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Barn Burning
One of the central conflicts in this story revolves around the relationship between Sarty and his father. Sarty’s father has a habit of burning down barns belonging to his landlords. He wants Sarty to lie for him in court. Sarty knows that what his father is asking him to do is wrong, but he feels he must be loyal to his family even though this goes against his own values.
Have you ever been in a situation like this where you had to choose between betraying someone you cared about and being true to yourself? What did you choose? Why?

For this essay, you will begin by summarizing the story making sure you discuss the choice that Sarty made and why he made this choice.
In the second part of the essay, you will discuss the time when you had to make such a choice drawing parallels between your conflict and Sarty’s conflict.

Sonny’s Blues
“Sonny’s Blues” is a story that focuses on human suffering, something we can all relate to in some way. Sonny turns to drugs in high school because he feels trapped in Harlem, in school, and by what he is expected to do and what he wants to do.  He is like many high school students who are trying to find their way in the world.  They are not quite an adult, but they are no longer a kid.  
Sonny, in many ways, is like a teenager today.  He has to listen to his teachers and his parents but he also has his own ideas, view of the world, and passions that the adults don’t understand.  He wants to express himself but feels that nobody is taking him seriously.  His brother doesn’t relate to his desire to play music or join the military.  Sonny feels that he is trapped and makes some really bad decisions in trying to deal with his own suffering.   On one level, the story is about being young and misunderstood.On another level, it is about the decisions that we make and how these decisions can affect us for a longtime.

If you choose this prompt, the first part of your essay will summarize the story and will focus on Sonny and his relationship with his brother and his family.  You will summarize the events that led up to Sonny’s arrest and what happened after Sonny got out of jail.  Talk about the narrator’s revelation at the end of the story after he goes to the bar and listens to Sonny play the piano.
In the second part of this essay, you will respond to the themes of growing up and the importance of the decisions that we make.  Discuss a time in your life when you were “young and misunderstood”and made a decision (good or bad) that had an impact on your future.

Puppy
In “Puppy” George Sanders alternates between the perceptions of two women, Marie and Callie.Although these two women may appear to be opposites, they do have some similarities.

In the first part of this essay, you will be writing a comparison/contrast essay on these two characters. You can set this up using block by block style or point by point (see explanation in Canvas).

Good People
“Good People” presents the reader with two characters who are facing a major decision that will affect them for the rest of their lives.  Have you ever been in such a situation?

For this topic, you will be discussing the decision that Lane and Sherry must make.  Summarize the story and explain the internal conflict that each of these characters is struggling with.  
In the response portion of the essay, you will discuss a time in your life when you were faced with a difficult decision.  Draw parallels between the story and the conflict you faced? How did you resolve the conflict? What was the result of your decision?  Based on the story, what decision do you think these characters made?

These next two topics do not strictly follow the summary-response format.
Micro Fiction
You read two stories that fall under the definition of micro or flash fiction. For this assignment, you will write a researched essay on this genre of fiction.  

Define the term (terms), discuss how this genre began, and give characteristics of the genre.
Then select three to five micro-fiction stories (you may use the two stories assigned in this unit) and summarize them according to the format presented in this module. In the second part of the essay, summarize your opinion of this genre.  
Do you like it? Why or why not? Support your opinions.

Puppy
In “Puppy” George Sanders alternates between the perceptions of two women, Marie and Callie. Although these two women may appear to be opposites, they do have some similarities.

In this essay you will be writing a character analysis of each of these characters.  
You will then discuss the similarities and differences between the two women.

