Briefly explain the repercussions of this event in the local community. Explain the potential or actual influence/effect this event could have in the global community. What countries could be impacted or influence by this event?

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Current Event Assignment Instructions

Overview

You will choose a current event/news article (no more than 2 weeks old) that relates to a culture/country in the majority world. As a reminder, majority world is the preferred term for the non-western countries usually classified as “developing countries” (countries in Africa, Asia, South and Central America and the Caribbean). Please note that the United States, Canada, and the UK are not considered majority world countries.

Do not choose a random article; select an article that will allow you to apply the course material in your analysis and response.

Instructions

  • Review world news from the week and choose an article that has global significance. Your article should come from one of the approved credible news sources found on the Current Event Assignment page under Current Event Resources. If you would like to use a different source, it must be pre-approved by your instructor prior to submission. Be sure to check the world pages, not just the headlines page, and choose an article relating to the majority world (non-USA, Canada, UK articles) where you can apply what you are learning in the course.
  • Your article should come from one of the approved credible news sources included here: “Current Event Resources -World News -CNN -Reuters -BBC -CNA -Aljazeera.” Be sure to check the world pages, not just the headlines page.
  • Complete the following in a Word document (review template attachment as well):
    1. Include your name, course number and section in the top right corner of the document (not in the header).
    2. Include the Article Link:   
    3. Include the Article Title:   
    4. List and answer the following questions about the article:
      1. Give a brief description of the event or the situation along with the historical and political backgrounds contributing to this event.

In this section you should include enough information for the reader to understand what the article is about without actually having to read the article. Remember to include the historical and political background.

 

  1. Share why this article interests you.

In this section you will briefly explain the reason this article appealed to you.

 

  1. Briefly discuss the implications of this event/story LOCALLY (where the event/situation occurred not where you are located) and GLOBALLY.

In this section you need to briefly explain the repercussions of this event in the local community. You will then briefly explain the potential or actual influence/effect this event could have in the global community. What countries could be impacted or influence by this event?

 

  1. As believers, how can we respond to this situation?

In this section you should apply concepts/strategies learned in the course material to explain how the Church can respond to events such as this in order to further its mission of making disciples.

  • Your answers to the questions should total at least 500 words but no more than 800 words.
  • Include a word count at the bottom of the assignment. Please note that student information, article title and link, the questions themselves, and footnotes do not count towards your word count.
  • The assignment should be completed according to the current Turabian formatting guidelines and should not include a title page (Times New Roman, 12-pt font, double spaced, 1-inch margins).
  • Minimum of one citation from “PERSPECTIVES on the world Christian movement: A Reader, Fourth Edition by Ralph D. Winter and Steven C. Hawthorne”. This book is free online. Remember to use current Turabian style footnotes when citing your source(s).
  • Do Not Plagiarize! You should submit your response to the article not a word for word copy of the

 

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.

 

Create a 2-by-3 array containing the first six powers of 2 beginning with 20. Flatten the array first with method flatten, then with ravel. In each case, display the result then display the original array to show that it was unmodified.

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Python

Question # 1:

(Filling arrays) Fill a 2-by-3 array with ones, a 3-by-3 array with zeros and a 2-by-5 array with 7s.

Question # 2:

(Broadcasting) Use arange to create a 2-by-2 array containing the numbers 0–3. Use broadcasting to perform each of the following operations on the original array:

  1. a) Cube every element of the array.
  2. b) Add 7 to every element of the array.
  3. c) Multiply every element of the array by 2.

Question #3:

(Element-Wise array Multiplication) Create a 3-by-3 array containing the even integers from 2 through 18. Create a second 3-by-3 array containing the integers from 9 down to 1, then multiply the first array by the second.

Question #4: (array from List of Lists) Create a 2-by-5 array from an argument which is a list of the two five-element lists [2, 3, 5, 7, 11] and [13, 17, 19, 23, 29].

Question #5:

(Flattening arrays with flatten vs. ravel) Create a 2-by-3 array containing the first six powers of 2 beginning with 20. Flatten the array first with method flatten, then with ravel. In each case, display the result then display the original array to show that it was unmodified.

