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Should Childhood Obesity be Addressed in American Children?: Over the course of the last few units, you have been working on crafting the argument for your Argument Essay. You will now write an argument essay that answers one of these questions. The essay should answer ONE of these questions: 1. Should cell phones be banned in the classroom? 2. Should there be a pay gap in sports based on gender? 3. Should childhood obesity be addressed in American children? Each of the above questions relate...

Policing and Crime Prevention: The focus of this assignment is on the multi-agency approach to policing and preventing crime. Part 1: For years and more so recently, policing must have a multi-tasking approach and the police must not simply focus on law enforcement, but should help address a wide range of problems, including those that give rise to crime and criminality. Policing could be described as a multi-agency approach that is advocated through community policing and that police offic...

Budget Theory: Using academic sources, critique the following theorists’ abilities to assist in a modern-day budgetary crisis. How would their budgetary policies help? John Maynard Keynes President Ronald Reagan - significant tax reductions over deficit spending President Jimmy Carter – Zero-based budgeting

American Literature before 1865 As we discussed in class, "typology" among the Puritans was a way of reading the signs of everyday life as indications of God's grace and the state of the individual's soul. Many Puritan texts read the "signs" of the world around them as a direct commentary on their faith. Select two or three of Anne Bradstreet's poems and discuss them as examples of "typology." [Note that the poems “Contemplations” (Norton p...

Motivation, Corruption, & Resistance: Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America’s Public Schools, by Diana Ravitch (2020) is a revolutionary text that exposes corporations’ attempts to eliminate public education and replace it with privatized schools. After reading the assigned chapters from the Ravitch text, all students should respond to each of the following questions with substantial responses. Chapter Seven: Rewards and Punishment Are Not...

Assignment #4: Approaches to Conservation in Africa: This Activity does not include group work. USE EMBEDDED REFERENCES! You should use ALL of the following: the lecture material, films (Trophy and Milking the Rhino), and assigned reading to answer the following questions: 1. What POLICIES, INTERVENTIONS, and ACTIONS should be taken to reduce / prevent biodiversity loss in Africa? Which do you feel would be most successful? 2. Do you feel hunting should be illegal/ legal in Africa, under wh...

Overview of the Boeing Company and Staffing Plan: Overview of Organization - The assignment section exceeds assignment requirements. The submission displayed insight and thoughtful analysis; it does not simply summarize. It contains no errors. Overview of organization's mission - The assignment section exceeds assignment requirements. The submission displayed insight and thoughtful analysis; it clearly articulates the link between the event and course concepts. It contains no errors. APA For...

Viking Perspective According to Eirik's Saga and Ibn Faldan's Account: Using both "Eirik's Saga" and "Ibn Faldan's Account," how does each provide a different perspective of the Vikings? In analyzing the primary sources, is there a source you think is more reliable? Why? *Remember you must use specific examples from the readings/lectures to support your argument. Use the lecture to describe how Vikings were described. Then use both of the readings for the main question. Must have a cre...

Is Spanking an Effective Way to Discipline a Child: Your task is to write a persuasive research paper on one of the approved topics listed below. **Please remember that submitting the same paper to two different professors/courses is a violation of academic integrity**Following instructions is an important component of success in the workplace, so read each option carefully and decide on the topic you think you can most effectively argue. No matter which option you choose, remember to focus ...

Ethical Dilemmas: A. Two family members were admitted in the hospital. First patient has been admitted due to CHF and on oxygen while the other patient is admitted due to car accident and requiring surgery. Health care team found out when a family member visited and told them that the father has been in the hospital with the son now admitted in a different unit. Father is not doing well and oxygen saturation has been low and been monitored in the ICU. Son will undergo surgery as well as he is in...