Create a PowerPoint Presentation convincing the new mayor of the benefits of interagency emergency planning, why it is important, and how the community will benefit from interagency emergency planning.

Complete the following assignment in APA format using the below listed instructions.You are an emergency manager of a village and a new mayor was elected who does not want to spend time on interagency emergency planning. Create a PowerPoint Presentation convincing the new mayor of the benefits of interagency emergency planning, why it is important, and how the community will benefit from interagency emergency planning. You are expected to make a convincing argument to persuade the mayor of the need for interagency emergency management. Additionally, you are expected to not only utilize the material presented in Unit VIII, but also information from throughout the course. Your PowerPoint Presentation should be at least 12 slides in length (not including a title and reference slide) and each slide should use the notes section. APA citations and references are a requirement for this assignment. You must utilize at least two reliable sources (one can be your textbook).

What device do you most often use for your favorite program watching or other chosen media?

InstructionsAfter studying both of the assigned readings, Chapter 55: Media Portrayals and Representations and 21st Century Communication: A Reference Handbook: Chapter 57: Agenda Setting and Framing, answer the following questions and prompts regarding your favorite program or other chosen media content.1. What device do you most often use for your favorite program watching or other chosen media? Do you agree that you favor the device that gives you access to the information and programming that most meets your needs?2. How does the program meet your specific needs and goals? Who else do you know that also seeks out this programming (movie, tv, radio show, game) and do they do so for the same reasons as you? Why are their uses of this programming similar or different from your own?3. What does this program or other media tell you about your place in the world in relation to how much access you have to things you want in the “real” world? When you are stressed out, do you turn to this programming more or less? Why?4. What does this programming tell you about people who are different from you in terms of race, age, sexual orientation, political beliefs, socio-economic status, gender, religion or nationality? Are they portrayed in a positive or negative light? What kinds of power do they have?Support your responses with research from the Learning Resources. Use APA in-text citations where necessary and cite any outside sources. Create an APA Reference List at the end of the document.Submit your responses in the file submission area for this assignment. If you choose to “add a file” by attaching a MSWord or PDF document, please also copy and paste your response into the comments area.

Is it the role of government to provide incentives to business? Why or why not?

Read Michigan Tax Incentives—Corporate Welfare? and A Primer on Certificated Credits Under the Michigan Business Tax. Note: When you click on the Forbes article, it may redirect you to the Forbes home page. To locate this article, you may need to search for the article title in the search box in the upper right-hand corner of the page or manually copy and paste the following hyperlink into your browser: http://www.forbes.com/sites/taxanalysts/2015/03/10/michigan-tax-incentives-corporate-welfare/ Then, in your paper, answer the following questions:Is it the role of government to provide incentives to business? Why or why not?Do you agree with Michigan’s decision to extend tax credits in the manner it has? Why or why not?Is it ethical for a business to accept government incentives in all cases? Alternatively, is it the fiduciary responsibility of businesses to seek government aid in every instance? Explain and defend your responses.How might a business that accepts incentives effectively respond to criticism that it is accepting corporate welfare?Paper Requirements: 1 to 3-page paper, 12- font, Times New Roman, one-inch margin, APA style.

consider how administrators of human services organizations may apply systems theory in their work.

Human Services Organizations as SystemsSocial workers use the person-in-environment approach to understand the relationship between individuals and their physical and social environments. This ecological perspective is a framework that is based on concepts associated with systems theory. Systems theory guides social workers when they assess how factors in the environment such as school, work, culture, and social policy impact the individual. Although social workers commonly use the systems approach to focus on the individual, they may apply this approach to human services organizations as well. Human services organizations exist within the context of the social, economic, and political environments, and any type of change in one aspect of the environment will influence the organization’s internal and external functioning.For this Assignment, consider how administrators of human services organizations may apply systems theory in their work. Also, consider what you have discovered about the roles of leadership and management and how these contribute to an organization’s overall functioning.Assignment (3 pages in APA format): Explain how systems theory can help administrators understand the relationships between human services organizations and their environments. Provide specific examples of ways administrators might apply systems theory to their work. Finally, explain how leadership and management roles within human services organizations contribute to their overall functioning

What are three diet therapy considerations that must be made for people living with HIV/AIDS?

For this discussion you will review “Living well with HIV/AIDS – A manual on nutritional care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS” http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/y4168e/y4168e00.HTMThen respond to the following:1. What are three diet therapy considerations that must be made for people living with HIV/AIDS?2. Why is it important for them to adhere to these dietary requirements?3. What may happen if they don’t?4. What two strategies can you use to facilitate adherence?

What are the issues your organization or group is concerned with?

