would need to be included in the software and taking into account the computers that would need to be updated in order to hold the capacity of the software being that it would replace all of the different software programs that are now in place. 

Estimating the payback period and cost flow is important when making any type of capital expenditure plan and budget.  When analyzing the specific needs of this billing software, the identification of the greatest potential for the future delivery of high-quality patient care is the biggest factor and obtaining a longer planning process to understand the true market needs is a must (Shultz, 1991).   When writing the proposal for this billing software, all of the advantages of obtaining it over the current software is needed which consists of faster payment initiatives with the use of online payment access from Insurance Carriers, the inclusion of EMR software, Coding Software with Correct Coding Initiatives installed, Clean claim processing software included, Appointment software included, Dashboards, and so on.  The software will pay for itself in no time because of the faster rate of payments being received and the use of one system for all other programs that are currently being paid for.  

Due 1/20/20 @9am eastern time with plag report

Write a 1-page executive summary and a brief statement that I can present in 60 seconds include the following elements below. Due at 3:00 pm on Jan 21

1. A 1-Page Executive Summary
2. 60 second rapid-fire in-person pitch (without digital presentation / slides, presented on 2/11)

Be prepared to give your 60 second pitch of your pain point during class
The Pain Presentation is your first major assignment. The pain presentation is a persuasive presentation in which you must pitch your “customer pain point” to the class. Much like a professional pitch to a client or management team your goal is to:

1. Clearly describe the problem
2. Demonstrate your depth of understanding
3. Tell a compelling story about the opportunity involved with solving this customer pain point.

You have artistic license to structure your presentation in the way you feel is most persuasive; however, your executive summary should include the following elements:

Describe your pain

• In 140 characters what is the pain that you are solving?
• What are the different elements of this pain point?
• Why does this problem exist? What are the causes?
• How strong is the pain? Why do you think so? 

Describe your Customer

• Customer Characteristics/profile
• Number of individuals with this problem?
• Identify Current Solutions
• How are customers currently solving this problem?
• Why are these solutions falling short?

Present your Solution Vision 

• What types of solutions do you think might solve this problem?
• Why do you feel like you (and your classmates) could make meaningful progress towards a solution this semester?

Tell a Story about Impact

• For the customer
• Financially
• Socially
• Environmentally

 

Discussion Prompts

In this unit’s reading, you explored the responsibilities and the habits of mind of effective academic writers:

• In academic writing tasks, you are responsible for:
  • Defining a situation that calls for some response in writing;
  • Demonstrating the timeliness of your argument
  • Establishing a personal investment;
  • Appealing to readers whose minds you want to change by understanding what they think, believe, and value;
  • Supporting your arguments with good reasons;
  • Anticipate and address readers reasons for disagreeing with you, while encouraging them to adopt your position.
• To be an effective academic writer, you must take on the right habits of mind. According to Greene and Lidinsky, academic writers:
  • Make inquiries–observe, ask questions, examine alternatives;
  • Seek and value complexity–resist binary thinking, consider all topics open for discussion;
  • See writing as a conversation–and demonstrate sensitivity to those involved in the conversation;
  • Understand that writing is a process–a continual process of discovering ideas, drafting, and revising; and
  • Reflect on their own learning and writing.

In your initial post, use these 5 categories to analyze one of the “Becoming Academic” narratives from Chapter 1: either Coates’ “Between the World and Me,” Rodriguez’s “Scholarship Boy,” or Graff’s “Disliking Books.” Then, compare your experience as a learner to the experience of the author whose work you have analyzed. Make sure that your post does all of the following:

• Examine how the author displays at least three of the five habits of mind; use specific examples from the text to illustrate your analysis.
• Compare your experience as a learner to the experience of the author.
• Quote the article you are analyzing at least once, using MLA guidelines for in-text citations of the quoted material.

Your discussion post should be around 250-350 words and should directly quote the article you are analyzing at least once. Use MLA guidelines to create in-text citations.

Come up with TWO questions with explanations. 1-2 pages, double-spaced, Time New Roman 12

You are expected to come up with two questions that you think are most relevant to understanding assigned reading in relation to the issue of sacrifice.

For each question, you are also required to provide an explanation.

The attached file is the assigned reading.

  

Write a 750-1000 word essay about a topic in which you argue for the existence of a particular phenomenon by stating a generalization about the topic. Then you will support that generalization (in the form of a thesis statement) by choosing to write a single-example illustration essay or a multiple-example illustration essay (see Unit V, Lesson 2). The essay should be written in the style and form described within Unit V. 

Purpose: Throughout Unit V, we have discussed the conventions of the illustration essay. The purpose of this assignment is to measure your mastery of those conventions by putting your knowledge to practice. In a larger context, the purpose of writing an illustration essay is to convey an idea to the reader by providing illustrations (examples) that will solidify the existence of a topic. 

