Explain how you could set up a terrarium to account for the following; evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, infiltration, and percolation.

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Lab Exercise: Atmospheric Heating t.

Part 2. In this experiment you will observe how entrapped water moves from land to the atmosphere, and determine how weather conditions affect this movement.

Materials:

  1. (4) one-gallon size zipper baggies
  2. 6 cups of dirt (sand, soil, potting soil, whatever is available)
  3. 3 cups of room temperature water
  4. 3 small twigs with leaves off a living plant
  5. Tape

Procedure:

  1. Place about 2 cups of dirt into 3 separate baggies.
  2. Place 2 cups of water in one bag, and 1 cup of water in a second bag.
  3. Place the three leafy twigs in the third bag. Seal each bag.
  4. Place the last bag over a leafy part of a living plant; use tape to prevent moisture leaving the bag.
  5. Place the three bags with dirt in a warm area, either in the sun, a sunny window, heat lamp, or heater vent for 8 hours, monitoring every 2 hours.
  6. Record the type of soil used, and the ambient temperature for all bags.
  7. Observe and record any changes to each bag every 2 hours.

Answer the following questions:

  1. Report your observations of this experiment.
  2. Explain how this experiment relates to drought conditions.
  3. What would happen if you increased the ambient temperature? What would happen if you decreased the ambient temperature?
  4. Compare what you found between the twig bag and the taped bag around the living branch? Were these the results you were expecting? Why or why not?
  5. Explain how you could set up a terrarium to account for the following; evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, infiltration, and percolation.
 
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Addiction Treatment Plan

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Addiction Treatment Plan

For this assignment, you will use the same case selected for u05a1 and analyze the sections of the treatment plan template. This treatment plan will address both the addiction and any co-occurring mental health diagnoses identified in u05a1. The conclusions reached in u05a1 regarding the specific DSM-based diagnoses, strengths, and challenges should take into consideration any feedback from your instructor. Make any needed revisions to u05a1 before developing the treatment plan. Include your revised assessment (the last section of u05a1) as part one of this assignment.

This is the case study used in unit 5 assignmentase Scenario

Marifel is a 19-year-old woman of Filipino decent. She was born in the Philippines and moved to the United States with her parents when she was 2 years old. She has many relatives in the United States including aunts, uncles, and cousins, but her grandparents and some other extended family members remain in the Philippines. She visited them every couple years while growing up and often stayed for several weeks at a time. Marifel’s parents describe her as a happy child who was able to enjoy time with friends and family on two continents.

Unfortunately, this changed after Marifel was in a boating accident last summer.

Marifel was enjoying a high school graduation celebration with friends at a nearby lake when the accident occurred. The boat in which she was traveling struck a rock beneath the surface of the water at a high rate of speed, causing the boat to crash into a nearby pier. Marifel suffered severe injuries to her back and legs that required multiple surgeries, but her family felt lucky that she survived, as one of Marifel’s friends died of her injuries the night of the accident.

As Marifel struggled to recover from the accident, she came to rely upon opiate medications that were initially prescribed to help manage her pain. As weeks passed, her physical injuries healed, but she found that the numbing sensation that the opiates provided helped block the pain associated with the loss of her friend and memories of the accident. When her physician refused to refill her prescription, Marifel found contacts through a mutual friend who could supply the pills for a price. She found that the pills helped her sleep and gave her a warm feeling that helped her act like her old self. Whenever the pills ran out, she found that memories of the accident grew worse and popped into her head when she had quiet moments to herself. She has had some thoughts of hurting herself when she questions why her friend died while she survived, but with the relief of the pills, she has been able to push those thoughts away.

When she was physically well enough to travel, Marifel’s grandparents invited her to visit because they were anxious to see her. To everyone’s shock, she refused to travel to the Philippines. One of her cousins suggested that it might be because Marifel could not get enough pain pills to be away that long. This alarmed Marifel’s parents, who did not know how or where she was getting the pills. Searching Marifel’s room, they found plastic baggies tucked in odd places—some empty and some containing pills. At her parents’ insistence, Marifel agreed to meet with a counselor to help explore how she was really handling the accident.

 
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Local Poverty: how should this be handled and who should handle it. · A Cultural Custom that should be opposed based on moral issues.

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Instructions: Write a 1,000 word argumentative paper in which you take a position on one of the following topics. Make sure your paper has a clear thesis on your position, a logical argument that supports your position. It should use at least two of the attached readings from Weeks 1 through 3. The material from the readings used should include at least two citations and quotations. You must also include at least one paragraph of what the other side would say in this argument, and you should try to counter that argument.

Topics:

· World Poverty: our problem or not.

· Local Poverty: how should this be handled and who should handle it.

