Discussion Prompt: The Climate Change (“Global Warming”) DebateBackground Information:The topic of climate change has been in the headlines for many years now. Because the temperatures on earth have increased since the early 1900s, many refer to this phenomenon as “global warming”. However, recently there has been ample controversy sparked over this topic. The main questions that are commonly debated are:What has caused the earth’s temperature to increase and will the temperature continue to increase?Is “global warming” mainly due to human activity or is it a result of natural processes on earth or in our solar system?Many environmental-climate models and scientific data suggest that the earth’s temperature will continue to rise in the near future. Therefore, one might ask:Are we entering into a global environmental crisis or is the media inflating the issue, thus, creating unnecessary fear?Do humans encompass the knowledge and methods to intentionally change the earth’s climate for the good or bad?Examine the pro and con arguments regarding the climate change debate by reviewing the following article: Is Human Activity Primarily Responsible for Global Climate Change?Assignment Instructions:Part 1: Dr. Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist, associate professor, and devout Christian. Please watch this short video: Katharine Hayhoe Video Video transcript (pdf) Video transcript (pdf) – Alternative Formats available for downloadDr. Hayhoe discusses that climate change is human-caused and explains that some of the natural causes of climate change cannot account for the rapid and intense climate warming that has been observed by scientists.Select one of the natural causes below and research the issue using credible scientific sources. Changes in the sun’s energyNatural climatic fluctuationsVolcanoesDo you believe this natural cause can account for climate change? Explain why or why not. What evidence do scientists point to that shows that climate change is human-caused?To gain a better overall understanding of the various perspectives on this issue, you may wish to view the following resources:The Globe Is Warming, But It’s Not Your Fault! (article)Evidence for Global Warming (article)Part 2: Watch this short video (2:49) on the “The Climate Change Evangelist”.Dr. Hayhoe claims that God is the God of love, not fear. Instead of acting out of fear we are to act out of love and protect the poor and the disadvantaged. Based on your reading in the Biblical Perspective, how should Christians respond to the issue of climate change?

Assignment:Throughout this course, you will be developing key components and elements of an employee manual. Each week you will be instructed to complete several policies and procedures that you will submit to your instructor for a grade and specific feedback. You are expected to incorporate any and all feedback provided by your instructor, make those changes on your end, and then at the end of the course, as your final project, you will be submitting a completed and revised employee manual.All policies and procedures must be original work. Students are encouraged to review existing policies and procedures to help build an understanding of what the policies should cover and the appropriate procedures, but students are not to copy from an existing manual and direct quotes cannot be used. All work must be original and based on a fictional healthcare facility.Below you will be expected to complete the following in week 6:A job analysis policy. This should be, at minimum 500 words, and must address when supervisors are to conduct a job analysis, the process that supervisors must follow, and how supervisors are to develop tasks and competencies based on the analysis.A job design policy. You will need at least 500 words of content for this section and include a policy and procedure on when supervisors are to perform based job design based on the job analysis, the process of job design, and how job design changes are communicated.A complaints and grievances policy. This should be, at minimum, 500 words of content. You need to include a policy and procedure that outlines how supervisors are to respond to complaints and grievances. You should identify which complaints, such as sexual harassment claims, take priority when investigating.You are required to use at least three references; one of these may be the textbook, and all responses must be written in APA format to include, at minimum, indented paragraphs, the use of in-text citations as appropriate, and a properly formatted reference page. You may use standard employee manual formatting, but in-text citations and references are required.It is important to note that this is not a research paper, but rather an employee manual designed to guide managers and employees alike. Your audience is these employees and managers.

Must own or have already read Paul, Joel Richard Unlikely Allies: How a Merchant, a Playwright, and a Spy Saved the American Revolution Penguin, 2009 978-15944484872 Soft Cover 

NOT traditional book reviews. The point of the Reading Opinion Essays is to discuss your personal reaction to the book what you felt about it, what you liked and didnt like, and why. These essays are not intended to be an objective analysis of the book, but rather a purely personal reaction to it. The purpose of these assignments is to help students understand and identify the degree to which their own personal reaction to a book influences their analysis of it.