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How does nostalgia for the USSR manifest itself in Russia today? Discuss three examples of this raised by Alexievich in her introduction.

How does nostalgia for the USSR manifest itself in Russia today

Instruction: In this file you will find 4 separate assignments. Each assignment has questions that you need to answer, using the article, book, movie attached to it. Usually, questions say how many sentences you need to write for each answer, but roughly it should be around a paragraph.

There are three articles, that have their PDF files uploaded with the assignment (total of 5 pdf files, as one article is uploaded as 3 separate files with their page numbers as a title). There is one assignment with 2 articles (with their links), and also one movie (also with its link) down here.

Timothy Ryback, “Rock around the bloc”

1)      Name and discuss in 1-2 sentences each three features of pop music, and especially rock and roll, that made it such an important challenge to the Soviet system.

2)      Name three ways that late 1960s Soviet authorities tried to control access to what they deemed decadent forms of popular Western culture.

3)      Name three forms of resistance to official efforts to ban or clamp down on access to Western music/rock and roll in which Soviet citizens engaged during the late 1960s.

4)      Name three things about the Soviet rock scene of the 1970s that you found interesting, and discuss why.

5)      How did detente and the 1975 signing of the Helsinki Accords change the music scene in the USSR? Be specific!

6)      Ryback argues that the Soviet rock music scene changed in fundamental ways in the 1980s. Discuss 3 ways this happened in 1-2 sentences each.

Secondhand Time – 2 articles

Two excerpts from Svetlana Alexievich, Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets: An Oral History. Tr. Bela Shayevich, (NewYork: Random House, 2016). https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/from-second-hand-time-by-svetlana-alexievich-1/ and from The New Republic (May 2016)

1)      In the introduction to Secondhand Time (excerpted in the Times Literary Supplement), Svetlana Alexievich asserts that Homo Sovieticus (the Soviet person) found it difficult to make the transition to life in Russia after the USSR was disbanded. What factors made this transition so hard? Discuss three points she makes.

2)      How does nostalgia for the USSR manifest itself in Russia today? Discuss three examples of this raised by Alexievich in her introduction.

3)      The breakup of the Soviet Union meant that, suddenly, people from non-Russian republics found themselves stranded in Russia. Gafkhar Dzhurayeva, the Director of Moscow’s Tajikistan Fund, discusses this in his interview with Svetlana Alexievich. Discuss three things that you learned about the experience of Tajiks in post-Soviet Moscow from this interview.

4)      Racism in post-Soviet Russia is rampant and often directed at Central Asians. Describe and discuss three examples of this raised in the Alexievich piece.

5)      In the excerpt of Secondhand Time featured in the New Republic, 35 year old Alisa Z, contrasts her parents’ life under the Soviet Union with her own. Describe three examples of this.

6)      How does Alisa Z describe “happiness” in the new Russia? Discuss this in 2-4 sentences. Then assess whether you think she is happy, and why you arrived at this assessment.

Chechnya

Michael McFaul, “Eurasia Letter: Russian Politics after Chechnya”
Peter Baker and Susan Glasser, “Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the End of Revolution” pp. 15-37, 99-120, 156-178.

1)      Why did the first Chechen War break out in the early to mid 1990s? What was happening in Russia and in Chechnya that precipitated this intervention? Also, what was the response to it? Additionally, what was Yeltsin really trying to achieve when he decided to get involved in this situation, according to Michael McFaul?

2)      Sketch out in 3 or 4 sentences what happened in Beslan in September 2004.

3)      Baker and Glasser assert that Russians see this event as their “9/11” and “an extension of the international war on terrorism” (20) but that, despite similarities to this, there are some fundamental differences at play. What factors make it similar to the “international war on terrorism”? What critical distinctions do Baker and Glasser point to that make this something very different from that?

4)      How did Putin respond to this crisis and why was this response such a problem? Pay attention here to his immediate response and then his attempts to address the country on TV in its aftermath.

5)      How and why was the war in Chechnya that Putin undertook at Prime Minister in 1999 becoming such a nightmare for him? Sketch out the argument about this that Glasser and Baker make (pp. 99-120) in 3-5 sentences.

