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A financial crisis is underway in Country Y. How do you assess the risks to the banking sector in country Z, which has financial and trade linkages to Country Y? In your response, identify potential risks in the real, financial, external, and monetary areas.
Describe the onset of the American labor movement, and explain how it relates to the growth of national unions.
Throughout history, natural stone has been used to create monuments, build cathedrals, sculpt masterpieces, and build bridges. If you look around your own community today, you may find stone used in many different ways as a building material. Stone can be a very strong material, and may seem to be nearly indestructible, but as you have seen, it can be subject to weathering over time.
The examples in the course text of the Parthenon in Greece, Kilwa Kisiwani off the coast of Tanzania, Mesa Verde in Colorado, and Machu Picchu in Peru demonstrate that stone structureslike natural formationsare inevitably worn down by biological, chemical, and physical weathering. Factors such as rainfall, temperature, rock type, elevation, and vegetation all play a part in the rate of weathering. In this weeks Discussion, you will consider the characteristics of the Parthenon, Kilwa Kisiwani, Mesa Verde, and Machu Picchu, and whether or not some sites are more prone to mass wasting and weathering than others.
To prepare for this Discussion:
Analyze the following four World Heritage Sites listed in figure 9.1 in Chapter 9 of the course text for physical, chemical, and biological weathering. Use Table 9.1 on page 240 to assist you with your analysis.
Parthenon, Greece
Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania
Mesa Verde, U.S.A.
Machu Picchu, Per
Determine which site is at the greatest risk of weathering. Rank the locations 1 through 4 on their potential for weathering (with 1 being the highest risk).
Determine which one site is at greatest risk from mass wasting.
By Day 3
Post a paragraph with your ranking of the four locations, from the highest risk (1) to the lowest risk (4) from weathering, and explain why you have ranked them this way. Address the type of rock relevant to each location and the type(s) of weathering that impact this site. Then, in a second paragraph, explain the term mass wasting. State which site is most at risk for mass wasting and explain your rationale. If you believe none of the four sites are at risk, explain why.
Your Responsive Leadership in Social Services textbook discusses several domains for inspiration. Leadership development involves practices of self-reflection and seeking mentorship. These practices take time to develop and are likely to change over time based on specific situations, roles, programs, or processes.
In your initial post, discuss your reflections on the following question from the end of Chapter 6 in your textbook:
What insights and strategies offered within the domains stimulated ideas or thinking for you around possibilities for inspiration? (deGroot, 2016, p. 170).
How does a leaders philosophy and ability to inspire others shape the capacity to build successful collaborative teams?
In this assignment, you will develop and describe a strategic communication campaign designed to influence others in the War of Ideas.
ISIS and other terrorist organizations are doing very well in the War of Ideas through their use of social media. Write a reflective essay to address the following questions:
How would you create a Strategic Communication campaign to counter that of ISIS in the War of Ideas?
Describe which medium(s) you would use (could be one or many), and some things pertaining to that medium you should consider when structuring your response.
How would you inspire your audience to take action on your ideas, and how do you know if your ideas are taking hold?
What are some factors you should explore to strengthen your response?
Justify and support your answer using your experience and source support from the assigned readings.
What are community health centers? How are they different from public health departments?
How would managed care penetration affect community health centers? How might if affect C.W. Williams?
Why has managed care been slow to develop in the South?
Does C.W. Williams need to affiliate with a hospital?
What strategy do you recommend for C.W. Williams? Why?
What role should C.W. Williams play in a health care network?
Should C.W. Williams buy the site offered at a cost of $400,000?
If you were Ms. Marrs, how would you handle the problem of the board members involvement beyond setting policy?
Discussion outline of your recommendations for C.W. Williams
Guidelines
Clearly define the problem to be solved or identify symptoms the suggest an underlying problem
Who are the stakeholders in this situation and how are they involved or impacted by this problem?
What alternatives should be considered in solving this problem? Please quantify where possible.
Indicate which alternative you would recommend and why?
How do you expect that each of the stakeholders will react to your recommendation?
Indicate the potential risks if this recommendation turns out to be wrong.
Justified ideas and responses by using appropriate examples and references from texts, websites, and other references or personal experience.
Write a 700-word paper related to current issues facing correctional managers. Include a discussion of:
? The impact of gangs and gang violence
? The impact of illegal drugs and other contraband in correctional settings
? The impact of gender and transgender-related issues
? The impact of medical and mental health issues within the correctional population
In a short essay discuss the overall relationship between the Milankovitch, Water and Carbon cycles do they interact? How do these cycles serve to create habitable planet for the species that live here? Discuss the role humans play in altering these cycles, if any.
Write a 700 word paper discussing how group norms exert influence on an individuals behavior.
Discuss ways employees can avoid the pitfalls of negative peer pressure and how employers can use mentors to foster positive peer pressure to create an effective team.
1. First, choose one (1) of the following essays:
Ahmed, Leila. Veil of Ignorance
Caldeira, Ken. The Great Climate Experiment
Colin, Nicholas and Bruno Palier. The Next Safety Net: Social Policy for a Digital Age
Jenkins, Mark. The Healing Fields
Haass, Richard N. Where To Go From Here
2. Then, let the reader know why you chose this particular essay. Does this essay discuss an issue that is facing you currently? Next, discuss whether or not your essay is peer-reviewed. How do you know? State the claim of the essay. Then, discuss how the author proves this claim. Is the author using the Toulmin method? Use complete sentences, give citations to back up your points, and create a final works cited citation for this essay.
3. After completing the first section, consider the following. During week five, you are creating an argument using the Toulmin model. Have you used this style of argumentation before in your studies or career (either verbally or in past writing assignments/projects)? Will you use it in the future? Why or why not? Check out this amusing (ok, corny) video rap on the Toulmin in a nutshell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hu5MyF8GLc
4. Finally, please revisit your first essay: The Critical Evaluation Essay. Take a look at the comments your instructor made to you about your essay. How will you incorporate your instructors feedback in your Toulmin essay, assigned this week? What improvements do you hope to make in the Toulmin essay?