During the past few weeks, you have been presented with information about what constitutes effective, professional writing. For this assignment, reflect on the topics you have studied and share some thoughts on the writing process with your instructor and your fellow students. Topics covered include:

The information cycle
The credibility of source material
Summary and paraphrase
Documentation of sources using APA guidelines
Steps in the writing process
Based on the topics you have covered, describe what you find the most difficult for you. What are some strategies you could use to overcome this (these) challenge(s)?

Locate a support group meeting and attend one of the scheduled sessions.
This is about an AA or NA meeting.
I’m in Boca Raton Florida, so the meeting should be in the area.
Please follow the guidelines below for completing a clinical log entry about your experience after attending the program.
1. Describe your thoughts about attending a support group.
2. Describe your expectation(s) prior to the start of the support group.
3. Discuss a significant event that occurred during this clinical experience. Explain why the event was significant to you.
4. Discuss one specific thing you learned today? Discuss how you can apply this learning to working with patients in the clinical practice setting.
5. Identify some differences in what you learned today from what you previously believed about the topic of the support group. Discuss the effect those differences will have on your clinical practice as a nurse.
6. Describe your thoughts at the completion of the meetings

Essay question.
-Do you agree that nuclear weapons have made the world a safer place?

Essay Structure

Introduction
– Simple orientation to topic
– Thesis
– Summary of key points

Argument
– Key points presented in order of summary
– Clear topic sentences with evidence and/or examples
– Constant orientation to thesis

Conclusion
– Summary of findings
– Thesis re-statement
– Final statement

Assessment Description

You must write an essay of 1500 words.

Assessment Requirements and Criteria
Referencing System: You must use either APA (in-text) or Chicago (footnotes) referencing system.
Please note that while APA does not require page numbers you must include page numbers in your essay.
Please also note that while Chicago does not require you to include newspaper articles in the bibliography
you must include newspaper articles in the bibliography for your essay.
For this assignment you are required to utilise at least four scholarly/academic sources in addition to those
we have provided.

Do not use Wikipedia. Popular magazine articles, newspaper articles, and many of the writings you find on
search engines like Google do not qualify as academic/scholarly sources. (Learn to discern!) This does not mean
that you cannot use them; often they are very welcome additions to your essay, particularly if you want to use very
new material. If you do use them you must cite them in exactly the same way as you would if they were academic/scholarly
sources.

List of the provided materials

Recommended Readings
Prescribed Textbook
– Introduction to International Relations: Enduring Questions and Contemporary Perspectives Joseph Greico,
G.John Ikenberry and Michael Mastanduno (eds), Palgrave, 2015.

Essential Reading
– Arrigo, Bruce A. and Heather Y. Bersot, (eds), 2014, The Routledge Handbook of International Crime and
Justice Studies, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
– Badescu, Cristina Gabriela, 2011, Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect: Security and
human rights, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
– Balaam, David N. 2014, Introduction to International Political Economy, 6th edition, Boston: Pearson.
– Burchill, Scott, Richard Devetak, Andrew Linklater, Jack Donnelly, Terry Nardin, Matthew Paterson, Christian
Reus-Smit and Jacqui True, 2013, Theories of International Relations, 5th edition, Hampshire: Palgrave
Macmillan.
– Carr, E.H., 2001, The Twenty Years’ Crisis, 1919-1939, London, Palgrave.
– Devetak, Richard, Anthony Burke and Jim George (eds), 2012, An Introduction to International Relations, 2nd
edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
– Falk, Richard, 2014, (Re)imagining humane global governance, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
– Gaddis, John Lewis, 2006, The Cold War, London: Allen Lane.
– Goodhart, Michael E., (ed.), 2009, Human Rights: Politics and practice, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
– Gorman, Robert F., 2010, The Cold War, Pasadena, California: Salem Press.
– Hans, Asha and Betty A. Reardon, (eds), 2010, The gender imperative: Human security vs state security, New
Delhi: Routledge.
– Hehir, Aidan, 2010, Humanitarian intervention: An Introduction, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
– Jackson, Robert L., 2013, Global politics in the 21st century, New York: Cambridge University Press.
– Jackson, Robert and Georg Sorensen, 2013, Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approaches,
5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
– Kavalski, Emilian, (ed.), 2015, Encounters with World Affairs: An Introduction to International Relations,
Surrey: Ashgate.
– Lawson, Stephanie, 2012, International Relations, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Polity Press.
– Ling, L.H.M., 2014, The Dao of world politics: Towards a post-Westphalian, worldist international relations,
Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
– Natarajan, Mangai, 2010, International Crime and Justice, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
– O’Brien, Karen, 2010, Climate Change, Ethics and Human Security, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University
Press.
– Reichel, Philip L. and Jay S. Albanese, 2014, Handbook of transnational crime and justice, 2nd edition, Los
Angeles: Sage.
– Sinclair, Timothy J., 2012, Global governance, Cambridge: Polity Press.
– Weiss, Thomas, 2012, Humanitarian intervention: Ideas in action, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Polity Press