6)      What happened in the Nord-Ost theater in Moscow in October 2002? Also, what similarities did it bear to the Beslan hostage siege? Lastly, what were some of the differences from it?

7)      What larger points do Baker and Glasser and Michael McFaul want us to take away from their assessments of the Russian government’s intervention into and treatment of the Chechen crises from 1993-2002 and beyond?

Chernobyl

https://video-alexanderstreet-com.ezp.fandm.edu/watch/the-bells-of-chernobyl

Firstly, what were some of the “clues” that something was “off” (as in: not right) in Pripyat in April 1986? Name and discuss three “clues”.

Secondly, how did the Soviet government initially respond to the meltdown of the reactor at Chernobyl? How did it deal with the actual meltdown? With the advice given by experts (like the Byelorussian physicist interviewed for this documentary)? Discuss this response in 4-6 sentences.

Thirdly, what does this reaction reveal to you about Soviet leadership (local, and central)?

Fourthly, what is the filmmakers’ perspective on Gorbachev’s role in this tragedy? Answer in at least 3-5 sentences and provide examples.

Further, how did the meltdown of the reactor at Chernobyl become known to the West? Discuss in at least three sentences.

Additionally, why did the meltdown happen? How is this meltdown related to larger problems in the Soviet Union (economic, political, etc)? Discuss in 4-6 sentences.

Finally, what were some of the long-term implications of the meltdown in Chernobyl? Discuss five.

This is a paper that is focusing on the Is Odysseus’s cunning a virtue or a vice essay. The paper also provides additional information to use in writing the assignment paper.

Is Odysseus’s cunning a virtue or a vice essay

Essay 1

Select one (1) of the following topics for a 750-1000 word essay which includes a title, internal citations, and a Works Cited page in MLA format. Your essay must use at least one secondary source from Chattanooga State’s library (books, ebooks, or databases) as well as the primary text with which your essay is associated. (Note: A primary source is the work itself, such as The Odyssey. A secondary source is a work someone else has written critiquing some element of The Odyssey.) Please remember to use the current MLA formatting guidelines for both your internal citations and your Works Cited page. Failure to use and cite appropriate sources will result in an F for the essay. Please ask the instructor if you have any questions.

Dreams are not only recurrent, but also very important, in The Epic of Gilgamesh. They serve as a vehicle of communication between gods and mortals, anticipating events symbolically, but accurately. What narrative function do they serve? That is, why is it useful to know what is going to happen before it does? Be sure to use specific examples from the primary source and additional supports from a secondary source to prove your points.

Is Odysseus’s cunning a virtue or a vice essay question

Is Achilles’s anger a virtue or a vice, as presented in The Iliad?  Similarly, is Odysseus’s cunning a virtue or a vice?  Be sure to use specific examples from the primary source and additional supports from a secondary source to prove your points.
Homer’s epics both have important female characters who are tremendously influential in the development of the plots, including Athena, Helen, and Penelope.  What role do the women play within these works and in what ways is this significant?  Be sure to use specific examples from the primary source and additional supports from a secondary source to prove your points.

Remember to save your file as a RICH Text document and submit it with your name as the file name and assignment number (for example: JohnDoeEssay1. Consult the Read Me First page for naming instructions.

Checklist:

The essay meets the minimum required word count.

The essay is written in third-person, formal, academic prose (first and second-person have NOT been used).

Also, the essay contains an introductory paragraph with a thesis statement, body paragraphs supporting the thesis statement, and a conclusion paragraph.

Additionally, the essay uses the required primary source and documents the source using MLA format.

The essay uses at least one required secondary source from Chattanooga State’s library. (books, ebooks, or databases) and documents the source using MLA format.

The essay does not contain more than 25% of outside material (review the submission report in the dropbox; revise and resubmit before the deadline if necessary).

This is a paper that is focusing on the assess the difference between a leader and a manager. The paper also provides additional information to use in writing the assignment paper.