· A Cultural Custom that should be opposed based on moral issues.

· A Religious Custom that should be opposed based on moral issues.

Due: 6 June 2018

 

Grading rubric:  A papers: (90-100) Are strong in grammar, organization, clarity and argumentation, have a clear thesis and an argument or analysis supporting that thesis and are clearly linked to the readings with some use of at least two citations and quotations. Papers should include at least one paragraph that covers what the other side of the argument would say on this issue. Papers must include at least one paragraph of what the other side would say in this argument.

 
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explain the state public  assistance policies that might help Eboni manage the responsibilities of  parenthood.

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By including the Logan Family video case. Consider the means-tested  programs that might be available to her in your state or region. Then,  think about the likely long-term outcomes for Eboni and her child, if  she chooses to parent. Finally, reflect on the state welfare policies  that might help her manage the responsibilities of parenthood.

Post a brief explanation of the  means-tested programs that might be available to Eboni. Be sure your  answer is specific to the means-tested programs available in your state  or region. Then, explain the potential long-term outcomes for Eboni and  her child, if she chooses to parent. Finally, explain the state public  assistance policies that might help Eboni manage the responsibilities of  parenthood.

Support your post with specific references to the resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references.

Respond to the below:

 

 

Great job on this week’s discussion. Although I see the need for  (TANF), I do not agree with married women being able to utilize this  program. Personally, marriage to me means that two individuals go  out  and provide for one another at whatever capacity they need or have to  ,with the exception of something illegal. Single mothers or fathers,   certainly need the assistance in which TANF provides but my concern is  why should two married adults be allowed the same assistance as a single  parent? I understand every situation has its own barriers, but an able  bodied man and woman have no excuse for not being productive in trying  to become self-reliant.

our text states, ” public assistance is the public  program designed to aid the very poorest members of our society”  (Popple, 2015).

The change I would make regarding the qualifications for TANF  would consist of married couples providing documentation of a physician  as to why they are not actively seeking employment. Maybe,  this  implementation in qualifying for TANF would prompt able bodied adults in  becoming responsible productive members of society.

Popple, P. R., & Leighninger, L. (2015). The policy-based profession: An introduction to social welfare policy analysis for social workers. (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.

Chapter 6, “Fighting poverty: Temporary Assistance to Needy Families”

Respond to the below:

You made relevant statements regarding the programs and their intent to  impact the lives of people in our society. what is amazing our  politicians who receive so many benefits removed many of our   tax deductions. Head of Household is amazing to me. You don’t work and  can get thousands back…WHY????

Respond to the below:

In times of assisting some of my client’s to the grocery store at  the beginning of the moth, I too, have witnessed the purchase of costly,  unhealthy food items. Sweetened cereals, seafood, rib eye steaks are  items which I have to work 40 hours a week to purchase and enjoy. It  flabbergasts me to acknowledge and assist those who are able bodied in  purchasing these items verses trying to conserve the allotments which  they qualify for, I understand that people in need qualify for  assistance, but there should be more restrictions as to what can be  purchased.

 
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Choose a local example of an environmental injustice (e.g. local sighting of a landfill, power lines, power plant)

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Instructios for case study 1

Activity – Environmental Injustice: Choose a local example of an environmental injustice (e.g. local sighting of a landfill, power lines, power plant). Research the background of the case, the decision to locate the facility at the site, and the impacts on the local environment and community and submit a paper. The paper must be double spaced, minimum two-pages in length, and in APA format.

instruction for Environmental Injustice of “Clean Coal”:

Article Summary: After reading the article The Environmental Injustice of “Clean Coal”: Expanding the National Conversation on Carbon Capture and Storage Technology to Include an Analysis of Potential Environmental Justice Impacts located in Doc Sharing, write a paper summarizing, agreeing, disagreeing, responding to, or reflecting your personal thoughts and observations about the article. The paper must be double spaced, minimum two-pages in length, and in APA format.

instructions for the 3rd case study 

Activity – Applying Theories: Apply the theory of the interlocking treadmills of production and consumption to schoolwork and the pressure to get a degree, and then an advanced degree, and so on. For example, consider the rising levels of qualifications required to gain a good-paying job and the rising levels of consumption expectations that define what a “good-paying job” is and submit a paper

 
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Summarize the theory; then, identify the strengths and weaknesses of this theory, especially as it relates to social work practice.

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Zastrow and Kirst-Ashman (2016) stated, “We need theories to guide our thinking and our work so that we may undertake research-informed practice” (p. 127-128). At the same time, the authors asserted, “No theory will be perfectly applicable. Perhaps you will decide that only one or two concepts make any sense to you in terms of working with clients” (p. 128). Though you may be able to apply only a few concepts in a particular theory to your work with clients, as a social worker, you should be applying evidence-based research to your work. Empirically-based developmental theories may guide you as you assess clients and their presenting problems. You may also apply developmental theories to your treatment decisions.

