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Use the readings to reflect upon what future historians might make of our food culture by looking at the resources we use to cook.

Drawing upon our readings from Carroll, Tipton-Martin, Theophano, Siu, and Troisi and Wright, analyze the sources either you or someone in your household uses to cook from. In so doing, you should consider cookbooks, magazines, websites, youtube channels or other sources your household cook uses.

You should also think about what sorts of cooking goes on in your home (use Americanized cuisine, a blend of multiple cultural food). For example, does your household eat home cooked food every day? Does the cook in your household favor a particular type of food (such as ethnic foods, vegetarian, low calorie, special diets)? Do you have a standard menu from week to week? Where did these dishes come from? For example, the foods that are cooked and served often may have been learned from a parent or taken from a cookbook.

If your household does not cook regularly, consider what sorts of dishes are cooked on special occasions. Are these traditional foods passed down within your family? Are they celebratory meals inspired by a cookbook or website?

Once you’ve documented what is cooked and the sources for cooking knowledge, consider what a future historian might say about cooking and identity in your family.

Please include a list of any cookbooks, websites, magazines, etc. that your household cooks from at the end of your paper.

Your write up should be about 1,000 words in length, not counting your source list. You should carefully edit and proofread your paper.

Do NOT use subjective perspective heavily. Consistently draw analysis from the readings.

Chicago style citation, and use a mix of primary sources, books, and scholarly journal articles for sources. Cant have any plagiarism, has to go through turn it in.

R‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‌‌ST 289, Comparative Religion Spring, Weekly 2022 Instructor: Professor Marion Smith Reflection Essays will be 2-3 pages in length. In the beginning of each section the author provides basic questions you can ask yourself to understand the religion. You can use some or all of these questions to assist you in writing your reflections. Papers should be at least two full pages or points will be deducted. Paper must be written in APA style. You are discussing the ‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‌‌chapter and key points that you remember from reading. Ask yourself questions such as: • Where was the religion founded? • Who is the founder of the religion? • What is the sacred book called? • What problem is the religion trying to fix? • What are some of their rituals? • What are some of their symbols? • What do they believe about life about death? • What are some of their special occasions? Don’t forget to cite your works! This means a‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‌‌ reference section.

L‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‌‌eadership Lifeline Paper: • Focus: to recognize and celebrate each individual’s personal history with regard to the making of a leader • Goal: to set forth the elements of your own history that have helped make you a leader; and to give an in-depth telling of four specific life experiences that helped forge you leadership style As a brain storming activity for your paper, make five horizontal lines on an 8.5 by 11″ page (horizontal lines go across the 11″ side). One will be named “Self-Discovery”, one “Mentors”, one “Pain”, one “Joy” and one “Leadership Lifeline.” On the Self-Discovery line list chronologically 15-25 self-discoveries that helped shape you as a leader throughout your life; on the mentor line list 15-25 mentors; on the pain line list 15-25 painful experiences; on the joy line list 15-25 joyful experiences. Use phrases or short sentences on these first four lines. On the Leadership Lifeline combine all items in chronological order using only one key word for each discovery, mentor, or experience. Self-Discoveries=any discovery about self that led you‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‌‌ toward being a leader Mentors=family members, or any personal, professional, or world leader Pain=any experience of emotional, spiritual, physical, or family pain Joy=any victories, triumphs, cherished moments, or joyful times Choose one item from each of the first four lifelines to write about. In writing, reflect on how that item helped forge in you the character of a leader. Length: 7-10 pages: Possible outline: 1 page has the five lifelines on it; use 1 page for intro and 1 page for conclusion; use 1-2 pages to write on a self-discovery, 1-2 pages to write on a mentor, 1-2 pages to write on a painful life experience, and 1-2 pages to write on a joyful life experience. Also include a self-assessment of two of your leadership weaknesses; to do this, ask key loved ones, mentors, and colleagues what they view as your primary relational weaknesses, and speak to the insights you gained from the process. Seamlessly embed your self-assessment into the larger paper. Generally, the paper should have 2 citations per page in order to provide a scholarly and critically rich foundation for the vision you put forward in the ‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‌‌paper

1‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‌‌)After reading People v Goetz, answer EACH with AT LEAST one paragraph: *Did he shoot in self defense? *Facts of the Case. *Under what circumstances can people use deadly force? *Where Goetz’s shot a preemptive strike? Was Goetz justified? Please defend your answer. 2) Af‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‌‌ter reading State v King 2005, answer EACH with AT LEAST one paragraph: * Did he intend to kill? *Facts of the Case *Should attempted murder require the specific intent to kill? Defend your answer. *What did the Court of Appeals rule in this case?

1. The manager of Collins Import Autos believes the number of cars sold in a day (Q) depends on two factors: (1) the number of hours the dealership is open (H) and (2) the number of salespersons working that day (S). After collecting data for two months (53 days), the manager estimates the following log-linear model:

Q 4 equation 1

a. Explain, how to transform the log-linear model into linear form that can be estimated using multiple regression analysis.

The computer output for the multiple regression analysis is shown below:

Q4 Table

b. How do you interpret coefficients b and c? If the dealership increases the number of salespersons by 20%, what will be the percentage increase in daily sales?

c. Test the overall model for statistical significance at the 5% significance level.

d. What percent of the total variation in daily auto sales is explained by this equation? What could you suggest to increase this percentage?

e. Test the intercept for statistical significance at the 5% level of significance. If H and S both equal 0, are sales expected to be 0? Explain why or why not?

f. Test the estimated coefficient b for statistical significance. If the dealership decreases its hours of operation by 10%, what is the expected impact on daily sales?

2. Using the optimization theory, analyze the following quotations:

a. The optimal number of traffic deaths in the United States is zero.

b. Any pollution is too much pollution.

c. We cannot pull US troops out of Afghanistan. We have committed so much already.

d. If Congress cuts out the International Space Station (ISS), we will have wasted all of the resources that we have already spent on it. Therefore, we must continue funding the ISS.

e. Since JetGreen Airways has experienced a 25% increase in its insurance premiums, the airline should increase the number of passengers it serves next quarter in order to spread the increase in premiums over a larger number of tickets.

3. You are interviewing three candidates for one sales job position. On the basis of your experience and insight, you believe Jane can sell 600 units a day, Joe can sell 450 units a day, and Joan can sell 400 units a day. The daily salary each person is asking is as follows: Jane $200; Joe $150; and Joan $100. How would you rank the three applicants?

4. Bavarian Crystal Works designs and produces lead crystal wine decanters for export to international markets. The production manager of Bavarian Crystal Works estimates total and marginal production costs to be

Quest 4 equation

and

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where costs are measured in U.S. dollars and Q is the number of wine decanters produced annually. Because Bavarian Crystal Works is the only one of many crystal producers in the world market, it can sell as many of the decanters as it wishes for $70 apiece. Total and marginal revenue are TR = 70Q and MR = 70 where revenues are measured in U.S. dollars and Q is the annual decanter production.

a. What is the optimal level of production of wine decanters? What is the marginal revenue from the last wine decanter sold?

b. What are the total revenue, total cost, and net benefit (profit) from selling the optimal number of wine decanters?

c. At the optimal level of production of decanters, an extra decanter can be sold for $70, thereby increasing the total revenue by $70. Why does the manager of this firm not produce and sell one more unit?

5. A decision maker wishes to maximize total benefit, B = 3x + xy + y subject to the cost constraint, C = 4x + 2y = 70. Setup the Lagrangian and then determine the values of x and y at the minimum level of benefit, given the constraint. What are the maximum benefits?

Title V of the IRTPA deals with Border Security. What changes were made? Are these changes being implemented effectively? Are our borders secure?

