After reading “The Pitcher” by Robert Francis, consider how the poem itself works the way a good pitcher does. Which lines illustrate what they describe? 

Discussion Question 1 Prompt
After reading “The Pitcher” by Robert Francis, consider how the poem itself works the way a good pitcher does. Which lines illustrate what they describe? 
Answer
Robert Francis’ “The Pitcher” delivers to the reader just as a major league pitcher delivers to the batter. Francis uses fine description to force the reader to visualize the actions of a pitcher and reflect on his or her motivation and purpose. “The Pitcher” dives deep into the mind of a baseball pitcher and how it varies from any other position player.
Francis focuses heavily on the deceptive nature that a pitcher must play with. He describes in depth the mental battle of anticipation and reaction that goes on between a pitcher and a batter. “His passion how to avoid the obvious, His technique how to vary the avoidance.” (Francis 648). This line goes in depth concerning the pitch selection versus pitch anticipation that a pitcher and batter go through.
Francis goes on to highlight how a pitcher’s mission and mindset varies from every other player on the field as his or her actions are meant to be misunderstood instead of properly anticipated. “The others throw to be comprehended. He throws to be a moment misunderstood.” (Francis 648). This line invokes an image of a shortstop throwing a runner out at first base where both thrower and receiver need to be on the same page as opposed to a batter guessing fastball when the pitcher is throwing curve.
Francis’ description of the battle that occurs between pitcher and batter at every throw is very deep. The description has tones of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War in its deep dive into the deceptive nature of a successful pitcher. It does well to contrast pitcher from position player. The descriptive nature of this poem invokes strong visualization in the reader.
Work Cited
Francis, Robert.  “The Pitcher.” The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature, edited by Michael Meyer and D Quentin Miller, 12th ed., Bedford/St. Martin’s 2020, p. 648.

Darlene, age 32 years, has been having back pain for a number of years, ever since suffering a compressed L2 disc as the result of a motor vehicle accident that led to surgery and extensive physiotherapy. Now she is missing time from work as a secretary because of constant pain. Darlene has been referred to you for chronic pain.As the nurse practitioner working with Darlene, what aspects of disorders of pain are important to understand?How would you effectively manage Darlene’s pain at this time?

Darlene, age 32 years, has been having back pain for a number of years, ever since suffering a compressed L2 disc as the result of a motor vehicle accident that led to surgery and extensive physiotherapy. Now she is missing time from work as a secretary because of constant pain. Darlene has been referred to you for chronic pain.As the nurse practitioner working with Darlene, what aspects of disorders of pain are important to understand?How would you effectively manage Darlene’s pain at this time?

People often think the Bible does not provide guidance for today’s complicated business world, but that is not true. The issue of dishonest merchants is much older than the study of marketing, and was a present challenge in Jesus’ day, and we can see that he spoke to it. Upon successful completion of this discussion, you will be able to: Develop a biblical framework to resolve ethical dilemmas in marketing strategies and tactics.

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People often think the Bible does not provide guidance for today’s complicated business world, but that is not true. The issue of dishonest merchants is much older than the study of marketing, and was a present challenge in Jesus’ day, and we can see that he spoke to it.
Upon successful completion of this discussion, you will be able to:

Develop a biblical framework to resolve ethical dilemmas in marketing strategies and tactics.

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Bible (New International Version)

Background Information
Many of the staples in Jesus’ time (grains, flour, fruits, fish, meat) were sold by the pound, and the merchants owned their own scales. These scales were not accurate so the buyer paying for a pound of fish might get only 14 or 15 ounces. Jesus was incensed by what he saw in the temple which was supposed to be a place of worship but had become a marketplace. Seeing the deceptions, He called out merchants who were for all practical purposes lying to and stealing from their customers.

Instructions

Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
Read Matthew 21:12-13 in the Bible.
From this account in Matthew, which was also recorded in Luke 19 and Mark 11, and in Jeremiah 7, we see merchants who were unscrupulous in their dealings through inaccurate scales.

You have identified a company or industry of interest during your degree program. Please consider those dishonest tactics as they relate to your company or industry of interest as you answer the following questions in 150-250 words.
Where do we see the possibility of similar questionable tactics in your company or industry of interest?

Develop an essay that addresses the key points relative to the messaging strategy you have selected. Choosing the right messaging strategy is a key component to making your campaign effective. Considering the brand/product/service/offering from your marketing campaign proposal, please explain what kind of messaging strategy or strategies you will pursue. What steps of the consumer decision making process do you want to best address, hierarchy of effects? Why is your strategy a good one for this?

I’m trying to learn for my Marketing class and I’m stuck. Can you help? Develop an essay that addresses the key points relative to the messaging strategy you have selected. Choosing the right messaging strategy is a key component to making your campaign effective. Considering the brand/product/service/offering from your marketing campaign proposal, please explain what kind of messaging strategy or strategies you will pursue. What steps of the consumer decision making process do you want to best address, hierarchy of effects? Why is your strategy a good one for this? Furthermore, what type of appeals might you want to pursue? There are seven, you can choose more than one. Consider whether or not you are using a source or spokesperson in your campaign. What criteria would you use to choose this person? This should go above and beyond your messaging strategy section in your campaign proposal. I advise that you pay extra attention to Chapter 6 in drafting this document.