 

How have you contributed to a diverse educational community, or how will you do so as a graduate student? How have you promoted understanding among persons of different backgrounds and ideas, or how will you do so as a graduate student?

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Personal Statement

• How have you contributed to a diverse educational community, or how will you do so as a graduate student? How have you promoted understanding among persons of different backgrounds and ideas, or how will you do so as a graduate student? Examples might include service activities, leadership roles, education abroad, language study, etc.

• If applicable, describe any barriers or obstacles that you have overcome in pursuit of your educational or personal goals. Examples might include economic, social or health challenges, being the first in your family to attend college, family obligations, etc.

• If applicable, please describe aspects of your personal background that will enhance the diversity of MSU’s graduate student body, such as being multi-lingual, participating in a McNair or TRIO program, attending a minority-serving institution, etc.

• If applicable, plese describe anything else in your personal history, experience, or aspirations that distinguishes you from other applicants to our graduate programs.
Your Personal Statement should be concise, and no more than 2 pages when formatted in Times New Roman 12-point font with 1-inch margins and single line spacing.

 

Create the datasets by running the sprites.py code. Create a CNN that predicts the whether the car can safely remain on the current position without crashing into non-drivable terrain.

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Project

Task 1: Train a CNN to predict a clear road ahead 15 points
The python program sprites.py creates a training and test set of “minirace” scenes, trainingpix.csv (1024 examples) and testingpix.csv (256 examples). Each row represents a 16 × 16 screenshot (flattened in row-major order), plus an extra value of either 0 or 1 that indicates if the car can safely drive straight without going off-road in the immediate next step (i.e., there are 257 columns).

Steps
1. Create the datasets by running the sprites.py code.
2. Create a CNN that predicts the whether the car can safely remain on the current position (i.e., drive straight) without crashing into non-drivable terrain.
(a) Describe (no programming): what is a good loss function for this problem?
(b) Implement and train the CNN on the training set.
(c) Compute the accuracy of your model on the test data set.

• Your are free to choose the architecture of your network, but there should be at least one convolutional layer.
• You can normalise/standardise the data if it helps improve the training.

What to submit:
• A description of your CNN and the training. Calculate the size of each layer, and include it in the description.
• Include the explanation for the loss function in your description.
• For how long did you train your model (number of epochs, time taken)? What is the performance on the test set?
• Submit the python code for your solution (either as .py or .ipynb).

Why is it “in the light of Tao nothing is best, nothing is worst”? Why is it “he who want to have right without wrong… does not understand the principles of heaven and earth”?

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“Excerpts from ‘Taoism’”

1. The Five Enemies 78
How do you understand that both the “robber” and the “respectable citizen” have “both lost the original simplicity of “man”? How do you understand this “original simplicity”? How do they lose it? How is this liked being caged?
(Note: Of course, the tree is an explicit reference to “uncarved wood”/original simplicity)

2. Great and Small 87
Why is it “in the light of Tao nothing is best, nothing is worst”?
Why is it “he who want to have right without wrong… does not understand the principles of heaven and earth”?
How is “the mind of the wise man” the “true conqueror”?

 

3. Confucius and the Madman 58
How do you understand the idea that “When the world makes sense/ The wise have work to do”? And, that “Never, never/ Teach virtue more”? (What’s the problem with teaching virtue?)
How do you understand that it is “useful… to be useless”? (Or, what is the problem with being “useful”?)

4. Tao 150
“To name a name is to delimit a ‘thing’.” How do names delimit things?
How do you understand, “Where there is no measure, there is no beginning of any ‘thing’“?
How do you understand that “Tao is beyond words and beyond things”? In what sense(s)?
How do you understand that “Tao is a name that indicates without defining”?

 

5. You can pick a passage of your choosing from anywhere in the Chuang Tzu and analyze it. If you do this, make sure you clearly indicate what passage you’re referring to; use both the title and page number to this end. Again, the idea is to examine the passage, or just a section or even just a quote from the passage in light of one or more of the “foundational ideas” (and as noted below, emptiness and original simplicity are especially significant). Also, as with all the prompts, the idea is to reference at least two other readings that were assigned for this module.