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Part 1What is the history and focus of the Railway Labor Act (RLA)? What boards were created by the RLA?Clearly and concisely explain your response. Your post must have at least 200 words. Include in-text citations as well as a reference page (per APA 7th edition guidelines), which must include at least two references with one of them being our textbook. Use a website based in the united states as a second reference.Part 2What is the history and focus of the Railway Labor Act (RLA)? What boards were created by the RLA?Clearly and concisely explain your response. Your post must have at least 200 words. Include in-text citations as well as a reference page (per APA 7th edition guidelines), which must include at least two references with one of them being our textbook. Use a United States website as the second reference.Part 3Financial Statements offer a wealth of information about the assets, liabilities, and, with the income and expenses of a firm…Business uses ‘ratios’ as a key measure of ‘how/what’ is transpiring with regard to the movement of the items within a financial statement…So…offer one ratio (you’ll want to read the posts from fellow students so as to add a ratio not already used…you job is to offer a ‘new’ [to this discussion] ratio..And, tell us ‘what’ the ratio tells senior management or investors of the firm, and, ‘why’ this ratio might be improved (meaning ‘which way’…up or down is a ‘better’ direction for the ratio)…200-400 words use united states websites as resources.Example for part 3Cash Ratio = Cash/Current Liabilities is the ratio I choose for this discussion is cash ratio. The purpose of is to tell how capable your business is of covering its debts while using only cash. There are no other assets used for this ratio (D’Angelo, 2020). I think this an important factor to know how much cash you have on hand to pay your debts in order to avoid overextending the business and putting it a financial bind where they are not able to their debts back without having to go into more debt.The ratio I chose is Market Ratios as I believe they are important since they evaluate share prices of a firm/company’s stock. Understanding and knowing Market Ratios will help investors decide if the company is the right company to invest in. The Market ratios is made up of two other ratios which are the: Price to earning ratio or (P/E ratio), and Market/book (M/B ratio). Successful investors like Warren Buffet often value businesses based off their P/E ratios, since the P/E ratio is used in comparison of other firms that financially reward investors such as dividend pay outs. The Market book ratios reveals to the investor if it is worth paying more than the book value for a share of the business. By successfully understand both components investors can successfully value a stock and business rather than speculate.For this week’s discussion I have decided to discuss Return on total Assets ratio(ROA). This ratio is also referred to as return on investment(ROI). This ratio is a tool that measures how effective a business is in generating profits. There is a formula that investors. use to calculate the ROA. The formula is written as follows: ROA= Earnings available for common stockholders/Total Assets. The ROA is a common ratio for investors to quickly and efficiently determine how profitable a business is. This is a pretty important tool for a company. If a company can not efficiently produces profits, investors will look to invest in another company that can more easily produce profits. Since this tool is easy to use and very straight forward to interpret, it is used extensively in stock investment and can be used to determine if a company should expand or not. For investors that are less more reluctant to take risk will look at companies with a lower ROA ratio. Investors that are willing to take more risks will look for higher ratios. For this discussion, I chose current ratio. Our textbook defines current ratio as measuring liquidity by comparing a firm’s current assets to its current liabilities. This means being able to see at the moment what available assets a company has compared to its current obligations. This tells senior management and investors if the company can meet its short-term obligations. Basically, can a company pay its bills. This is important because for a company to make money in the future, it needs to be able to pay its current bills. In this scenario, having more liquid current assets is better than having more current liabilities because it means the company has more cash readily available to pay all its bills and is more stable.These ratios have been used by students.

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Initial Post Instructions
For the initial post, address the following:

What is the value of studying the humanities in the field of health professions?
How might a topic such as art, literature, music, dance, etc. from other time periods enhance your career and personal life in the present?
Select one aspect of the humanities that is meaningful to your personal life and one for career. Explain how is each meaningful.
In addition, include a specific example of a work (a specific work of art, literature, theater, or music) that you feel is meaningful to your personal life and/or career. Explain the connection.

Follow-Up Post Instructions
Respond to at least one peer. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification.
Writing Requirements

Minimum of 2 posts (1 initial & 1 follow-up)
Minimum of 2 sources cited (assigned readings/online lessons and an outside source)
APA format for in-text citations and list of references