Scenario
After recently graduating with a Bachelor’s of Science (BSN) in Nursing, you were promoted to Clinical Educator for your unit. The Nurse Manager asked for your help completing an innovative practice analysis to assist the organization with determining future needs for technology to lead innovation and future service for the local community. The title for this renewed drive for innovation in practice excellence is named, “Time for the Future is Now.”
Organizational characteristics:
92 bed full-service, not-for-profit regional hospital
600 employees, 120 of which are active and consulting physicians
The mission is simple: improve the health, lives, and well-being of the people in the community we serve.
Philosophy: we service a rural community as if we were in a suburban setting.
Unique services currently offered include:
A team approach to Cancer Care with an on-site multidisciplinary rounding clinical served by virtual assistants.
On-site Adult Care with a focus on Adult Day Care and Overnight Respite (currently largest cost center).
Genetics Counseling featuring a personalized approach to drug therapies provided via virtual visits by doctors, masters-prepared nurse genetic counselors and 24-hour access to the side-effect and drug effectiveness monitoring with a password protected laboratory portal.
Virtual Primary Care offered from 7am-11pm with a fee of $25.00 per visit for routine health services.
Community Demographics:
Rural setting current population approximately 30,000 with 97% Caucasian, 2% African American and 1% Hispanic
60.1% of residents are retired
Average age = 64.2 years
High prevalence of diabetes, heart disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
89% of residents own and live in their home, a single family residence.
Average yearly income is $34,000.00.
Instructions
Listed below are two types of innovative healthcare services under consideration for purchase and integration in this organization. Complete an analysis of the two types of innovation under consideration for purchase. The primary objective is to select the innovation to serve the needs of the local community best.
Virtual Sitter Service (currently contract with local employee agency to provide sitter services)
Tele-Wound Consulting Service (currently contract with local home health agency to provide nurses certified in wound care)
Write your analysis report of the two innovations in a Word document, including the following:
Recommendation of innovation as the first or second selection for purchase with a detailed explanation of the rationale for choice including:
Include analysis of the two innovations with rationale of your priority choice
Include one resource from literature supporting the choice
Identify at least two immediate impacts on the organization and at least two immediate impacts on the community served from your priority choice.
Cost, training, patient outcomes, employee satisfaction, patient satisfaction
Support with credible resources
Explain at least two projected impacts to organization and at least two projected impacts on the community served from your priority choice.
Sustainability, maintenance, continued training, increased services for the community
Support with credible resources

1. Bridget has a limited income and consumes only wine and cheese. Her current consumption choice is four bottles of wine and 10 pounds of cheese. The price of wine is $10 per bottle and the price of cheese is $4 per pound. The last bottle of wine added 50 units to Bridget’s utility, while the last pound of cheese added 40 units.

a. Is Bridget making the utility maximizing choice? Why or why not?

b. If not what should she do instead? Why?

2. The owner-manager of Good Guys Enterprises obtains utility from income (profit) and from having the firm behave in a socially conscious manner, such as making charitable contributions or civic expenditures. Can you set up the problem and derive the optimization conditions if the owner-manager wishes to obtain a specific level of utility at the lowest possible cost? Do these conditions differ from the utility maximizing conditions?

3. The Dallas Morning News reported the findings of a study by the Department of Transportation that examined the effect on average airfares when new, low priced carriers, such as Southwest Airlines or Vanguard Airlines, entered one of the three city-pair markets: Baltimore-Cleveland, Kansas City-San Francisco, or Baltimore-Providence. Use the following excerpts from the newspaper article to calculate the arc elasticity of demand for each of the three city-pairs. How do the three computed elasticizes compare? Based on the computed elasticizes, describe travelers” responsiveness to the reduction in airfares.