Explain why the campaign may be considered exploitative. Identify and describe at least two examples of evidence from the film to support your argument.

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“Miss Landmine” Beauty Campaign.

Review and analysis of the “Miss Landmine” Beauty Campaign.

Question 1. Explain why the campaign may be considered exploitative. Identify and describe at least two examples of evidence from the film to support your argument. For example, evidence might include a quote, a specific scene, a key theme or message, or a summary of events. Be as specific as possible in your description.

The examples you provide must be different for each question. Your response should be between 100 and 150 words.

Question 2. Explain why the campaign may be considered empowering. Identify and describe at least two examples of evidence from the film to support your argument. For example, evidence might include a quote, a specific scene, a key theme or message, or a summary of events. Be as specific as possible in your description.

The examples you provide must be different for each question. Your response should be between 100 and 150 words.

What is the total variance in personnel budget for this month? Analyze all the factors that made the differences and why the variances occurred. How can this variance be justified? In what ways might these variances inform the current or future budgets?

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Week 4: Staffing Budgets/FTEs/ Variance Analysis

PURPOSE
This assignment provides learners with the opportunity to apply budgeting knowledge and skills by calculating full-time equivalents for a nursing unit, projecting FTE needs related to census changes, and analyzing a variance scenario.
DUE DATE: Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 4
TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE: 150

REQUIREMENTS
Description of the Assignment
This assignment is in two scenario-based sections each related to staffing budgets. In the first, the student will perform multistep calculations of FTEs and projection of future FTE needs for a selected nursing unit. The second section involves calculation of budget variance and its analysis. Each section requires supported written interpretation of findings.
Criteria for Content
Answer the questions and complete the calculations required for the two sections of the assignment.
Key points related to Calculations:
1. When performing calculations, standard rounding rules apply. If the number to the right of the decimal is less than 5, round down to the nearest whole number, e.g., 33.4 = 33 If the number to the right of the decimal is 5 or greater, round up to the nearest whole number, e.g. 33.5 =34.
2. Read the question carefully. Pay close attention to the units be asked and keep them consistent. For example, hours vs FTEs; days vs months vs years.
3. Provide ALL formulas with references. Designate which formula associates with which source. It is not sufficient to simply list the source at the beginning of the section. Write out the formula used

BEFORE filling in the numbers.
Example: Efficiency Variance + Volume Variance + Cost Variance = Total Variance
Rundio, A. (2022). The nurse manager’s guide to budgeting and finance (3rd ed.). Sigma Theta Tau International.
• Section One: Staffing Budget and FTEs
o Calculations of full-time equivalents (FTEs)
o Project FTE needs related to census changes
• Section Two: Variance Analysis
o Calculating variance
o Variance analysis with explanation

Download the Assignment Word Document and submit your answers directly onto the form. When completed, upload into the assignment portal in your course. For the questions requiring a written response, please adhere to proper grammar and syntax, and provide references. For the questions requiring calculations, show all your work including the formula used. Include the references for formula chosen.

PREPARING THE ASSIGNMENT

Section One—Staffing Budget and FTEs
Personnel Budget Case Study
Sandra Chambers has recently accepted the position of assistant administrator for the department of nursing at Potter Regional Medical Center where she will oversee the operations of five medical units. As she evaluates the budgets for the different cost centers, she finds that all are being used at near or full capacity. The activity in four of the five has remained steady over the past 2 years. A fifth unit has realized a steady increase in patient volume during that time and is currently at 88% capacity. It has been projected that within the next 12 months the volume of patients moving through that unit will increase by 20%. Sandra needs to determine if the current FTEs for the unit will be sufficient to ensure quality and safe care continues to be provided, and if not, what is the number of FTEs that will be needed to cover a 20% increase in volume.
1. Suggest all the information Sandra needs to collect in order to project the FTEs needed for the next fiscal year accounting for the projected increased capacity. Remember, she is new to her position so be sure to include background data on the unit itself as it relates to previous budgets, nursing staff, and the organization. In other words, summarize your approach to this Case Study.