Process: For the illustration essay, you will complete the following steps: 

1. Choose a topic: See the methods for developing a topic and the suggested list of topics in Unit V, Lesson 3.

2. Decide if you want to write a single-example or multiple-example essay: See Unit V, Lesson 2, for more instruction on the differences between single-example and multiple-example essays. 

3. Collect illustrations: See Unit V, Lesson 1, for more information about different kinds of illustrations. See Unit V, Lesson 4, for more information about how to gather illustrations. 

4. Craft your thesis statement: See Unit V, Lesson 5, for more information on how to write a thesis. Note that you want to craft your thesis according to whether you choose to write a single-example or a multiple-example essay. 

5. Draft the essay: For each section of the essay, see the following: Unit V, Lesson 6, for the introduction; Unit V, Lesson 7, for the body paragraphs; and Unit V, Lesson 8, for the conclusion. 

Stylistic details: All essays must meet the following requirements: 

750-1000 words.

Write in Times New Roman, 12 pt. font.

Include one-inch margins on all sides.

Use double spacing (top-to-bottom every page, to include above and below titles and centered words).

Include an APA title page (for all essays) and reference list that includes all of the sources used in the essay. 

Include a header.

Include page numbers (upper-right corner only).

Adhere to APA convention and documentation style (See the CSU citation guide for assistance.).

At least one source is required. All sources used must be cited.

The following document will assist you in creating this assignment:

Illustrations essay example

Information about accessing the grading rubric for this assignment is provided below.

 
 

*****preferred topic*****

Education

o What are the most helpful study habits? 

o What are your recommendations for staying motivated when doing course work?

o Why did you choose online education?

o What are the benefits of online education? 

o How can students avoid procrastination?

 
 

****or****

 
 

Technology

o Describe the negative (or positive) aspects of social networking.

o How are people dependent upon technology?

o In what ways has technology made people better (or worse) communicators? 

o Describe the best uses for a particular technology (e.g., a tablet, smartphone, computer). 

 

Write a -word paper discussing delinquency from the perspective of a developmental theory identified in this week’s readings. Address the following:

• Cultural factors influencing delinquency over time
• Childhood development in America
• Age, race, and gender

 

Write a word paper on the history and etiology of substance abuse and addiction. Include the following:

• Describe the differences between substance use, abuse, and addiction.
• Describe the different models and theories related to the etiology of addiction.
• Explain how substance abuse has evolved over time.
• Describe the effects of substance abuse and addiction on the criminal justice system.

 

Prior to beginning work on this assignment visit the PubMed Central (Links to an external site.) web page. You may also consider reviewing the PubMed Central Quick Start Guide (Links to an external site.) and PubMed Tutorials (Links to an external site.) to help you navigate the resource more effectively.

For this assignment, you will start exploring the topic for your final project. Your final project will be a review of either a brain based disease or of a brain process. For example, you could do a review of the neuroscience behind schizophrenia or you could discuss the neuroscience behind vision. You may use your textbook as a guide to help you select a topic and obtain initial sources of information. Be sure to choose topics that are clearly brain-based and not those topics, such as addiction and abuse that have large social components. If you have questions about the suitability of your topic you should contact your instructor.

In your paper,

• Examine the neural structures involved in your topic.
• Describe the role each of the brain structures play in the disorder or process you have chosen.

 Must use at least five scholarly sources in addition to the course text.

• The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources

Read one of the Project 1 essays; then, answer the questions given below. Do NOT just write “YES” or “NO.” Give examples or evidences as well.

ESSSAYS:

1. Dan Branigan
2. Qinda Wang

QUESTIONS:

1. Does the essay have descriptive title (7 – 10 words)
2. Does the essay have descriptive subtitles (at least 7-10 words)
3. Does the introduction introduce the whole paper.
4. Is the thesis statement clear? Does it have a central idea? Is it clearly established and maintained throughout the essay?
5. Does the draft (essay) have a central idea, for example, how the particular event/s (that writer mentioned) changed the writer? Or what education did the writer learn from the evident/s?
6. Does the essay have many examples to support ideas (topic sentences)?
7. Are the topic sentences (subtitles) developed well such as topic sentence > definition > examples (evidences) > supporting points (sources) > images (if images captions) > etc.
8. Has the paper addressed audiences well (is the essay clear, concise) –see the development and examples (your audiences are from all around the world)?
9. Does the essay have a good conclusion?

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dTWGquzEays3APWdA5wbVB4A84v1_JHztPnNMh5MbW0/mobilebasic

https://docs.google.com/document/d/150J7JgA3fDOp6QRRiMpLkCW1CPi6nqcnN6NlFoZjrYY/mobilebasic