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Preparation & Questions:  Bold the and you are connecting in your answers. Incorporate and bold terms from the book where you can. The word count guideline is approximately 200-300 words per question. Each answer is worth up to 25 points each for a total of 100 points on the final. You can answer one additional question it will be considered extra credit worth up to 10 points.  If you do use citations from the textbook or other sources identify your sources in a reference list.  Consider this as written by Rubenstein in your text book:\”A central theme in this book is the tension between two important realities of the 21st century world-globalization and cultural diversity.  In many respects we are living in a more unified world economically, culturally, and environmentally.  The actions of a particular corporation or country affect people around the world…Geography\’s spatial perspectives help to relate economic change to the distributions or cultural features such as languages and religions, demographic patters such as population growth and migration, and natural resources such as energy, water quality, and food supply….Geographers look for similarities and difference in the cultural features of different places, the reasons for their distribution, and the importance of these differences for world peace.\” (see preface xxiii)  

In this unit, you have examined the importance of assessing and sharing data. In an informative essay, you will examine how data is assessed and shared between local and federal governments. Uncle Bob is a resident of California. You and Uncle Bob went on vacation to Miami together. Uncle Bob was speeding while on vacation the police pulled him over. After some conversation with the police officer, Uncle Bob was handcuffed and arrested.Bob has never been out of the state until now. He has no prior crimes in Florida or any state other than California. Miami Police Department knows his name, birth date, height, and weight. They also know the dates of his offenses, trial, and punishment. Why was Uncle Bob handcuffed and arrested? How did the Florida police officer know of his offenses in that happened in California?  a 700–1,050 word essay discussing how data is assessed and shared between local and federal governments and applying this to the provided scenario.how the data was available to the Miami Police Department.Your viewpoint and purpose should be clearly established and sustained. You essay should be well ordered, logical and unified, as well as original and insightful.The assignment should follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling).The paper should be a continuous piece of writing that allows for your sustained viewpoint with logical order and organization. For example, three separate paragraphs answering the questions on different topics does not allow for this type of sustained development.Two outside creditable resources are required. References in APA format (remember to include any website links where you are obtaining your research).

As a social worker, you will meet children and adolescents who are in complicated family situations and may require a variety of resources for support. There are many times when these situations involve drug abuse, domestic violence, child abuse, and/or neglect. If these factors are present within a child’s or adolescent’s environment, it will impact their development. As mandated reporters, social workers are legally required to report any suspicion they have of child abuse or neglect to local authorities in an effort to ensure a healthier environment within which they can grow.For this Discussion, review the case study “Working With Clients With Addictions: The Case of Barbara and Jonah.” Consider this week’s reading in the Learning Resources.  an explanation of influences of Barbara’s addiction on Jonah’s future development. Describe an intervention that you would use for Jonah if you were the social worker in this case. Please use the Learning Resources to support your answer.  Zastrow, C. H., & Kirst-Ashman, K. K. (2016). (10th ed.)Boston, MA:  Cengage Learning.Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., & Brocksen S. M. (Eds.). (2014). Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing. [Vital Source e-reader]. 

For this project you will find two journal articles related to your field of interests. You will be
describing each article, the proposed question and the statistics they used to address the question.
One of your articles must use inferential statistics to make inferences about a population. You
will know if the article includes inferential statistics if you find references to p (p-value) or CI
(confidence interval). The other may be of your choice.

You will write a paper to compare the analysis of the data in your two papers. Your
paper must include a description of each research project, the proposed question, the data
collection process, the statistical methods used to analyze the data and the conclusions.
You should also include an explanation of the rational for choosing the statistical
methods used based on the question being asked. You may also present other ideas for
using the data.
Your paper should be 3-5 pages, not including the cover page and references. Your paper
must be in APA format

Open the Greeley, CO, topographic map. This is the “topo” map that includes Fort Collins. This is a large file, so you will have to zoom in to see things on the map. Keep in mind that when you zoom in and out, you change the scale, and you must scroll down to see the bar scale when you change the view. Answer the following questions:
1. Determine the distances between these places:
• Fossil Creek Reservoir (between Fort Collins and Loveland) and Windsor Reservoir (between Fort Collins and Greeley)?
• The Greeley airport to Riverside Reservoir, east of Greeley?
• Hagues Peak (in the Mummy Range) due south to Longs Peak (south of the Rocky Mountain National Park label) in the western part of the map?
2. What is the elevation of the following:
• Downtown Fort Collins?
• Coffintop Mountain in the southwestern corner, north of Boulder and west of Longmont?
• The unnamed ranch to the left of the ‘U’ in Laramie Mountains in the northwest corner?
3. What is the change in elevation between Longs Peak and Lake Granby to the southwest?
4. What is the gradient (slope) between Longs Peak and Longmont airport in feet/mile? Make sure that you finish the math so that your units are in feet/1 mile.
5. What is the longitude and latitude of these features:
• The USGS Testing Station in the southeast corner?
• Greasewood Flats east of Greeley and Eaton?
• Mount Dickinson north of Lake Estes and Estes Park on the western side of the map?
6. What would you find at the following latitudes and longitudes:
• 40°00’, 105°15’
• 40°15’00”, 105°30\’
7. List the Range and township for the following locations.
• Fort Collins
• Boulder
• Greeley
8. What ranch is found in R64W, T3N?
9. Let’s say that you were atop Mount Audubon to the west of Boulder and Longmont. You want to get to Sawtooth Mountain, which is due north of Audubon. Why would you want to head to the northeast instead of due north directly toward Sawtooth?