Student Sample: Humanities is greatly valued in the medical profession. Our lesson this week defined humanities as the study of human culture. Studying humanities in the health care profession can greatly improve how a medical professional understands and communicates with their patients for many reasons. The lesson has also taught me that by studying humanities, future health care professionals can learn how to critically think and reflect on the situations they are put in. Literature about humanities also helps medical professionals learn about other people’s perspectives one certain situations. Not only does humanities teach them about others perspectives but it also opens room for discussion regarding difficult ethical or legal issues (Singh, 2020). Doctor Satendra Singh states that implementing humanities into the medical profession will help with decision making, collaboration, improve learning, and can even help professionals learn ways to cope with stressors and burnout (Singh, 2020). 
Art, literature, music, etc, from other periods of time can enhance my career by making me take a step back and really analyzing a situation. Going through chapter 1 in our book this week really made me realize that with all of the art that was talked about from the past. Of course I have seen these paintings, but I never really put too much thought into them or what they mean. It was actually really interesting to look at the deeper behind the pieces of artwork. This will help me not only in my personal life but also in my nursing career by reflecting every situation I am in. By reflecting the situations I am put in I will be able to see different perspectives and opinions. This will be vital when working with patients and developing treatment plans. Reflection should be used in my everyday personal life in the present to avoid unnecessary conflict. 
Music is the most important aspect of humanities in my personal life. I do not go a day without listening to music. I use music to deal with all of my emotions because I believe there is a song for everything. I have all types of music to listen to for however I may be feeling, it really helps put my mind at ease. Music is also something my friends and I bond over which I truly value. I love listening to songs that they like that I may have never heard before. One song that is extremely meaningful to me is 1-800-273-8255 by Logic. Honestly, I do not even like the artist Logic, but this song discusses suicidal thoughts and how he overcame them and it really hits home for me. I lost my friend Brandon by suicide in 2018. This song really sent a message to millions of people about the battle with depression and everything that comes along with it. I admire Logic for his bravery to share this story with everybody. Even though my friend did not overcome his battle, this song still brings him to my mind every time I hear it, and for that I am forever grateful. 
Art would have to be the most important aspect to me for my future career. I would say this because everyone interprets arts differently. My mom and I could look at the same painting and feel very different emotions from it based on past experiences or emotions. I think accepting different points of view is vital for nursing. As a nurse I want to be respectful of my patients wishes and I want to be able to understand where they are coming from. 
References 
Satendra Singh, M. (2020). Nursing humanities, nurturing compassion: sustaining the global nursing and midwifery agenda. Research and Humanities in                       Medical Education, 7, 1–3.
Martin, F. D., & Jacobus, L. A. (2018). The humanities through the arts. New York: McGraw-Hill Education 

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Part 2:The Researched Stakeholder Argument EssayundefinedPurpose and Focus:undefinedAn argumentative essay aims to convince or persuade an audience. It will most likely fall into one of the following general categories, depending on the stakeholder audience you choose:undefined To persuade undecided stakeholders to accept your thesis. To convince opposing stakeholders to be less resistant to your thesis To persuade stakeholders who agree with you to take action undefinedYour focus will be determined by the research you do in Part 1, the Annotated Bibliography.undefinedDevelopment for Audience:undefinedThe audience for this essay is a specific stakeholder of your choice. In order to best achieve your purpose (persuasion) with your audience (a particular stakeholder), you’ll need to:undefinedCarefully consider which stakeholder will need to hear your argument, target them, and work to consider that audience’s needs, values, and knowledge on the issue;Rely on audience appeals: logos, ethos, and pathos. Be sure that the appeals used suit the rhetorical situation.Take into account the expectations your audience has of you as an author:The stakeholder expects that the argument is supported with reasons and evidence from the research you’ve gathered.He/she wants to see that you are familiar with the conversation on the issue and wants to know how your argument uniquely expands and contributes to that conversation.The stakeholder would expect emphasis to be placed upon arguing the feasibility of a particular solution to a problem, should your argument lend itself to this particular form (which is especially possible when considering a claim of policy).The stakeholder (and your instructor) will expect full citations for all sources used and will want clear and concrete writing that is well-structured and organized logically. Demonstrate an informed opinion about the conversation by including at least one counterargument for your position. Accurately and fairly represent and respond to such an alternative viewpoint on the issue.Show that you have conducted effective inquiry into the issue by paraphrasing, directly quoting, and explaining the source material appropriately and by documenting sources correctly in MLA style. This will bolster your ethos with your audience.undefinedGenre and Organization:undefinedYour genre will be a researched argumentative essay. undefinedThoughtfully consider how you will organize your essay and how you will order your reasons, where you respond to your counterargument, and what information you will place in your introduction and conclusion. To decide between the Classical Model and Rogerian, think about which will better help you reach your audience and achieve your purpose.undefinedStyle and Conventions:undefinedYour tone and voice should be appropriate for the stakeholder and academic context in which you’re writing. Your stakeholder proposal should be grammatically correct and you should pay close attention to all conventions of standard, written English – especially those discussed in Style and Convention Seminars. Your argument should be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman, 12-pt. font, and 1” margins.o
Include your last name and page number
in the upper right-hand corner of EVERY page.
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Include a header with your name,
instructor name, course title, and due date in upper left of the first page.
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Include a title, centered underneath the
header. It should be more specific than “Project 3.”
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Include a separate Works Cited page with
full citations for all source and should match the in-text citations in the
body of the paper. It should have the title “Works Cited” centered (no
underlining) above it.
Conclude
with a SIGNED honor pledge: “I have not given,
received, or used any unauthorized assistance” and is followed by your
signature.Referenceshttps://eds-a-ebscohost-com.proxy.library.ohio.edu…https://eds-a-ebscohost-com.proxy.library.ohio.edu/eds/SmartLink/OpenIlsLink?sid=67c9d55d-6fe7-47d9-b30850d6b4bc96@sdc-v-sessmgr03&vid=4&sl=smartlink&st=ilslink_new&sv=sdbn%253Dedselc%2526pbt%253DAcademic%2520Journal%2526issn%253D03064603%2526ttl%253DAddictive%252520Behaviors%2526stp%253DC%2526asi%253DY%2526ldc%253DLibKey%252520Instant%252520PDF%2526lna%253DEDS%252520%25252D%252520BrowZine%252520Direct%252520to%252520PDF%252520Link%2526lca%253Dother%2526lo%255Fan%253Dedselc%25252E2%25252D52%25252E0%25252D34047160387&su=https%3A%2F%2Flibkey.io%2Flibraries%2F1592%2Farticles%2F16962583%2Ffull-text-file%3Futm_source%3Dapi_1355%26ref_system%3DEBSCO_EDShttps://eds-a-ebscohost-com.proxy.library.ohio.edu…https://eds-a-ebscohost-com.proxy.library.ohio.edu…

