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Do these articles support or not support the argument you presented in your six sentence argument? How? Why or why not?

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Based on your reading and analyses of the assigned articles (2 minimum), develop a 500-word narrative addressing the following points. Give each answer the number that matches the point you are addressing. The points possible for your first post is 4 points, and due Saturday, March 18, 11:59PM.

1. Introduce the topic of sustainable resource systems, with specific attention to energy or food.

2. Summarize the purpose of at least 2 articles you read.

3. Describe whether and how each of the 3 sustainability pillars (environment, equity, economy) are addressed in the articles (2 minimum).

4. How are ‘strong sustainability’ concepts (see introductory lecture, module 1, to reference key terms) applied or advanced with the work presented in the articles? Provide justification from the articles by paraphrasing, and referenced with an in-text citation using the reference format (Last Name of First author, year of publication).

5. Do these articles support or not support the argument you presented in your six sentence argument? How? Why or why not?

6. Based on the lecture, and supporting evidence provided by the seminar speaker covering this work,

  • What conclusions did the presenter offer in their seminar?
  • Are the conclusions supported by the evidence provided by the seminar speaker, and in science presented in the articles you read? How? Justify your answer.
  • What is the significance of the work presented by the seminar speaker?

7. Based on the articles and critique of the seminar and work presented, and consideration of ‘strong sustainability’ concepts presented, what new insights can you offer to advance ‘strong sustainability’ of sustainable resource systems specific to energy or food?

In a 200 word reply, review a student’s post and comment on: 1) something you learned about another student’s presentation of a ‘strong sustainability’ concept and 2) another student’s insights to advance ‘strong sustainability’ of resource systems specific to energy or food. You can comment on more than one student’s post. The points possible for your reply is 2 points, due Sunday, March 19, 11:59PM.

Write a minimum of one paragraph for each response/reflection. Make connections between the textbook readings and your own reflections.

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Week 1 Journal

Reflect on the readings using the 3, 2, 1 method. A successful submission will require that you reflect on the following: Share (3) main take aways from all the readings; what are (2) things that you have questions about, are curious about, don’t understand, or would like to investigate further?; (1) Imagine that you were transported into history and you were you dropped into a community of the people group you studied this week. What would be your social position based on your age, race, gender, and faith?
Successful Submission includes:

Fully answer the prompts
Write a minimum of one paragraph for each response/reflection.
Make connections between the textbook readings and your own reflections.
Use in-text citations when quoting the textbook. This will suffice (Sage Reader, Page#)

Describes your funding strategies. Explains how funding strategies promote diversity of cultural expressions. Discusses measurable outcomes of the funding strategies.

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Gender quality issues

Assignment Content

  1. You are working on supporting gender equality in your community or culture. You are writing a proposal that will focus on gender equality because it is an important development (and human rights) issue. Create a developmental proposal (for example, cultural and diversity programs, diversity mentoring, and outreach programs) that will focus on building greater gender equality. Your proposal should help to increase awareness of inequalities, offer constructive solutions, and enable all genders to have a voice in the initiative.Write a 1,050 to – 2500 word proposal that includes or does the following:

    • Section 1: Initiative Overview
    • States the community or culture you hope to influence.
    • States the mission, vision, and program objectives.
    • Section 2: Visibility, Awareness, and Participation
    • Develops appropriate awareness-raising tools to stimulate broad interest.
    • Develops a communication strategy that leverages national and local-level education and culturally sensitive activities.
    • Section 3: Funding Strategy that Promotes Cultural Diversity
    • Describes your funding strategies.
    • Explains how funding strategies promote diversity of cultural expressions.
    • Discusses measurable outcomes of the funding strategies.

Create a job description that includes the information defined in the job analysis. Provide a rationale for the chosen design. Explain the purpose and importance of each section within the job description.

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Job Design

For this assignment, you will create the job description using the information from your Job Analysis assignment in Week 2. The job analysis is a critical step in the process for a job description to be reliable and useful. Remember, as an HR leader, you would typically have input from more than one position questionnaire to complete a job analysis.

Prior to beginning work on this assignment,

  • Read Chapters 2 and 3 in the textbook, Job and Work Analysis.
  • You may consider reviewing Chapter 4 in the textbook, Job and Work Analysis.

Using the job analysis that you conducted for the Week 2 assignment,

  • Determine the appropriate design for the position.
  • Analyze the various elements required for creating a job description for the specific position. Consider addressing the following to get started:
    • What would this person do and to what extent?
    • What is the job title and purpose?
    • What education or skills are required?
    • What duties and responsibilities are required?
    • What are the working conditions?
  • Create a job description that includes the information defined in the job analysis.
  • Provide a rationale for the chosen design.
  • Explain the purpose and importance of each section within the job description.