“(In) Baltimore and Cleveland for example, …just 12,790 people between those cities in the last three months of 1992, at an average fare of $233. Then Dallas-based Southwest Airlines entered the market. In the last three months of 1996, 115,040 people flew between the cities at an average fare of $66.”
“(On) Kansas City-San Francisco connection… during the last quarter of 1994 some 35,960 people made the trip at an average fare of $165. Two years later, after the arrival of Vanguard Airlines, fares had dropped to an average of $107 and traffic had nearly doubled to 68,100.”
On the Baltimore-Providence, R. I., route, where the average fare fell from $196 to $57, …the number of passengers carried jumped from 11,960 to 94,116.”
4. Rubax, a U.S. manufacturer of athletic shoes, estimates the following linear trend model for shoe sales.

Question 4 Data.png

Question 4 Table.png

Is there sufficient statistical evidence of an upward trend in shoe sales?
Do these data indicate a statistically significant seasonal pattern of sales for Rubax shoes? If so, what is the seasonal pattern exhibited by the data?
Using the estimated forecast equation, forecast sales of Rubax shoes for 2014(III) and 2015(II)
How might you improve this forecast equation?
5. Cite the three major problems with consumer interviews or surveys and provide an example of each.

Touchstone 1: Developing a Research Plan
SCENARIO: Imagine that you work for a nonprofit organization that is focused on increasing diversity in community groups in your area. Your supervisor asks you to develop a sociological study concerning topics of diversity and collaboration in a specific community group of your choice. Eventually you will prepare to share your research with colleagues.

ASSIGNMENT: For this Touchstone, you will begin by formulating a question about diversity in a community group that you have access to. Then you will use the steps of the scientific method to prepare a research plan, including a bibliography for a literature review. As you learned, sociologists follow the scientific method so that their results are both scientifically valid and useful to the greater sociological community. A literature review allows researchers to learn from completed studies and to build upon their conclusions.

Use the following Touchstone template to fill in your research plan as you develop it. When you have finished, submit this template to move on to the next unit.

Touchstone 1 Template
A. Directions
Step 1: Pick a Topic

Select a community group to study. Some examples of community groups you might explore include:

An activity-based group like a book club, a soccer team, or a community choir
A religious or ideological community such as a church congregation or a local political party
A community organization like a Parent Teacher Association (PTA), a neighborhood association, or the volunteer committee at a local soup kitchen
An identity-based organization such as a social club for veterans or a fraternal type organization

It should be a group in which membership is voluntary and recreational. Avoid:

Families
Workplaces
Ethnic or racial categories
Friend groups

You might wish to choose a group that you are a part of, or you might not. You can use your personal experience with the group to form the basis of your research question. Or you can ask members of the group about their experiences, which will help you develop your research question.

In the template, write a paragraph (approximately 6-8 sentences) describing the community group you have chosen. In particular, be sure to answer the following questions:

What is the community group?
What are the attributes or characteristics of this community group? (e.g. What activities does this group do together? What element of the members’ interests or identities brings them together? How is membership in the group defined, if at all?)
What kind of experience with or access to this community group do you have?

Step 2: Ask a Question

Next, you will formulate a question related to this group, and to topics related to diversity and/or collaboration. You might think about diversity in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion, socioeconomic status, or along multiple intersecting identities. Be sure to use what you learned in Unit 1 about the ways sociologists ask questions.

Examples:

What are the challenges of a mom’s community organization in appealing to moms with children of different ages?
How does a group of car enthusiasts reach out to the surrounding community to get support for their events?
How has the Boy Scouts accepting girls impacted their mission and programs?
Do gender segregated sports teams for kids help maintain traditional gender roles?

In the template, write the question you have formulated for your study. Be sure to identify the Independent and Dependent variables and identify them correctly. (HINT: Refer back to Lesson 1.3.3: Asking Questions and Lesson 1.3.5: Formulating a Hypothesis for help.)
Step 3: Prepare a Bibliography

Finally, you will begin developing a bibliography for a review of the existing literature that relates to your question. Before conducting a full literature review, a sociologist will build a bibliography, or a list of potential sources that they will read and study in greater depth in the review.

Collect 4-6 articles, books, or other resources that relate to your question and list them in your template. You don’t have to look into these materials in depth right now! You’ll review this literature more closely in a later Touchstone, and you will also be exposed to additional relevant research and frameworks in Unit 3. You’ll also be able to add to or amend your bibliography before your Touchstone in Unit 3.

