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 The Stage 3 case study project is due as shown in the schedule.  The assignment instructions are attached. The Case Study is posted under Course Resources > Case Study.  Use the Case Study to develop your assignment and use the weekly readings to understand the concepts and what is required for the assignment. 

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Week 3 discussion – Diversity and Commonality

Attacks on our national infrastructure are already happening. And the expectation is that they will continue to increase at an accelerated rate. For this week’s discussion, we’ll cover threats to our nation’s pipelines. To get started, read this article:

https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060054924

After reading the article, start a discussion thread and discuss how the types of threats discussed in the article could impact our economy, and how implementing Diversity and Commonality (as discussed in chapters 4 and 5) could help mitigate these threats. 

You must do this following:

1) Create a new thread. As indicated above, discuss how the types of threats discussed in the article referenced above could impact our economy, and how implementing Diversity and Commonality (as discussed in chapters 4 and 5) could help mitigate these threats.

2) Select AT LEAST 3 other students’ threads and post substantive comments on those threads. Your comments should extend the conversation started with the thread. 

ALL original posts and comments must be substantive. (I’m looking for about a paragraph – not just “I agree.”)

 

Clinical Question – Formulate a clinical question using the PICOT format.

P: Patient Population
I: Intervention or area on Interest
C: Comparison intervention or group
O: Outcome
T: Time
Ex: “In acute care hospitals (patient population), how does having a rapid response team (intervention) compared with not having a response team (comparison) affect the number of cardiac arrests (outcome) during a three-month period (time)?”

REFERENCES, IN-TET CITATION

PEER VIEW WITHIN 3 YEARS OR LESS THAN 3 YEARS 

Part 1: Post a Response
Various reform groups with various causes developed in the US in the late 1800s and early 1900s; these are loosely called “Progressives” as they aimed to use government policies or science to improve and advance society. Also, this period was a time when the US started as a major player in international conflicts—first in the “Spanish American War and then in World War I. There were deep isolationist sentiments about such overseas entanglements, and President Wilson first has one position and then the other.

Choose and discuss (in a full paragraph or two) one of the following two topics related to the late 1800s and early 1900s.

1. In the Progressive Era (roughly 1890–1920), multiple groups advocated for reforms in various aspects of government, society, and the economy. Discuss here the “muckrakers” and Taylor’s “scientific management”. 
   • Explain briefly the approach and aim of the “muckrakers” and that of F. W. Taylor.
   • Compare their approaches and describe your feelings about them, and relate some modern situation that reminds you of one of these approaches and reform causes.
   • Identify the source(s) where you read about the reform cause.
2. From the text, Wilson did not maintain his own campaign slogan (“He kept us out of war”). 
   • Explain with some specifics why Wilson became pro-war. Describe your own feelings on that issue when you look back at it, and whether he was right to change.
   • Briefly, identify a similar international consideration today—or of the last 20 years, and what lesson might be drawn from the example in Wilson’s time.
   • Identify the source(s) where you read about Wilson.

Part 2: Respond to a Peer 

Read a post by one of your peers and respond, making sure to extend the conversation by asking questions, offering rich ideas, or sharing personal connections.

Respond to Peer: Tyonna Lacy

President Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States of America. He served two terms from 1913 to 1921. During his run for re-election his campaign slogan was “He kept us out of war”. He remained neutral in World War I and declared the U.S. would have nothing to do with the war because, when he was a kid, he saw firsthand the upset of the Civil war and how the country had to rebuild during the reconstruction era. Also, at the time the majority of American did not want to go to war. It wasn’t until the Germans sunk American ships and killed thousands of passengers including Americans did Wilson decide that America needed to declare war on Germany. April 2,1917 President Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany. Senate passed 82-6 and the House passes 373-50 and America joined World War I. I believe that President Wilson was right to declare war on Germany. He had to protect and save America from being the Germans next target which clearly, they were attempting to cross the line. He proclaimed that America was going to join the WWI to protect the world and safe for democracy. And he was right.