We’ve talked a little bit about the rhetorical situation of a piece of writing: the interplay between author, audience, and purpose. Now we’ll explore that concept further by doing a full rhetorical analysisof a reading from the text.Rhetorical analysis asks you to look at the way an author useslanguage and/or images to fulfill theirpurpose. Rhetoric, or the “art of persuasion,” is everywhere, and when you analyze it, you determine whether or not it fulfills its purpose—whether or notit actually ispersuasive, in other words—and why. For example, ads and commercials are piecesof rhetoric designed to sell products, services, or even beliefs to viewers—but how often are they effective, and for whom?To determine whether or not rhetoric is effective, considerits rhetorical situation as well as its rhetorical appeals (ethos, logos, and pathos), language (word choice and figurative language),organization and flow, and other significant factorsthe author uses. AssignmentChoose a reading from the textthat interests you. Read it, reread it, mark it upand annotate it, looking for evidence of rhetoric at work. After you have read the essay/article in depth, write a paper of no less than 700 words (2 or morepages), rhetorically analyzing your chosen text. You should start out by establishing the rhetorical situation: the speaker’s background (you may need to conduct brief, uncited research for this), the intended audience, and the central purpose or argument of the piece. From there, analyze howthe author uses one or more of the rhetorical appealsto try and achieve her/his purpose. Finally, state whether or not you believe the talk is effective. The challenge of this assignment is to demonstrate to me how deeply you can think about your chosen piece of writing and how thoroughly you can take apart and analyzeits components. Essentially, your analysismust deal with the following questions:1)What is the author’s purposeorcentral argument?2) How does the author attemptto prove that argumentthrough rhetorical appeals?3) How successful is the author in fulfilling her/his purpose?DetailsPlease ensure that your projectcontains thefollowing components:
•An intro,including adetailed description of the rhetorical situation
•An examination of the rhetorical appealspresent in or missing fromthe piece
•Specific examplesof ethos, pathos, logos and/orother rhetorical devices either quoted or paraphrased
•An explanation of each example you use—how it demonstrates ethos, pathos, or logos, and how it influences the overall effectiveness of the piece
•A conclusion that reveals your opinion on the article’s effectiveness
•A properly formatted Work Cited citationfor the TED Talk

For your invention to be deemed novel, it must have a different attribute or attributes than other existing inventions. Next week, we will be researching prior art in the forms of other patents; but for this assignment, research if any of your three invention ideas have been attempted or already exist. Don’t be surprised if someone else has already thought of your idea. For each of your three invention ideas, please write a paragraph (at least 200 words) detailing if you found out that your idea is novel or not. If it is novel, is it similar to other inventions? Which attributes of your idea make it novel? If it is not novel, can you think of other attributes that you could add to your invention to make it novel? Be aware that for your provisional patent application to be successful, your idea should be novel. If all of your ideas already exist and cannot be improved upon by changing an attribute, please suggest another novel concept for an invention.