Support your reasoning with at least two credible or professional resources.

 

Write 5-6 full-sized paragraphs in response, or a minimum of 1 and ½ pages.

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Journal unit 2

Introduction to Unit 1:

Unit 2 Continued:

Unit 2 Continued: Guide to the Readings:

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Attached reading 1 and reading 2 below

How To Do the Journal: Write 5-6 full-sized paragraphs in response, or a minimum of 1 and ½ pages.

Examine the Monthly Sea Ice Extent Anomaly Graph (click on it to make it larger). When was the last year that the sea ice extent anomaly (for the current month) was greater than the 1981-2010 mean sea ice extent?

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Lab with 15 easy questions-Lab 3 – Sea Ice, Plate Tectonics & Earthquakes

  1. In the study of climate change, the concept of “anomalies” often comes up.  What is a temperature anomaly?  See figure 1-2 and p. 240 in your textbook (2)

A temperature anomaly refers to the difference between the average temperature in a given location for a specific period of time (usually 30 years) and the temperature for a particular day, week, or month. The temperature anomaly is typically expressed as a deviation from the long-term average, usually measured in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit.

Temperature anomalies are used to track changes in temperature over time, particularly as they relate   to climate change. By comparing temperature anomalies over a period of years or decades, scientists can observe trends in temperature that can help them understand the impacts of climate change on the environment.

  1. The National Snow & Ice Data Center monitors sea ice coverage and concentration.  The Sea Ice Index is calculated from this coverage to assess the change in sea ice compared with the 30-year average.

Go to http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

The “median ice edge” line on the map (pink line) represents the 30-year median ice extent.  How does the current sea ice extent compare to the 30-year median? (2)

If the current sea ice extent is below the 30-year median, it means that there is less sea ice now than there was on average during that 30-year period.

  1. Examine the Monthly Sea Ice Extent Anomaly Graph (click on it to make it larger).  When was the last year that the sea ice extent anomaly (for the current month) was greater than the 1981-2010 mean sea ice extent? Hint: The 1981-2010 mean sea ice extent is the 0% value on the anomaly graph.(2)
  2. Given the 1981-2010 mean sea ice extent labeled in the lower left-hand corner of the graph, calculate the current sea ice extent in millions of square kilometers. Show your work. Hint: Subtract the current sea ice extent anomaly, which you can read in the graph expressed as a percent, from the 1981-2010 mean.  You can check your answer against the “Total extent” value given on the Sea Ice Extent map.(3)
  3. How does the trend in the extent anomaly graph compare with that of the temperature anomaly graph of Figure 4-34(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. in your textbook?  What is the significance of this? (3)
  4. What is the speed of Santa Cruz? (round your answer to the nearest hundredth) (2)
  5. What is the speed of Santa Rosa? (round your answer to the nearest hundredth) (2)
  6. Using page 128 (p.118 in 22nd edition) in your atlas, determine how many miles apart are Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa. Show your work (round your answer to the nearest whole number) (3)
  7. You can calculate how fast the two cities are moving toward each other by adding up the absolute value of their speeds. Based on the distance that you calculated in the previous question, and the speed at which the two cities are moving toward each other, how many years will it take for Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa to “meet”? Remember that Speed = Distance/Time.  Note that 25.4 mm = 1 inch, 12 inches = 1 foot, 5280 feet = 1 mile, 1 mile = 1.61 kilometers (round your answer to the nearest whole number). Show your work. (3)

10.Using the Option settings (gear symbol on the upper right), switch to 30 Days, Significant Worldwide and zoom out to the World. Where did the two strongest of these earthquakes occur and what was their magnitude? (2)

  1. Switch to 30 Days, Magnitude 4.5+ U.S.What can you say about the pattern of these significant earthquakes across the world? (2)
  2. Zoom to California (click on the globe icon beneath the +/- zoom buttons). Switch to 7 Days, Magnitude 2.5+ U.S. Turn on the U.S. Faultslayer. What pattern do you notice in the distribution of earthquakes in the western U.S.? (2)
  3. Where did the strongest of these earthquakes occurin the western U.S. and what was its magnitude? (2)
  4. Go to the USGS “How Much Bigger…?” Calculator Links to an external site..  Enter the magnitude of the strongest earthquake you found in the previous question.  How much stronger (by energy released) was this earthquake than a 2.5 magnitude earthquake (one which is barely perceptible to humans). (2)
  5. Earthquakes occur at faults.  Describe how the presence of a fault may result in an earthquake. See p. 436 and Figure 14-58 in your textbook. (2)
  6. Zoom to North America (use the “Zoom to U.S.” option).  How many “Significant”earthquakes have occurred in North Americain the last 30 days (use the “30 days, Significant Worldwide” option)? Where have these earthquakes occurred? If near a plate boundary name the type of plate boundary (you should look this up). (3)
  7. Switch to 7 Days, Magnitude 2.5+ U.S.Approximately how many 2.5+ magnitude earthquakes occurred away from plate boundaries (click on the “Only List Earthquakes Shown on Map” checkbox and pan/zoom around to get an approximate count)?  Where? (3) What are the best explanations for the occurrence of these specific earthquakes(you should look this up)? (bonus +1)

How do these programs meet the needs of your stakeholders? How are these programs not meeting the needs of your stakeholders? Based on what you’ve researched, what are some of the needs you will be addressing in your ideal family literacy program?