INCREMENTALISM: MAPPING EXERCISE w/written explanation

An Incremental Analysis of \”How a City Drowned\”. Use the REVISED incrementalism template in this module to MAP OUT the progress toward agreement at each of the crucial decision points in the case starting with the Army Corps\’ initial position (include failed options–the initial option had to be changed to allow maximum economic benefit) in your successive attempts to reach agreement.

Then use Lindblom\’s model (Successive Limited Comparisons) to write a brief explanation of what happened at each point:

Copy/paraphrase the statement of each option from the text and explain who was involved in the bargaining and the concessions offered/made in the attempt to reach agreement and how the final policy satisfied everyone.

!!!NO RATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS!!!

A GOOD POLICY IS ONE THAT ALL RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS CAN AGREE TO ACCEPT.

Analysis then involves finding the relevant stakeholders at a given juncture,
discovering which of them was unhappy with the policy and, therefore,
broke the agreement, and explaining how the agreement was restored (the
compromise\\policy change that brought the unhappy stakeholder back).

STAKEHOLDERS ARE THOSE WHO CONTROL RESOURCES NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT THE POLICY OR TO BLOCK IMPLEMENTATION – THEY ARE EACH OTHERS CUSTOMERS AND CONSTITUTE THE POWER STRUCTURE.

Since incremental decision-making takes place within Long\’s administrative power structure, the first analytical task is to map out the power structure at a decision point.
Stakeholders may be added or excluded overtime so that the relevant stakeholders may be different at successive decision points.

\”Administrative rationality requires a critical evaluation of the whole range of
complex and shifting forces on whose support, acquiescence, or
temporary impotence the power to act depends\” Norton Long (p.106)

The Decision Points:
1. Policy in place at the beginning of the case study or the first policy implemented or proposed.

Who were the RELEVANT stakeholders? What was the agreement (understanding)? or Why was it NOT possible to reach agreement on the proposal?

2. Break down in agreement–implementation stops. Failure to agree–implementation can not start. Who broke the agreement or could NOT agree? Why? Who were the RELEVANT stakeholders? If they changed, why and how? What was the new policy (agreement) and how was it reached? or Why did the proposal fail to secure agreement?

3. Second break down or alternative proposal –third successive policy/proposal. Fourth…. Fifth..

Assignment: \”Columbine\” Sort officials into communication types.

The format of this paper should be ASA
The 6 articles i attach please cite them

 For social workers, the potential conflict between personal and professional ethics can be a source of great contention. Abortion is a highly politicized and contested topic. It is also one that reflects great diversity in terms of opinion, personal and professional ethics, and legal stances varying from state to state. For this Assignment, consider the topic of abortion, the laws of abortion that exist in the state or country in which you reside, and your own opinions on the topic. Also consider the relationship between your personal and professional ethical stance on the topic and how that may affect your interactions with clients. a 2- to 4-page paperthat explains what you discovered about the laws of abortion in your state or country and why this information might be shared with clients. Further, explain your personal stance on abortion and how your ethical entanglements might impact your work with clients given the professional social worker ethic. Please use the Learning Resources to support your answer.  

SEC 10-K PowerPoint Presentation

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/829224/000082922415000038/sbux-9272015x10k.htm

•You will also be required to prepare a brief PowerPoint presentation between 6 to 10 slides (not including title and reference slides).
•Consider presenting information in charts, graphs, and/or tables to make your presentation easier to read by an audience.
•Avoid having large blocks of text because this is difficult for an audience to read.
•Avoid copying blocks of text directly from your paper.
•You can include speaker’s notes to show what you’d “speak” if you were giving the presentation. However, you should avoid copying text directly from your paper since people speak different than they write. Plus if you simply copy text from your paper as your speaker’s notes, you’ll end up reading your presentation, which will sound stilted since, again, people speak differently than they write.
•Include a reference slide in APA format.

Avoid having too much text

It’s important to avoid having too much text on PowerPoint slides. Students often make the mistake of including too much text on their PowerPoint slides, which tends to be very difficult for a viewer to read. You don’t even have to include complete sentences. Short phrases or words are often enough because, remember, you’d be speaking your message rather than have them read. So a lot of text would be redundant and visually unappealing And you should definitely never copy and paste passages of text from your paper into your slideshow.

Charts, graphs, and tables

PowerPoint presentations are meant to be visual, so using charts, graphs, and tables to present your company’s information is much more effective than relying on large block of text. Here are some websites that offer guidelines for using the right chart or graph:
•Juice Labs – Chart Chooser (http://labs.juiceanalytics.com/chartchooser/index.html )
•Types of Charts: Choose the Best Chart to Convey Your Message (http://www.mymarketresearchmethods.com/types-of-charts-choose/ )
•How to Choose the Best Chart for Your Data (http://lifehacker.com/5909501/how-to-choose-the-best-chart-for-your-data )

Make a conclusion/recommendation

Speaking of conclusions, be sure to have one. Would you recommend investing in the company? What is your opinion of their outlook for the future? Be sure your conclusions can be supported with analysis.