Identify a street gang operating in the state to which you were assigned. Provide a brief overview of the gang. Include the origin of the gang, initiation rites, crimes for which the gang is known, gang colors, and any other information you think is relevant.
Research and identify a law in the state to which you were assigned that either (1) specifically targets street gangs or (2) is utilized to prosecute gang members. Provide an overview of the statue and explain how it applies to gang-related criminal activity.
Create a hypothetical scenario in which law enforcement in your assigned state responds to gang-related illegal activity and applies the statute you identified to arrest suspects. (Note: You will need to be certain that the elements of the crime(s) are present, as well as that the specifics of the statute are met in your scenario in order to support the arrest.)
Conclude your post with at least one suggestion that you believe would help reduce gang activity and gang-related crimes in the state to which you were assigned.
Gang Activity
First Letter of Last Name State
A-H
Florida
I-M California
N-S Illinois
T-Z Virginia
Best Writer
Explain how a character from a novel, film, television show, or another medium of your choice evolveseither good or badfrom the beginning to the end of the story.
Topic and Structure:
Character Evolution Explain how a character from a novel, film, television show, or another medium of your choice evolveseither good or badfrom the beginning to the end of the story.
Your introduction will provide a brief synopsis of the story and then smoothly transition into the last sentence of your introductionthe thesis statement. Next, you will develop at least three body paragraphs, each dedicated to one example (such as a scene) in your chosen medium that serves as support for your thesis claim. Finally, you will compile a conclusion paragraph that synthesizes your findings.
Creating the thesis statement:
Is your argument focused and meaningful in a way that it also offers a clear-cut, but debatable point of view, which a reader might either agree or disagree with? Avoid claims that are too obvious to the readersoffer them a new idea! Remember, a thesis also serves as a map for your essay, providing a promise of subtopics you will discuss in your body paragraphs in the order in which they appear in your essay.
Sample thesis statement: In The Midnights Shadow, Charles Bellingham begins as a lonely, self-loathing candle maker, but after he meets Miss Charmaine, begins working for the king, and takes an understudy, he transforms into a confident man who sees the townspeople and the kingdom as a friendly and prosperous community.
Developing the body paragraphs:
The way you present your supporting evidence is just as important as the evidence itself. When you create a body paragraph with the goal of supporting a claim in your thesis, you want to include a balance of research and/or examples with original material. In other words, original material refers to discussions you develop that help explain the connection between your research and/or examples and your thesis claim. You dont want to assume that your research and/or examples are enough to prove your thesisyou want to inform your reader how and why cited material serves the purpose you intend.
Therefore, begin each body paragraph with a topic sentence that affirms your opinion. A topic sentence for the first body paragraph in a paper with the thesis from above might say, Miss Charmaine, ever so charming in her ways, bumps into a scowling Mr. Bellingham, only to annoy him further, but as he slowly raises his gaze to evaluate the source of this unpleasantry, he is rather surprised to see a such a lovely creature affectionately maintaining his stare, eliciting an intrigue that serves as the first defining moment in Charles positive transformation. Next, follow up the topic sentence with more about this scene that serves as the defining moment. Then, spend significant time explaining how the events you just discussed prove your thesis. Finally, end the paragraph with a concluding sentence that synthesizes your efforts.
Compiling the conclusion:
Lastly, compile a conclusion paragraph that summarizes your findings in a new manner, using fresh language and perspective. Make sure to work in a restatement of your thesis statement (but not a repetitive version) as well as any other relevant ideas you present in the essay. You want your conclusion to read like new information but without actually presenting new arguments. In sum, synthesize instead of summarize.
Notes
When you refer to events in your chosen medium, use literary present.
Format Requirements:
Header: Include a header in the upper left-hand corner of your writing assignment with the following information:
Your first and last name
Course Title (Composition I)
Assignment name (Character Evolution)
Current Date
Page Layout:
MLA style documentation (please see the tutorial in the course topic)
Last name and page number in upper-right corner of each page as a header
Double-spacing throughout
Title, centered after heading (Title should be more creative than “Character Evolution.”)
Standard font (Times New Roman or Calibri)
1″ margins on all sides
Save the file as .docx or .doc format
Length: This assignment should be at least 500 words. You must meet word minimums for all essays in this course in order to have your submissions graded.
Underline your thesis statement in the introductory paragraph.
