General Requirements:
The research essay for this course . Students must select a minimum of five academic sources that pertain to their selected essay topic and students must also set out a clear thesis statement in the introductory paragraph. The best place to search for academic source materials is through the UPEI library webpage. Academic books and journal articles are needed in order to meet the criteria (avoid: webpages, blogs, Wikipedia, non-academic journals or books). A thesis statement is an argument that makes a particular claim backed by supporting evidence. Your thesis should always address the “how” or “why” of your research topic. Examples of thesis statements will be posted on Moodle as we approach the due date.

The essay should be 5-6 pages in length and include an introduction with thesis statement, several sections appropriately organized containing evidence for your argument and clear integration of your source materials, as well as a concluding paragraph that sums up your main point.

The essay must conform to standard academic stylistic practices (1” margins, 12-point Times New Roman, title page, page numbers, footnotes, bibliography, in-text citations, etc.). Students can use any citation format (APA, MLA, or Chicago) but citation style must be consistent throughout the essay and there should be both in-text citations and a bibliography. If you are unsure how to use these citation formats, please ask and I will provide further explanation or clarification.

Potential Topics:

#1 – Ritual Analysis: Select a specific time period and describe what happens in a particular Buddhist ritual/ceremony. Description will answer questions like: Who is involved? What actions occur? What materials are used? What is happening during the ritual? Once you have described the ritual/ceremony, explain its religious significance within Buddhism. Here you now provide the terminology used in academic discussion about the tradition, explain how the ritual/ceremony is interpreted in the tradition, connect it with philosophy, text, and historical development of Buddhism. In particular, identify what religious narrative the ritual/ceremony connects to, and how. The explanatory component will include your own analysis, demonstration of critical thinking, and investigations of issues raised by your sources. Students may select a ritual of their choosing but some suggestions include: Dana, Meditation, Koans/Mandalas, Tantric Visualization, any Buddhist Festival, etc.

#2 – Buddhism in Contemporary Popular Culture: Select a specific film (some suggested films can be found on page 424 of the Harvey textbook) and present an analysis of how Buddhism is depicted in the film. Consider the following questions in your analysis: What type of Buddhism is presented in the film? How does the film incorporate Buddhist philosophy or ritual? Does this presentation align with the information in the textbook or other academic sources about Buddhism?

#3 – Politics & Buddhism: Select a particular historical event and explain how politics and Buddhism intersect within that event. Describe the historical context of the event and explain the significance of that event within the historical development of Buddhism. Be sure to link religious and political change in your essay. Questions to consider include: How does political change lead to religious/philosophical development? Or vice versa? How are politics and religious related in the event that you are describing and analyzing?
Possible historical events to analyze include: The reign of King Ashoka; The split between Therevada and Mayahana schools; Political support or persecution of Buddhist monastics (choose a particular geographic location and time period to narrow the focus); Introduction of Buddhism to China.

*Since this is a second-year course, students may choose to write on a different topic than the suggested topics listed above. This is permissible BUT you must seek approval from the instructor for your topic prior to submission.

Select only ONE of the following.

Be sure to follow the rules posted on the handout “Instructions & Grading Rubric for Module Response Questions” found in the Orientation Module. Some key points from this: MLA Heading, Double space, Use a few relevant quotes from the literature to help make your points, do NOT use any outside sources.

Please note that each of these prompts contains multiple questions. You do not necessarily need to answer all of these questions for your response–at least, not specifically and separately. The goal is for you to be able to see the bigger picture with each prompt and to write a fluent paragraph or two paragraphs in one, unified response.

Again, select only ONE of the following. (Pick the one you like the most!) Please identify which prompt you are using when you submit your response:

All of the following items relate to Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” (p. 32-42).

1. At first glance, the unnamed narrator of “Cathedral” seems a simple, perhaps even bigoted, fairly unsympathetic character who, as his wife points out, doesn’t “have any friends” (34). But is he really so irredeemably unsympathetic? Is there anything that might make us see him as a more complex and even sympathetic character, even before we get to the climactic end of the story?

2. What is the narrator’s attitude toward the visit of the blind man? Why is he so threatened by the idea of that visit? What are the narrator’s values and worldview? How might the blind man threaten his worldview and/or values?

3. What is the significance of the fact that the narrator reacts so strongly and so imaginatively to the idea of the death of the blind man’s wife? What does this reaction suggest about him? How and why might it change our view of the narrator?

4. What literally happens in the final section of the story? What happens symbolically? Does the narrator seem to be changed? How and why? What does he mean when he says he feels as if he is not “inside anything”?

