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Ocean Energy

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It is an overview of a primary energy source, the full paper should include the following sections: Introduction; Basic physics of the energy source History State-of-the-art utilization methods of the energy source Socioeconomic impacts References (this list can be different from what you submitted in your earlier assignment) Guide your writing with your outline, and the comments you received on the outline. Sources referenced in the paper should be properly cited. The paper should be no less than 5 pages in length (12 pt, double-spacing, 1′ margins) excluding the list of references. The total number of figures and tables should be no more than 5. If images are obtained from online sources or references, they should also be cited in the list of references. Rubric: Depth and breadth of information regarding history and technologies (3 pts) Compliance to formatting guidelines (3 pts) Ability to analyze the primary energy sources from socioeconomic perspectives covered in lectures (3 pts) Use of language (e.g. free of typos, grammatical errors) (1 pt)
 

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Write a short brief of what assignment you would choose to complete detailing why you would choose that assignment, what you did not like about the other assignment choices, and compare your choice to the preferences of your learning style. When students completed the VARK Questionnaire they were given their preferred learning style. Did what you learned in the VARK info go along with your choice of assignment? You are NOT required to complete the assignment that you preferred. You are only required to reference why you chose that version and what you didn’t like about the other 2 choices.

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Personal World View Inventory Essay

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Details: My World view is the Christian World View- Write an 800-1,000 word essay on your Christian worldview. Briefly discuss the various possible meanings of the term “spirituality,” and your understanding of the concepts of pluralism, scientism, and postmodernism. Primarily, address the following seven basic worldview questions: 1. What is prime reality? 2. What is the nature of the world around you? 3. What is a human being? 4. What happens to a person at death? 5. Why is it possible to know anything at all? 6. How do people know what is right or wrong? 7. What is the meaning of human history? Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required. This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

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Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Prejudice in the Workplace

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Write a paper in which you relate an experience with prejudice in the workplace. If you do not have such experience directly, you may base your paper on someone you know who has experienced discrimination, or on an actual case that occurred somewhere in the world. Address the following in your paper: Summarize the situation you are writing about; provide background information, such as how it happened, to whom it happened (you do not need to identify people by name), when it happened and where. Your goal is to demonstrate to the instructor your ability to assess how racial, ethnic, and/or cultural prejudices are expressed in the workplace. Explain the implications of the situation to the organization in terms of its stakeholders, its reputation, and its legal responsibilities. What laws, if any, were broken? Identify any negative effects of the discrimination issue on the morale and functioning of coworkers and employees. Describe three action steps that you, as a leader, would have taken to avoid the situation in the first place, as well as three actions steps you would have taken to handle the situation after it happened. Describe how you would have addressed “cultural competence” in both instances.Must be written in APA format and 3 scholarly references

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Philosophical Differences Between Qualitative and Quantitative Paradigms and Approaches

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Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 1 in the Frost e-book, Qualitative Research Methods in Psychology, and the required journal articles for this week. Also review last week’s Week Two Discussion Scenario (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. In that scenario, the three instructors realized there are limits to the insights they can gain through anonymous counting of discussion posts. The instructors would like to answer two additional research questions: (a) How do their students actually feel about the intervention? And (b) How do students view the influence of the intervention on their learning inside and outside of the classroom (if applicable)? In your initial post, compare the characteristics of appropriate research designs and recommend a qualitative research design that would facilitate answering the instructors’ additional questions. 1. Explain the philosophical paradigm underlying the recommended approach. 2.Evaluate the required articles for this week and describe the assumptions the instructors might have to set aside as they enter into a qualitative research study. Be sure to identify any ethical issues that may apply to the research. 3.Review the characteristics of the quantitative approach you described in the Week Two discussion. 4.Explain the ways in which the quantitative approach and paradigm differs from the qualitative approach and paradigm you have recommended here.

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Discuss major areas of strength and opportunities for improvement in Project management practises

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Using the attached case study documents to inform your analysis, you are required to write an essay that identifies and discusses the major areas of strength and major opportunities for improvement in the management of each of the four phases of the Chunnel Project, Inception (Define), Development (Plan), Implementation (Execute), & Closeout. You should also identify any key lessons that might be learned from this case and applied to similar projects in the future.

Notes and guidance:

  • To help you in your analysis, you should complete the ‘Assessment & Analysis’ tasks in each section of the PMI ‘Chunnel Project’ Case Study document. This will help you formulate your final report.
  • You must follow an essay format  i.e. Introduction, Body and Conclusion
  • Your discussion should draw upon project management theory and practice as well as, where appropriate wider theoretical concepts, for example communications theory and stakeholder theory.
  • You MUST provide AT LEAST 7 references. These sources must include at least 7  professional and other publications/internet sources.

 
 
 
Referencing Requirements:
 
Please use a recognised standard method for referencing and citing any appropriate materials, preferably American Psychological Association version 5 (APA 5th) or the Harvard system of referencing.
 
