Discuss any constitutional grounds upon which the ordinance may be challenged. Provide appropriate references to the Constitution text, Supreme Court case law, and specify all elements of constitutional tests used.

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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW PROBLEM SET – EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE

You should answer all parts of every question in each problem set. In evaluating your answers, Look especially for correct identification of issues, thorough analysis, facility with the Supreme Court precedent, and logical organization. Answers should not be in outline form nor contain shorthand, abbreviations (except where clearly noted and defined), slang, or bullet points. If you believe that further facts are needed to answer any of the questions, please state in your answer what facts you would need or what assumptions you have made.

Question

Howard County has a culturally diverse population whose racial composition is reflected proportionately in the makeup of its county council and the county executive is an African American person. Based upon a study showing that older homes with lead pipes are one of the primarily reasons for water pollution in the county, the county council unanimously passed a law that imposes an annual environmental impact fee for homes built prior to 1970 unless the homeowners provide proof of the pipes being replaced.

Although every councilmember went on record in support of the legislation on the grounds it would protect the environment, and no other reasons or statements were offered in support of the law's enactment, it has become evident that the law disproportionately burdens historically disadvantaged racial minorities in communities with dense housing stock built before 1970. A coalition of these disproportionately impacted minorities have filed a lawsuit in Federal Court on grounds that the new law violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Discuss any constitutional grounds upon which the ordinance may be challenged. Provide appropriate references to the Constitution text, Supreme Court case law, and specify all elements of constitutional tests used.

After looking at those three resources, put on your debating hat once again. Provide an argument, based on the resources for Natural fibers and than an argument for synthetics.

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The Case For Natural Fibres vs Synthetic Fibres

1. Watch this https://youtu.be/NGon1IythFE

2. The second is an article by Compare Ethics, an organization that looks to verify sustainability claims. In this article they look at the pros and cons of natural and man-made fibers.

3. The final article in the Global Fashion Business Journal discusses if organic cotton is authentic.

The Organic Cotton Trap

After looking at those three resources, put on your debating hat once again. Provide an argument, based on the resources for Natural fibers and than an argument for synthetics. Attach as a PDF or Word document. Each argument should be a well-developed paragraph

Explain what climate change is and the positive and negative affects of climate change.

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Climate change

Explain what climate change is and the positive and negative affects of climate change.

As a future HR professional, read these articles and consider these differing opinions on the work of labor unions. Is there a way that labor unions can move away from a zero-sum-game approach to negotiations, where one party has to lose in order for another to gain?

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Union–Management Relations

At the start of the industrial revolution, employers took advantage of desperate workers by demanding 12–16 hours a day, six days a week from them, providing poor working conditions and little in terms of compensation and benefits. Labor unions swung the balance back in the direction of the worker and continued their hold as a solid third-party participant between workers and employers in labor negotiations throughout the post-war era.

Some people think unions are a twentieth-century has-been, and that they’re not as powerful as they need to be to protect workers’ interests. In his 2014 article “The Employer Strikes Back” for prospect.org, Josh Eidelman talks about the worker lockout, and how it’s used by employers as a weapon to force desperate workers to agree to worse contracts than those that have just expired.

On the other hand, in the October 2019, Economist article, “The GM Strike is an Anachronism,” the author states that, over time, union victories made carmakers less competitive, and the recent Flint, Michigan, auto workers strike may be another case where demands will be met that will make employers buckle, this time under the weight of healthcare costs.

Looking at it from either the point of view of the locked-out worker, or the employer who is facing lost profitability and crushing overhead costs, it seems as though unions might not be making the same difference in labor negotiations that they used to.

Discussion Prompt
Technology aside, the future of unions is in debate in these two articles. As a future HR professional, read these articles and consider these differing opinions on the work of labor unions. Is there a way that labor unions can move away from a zero-sum-game approach to negotiations, where one party has to lose in order for another to gain? Consider government law and government contribution in your response (e.g. Affordable Health Care Act, etc.)

Develop a 4 page business case for the initiative you proposed in Assessment 1. Examine feasibility and cost-benefit considerations over a 5-year period, analyze ways to mitigate risks, and complete a cost-benefit analysis. refer to the attached instrutions and previous assessment to develop this paper, include in appendic a cost benefit analysis with the provided template.

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Develop a Business Case in Nursing

Develop a 4 page business case for the initiative you proposed in Assessment 1. Examine feasibility and cost-benefit considerations over a 5-year period, analyze ways to mitigate risks, and complete a cost-benefit analysis. refer to the attached instrutions and previous assessment to develop this paper, include in appendic a cost benefit analysis with the provided template.

Write or revise an instruction manual, personalizing the manual for a specific group of users. Include an extended user profile. Address a problem or issue in a particular business, industry, or discipline.

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Mandatory front matter

Your report will be 15-20 single-spaced pages:
• Five pages of mandatory front matter – Letter of transmittal, title page, table of contents, list of illustrations, and executive summary/abstract.
• At least ten pages of the body – Body text and references. May also include appendix(es), questionnaire/survey, and/or index.