5. What does “blindness” symbolize in our culture? How does Carver’s story reinforce or undermine that symbolism?

Assignment 2-3
It has been reported that a majority of high school students suffer from sleep deprivation. It has also been found that the early start of school is counter-productive to learning. Several school districts around the country have remedied this by pushing back the starting time for school and have extended the school day later. Research one of these districts and report what they have done and what results they have experienced and your feelings about the situation. You must include your research in a Works Cited page with your sources cited in MLA Format. Please submit an essay of at least 200 words.
Rubric for Assignment 2-3
• Research with notions of source – 10 points
• Your feelings – 10 points
Word Count:

Works Cited: (Must be in MLA Format)

Your GIS Career Portfolio Tour should include the following:
A title for each slide
Describe each map that is presented
Describe the GIS skills and tools used to make each map
Explain how the skills can be applied to address research questions, and societal or environmental topics.
Create sub-headings like the ones in the example and tutorial. Some subheadings suggestions include “GIS Skills” and “Environmental Applications”
Document all sources in APA

Complete the story map tutorial found at https://learn.arcgis.com/en/projects/get-started-with-story-maps/
Should be able to upload your maps into your GIS Career Portfolio Tour as either .jpeg or .pdf files.

Review the example of a story map. Go to the https://www.arcgis.com/home/
page and select the Great Wetlands of the World

Story Map http://story.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=aed61922c4b444ba843d19e676e80004

As you review the example, pay special attention to the formatting, layout and explanation provided. Identify points that you find interesting and would like to emulate in your own GIS Career Story Map. Submit the GIS Map Tour as a link in a .pdf file. This can be accomplished by saving your tour and then clicking on the “Share” tab. Copy the link provided after “Share” has been clicked and paste it into a MS Word document. Your link should be short. A long link means that “Share” was not clicked. Your instructor will only be able to see your tour if “Share” is clicked.

Read A Tale of Two Wildernesses, Higgs then answer questions:
• In Chapter 1, A Tale of Two Wildernesses, Higgs describes a story that represents the “instant wild and domestic collide”. Describe the story in writing and visually in drawing (mark-making). (Simple painting is ok)

• In Chapter 1, A Tale of Two Wildernesses, Higgs presents the reader with two types of “wilderness”. What are the names of the two wilderness “areas”? Describe the similarities and differences between the two types of wilderness.
• According to Higgs what is the dominant factor that underscores the “preservationist impulse” to create wilderness preserves? What is the problem with the idea of “wilderness”? Find an artifact in your house that represents “wilderness”. Take a digital photo of the artifact
• In Chapter 1, A Tale of Two Wildernesses, Higgs suggests that ecological restoration “is as much about the retrieval of beliefs and practices as it is about the regaining of physical conditions.” What does he mean by this statement

Applied Final Project – (25%): DUE LAST DAY OF CLASS

After completing this course, students should be able to:

interact appropriately and communicate effectively, using respectful language based on knowledge of diverse populations
make connections and analyze problems related to current events using knowledge of the historical context of diversity issues
advocate within interpersonal relationships, communities, and organizations, utilizing tools of diversity consciousness and applying knowledge of civil rights and the social ramifications of diversity
*All opinions must be supported with academic and/or reliable sources.

BEHS 220 students are required to submit a final project which is worth one quarter of the final course grade. This project should reflect the student’s highest level of work. The Personal Action Plan for Diversity Consciousness requires students to reflect on what they have learned about diversity understanding, awareness and skills through a practical exercise which culminates in a final 5 to 7 page, not including cover and reference pages, paper promoting diversity at the individual, community, and even global level. Because communication is a vital skill in promoting diversity awareness, this written project is expected to be thoughtful, well-organized, and well-written. Make sure to state each item that is to be addressed followed by its due response. Students may wish to consult with the Effective Writing Center and Information and Library Services for guidance.

The Personal Action Plan will consist of a written final product in which the following items are stated and addressed:

PERSONAL GROWTH: 36 possible points

1. Reason(s) for taking the course? (4 points)

2•What are at least two ways in which my “diversity awareness” has been affected by taking this class? (8 points)

3•What are at least two ways in which my “diversity understanding” has been affected by taking this class? (8 points)

4•What are at least two ways in which my “diversity skills” have been affected by taking this class? (8 points)

5•What are at least two steps that I need to take to become a more diversity conscious individual? (8 points)

DIVERSITY BENEFITS: 12 possible points

6. What are at least three specific benefits that I will gain from valuing diversity? Support your response with evidence from your text and/or other materials (e.g. personal journals and Discussion posts, in-class presentations, external sources)

DIVERSITY COMMUNICATION: 16 possible points

7•What is the role of communication in promoting diversity awareness? Provide in-text citations from your text and/or other external sources. Use APA format. (8 points)

8•What are at least two ways in which I will improve my communication skills to help others work more productively with me? (8 points)

DIVERSITY GOALS: 8 possible points

9.What are at least two of my most important diversity goals for the future?