What if their refusal can harm others who cannot have the vaccine, such as people who are immunocompromised like AIDS patients?
Case 3
Date: June 22, 2005. A 27-year-old man is brought into a New York City emergency room with a 101-degree fever, and what he believes is chickenpox (Varicella). After a brief examination, the 35-year-old physician is puzzled because the pox does not appear to be typical of the varicella-zoster virus. Worried, he calls in another physician for her opinion. She takes one look at the patient, determines he has small pox, and immediately orders him to be quarantined. She notifies the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and asks them what should be done. While doing background on the patient, he tells the physicians that he is a flight attendant and that he has flown to Orlando, FL, Los Angeles, CA, Chicago, IL, and Seattle, WA in the past few weeks while working. Though he is given excellent treatment, and had been in perfect health a few days earlier, the patient dies 7 hours after admittance to the hospital.
The CDC decides that mandatory small pox vaccines will be administered to all workers in the NYC hospital, and to all patients who were in the ER. His co-workers are all given mandatory vaccines as well, as are all people living in his apartment complex. They also ship stored quantities of the vaccine to all of the cities where the man had flown to for work. The vaccines are offered to citizens of these cities. Finally, all people, along with their families who had been on the man’s flights in the weeks preceding the appearance of the disease are forced to receive the vaccine. The flight attendant was most likely given small pox by a bio terrorist who flew on his plane sometime during the past week and a half. The terrorist would have been contagious but would not have shown symptoms. Virtually every person the man came into contact with would have gotten the virus.
Is it ethical for the CDC to force people to get the vaccine?
An L.A. woman on the flight is religiously opposed to vaccines. Under California law she can normally refuse vaccines on religious or personal grounds. However, the government says she must receive the vaccine or face mandatory quarantine. What do you think of this?
Do you think that for more common diseases, for example measles, that it is ethical for the state to allow people to refuse vaccines (even for religious grounds)
What if their refusal can harm others who cannot have the vaccine, such as people who are immunocompromised like AIDS patients?
Is it ethical for someone to refuse the vaccine?
You had driven down to Los Angeles 5 days ago to visit a friend for the weekend. While in town, you visited many tourist attractions. You are worried and you try to get the vaccine, but are denied it because of limited resources. What do you think of this?
Citizens begin calling for the mandatory quarantining of people directly exposed to the victim, i.e those living in his apartment complex, those working in the ER, those who flew on the plane in the prior week. What do you think of this?
The smallpox vaccine, like many other vaccines (example: oral polio vaccine) can actually transmit the virus to others. In light of this, is it ethical for people to get the vaccine? (Note: they are vaccinating those who may not want to be vaccinated)
Today, should health care workers be allowed or forced to get the smallpox vaccine? What about non-health care worker citizens?
Explain the model of addiction you gravitate to, and explain why you are drawn to it, focusing on etiology (i.e., moral model, disease model, multicausal model, etc.).
Explain the model of addiction you gravitate to, and explain why you are drawn to it, focusing on etiology (i.e., moral model, disease model, multicausal model, etc.). Does the model you selected have any shortcomings?
How will this information influence your future counseling practice? Name two concepts that you will apply to your future practice.
Identify what concepts, if any, are challenging for you to conceptualize or areas that you wish to learn more about.
Explain how the Courts Address or Respect Our Rights as Citizens – Outline.
Explain how the Courts Address or Respect Our Rights as Citizens – Outline. In Part I this week, choose a case from your state (FLORIDA) that involves civil rights or civil liberties that wound its way up to the United States Supreme Court. If your state does not have a case that ended up in the United States Supreme Court, choose a civil rights case from another state that ended up in the Supreme Court of the United States.
Here is a brief description of civil rights and civil liberties: Civil rights refers to equal social opportunities under the law. It gives you these freedoms such as the right to vote, the right to public education, or a fair trial, among other things, regardless of your wealth or race. Civil liberties mean freedom of religion, equal treatment and due process under the law, and the right to privacy.
You should be able to go online and look up your state (FLORIDA) and famous cases that ended up in the Supreme Court. For example, Brown v Board of Education (1951) started in Topeka, Kansas and ended up in the Supreme Court of the United States. Another example would be Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v Steve Sisolak, Governor of Nevada (2020) that started in Nevada and ended up the United States Supreme Court.