Right now, unfortunately our international relations are not very good unless you count Russia and China. Most other countries (The United Nations) are not happy with the current person in charges decisions on removing the US from the Paris Agreement, and many other things. The one thing that the current person in charge could take from President Wilson would be take responsibility for all the people even when it goes against your personal feeling or beliefs. He saw the bigger picture, he didn’t even care for woman’s rights or child labor laws but he listened to the people and did what was needed for the US to prosper and sign in laws that bettered the lives of people.

RESEARCH PAPER PROMPT: (A revised and expanded Essay 4 into Research Paper)

In her text Writing to Change the World, psychologist and writer Mary Pipher coins the term “Change Writer” and explores what “change writing” is and why she feels it is important to be a change writer. Spend time defining what “change writing” is by summarizing ideas in Pipher’s text and referencing other texts that support her definition or that speak generally about writing, social justice or other similar issues. You should quote from Pipher’s chapters (introduction, Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4 etc.) to help support and develop this section of yoru paper.

 

Then, use Pipher’s chapter “The Psychology of Change,” which outlines specific criteria that she believes ‘change writers’ use in their work, to identify and examine 2-4 texts that fulfil Pipher’s criteria and so can be called “change writing” or “change writers.” 

(For example, we may have watched Ted Talks like “The Danger of a Single Story” https://www.ted.com/search?q=The+danger+of+a+single+story (Links to an external site.)

or “The Power of Vulnerability” https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability/transcript?language=en (Links to an external site.)

or we may have read essays like Jimmy Baca’s “Coming into Language” https://pen.org/coming-into-language/ (Links to an external site.) 

or Brent Staples’s “Black Men and Public Space” https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hmr8HOsI5GOJ9CVdU8N5EWY2Mzxa03eW/view?usp=sharing (Links to an external site.) .  

 

Choose your 2-4 texts to summarize and analyze as examples of “change writing”. Using Pipher’s own words and ideas from her chapter on “The Psychology of Change”, and with support from additional external sources, explain this concept “Change Writer/Change Writing,” by providing at least 2 (no more than 4) examples of texts that use her “psychology of change” criteria and fulfill her definition of “change writer/change writing.” 

 

Conclude your essay with some opinions and take-aways about “Change Writer” and its importance, value, and larger cultural significance.

 

IMPORTANT RESEARCH PAPER NOTE:

Note that your Final Research Paper Draft will need to include screen caps/pictures or file attachments/highlighted with the quotations you use in your Research Paper. We are not using TurnItIn.com’s plagiarism Checking software, so you’ll need to proved the Screencaps of highlighted sources in the context of the research sources and citations for each source so that I can find the source myself. It is VERY helpful to me if you download the article so that you can simply upload the articles you’ve found WITH your research paper so that I can look them over.

 

You might consider/complete the following: 

Read and annotate and study the text selections so that you fully understand Pipher’s concept

Select useful quotes that you feel help support and clarify Pipher’s concept

Formulate your own ideas about her concept and its usefulness and decide if other writers and their work fulfill her criteria for “change writing.”

Formulate a thesis that sets out your argument in a clear manner. You’re writing a Research Paper that

Summarizes some key concepts of Mary Pipher

Clarifies and defines her concept “change writing” and “change writer”

Explores several other sources that help to contribute to an understanding of Pipher’s concept

Offers text-based examples of writers/texts that fulfill some or all of her criteria from her chapter “The Psychology of Change

Conclude with an opinion about the usefulness of and importance of “change writers” and “change Writing”

Organize your essay with an introduction that lays a foundation for the concept, a series of body paragraphs that discuss and clarify and explain the concept using Pipher’s text as support as well as other texts, and a conclusion that summarizes your ideas and that makes a solid argument about the importance of and significance of change writers in the world.

