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Watch the second segment of Botany of Desire about the tulip by clicking on the link. Watch from 31:30 to 56:00. As you watch, think about how the tulip impacted the history of Europe. Does this relate to any recent events of the last twenty years or so? In your post, respond to these statements and feel free to pose your own questions to invite discussion from other students.

Transcript
36:18McDormand: THE FLOWER OF AN ANGIOSPERM
36:21HAS A MALE PART, THE STAMEN, WHICH PRODUCES POLLEN.
36:24WHETHER TRANSPORTED BY WIND, BEES, OR HUMANS,
36:28WHEN POLLEN LANDS ON THE FLOWER’S FEMALE PART,
36:32THE PISTIL, IT GETS FERTILIZED,
36:34AND GIVES RISE TO SEEDS.
36:36THE SEEDS CONTAIN A MIX OF GENES
36:38FROM BOTH THE MOTHER AND THE FATHER.
36:41BEFORE THAT, YOU HAD THIS GREENER, SLEEPIER WORLD
36:44WHERE THINGS REPRODUCE USUALLY BY CLONING,
36:47BY SPORES THAT WERE GENETICALLY IDENTICAL TO THEIR PARENTS.
36:50EVOLUTION PROCEEDED IN A KIND OF POKEY PACE,
36:53BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T HAVE AS MUCH VARIATION.
36:58AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE EXPLOSION
37:01OF DIVERSITY THAT HAPPENS WITH THIS NEW STRATEGY.
37:04[ BEE BUZZING ]
37:07IT WAS INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL STRATEGY.
37:09IT ALLOWED YOU TO MOVE YOUR GENES AROUND,
37:12IT ALLOWED YOU TO EVOLVE MUCH QUICKER,
37:15BECAUSE SEX CREATES VARIATION.
37:17AND THE MORE NEW COMBINATIONS YOU TRY,
37:19THE QUICKER YOU CAN ADAPT TO WHATEVER THE ENVIRONMENT IS.
37:22AND ONE PARTICULAR GROUP OF THESE ANGIOSPERMS
37:26CAME UP WITH A REALLY, REALLY CLEVER STRATEGY —
37:31AND THAT WAS
37:32TO APPEAL NOT TO, YOU KNOW,
37:34BUGS OR BIRDS OR BEES,
37:36BUT APPEAL TO US.
37:37McDormand: THE FIRST WILD TULIPS, SCIENTISTS THINK,
37:41SPRANG UP IN THE SAME PLACE WHERE THE APPLE ORIGINATED —
37:46THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL ASIA.
37:50Pollan: IT WAS TYPICALLY KIND OF MORE OPEN THAN OUR TULIP,
37:54SO IT HAD A KIND OF HOURGLASSY SHAPE.
37:57OFTEN HAD A SCENT,
37:58OFTEN HAD A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT COLOR INSIDE.
38:03[ HORSE NEIGHS ]
38:04McDormand: DRAWN BY THE BEAUTY OF THESE WILD FLOWERS,
38:08PEOPLE LEARNED HOW TO CULTIVATE THEM.
38:10Pollan: UNDER OUR ATTENTION, THE FLOWER GOT BIGGER,
38:13THE COLORS VERY OFTEN GOT BRIGHTER,
38:16AND THEN WE STARTED EXPERIMENTING WITH VARIATION.
38:26McDormand: FROM CENTRAL ASIA,
38:28THE TULIP MADE ITS WAY TO TURKEY.
38:30IT WAS THERE THAT THIS BEAUTIFUL FLOWER
38:32BEWITCHED ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL MEN IN THE WORLD,
