Category: Writing

Instructions
For this assignment, you’ll write two paragraphs on the same topic once again. Each paragraph should focus on a different aspect of the prompt you select. For example, if you choose to write about two important characteristics of good teachers (perhaps patience and understanding or fairness and flexibility), pick the top two things and write one paragraph of approximately 150 words about each.
Things to remember:
These paragraphs should consist of only your original ideas and writing. Please do not conduct any research. Each topic sentence should address the prompt. Follow the TREES method for help. Present your topic sentence first. It should be the first sentence that appears in your paragraph.
Paragraph coherence, unity, and development are important.
Provide concrete and specific examples.
Strive to apply everything you’ve learned about grammar this semester. Prompts: (Write one paragraph of approximately 150 words about each).
What are the two most important characteristics a good teacher possesses? (illustration or description)
What are the two most important characteristics a good student possesses (cause and effect)
What are the two most disappointing moments in your life? (narration or description)
What are two toys that teach children valuable life lessons? (process analysis, description, or illustration)
How to Submit:
Create your paragraph using Microsoft Word.
Use MLA format. (see module1)
Submit here in Canvas. Refer to this tutorial if needed.
Writing in this course may be checked for plagiarism using Turnitin. You submit Turnitin assignments directly in Canvas by following the prompts for submission. Your writing will automatically be checked. (You do not create an account.) Turnitin measures assignment originality and indicates what percent of your assignment matches others’ writings. Please review the Using Turnitin and Understanding the Originality Report.

https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html – This is also one of the readings if needed. 
Compose a full academic protest paper as per
the requirements above. Your audience is your
fellow undergraduate students. Consult course readings
but use an academic style.
• Overall, your final paper should contain the
same elements as in 1.1 to 1.2: that is, a
summary of
a protest event/cause
For this assignment, you are required to use at least
four credible authors, two of which must
be peer-reviewed, published scholarly sources
accessible via Assignment 1.2 (research)
methods. One of these four sources must discuss counterarguments /
objections to your
argument/Idea (that is, your overall position and or
specific solution), and one must support
your call to action. Additional sources may
come from mainstream journalists or reference an
interview with a key figure connected with your
protest.
• Include in-text citation and a ‘Works Cited’ in
MLA style. Word or PDF format please!
Please read Assignment 1.1 and 1.2 to complete this assignment as they are all connected. Please read the Portfolio 1 helpsheet as this is for Portfolio 1. I have also attached the assignment 1 and 2 helpsheets for help if needed. 

