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The Purpose and Effect of the American Dream

First, choose either Crevecoeur’s Letter or Barack Obama’s November 7, 2007 speech (“Agenda to Reclaim the American Dream”). Describe their vision of life in America in terms of both its promise and its problems. Discuss their visions of America in terms of Adams’ definition of the American Dream.
 
Next, choose two of the other texts we have read in the previous modules. Evaluate how the ideas, arguments, and problems presented in these texts compare to those presented by Crevecoeur or Obama. For instance, you might want to choose a text that confirms Crevecoeur’s (or Obama’s) vision of America and another text that challenges or problematizes that vision.
 
Finally, assess the possibilities or impossibilities of achieving the American Dream as represented in these texts and the course generally. Has the progress of American life confirmed the possibility of the American Dream, or have the persistent challenges, divisions, and conflicts shown its impossibility? What progress has been realized and what still needs to be done?
 
Write a 4-5 page paper in Word format (not counting title and reference page). Include an APA formatted title page and reference page. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A1.doc. By Monday, June 5, 2017, deliver your assignment to the M5: Assignment 1 Dropbox.
 
All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.
 

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Define the concept of the American Dream presented by the chosen author.
36
Explain the potential problems that arise from the vision this author presents.
48
Analyze the conceptions of the American Dream presented by two other authors and provide support for these claims using the appropriate texts.
88
Draw meaningful conclusions about the possibility of achieving the American Dream by comparing and contrasting the visions presented.
40
Describe how these visions still impact our conception of America today.
24
Organization (16 points): Introduction, Thesis, Transitions, and Conclusion
Usage and Mechanics (16 points): Grammar, Spelling, and Sentence Structure
APA Elements (24 points): Attribution, Paraphrasing, and Quotations
Style (8 points): Audience, and Word Choice
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History

Poetry, Philosophy in Music and Art; and Color Analysis” Please respond to one (1) of the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:

  • Poetry and Philosophy heavily influenced music at this time.  Especially in reference to Debussy and Mahler.  Do review their works below and discuss how you see either composer inspired by poetry and/or by philosophy after listening to works by each after reading about them. How would you relate this to today?  Do poetry and philosophy shape contemporary artists?  Discuss what types of things inspire you to ‘create’ and why?
  • Describe two (2) color paintings by different artists (selected from the list or sources in the Explore section below) that you believe represent the quote by Kandinsky on the subject of color in art from our readings. Justify your response by directly relating to his work, Concerning the Spiritual in Art. Do you see any of these ideas for the use of color and its impact in today’s world? in social media? visual culture examples on ‘colors’ impact? Do share a modern example!
  • How does Poetry define modernism at this time in history?  Use a specific example from our readings this week, and the impact of Modernism style in Paris to support your analysis.  Think about ‘why Paris’…
  • How did the modernist styles play a role at this time in shaping or defining current thought? Picking one specific visual art style: Cubism, Fauvism, Futurism, German Expressionism; discuss its cultural influence, and larger impact on modernism.  Is there an artist today that applies this style?  Remember, it does not have to be a literal interpretation, but you can see style connections today?

Explore:
Debussy and Mahler

Kandinsky on Color

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health essay

At the veteran’s center you are assigned to counsel an adult client who has been diagnosed with PTSD. He is a 34-year-old veteran who is starting to have flashbacks and is afraid of being identified as mentally ill. He also has problems with his abusive father and has issues with authority.
Bring this case to the next staff meeting to discuss with the team. Explaining your initial counseling plan, initial concerns, and back-up plans for this patient, including 1-3 sentence responses to all of the following:

  • a description of at least 1 type of therapy you could use to assist this client effectively
  • an explanation of how you would utilize the chosen therapy
  • a description of at least 2 benefits and 1 drawback it provides
  • how you might convince him to try therapy
  • how you plan to build a therapeutic alliance with this client Are there potential transference issues? If yes, explain what it might be and why
  • What you can do to guard yourself against potential projective identification? If yes explain what it might be and why
  • If so, give one way you might handle this
  • Do you feel that you may have potential counter-transference issues with this client? If so, name one and how you might handle this if it comes into play.
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computer management

Imagine that you are the human resources (HR) manager at a small start-up company, and your company has just been awarded a new contract that is requiring a huge increase in the organization’s workforce. As a result, you have been asked to outline the process that you will use to develop an internally consistent compensation system and present it to the owners of the company for approval. Create a two-page essay in which you address the following issues: the reasons why an internally consistent compensation system is necessary and the process involved in creating an internally consistent compensation system. Make sure that your essay includes enough information to convince the owners that the time, effort, and manpower that this process will take will be worth it to the company in the long run. Please be sure that all sources used, including your textbook, are cited and referenced properly using APA formatting. Information about accessing the grading rubric for this assignment is provided below

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Minitab discussion

Examine the different statistical software applications used to analyze data for research analysis. For this week’s discussion, you will use Minitab to run descriptive statistics, create graphs and respond to the following in a 2 pages Word document:

  • How could you use Minitab descriptive statistics for data analysis research? Write about your experience running descriptive statistics. 
  • What are your plans for learning more about Minitab and how will the information you learned about this software be of benefit in your future analysis of research data? 
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Individual Project

Part 1
 
Choose a specific health care organization that has been in existence since the 1980s (e.g., a for-profit hospital by name; nonprofit hospital by name; governmental clinic; military or VA health care facility by name; private health care clinic by name; ambulatory surgery center by name; diagnostic imaging center by name; nursing home by name; assisted living facility by name). Describe the organization and the basic health care services it provides.
 
Part 2
 
Analyze how this organization has changed since the 1980s as a result of economic and political forces (i.e., ethical and legal). You should identify a minimum of 3 significant changes from the 1980s to today that should include considerations for technology, personnel and professionals involved, patient demographics, supply and demand imbalance, and so on.
 
Part 3
 
In summary, evaluate how these changes have impacted the organization’s efficacy (negatively and positively) from the administrator’s viewpoint. Then, proffer the influence of these changes on the U.S. health system overall (negative and positive).
Your paper should be 3 to 4 pages excluding the cover page, abstract page, and reference page (common assessment). Be sure to support your work with at least 3 academic or professional peer-reviewed sources published within the past 5 years.

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borrowed or stolen

What if you leave your lawn mower in your backyard and your neighbor comes over to borrow it when you are not home.  He takes the mower but forgets to return it.  When you notice it gone you call the police and report it stolen.
Has your neighbor stolen your lawn mower?  Explain why or why not using a legal analysis.
Instructions
*  Your paper should be a minimum of 2 full pages in length;
*  1-inch margins;
*  Double-spaced;
*  12 point font in Arial, Helvetica, or Times New Roman;
*  Include a Cover Sheet and a References page;
*  APA formatted citations within the body of the paper and on the References page.