 

You are writing a Research Paper — this is an ARGUMENT paper that requires research sources. To compose this paper, you’re blending several genre strategies:

 

Defining a Concept 

 

A definition essay is writing that explains what a term or concept means. In some definition essays, your instructor may ask you to take a term and explore the various definitions and then argue for or against a particular definition, or to enlarge the scope of meaning of a specific term. For our definition essay, you’ll be presenting your understanding of a term defined by Mary Pipher from her text Writing to Change the World, and as you’re presenting Pipher’s definition, you’ll analyze her definition and its usefulness for writers. (You’ll find out what the term is when you open the exam, but for now, read on to learn how to put together your definition essay).

 

Note: Some terms have definite, concrete meanings, such as glass, book, or tree. Terms such as honesty, honor, or love are abstract and depend more on a person’s point of view. It is these terms that make the best subjects for a definition essay – a term that is new and different, or that can mean many things to many people.

 

To write a definition essay, you’ll need to define a word that:

has a complex meaning

is disputable (could mean different things to different people)

 

To get started, remember that in your Definition essay you want to tell readers what term is being defined, and then present clear and basic information to your readers to help them understand the scope of the term. You can use facts, examples, or anecdotes that readers will understand, as well as source material by others who may have defined this term.

 

To create a thesis statement for your Definition essay, be sure that the thesis statement identifies the term being defined and provides a brief, basic definition before you dive into exploring the many facets and aspects of the term. In your introduction, you might start with one of the various techniques that we’ve explored this semester, such as a short anecdote, an extended definition, or some open-ended questions that might grab your reader’s attention. Your introduction should conclude with a distinct, precise thesis statement that tells your readers just what your essay will be discussing. All body paragraphs should directly and clearly support the thesis statement. The thesis statement usually identifies the term being defined and provides a brief, basic definition. Your body paragraphs will offer examples, anecdotes, and reflection on the definition, and in your conclusion, you should come to some larger idea or understanding of the term for your readers.

 

2. Synthesizing various sources in service to your argument

3. Analyzing text examples to develop an opinion about the concept

 

Remember: 

Please “cite” in the text by quoting or paraphrasing from each source at least once;

Include a Works Cited Page listing Pipher’s chapter, at least 2 Ted Talks, and additional sources so that you have 10 sources in proper MLA Works Cited format.

Essays should be free of major grammatical errors and free of imprecisions in language usage. Essays should employ sentence fluidity.

Essays should be in MLA Paper format 

Essays should be a minimum of 7 full typed, double-spaced pages and no more than 10 full typed, doublespaced pages.

RUBRIC: SCORE CRITERIA

CONTENT:

A

Excellent to very good: knowledgeable; substantive, thorough development of the thesis, including appropriate examples; quotations are well chosen to support the argument; quotations are well integrated and presented correctly, good analysis and synthesis of the material; literary devices noted and analyzed, good use of comparison and contrast, critical inquiry and interpretation. Interpretation is imaginative and nuanced.

B

Good to average: some knowledge of the subject; adequate range of analysis and synthesis; limited thematic development and use of examples; mostly relevant to the topic, but lacks detail in critical interpretation of the material; quotations support the argument somewhat; quotations are adequately integrated, but may be too long or short. Interpretation shows some originality.

C

Fair to poor: limited knowledge of the subject; minimal substance, analysis and synthesis; poor thematic development, use of examples and critical interpretation of the material; inadequate use of quotations. Interpretation is predictable and/or unfocused.

D

Very poor: shows little or no knowledge of the subject; lacking analysis or synthesis of the material and lacking good examples; inadequate quantity; not relevant, or not enough to rate. Interpretation is overly predictable.

ORGANIZATION AND FORMAT:

A

Excellent to very good: clear statement of ideas; title that orients the reader to the thesis; clear organization (beginning, middle, and end) and smooth transitions; introduction leads reader into topic; conclusion effectively summarizes main findings and follows logically from the analysis presented, logical and cohesive sequencing both between and within paragraphs; quotations/footnotes properly cited; length, spacing, fonts, margins, numbered pages all carefully adhered to.