Research your court case and write an outline of the case that you will be using to prepare a presentation, which will either be a narrated PowerPoint, a Kaltura Video, or some other format as approved by your instructor. Be sure to verify the presentation format with your instructor before starting work on this assignment.
This week’s assignment should include (a) summary of the case, and (b) a case outline
A. Summary of the Case
In one or two paragraphs, provide a general overview of the case that serves as a snapshot of what the case is about and how it ended up in your state high court. A summary is using your words to write a brief history of the case. Do not give your opinion or your interpretation but stick to the facts only.
B: Case Outline
Your court case outline should include:
Title: Name of the case
Facts of the case: Provide key facts involving the case.
History of the case: What legal action was taken based on what your state laws say about this case?
Legal questions: What were the legal issues the court had to decide?
Decision or holdings: Did the court decide for the plaintiff or the defendant? Explain the reason behind the decision?
Verdict and opinion (judgement): What were the concurring and dissenting opinions? How many judges decided for the defendant and how many justices decided against the defendant? What was the final verdict from the judge or the jury, if it was a jury trial?
Summary: What was the resulting impact of the ruling? How did the citizens of your state benefit from it? Make sure to not give our opinion but stick to the facts only. This summary just gives a brief rundown of the case and conclusion only, just the
Writing Requirements (APA format)
The length of your outline will vary. Usually an outline is anywhere from 1-3 pages long. Make sure to write full sentences to explain your case. It is a concise list to be used as a reference for you during the presentation.
Using the outline, you will be describing the court case in your presentation and the scenario around the court case. The use of Wikipedia as a primary source of information is to be avoided – it is not a reliable source of information.
Search for an example of a case outline in the Internet. Without going into much detail at this state, each of the items listed above has a subject sentence with 3-6 bullet points that can help you expand on the topic.
Discuss how the leader/organization inappropriately handle issues of diversity?
I want you to identify an actual case where an organization/leader has experienced difficulties due to how he/she/they have handled issues related to diversity (e.g., NFL, FoxNews, etc.). Once you have selected your topic, you will author a 12-15 page case study that contains the following characteristics/components:
Your proposal must have 15-20 sources from relevant academic journals. Each journal article must be from 2005-current, and each source must be cited appropriately (using APA, 6th ed.) within the text and within the references. You will also need to incorporate additional citations from the popular media regarding the case you choose.
Each paper should begin with an overview of the issue at hand. What happened? How did the leader/organization inappropriately handle issues of diversity? What did they do? 4-5 pages.
Each paper should then provide a clear, detailed, and original recommendation, based in the class readings and outside academic journal articles, regarding how you would have lead that organization differently in order to avoid the mismanagement of diversity described in the first part of your paper. 8-10 pages.
Describe how it constrains the government and protects citizens against governmental intrusions.
Web Field Trip: Visit USHistory.org to review what youve learned about the Bill of Rights and its protections against government intrusion. You may want to review the lecture and other information from Unit 1 of the course. In a 2-3 page paper, submitted in APA format, describe the major rights contained within the Bill of Rights, which are involved in both substantive and procedural criminal law. Be sure to identify the right involved, where it is located in the Bill of Rights, and also describe how it constrains the government and protects citizens against governmental intrusions.
Pleas make sure you use the link below as one of the sources
https://www.ushistory.org/documents/amendments.htm#amend01
Describe the function(s) of each feature and its application for the healthcare managerial processes.
assume you have been hired as a Manager by a local Physician office and entrusted with the responsibility of implementing Electronic Health Record (EHR). The EHR would be acquired from the commercially available EHR systems on the market (called off-the-shelf). Your first assignment is to list and describe features of commercially available EHR systems for the selection of the desired functions for the Physician office. In a 2-4 pages report as Word document, address the following:
List features of the commercially available EHR systems for the Physician’s office.
Describe the function(s) of each feature and its application for the healthcare managerial processes.
Include a title page and reference page.
Use appropriate APA formatting.
Identify a form of gender inequality associated with the social institution and use theoretical perspectives to explain the social behaviors that perpetuate the inequality.
I added papers that are part of this assignment to go off of. Social institution I chose is family.
Write a 750-1,000-word analysis on social stratification regarding gender.
Choose a social institution (Family) to describe and analyze the effect that the stratification elements of gender have on that social institution. Include the following in your analysis:
Explain how gender impacts the social institution.