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Read a selection of your colleagues’ posts.Respond to at least two colleagues by critiquing their short-term strategies for addressing the SPG case study.Be sure to use referenceDB 1Emilio—Post an analysis of the change that took place in the SPG.The Southeast Planning Group, hereafter known as SPG, is part of the Housing and Urban Development Continuum of Care planning process. SPG’s function is to assist an individual by providing an evaluation and assessment. It also provides emergency and transitional shelter, as well as permanent housing. The change that occurred at SPG was that the executive director, who had built a good community relationship, resigned. A new director came in with the hopes of restructuring the organization and making it more efficient. Thus, eliminating two employee positions that had created a good relationship in the community—causing community members and stakeholders to worry about whether SPG’s new direction was the right one (Plummer and Brocksen, 2014).Furthermore, suggest one strategy that might improve the organizational climate and return the organization to optimal functioning. Provide support for your suggested strategy, explaining why it would be effective.There are times when significant changes need to happen; however, supervisors of organizations may need to evaluate when this is done before making any significant changes in the people they service may think and how they may be affected. Any change can lead to a lack of confidence or distrust from the community. Agencies would benefit from collaborating with the people they serve (Lauffer, 2011). By doing this with the community stakeholders, community members could provide feedback on how the organization performs and conducts its mission statement.These types of collaborations have proved to be successful with other organizations. Researchers have shown that building effective community partnerships will help address problems that may not have been identified earlier but potential problems that may arise. Collaborating will also help educate further potential clients of organizations that may not have been aware of the organization’s services (Snow, 2012).Lauffer, A. (2011). Understanding your social agency (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: Sage.Chapter 10, “Agency Structure and Change” (pp. 324–352)Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., & Brocksen, S. M. (Eds.). (2014b). Social work case studies: Concentration year. Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing [Vital Source e-reader].“Social Work Supervision, Leadership, and Administration: The Southeast Planning Group” (pp. 85–86) Snow, John. (2012). Engaging your community. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)DB 2Majia—The Southeast Planning Group (SPG) is an organization that primary goal is to help homeless individuals find permanent housing and permanent supportive housing. This organization has affiliation with local government, service providers, the faith, academic, business communities, concerned citizens and former homeless individuals. This organization took a huge turn when the executive director resigned after 5 years. When she was in office there were concerns that goals were not met and they lost confidence in her. The director was well liked by everyone and had a good way of bringing everyone together to focus on ending homelessness. Once a new director was hired things changed and people lost their jobs. The director came in a changed a lot because their focus was to increase the efficiency. This caused some stakeholders to feel like the new leader was taking over for their own benefit.One thing that can be done to change the climate of the organization and return it to an optimal functioning is by building cohesiveness within the organization. This is something that I feel has probably fell apart once all the changes were made and the two workers were let go. Some people may feel afraid to lose their job, so this makes them not want to speak up and give their opinions about the changes. Cohesiveness allows group members to express their personal viewpoints, give and receive feedback, accept opinions different from their own, and feel comfortable doing meaningful work (Northhouse, 2018). Member satisfaction is high in cohesive groups. I believe that the director should have expressed their goals for the company to both the employees and the steakholders, which would have set a better intention than to just come in making lots of changes without letting everyone know. This gives off a bad vibe to everyone.Northouse, P. G. (2018). Introduction to leadership: Concepts and practice (4th ed. ). Washington, DC: Sage.