American Government: Interest Groups Paper1. Select one of the interest groups/organizations listed below.AARP – American Association of Retired PeopleACLU – American Civil Liberties UnionAFL-CIO – American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial OrganizationsAmerican Conservative UnionFPA-Farm Policy ActionAIPAC – American Israel Public Affairs CommitteeCouncil on American-Islamic RelationsFamily Research CouncilHandgun Control, Inc.GLAAD- Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against DefamationNAN-National Action NetworkNational Right to LifeNOW – National Organization of WomenNRA – National Rifle AssociationAmerican Humane SocietyPublic CitizenSierra ClubU.S. Chamber of CommerceVFW-Veterans of Foreign Wars2. Perform a web search to locate the group’s main web site. Also, perform a web search for recent information about your group’s activities. You can either type up your report as an essay or you can give your information in a bullet-point list. Make sure your paper answers all the questions. Separate your responses with two spaces between answers.1. What is the organization or group’s website?2. What are the issues your organization or group is concerned with?3. What actions does your group take to try to influence policy and the public agenda?4. Assess your group: What are its strengths and weaknesses?Back up what you say with specific examples demonstrating their effectiveness (or lack of effectiveness). Remember to find weaknesses of the group; you will likely need to research beyond the group’s main website. Every group has a weakness – your task is to find it. A response like, “I didn’t find any weaknesses” is not acceptable. Start by Googling “opposition to …” and you will find things. Some things will not be accurate or fair. Your job is to sort those out.5. Summarize a news article from the organization or group in a paragraph.NOTE: Be sure to include the websites where you found your information.Submit the work as an attached Microsoft Word file. Double-space the paper and use 12 point Times New Roman as your font. Paper needs to be 150 words minimum.

What are the implications of this issue to nurses?

Current Events Forum ActivityPlease find a current health policy brief or article which applies to nursing and/or healthcare. After finding and reading one of these articles, please write a 1-2 paragraph summary of your editorial or article. Then include a 1-2 paragraph analysis and discussion related to the topic/article you chose. Please include the link to the article/editorial/analysis you used. Your news article must not be the same article already posted by a peer, although content in articles may overlap. Your grade will be based on the quality of your editorial or article (detailed versus superficial), your summary and analysis, and your fact based responses to classmate’s articles. Be sure to summarize and describe the different perspectives and implications of topics. What are the implications of this issue to nurses? What are the implications of the issue to the community? How can nurses position themselves to lead change to improve health, healthcare, and drive policy? Opinions should be fact based. Substantive posts to peers means that you supplement the original posting with additional facts on the topic, using other current events articles or professional sources. This is a scholarly post and should demonstrate critical reflection of the problem to promote vigorous discussion of the topic among your peers. Your response to a peer should be more than “I agree or disagree”. Additionally, your initial post must be posted by midnight Saturday to allow time for responses by group members. Failure to do initial post by Saturday at midnight will result in a 2 point deduction from your score for that discussion. You must also respond to at least 2 other postings in your group by Monday by midnight to receive the full points for the assignment. Suggested Websites: your book has a comprehensive list of websites under Roman Numeral XXi-Xxiii.American Association of Colleges of Nursing: http://www.aacn.nche.edu/ American Nurses Association: http://www.rnaction.org Health Policy Briefs: http://www.healthaffairs.orgRobert Woods Johnson Foundation: http://www.rwjf.org/ Kaiser Foundation: http://www.kff.org PLEASE, read the assisgnment and make sure you can follow it to every detail.I will be reviewing it closely.

Discuss your position and why it took so long to decide the issue.

This assignment over Chapter 8 – The Judiciary Document Layout – 2 pages, 1 inch margin, 12 point font. Your name, date, classroom section is to be listed on the left hand side of your first page. You are to submit assignments on the “INSERT ASSIGNMENT HERE – Ch. 8?link. You are to write two pages about the following topic:Consider the discussion in “Texas Strip Clubs Lose Appeal on Poll Tax”. The Texas legislature enacted the special fee on sexually oriented businesses to raise money for programs for sexual assault victims and for health care. But seven years after the fee was created, clubs had continued to fight the fee in court, and only a limited amount of revenue from the fee had been collected. Discuss your position and why it took so long to decide the issue.

Discuss either two (2) civil liberties or two (2) civil rights events (past or current) that have influenced a sense of social responsibility in the American government today.

here is the asssignment Students, please view the “Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment” in the Student Center. Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center. Assignment 1: Politics – Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Due Week 6 and worth 200 points Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which the student answers the following three (3) items using headers to separate each item: Discuss either two (2) civil liberties or two (2) civil rights events (past or current) that have influenced a sense of social responsibility in the American government today. Provide examples to support your answer. Note: In your response, consider how the events influenced the way state, local or national political leaders or agencies responded in a socially responsible or ethical manner toward the community.Discuss two (2) media events (past or present) that have positively and or negatively influenced the public’s opinion of a government agency. Provide examples to support your answer. Note: Consider how a news story or media coverage of an event positively or negatively changed the public’s opinion (or perception) regarding how responsible a government agency should be towards meeting the needs of its customers; i.e. the American people.Discuss two (2) differences between the Republican and Democratic parties that may have an ethical impact (positively or negatively) on the American people. Provide examples to support your answer. Note: Consider the different ideals, values, morals, and/or goals held by the Republican and Democratic parties, and their different views on the ethically or morally right way to govern and make the best policies for the people they serve. Determine if your example presents any type of ethical concerns for or against the public interest of the American people.In your research, you cannot use Wikipedia, online dictionaries, Sparknotes, Cliffnotes, or any other Website do that does not qualify as an academic resource. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are to: Identify informed opinions on issues and questions involving the U.S. government, national political processes, policy making, and the notion of democracy.Employ terminology used to study political science and American government.Distinguish between civil rights and civil liberties in the context of Supreme Court protection of freedom of expression.Develop reasoned written and spoken presentations on issues and questions involving the U.S. government and national political processes using information in the course.Explain how the federal system of government works.Explore different perspectives on issues and questions about the U.S. government and national political processes.Describe the importance of an informed, effective citizenship for the national government and political processes.Use technology and information resources to research issues in the field of U.S. government and politics.Write clearly and concisely about U.S. government and politics using proper writing mechanics.Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.