The world of supply chain management benefits directly from using the creative and the critical side of your brain. Nowhere is this more evident than in the management of inventory. It should come as no surprise that many creative ways exist to address the value, velocity, and volume of inventory across a supply chain. But, at some point creative thinking must give way to critical thinking as these ideas undergo a thorough analysis. Based on the information shared within the chapter which do you think would be most creative for your organization if they were a global company? Explain your reasoning for selecting this model.
Chardonnay Schwartz 
Greetings class and professor,
This world is interconnected by various forms of transportation in order to accomplish the mission. Based on the information learned this week and the need for creative acts within an organization I would combine containerization in conjunction with Just-In-Time inventory management systems. 
First, the basis around containerization is putting two or more different packages or items in one large box for a single shipment. This creative form of transportation has revolutionized logistics by allowing companies to make less trips, use less packaging, and optimize production through bulk shipments. 
Secondly, just in time transportation allows companies to schedule drop offs perfectly for a customer to be there for the package. This allows companies to be more efficient, reduce operational costs, and enhance customer service. 
Lastly, combining these two logistical innovations can create a powerhouse for my organization. This would allow my global company to utilize containerization concepts with JIT for optimal organizational performance. Utilizing containerization will standardize the shipping process across the board globally, leaving less room for error when shipping overseas. Continuing, this will allow my company to ship bulk products to various locations, when combining this concept with JIT the potential for loyal customers will grow with improved delivery ratings. 
These two methods stand out for their ordinary but extraordinary concepts. Both concepts take basic logistical concepts such as packaging, stability, efficiency, and effectiveness a transformed them with the everchanging times to produce a higher satisfaction rating. I believe these two concepts together create a powerhouse in the logistical realm, putting my company on the map. 
Sources:
Danese, P., Romano, P., & Bortolotti, T. (2012). JIT production, JIT supply and performance: investigating the moderating effects. Industrial Management & Data Systems, 112(3), 441-465.
Watada, J., Roy, A., Kadikar, R., Pham, H., & Xu, B. (2019). Emerging trends, techniques and open issues of containerization: A review. IEEE Access, 7, 152443-152472.
Jamian Ross
When considering the most creative inventory management model for a global company, several factors come into play, including adaptability, efficiency, scalability, and sustainability (Mwakakungu et al., 2019). One model that stands out in this is the “Just-in-Time” (JIT) inventory management system. This model aims to minimize inventory levels by synchronizing production with customer demand. Instead of holding large inventories. Instead of holding large inventories, organizations utilizing this model rely on suppliers to deliver raw materials and components just in time for production, and finished goods are shipped to customers immediately after production. This minimizes the risk of obsolete inventory. By eliminating excess inventory, JIT forces companies to identify and address inefficiencies in their processes. Moreover, this model enables companies to respond quickly to changes in customer demand and market conditions. With real-time inventory data and flexible production capabilities, companies can adjust their production schedules and supply chains accordingly (Mwakakungu et al., 2019).
Furthermore, JIT promotes sustainability by minimizing waste and reducing the environmental impact of production and transportation. By producing only what is needed when it is needed, companies conserve resources and lower their carbon footprint. This aligns well with the growing trend of corporate social responsibility and environmental stewardship, enhancing a company’s reputation and brand image in the eyes of environmentally conscious consumers and stakeholders (Mwakakungu et al., 2019).
Despite all these benefits, JIT also presents challenges and risks, particularly concerning supply chain disruptions and dependencies; relying on just-in-time deliveries increases vulnerability to disruptions such as supplier failures, geopolitical events and natural disasters. This means that global companies must carefully assess and mitigate the risks through approaches such as diversification of suppliers, strategic partnerships and robust contingency plans (Mukwakungu et al., 2019).
Reference
Mukwakungu, S. C., Mabasa, M. D., Mankazana, S., & Burakeye, S. A. (2019). The impact of just in time (JIT) in inventory management–perspectives from two case studies in a South African environment.

For this project, you will read, describe and evaluate an article relating individual differences in life circumstances to feelings of well-being. Does money make you happy? The objective is to sharpen your skills in evaluating research. Please read both studies, but just evaluate the first of the two studies that they describe for this report.
Directions
Download the instructions for Writing Assignment 2 here:
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Download the article to review here:
Lottery Winners and Accident Victims: Is Happiness Relative?Download Lottery Winners and Accident Victims: Is Happiness Relative?
Grading Guidelines
Grading guidelines are described in the instructions and in the rubric shown below. 
NO DIRECT QUOTES ALLOWED.
By your submission, you are also agreeing to release your original work for review for academic purposes to Turn-it-in.