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Create a 5-10 minute video of yourself, as a presenter, in which you will propose an evidence-based plan to improve the outcomes for the Vila Health patient and examine how remote collaboration provided benefits or challenges to designing and delivering the care.Introduction
As technologies and the health care industry continue to evolve, remote care, diagnosis, and collaboration are becoming increasingly more regular methods by which nurses are expected to work. Learning the ways in which evidence-based models and care can help remote work produce better outcomes will become critical for success. Additionally, understanding how to leverage EBP principles in collaboration will be important in the success of institutions delivering quality, safe, and cost-effective care. It could also lead to better job satisfaction for those engaging in remote collaboration.Professional Context
Remote care and diagnosis is a continuing and increasingly important method for nurses to help deliver care to patients to promote safety and enhance health outcomes. Understanding best EBPs and building competence in delivering nursing care to remote patients is a key competency for all nurses. Additionally, in some scenarios, while you may be delivering care in person you may be collaborating with a physician or other team members who are remote. Understanding the benefits and challenges of interdisciplinary collaboration is vital to developing effective communication strategies when coordinating care. So, being proficient at communicating and working with remote health care team members is also critical to delivering quality, evidence-base care.Scenario
The Vila Health: Remote Collaboration on Evidence-Based Care simulation provide the context for this assessment.Instructions
Before beginning this assessment, make sure you have worked through the following media:

Vila Health: Remote Collaboration on Evidence-Based Care. 
You may wish to review Selecting a model for evidence-based practice changes. [PDF] and Evidence-Based Practice Models, which help explain the various evidence-based nursing models.For this assessment, you are a presenter! You will create a 5–10-minute video using Kaltura or similar software. In the video:
Propose an evidence-based care plan that you believe will improve the safety and outcomes of the patient in the Vila Health Remote Collaboration on Evidence-Based Care media scenario.
Discuss the ways in which an EBP model and relevant evidence helped you to develop and make decision about the plan you proposed
Wrap up your video by identifying the benefits of the remote collaboration in the scenario, as well as discuss strategies you found in the literature or best practices that could help mitigate or overcome one or more of the collaboration challenges you observed in the scenario.
Be sure you mention any articles, authors, and other relevant sources of evidence that helped inform your video. Important: You are required to submit an APA-formatted reference list of the sources you cited specifically in your video or used to inform your presentation. The following media is an example learner submission in which the speaker successfully addresses all competencies in the assessment.
Exemplar Kaltura Reflection. 

Please note that the scenario that the speaker discusses in the exemplar is different from the Vila Health scenario you should be addressing in your video. So, the type of communication expected is being model, but the details related to the scenario in your submission will be different.

