The Merchants of Cool

Assignment: Please watch the 53-minute video,

The Merchants of Cool, located here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/view/ (Links to an external site.)

Even though the video was produced more than a decade ago, it remains very much relevant today. In fact, you may want to watch it more than once before answering the following questions: Is the “mook” (the stereotypically crude, adolescent male) real, or just a media construction? How about the “midriff” (the girl as sex symbol)? Do you know any “mooks” or “midriffs”? How do the “mook” and “midriff” stereotypes relate to the corporate interests of the media outlets that perpetuate them (in other words, why these particular stereotypes and not some other stereotype)? Many media observers have claimed that programs like Beverly Hills 90210 or Dawson’s Creek were popular because they were reflective of teen life.

In what ways are shows like 90210 and Dawson’s Creek reflective of how teenagers really live and in what ways are they distortions? Do these shows mirror the way you live? Because they do so much research, media makers think they know a lot about you. Do you agree or disagree with the following assertions from “The Merchants of Cool”: “Sex is a part of teens lives, so it better be in their media, too.” and “No teenager is going to be satisfied with a PG-13 rated horror film. They want to see blood and guts. That’s what they want to do.” What are the implications of cool hunting for the development of new ideas, new music, new art forms, etc.?

Case of Ewing v. California

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Its two parts: an outline and a paper Primary Task Response: Your first task is to post your own Key Assignment Outline to the discussion area so that other students are able to review your plan. Attach your document to the main discussion post, and include any notes you feel are appropriate. The purpose of this assignment is to help improve the quality of the Key Assignment Draft you will complete next week. In those states with the three strikes laws, any person who has 2 felony strikes and commits another felony, whether it be violent or not, can be required to serve a sentence of 25 years to life.

Look at the case of Ewing v. California: Ewing v. California Click on the PDF link next to the case title. The defendant had his third strike when he committed grand theft at a golf course in Los Angeles County. This was not a violent crime but he was subject to the three strikes laws. He appealed this case up to the United States Supreme Court—and lost. The public has always been worried about violent crime, but just how worried are citizens about nonviolent crime? With mandatory sentencing, society will have many older inmates within the prison system. In the criminal justice community, it is known that inmates “age out of crime.” Can you imagine a 68-year-old man climbing in a window or jumping an 8-foot fence? By keeping these older inmates incarcerated, is this a disservice to society? State prosecutors have the discretion to lower the charge so that the third offense would not be considered a third strike. For this assignment, you are a policy maker in your state legislature. You are concerned about the heavy tax burden on your constituents. The cost of the actual running of the prison and costs of personnel will rise. You are also up for re-election, and the feedback that you have received from your constituents has shown that they are dissatisfied with the law that now stands. They are afraid of violent crimes, not just felonies, and are very aware that the last crime committed by the perpetrator does not have to be a violent crime. They are also worried about the use of their tax dollars to incarcerate nonviolent offenders.

Psychological stress

Psychological stress

Review the following hazard analyses for two different jobs. Succinctly summarize the job strain for each case. Then enter the state database for those jobs and determine their injury and illness incidence. Discuss how some of the illnesses and injuries may be tied to the identified job strain. Discuss the similarities and differences between the job strain in each case. What could be the reasons for both the similarities and the differences? Do you agree with NIOSH’s suggested changes to alleviate job strain? Why or why not? Would you suggest something different? make sure to support your ideas with reputable and relevant resources

LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT SEXUAL HARRASSMENT

LA POLICE HARRASSMENT Academic Level : Professional Paper details Using APA formatting requirements (12 point Times New Roman font, double-spacing, 1″ margins, title and reference pages), write a 1,500-2,500 word paper in which you diagnose a process/structure/environment in an organization that you’re familiar with (and that you chose in week 1 and have been researching during the term) and that needs improvement and design an organizational development (OD) intervention to achieve positive change. In addition to your standard APA formatting requirements, your paper should include an Executive Summary which succinctly describes your recommended change(s), highlights of what will be required during the change process, and a projected timeline for implementation. Now that’s a lot to digest! Seriously though, as former US Army Chief of Staff General Creighton Abrams, Jr. once said, “When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time.” In other words, don’t get caught up in the depth of what’s required in the final paper but rather focus on one step at a time. To begin with, you’ll need to brainstorm and identify various organizations that you belong to. Then, for each of those organizations, list what could use some improving. Once you have a list, you’ll need to decide which organization that you would like to focus on and why. The more passionate you are about the change, the easier the research and paper composition will become. For those of you looking for a roadmap of the paper, noted below is a proposed structure. You are not limited by this structure and I encourage to dig deeper, however, following this structure, meeting the APA formatting requirements, and adhering to the length requirement maximizes your chance at success. Here it goes: · Title page · Table of contents · Executive Summary – succinctly describes your recommended change(s), highlights of what will be required during the change process, and a projected timeline for implementation · Background – why you have chosen the organization, the organization’s significance in your life, a brief history on the organization to include key factors that are relevant in future sections of the paper · Diagnosis · Current Situation – why is the change needed · Supporting Data/Analysis – how do you know the change is needed, provide supporting data, objective data is best but may be augmented with subjective data if obtained from credible sources · Recommended Intervention – detail your proposed organizational development intervention, the change process that will be required, and a proposed timeline for implementation · Applicable Organizational Behavior Concepts – a deep discussion of concepts from the text that apply to the proposed intervention, we’re looking for the “crossroads” of theory and application, use the text and other sources to explain why your proposed intervention will work, what are the strategic implications of implementing it · References Page ONLY USA VERIFIED SOURCES ONLY NO COPYWRITING YOUR OWN WORDS AND US CITATION FOR EVERY SENTENCE YOU USE THAT’S NOT YOURS

LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT SEXUAL HARRASSMENT IS THE SUBJECT TO TALK ABOUT

Lassa Fever In Nigeria

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Instructions Must Include: Literature review- use peer-reviewed articles!!! You can use a few credible websites such as CDC, WHO, etc. but the bulk of the literature review should contain articles from peer-reviewed journals. Must cite and reference literature in AMA or APA format. A minimum of 10 academic cites and references.1.Definition of the Problem (e.g. prevalence, incidence, morbidity, mortality, cost, Healthy People 2010). Hint: make sure you have a CLEAR definition of the problem and its risk factors. Consider location (if HIV is your topic, you might want to specify a specific country that experiences higher prevalence and incidence than another). Make sure to provide a short description of the health care system in the country of your choosing. 2. What has been done to address the problem? The purpose of the literature review is to show the evidence-based strategies used to address the issue you have selected. Make sure not to include the need and/or risk factors in this section. i.Treatment – what, if anything, is considered the gold standard? If applicable, include estimated associated time, costs, and accessibility/availability. Anything innovative attempted to address the issue. What went well? What did not go well? ii.Prevention – what, if anything, is considered the gold standard? If applicable, include estimated associated time, costs, and accessibility/availability. Anything innovative attempted to address the issue. What went well? What did not go well? 3.Conclusions. This section must include a critical discussion of the main lessons learned from your research and any gaps and/or constraints found in the literature.4.Recommendations. You should summarize the most important recommendations for future strategies and interventions based on your findings in the literature review. Approximately 5-7 page of how my paper should be written. es, double spaced, Times New Roman, 12 font 1-inch margins. Please see the upload file an example paper, showing the format and how my paper should be written.

Romantic period and the Victorian era, Modernism and Post-Modernism

Instructions: Develop an essay of 1,000-1,500 words. Be sure to argue a particular point of view in your essay (your thesis) and cite varied examples from the readings in MLA format in order to support your perspective. Include a works cited page. Additional MLA information can be found in Week 3’s and Week 6’s readings. Please submit your essay to the assignment section of the course. This assignment is worth 30% of your final grade. Up to this point we have discussed the Romantic period and the Victorian era, Modernism and Post-Modernism. You will select one era and in partial fulfillment of Course Objective 4, you will discuss a literary movement in connection with one of our assigned readings. Select one of the following topics as the focus for your essay: 1. Discuss one work or one author from this course that you believe had the most significant influence on British literary history. Please be sure to maintain third person perspective. 2. In this course we have discussed British literary history and the progression of trends in British literature. Give a brief description of one of the trends we have discussed in the class, with a brief explanation of the characteristics of the trend. You may want to touch on the social, political, historical or cultural issues that influenced this trend. Then provide at least one example of a piece of British literature we have read in this course from this period with a well developed analysis identifying why the selected piece is a good representation of the trend. Note: “Modernism” and “the Romantic period” are examples of what is meant by a “literary trend” in this question. 3. Choose a work of British literature we read in the course. Write a response in which you present arguments for and against the work’s relevance for a person or society in the present day.