Think of an ethical issue that has occurred at your workplace or that you have witnessed in your nursing experience. Using research, identify two ethical principles or theories that are most pertinent to your place of work or the situation you witnessed. Discuss how these principles came into play and what role, if any, you played in the situation or what you observed in relation to these principles.

 
Respond to the following prompts using research and your own personal experience.

Think of an ethical issue that has occurred at your workplace or that you have witnessed in your nursing experience.
Using research, identify two ethical principles or theories that are most pertinent to your place of work or the situation you witnessed.
Discuss how these principles came into play and what role, if any, you played in the situation or what you observed in relation to these principles.
For this post, you must show research in your writing using in-text citations and show your reference in 7th. ed. APA.

Suggest three ways in which the primary stakeholders can influence the organization’s financial performance. Describe two critical factors in the organization’s external environment that can affect its success.

 
Write a 4–5 page evaluation of your chosen company’s performance with respect to its stated values. Do the following:

Summarize the company’s primary products and or services.
Suggest three ways in which the primary stakeholders can influence the organization’s financial performance. Describe two critical factors in the organization’s external environment that can affect its success.Provide support for your response.
Describe two critical factors in the organization’s external environment that can affect its success. Support your assertions.
Assess the company’s biggest success or missed opportunity to respond to a recent or current social issue. How did it impact company performance?

PICK FROM ONE OF THESE COMPANY’S FOR THE ASSIGNMENT
 • Coca-Cola • Hilton Hotels • L’Oreal • Kroger • Nike • Northrup Grumman • Starbucks • Progressive Insurance • Tesla • Uber • Wells Fargo 

How Important is it to use official crime data ? What are some issues with using official crime data?

 After reading “An Arresting Experiment: Domestic Violence Victim and Perceptions” by Miller, and “Controlling a Jail Population by Partially Closing the Front Door” by Baumer and Adams, discuss the following prompts:

How Important is it to use official crime data ?
What are some issues with using official crime data?
What public policy changes could be made by relying upon the 2 articles?

We have developed a new drug used to reduce fever and want to test its efficacy. Ten ER patients who are running a fever agree to take the new drug instead of the traditional treatment. Their temperatures are taken before the drug is administered and 30 minutes after taking the drug. The results are recorded in the Excel file below. Use the data to construct and interpret a 99% confidence interval for the mean change in temperatures of patients after taking this drug using Excel. Be sure to include any explanation necessary along with a sentence that explains what the interval means.For your second post, either provide quality feedback to a classmate or describe a situation of interest to you where you could collect data to compute a confidence interval for one or two samples. For instance, I’m interested in the differences in grades for those who take this course in the online format vs. those who attend this course on campus. So to describe how I could find a confidence interval I would tell how I would collect final grades from several online courses and find the average overall grade and standard deviation, then do the same for several residential courses. I would use those statistics to calculate a confidence interval to describe the difference in scores for the two formats.

We have developed a new drug used to reduce fever and want to test its efficacy. Ten ER patients who are running a fever agree to take the new drug instead of the traditional treatment. Their temperatures are taken before the drug is administered and 30 minutes after taking the drug. The results are recorded in the Excel file below. Use the data to construct and interpret a 99% confidence interval for the mean change in temperatures of patients after taking this drug using Excel. Be sure to include any explanation necessary along with a sentence that explains what the interval means.For your second post, either provide quality feedback to a classmate or describe a situation of interest to you where you could collect data to compute a confidence interval for one or two samples. For instance, I’m interested in the differences in grades for those who take this course in the online format vs. those who attend this course on campus. So to describe how I could find a confidence interval I would tell how I would collect final grades from several online courses and find the average overall grade and standard deviation, then do the same for several residential courses. I would use those statistics to calculate a confidence interval to describe the difference in scores for the two formats.

What is the difference between a singly-linked list and a doubly-linked list? In what situation would you use a singly-linked list over a doubly-linked list? In what situation would you use a doubly-linked list over a singly-linked list?

 
In this assignment, you will expand on the information provided in the course to answer the following questions in a 2- to 3-page paper:
What is the difference between a singly-linked list and a doubly-linked list?

In what situation would you use a singly-linked list over a doubly-linked list?
In what situation would you use a doubly-linked list over a singly-linked list?

If a node is in a linked list with N nodes, how many nodes will be traversed during a search for the node?

Explain the best- and worst-case search scenarios.
Explain why a singly-linked list defines a RemoveAfter() function, while a doubly-linked list defines a Remove() function.
Could a RemoveAfter() function also be defined for a doubly-linked list? Explain why or why not.
Could a Remove() function also be defined for a singly-linked list? Explain why or why not.

Format your paper according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines with at least three sources cited covering scholarly and industry sources.

Analyze and debate establishing an evidence-based practice process that sets priorities for medical research and development. Discuss the ramifications of this considering the obligation of developed countries to provide health resources to underdeveloped countries.  

Analyze and debate establishing an evidence-based practice process that sets priorities for medical research and development. Discuss the ramifications of this considering the obligation of developed countries to provide health resources to underdeveloped countries.