Make sure that your video addresses the following grading criteria:
Propose an evidence-based care plan to improve the safety and outcomes for a patient based on the Vila Health Remote Collaboration on Evidence-Care media scenario.
Explain the ways in which an EBP model was used to help develop the care plan.
Reflect on which evidence was most relevant and useful when making decisions regarding the care plan.
Identify benefits and strategies to mitigate the challenges of interdisciplinary collaboration to plan care within the context of a remote team.
Communicate in a professional manner that is easily audible and uses proper grammar, including a reference list formatted in current APA style.
Refer to Using Kaltura as needed to record and upload your video.Note: If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to participate in this activity, please contact DisabilityServices@Capella.edu to request accommodations. If, for some reason, you are unable to record a video, please contact your faculty member as soon as possible to explore options for completing the assessment.

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OverviewIn this milestone, you will examine various definitions of social change identity and the ways in which these definitions align with the attitudes, beliefs, and ideals that reflect your identity. You will revisit the social change initiative that you discuss in this milestone assignment as you complete Project One.PromptFor this activity, you will first research and review five scholarly resources that include varying definitions of social change identity. You will record and cite your definitions, then respond to the following criteria:Record and cite five scholarly resources that include varying definitions of social change identity.Identify three themes that emerged from the researched definitions.Describe which of the three themes you feel has the greatest personal significance to you and why.Describe which of the three themes you believe has the greatest societal significance and why.Next, you will address the following in 4 to 5 sentences per criterion, citing your sources in APA style:Describe a theory of personal change that best reflects your character and/or values and explain why.Describe how a social change initiative of your choice aligns with your personal ideals.Guidelines for SubmissionSubmit your Module One Milestone assignment as a Word document, with all sources cited according to APA style.Module One Milestone RubricCriteriaExemplary (100%)Proficient (85%)Needs Improvement (55%)Not Evident (0%)ValueResourcesExceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative mannerRecords and cites five scholarly resources that include varying definitions of social change identityShows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include details related to the five scholarly resources that include varying definitions of social change identityDoes not attempt criterion10ThemesExceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative mannerIdentifies three themes that emerged from the researched definitionsShows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include details related to the three themes obtained from the definitionsDoes not attempt criterion13Personal SignificanceExceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative mannerDescribes which of the three themes has the greatest personal significance and whyShows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include details related to which of the three themes has the greatest personal significance and whyDoes not attempt criterion13Societal SignificanceExceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative mannerDescribes which of the three themes has the greatest societal significance and whyShows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include details related to which of the three themes has the greatest societal significance and whyDoes not attempt criterion13Theory of Personal ChangeExceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative mannerDescribes a theory of personal change that best reflects character and/or values and whyShows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include details related to a theory of personal change that best reflects character and/or values and whyDoes not attempt criterion13Social Change InitiativeExceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative mannerDescribes how a social change initiative aligns with personal idealsShows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include details related to how a social change initiative aligns with personal idealsDoes not attempt criterion13Articulation of ResponseExceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative mannerClearly conveys meaning with correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, demonstrating an understanding of audience and purposeShows progress toward proficiency, but with errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, negatively impacting readabilitySubmission has critical errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, preventing understanding of ideas10Citations and AttributionsUses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with few or no minor errorsUses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with consistent minor errorsUses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with major errorsDoes not use citations for ideas requiring attribution15Total:100%

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To prepare for this Discussion:
Review this week’s assigned readings in the course texts.

Select one indigenous group from the reading and review the cultural elements of that group.
Compare a thought, belief, or ritual that you practice in your own culture to a thought, belief, or ritual in an indigenous culture.
Consider how comparing aspects of two different cultures can be problematic or useful.

With these thoughts in mind:
By Day 3
Post one paragraph that describes your comparison of a thought, belief, or ritual in your own community with that from an indigenous culture. In a second paragraph, discuss the challenges in comparing thoughts, beliefs, or rituals from two communities in this way. Explain how this comparison might be useful.
Thread 3
A ritual from your own culture and a ritual from an indigenous culture.
Be sure to support your ideas by connecting them to the week’s Learning Resources, or something you have read, heard, seen, or experienced.
Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.
By Day 5
Respond to at least two of your colleagues’ postings that contain a perspective other than yours.

Explain how your colleagues’ perspectives do either of the following:

Align with or complement your perspective.
Contrast with or are in opposition to your perspective.