Length: 3-5 pages not including title and reference pages

References: At least 3

Part 2:

Find a patent that is relevant to your own dissertation research. If you have not picked a topic yet, find a patent in the field in which you are interested in doing your research. Identify what information from the patent could be beneficial to your research. Consider looking into any referenced prior art as well.

In addition, conduct a search of scholarly articles related to your research topic. Do any of the articles you found suggest a similar technology to one or more of the patents you proposed? Please write a short paragraph (approximately 200 words) describing any related technology to your proposed patents. If none exist, please describe any technology discovered relevant to your dissertation topic. Please provide references to articles noted during your research.

Length 1-2 pages not including title and reference pages.

References: At least 3

produce the report which has got 3 outcome but outcome one we have to choose two theory from 3 theory which are Conflict, Functionalist and symbolic interactionist theory,The society has to be Scotland,Outcome two we have to pick a condition,example lung cancer is quite common in Scotland and provide evidence of the changing health of the nation also to identify the social groups most at risk of being affected by illness,to explain how a range of cultural and social factors can impact on the behaviour of individuals and their future health status,to explain the relationships between low socioeconomic status and poor health(this should include relevant research and published paper,lastly care delivery in relation to changing needs. Outcome 3 we have to identify and explain 2 risk factors influencing the provision of care,identify models of health and social care and their influence on government policy for care provision(medical model and social model), to explain how a range of political and economic factors can impact on government health policy and the availability of care and to identify how media Influence’s society’s view of health and its expectations of care provision. In outcome 2 and 3 we have to link our answers with the theory we have pick on outcome one.