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Family Literacy Part 1

Assignment Details EEC3400 RVE 1231

  • This can include sharing articles, links, videos, etc.
  • This is meant to be a conversation with the guiding questions serving as a facilitator.
  • Using the guiding questions below, discuss how you will use what you have learned about your literacy issue to begin developing your ideal family literacy program.

Questions:

Section I (Allocate approximately 10 minutes):

  • What have you learned about your literacy issue?
  • How does your literacy issue affect family literacy?
  • Who are the stakeholders pertaining to your family literacy issue and describe their different perspectives?
  • What are the family literacy programs currently in place as it pertains to your topic?

Section II (Allocate approximately 10 minutes):

  • How do these programs meet the needs of your stakeholders?
  • How are these programs not meeting the needs of your stakeholders?
  • Based on what you’ve researched, what are some of the needs you will be addressing in your ideal family literacy program?

Pick a Place. How will you get there? How will you get around at your location? Where will you stay? Name 3 attractions you want to go to? What can you do there?

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Plan an accessible vacation in a 6-8 slide

Step 1: Pick a Place (1st slide)

Step:2: How will you get there? How will you get around at your location? (1 slide)

Step 3: Where will you stay? (1 slide)

Step 4: Name 3 attractions you want to go to? What can you do there? (3 slides)

Bonus: Always by prepared for the unexpected, what other resources might you need? (1-2 slides)

Determine where the organization is in compliance with its organizational mission. Substantiate your findings with evidence from your performance assessment. In other words, where is the organization complying with its stated goals to move the organization toward its mission?

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7-2 Milestone four: Performance Report

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

Performance Report: In this section, you will develop recommendations to improve the performance of the organization, basing your recommendations on evidence from your performance assessment.

A. Determine where the organization is in compliance with its organizational mission. Substantiate your findings with evidence from your performance assessment. In other words, where is the organization complying with its stated goals to move the organization toward its mission?

B. Determine where the organization is in noncompliance, or can improve its compliance with the organization’s mission. Substantiate your findings with evidence from your performance assessment. In other words, w here can the organization improve in complying with its stated goals to move the organization towards its mission?

C. Provide specific recommendations to improve the organization’s performance in meeting its goals and mission. Justify your recommendations with evidence from your performance assessment.For example,you might provide recommendations to bring areas of non compliance into compliance with the mission.

D. Explain how these recommendations might be implemented in the organization. Consider the short- and long-term approach to implementing the recommendations. Consider the costs involved in implementing, staffing necessary, or whether or not policies must be created.

Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.

Discuss three activities/actions that you will develop to support the promotion of the key strategy that you identified in item 2 above. Each action/activity needs to be well designed and supported with at least one reference from the literature.

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CDC Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative Discussion Paper

Construct a professional paper that outlines the advanced practice role – as a nurse educator, a nurse leader, or a nurse practitioner – to advance the CDC’s antibiotic resistance initiative. The paper needs to be a minimum of six (6) pages [excluding title and reference pages] consistent with APA style without an abstract page. The paper is worth 40 points.

Include the following:

Introduction that identifies your advanced practice role and your view of how that role will be able to impact the antibiotic resistance dilemma. Support your discussion with at least two references from the literature.
Review the CDC’s goals and identify one of the CDC’s key strategies that you will be able to promote/support in your advanced practice role. Support your discussion with at least two references from the literature.
Discuss three activities/actions that you will develop to support the promotion of the key strategy that you identified in item 2 above. Each action/activity needs to be well designed and supported with at least one reference from the literature. [For example, if you are a nurse educator student – in what course(s) will you be able to promote your identified key strategies, be specific about what that would look like using example lesson plan(s), identify any active learning strategies you will utilize, etc., and provide justification for your strategies, etc.; if you are a nurse leader student – what program(s) and activities will you engage with relative to your organization, be that existing programs or creation of new programs, reporting mechanisms, development of collaborative committees, etc., and provide justification for your strategies, etc.; if you are a nurse practitioner student – what prescribing practices, patient education practices, monitoring programs, etc., will you engage with, and provide justification for your strategies, etc.