38:36THE SULTAN OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.
38:38Pollan: THE TURKS AT VARIOUS TIMES IN HISTORY
38:42REVERED TULIPS.
38:44SULTAN AHMED III WAS FAMOUS
38:47FOR HIS LOVE OF TULIPS,
38:49AND WHEN THEY WERE IN BLOOM EVERY YEAR,
38:53THERE WAS A FESTIVAL.
38:54EVERY NIGHT THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF PERFORMANCE
38:58TO CELEBRATE TULIPS.
39:00IT WAS SO EXTRAVAGANT, IN FACT,
39:02THAT THIS HELPED BRING DOWN THE SULTAN.
39:04McDormand: FOR HIS SPENDING ON TULIPS
39:08AND OTHER PERCEIVED FAILINGS,
39:10THE SULTAN WAS TOPPLED FROM HIS THRONE.
39:14BUT IT WASN’T ONLY ROYALTY
39:16THAT GOT SEDUCED BY THE TULIP.
39:18IN THE EARLY 17th CENTURY,
39:20THE FLOWER CAUSED A WHOLE COUNTRY TO GO MAD.
39:25IT WAS COMPLETELY IRRATIONAL.
39:28AND I DON’T THINK YOU CAN EXPLAIN IT
39:30ACCORDING TO ANY LOGICAL SCHEME
39:32THAT THIS ENTIRE SOCIETY WENT NUTS.
39:37McDormand: BETWEEN 1634 AND 1637,
39:39TULIPS SWEPT THE DUTCH INTO A COLLECTIVE FRENZY
39:43THAT HAS BECOME KNOWN AS “TULIP MANIA.”
39:46THEIR PASSION FOR THE FLOWER
39:47SPURRED ONE OF THE BIGGEST INVESTMENT BUBBLES IN HISTORY,
39:51AND FOR A BRIEF TIME,
39:52MADE THE TULIP ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE COMMODITIES
39:55IN THE WORLD.
39:56Pollan: IT WAS A PURE FINANCIAL
39:59SPECULATIVE BUBBLE —
40:00AND IT WAS ABOUT A FLOWER! I MEAN, HOW AMAZING IS THAT?
40:03McDormand: IT WAS A TIME WHEN THE DUTCH DOMINATED WORLD TRADE.
40:08AND A LOT OF THEM WERE GETTING RICH.
40:11IT BECAME FASHIONABLE TO GROW FLOWER GARDENS —
40:15AND NOTHING SAID “SUCCESS” LIKE A TULIP.
40:19Zonneveld: IN THE BEGINNING,
40:20THE RICH PEOPLE IN HOLLAND,
40:22THEY HAVE BIG HOUSES,
40:24AND THEY WANT TO SHOW THEY’RE WEALTHY.
40:26AT THAT TIME, WERE TULIPS.
40:31Pollan: IT REALLY WAS ABOUT THE DISPLAY OF
40:35THE EXTRAORDINARY, THE GEM.
40:37AND YOU PICTURE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A GRAY, CLOUDY,
40:42DUTCH SPRING AFTERNOON,
40:44AND THAT COLOR AGAINST THAT STEEL SKY
40:47IS A POWERFUL THING.
40:48McDormand: FOR THE TULIP, THE DUTCH FLOWER GARDENS
40:51OFFERED A CHANCE TO STRUT ITS STUFF —
40:54AND NO TULIPS DID SO MORE DRAMATICALLY
40:57THAN THE TYPE KNOWN AS BROKEN TULIPS.
40:59THEY WERE EXTREMELY RARE,
41:01BUT, BACK THEN, NO ONE KNEW WHY.
41:04Pollan: A BREAK WAS WHEN
41:06THE BACKGROUND COLOR, THE SOLID, MATTE,
41:09SATURATED COLOR OF A TULIP
41:10GETS A KIND OF FLAME OF A SECOND COLOR;
41:13AND WHEN THIS HAPPENED,
41:14THIS WAS CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TULIP.
41:17McDormand: THE MOST PRIZED OF ALL THE BROKEN TULIPS
41:21WAS ONE OF THE RAREST — THE SEMPER AUGUSTUS.