Rhetorical fallacies, or fallacies of argument, don’t allow for the open, two-way exchange of ideas upon which
meaningful conversations depend. Instead, they distract the reader with various appeals instead of using sound
reasoning. They can be divided into three categories:
1. Emotional fallacies unfairly appeal to the audience’s emotions.
2. Ethical fallacies unreasonably advance the writer’s own authority or character.
3. Logical fallacies depend upon faulty logic.
Keep in mind that rhetorical fallacies often overlap.
EMOTIONAL FALLACIES
Sentimental Appeals use emotion to distract the audience from the facts.
Example: The thousand of baby seals killed in the Exxon Valdez oil spill have shown us that oil is not a
reliable energy source.
Red Herrings use misleading or unrelated evidence to support a conclusion.
Example: That painting is worthless because I don’t recognize the artist.
Scare Tactics try to frighten people into agreeing with the arguer by threatening them or predicting unrealistically
dire consequences.
Example: If you don’t support the party’s tax plan, you and your family will be reduced to poverty.
Bandwagon Appeals encourage an audience to agree with the writer because everyone else is doing so.
Example: Paris Hilton carries a small dog in her purse, so you should buy a hairless Chihuahua and put it
in your Louis Vuitton.
Slippery Slope arguments suggest that one thing will lead to another, oftentimes with disastrous results.
Example: If you get a B in high school, you won’t get into the college of your choice, and therefore will
never have a meaningful career.
Either/Or Choices reduce complicated issues to only two possible courses of action.
Example: The patent office can either approve my generator design immediately or say goodbye forever to
affordable energy.
False Need arguments create an unnecessary desire for things.
Example: You need an expensive car or people won’t think you’re cool.
ETHICAL FALLACIES
False Authority asks audiences to agree with the assertion of a writer based simply on his or her character or the
authority of another person or institution who may not be fully qualified to offer that assertion.
Example: My high school teacher said it, so it must be true.
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Using Authority Instead of Evidence occurs when someone offers personal authority as proof.
Example: Trust me – my best friend wouldn’t do that.
Guilt by Association calls someone’s character into question by examining the character of that person’s associates.
Example: Sara’s friend Amy robbed a bank; therefore, Sara is a delinquent.
Dogmatism shuts down discussion by asserting that the writer’s beliefs are the only acceptable ones.
Example: I’m sorry, but I think penguins are sea creatures and that’s that.
Moral Equivalence compares minor problems with much more serious crimes (or vice versa).
Example: These mandatory seatbelt laws are fascist.
Ad Hominem arguments attack a person’s character rather than that person’s reasoning.
Example: Why should we think a candidate who recently divorced will keep her campaign promises?
Strawperson arguments set up and often dismantle easily refutable arguments in order to misrepresent an
opponent’s argument in order to defeat him or her
Example: A: We need to regulate access to handguns.
B: My opponent believes that we should ignore the rights guaranteed to us as citizens of the
United States by the Constitution. Unlike my opponent, I am a firm believer in the Constitution,
and a proponent of freedom.
LOGICAL FALLACIES
A Hasty Generalization draws conclusions from scanty evidence.
Example: I wouldn’t eat at that restaurant—the only time I ate there, my entree was undercooked.
Faulty Causality (or Post Hoc) arguments confuse chronology with causation: one event can occur after another
without being caused by it.
Example: A year after the release of the violent shoot-’em-up video game Annihilator, incidents of school
violence tripled—surely not a coincidence.
A Non Sequitur (Latin for “It doesn’t follow”) is a statement that does not logically relate to what comes before it.
An important logical step may be missing in such a claim.
Example: If those protesters really loved their country, they wouldn’t question the government.
An Equivocation is a half-truth, or a statement that is partially correct but that purposefully obscures the entire
truth.
Example: “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” – President Bill Clinton
Begging the Question occurs when a writer simply restates the claim in a different way; such an argument is
circular.
Example: His lies are evident from the untruthful nature of his statements.
A Faulty Analogy is an inaccurate, inappropriate, or misleading comparison between two things.
Example: Letting prisoners out on early release is like absolving them of their crimes.
Stacked Evidence represents only one side of the issue, thus distorting the issue.
Example: Cats are superior to dogs because they are cleaner, cuter, and more independent.
Further Resources: Lunsford, Andrea A. and John Ruszkiewicz. Everything’s an Argument. 3rd ed. New York:
Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2004.

Each example requires two answers: the method of reasoning used in the statement and the fallacy(error of reasoning) evident in the statement. Use the doc. answer sheet and simply file it here. Use the Chart on Methods of Reasoning and Errors of Reasoning to aid in matching the fallacy with the method.

Select a Topic for Research Paper
This course is both reading and writing intensive. It allows students to learn and understand the process of urbanization and to develop the skill of critical thinking as well as deepen their knowledge in collecting and analyzing data. Thus, each student is required to write no less than an eight-page research paper. The assignment for research paper requires reading, writing and critical thinking. The purpose this research assignment is to help you (students) learn how to conduct research; it involves not only writing but also reading and analyzing information.

This is your Assignment # 3:

SELECT A TOPIC for your research paper; a topic that is simple, common and unique to cities.
Write one page that briefly describes or defines the topic you select and why.

Selecting a topic for research is often not an easy task; it is much difficult than you might think. If you cannot come up with a topic on your own, select one from the list below. Please be specific and follow the instructions.

Suggested topics for a research paper

1. Cost of living in the city
2. Crime rate in New York city in any city)
3. Access to health care in the city
4. The problem of urban teenage pregnancy
5. High prices for consumer goods
6. High property taxes in New York / (any city…)
7. Homelessness in the City (specify a city)
8. Inadequate urban public education
9. Inadequate urban public housing
10. Limited social services in the city (specify)
11. Low wages in the city
12. Obesity among urban teen-agers
13. Over crowdedness in the city (specify)
14. Urban police brutality
15. Population density in New York city
16. Urban public transportation
17. Sexual harassment in urban work place
18. Teenage violence in the City
19. The city entertainment district
20. Traffic congestion in the City
21. Urban Unemployment in the U.S. /(anywhere?)
22. Urban health care cost (anywhere?)
23. Urban juvenile delinquency

First listen to these two lectures carefully. You need to be patient with Kant, as his writing is a bit abstract. Remember when he talks about “maxims” it is your personal will and when he talks about the a priori (=before experience, innate, wired in) Law of reason, he does NOT mean social-legal laws, but the wired in LAW of REASON.