2. Sandra has collected the following census information on all five units for the last month, in
addition to what was asked in question number one. Calculate the ADC and Occupancy Rate for each unit using the Daily Census/Occupancy Rate table to determine which unit is currently at 88% occupancy rate and projected to increase over the next year.

 

Unit
Beds 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Total Patient Days
A 35 31 30 31 30 29 30 31 30 31 29 29 32 31 33 31 31 33 34 34 34 34 32 30 32 31 30 30 33 31 34 0 941
B 15 15 14 11 9 7 12 12 15 13 13 16 15 15 15 16 16 15 14 15 16 15 13 13 17 16 15 16 16 14 15 0 424
C 13 10 12 11 11 11 13 13 13 12 13 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 0 372
D 32 30 27 27 24 26 23 27 29 28 28 25 27 30 26 31 31 30 30 30 32 32 32 26 25 25 25 23 31 31 30 0 841
E 6 6 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 3 0 0 0 6 5 5 3 3 3 2 5 4 3 3 0 97
(adapted from…..Healthcare Financial Management Association (2012). Managing fiscal resources: A budget and productivity case study. Retrieved from hfmamd.org

Average Daily Census/Occupancy Rate
Unit ADC Occupancy (%)
A
B
C
D
E

The Unit with an 88% occupancy rate is _____.
3. Using data contained in the first questions, complete the table below and determine the Average Length of Stay (ALOS) for the following three units. Show your work.
Unit # Beds Patient Days # Discharges Average Length of Stay (ALOS)
A 110
C 96
D 85

What is the ALOS for the unit you identified earlier at an 88% occupancy rate? _____

You have determined the Unit for which Sandra must make FTE projections. For the remaining questions in this section, refer to the figures used and or obtained related to the Unit identified in

Question 1.
Additional information includes
• the budgeted hours of care per patient day (HPPD-budgeted) is 8.8; and
• each employee receives 300 paid non-productive hours/year.

4. Calculate the number of FTEs needed for the Unit. Show the formulas used and all calculations. Include the reference used for your calculations at the beginning of your work.
5. Calculate the TOTAL FTEs needed accounting for nonproductive time. Include the reference used for your calculations at the beginning of your work.
6. Sharon now knows how many total FTEs are currently needed on the unit to provide safe, quality care to the patients on the unit. However, with a 20% projected increase in occupancy rate and average length of stay remaining steady on the unit, how will the required FTEs be affected?
7. Calculate the TOTAL FTEs required to reflect an increased patient volume of 20% (don’t forget to account for nonproductive time). Include the reference used for your calculations at the beginning of your work.
8. When Sharon calculated the number of FTEs budgeted currently in this unit and compared it to the number of actual FTEs being paid for, she found she was under budget by three FTEs. Explain how that could have happened and how this information affects her FTE budget request for the next year.

Section Two—Variance Analysis
Variance Analysis Case Study
During the month of February, an outpatient surgery clinic has incurred a significant unfavorable variance. The director of the clinic is quite concerned, as this has never occurred before. The director gathers information on total nursing care hours, average hourly rate of the employees, and total patient visits to determine what caused the variance. In addition, the director receives the patient acuity levels for the month of February.
Budget Actual Budget Variance
Patient Days 420 510
Nursing Care Hours
HPPD 5.0 5.6
Average Hourly Pay $35.00 $45.00 $10.00
Total Payroll Costs
(Table adapted from Rundio, A. (2022). The nurse manager’s guide to budgeting and finance (3rd ed.). Sigma Theta Tau International)
1. Complete the monthly personnel report for the surgical unit.
2. Calculate each of the following. Include the formulas used with reference. Remember, as this monthly report deals with payroll, the variances should be in dollars.
a. Volume (efficiency) variance:

b. Quantity (volume) variance:

c. Cost (price) variance:

3. What is the total variance in personnel budget for this month?

4. Analyze all the factors that made the differences and why the variances occurred. How can this variance be justified?

5. In what ways might these variances inform the current or future budgets?

Understand different modes of acquiring Water from Gender and Class perspective. Does the distribution meet the requirements of the people?

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Assessing issues of water access and distribution in small town

Primary objective:
The primary objective of the study is to understand the different issues involved in water accessibility and water distribution in Ukhrul town.