Francois-Marie Arouet De Voltaire Candide

Research Paper Use MLA (Modern Language Association) guidelines. Length: The finished paper is 6 total pages, 5 pages of critical research and 1 page of works cited. Sources: Use 5 to 7 critical sources (including the primary source). 1. Follow the latest MLA Guide (8th edition) to a tee for both formatting the essay and documenting sources. 2. The essay must have an introduction: one paragraph at the beginning; body: multiple paragraphs supporting your argument, and conclusion: one paragraph at the end. 3. Include your controversial thesis statement (not everyone will agree with you at first, and some will be quite opposed) as the last sentence of your introductory paragraph. 4. Introduce all quotations (don’t drop quotes out of the sky; don’t tack quotes in). Quotes must be properly (with correct punctuation) and smoothly integrated into sentences of your own. 5. As a general guideline, work in at least one quote for each body paragraph (sometimes more, sometimes less), but . . . 6. Approximately fifty percent of the essay should be researched information, quotations, paraphrases, or summaries. The rest of the paper should be your assertions, arguments, and, of course, your introduction and conclusion. 7. Don’t “block quote” the reader to death. Avoid using quotes so long (more than four lines typed) that they need to be blocked, especially in a four or five page essay. 8. Write in third person (he, she, it, they, them, names of people, places, and things). Avoid first person. Don’t use second person at all. 9. Periods go after parenthetical documentation when parenthetical documentation is used. Otherwise, periods and commas go inside the end quotation mark. 10. If you are quoting poetry, indicate line breaks with a forward slash (/) and cite the line number(s). If you are quoting prose, cite the page number(s). If you got the information from an internet source without page numbers, don’t worry about page numbers. 11. Begin and end paragraphs with your own words, not quotes or any material used from research. 12. No contractions (formal essay standard) 13. You’re not on a first name basis with researchers or authors mentioned in the essay (and even if you were, your audience probably isn’t), so don’t refer to them by first name alone. Instead, use a combination of the first and last the first time you introduce the name and then use the last name or pronoun each subsequent time. 14. As a general rule, there should be as many research sources as there are pages of the essay. 15. Vary your sources. Make sure sources are credible. Don’t use Schmoop, Wikipedia, Sparknotes, Cliffnotes, enotes, summaries, etc. (not considered credible). (Literature students: Keep in mind that if you do not have an author, the source is not a critical source.) 16. Works Cited should be labeled as such, with that title centered on the final page. 17. Put citations in alphabetical order. 18. Even the works cited page should be double spaced throughout. 19. Use hanging indentions for each line of a work cited subsequent to its first line. 20. Proofread for major and minor errors before turning in the final draft.

Case Study : TOUCHED WITH FIRE

WATCH THE MOVIE “”TOUCHED WITH FIRE”” 1. Do not spend a lot time retelling the plot of entire movie! Just recount enough of the movie to make your diagnosis and give examples. 2. Format • Describe the character(s) fully. Pretend you’re doing a case study on them, don’t leave anything out. We need the main character’s name, age, family information, and any important events, etc. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION: Age, sex/gender, race/ethnicity, relationship status, student/employment status, living situation, and environmental context. PRESENTING PROBLEM: What—how does the client define the problem? When—when did the problem begin and how often is it currently occurring? Where—where (physically) does the problem occur? Why (now)—why is this problem happening to the client at this time? Exceptions—when was the problem not happening, or happening differently? CURRENT AND HISTORICAL INFORMATION: History of presenting problem, Family history, Social history, Medical history, Psychiatric history, Trauma history, Substance use, Legal involvement, Cultural issues, and Religion and spirituality RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS: Personal—strengths, adaptability, coping, interests, Social—family, communities, Financial, institutional, housing, environmental MENTAL STATUS EXAM: Appearance, Reaction to the interview, Motor behaviors, Speech, Mood/affect, Thought processes, Thought content, Somatic functions, Cognitive functions, and Insight and judgment FORMULATION: Strengths-based integration of observation/information, grounded in theoretical understanding. Multilayered to include biological,intrapsychic, family, social/cultural, and environmental factors. The goal of the formulation is to synthesize all of the information you collected in the assessment to answer the question of why this problem is happening at this time for this client. Risk level and treatment implications should be considered. • Consult DSM-V and give me your diagnosis. Not only should you give me the name of the disorder(s) the person has, but outline for me the exact criteria from DSM-V that you feel warrants this diagnosis. To be clear, I want you to actually list the DSM criteria for the disorder. Also, explain any of the criteria that the character does not fit. Go through the symptoms and analyze the behavior in light of it. Obviously, you’ll have to look up the disorder in DSM-V, in your textbook and on Blackboard, to get the criteria. Note: the character may not meet all the criteria for a particular disorder, or they might have characteristics of a couple of disorders. If they are missing some of the criteria, go ahead and state that.

Native Americans Treatment

In Chapters 26 and 27 there is a lot of discussion about the Native Americans and their treatment as the population moved west and we “closed” the frontier. Please post your thoughts on this treatment and ways in which you may have done things differently. There were many things done wrong in this process and the treatment of this group of people has been discussed at length; however, what would you have done differently knowing that a growing nation was encroaching on the lands? There are no wrong answers as history has taken place and we are here without the ability to change anything but the academic exercise is still valuable as we move forward understanding the difficulty in making decisions that can affect the future of so many.

How social class and poverty plays a role in Western North Carolina

Social class and poverty

 

Paper details:

How one’s social class relates to poverty. Specially how social class and poverty plays a role in Western North Carolina.