POST 1
A thought from your own culture and thought from an indigenous culture:

Culture is the term of social behaviors and norms that are found within human societies, each culture will have different types of norms and behaviors in which will be developed over time. As the Tiwi culture is different on many different levels compared to my very own culture, I have many thoughts in mind. One thought that really stuck out from the indigenous culture was their beliefs on marriage. Traditional Tiwi culture mandates that all women must be married (Peters-Golden, H.P. (2012). Now in my culture, it is not required for women to get married, although if you are unmarried in my culture, you may be asked why you are not married yet it is not looked at as a necessity. In the past this the culture required every female to be always married, there was no concept of an unmarried female, ever (Peter-Golden, H. P. (2012). As someone who comes from a a culture that does not require me to be married I find that this belief that the Tiwi live-by would be a challenge.
References: Peters-Golden, H. P. (2012). Culture sketches: Case studies in anthropology (6th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

POST 2
As directed this week, I did take a moment to reflect on one of my culture’s beliefs/ rituals. As a Latina in my family, Catholic religion is the base and with that every year is Lent. For 46 days this practice is recognized and during this time no meat is consumed on Ash Wednesday or Fridays. Fasting is also practiced on these days as well, though for some this is not followed. When considering my cultures practice of Lent there are many contrasts to the Vegetarian Festival in Thailand. While their practice may be 9 days, there are rituals that here in this country would not be deemed holy, but most likely considered self-mutilating practices.
The challenge when looking at the two is a basic understanding, just as Lent may be a foreign concept to them and not seem reasonable, the same can be said when initially observing their Festival. Between our two countries are differences in what our culture deems acceptable practices which would limit theirs if they were to try to display it here. This day and age we have what has been labeled as “cancel culture” which would no doubt be in full swing should the display of piercing one’s cheek with a foreign object be displayed. In addition to not being willing to openly observe without aversion is the limits of our understanding of the fluidity of a belief. Taoism is not hard to understand, for a good read on the basics there is ‘The Tao of Pooh’ by Benjamin Hoff, through his words we can understand that Taoism is simply to be and not to over think, which is again where there would be a struggle. Every culture has their methods of purification through devotion, for us here in America the issue is whether or not we can turn off our criticism and turn on appreciation instead.
“The surest way to become Tense, Awkward, and Confused is to develop a mind that tries too hard – one that thinks too much.” Benjamin Hoff
References:
Cohen, E. (2012). The Vegetarian Festival and the city pillar: The appropriation of a Chinese religious custom for a cult of the Thai civic religion. Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, 10(1), 1–21.
Hoff, B. (1982). The Tao of Pooh. New York: E.P. Dutton

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Handling and processing evidence is an integral component of crime scene management because it lays the foundation for everything the court must consider when weighing the admissibility of evidence. For the most part, the courts prefer testing being carried out in a laboratory setting. However, there are exceptions, such as times when an initial examination also yields valuable information. In this assignment, you will differentiate between testing that might be done on-scene versus in the laboratory, identify testing that might be subject to preliminary testing, as well as compare the different results yielded by preliminary field versus laboratory testing. Support your assignment with examples from this week’s required material(s) and/or a minimum of three other scholarly or credible resources and properly cite any references.
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, please review the following:

From the text:

Chapter 8: Pattern Evidence 1: General Patterns and Fingerprints
Chapter 9: Pattern Evidence 2: Firearms, Tool Marks and Document Analysis

From the free, downloadable resource at the web page Crime Scene Investigation Guide (Links to an external site.):

Section D – Completing and Recording the Crime Scene Investigation
Section E – Crime Scene Equipment

The articles:

An Automated Approach to the Classification of Impact Spatter and Cast-Off Bloodstain Patterns
Chemical Enhancement of Footwear Impressions in Blood Recovered from Cotton using Alginate Casts

From the free PDF copy at the web page Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward (2009) (Links to an external site.):

Section 10. Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems
Section 11. Homeland Security and Forensic Science

The video Forensic Science: Analysis of Drugs Using Colour Tests (Links to an external site.) shown above
From the video Bodies, Blood, and Ballistics: Forensics School, Part One:

Segment 2. Forensics: Blood Spatter 02:35
Segment 5. Blood Spatter and Trajectories 04:35

From the video Hands-On Police Work: Forensics School, Part Two:

Segment 3. Crime Scene Photography 02:27
Segment 6. How to Capture and Record Fingerprints 03:10
Segment 8. Crime Scene Documentation 03:18

You are also strongly encouraged to review the list of recommended resources, as they may assist you with this assignment.
In your paper, address the following:

Identify what types of evidence might be subjected to preliminary or field testing.
Describe at least two types of testing that might be done on scene.
Differentiate between why some evidence can and should be subjected to preliminary testing on scene, while other types should not.
Explain how the on-scene test compares to laboratory testing.
Compare and contrast the results yielded by preliminary field versus laboratory testing.
Compare and contrast the admissibility of on-scene versus laboratory testing at trial.

The Difference Between Preliminary Field and Laboratory Testing paper

Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.

For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Writing Center resources.

Must use at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed, and/or credible sources in addition to the course text.

The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view The University of Arizona Global Campus Library Quick ‘n’ Dirty (Links to an external site.) tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.

Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide.
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

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Submitted cases can be single spaced or double spaced (Times New Roman 12 or Calibri 12), but must not exceed five type-written pages.The submitted case should contain an analysis, your interpretation/explanation of what has happened in the case. You should explain what has happened in terms of issues raised in the text and in class. The analysis should be about four to four and one-half pages in length.The case submission should also include a recommendation and implementation. This section should be one-half page to one full page in length. The case should have a title page (not counted as one of the five pages above) which should include standard information such as team members’ names, the date of submission, the course name and number, and the instructor’s name.Your case submission should contain three key elements described below – Introduction, Analysis, and Recommendation/Implementation.I recommend that you review the sample analysis of the case, “Patrick the porter” made available through the site for this course.Introduction – value 15 points – 5 points for the introduction and 10 points for a clear and succinct problem identification and statement (the problem will flow from your analysis).This section should only be about four or five sentences long and would normally be developed after your analysis and recommendation have been completed.For example, one might write something such as:The following case submission/report (just samples, you might have a preferred name for this) examines events that have unfolded in the case, identifies the main problem(s) facing the people/organization, analyzes key issues and people, and concludes with a recommendation and implementation.We believe that the main problem that the firm faces is __________ and our main recommendation, which is fully detailed at the end of the submission/report, is __________.The problem and recommendation are based on the following detailed analysis.You can include your recommendation in the introduction if you wish, but at least please state the problem.Analysis – value 65 points – 50 points for incorporation of concepts from the text and course to explain the case issues and 15 points for how well your material is integrated.Teams who include more key issues (e.g., individuality, perception, communication, etc.), fully consider those issues, and show how the issues contribute to the outcomes of the case will receive more marks than those teams who include fewer issues, and/or don’t explain the issues, and/or don’t show how the issues are related.For example, in some analyses where perception is an issue that should be considered some teams simply use the word perception, but never describe the perceptual issues, nor do they show how they fit in with other issues discussed (i.e., integration).Other people have used the word perception and described the perception issues briefly, but have not shown how perception is a factor in the case.My suggestion is that if you deal with the issue of perception, describe the relevant perceptual issues, and show how perception is related to issues/problems in the case (this last connection is the integration issue).Please bear in mind that there is no magic number of issues, but there are some key issues that teams should deal with.Please use subheadings freely, but please remember to wrap up each section and indicate how the section is relevant to the problem and/or other elements.Please use transitions as you move on to the next sections.Your analysis should conclude with a summary of the analysis, a brief restatement of the problem, and a closing that suggests you are now presenting your recommendation.Recommendation/Implementation – value – 20 points – 10 points for a clear and direct recommendation to management, in your term case that is Dr. Aucoin, and 10 points for a brief description of your implementation.Spelling and Grammar – I can live with a couple of typos or one or two awkward constructions, but after that I will dock the team points (to a maximum of 15 points) for poor spelling and grammar.Other issuesPlease do not use terms such as “would have”, “could have”, “should have”, “might have, or “if …”, which really just lead to speculation and take your focus away from what actually happened in the case.Please deal with the evidence before you in the case itself, not what might have been.Assume that you have been hired by the university as a consultant and your job is to explain to Dr. Aucoin what has happened here (i.e., provide an analysis) and to provide Dr. Aucoin with a recommendation about what should be done now.