Scenario 1: Suburban Neighborhood of Single-Family Homes
Proposal before the Council: Rezone to permit construction of transitional housing (following drug rehab) for teenagers. Neighborhood zoned residential did not permit non-related minors congregant living in a supervised setting.
[Transitional housing, also called a halfway house, is the opportunity for individuals (here, minors) who do not have a family to “go home to” or would benefit from supervised care, to live in a neighborhood setting. These individuals usually go out to work or school, while having guidance, secure “home” setting for a short time.]
Scenario 2: Lower-Income Housing Neighborhood
Proposal before the Council: Approve a Bond proposal for a community center to be built. [A bond proposal is put on the ballot on election day. The entire community votes on whether to approve the Bond. A Bond is the ability for a jurisdiction to borrow money at a low interest rate to do a major improvement project. The proposed site was in a neighborhood of modest homes and was accessed by one street in/out].
Scenario 3: High-End Residential Neighborhood
Proposal before the Council: Build a walk-and-bike trail along the neighborhood boundary that will connect the center of the city to the DC Metro and allow pedestrians and cyclists to avoid heavy-traffic roads.
Scenario 4: Under-Served Urban Area
Proposal before the Council: Rezone to allow construction of a full service big-box store (i.e., supercenter, large retail establishment) in a disadvantaged neighborhood. [The site was in a neighborhood with small businesses and homes].
Scenario 5: High-Traffic Business Corridor
Proposal before the Council: Rezone to allow construction of a four-story independent-living apartment building for 55-and-older adults. [Independent living individuals are high functioning seniors who no longer want to take care of a large home/yard. Many continue to be employed and drive cars. They are looking for a congregate type living situation. No children are allowed to live in these 55+ residences. This project backed up to a single-family home neighborhood]Assignment tasks
Select the scenario you want to investigate and address
Create a presentation that you would present in front of city council. Please adhere to the following structure and content requirements for the presentation submission:
create an attractive presentation that is visually appealing (not over crowded slides, appropriate style and size font, etc.) and supplement the information on the slides with more in-depth information in the notes section of the Power Point OR by attaching a script that you would use as you talk about each slide
You can use PowerPoint
In terms of content, you should include the following information:
Clearly state which scenario you are tackling in your proposal – optionally, you might consider a catchy/creative title!
Briefly describe what you would like the city council to adopt – you can get creative and use the scenario as a starting point if there is a more specific angle you want to take (you will not be marked down for slightly modifying your proposal if you have come across more impactful ideas during your research) or you can stick to the proposal scenario exactly as it is outlined
Include 2-3 motives that the proposal might be rejected – i.e., the “cons” – these should be supplemented with external sources (peer review journals, academic/professional blogs, reputable journalistic stories, etc.)
and they should be included as in-text citation and in reference list following APA formatting
After pointing out the cons transition into 3-5 motives why your proposal should be accepted – i.e., the “pros” – these should be supplemented with external sources (peer review journals, academic/ professional blogs, reputable journalistic stories, etc.) and they should be included as in-text citation and in reference list following APA formatting
Consider including a short story/illustrate the potential positive outcomes that illuminates why this proposal is a good idea
Consider using statistics to prove why your proposal idea merits the positive vote
Finish with a strong conclusive slide that state your call to action and what you want the city council to do. You can have a narrower goal than the scenario or emphasize some key points of the scenario aim in this point.
Feel free to be creative with your final call to action.
Again, make sure you in-text citations on the slides and notes/script follow APA formatting and that you provide a reference slide/list at the end of the presentation or in your script that is following APA formatting
You should have anywhere between 5-10 slides

