Amending the Constitution

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Purpose

Now that we are versed in both the founding documents and Dahl’s critiques of them let’s do some creative work. This is an exercise to engage with the process in constitution drafting.

Tasks

  1. Propose an amendment to the Constitution that addresses one of Dahl’s concerns. Draft the actual language of the amendment and be sure to identify specifically where it would go in the text of the constitution using the Article number and Section. If it’s an amendment give it the proper number.
  2. Explain and defend the amendment in no more than 300 words. Provide any necessary context, background and supplementary information so the reason for the amendment is clear and persuasive.
  3. Reference specific quotes, ideas and arguments from Dahl’s text in your explanation and defense.

Criteria for Success

  1. A clearly drafted amendment. Try to use the style and language of the constitution as best you can.
  2. Your explanation is detailed and you use persuasive language to convince your readers to adopt the amendment.
  3. Utilization of quotes, ideas and arguments from Dahl’s text integrated and utilized effectively in your explanation and defense.

Natural Hazards, unatural disaster Book reveiw

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Natural Hazards, Unnatural Disasters, (Entire Book)

Assignment: Provide an approximate 1500-word document analyzing important concepts in the readings. Assume that you are writing for an uninformed reader that knows nothing about the topic and has not read what you read. Provide an introduction that gives the background of the resource that you are reviewing, so the reader will understand what they’re reading and why. Include the following topics for inclusion in this week’s discussion:

– Discuss Hazard clustering including how do hazards ‘cluster’ and what are the impacts?

– Discuss how Hazard Clustering disasters impact the economy and growth?

– Discuss individual preparedness including are individuals adequately self-sufficient and concerned for their own welfare and safety?

– Discuss how governments can help individuals and society overall?

– What is the role of insurance? Is insurance sustainable in an environment of increasing risk?

– How are cities inherently hazardous?

– How would your perspective of disaster change if a disaster similar to those described happened to you?

DO NOT list out the topics or questions and answer them. They are not meant to be all-inclusive, and your reader will not understand the context. Rather, give an overview of the author’s entire body of work, using the topics as guidelines.

APA Format

Disease Model Versus Positive Psychology Worksheet

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Read the scenario and answer the questions in no less than 200 words each. Support your responses with detail from this week’s assigned video and reading. Include APA-formatted citations and references.

William is a 44-year old project manager for a large commercial construction firm. He started out as a gifted carpenter who greatly enjoyed designing and building custom furniture. However, after several promotions, he focuses on bringing in new business. He spends many work hours at his computer or on the telephone. He is divorced and rarely sees his two daughters. In recent years, he has gained weight and is displeased with his appearance, but has no interest in or energy for exercise. He does not sleep well because he worries about business problems at night. He was recently diagnosed with high blood pressure. Although he is financially secure, he rarely takes vacations or socializes outside of the office. He has begun to feel that his life is pointless.

  1. Discuss William’s situation from the perspective of traditional psychology. What information would be most important? What conclusions and recommendations might be made by a psychologist working from the disease model?
  2. Discuss William’s situation from the perspective of positive psychology. What information would be most important? What conclusions and recommendations might be made by a psychologist working from the positive psychology model?

Database: Encounters Information (BSHS/375)

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Resources: Database Template, Spreadsheet Guide on Excel®, and Lynda.com® Tutorials

Complete the Encounters worksheet in the Database Template you started in Week 2.

  • Enter five encounters for three of the clients you entered in the Demographics worksheet in Week 2. The client’s name in the Encounters worksheet should be linked to the client’s name on the Demographics worksheet.
  • The formula in column G should reflect the number of hours of service times the fee per hour.
  • The number in column H is up to you. Add a dollar amount that each client paid. The dollar amount paid in this column should be unique to each client.
  • The formula in column I should reflect the amount due minus the amount paid.

Once you have correctly entered the formulas for columns G and I in row 2, copy and paste the formulas down both the entire columns so that all rows in these two columns contain the formulas.

Save your work.

Click the Assignments Files tab to submit your assignment.

Art Movement

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Special Writing Assignment in two parts. First, you will be selecting one art movement from a group of four. You will then write about why this movement was originally rejected by the public and was later accepted, its culture’s values, and its influence. Then you will analyze how your participation in this Art Appreciation course impacted your growth in Christian Core Values.

Activity: Part One

1.Submit at least 400 words for this section of the assignment.

Choose one of the following art movements:

Realism /Impressionism/Dada/Pop Art

Include the following:

The public’s reaction at the time of its introduction

Why it is now accepted as “art”

Its influence on the movements that followed it

Examples of art work and their historical/cultural values

Part 2

Submit at least 100 words describing how you believe that participating in this course has helped you to develop in the areas of Core Values as listed below.

Community – develops hospitable Christian learning communities everywhere we serve. We foster a spirit of belonging, unity and interdependence based on mutual trust and respect to create socially responsible environments that challenge all of us to listen, to learn, to change, and to serve. Respect – Animated in the spirit of Jesus Christ, we value all individuals’ unique talents, respect their dignity and strive to foster their commitment to excellence in our work. Our community’s strength depends on the unity and diversity of our people, on the free exchange of ideas and on learning, living, and working harmoniously.