The term groupthink refers to a process of group decision-making that is not based on a rational decision-making process, but rather the need for consensus and harmony. The concept was originally coined by a research psychologist named Irving Janis in 1972. Read the class resources on groupthink and research an example in the media of groupthink that happened in the last decade. Write a 750-1,000-word summary of the event. Be sure to explain why you believe the event is an example of groupthink.
Include the following in your summary:
A description of the event/story.
An explanation as to why you think it is a good example of groupthink.
How has groupthink positively or negatively affected the event/story in your example?
Three to five scholarly resources including the course textbook and the media groupthink
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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Create a 3-5 page annotated bibliography and summary based on your research related to best practices addressing one of the health care problems or issues in the Assessment Topic Areas media piece faced by a health care organization that is of interest to you.
Introduction
In your professional life, you will need to find credible evidence to support your decisions and your plans of action. You will want to keep abreast of best practices to help your organization adapt to the ever-changing health care environment. Being adept at research will help you find the information you need. For this assessment, you will review the Assessment Topic Areas media piece and select one of the health care problems or issues to research, which will be a current health care problem or issue faced by a health care organization that is of interest to you.
Note: The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. At a minimum, be sure to address each point. In addition, you are encouraged to review the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.
For this assessment, research best practices related to a current health care problem. Your selected problem or issue will be utilized again in Assessment 3. To explore your chosen topic, you should use the first two steps of the Socratic Problem-Solving Approach to aid your critical thinking.
View the Assessment Topic Areas media piece and select one of the health care problems or issues in the media piece to research. Write a brief overview of the selected topic. In your overview:
Summarize the health care problem or issue.
Describe your interest in the topic.
Describe any professional experience you have with this topic.
Identify peer-reviewed articles relevant to health care issue or problem.
Conduct a search for scholarly or academic peer-reviewed literature related to the topic and describe the criteria you used to search for articles, including the names of the databases you used. You will select four current scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal articles published during the past 3–5 years that relate to your topic.
Refer to the NHS-FPX4000: Developing a Health Care Perspective Library Guide to help you locate appropriate references.
Use keywords related to the health care problem or issue you are researching to select relevant articles.
Assess the credibility and explain relevance of the information sources you find.
Determine if the source is from an academic peer-reviewed journal.
Determine if the publication is current.
Determine if information in the academic peer-reviewed journal article is still relevant.
Analyze academic peer-reviewed journal articles using the annotated bibliography organizational format. Provide rationale for inclusion of each selected article. The purpose of an annotated bibliography is to document a list of references along with key information about each one. The detail about the reference is the annotation. Developing this annotated bibliography will create a foundation of knowledge about the selected topic. In your annotated bibliography:
Identify the purpose of the article.
Summarize the information.
Provide rationale for inclusion of each article.
Include the conclusions and findings of the article.
Write your annotated bibliography in a paragraph form. The annotated bibliography should be approximately 150 words (1–3 paragraphs) in length.
List the full reference for the source in APA format (author, date, title, publisher, et cetera) and use APA format for the annotated bibliography.
Make sure the references are listed in alphabetical order, are double-spaced, and use hanging indents.
Summarize what you have learned from developing an annotated bibliography.
Summarize what you learned from your research in a separate paragraph or two at the end of the paper.
List the main points you learned from your research.
Summarize the main contributions of the sources you chose and how they enhanced your knowledge about the topic.
Additional Requirements
Your assessment should also meet the following requirements:
Length: 3–5 typed, double-spaced pages, not including the title page and reference page.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
APA tutorial: Use the APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX] for guidance.
Written communication: Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
Content: Provide a title page and reference page following APA style.
References: Use at least four scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal articles.
APA format: Follow current APA guidelines for in-text citation of outside sources in the body of your paper and also on the reference page.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Apply information literacy and library research skills to obtain scholarly information in the field of health care.
Identify academic peer-reviewed journal articles relevant to a health care problem or issue and describe the criteria used for the literature search.
Competency 2: Apply scholarly information through critical thinking to solve problems in the field of health care.
Assess the credibility and relevance of information sources.
Analyze academic peer-reviewed journal articles using the annotated bibliography organizational format.
Summarize what was learned from developing an annotated bibliography.
Competency 4: Write for a specific audience, in appropriate tone and style, in accordance with Capella’s writing standards.
Summarize a health care problem or issue and describe a personal interest in it and experience with it.
Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
Write following APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and references.