Identify a form of gender inequality associated with the social institution and use theoretical perspectives to explain the social behaviors that perpetuate the inequality.
Suggest measures for the social institution to implement to help alleviate the gender inequality you identified.
Provide a minimum of three to five scholarly sources to support your analysis and conclusion. Additionally, you will need to include statistical data of the expression of stratification regarding gender within the social institution.
What does the play Twelfth Night have to say about identity, particularly in its use of disguise and cross-dressing?
Not everything in a work of literature is obvious how to interpret. If it were obvious, we would say it’s not very good literature. (We call such works “preachy” or “didactic,” or we say they have all the subtlety of a sledgehammer.) On the contrary, literature we value tends to exhibit ambiguity
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. In short, when you watch a film or read a book and you ask yourself, “I wonder what that means” or “I wonder why that’s in there,” you’re identifying something in the work which could potentially have “multiple possible meanings.” Literary critics will sometimes call a work or aspect of a work “multivalent” – which simply means it has many potential meanings.
This is key: Where you identify something in a play we read that isn’t obvious – that when you ask what it means, you can imagine more than one possible interpretation – you have identified an interpretive problem. Learning how to articulate an interpretive question or problem about a play or poem or story is the first step to writing an interesting interpretive argument about it.
For example, take a familiar story like “Little Red Riding Hood.” She encounters a wolf in the woods. You could leave it at that. But you could also ask what the wolf symbolizes. Once you ask that question, you can see that there could be lots of potential answers. The wolf could represent the fear of nature (specifically of the woods). It could represent the child’s primordial fear of being eaten (lots of stories express that fear – think “Hansel and Gretel”). Or, as many people have suggested, it could represent more specifically the threat to young girls, especially the threat of male (sexual) predators.
NOTE what I did there: I identified something in the story that I thought was interesting problem or question, something people could disagree about when they discussed its meaning. NOW, let’s say I choose to argue the last option – the wolf is symbolic of a sexual threat. As an interpretive thesis, what does it do? It attempts to answer or solve the interpretive question or problem I raised.
CHOOSE ONLY ONE OF THESE OPTIONS TO WRITE ABOUT
1) What does the play Twelfth Night have to say about identity, particularly in its use of disguise and cross-dressing?
OR
2) What should we make of the ways that desire in Twelfth Night transcends the typical ‘boy meets girl, falls in love’ plot?
A strong essay must have a clear and coherent argumentative thesis – a statement making an interpretive claim and reasons in support of that claim – that governs all that the essay includes. That means first, that your essay will be making an interpretive claim about the play, and second, that every paragraph in the essay will refer directly to that central claim.
In focusing on developing their theses, students should definitely avoid plot summary: assume your reader knows the events and characters of A Midsummer Night’s Dream or Twelfth Night. MOST IMPORTANTLY, any compelling and persuasive argument will be supported from start to finish with textual evidenceilluminating quotations introduced by and followed-up with analysis of their specific language.
I am available and happy to discuss your essays before the due date, either to help map out or distill a strong thesis and structure, or to read and offer suggestions on early writing. It can be helpful to send me via email your potential thesis in advance of writing the draft, so that I can offer suggestions about how to make it stronger.
Students should also consult the style guide for our class
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to see how to format the essay.
How to Write a Paragraph with a Passage as Its Focus – the PIE Rule
1) PREPARE the reader: Articulate what you think an important concern of the play is and explain that the passage you propose to examine will illuminate that concern. You need to contextualize the passage by explaining who is speaking and in what situation.
2) INSERT the quotation into your paragraph, making sure its syntax coheres with your own and that when coupled to your prose, it works grammatically as a complete clause or sentence. (If you read it out loud as part of the paragraph, does it sound right to your ear?) Dont quote incomplete sentences unless you complete them; dont leave out crucial parts of a quote that make it hard to say who is doing something or what someone is doing.
3) EXPLAIN what’s happening in the quotation that you think is significant. Offer a few interpretive sentences about the passage you just quoted, paying close attention to its images, its phrasing, and its specific word choices. Explain how it illuminates the concept you articulated in your first sentence.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ANY HELP. MAKE SURE TO CITE CORRECLY AND PLEASE PROOF READ THE PAPER BEFORE HAND. PAPER SHOULD BE 3 COMPLETE PAGES!!
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