Write or revise an instruction manual, personalizing the manual for a specific group of users. Your project should include an extended user profile.
• Address a problem or issue in a particular business, industry, or discipline. Your report project could (re)solve the problem/issue or propose a means of (re)solving it.

Write an 8-10 page paper in APA format, 7th edition on the chosen topic. Create an analytical study to evaluate your recommendation, showing and demonstrating a measurable performance impact it would create for an organization.

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Week 8 Assignment: Preventing Employee Burnout

Weigh in on the issue or trend of preventing employee burnout, defining and educating management exactly what the challenge or trend is, analyzing the implications for organizations, and what can be done. Do not limit yourself in your approach and elements, as you want to make sure that the executive management has the needed information to make a decision or take action. Write an 8-10 page paper in APA format, 7th edition (excluding the title and reference pages) on the chosen topic. You are to create an analytical study to evaluate your recommendation, showing and demonstrating a measurable performance impact it would create for an organization. Use a minimum of 8 sources, making sure 90% of your sources are peer reviewed. The paper will be automatically submitted to Turnitin So the similarity score should be no more than 10%. Anything more will be subject to evaluation and loss of points. If plagiarism is suspected than will be removed from school. Needs to be an MS Word Attachment. No Wikipedia or unknown sources. Cute all listed references properly. I can attach the rubric.

Pick a particular area of trauma mentioned in either book, and begin a researched analysis of it. For example, Kolk cites studies and research on trauma in veterans. How and in what ways can you expand that understanding based on research from today? Examine trauma and veterans by researching current scholarship in this area from at least 3 secondary sources on combat trauma and presenting that information in an academic essay.

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The Body Keeps the Score describes accounts of the impact of physical, emotional, and psychological trauma on individuals told from Dr. Kolk’s medical perspective. Stitches is an autobiographical account of a child’s traumatic experiences and his shifting relationships with his family, his perceptions, and himself told from David Small’s point of view. Pick a particular area of trauma mentioned in either book, and begin a researched analysis of it. For example, Kolk cites studies and research on trauma in veterans. How and in what ways can you expand that understanding based on research from today? In this case, you would examine trauma and veterans by researching current scholarship in this area from at least 3 secondary sources on combat trauma and presenting that information in an academic essay. In an essay of no more than 7 pages including a works cited page, cite evidence generously from both primary and at least 3 secondary sources to support your subject according to MLA format and without forgetting your Works Cited page.

What details did the patient provide regarding their chief complaint and symptomology to derive your differential diagnosis? What is the duration and severity of their symptoms? How are their symptoms impacting their functioning in life? Discuss the patient’s mental status examination results. What were your differential diagnoses?

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Assessing and Diagnosing Patients With Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders

For this Assignment, you will analyze a case study related to schizophrenia, another psychotic disorder, or a medication-induced movement disorder.

To Prepare:

  • Review this week’s Learning Resources and consider the insights they provide about assessing and diagnosing psychotic disorders. Consider whether experiences of psychosis-related symptoms are always indicative of a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Think about alternative diagnoses for psychosis-related symptoms.
  • Download the Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Template, which you will use to complete this Assignment. Also review the Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Exemplar to see an example of a completed evaluation document.
  • By Day 1 of this week, select a specific video case study to use for this Assignment from the Video Case Selections choices in the Learning Resources. View your assigned video case and review the additional data for the case in the “Case History Reports” document, keeping the requirements of the evaluation template in mind.
  • Consider what history would be necessary to collect from this patient.
  • Consider what interview questions you would need to ask this patient.
  • Identify at least three possible differential diagnoses for the patient.

Complete and submit your Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation, including your differential diagnosis and critical-thinking process to formulate primary diagnosis.

Incorporate the following into your responses in the template:

  • Subjective: What details did the patient provide regarding their chief complaint and symptomology to derive your differential diagnosis? What is the duration and severity of their symptoms? How are their symptoms impacting their functioning in life?
  • Objective: What observations did you make during the psychiatric assessment?
  • Assessment: Discuss the patient’s mental status examination results. What were your differential diagnoses? Provide a minimum of three possible diagnoses with supporting evidence, listed in order from highest priority to lowest priority. Compare the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for each differential diagnosis and explain what DSM-5 criteria rules out the differential diagnosis to find an accurate diagnosis. Explain the critical-thinking process that led you to the primary diagnosis you selected. Include pertinent positives and pertinent negatives for the specific patient case.
  • Reflection notes: What would you do differently with this client if you could conduct the session over? Also include in your reflection a discussion related to legal/ethical considerations (demonstrate critical thinking beyond confidentiality and consent for treatment!), health promotion and disease prevention taking into consideration patient factors (such as age, ethnic group, etc.), PMH, and other risk factors (e.g., socioeconomic, cultural background, etc.).

Describe the main protagonist in “And the Earth Did Not Devour Him”. What characteristics does he exhibit? What are his actions in the story? How does the protagonist change from the beginning of the novel to the end?

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Protagonist change

Describe the main protagonist in “And the Earth Did Not Devour Him”. What characteristics does he exhibit? What are his actions in the story? How does the protagonist change from the beginning of the novel to the end? Overall focus on the character, the narrating voice, it’s peculiarities, characteristics, and importance.