ssignment Description: The assignment consists of 3 parts.
A progress report of your project (I WILL SEND INFO ON WHAT MY PROJECT IS ON)
An evaluation/description of certain aspects of the organization you work in
A. In 1-3 pages
Describe your experiences developing the project and connect the experiences with the course objectives.
Evaluate how the facility or agency integrates the best current evidence with clinical expertise and delivery of optimal health care.
Describe the facility’s or agency’s use of information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.
Discuss the facility’s or agency’s teamwork and collaboration activities that promote open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making & how these activities help achieve quality patient care.
Submit assignment journal in APA format and include a title page and reference(s) where appropriate.

Step 1 Find 3 online articles about the influence of media on aggressive behaviors.

Step 2 Summarize the main points of the 3 articles.
In your one-page paper, include descriptions of any contributing factors you identified. Make sure to cite all 3 sources.

You have to do a Project Paper and Presentation for this class.The Project Paper that you need to do will be an Executive Financial Summary in APA format for a company of your choice.
To obtain copies of the Annual Reports for the company you chose go online to Google and type the following: COMPANY NAME 2014 Form 10-K. Click on the link and when it comes up, then click on Part II which has the financial statements that you will need for this Project Paper. (For sample financials of Nike, Inc., you can look at Appendix C on page C-1 in the textbook). To find additional information about the history of your company, you can also search the internet through Google, Yahoo, or other search engines.
The information that you need to complete this Project is included in the attached document.

Essay 1: Person I Admire
Purpose
This essay assignment is the culmination of all your previous work in this module. You have already engaged in the beginnings of the writing process of this essay. You have:
Brainstormed ideas (see Chapter 11 in SMG) about the essay in the Discussion Board.
Condensed your ideas down into manageable points around a working thesis.
Displayed knowledge of Description essays from Learning Activities
Drafted a Writing Activity (WA2) about this Description essay.
Consulted with a writing tutor to find areas of strength and areas of improvement.
Finally, you will now compose the final draft of a description essay that:
contains a clear thesis
identifies clear points to support your thesis
engages in critical thought about the subject chosen
uses 2-4 main ideas (points) that support your overall essay thesis
allows you to expand on your chosen topic
This essay assignment represents the first steps in writing any written essay for any academic course. The idea of thesis and support are the cornerstones of all essays. They represent the last part of the writing process. However, you may still revise your essay before final submission. This form of essay writing is the basis for all other academic writing pursuits. This skill translates to almost all careers that require critical thinking, critical reading, and responding in writing. Practicing “how to” write an essay carries over into any field’s task of “what” you need to write. This skill will help with all formal writing.
Task
Write a 900-word essay, in MLA format, about a person or fictional character in whom you have an interest.
Select a subject (person or fictional character you admire)
Look to your Discussion (D1) and Writing Activity 2 (WA2) for your subject
The person may be current or historical
Some fictional characters have positive traits that can be identified.
Select several (2-4) traits about the person or character that you admire and write about these. These will be the essay’s main ideas.
Biographical information should be used only to support claims.
Your essay should focus on the traits you admire. Do not write a biography or tell a story.
Example of what not to do: This person was born in 1979. They were born in middle Tennessee. They went to elementary school is 1985. They graduated in 1998.
Instead, follow this example: This person was born in middle Tennessee. Entering elementary in school in 1985 was hard for them. They never felt that they belonged in kindergarten. However, they persevered, learning that school was a place for them to grow and be themselves.
Focus on the “why” you admire them instead of a list of traits. In the above example, perseverance and learning to be themselves are the traits the writer of the essay admires.
Organize your main ideas to establish the essay’s pattern of organization.
Your main ideas (traits you have chosen) need to be clearly organized.
Decide in what order you wish to discuss these main ideas (traits)
This organization needs to be presented in your introduction, preferably as the last sentence of your introduction in the thesis statement.
Note: your thesis is generally the last sentence in your introduction, but it not a requirement.
Follow this structure throughout the rest of the essay.
Always check to see if your main ideas/topic sentences, in each paragraph, relate back to your thesis statement.
Compose 5 well-developed paragraphs that support a clear thesis statement that is arguable.
5 paragraph minimum
introduction paragraph
introduces your essay and presents your thesis
three body paragraphs
Each paragraph contains one of your chosen admirable traits about your subject
expressed in a topic sentence in your paragraph
Each trait needs to transition to the next one in the next paragraph
look to your chosen pattern of development
conclusion paragraph
rephrases your traits into one last paragraph
reflects the earlier thesis, but with the knowledge of your traits expressed throughout the essay
This essay is a basic form of an argument essay. The essay should make an argument such as that the person or character selected is worthy of admiration because of the traits selected.
Criteria for Success
A successful essay:
Meets basic requirements of the assignment
Has been written by the student submitting the essay, for this class, and for this semester,
Does not contain plagiarism of any kind
Academic dishonesty is an offense of the NSCC Student Code of Conduct, punishable by a failing grade or zero
Has a clear thesis, main ideas, and pattern of organization
Has been carefully edited and proofread to minimize grammatical and other editing errors
These can be remedied by editing and with Writing Tutor visits and peer reviewing
Follows MLA style and guidelines (spacing, indent, margins, etc. )
The essay will be graded with the Grading Rubric for Essays. Please familiarize yourself with this rubric before you submit your essay. Here is the condensed version of the rubric:
Grading Rubric for Essays
Elements Scored
Possible Points
Points Earned
Content
35
Organization
35
Editing
30
Total Points
100
Please Note
I suggest that you do not consult research or outside sources for this essay; if you do, you must cite and acknowledge them using correct MLA format. Remember that the assignment is to write about the traits you admire in the person or character you selected. At no point should you include unnecessary biographical information or fictional character information. You are not writing a biography; you are writing about the traits you selected. Each paragraph should remain focused on the trait it is supposed to be developing, and each paragraph should support the thesis (that the person or character is worthy of admiration).
If outside sources are used, then the essay will be scored: Content: 25, Organization: 25. Editing: 25, and Documentation: 25.
If you have followed the writing process, you should feel confident in what you have written. Not all assignments, in your college and working careers, will require outside sources. Remember, you are critically thinking about the subject. You are not finding traits that can just be searched for in an online search.