 

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Assignment 1: LASA 2: Ethical Profile Paper

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Assignment 1: LASA 2: Ethical Profile Paper
Directions:
You are to write an ethical profile paper that recognizes the formative influence of your family, heroes, and personal style on you as an ethical professional. This paper will provide a profile of you in regards to your ethical and professional practice. You will be required to include information on who you are as an ethical professional, how this course has shaped your unique ethical decision-making style, and the areas in which you feel still need further development.
Include the following four sections in your paper:
Ethical Autobiography: First, explain how you think through and determine what is “right” and “wrong” (personally and professionally) in your own daily life. Second, identify four examples of ethical behaviors and explain how your cultural heritage has shaped your values. Third, describe the nature of the four ethical behaviors you see in yourself.
Professional/Ethical Hero: First, identify an ethical “hero,” an individual that has most impressed you and serves as your role model because of their professional/ethical presence (i.e., sensitivity, appropriate boundaries, and respect for privacy, ethical commitment, and ethical courage). Elaborate on his or her ethical characteristics. Discuss how this person can (or does) serve as a role model for others in the helping profession. Second, describe how this “hero” has influenced your value system. Click here to read an article on ethical hero.
Ethical Decision-Making Style: This section will articulate your implicit style in terms of ethical decision making. Although there are specific models that help facilitate ethical decision making, everyone has his or her own unique style. Taking into consideration the ethical decision-making models presented in this course, identify the style that reflects your early and ongoing experiences with moral values and issues that has been influenced and shaped by your parents, relatives, peers, and valued adults in your life, such as a teacher or coach. Use what you have written from your autobiography to supplement this discussion. In summary, explain your implicit ethical decision-making style, including how this course and your cultural heritage have served as influential factors.
Professional and Ethical Development: Ethical development is, for most, a career-long process. In the last section of your paper, please identify at least two areas discussed in this module/course where you feel you would benefit from more development. Lastly, suggest ways in which you can acquire your further development.
Please include information from two or more external scholarly references using APA formatting for all citations.
Your paper should be approximately 6–8 pages in length, be double-spaced, in 12 point, Times New Roman font with normal 1” margins; be written in APA style; and be free of typographical and grammatical errors. It should include a title page with a running head, an abstract, and a reference page.
Save the paper as AU_PSY430_M5_A1_LastName_FirstInitial.doc and submit it to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.
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Role of the Counselor in the Community

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Assignment 2: Discussion Question: Role of the Counselor in the Community
By the due date assigned, respond to the discussion question assigned by the instructor. Submit your responses to the appropriate Discussion Area. Use the same Discussion Area to comment on your classmates’ submissions and continue the discussion through the end of the module.
Nine-year-old Wanda’s teacher notices that for the past few weeks, Wanda has not been talking to her friends and is always sitting alone in a corner. After talking to Wanda’s friends, the teacher finds out that Wanda’s sixteen-year-old brother was killed in a gang fight two months ago and her parents have since separated. The teacher talks to her friend Daphne, a counselor, to see if there is anything she can do about Wanda. She wants to know if there is any way in which children and families affected by exposure to violence can be assisted with emotional impact of these events. The teacher also asks Daphne, in the role of a counselor, to call Wanda’s parents to see if they would be willing to talk with her about the death of their son, their separation, and Wanda’s behavior at school. Daphne is not employed or affiliated with the school.
What would be Daphne’s role, as a counselor, in helping the teacher?
What do you see as important roles of a counselor working in a community?
What are the ethical responsibilities that counselors and human services professionals hold toward the community? When answering this question identify the ethical code number and definition, using your own words, of the ethical responsibilities of these professionals.
Briefly speak how you, as an ethical counselor, would respond to the teacher’s request for you to speak with Wanda and her family.
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Comparative Essay-Confucius and Aristotle on Virtue

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The topic that was chosen is • Confucius and Aristotle on Virtue. Write an essay comparing these two (2) ancient thinkers on the concept of virtue or good ethical character and conduct. Stay focused on the issue; keep any biographical or other information short or limited. As much as possible, analyze their writings (in translation, of course), using Confucius’ Analects (at http://classics.mit.edu/Confucius/analects.html ) and Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics (at http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.html ). Your paper should: a) Compare the teachings of Confucius and Aristotle on what constitutes virtue or good ethical character and conduct, noting similarities and differences in specific ideas or emphasis. b) Consider what your findings suggest about differences between ancient Chinese and ancient Greek culture. c) From this comparison, suggest ideas of virtue that can apply to ethics in a modern setting, such as a diverse workplace. For the topic you choose: 1. Establish a clear thesis about your topic as part of the introductory paragraph (often the thesis is the last thing one determines after doing the basic research and outline; however it will be placed in the first paragraph of your paper). 2. This is a comparative essay. Comparison approached properly will require some critical thinking on your part. Use a point-by-point approach for the essay. That means, if comparing subject A with subject B, don’t do the first half of the essay on subject A and then the second half on subject B–that will seem like two (2) separate essays and comparisons will tend to get lost. Instead, you should be mentioning both subjects in most of your paragraphs as you compare them throughout the essay. Comparisons will identify similarities as well as contrasts. 3. Do not try to do everything on your two (2) subjects. You should end up narrowing your focus to a few insights and issues about the subjects being compared. And, from those fairly specific points of comparison, you will develop a thesis and glean some lessons. 4. Follow closely the instructions below for your specific topic. 5. Include a concluding paragraph at the end. This paragraph will, in some way, refer back to the thesis established in your first paragraph, since now you have demonstrated and supported it. It may be here that you also include your observations relating your study to the modern workplace or society (see your topic). Try to finish with flair! 6. Use at least three (3) good quality academic sources, with one (1) source being the class text. Note: Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources. You are highly encouraged to use the Resource Center tab at the top of your Blackboard page. The Project Paper will be graded on: 1. The level to which the instructions were followed for the paper generally and for the specific topic. 2. The establishment of a clear thesis about your topic. 3. The adequacy and relevance of information, examples, and details which support the general thesis. 4. Covering each part of the topic as instructed, including the comparisons, the consideration of ancient cultural differences, and the reflection on lessons for modern society or the modern workplace. 5. The quality of your research and your persuasiveness using critical reasoning. 6. The use and acknowledgement of a minimum of three (3) required references (the class textbook plus at least two (2) other quality academic sources) documented using the APA style –including both the use of a proper References list and the use of proper in-text citations. 7. Adherence to standard rules of grammar, punctuation, paragraphing, and mechanics, and general clarity of presentation. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides. Both in-text citations and a References list are required. Citations and references must follow APA style format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions specific to the selected topic. (Note: Students can find APA style materials located in the course shell for guidance). • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length. For our purposes, you may omit any abstract page.