INTRODUCTION
This is the first “Report” that I’m asking you to write. We are doing these instead of exams because I think they are a more useful, flexible, and interesting evaluation in this conceptual class. Do not procrastinate too much on this assignment please!
The report should be approximately 2-3 pages in length and should be double spaced. I’m not picky about font/formatting, I’m just trying to give you an idea of how much content there should be. I am not grading based on spelling or grammar either.
PROMPT
The first section of this class has covered all sorts of motion. In addition we have talked about energy and momentum (both relating to motion). Finally we covered rotational/circular motion. Pick some piece of motion that interests you that you see in your personal life. This assignment will have several parts:
You will describe the motion scenario in detail.What are you observing? What pieces are there? How are they moving relative to each other? Are they moving with constant velocity or accelerating?Most importantly, why did you pick this topic? How does it relate to your daily life? Where do you see it happen? Why is it something that came to mind?
Again, it is important that you include in your description the reason why you have picked this topic. In what ways does it affect your daily life? Where, why, and how do you experience it?
Some examples of scenarios to help you pick something:Your favorite sports to watch/participate in.
When driving home you see a car swerve to avoid an accident.
You go hiking up and over a hill.
You have pets that sometimes do something fun or interesting.
You have literally any hobby:Saw blades when woodworking (or worse, kickback from a table saw).
Birds flight when watching them.
Knitting to make a sweater.
etc
You will describe the forces at play in the motion event. Describe what objects are applying forces to each other and in what manners.For example, my favorite sport is rock climbing. If you go climbing you exert forces down on the the holds such that their normal force helps push you up along the wall.
You will describe where energy is and how it moves/transitions during the event.If I talk about a climber making a dynamic move to another hold, I would describe, in detail, how the climber turns some chemical energy in their body in to elastic potential energy in their muscles, which they then turn in to kinetic energy so they can swing themselves up to the hold.
You will describe what parts have momentum and how momentum is transferred (forces) during the event.Continuing with the climbing example I would mention that the smallest system would be one of the climber and wall, which is attached to the Earth. The climber pushes down on the wall (extended to the Earth) and the wall pushes up on the climber to propel them upward. This is like the reverse of a collision where momentum is conserved, the person and wall (+Earth) recoil off of each other in opposite directions.
That’s it. It will probably be around 2-ish pages (double spaced) in length. Each of those above sections should be 1-2 large paragraphs. If you find that your essay is coming up very short, consider if there aren’t any extra moving pieces that you could describe the motion/forces/energy/momentum of.
Let me know if you have any questions!
Please no AI, the book report is being checked for it
Requirements: 2 pages