DIVERSITY ACTIONS: 16 possible points

10•What are three specific ways I will achieve my diversity goals and contribute to creating an environment that values diversity? (Specify whether contributions will have a personal, community or global impact) (12 points)

11•What resources will I need to honor these commitments? (4 points)

COMPOSITION AND MECHANICS: 12 possible points

•Writing is clear, concise and comprehensible (4 points)

•Errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, syntax, grammar, etc. are minimal and do not detract from the author’s meaning (4 points)

•In-text citations and references are properly cited using APA style (for assistance with APA style, consult Information and Library Services) (4 points)

FORMAT OF THE REPORT:

•Length: Your report will be 5-7 double spaced pages in length, not including the title page or reference page

•State and respond each of the questions above.

•Font: 12 point; Arial or Times New Roman

•Margins: 1 inch on all sides

•Pagination: Page numbers should be included on every page except the title page.

•Title Page: Should include the title of your report and your name centered on the page.

•References: Your last page should list all of the sources you have used in alphabetical order and in APA format.

•Citations: Remember to cite any language, information or ideas that are not your own in order to avoid plagiarism. In–text citations and references should be in APA format.

•Tone: This is a formal written assignment. Avoid using jargon, slang, contractions or colloquialisms.

•Syntax: Grammar, spelling, capitalization and sentence construction are important. Always proofread your work!

•Resources: Students are encouraged make use of the UMUC Effective Writing Center as well as Information and Library Services when preparing their Personal Action Plans.

In the cases presented in the Ink & Thurmaier readings, Dwight Ink describes the difficulties created by conflicting responsibilities when the issue of management could have a major impact on a political decision. How can the policy-making process conflict with responsibilities of public officials? Using an example (or examples) from the cases presented in the Ink & Thurmaier readings, identify ways in which public officials face a dilemma in choosing between legal requirements of their positions and the politics involved in the situation, and then discuss how the officials should proceed in those instances. Discuss how the concepts of exit, voice, and loyalty were/could have been demonstrated by the characters involved in the dilemma.

Sources of this task:
Svara Chapters 7 & 8 (pp.131-159)
 “’Exit, Voice, and Loyalty’: Further Reflections and a Survey of Recent
Contributions,” by Albert O. Hirschman, Summer 1980, The Milbank Memorial
Fund Quarterly/Health and Society, 58(3): 430-453.
 Ink & Thurmaier, 115-186

References:
The Ethics Primer for Public Administrators in Government and Nonprofit Organizations by James Svara ISBN 978-1-4496-1901-5 Second edition, copyright 2015 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC

Getting Things Done with Courage and Conviction: Principles and Cases in Public Management by Dwight Ink and Kurt Thurmaier ISBN 978-0-99923592-8, copyright 2018 by Melvin & Leigh, Publishers

Please answer every BOLD question and make sure write it 150 words for each BOLD question

What are dolphins, horses, and modern humans adapted for?

1.Dolphins:
– Dolphin skull including: 1. The “telescoped” cranial and facial bones and features 2. Aquatic breathing and sound generating system (nasal opening blowhole) , lungs, air passages, phonic lips, melon, etc.) 3.Food acquisition and processing system (jaws, jaw muscles, dentition ) 4. Aquatic hearing (echolocation, communication) system (from acoustic window to fat pad in hollow mandible to auditory bullae with an involucrum up autic nerve to large and complex brain for echo interpretation.)

-Aquatic locomotor (swimming) system (torpedo shaped body, front limb (flipper for steering), Hind limb (vestigial, Spine (flexibility, musculature) tail (flukes), etc. )

2. Horses: investigate and illuminate (draw/ diagram /print, label, and describe) the historical development and adaptive significance of each of the following anatomical systems present in modern HORSES.