B

Good to average: main ideas clear but loosely organized or connected; title pertinent to the thesis; sequencing logical but incomplete; bibliographical material and formatting adequate.

c

Fair to poor: ideas not well connected; title too general; poor organization and transitions; logical sequencing and development lacking; formatting inadequate.

D

Very poor: ideas not communicated; no title; organization, sequencing and transitions lacking, or not enough to rate, formatting lacking.

GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY, AND FLUENCY:

A

Excellent to very good: fluent expression; accurate use of relatively complex structures; very few grammatical errors. Complex range of vocabulary; accurate word/idiom choice; mastery of word forms and expressions; appropriate level of usage.

B

Good to average: adequate fluency; simple constructions used effectively; some problems in use of complex constructions; some grammar and spelling errors.

C

Fair to poor: low fluency; significant mistakes in the use of complex constructions; frequent grammar and spelling errors, lack of accuracy interferes with meaning.

D

Very poor: lacks fluency; no mastery of sentence construction; text dominated by errors; does not communicate meaning, or not enough to rate.

 

RESEARCH — MLA FORMAT AND USE OF 10 sources, 7-10 pages with signal phrases to introduce material, and correct in-text citations.

ted talk : https://www.ted.com/talks/candy_chang_before_i_die_i_want_to 

ted talk2: https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability?language=en 

EDWARD’S ELECTRICAL GOODS PTY LTD

– ACCOUNTING PRACTICE SET

 

INTRODUCTION

The objective of this Accounting practice set is to provide students with an insight into the process of recording transactions, completing adjusting and closing entries, and preparing financial statements for a retail business.

Company Background

Edward’s Electrical Goods has been in business in Sydney since July, 2011. The company was started by Edward Wright and operates a shop which sells electrical equipment on a retail basis to other businesses on credit and the public on cash terms. The company’s share capital consists of 126,000 ordinary shares, issued at $1 each, that are owned by various members of the Wright family. The company employs a combination of sales and administration staff to operate the   business.

Accounting System Information & Procedures

The company has a financial year end of 30 June and prepares adjusting entries at the end of the financial year.   To ensure efficiency of its accounting procedures, the company uses the following Special Journals to maintain its accounting records:

1. Sales Journal (SJ): to record all sales of inventory oncredit

2. PurchasesJournal(PJ):torecordallpurchasesofinventoryoncredit

3. Cash Receipts Journal (CRJ): to record all cashreceipts

4. Cash Payments Journal (CPJ): to record all cashpayments

5. GeneralJournal(GJ):torecordalltransactionsotherthantheabove.

Business transactions are recorded for Edward’s Electrical Goods on a daily basis in one of these five journals in the accounts.

Additionally, the company maintains a general ledger to record postings from the journals.  Subsidiary Ledgers are used to record the separate details of Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable.  Transactions are posted immediately to the relevant ledger account if they are entered  into the general journal, the “other” column of the Cash Receipts Journal or Cash Payments Journal, or if they affect any of the Accounts Receivable or Accounts Payable subsidiary ledger accounts.  Apart from these transactions, totals of the special journals are taken at the end of the month and then posted to the appropriate accounts. The company uses a periodic inventorysystem.

In practice, the company would be required to collect and pay Goods and Services Tax (GST) on its sales and purchases. However, for the purposes of this exercise, GST has been excluded.

Please Note: All amounts in this practice set should be rounded to the nearest dollar.