Personal Development – stress the development of every person’s mind, spirit and body for a balanced life.

Responsible Stewardship – Our Creator blesses us with an abundance of resources. We foster a spirit of service to employ our resources to university and community development. We must be resourceful. We must optimize and apply all of the resources of our community to fulfill our Christian mission and goals.

Integrity -The commitment to excellence demands that its members live its mission and deliver on its promise. The faculty, staff, and students pledge to be honest, just, and consistent in word and deed.

The paper must be formatted according to MLA standards

Please be sure to enclose all direct quotes in quotation marks and cite the sources of your information internally and in a separate

Project 5 (Topic Foot Locker)

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Project Five

Business Report

One to two full in pages in length: single spaced; 12 pt. font. One Inch margins. In your own words.
If you create any small charts they will count for page space. Goal: tell the story of your company in the parameters described below.

Each of the five projects requires you to map out your message, for your supervisor, illustrating your mastery of concepts from our course as they relate to your SEC 10-K Company. Consider this as your employer. As a starting point, for project four:

Consider the concept of budgeting, variance analysis and strategy. Searching in our 1004 page pdf book you will see highlights of the personal perspective to budget low so you come in high, budget high so we all feel good today, etc. These are important concepts to summarize and evaluate.

How would a company be affected by budget strategy based on personal goals rather than market analysis? How might this affect sales dollars, sales volume, and profits? Consider too the effect of financing, production volume and capacity.

This concludes our series of five projects. In your weekly report, separate from this project, you should reference how these projects related to your study and foundation knowledge building.

victim relief coordinator, unit 5 db 390 assignment help

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You are the victim relief coordinator for a major volunteer organization located on the west coast of the United States. A catastrophic 8.7-magnitude earthquake has just struck the state of California, with the epicenter located somewhere near San Jose. The damage is severe, the number of casualties is unknown, and local emergency operations have already commenced. The volunteers associated with your organization have all undergone the typical training sessions required for volunteer work, but you want to give them a review of what they are about to encounter and how to effectively handle the situation both mentally and emotionally.

Assignment Guidelines

  • In 4–6 paragraphs, address the following:
    • In your own words, explain the concept of behavior potentials to the volunteers.
      • Psychologically speaking, what are behavior potentials?
      • What types of personalities do you think have the greatest potential to become overwhelmed by trauma and stress? Provide 2–3 examples and briefly describe them.
    • How will you explain to the volunteers the most effective methods for reconciling traumatized survivors? Explain.
      • What do you think are the best methods to treat victims of shock or extreme trauma? Explain in detail.
    • What must be taken into consideration regarding potential psychological trauma experienced by the volunteer response and recovery units? Explain.
    • What significant challenges do you feel will be associated with the psychological treatment of both surviving victims of the earthquake and volunteers who experience emotional trauma? Explain.
  • Post a new topic to the Discussion Board that contains your responses to the above questions.
  • Comment on at least 2 other students’ posts.

Marketing Strategy Prince Sports

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Prince Sports is looking to increase sales of it tennis products and gain market share in both the domestic and international markets. Your marketing firm has been retained to assist the company in developing a marketing plan to achieve its’ directional strategy. The following should be taken into consideration prior to constructing the plan: 21st century trends in the environmental forces (social, economic, technological, competitive, and regulatory) that work for and work against the success of Prince Sports in the tennis industry; possible promotional activities the company can use to reach recreational and junior players; actions Prince Sports can take to gain broader distribution and sales in mass merchandisers and specialty tennis shops; and criteria for selecting countries and actions Prince can undertake to reach these foreign markets.

http://kerin.tv/13e/v9-4

Make the attached file a full 4 pages its already 3

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Oct 20 2017
Hope through distraction

The story by of the Shawshank Redemption is an inspiring one played out by Andy Dufreine. The story is mainly geared to showing ways in which we can be able to keep on hoping for some final result even though the situation may be grave. There are various plots and scenes whereby the directors have incorporated the best effective methods possible to ensure that the rhetoric effect of the story is felt. The prison situation is nasty and seems to have no end but instilling hope for better days was the driving factor for Andy. He does not only have hopes for himself but also tends to try and pass the same to his friends. The distractions he uses while in the prison make his days more hopeful as they distract him from concentrating much on his current situation. The main argument of the story is that hope can be found whenever and is almost fully assured if one is able to focus fully on the future without concentrating much on the current situation.