Attributes of good readings for your literature review:

They are academic, scholarly works about research findings or they are reliable journalistic reporting based on scientifically credible and reliable data.
They should have been published in the last 10 years—unless they are a landmark work on the topic and provide important background or as a comparison.
They look at different sides of the argument and a variety of perspectives.

Where to find readings: More than likely you will use a major search engine like Google. Start your search by asking the question you want to answer and identifying key search terms to generate relevant results. You can limit your Google search to works that have been published in the last 10 years. You can also use a search engine like Google Scholar that specifically searches scholarly literature. However, keep in mind that much of this literature may have limited or paid access. Another good place to search is in a public or university library catalog or database. Whichever way you choose to search, make sure that you are selecting credible sources.

What makes a source credible? Credible sources are written by authors who are well known in their field. They are based on scientific data—not opinions or with biased observations. Sources should be from reliable outlets, like major publishers, universities, think tanks, and credentialed current practitioners. (HINT: Refer back to Lesson 1.3.4: Researching Existing Sources for more guidance.)

How to format sources in your bibliography: Sociologists use American Psychological Association (APA) format for their research. However, you will use a more simplified method to format sources for your bibliography. You will include five key elements for each source, with each element separated by a period:

Author’s name(s)
Publication date
Title of the source
Page numbers (if applicable)
Source’s location for web-based texts (URL)

EXAMPLE Alireza Behtoui. 2015. Beyond social ties: The impact of social capital on labour market outcomes for young Swedish people. p. 711-724. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1440783315581217

B. Rubric

Advanced (90-100%) Proficient (80-89%) Acceptable (70-79%) Needs Improvement (50-69%) Non-performance (0-49%)
Research Question
Research question is well crafted.
Research question is sufficiently specific to be researchable while tying in to broader themes in sociology. Independent and dependent variables are clearly identified and are in the correct relationship. Research question is sufficiently specific for research but does not tie in to broader themes in sociology. Independent and dependent variables are clearly identified but are not in the correct relationship. Research question is too specific or too broad for research purposes, but can be revised. The relationship between the dependent and independent variables is unclear. Research question demonstrates little understanding of the general principles of developing a research question. Did not submit a research question or submitted so little work that no credit can be given.
Identify Community Group
Paragraph is well developed and answers all parts of the question.
A voluntary, recreational community group is identified and described thoroughly. Group attributes/characteristics and discussion of the student’s experience with or access to this group is provided. A voluntary, recreational community group is identified and described, with some gaps remaining. Group attributes/characteristics and discussion of the student’s experience with or access to this group is provided. A voluntary, recreational community group is identified and described insufficiently. Student discusses group attributes/characteristics or their experience with or access to this group, but not both. An inappropriate community group is identified or community group is described insufficiently. Group attributes/ characteristics and discussion of the student’s experience with or access to this group may not be provided. Did not submit a response or submitted so little work that no credit can be given.
Bibliography
Sources appropriate for a sociological literature review are identified.
4-6 credible, relevant, recent, and properly cited sources are provided. 3 credible, relevant, recent, and properly cited sources are provided. 2 credible, relevant, recent, and properly cited sources are provided. Only 1 credible, relevant, recent, and properly cited source is provided. Did not submit any credible, relevant, recent, and properly cited sources.
Writing Mechanics
Writing follows conventions for standard written English.
There are 0-2 errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization. There are 3-4 errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization. There are 5-6 errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization. There are 7-10 errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization. There are more than 10 errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization.

C. Requirements

The following requirements must be met for your submission:

Use a readable 11- or 12-point font.
All writing must be appropriate for an academic context.
Composition must be original and written for this assignment.
Plagiarism of any kind is strictly prohibited.
Submission must include your name and the date.
Include all of the assignment components in a single file.
Acceptable file formats include .doc and .docx.