Assess the difference between a leader and a manager

Objectives:
1. Define 3 types of leadership models (see page 463 in your text book or you may venture out and use other leadership models as well). I have attached the reading from my book.
2. Assess the difference between a leader and a manager.
3. Evaluate the effectiveness of the 3 leadership models, efficiency, lack of efficiency, and why or why not.
4. Discuss personal experiences outside of the course by sharing new perspectives and incorporating your own thoughts and ideas backed up by evidence from peer reviewed journal articles.

*Please note that leadership models and theories are two different things. Please use leadership models only.

Many of us have had experience with different types of leadership in our nursing practice.  Who made the most positive influence in your job? Who made the least influence? Which leadership style do you find most efficient?  Take your ideas and thoughts and back them up with some evidence based practice to formulate your final project.

Final Project Instructions:
Your assignment is to write a paper on the objectives noted above (# 1-4).

A) Use as many peer reviewed sources as you would like in order to make your document strong.  Please note that all resources must be peer reviewed or points will be deducted.

B) This writing assignment should adhere to APA style and be uploaded in Microsoft WORD format only. Do NOT upload your document as a PDF.

C) Project must be between 3-5 pages not including the title page and reference list. This means 3 complete pages.

D) All references must be current within 5 years old and articles from the US, no exceptions.

***Please note that you MUST include a running head in your APA paper.

**Please do not use any facility names in your document for confidentiality purposes.

Discuss one personal strength and one weakness you have regarding professional presentations. Name one method for improvement for each of these and discuss why it is important for you to work on these skills if you want to present your findings in a more formal setting.

Discuss one personal strength and one weakness you have regarding professional presentations

Discuss one personal strength and one weakness you have regarding professional presentations. Name one method for improvement for each of these and discuss why it is important for you to work on these skills if you want to present your findings in a more formal setting.

Resources
Explore the Cochrane Collaboration website.

URL:
http://www.cochrane.org/

NOTE: THE PDF ARTICLE WILL BE ATTACHED TO THIS ORDER. HERE IS THE REFERENCE/CITATION:

Wheatley, L., Doyle, W., Evans, C., Gosse, C., & Smith, K. (2017). Case Study: Integrated Comprehensive Care — A Case Study in Nursing Leadership and System Transformation. Nursing Leadership, 1, 33.

More details;

Strengths of the presentation:
These include:
– Verbal Communication. The ability to communicate in a clear, concise and concrete way in front of an audience is the key skill required of public speakers.
– Delivery.
– Leadership.
– Selling / Persuasion.
– Humor.
– Storytelling.
– Written and Visual Communication.
– Self Awareness.

Weakness:

– Disconnect Between Speaker and Audience.
– Technical Troubles.
– Audience Distraction.
– Lack of Purpose.

Improve your presentation skills:
– Practice!
– Transform Nervous Energy Into Enthusiasm.
– Attend Other Presentations.
– Arrive Early.
– Adjust to Your Surroundings.
– Meet and Greet.
– Use Positive Visualization.
– Remember That Most Audiences Are Sympathetic.

This week you read about the importance of the Annual Strategic Plan Update. This weeks assignment will give you the opportunity to do some research, and create a update for a retreat that you will be planning.

Importance of the Annual Strategic Plan Update

Firstly, please read the directions carefully and follow them.

Secondly, please use APA format correctly.

This week you read about the importance of the Annual Strategic Plan Update. This weeks assignment will give you the opportunity to do some research, and create a update for a retreat that you will be planning.

Further, you should develop a plan to discuss where the retreat will happen. Who will be invite d. What process method you will use. What are the reasons/benefits of each of these that you chose.

The next part is to actually provide an annual update. For this assignment, please research Johns Hopkins Medicine Strategic Plan. You will see that it is broken out into several Strategic Priorities. Read through them, and also research some of the major health care changes that will impact their plan.

As an example, if one of their strategic priority is “Education”, with a goal of creating a portal for its constituencies to access health information, and you are aware that health care reform is focused on wellness, and also incentivizing providers to keep patients healthy, your annual update may be to have a goal of creating a comprehensive portal by the end of the year that includes specific information for a patient related to their illness, or wellness information for those patients with no active disease state.  You can be creative with your goal, but make sure that it is relevant to part of their strategic plan, and the external health care forces acting on it.