All major religions including indigenous religions: Lao-Tzu, Confucius, Upanishads and Vedas, Buddhism, Religions of the Book, and philosophers Socrates, Plato, and Kant hold that we should NOT do good for the personal gain but for its effect on our internal disposition, the disposition and harmony of our soul/body, and good consequences will or may also follow. Unlike utilitarianism, for them our internal disposition is more important than external achievements.

After listening to the lectures above and reflecting on the above passage about different religions’ and philosophers’ rejection of “consequentialism”, open a thread and write a reflection on the following questions, no less than 400 words:

1) Do you think consequences (maximizing pleasure for the most, yourself included) is more important than our internal disposition (yourself included)? If you had only two options and were to choose, which one would you choose, maximizing pleasure for the most, or best internal disposition and good will for the most?

2) Imagine that you could go inside the Room of Wishes and the Room doesn’t give you what you think you want, but what your internal disposition asks for. For example, you may go inside the Room and wish the Room saves your sick mom, but the Room would give you millions of dollars instead, if your internal disposition wishes money more than your mom’s health. Are you ready NOW to enter the Room? Why or why not? Do you see any relation between this thought experiment and Kant’s notion of good will?

If you wish to achieve any consequence through the Room of Wishes, what should you do? Who should you be? What should be the relation between your internal disposition and the consequence you want to achieve?

This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment.
Nursing theories are tested and systematic ways to implement nursing practice. Select a nursing theory and its conceptual model. Prepare a 10-15 slide PowerPoint in which you describe the nursing theory and its conceptual model and demonstrate its application in nursing practice. Include the following:
1. Present an overview of the nursing theory. Provide evidence that demonstrates support for the model’s efficacy in nursing practice. Explain how the theory proves the conceptual model.
2. Explain how the nursing theory incorporates the four metaparadigm concepts.
3. Provide three evidence-based examples that demonstrate how the nursing theory supports nursing practice. Provide support and rationale for each.
Refer to the resource, “Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations,” located in the Student Success Center, for additional guidance on completing this assignment in the appropriate style.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

Sources references
Textbook
1. Dynamics in Nursing: Art and Science of Professional Practice
Read Chapter 3 in Dynamics in Nursing: Art and Science of Professional Practice.
https://www.gcumedia.com/digital-resources/grand-canyon-university/2018/dynamics-in-nursing_art-and-science-of-professional-practice_1e.php
Electronic Resource
1. Creating a More Highly Qualified Nursing Workforce
Read “Creating a More Highly Qualified Nursing Workforce,” by Rosseter (2015), located on the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) website.
http://www.aacnnursing.org/News-Information/Fact-Sheets/Nursing-Workforce

2. Initial Course Survey
In an effort for continuous improvement, Grand Canyon University would like you to take this opportunity to provide feedback about your experience with the university. Your participation is appreciated.
http://survey.gcu.edu/initial_course_survey/initial_course_survey.htm?q0.a=

3. Scope of Practice
Read “Scope of Practice,” located on the American Nurses Association (ANA) website.
https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/scope-of-practice/

4. The Impact of Education on Nursing Practice
Read “The Impact of Education on Nursing Practice,” by Rosseter (2017), located on the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) website.
http://www.aacnnursing.org/News-Information/Fact-Sheets/Impact-of-Education

5. What Is Nursing?
Read “What is Nursing,” located on the American Nurses Association (ANA) website.
https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/workforce/what-is-nursing/