Discussion Prompt
In November of 1995, a McDonald’s game piece worth $1 million showed up in the mail at St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. St. Jude’s Hospital is an organization whose mission is to find cures for dying children. McDonald’s generously waived the rules that only the winner could claim the winnings and paid St. Jude’s $50,000 in annual installments. It was the largest anonymous gift in St. Jude’s history. No one ever took credit for the donation. Everyone just thought it just came from deep pockets with a big heart.
Twenty-one individuals were accused of rigging McDonald’s monopoly game, “Who Wants to Be A Millionaire,” and other promotional games. An indictment charged the perpetrators with embezzling more than $20 million in winning game pieces in an alleged fraud that began in the late 1980s. Prosecutors stated that customers had little chance of winning before the FBI, with McDonald’s help, shut it down. Additionally, prosecutors argued that larceny, not charity, inspired the perpetrators to play Santa to St. Jude’s.
Both St. Jude’s and McDonald’s were surprised when CNN broke the story and identified the mystery Santa as the aforementioned team of thieves. Did McDonald’s ask for its money back? No, although St. Jude’s said it would do whatever McDonald’s wanted. In an official statement, a spokesperson for McDonald’s stated that the restaurant chain had no intention of asking for its money back. McDonald’s kept its word and paid out the sum in full, sending the final check to St. Jude’s in 2014.
Is it morally justifiable to steal from corporations and fund life-saving research for the betterment of society? Using one of the moral theories from this course to bolster support for your view, do your best to attempt to definitely answer whether or not the fraudulent actions of the perpetrators of this act of theft performed a morally right or wrong act.

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