– Pelage (Hair/fur: vibrissae, insulation, protection, protective coloration,
– olfactory system (nostrils, turbinal bones, jacobson’s organ, olfactory bulb of brain, etc.)
– tactile system (vibrissae, lips tongue, etc.)
-Auditory System (Pinnae, ear tube, ear drum, ear ossicles, inner ear (especially the cochlea)
– visual system (eyes: pupil, lense retina, teptum lucidum, etc. Also: orbit placement, visual field, etc.)
– masticatory system (lips, tongue, jaws, jaw muscles, dentition (incisors, canines, premolars, molars) etc.)
-Unguligrade locomotor system (pectoral girdle- front limb, pelvic girdle, hind limb, lumbar vertebrae,etc.)

3. MODERN HUMANS: : investigate and illuminate (draw/ diagram /print, label, and describe) the historical development and adaptive significance of each of the following anatomical systems present in modern humans ( homo sapiens)

– Hearing system (pinnae, ear tube, ear drum, ear ossicles, cochlea, auditory regions of brain, speech centers including broca’s (speaking, wrting, tool making ) and wernicke’s areas( understanding language ) etc. )

– Visual system (eyes: pupil, lense retina, rod and cone cells, retinal fovea for trichromatic color and precision vision) ALSO: boney orbital capsules, overlapping visual fields for depth perception,etc.
– Masticatory system (jaws, Jaw muscles dentition including incisors, canines, pre-molars, molars, plus lips, cheeks, tongue, etc.)
– Arm and hand adaptations (shoulder, arm, wrist, palm and finger bones, five digits, long opposable thumb, short fingers, nails backing tactile pad with dermatoglyphs, fine motor and power gripping manipulation capability, etc.)
– Bipedal locomotor system (adaptations of the spine, pelvis, leg and foot: adaptations for walking striding, jogging, sprinting, jumping, kicking, climbing, etc .)
– Skin (organ system) : protection, body hair, tactitle capabilities, pigmentation, thermoregulation, eccrine ( sweat) glands, subsurface capillaries, subcutaneous fat for energy storage, insulation, etc.)

Consider the recovery efforts AFTER a cyber attack. Write a five page APA paper addressing the following questions; each question should be approximately one page of response. The entire assessment is worth 250 points.

Base your answers on a specific case or scenario. You may either use the cyber security tabletop exercise we have been following, OR you may also draw upon other real world cyber attacks (for example such as the Anthem healthcare data breach of 2015, JP Morgan Chase banking attack in July – August 2014, or Target retail stores data breach of December 2013).

It is necessary to provide at least 3 external resources as part of your short essay responses. Please include a properly formatted APA references page. A good resource for research is the Gale Global Issues database.

Make sure you address the full range of impact of your chosen cyber attack. A successful submission will address all of the following:

Which case did you choose? Summarize the pertinent details of the attack.
How do you communicate what happened? What steps are being taken? Who is your audience? What messages should be communicated in this response plan?
How do you clean up our image to our internal and external audiences after a situation like this? How do we regain their trust? Provide at least a specific examples and recommendation for the future.
Internally, how can we retain our employees? How can we reassure them if there are layoffs and the company has experienced significant financial losses?
Externally, how should we go about regaining our customers’ confidence? How can we get those who may have left us to come back? How does this impact new business in the future?
How did previous prevention methods fall short? What types of training programs could we implement to ensure all of our people are better prepared? What other recovery steps should be adopted to prevent future attacks?

Course: strategic planning and decision making in nursing
please answer all the questions. thank you.
Please read Case Study 19.———attached
Cite two references – one may be your textbook. Complete the following questions:
1. Does the proposed program comply with the hospital’s mission?
2. Does CMH have sufficient infrastructure and financial resources/leverage necessary to add the program?
3. What is the competitive situation among other area hospitals that could impact the decision? Would they offer competition or cooperation to CMH?
4. How much change in the service area would be required for cardio-vascular surgery service?
5. Discuss the pros of states requiring certificates of need to permit hospitals adding facilities and equipment?
6. Should CMH offer comprehensive cardiac care?
Note: While the mission statement is not explicitly stated in the case description, students may read the case with a focus on the mission and identify the basic mission of the community hospital. Included in the hospital’s original mission statement was a clause that stated “CMH will be a comprehensive provider of health care with hospital/clinical care, home health, medical education and medical research.”

Text book for course:
Ginter, P., Duncan, W. J., & Swayne, L. (2013). Strategic management of health care organizations (7th ed.). San Francisco, CA, USA: Jossey-Bass.

pls answer all the questions above. thx

Text book for course:
Ginter, P., Duncan, W. J., & Swayne, L. (2013). Strategic management of health care organizations (7th ed.). San Francisco, CA, USA: Jossey-Bass.