Andy is portrayed as one who is not pushed to the wall by the fact that he is in prison even though he was accused falsely. He accepts what befalls him without resistance and tries to muster the courage and hopes for some change in the future. He hid a rock hammer in the Bible when going to prison. This is one of the distractions that he uses to keep himself physically busy. Through this, he is able to lose concentrations on being despaired; rather, he is more hopeful of the future. He always looked at the hammer and begins having nostalgic moments as he always remembered how the outside life was interesting and full of life. By doing so, his mind is able to relax and focus more on the brighter side. The same hammer is later used in the story when he uses it more significantly to enable his escape from the prison. This is a symbolic encounter as he is able to free himself from bondage with the same instrument that he frequently used to remember of his hope. Being assigned a role at the library was symbolic and also played a large role in making Andy have more hopes of a better future. He was tasked to help with the financial records and other small tasks at the library. When this is compared to what he was doing outside the prison, it seemed to be a smaller extension of his work. Through this, he gained a lot of courage and hope that the future might change for the better. This was a clear distraction that enabled his mind wander away from the thought of being a lockup to a free man.

exam 2

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1. Compare and contrast the conditioning, observational learning, and cognitive theories of the development of phobias. (10 points)

2. Kristen is a 38 year-old divorced mother of two teenagers. She has had a successful, well-paying career for the past several years in upper-level management. Even though she has worked for the same, thriving company for over 6 years, she’s found herself worrying constantly about losing her job and being unable to provide for her children. This worry has been troubling her for the past 8 months. Despite her best efforts, she hasn’t been able to shake the negative thoughts. Ever since the worry started, Kristen has found herself feeling restless, tired, and tense. She often paces in her office when she’s there alone. She’s had several embarrassing moments in meetings where she has lost track of what she was trying to say. When she goes to bed at night, it’s as if her brain won’t shut off. She finds herself mentally rehearsing all the worse-case scenarios regarding losing her job, including ending up homeless. What diagnosis would you give Kristen (list the symptoms you used to make the diagnosis) and what treatment would you suggest? (20 points)

3. How does stress affect the body and what are the long term effects of chronic stress? (10 points)

4. MT is a 38 year old woman who was brought in by her husband following a traumatic incident. One week ago, while outside gardening, she witnessed a mid-air collision. She saw two small plans collide and witnessed two bodies thrown from the plane, one of which landed in her yard, about 15 feed away. Marie attempted to call 911 but was paralyzed and blanked out part of the experience. She was found peeling carrots in the kitchen and crying. Since then she has been unable to focus and easily distracted. She tends to startle easily, and experiences nightmares. MT cannot go into the garden without experiencing panic, and she reports feelings of helplessness and a fear that she will never recover. She has no previous psychiatric history, although her husband described her as somewhat nervous and a “worrier”. Her mother has several phobias. MT’s friends and husband have been trying to help her with cooking and taking care of her daughter, and her boss has been very understanding about her inability to focus at work. You have decided on a diagnosis of Acute Stress Disorder. What factors make it more or less likely that MT will go on to develop full-blown PTSD? What treatment would you suggest for her? (20 points)

5. Evaluate the evidence for a biological cause for all mood disorders. How does this relate to methods of treatment? (10 points)

6. Compare and contrast Lewinsohn’s explanation of major depression with Seligman’s attribution-learned helplessness approach. (10 points)

7. A 39 year-old woman comes in for a check-up regarding previous diagnoses of hypertension and elevated cholesterol. She admits that there have been days that she had not taken her medications. She also states that she is unmotivated and isolates herself at home. She reports that she sleeps a lot but still feels tired, that doing anything takes a lot of effort, and says “nothing is fun anymore”. She also describes feelings of sadness and hopelessness. She becomes tearful and admits that in recent weeks she has been having feelings of not wanting to live, and this scares her. These feelings have been going on for the past six weeks following the death of her mother. In the last three weeks they have gotten worse, and last week she missed work twice. What are the 3 most important things you need to assess to determine whether she suffers from Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar I or Acute Depression? What additional information (if any) do you need? (20 points)

8. List and describe five different risk factors for suicide. (10 points)

9. Discuss how men and women differ in their efforts to end their lives. How do marriage, age, and ethnicity influence these differences? (10 points)

10. Someone you know is displaying risk factors for suicide and you want to assess their level of lethality. What questions would you ask, and what would you do at each step, depending on the answer you get? (You can do this in a flow chart if you prefer) (10 points)

11. MH is a 37 year old woman who is 5’3” and 210 pounds, giving her a BMI of 37. She has been overweight since childhood, however she began binge eating about 10 years ago after a failed relationship. She binges at least twice a week by cooking dinner for three, eating all of the food and then having two servings of ice cream and cookies, all in about 30 minutes. She has never used laxatives or purging after her binges. She has tried dieting in the past but now says she has given up. She has no history of substance abuse and is in good health. MH is divorced and has a 15-year-old son, who is normal weight. When he was younger, she confined her binges to the weekends; now that he is off with friends more, her binging has increased. Her divorce was initiated by her husband, partially because of her weight issues. She is a radio announcer and came in for treatment after applying for a job at a cable TV station and realizing that her appearance is what prevented her from being considered. What is the best diagnosis for MH? (Give the reasons for your choice.) What treatment would you recommend? (20 points)

12. Compare and contrast the symptoms of Anorexia, Bulimia and Binge-eating disorders. (10 points)