 

UNADJUSTED TRIAL BALANCE AND CHART OF ACCOUNTS

As at 31 May 2017

Acc. No. Account Debit ($) Credit ($)

100 Cash at Bank 68,292

101 Accounts Receivable Control 26,460

102 Store Supplies 16,779

103 Inventory 86,800

104 Prepaid Store Rent (paid 1 March 2017) 82,180

105 Prepaid Insurance (paid 1 Nov. 2016) 1,260

150 Store Shelving & Fittings 56,700

151 Accum. Depreciation – Shelving & Fittings

160 Equipment 19,250

161 Accumulated Depreciation – Equipment 9,450

200 Accounts Payable Control 17,066

201 Interest Payable

202 Utilities Payable

203 Wages Payable

204 Salaries Payable

205 Tax Payable

206 Dividend Payable

250 Bank Loan (due 1 June 2022) 67,438

300 Share Capital 126,000

301 Retained Profits (1 July 2016) 107,058

302 Dividends Declared

303 Profit and Loss Summary

400 Sales Revenue 449,526

401 Sales Discounts (Discount Allowed) 3,451

402 Sales Returns and Allowances 973

500 Purchases 214,095

501 Purchase Discounts (Discount Received) 2,688

502 Purchase Returns and Allowances 1,127

600 Freight-Out 322

601 Wages Expense – Sales Staff 107,569

602 Depreciation Expense- Shelving & Fittings

603 Depreciation Expense – Equipment

604 Supplies Expense

605 Rent Expense

606 Insurance Expense

607 Advertising Expense 4,872

608 Interest Expense

609 Utilities expense 6,496

610 Tax Expense

611 Sundry Expense 336

612 Salaries Expense– Office Staff 84,518

613 Bad Debts Expense

780,353 780,353

 

INSTRUCTIONS

1) Enter the transactions on pages 8-9 into the appropriate Journal for the month of June 2017, Remember to post Journal transactions to the ledger accounts as specified in the “Account System  Information” section of  theintroduction.

2) TotalallSpecialJournalcolumnsandposttotheappropriateledgeraccountattheendof themonth.

3) PreparetheunadjustedTrialBalanceasat30Juneontheworksheetprovided.

4) Prepare the adjusting entries shown on page 10 in the General Journal and post to the relevantledgeraccounts.Theentertheadjustmentsintherelevantworksheetcolumnsand prepare an adjusted TrialBalance.

 

Required Assigned Topic

Required assigned topic for the focus of your paper.

Requirements and Guidelines

1. Download the required Milestone 2 Template. (Links to an external site.) Save it to your computer with the file name: Your Last Name NR361 Milestone 2.docx.
2. You are required to complete the form using the productivity tools required by Chamberlain University, which is Microsoft Office Word 2013 (or later version), or Windows and Office 2011 (or later version) for MAC. You must save the file in the “.docx” format. Do NOT save as Word Pad. A later version of the productivity tool includes Office 365, which is available to Chamberlain students for FREE by downloading from the student portal at http://my.chamberlain.edu (Links to an external site.)
3. Carefully review the grading rubric criteria for Milestone 2 and type directly on your saved Milestone 2 Template.
4. Complete all rubric areas for a superior Milestone 2.
5. Use instructor feedback from Milestone 1 to improve your statements regarding the patient scenario in Milestone 2.
6. Submit your completed Milestone 2 by Sunday end of Week 4.

**Academic Integrity Reminder**

Chamberlain College of Nursing values honesty and integrity. All students should be aware of the Academic Integrity policy and follow it in all discussions and assignments.

By submitting this assignment, I pledge on my honor that all content contained is my own original work except as quoted and cited appropriately. I have not received any unauthorized assistance on this assignment.

 

Do some basic research on security certifications.

See https://www.giac.org/.

Write  a brief summary of certifications that are open. 
Consider if any of the certifications would be valuable for your career.
Investigate and report on exam options.

Write your answers in WORD and submit here.

Using the rules described in class, do a commplete reconnaissance of a specific website or infrastructure. Then use OpenVAS and Builtwith to identify potential vulnerabilities, and come up with an attack plan to do a successful penetration of the site.