For this Assignment, you discuss theories of life-span development by evaluating a theory that seems especially relevant to you and your role as a social worker. Select a theory of life-span development to address in this Discussion. This may be a theory described in the resources of this course, or you may select a theory based on personal research. Locate at least one scholarly resource (not included in the course resources) that addresses the theory you selected.

Post a Discussion in which you analyze the theory of life-span development that you selected. Summarize the theory; then, identify the strengths and weaknesses of this theory, especially as it relates to social work practice. Explain one way you might apply the theory to your social work practice.

 
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Choose elements of the artifact that you believe are most important to how you experience it and explain why. For instance, what particularly catches your senses or makes you want to keep experiencing it?

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The artifact I have chosen is the golden gate bridge.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Describe the artifact in detail. For instance, how would you describe it to someone who could not see it?

II. Choose elements of the artifact that you believe are most important to how you experience it and explain why. For instance, what particularly catches your senses or makes you want to keep experiencing it? Does the choice of medium impact your experience?

III. State your opinion on what you believe is the purpose of this artifact and the success of the creator in achieving the purpose. For instance, what message do you believe the creator is trying to express, and is that message successfully expressed?

IV. Discuss how the artifact reflects the culture (or context) in which it exists. Be sure to address what aspects of culture have relevance for this artifact: politics, history, religion, social perceptions, technology, media, education, and so on. In other words, how do the artifact and its culture interrelate? For instance, how would a particular form of body modification reflect the urban culture in which you encountered it?

V. Use the artifact to discuss how acts of creative expression impact and are impacted by the people and situations that surround it. How might the artifact and the person who created it have impacted each other? For instance, how might the geographic location where the artifact was made, the materials used to create the artifact, the medium of the creative process, or the environment where the artifact is displayed influence the creator’s life or future creative work? How might the artifact and the culture or context in which it was created have impacted each other? For instance, does the artifact add to the understanding of the culture from which it was created? What contributions does it make to continuing on a dialogue about that culture and the importance of its artifacts?

VI. Pose questions you have after thinking deeply about this artifact. What more do you want to know regarding: a. The relationship between human culture and expression? b. Your personal assumptions about artifacts of this sort and why they exist? c. How your values have shaped and are shaped by your expression and that of others? d. The relationship between the possible intent of the creator and your own interpretation of its meaning?

VII. Speculate on how you would go about answering these questions. For instance, what sorts of things would you study about these kinds of artifacts and their contexts that might begin addressing these questions?

 
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Describe the dysfunctional thought-behavior patterns of your topic within the military culture. Analyze these patterns in terms of the cycle of Model I values, behaviors, and outcomes (A link to this model is provided in the unit readings).

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Imagine that you are an Organizational Leadership Consultant hired by the U.S. military to lead a key initiative to transform the military culture to embrace diversity and inclusion. To accomplish this, you will outline a plan for transforming the culture, focusing on ONE (1) of the following diversity and inclusion topics of your choice:  sex discrimination in the military,  racial discrimination in the military,  LGBT discrimination in the military, or  post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as a combat-induced disability. Your Diversity and Inclusion Plan should be a minimum of 1,000 words (approximately four pages of text; the title page and references page is not included in this page count). You should use a minimum of four academic, peer-reviewed sources for your plan. Use the outline provided below for your Diversity and Inclusion Plan. Outline for the Diversity and Inclusion Plan: Your plan should include the following components. Provide headings that correspond to each of the following. 1. Title page

2. Introduction

3. Objective of the Diversity and Inclusion Plan

 Indicate the focus of your topic, as an overarching problem within the military culture.

 Describe your goals for the Diversity and Inclusion Plan

 Introduce the process you will take to implement this plan.

4. Evaluation of Diversity and Inclusion in the Military’s Culture

 Describe the current and/or historical trends that relate to your topic within the military’s culture.

 Explain the problems or trends identified by your resources. Be sure to cite each source using APA style.

 Describe the dysfunctional thought-behavior patterns of your topic within the military culture. Analyze these patterns in terms of the cycle of Model I values, behaviors, and outcomes (A link to this model is provided in the unit readings).

5. Transforming Stereotypes

Using the Smith and Watson (2009) article, develop a plan for transforming stereotypes as they relate to your topic, by applying the A.R.T. approach. Provide subheadings for Awareness, Recognition, and Transformation. For each of these three stages, explain specific strategies you would use to help people overcome their stereotypes related to your topic. Which strategies might you use to honor the diversity of people from the demographic background(s) relating to your topic? Specifically, which strategies would you use to help people become aware of their Model I dysfunctions (as they relate to your topic), recognize alternatives available through Model II, and transform their stereotypes by implementing Model II values?