Specific objective:
Management and ownership of water resources in Ukhrul town is broadly classified into two i.e. Community and Municipal council so objectives are classified accordingly.

Accessibility (Community level)
Distribution (District Council)
● To understand the different challenges faced by the community in accessing primary water distribution systems.
● To understand different modes and strategies of water distribution by district council.
● To explore different alternatives adapted by the community to access water.
● To understand the alternate water distribution system other than primary infrastructure.
● To understand different modes of acquiring Water from Gender and Class perspective.
● Does the distribution meet the requirements of the people?

Based on Dubois’s description, what can you glean about the society within which this Koranic school is situated?

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 Timbuctoo the Mysterious

In his work Timbuctoo the Mysterious, Félix Dubois (1896) describes a typical Koranic school:

“It is a picture one constantly sees in the Sudan. In the shade before the schoolmaster’s house, a collection of children are gathered together in the coolest corner. Arranged in circles and sitting on their heels, they repeat verses of the Koran in chorus, following the inflections, marking the pauses, and imitating the tone indicated to them. They learn to form the Arabic characters by copying a page of the holy book on the wooden tablets which take the place of the too costly paper. From time to time the tablet is washed and set in the sun to dry, after which it is again ready for use.

Reading and writing being accomplished, the master delivers a grammatical and exegetical explanation of the text. He either takes the words one by one, or grouped in sentences, and discourses on the rules of syntax, explains the meaning of the passage, and adds some religious or historical reflections. When the entire Koran has been gone through, the parents, who have offered weekly presents of cowries [shells used as money] or in kind, make a final and more extensive present to the professor, and invite him to a little fete given to their friends and acquaintances.” (290-92)

Based on Dubois’s description, what can you glean about the society within which this Koranic school is situated?

 

Describe in detail how you will communicate to children that a change in activities is coming. Explain how each transition can help them as they move from one activity to the next.

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Part 1: Design an Early Childhood Program

To complete this part of the assignment, do the following:

  1. In a minimum of two pages, discuss program philosophy and age(s) of children:
    1. Discuss the setting and philosophy, explaining the educator’s role in play practices and activities.
    2. Designate one age group to focus on (if designing a mixed-age program, describe the number of children and their age ranges).
    3. Include at least three sources of information to support your program philosophy. One portion of information should come from a scholarly resource (a journal or peer reviewed article). Be sure to cite your sources and list them on an APA formatted reference page.
  2. Design a visual of your classroom layout, including learning centers:

a.Include the physical room/environment plan and structure. Use Microsoft PowerPoint or other presentation software/webware to illustrate where you will place your stations and centers, clearly labeling each area. Be sure to include visual elements such as word art, clip art, or placed images.

b.List at least two materials for EACH of the following centers, or supplies to have on hand for activities in the following learning areas. (This information can go in your existing written document.)

3.

  • Literacy
  • Math
  • Sensory
  • Art
  • Science
  • Music and movement
  • Dramatic play
  • Outdoor play
  1. Design a daily schedule:
    1. Create a sample schedule that clearly displays times for each activity/routine and details about which activities happen throughout the day.
    2. Indicate at least three points on the schedule that will require you to help transition learners from one activity to the next.
    3. Describe in detail how you will communicate to children that a change in activities is coming.
    4. Explain how each transition can help them as they move from one activity to the next.

Part 2: Create a Thematic Web and an Activity Guide
To complete this part of the assignment, first download the following two assignment templates:
Thematic Web Template
Activity Guide Template
Next, do the following:

    1. Choose a curriculum theme. Be sure to choose a theme that will allow you to create developmentally appropriate activities, based on the age group(s) you focused on in Part 1.
    2. Use the thematic web template download to create a weekly lesson plan that illustrates how you will integrate your theme into different learning areas.
      • List your age group and theme in the center of the web.
      • Use the “branches” of the web to indicate six different activities you will offer. Each activity should involve a different learning center (refer to the eight possible learning centers listed in Part 1).
    3. Choose ONE of the activities listed in your thematic web/lesson plan to focus on. Describe the activity in detail by filling out the activity guide template download.