Consider the questions below. If you have personal experiences or stories related to nursing shortages, staff retention, and the inclusion of CNAs and LPNs in healthcare teams, share examples to support your perspective.a. What are the ethical considerations and implications of using CNAs and LPNs to address nursing shortages, and how do these relate to patient safety, quality of care, and the healthcare workforce?b. In this episode, what ethical principles or values are at stake for hospital administrators, the nurse educator, the nursing team, and the patients?c. Imagine you are a nurse educator or part of the hospital administration team. How would you approach the integration of CNAs and LPNs into your nursing staff to combat the nursing shortage? What ethical principles would guide your decision-making process?
Down towards one point, or maybe having dietary pastries instead of greens.0:33
We need more nursing assistance to more. That’s what we’re proposing here, LaDonna.0:41
We need the support. Dedicating a lift team is doable, but with every department short on staff, it’s going to take maneuvering.0:45
As my nurse leader, Megan has her finger on the pulse of our team’s needs, all while balancing quality of care and hospital policy.0:53
Our bonus is an option. The medical system is hundreds of thousands of nurses, short as it is.1:01
I want to keep the ones that we do have. This hospital is already operating at a deficit.1:08
You’re asking for money that we don’t have. It might be a short term solution, but at least it tells them that they’re valued.1:12
We appreciate them. One reason why I asked Terrence to join us is because he can help us with that.1:19
As a nursing educator, I think he’d have some good insight to contribute.1:26
Well, I know hiring bonus staff for extra work seems like a trend that’s happening around hospitals right now,1:30
but honestly, it’s just going to create more burnout. It’s a salve, not a fix.1:36
Tell me what you have in mind.1:41
Well, I think St Mary’s should consider facilitating a plan for certified and licensed nurses who want to up their skills.1:43
Career planning for nurses who want to move beyond bedside tuition reimbursement or loan forgiveness.1:50
Anything to support them when they’re committed to this hospital.1:56
Another possible route could be to upscale LV ends and utilize seniors to provide support.2:00
What do you think? You want us to retrain nurses to work with unqualified workers with the amount of patients we have at the moment, do we not?2:07
This is way beyond their scope.2:17
It requires a level of critical thinking they’re not trained for, and I don’t have the capacity to train them without taking away from our patients.2:18
Megan Maybe it’s not what you want to hear right now, but you asked me to weigh in on this.2:26
And so this is my suggestion. Well, find a better suggestion.2:29
Okay, let’s take a recess here and think about it.2:32
We also need to take a look at our scope of practice and find a way to manage the delegation in supervision of our LV,2:35
NS and CNAS within legal limits. I think that’s wise.2:40
Let’s regroup in five and come back and find some common ground we can all agree on.2:46
Okay. Have you been down this road before?2:52
It’s not going to work. We’d have to rip all this wiring out, try a different angle.3:00
The fix, I suggest, works. If you could make it work for you.3:05
I’ll give it a go. I’ll try to make it work for me before ruling it out.3:12
Oh. We were waiting for you to discuss seniors and aliens.3:22
Your reservations weren’t wrong. Maybe I could try. Your suggestion wasn’t wrong either.3:27
I was only looking at the use of Libyans. And CNN is one way.3:31
The way it’ll put more strain on my shoulders. And I am sorry. And I want to try to make it work before ruling it out.3:36
We just need to figure out how to implement it in a way that doesn’t place more burden on our ends.3:42
Then we approach the strategy from a patient’s first type of thinking.3:48
I like that putting our patients first means utilizing the resources we have and ones we can attain.3:52
In a way I hope can complement what our friends are capable of and taking a bit of the strain off their backs.3:59
And what are the trade offs that we’re willing to make? Should we go this route?4:05
What are the risks that we incur in this process? Our situation with nurse to patient ratio isn’t sustainable.4:09
We’ve got to at least try something.4:15
Right now, let’s look at where policies are failing the current system that we have and figure out a way that our bedside nurses can compensate.4:17
Now, there’s two ways to tackle this retention and recruitment.4:28
Megan, you’re the closest leader to them in the department.4:32
We rely on you to keep up day to day morale.4:36
The cost of labor and contracting new nurses beyond our budget is a challenge, and it would have to be approved by the CFO and it may not go anywhere.4:39
So let’s touch base in a few weeks and see where we are with retention, and then we will take a look at the recruitment if necessary.4:47
Then patients first, patients first.4:55
Okay, Terrence, if we’re going to do this, we got to do it right.5:01
Okay. Well, as the nursing educator, here’s what I can do. Hey.5:05
I’m so sorry, but we need you on the floor. It’s an emergency, and we got multiple high acuity patients and not enough hands.5:16
We’re doing our best to keep up with two patients of coded. One is died.5:22
Our LV ends have a limited scope of practice with assessment and I need help with all the things I can’t ask the aliens to do.5:27
So I’m sorry. It’s okay. You do? I can. I’ll jump in, provide support until you and the other arms can catch up to your patients.5:35
Go. And right behind you. I’m still here.5:41
Come on in. I just want you to know that all the friends are caught out.5:49
I feel for Mario. The patient that died today was his.5:55
He takes all his patients to heart. If you need me to talk to him or any of the staff, I’m happy to take any heat, if that helps.6:00
Well, thank you, Cleo. Reintroducing LV ends is helping, but I don’t know.6:08
It’s just not enough. Was it really the best solution?6:18

In The Red Tent, we see Dinah grow from childhood to old age. Discuss how she changes and matures. What lessons does she learn from life? If you had to pick a single word to describe the sum of her life, what word would you choose? How would Dinah describe her own life experience?

Numerous behavioral genetic studies have demonstrated that individual differences in psychological traits develop under the influence of both genetic and environmental factors. These studies have also suggested that genetic factors do not influence a trait deterministically. This implies that environmental factors influence human traits more than genetic ones. List seven environmental factors that influence human behaviors and briefly explain how one of these factors can do that. Your opinion is essential.
N . B:
1) You need to explain only one of the seven factors and how it influences traits.
2) No references are needed.

Week 9 psychology post 
Discussion Topic
Describe some people you have seen on the subway or public places or other settings, where the person appeared to exhibit symptoms or behaviors of schizophrenia disorder. Describe the behaviors you observed and how it made you feel. 
Week 9 writing post 
Have you ever had to write a report? Please discuss. Also, discuss why short reports are vital to a company, organization or business.
Your responses must be substantial, thought-provoking, insightful and at least one or more paragraphs length (5-7 sentences).