6. Transforming Behaviors

While transforming stereotypes focuses on changing thinking patterns, transforming behaviors focuses on helping people within a culture to change their words and actions. Using the Katz and Miller (2014) article, develop a plan for transforming behaviors, applying at least three of Katz and Miller’s seven From => To strategies for transforming organizations. (See the unit lesson and the Katz and Miller [2014] article for more information.) Provide subheadings for each of the three “From => To” strategies you choose to incorporate into your Diversity and Inclusion Plan. For each of these three “From => To” strategies, describe how you would apply Model II values, behaviors, and outcomes to achieve that strategy. Explain how that specific approach could help people within the military culture to transform their behaviors and achieve that “From => To” strategy. Be specific as you describe these three strategies and how you would apply Model II values, behaviors, and outcomes for each strategy. Who would be involved in the process? What would the intervention or change process look like? What would be the indicators for identifying whether or not the strategy was achieved? How would these strategies lead to change among people of all demographics related to your topic within the organization culture of the U.S. military?

7. Conclusion

Summarize your Diversity and Inclusion Plan, and provide any concluding remarks. Your paper should be in APA style, be sure to cite all your sources.

 
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Analyze the recommendations made by others for each scenario. Do you  agree or disagree with the recommendations? Why or why not? Provide  examples where possible. 

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 Types of Trainees

A successful trainer needs to effectively engage various types of  trainees and adapt quickly in the learning environment to meet their  needs. Chapter 8 of the Blanchard and Thacker (2013) text lists and  offers tips on dealing with different participant personalities. Review  the three scenarios below. Discuss how you would effectively engage and  manage each group of participants in a 2-day training seminar. Apply two  to three specific adult learning principles and/or techniques to each  of the scenarios listed below.

Scenario A
Your colleague is a training specialist who has just  concluded an activity on techniques for overcoming challenges in the  classroom. He clearly understood the content, but did not ask questions  of the group to confirm their understanding. In addition, when  explaining activities, the directions were not clear and there was never  an opportunity to ask for clarification. What constructive feedback  would you give to your colleague?

Scenario B
Your colleague is a department manager who has just  opened a training session. Her opening included group introductions, but  she went directly into presenting content. About an hour later, a few  participants began talking out of turn. What feedback would you give to  your colleague on the impact this may have had on participants, and what  could have been done differently to avoid this situation?

Scenario C
Your colleague is a human resources manager who just  completed an activity followed by a group discussion. The activity went  well, but the debrief did not. As the facilitator, he had trouble  getting the group to answer his questions. The group did not appear to  be very engaged. What feedback could you give him on how he could get  participants to participate?

Your initial post should be 250 to 300 words. Use this week’s lecture  as a foundation for your initial post. In addition to the Blanchard and  Thacker (2013) text, use at least one additional scholarly source to  support your discussion.

Respond to at least two other posts regarding items you found to be  compelling and enlightening. To help you with your reply, please  consider the following questions:

  • What did you learn from the posting?
  • What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?
  • What clarification do you need regarding the posting?
  • What differences or similarities do you see between your initial discussion thread and your classmates’ postings?
  • What are the differences or similarities in the techniques  recommended in your discussion compared to those identified by others?
  • Analyze the recommendations made by others for each scenario. Do you  agree or disagree with the recommendations? Why or why not? Provide  examples where possible.
 
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Explain at least five differences between popular and scholarly sources used in research.

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Scholarly Sources and Research [WLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4]

Prepare: In order to prepare for this assignment, view the Scholarly and Popular Sources (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. tutorial from the Ashford University Library.

 

Reflect: Good research is a combination of many  types of sources. Prior to taking this course, did you understand the  differences between these sources and the importance of finding one type  of resource over another?

Write: For this discussion, you will address the following prompts:

  • Explain at least five differences between popular and scholarly sources used in research.
  • Locate and summarize one peer-reviewed, scholarly source from the  Ashford University Library and one popular source that pertain to your  Final Paper topic. In your summary of each article, comment on the  following: biases, reliability, strengths, and limitations.
  • From the sources you summarized, list and explain at least five  visual cues from the peer-reviewed, scholarly source that were not  evident in the popular source.

You are required to  provide in-text citations of applicable required reading materials  and/or any other outside sources you use to support your claims. Provide  full reference entries of all sources cited at the end of your  response. Please use correct APA format when writing in-text citations  (see In-Text Citation Helper (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.) and references (see Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.).

 
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