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World Wide Web: We look at the present through a rear-view mirror. We march backwards into the future —Marshall McLuhan

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We look at the present through a rear-view mirror. We march backwards into the future. —Marshall McLuhan
Decades before the World Wide Web was available, Marshall McLuhan predicted that the world would become a global village because communication would shift our perceptions of space and distance. McLuhan coined the phrase “the medium is the message.” His assertion was that the way the medium, popular culture, and other content and ideas are disseminated is as important as the content or ideas themselves.
In the past, a sense of community was defined primarily by geography, where people lived, and social issues like race/ethnicity, religious affiliation, and social and economic class. With technological changes, the world is made up of communities of interest that are not necessarily limited by geography. People may participate and consume popular culture in ways not imagined 30, 20, or even five years ago.
This week we look at how popular culture and societal values intersect and how different communities may evangelize specific popular culture elements to change or protect values.
Controversy over Time and Space
Earlier you looked at social issues as expressed by popular culture artifacts in historical context. This week you do the same thing, but by looking at current issues that are being addressed by popular culture. Then you hypothesize about whether the conversations about this issue will provoke or resist change, and how and why this might happen. Imagine that you are a philosopher and you have been asked to predict the future of an issue based on popular culture.
Your main post should be in the thread that corresponds to the issue you have chosen for your final project. Posting in that thread will allow you to continue testing ideas you may want to include in your Final Project. However, you should feel free to respond to colleagues in any thread that interests you. Reading about how others approach their issues and popular culture can inspire new ways to think about your own issue and popular culture elements.
For this Discussion, your Instructor will either assign groups to threads or direct you to choose one thread from the choices listed this week. If you are directed to choose a thread on your own, follow these instructions: Each thread is limited to a maximum number of students based on class size. A thread will close if the limit is reached. If a thread is closed to new posters, select from the open threads.
To prepare for this Discussion:
· Review a sampling of modern popular culture artifacts. The artifacts should not be more than 5 years old. You can identify your own, or review those posted in Doc Sharing by your colleagues.
TED2010. (2010, March 17). Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world
 
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 20 minutes.
 
This talk presents compelling evidence on how popular culture in the form of gaming could be harnessed to solve real world problems.
Optional Resources
Guins, R. (Ed.). (2014). Themed issue: Marshall McLuhan’s Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man @ 50. Journal of Visual Culture, 13(1).
TED2014. (2014, July 8). Nicholas Negroponte: A 30-year history of the future [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_negroponte_a_30_year_history_of_the_future?language=en
· Consider how your chosen issue is conveyed in the sampling you have chosen.
One Laptop Per Child. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://one.laptop.org
The following websites may be helpful throughout this course by demonstrating ways of analyzing pop culture texts as artifacts.
Cultural Politics. (n.d.). Popular culture. Retrieved from http://culturalpolitics.net/popular_culture
Course Outcomes 1. Define modern popular culture 2. Connect social issues to modern popular culture expressions 3. Identify the role of the audience in changing popular culture 4. Analyze how access to popular culture affects understanding of social issues 5. Identify how popular culture mirrors and projects changing social views 6. Analyze a specific social issue across popular culture Weekly Objectives Alignment Chart Week 1: What is Popular Culture? Met In (D#/A# /Other) Course Outcome(s) Program Outcome(s) University Outcome(s) Analyze the relationship of popular culture with your own sense of identity D 1 2 III, V, VI Complete the Final Project Worksheet A 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 1, 2, 3 I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VIII Week 2: Audience Met In (D#/A# /Other) Course Outcome(s) Program Outcome(s) University Outcome(s) Analyze the relationship between popular culture and its audience D